General DiscussionWhy did previously competitive heroes die out?

fixed, tiny aa and rk are back alive. thanks god.

Why did Slardar die out? Because back when TI1 was made there were almost no heroes to pick from so people had to pick what is there.

Because of nerf's and people realise how to counter and play against them.
The meta game changes, which means in early 5man push strats, or lane domination strats RK, AA and Tiny all get owned.

Tiny has 0 base armour, and Will get stomped by any confident mid hero. Especially if a support is being a twat and guarding runes and harassing him. This forces tiny into the "carry 1 position role" where other heros are just generally better, a Gyro does more for his team, in the later portion of the game.
Which kinda forced tiny to only get drafted with a wisp.

Its like magnus, when his rp got damage nerf'd and bottle crow got raped he is barely seen anymore. Because people realised that other heros are just alround better for pushing or controling the map. You can still pick up a Mag, and its still a viable choice, but teams know how to play against it and it doesn't fit that well into new teams anymore.

Nerfs mostly, look up Dota 2 wiki, they have all the balance changes listed for each hero.

Play tiny as support, he is still very good. The competitive meta is pretty inflexible. For pub matches you can use any hero.