Ptenchik on Uranus: “I think he’s a good hero in the current meta”

Pakito’s first skill mechanics have been changed. He gains a shield when he hits an enemy with the ability, and now he can dive into team fights. It’s become easier for him on the lane because he doesn’t necessarily have to attack the enemy; he can simply farm creeps to stack his shield. He doesn’t have to dive into fights and stay until the end, because he can cast two skills, his ultimate, back off, and stack his shield on creeps, thereby staying alive longer.

As I understand it, Uranus [Magic] against Harley [Team Yandex] is a character who runs into Harley based on cooldowns, which makes Harley very difficult to play. He can’t kill Uranus, he can’t find Kora, which is why Uranus is almost always stronger in a fight.

Here, I don’t think [Pakito] would look any better than Uranus. It seems to me that the bans are like this because it’s Solist’s signature pick, and because [Team Yandex] has Harley and because Dont wants to play on some ADK so that Pakito doesn’t go around and blow up Harley and ADK. I think that’s why they banned Pakito.

In Asia, Uranus isn’t really rated that highly. But in the CIS, with our playstyle—where we want to fight constantly, don’t want to farm, and want to constantly provide vision on the jungle so he can’t really make an impact on the map... I think he’s a good hero in the current meta.

If you shut down Uranus on the lane and don’t let him play his game, he’s just a pushover. When Uranus gets his first item, he gives vision on Harley—at least he should. If he gets off to a good start, this hero is unkillable, and you won’t be able to do anything to him. You also won’t be able to do anything to his core items, because he’ll just stand on the front line and zone you out. I think Team Spirit plays Uranus really well. Kid Bomba has often shown Uranus just standing there, and you can’t do anything to him.