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Huge Chad

    Is it just me or does maelstrom/mjolnir just suck especially on melee heroes, even agility ones?

    Why would I buy this now when battle fury exists and yasha-based items just got buffed.

    When does anyone use these? I guess it's good if youre a ranged hero and you need to kill a lot of illusions?

    Väinämöinen

      you dont need BF you just get a Magnus in your team

      Huge Chad

        Way to stay on topic.

        11/10.

        shady_stuff

          u get it if ur a windranger or void or something like that
          or if ur up against a pl

          Sygma zxc ghoul 2y.o dead...

            Maelstrom is the third most cost effective DPS item in the game after Mask of Madness and a Diffusal Blade (agility heroes).

            Source : https://dota2.gamepedia.com/Maelstrom

            Getting Mael can be good:
            - When you can't afford the battlefury and need a farming item
            - When you can't commit 4.4k (with the 2.2k demon edge buildup) g because of non-stop fights/ganks on battlefury
            - As a cheap anti-evasion item (25% true strike)
            - Against high armor with low hp ennemies

            Is it just me or does maelstrom/mjolnir just suck especially on melee heroes, even agility ones?

            It's the battlefury that feels great when you OS (one shoot) these waves with crit PA :)

            windranger

            +999, the power spike given to focus fire is just broken in early-midgame

            TLDR:
            - Cheap anti-evasion item (2.7k g for 25% true strike) that people tend to forget
            - Less committing farming item (applies in a snowball in which you must keep pressuring or when you are behind)
            - Third most cost effective DPS item
            - Don't skip it on windranger/windrunner/Sylvana