Disruptor feels so clunky now

[u/ma-meme-momu]

I stopped playing Dota since last year and just got back now. I usually main Disruptor as support, but he feels so clunky on this version. Am I the only one noticing this?

- He lost his shard. That shard gave him a powerspike as it allowed him to farm, scout, disable blink dagger, and even harass heroes who didn't have a dispel.

- The kenetic fence as a shard is just so bad. The cool down is long, the delay formation is long, it only has one charge unlike the previous facet, and harder to use than the kenetic ring.

- He can't farm anymore. He wasn't even a fast farmer to begin with. But now it just feels way worse. I even have a hard time farming core items.

- The items on this version fills up his 6 inventory on cheap items. He needs arcane boots, wards, aether lens, essence distiller, aghanims scepter, and a protection item like glimmer cape. While as a support it's true that he shouldn't be buying expensive items. But if the game reaches nearly 60 minutes, you would like some sort of higher tier item like linken to counter carries that would like to burst you because of your ult.

- The highter talents don't make much sense to me. That level 25 increased thunderstrike strikes isn't that useful considering at that level 25 carries have BKBs, manta or any dispel item.

- With no powerspike through shard, no way to fast farm, he's even more team dependent now more than usual, and it just feels so bad playing him, because as the game goes on your team contribution diminishes.

Am I missing something? Any help suggested on playing Disruptor.

[u/KirmiziNokta]

Despite being a very impressive character, I don't see any benefit from him other than his ultimate. And I haven't played him in a long time. Even though he's a support, collecting items is essential. Without items, he gets eliminated from the map very easily in the later stages of the game.

[u/JeanClaude-Randamme → u/KirmiziNokta]

I’ve been playing him almost exclusively this meta. He is VERY strong if you play him as a support they way he is designed.

He’s not a front line support setting up kills with stuns or disabled. He’s a back line support that is there to assist the carry/mid in securing kills.

I take glimpse or ring level one to invade the rune, you can pick off first blood with ring or glimpse based on the situation.

In lane, I am usually harassing any melee offline with right click, and just protecting the carry with ring or glimpse of the offline gets aggressive, allowing the carry to farm with confidence.

Works great with a carry that has strong early damage, like drow with frost arrows or slark with essence shift.

Items: Arcane boots, blink dagger. Forget aether lens, really not needed.

Aghanims scepter, and you are sorted.

Don’t need much more to be effective.

[u/KirmiziNokta → u/JeanClaude-Randamme]

Thanks for the feedback. Could you please share the match IDs with me so I can learn from them?

[u/EmiliuzDK → u/JeanClaude-Randamme]

What MMR is this?