Misha shared his thoughts on the new 7.41e patch in Dota 2
Mikhail “Misha” Agatov, former Dota 2 coach for OG, named the strongest heroes in the new 7.41e patch on his personal Telegram channel and shared his thoughts on the changes to the current meta.
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Magic has been significantly nerfed, and the balance of power has shifted ever so slightly toward physical heroes, BUT magic still deals many times more damage than physical!EMU
: Some very interesting offlaners are replacing Axe and Centaur—namely DS, Primal, DP, and Visp, OD
: Many ranged carries have been nerfed, while all melee illusionists have become stronger—the patch for Naga, PL, TB, CK + Slark
. In the mid lane—you just have to adapt and stop building Kayle + Urn on every hero—figure out how to replace them—with Orchid, Octarine, Vich Blade, Vanguard—ANYTHING GOES
. OD with Glimmer, Pavis, and Dominator—the most broken 3-hero combo in Dota history
Earlier, Mikhail commented on his personal YouTube channel about PARIVISION’s performance at the 2026 Esports World Cup in Dota 2: “PARIVISION plays the map very, very well in terms of how they spread out across the map and attack simultaneously.”
Photo by Igor Bezborodov, EWC Foundation.
