Hea good but relies too much on skills to do well. There are so many hero atm that does well and are very casual like spirit breaker.
Why complicate things when you can have it easy.
As long as I can save people from ganks, kick people on cliffs for first rune, pull creeps behind trees I will enjoy this hero.
Even though I feel a little weaker this patch and other heroes are far more rewarding for less effort.
Should have been in CM this patch.
I feel like a screenshot of both your posts and the content is quite funny.
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Kaolin the Earth Spirit has been nerfed more that that of my comfort zone when playing him.The issue with Kaolin pre 6.84 was that he was literally cancer to all squishy supports.While i do think Earth Spirit is balanced in his current state I will list a few reasons why he is not a viable pick for pubs anymore.
First off I want to point out that all of his basic abilities have been nerfed in terms of damage. Basically at level 3 you can deal 149 magical damage post reduction at the low low price of all of your mana (literally).You can argue that his spells have basically low cooldowns, and while this is true, Kaolin is still limited due to his low starting mana pool.
At level 6 ES gets a few options opened for him. To perform a full combo of his skills including his ultimate, again he needs 100% of his mana pool. I see the balance here, because Earth Spirit can deal a potential max damage of 1350 post reduction with his ult and 6 stones, which is highly unlikely.
From the period between level 6 and level 11 Earth Spirit reaches his maximum potential as a hero and a ganker in my opinion.He has enough survivability thanks to his high earth gain and mobility, his mana pool can be expanded and maintained high with a mana item. In this point of the game ES has a 2.25 potential multy target stun and 4 second silence, while getting level 11 his damage output goes up by half!
The late game for Kaolin is a whole other story. If you did good in the early and mid game, you should have a few items which will have synergy with your skillset (eg. force staff, veil, blink, aghs).And if not, Kaolin should not be played as a hero to deal damage, rather as a hero to raise his team's utility. His disables scale good into the late game and if an aghanims sceptre is an item that you already own it could turn teamfights in your teams favor.
In general I think that Earth Spirit was not nerfed in 6.84, but rather balanced and suited more to his original playstyle which is a robust ganker/support hero who scales well into late game thanks to his massive utility he brings to his team and high skill cap.
Dedpul out!