What the meta of the 7.27 patch looks like right now
Valve recently broke the silence and announced the imminent release of a new patch for Dota 2, which means that we can look back at the meta of the outgoing 7.27 patch because teams have already played over 5,500 maps on the professional Dota 2 scene since the patch release. This article contains a look at the most popular heroes in the meta and the heroes that generally dropped out of the current update and need to be strengthened in a future patch.
TOP 10 most popular heroes of the 7.27 patch
The most popular of all heroes is Tiny: at the time of publishing, he was selected on 1804 maps, which is almost a third of all official matches played in the 7.27 patch. The result is impressive, but it is worth noting that Tiny is a universal hero used on all game positions.
For many, Mirana's appearance on this list will come as a surprise, as top European and Chinese teams rarely use this hero. But it was regularly used by Tier 2 and Tier 3 teams, especially at the start of the patch.
The most popular carry hero in this patch is Faceless Void. His ultimates with other heroes' actions have more than once been able to turn hopeless matches over.
TOP 10 most unpopular heroes of the 7.27 patch
Razor stands out from this list. The hero was extremely popular in the previous patch, but the nerf of the Static Link ability, which no longer has the effect of disarming the target, almost killed the gamers' interest in this hero.
The new 7.28 patch should appear in mid-December, and then we will be able to compare all the improvements of this patch's unclaimed heroes.