I actually think if you build vanguard on her now into abyssal later she gets really fucking tanky cus by the time you have mkbs or silver edge to counter her she has a lot of hp plus that block. Actually just faced this so maybe that's why it seems so good. But in this match pudge and clock created a ton of space so PA could just clean up. She could've gone battlefury and farmed afk but this worked much better imo.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2484915749
But still overall a weaker hero. If she gets space and snowballs off fights she is scary. Farming PA still sucks though.
Current meta favors strength cores massively.. She's a glass cannon.. So a very situational pick..
Besides, all heroes have a bigger HP pool now. PA has nothing to cover that with, her DMG is still the same.
Not to mention the OP buff blademail received.
And even considering all that, she stays the most popular hero of the month and even keeps her 50% winrate.
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Where do you think she belongs in the current meta? She became just a little bit tankier and received some quality life changes, but wasn't buffed much lately, compared to other heroes.
The introduction of some new items certainly help her in early game (blightstone particularly), but the change to abyssal now limited her max damage output significantly.
Just want to hear your thoughts. Boring day at work, nothing to do but chat.