Changes in the Leaguestart and leveling Meta for Return of the Ancients

Hi all, CrimsonCasts here - Speedrunner and Speedrun commentator. Twitch:   / crimsoncasts   Discord:   / discord   Lots of changes to go over, these are the highlights that stand out to me for leveling, leaguestarting, and early mapping in Return of the Ancients. Lots of POB work to do to see if the math works out for these changes, and even more undocumented changes (what does Gemling even DO for 99% of skills?) we'll need to test out once we have more information. The changes to +levels for weapons are going to be impactful, I can't believe I forgot to mention them. Chapters: Intro - 0:00 Early leveling for weapons - 0:26 Maces buffed act 1/2 - 1:18 Wyvern (mostly) improved early - 3:00 Shield wall nerfed - 4:05 Bonestorm is gonna be fine - 6:00 Untouched leveling builds - 6:45 Lightning Arrow (and snipe) Changes - 7:36 Campaign QOL GIANT W's - 9:06 Campaign mob density nerfed - 11:06 Leveling Meta Summary - 12:52 Sorcery Ward - 13:20 Deflection Changes - 14:50 What does Gemling DO? - 16:38 ES Recharge Obliterated - 18:52 Leech Changes (Life-based casters VERY sad) - 20:30 Leaguestart Plans - 21:50 Essences in Campaign - 22:20 Things we didn't see - 23:16 Overview - 23:45 Outro - 24:36