Item slots are now all universal, rather than tree specific.
Total slot count reduced from 16 to 12.
Wow, old meta just went completely out the window.
I'm going to miss those ultra-simple monochrome item icons. I at least appreciate that the new icons still have some literal illustration of the item's effect, unlike Dota's.
Same.
The new art is a little overloady. It's hard to parse at a glance and I'm unsure that'll pass once I get used to it.
I do like the changes to the items, though. I'm already playing with some new builds.
But the loss of 4 slots REALLY hurts. On some charachters, you feel like you have just enough to make them effective, at all, and are then left with no room to do anything interesting.
Wow, old meta just went completely out the window.