I am back after a long break and Chen has been reworked. Unlike other heroes, I cannot find many suggestions or analysis of talents for the new Chen except for some day 1 thoughts. Any Chen players here? Any suggested builds? Thanks!
Hate what they did in baking keg smash and breath of fire
You basicly have a tank build and a W build.
A general tip is
Go in press E take a lot of dmg and press R to transform into earth wind and fire. Then tranform back and you are almost full hp again
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Stagger is very important now. Be on the look out for times when you can tank far more then your health bar should allow. Useing stagger and mitigating the damage with a fully channeled trait can more then double your health bar at times things like tanking building in place of minions and 2 manning boss can be pretty impactful.
The damage from stagger can also be mitigated with both of your ultimates. Wandering kegs armor will soften the damage from stagger and storm earth fire will completely clear all of your stagger.
If youve got allies who can give you armor or have good healing over time, that can be a very good way to mitigate the damage from stagger.
Chen is weaker to crowd control then he used to be so be aware of when you can use your trait to clear your stagger and when you can’t. If theres alot of CC going around, consider holding back untill you can use your ultimates to mitigate stagger as they are less susceptible to CC then your trait is.
When in lane you want to trade often. Every time stagger is up its a good time to go and do some damage. Use Q to both harass your opponent and grab regen globes and keg smash/ breath of fire to clear the lane and also harass.
Your trait can be used in lane to tank minions and your opponent while under tower to ensure that your lane buildings take minimal damage when you get pushed in. Make sure the minions are in range of the tower but the minions arent attacking the towers. You can do this with mercs aswell but its more difficult.
Come mid to late game, chen can be very oppressive with either of his ultimates.
Storm earth fire has had its damage significantly increased. Choosing to empower your attack speed will give you enough damage to delete the backline if your choice. Use Q to dive deep in to the enemy team and activate stagger. Once the enemy uses all their cooldowns on you, uss your ult to clear all the stagger amd begin dealing tons of damage. Just watch out for cc as you ult tho sense storm earth fire does have a cast time.
Wandering keg can be game changing when used properly. Dont forget that Q puts you behind people which is often an exelent time to ult and push 1 person towards your team and everyone else away or vice versa.
The 13 talent that gives allies a shield when you use your trait can also be extremely powerful and is an option you should seriously consider. There are a number of heroes that this can almost completely shut down. Things like powerful dots or poke.
Over all, new chen thrives on making big plays. Looking for opportunities to do big ults or waste a ton of your opponents abilites on your shields and stagger is key. Hes definitely still strong but his more cooldown reliant playstyle is probably why most people dont play him to often.
Also it might be worthwhile to hop in to training mode and get a feel for the new stom earth fire as theres alot you can do with it now depending on what order you use the abilites.
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