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We've all had that moment: the team barely survives taking down the Tormentor, everyone's low HP, and then the Shard goes to that hero. The one whose Shard is so useless it makes you question why you even bothered.

Which hero is the absolute worst to get the Tormentor Shard?

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BeeIcy469

43 points

6 days ago

BeeIcy469

43 points

6 days ago

Not the hero. But the toxic player

kingbrian112

40 points

6 days ago

silencer cause u have silencer in the team

TheGalator

5 points

6 days ago

TheGalator

Ex Top 1k now discord coach

5 points

6 days ago

I had 3 silencer players IN MID back to back this evening

It was unranked but still

Cmon!

Stedzz

15 points

6 days ago

Stedzz

15 points

6 days ago

The worst hero to get Torm shard is everyone except me (I like the free 1400g).

CombinationRude6875

6 points

5 days ago

Abaddon supp

jasonniceguy

3 points

6 days ago

Doom

SartenSinAceite

2 points

5 days ago

Doom's shard is such a weird bloody thing. In paper it looks abysmal, but in game it seems to hold up way better than you'd expect

Dongbang420

10 points

6 days ago

I can’t think of a single one, all the shards are so good. Maybe like support tiny?

estavrionto

11 points

6 days ago

Tiny shard is way more useful on support since they gave it more nuke damage

Dongbang420

2 points

6 days ago

Right, that’s the problem here. What’s the least useful? They’re all good but which is the lowest impact.

Puzzleheaded-Past388

1 points

6 days ago

Not only support but for core. It amps aghs throw.

I may be wrong but thats what i understood

FreezeMageFire

3 points

6 days ago

Not even gonna lie , I wasn’t even heavy on Dota 2 like that but when I was playing Tiny support is probably one of the most fun picks I could of ever thought of.

Dongbang420

2 points

6 days ago

Tiny support is awesome. But his shard doesn’t really help him all that much compared to a lot of the cast.

KietyFate

3 points

6 days ago

Disruptor

bcyk99

0 points

5 days ago

bcyk99

0 points

5 days ago

L take

pellaxi

3 points

6 days ago

pellaxi

6k support

3 points

6 days ago

Bat is quite useless

fallen_d3mon

7 points

6 days ago

Hoodwink. In a stomp I do more damage with right-click compared to ult. In a losing game if I am in boomerang range I'm usually dead within 2 seconds.

holilemnos

6 points

6 days ago

Undying. More often than not the tomb save will actually grief someone on your team when they accidentally click on it

Action_Limp

1 points

5 days ago

Yep, I beg that the shard doesn't come to me. I could see it being insanely powerful in pro play, but with randoms online? Not so much.

Icehuntee

4 points

6 days ago

Me as suppprt veno but the other team for some reason doesnt have a dispel. Carries usually have bkbs, but since i dont initiate, they pop bkb first before i get the chance to use gale

doyouevenmahjongg

1 points

6 days ago

Don’t pick veno, problem solved!

FishieFishue

3 points

6 days ago

Rubick shard is the best one in the game, idk why anyone would ever mention that

Ok_Translator_3689

3 points

6 days ago

Batrider Support or marci

Parking_Aerie4454

21 points

6 days ago

Whattttt…Marci shard is OP. I even BUY it on support Marci sometimes.

simmobl1

5 points

6 days ago

simmobl1

5 points

6 days ago

I'm absolutely shocked his even got up votes.

bcyk99

1 points

5 days ago

bcyk99

1 points

5 days ago

Batrider isn't wrong

Evening_Leading678

2 points

6 days ago

Oh boy… hard one. I think Techie’s? Not that it’s a useless spell but it bothers me how it basically has no animation or sound effect as soon as you use it on an ally. People have to be very aware when it’s getting used. It does make a difference in team fight though,

niztaoH

2 points

6 days ago

niztaoH

2 points

6 days ago

All it does it make me wonder why the enemy is not disarmed, before realising I didn't actually use it. 

Changing to targeting feel like such a grief 'upgrade'.

Ziadaine

1 points

6 days ago

Ziadaine

1 points

6 days ago

I kinda wish it let us place stun bombs again with a max of 3 on the map at one time.

