Dota 2: 10 Heroes That Need A Rework

8. Skywrath Mage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hPFyqqSXeo Skywrath Mage is a good support Hero that is very skilled at harassing enemy Heroes, supporting others in taking enemy heroes down, and in nuking them with powerful spells. However, Skywrath seems to be the walking definition of €˜glass cannon€™: he can certainly dish out a lot of damage, especially at higher levels, but he cannot take much damage himself. Despite being fast and capable of chasing well, Skywrath suffers from extremely low armor; he doesn€™t reach 1 armor naturally until level 15, despite bring portrayed as wearing armor over almost his entire body. This weakness renders him not only incapable of taking damage from creeps, especially after Barracks have been destroyed, but any enemy Hero that does a lot of damage without spells can kill him with relative ease. Skywrath needs an armor boost, plain and simple; even the slightest change in how much armor he has will have a major impact in his ability to reduce damage from physical attacks and from spells. He is extremely vulnerable to damage throughout the early game. In large team fights, how can he be expected to help if he is killed so quickly by enemy attacks or spells? The fact that he is virtually required to have support items like Mekansm to survive demonstrates his vulnerability.