Strategic summary and impact analysis for patch 7.36a.
The critical change preventing Force Staff and similar abilities/items from being used on Leashed targets significantly elevates the power of Leash as a disable. This makes heroes with Leash much more effective at locking down highly mobile targets, as a common counter-play (forced movement) is now removed. This shifts the meta towards valuing reliable, hard-to-escape disables and punishes heroes reliant on forced movement for escape.