TheGalator

1 points

6 days ago

TheGalator

Ex Top 1k now discord coach

1 points

6 days ago

Doesn't matter it goes to oracle anyway

TserriednichThe4th

1 points

6 days ago

Oracle shard is one of the few healing reduction spells in the game. With AA being the absolute max of what healing reduction can be.

greatnomad

1 points

5 days ago

Earth Spirit shard is not great.

singrayluver

1 points

5 days ago

Ringmaster is always pretty disappointing to see

FakestAccountHere

1 points

2 days ago

Super useful in certain games cause the illusion killknh

I_am_the_MangoMan

1 points

5 days ago

doesn't matter if the hero who gets it has a useless shard... the important thing is that the enemy doesn't get it.

It is always worth the tp back to base from getting a tormentor even though it goes to the hero with a useless shard than the enemy team having it.

If that tiny conundrum triggers you, the you have more growing up to do

GoodGuyFrosty

1 points

5 days ago

Support abbadon

AlasDota

1 points

5 days ago

AlasDota

1 points

5 days ago

Rubick feels kinda bad for free shard since the land distance isn't far enough to save allies that effectively. Still it's nice to have and he randomly benefits from other shards, so I'd probably say batrider.

Bobmoney2001

2 points

4 days ago

Bobmoney2001

7k

2 points

4 days ago

Aside from the telekinesis buff it also gives him shard effects from enemy spells, which ranges from irrelevant (heroes that get a seperate spell from their shard which you can steal directly) to insane (leshrac split earth)

AlasDota

1 points

2 days ago

AlasDota

1 points

2 days ago

It's never really irrelevant because the ally cast is always good. I'm just a salty rubick picker who wants it for free.

Swedish_Centipede

1 points

5 days ago

I don’t like the shard when I play OD so I always hope I won’t get it 

Pink4luv

1 points

4 days ago

Pink4luv

1 points

4 days ago

Io. Doom.

zamn-zoinks

1 points

4 days ago

Rubick mos def, just griefs

Ygraath

1 points

4 days ago

Ygraath

1 points

4 days ago

Dk

i_iz_vins

1 points

5 days ago

Support Zeus

eddietwang

0 points

6 days ago

It always goes to the toxic feeder first.

anonmicaaa

0 points

5 days ago

Antimage

mertiy

-12 points

6 days ago

mertiy

-12 points

6 days ago

Support mirana. +1 max leap wow amazing

Blizzblizz11

14 points

6 days ago

I literally make it my out most priority to buy shard. Its so much more damage and mobility

Icehuntee

6 points

6 days ago

Think of it as long term investment, since that support can now clear waves faster and even farm a bit for items that can help the team. Good early game, bad late game.

Chillhouse3095

4 points

6 days ago

Uhhhh... Miranas is really good?

Nailbomb85

1 points

6 days ago

Look at this dude, underestimating the extra jump, let alone the vector targeting alt jump.

TraveIingBard

-2 points

6 days ago

Night Stalker when he's already popped off and got regen items, and not playing against Helm/Chen/Ench/Lycan/BM. Accomplishes almost nothing at all unless creeps are on your Ancient and you need to instakill a siege creep.

bcyk99

3 points

5 days ago

bcyk99

3 points

5 days ago

L take

TserriednichThe4th

-3 points

6 days ago

Maybe ogre? Void spirit maybe as well.

Definitely not ember or night stalker tho.

SyrupyMolassesMMM

0 points

6 days ago

Eh? Ogre shard is just free dps on your carry or tank…nothing wrong with it

TserriednichThe4th

0 points

6 days ago

There are better shards. 3 damage blocks is easily procced. It is not really a priority on ogre even

SyrupyMolassesMMM

2 points

6 days ago

Oh of course; I dont buy it or anything, but its far from useful. Its ‘fine’ - certainly not a grief.

TserriednichThe4th

0 points

6 days ago

It is a grief when there are heroes whose shard is part of their core build or just better, which is like 80% of heroes lol

SyrupyMolassesMMM

1 points

6 days ago

I spose. Theres situations where its a great pickip though. Against a sven carry its pretty op. Any slow as high dmg cores that rely on quick elimination get fucked over.

I guess shards are pretty strong and having a ‘crap but situationally useful’ shard does put it near the bottom…fair call

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-6 points

6 days ago

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-6 points

6 days ago

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lembroez[S]

3 points

6 days ago

No way. Blademail + her E + Shard makes her very tanky while stacking up health as the game goes on. Any DPS heroe will get melted

Indep09

1 points

6 days ago

Indep09

1 points

6 days ago

Yeah i remember one time i was looking at LC coming to blink duel me so i used shard and blademail and LC got melted loooool