Ok I overreacted (Invoker)

Yeah, you need Exort at levels 1 and 3 or else you are not a hero.

Yeah, the facet options don't exactly spark joy.

Yeah, Wex attack speed is gone.

But holy shit, having the attack damage on Exort back...back to being an intelligence hero....feels actually incredible. I forgot that QE used to have kill threat at level 2-3, and could bully enemies hard at level 5. I play pos 4 and have been reliably exerting solo kill pressure at level 2 with the blood grenade. On mid it's trickier and works against fewer heroes, but 200 damage sunstrike is dangerous af. Then you can just go qw from there if you want, or max out exort for damage.