Better late than never right?

Firstly thanks to the community for asking for this. I wasn't sure if I'd do this until I started getting a lot of messages about it. Even though making a ranking of this nature is quite time-consuming, I always find the process enjoyable.

If you read the following text prior to the rankings themselves, you will be rewarded with something very special.

One thing you should know about this before you read any further is the fact that I've changed the criteria pretty drastically. This time around I wanted to make it a little more fun and unpredictable. I will tell you now that you WILL disagree with a few of these to say the least. But that's okay. The more back and forth there is, the more fun it is for everyone. I've tried to simplify the criteria as best I can. Here is how this list is based: How good the Aghs effect is in a vacuum. This does not take into account whether a hero should or will buy it. The reason I did it this way is because it is much easier to get an Aghs these days, whether it be via the shop, Roshan, or Alchemist. But of course this criteria alone wouldn't make things very interesting since a lot of numbers would be involved. Which leads us to the next point. How much impact the Aghs can have on that particular hero. This gives us a little leeway and room for subjective interpretation. To sum up the criteria in the simplest form: Pretend every hero gets a free Aghanim's Scepter. How good is it? How much impact will it have? How consistently will they have that impact?





I'd like to thank Brax and syndereN for not only looking the list over to make sure I didn't make any grave errors, but for giving a lot of great feedback overall. In addition, thanks to n0tail and w33 as they gave some good words of advice despite simultaneously preparing for the major. Also thanks to bukka for helping set this up on this site as always.

If you've made it this far, I will give you a little present. You see, a lot of people have argued about past rankings, which as I stated above is encouraged. The problem is they never bothered to read the criteria. Anyone can come up with their own power rankings based on whatever criteria pops in their head. But as a result of actually reading the above text I present you with the following. Whenever typing your opinion, follow it up with the text 'Believe me, I know what I'm talking about'. If you do this, people will know you have done the requisite reading in order to have an educated opinion. If you do not see this in their text, then you should consider their opinion null and void. And please, let's not spoil the fun. Don't tell the uninformed of the secret word.

Aside from that, here are a few extra things you might want to know before perusing the list.

The last list was for 7.06, which in Dota is a million years ago. The differential that is shown is for that, which of course can be misleading because of the fact that so many more Aghs exist (most of which by the way are quite good now). Either way, I thought leaving that differential would be interesting at the very least.

What do the labels mean?

New: This means the hero never had an Aghs before

Reworked: This means either the hero's current Aghs was reworked or they previously had one in our last rankings and it has been redone in some way. This includes heroes that temporarily didn't have Aghanim's (ie. Tiny & Night Stalker).

Updated: This is for the cases where something was added or subtracted to an Aghanim's upgrade. This is reserved for things more impactful than mere number tweaks.

Some heroes will have different text to accompany the general notes. Here are the two types you might see:

Old - This talks about what the Aghs was like since our last post (7.06) Notable Changes - This refers to impactful changes made to the specific skill the Aghs alters. The changes listed will not be extensive. They are only the ones I felt were significant enough to mention.

Lastly, you'll also see a green or red arrow, indicating if the Aghs has gone up or down since our last post. Of course with more Aghs being introduced and Heroes changing quite a bit in patch 7.20, this isn't a great indicator of past strength, but instead we've simply left it in for the entertainment value.

That's it! If you made it this far, give yourself a pat on the back. Remember, this is a complete fluff piece, so don't take it too seriously. Thanks for reading!

PS: Remember that you can click the arrows on the right to read more!

Biggest Drop: Alchemist (-100)

Biggest Climb: Morphling (+77)