Back then when BM was a popular Heroa it was somewhat common sense to level up his animals first, because they were so great. Now however, they suffer from big HP-loss (Pig) or (almost) invisibility-removal (Hawk), among with lesser duration and lower MS (the combination of both very bad for Hawk).
I also see people maxing Axes out first in IDEC, which was done only by casual players before. Were the animals nerfed by such a big extend that they are worse than Axes now? I always thought that with the bonus-damage on quilbeast and the bonus-slow, it is possible to perform more damage on a Hero that you use your Ulti on, especially because you can chase them longer with the improved poison that the pig gains on Lev4. Ofc I was right when it had many HP, but is it really better to level Axes sooner now?
Also, is it possible to open polls here?