Hi, r/DotA2. There has been mixed emotions from a few handful of players (including Faceless Void spammers) in the DOTA 2 community regarding Faceless Void's recently reworked 7.23 Aghanim's Scepter upgrade.

As we all know, and for those who don't know yet, his scepter upgrade was changed from the "Old (7.23): Reduces Chronosphere cooldown from 140 to 60" into the "Current (7.27a): Now causes Time Walk to perform Time Lock on all enemies within 250 radius around the destination point. Does not pierce spell immunity."

This unexpected change removed the possibility of playing Faceless Void as an offlaner (POS 3). Suddenly, the option of rushing Aghanim's Scepter as a priority core item (similar to Luna & Gyrocopter) fell off the item build up for the hero.

What I'm getting at here is that it's really hard to justify getting Aghanim's Scepter before your 6th or even 7th slot item. It's a useful effect but as a Faceless Void, you really want to hit the break-point of having a Black King Bar and/or enough damage (Mjollnir/Monkey King Bar) to kill people inside your Chronosphere. Aghanim's only magnifies your existing damage and hero-catch, once you've secured your damage and sustain items.

With that in mind, I've come up with an idea to rework his scepter upgrade. So check it out below:

UPGRADES: CHRONOSPHERE

Current Upgrade (Patch 7.27a)

• Now causes Time Walk to perform Time Lock on all enemies within 250 radius around the destination point. Does not pierce spell immunity.

New Upgrade (Patch 7.27b) - To Be Released -

• Now allows Allied Heroes and Summoned Units to move inside the Chronosphere and actively casts spells and items. While in the Chronosphere, Faceless Void and Allied Heroes with Summoned Units are phased and hasted, meaning they cannot be slowed below the set value.

Let me know what you guys think about the above upgrade idea for reworking Faceless Void's current Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade and whether you would like IceFrog to have it implemented and patched into the game.

As always your feedback is highly appreciated.