Is Detonate Dead viable? Yes! Are you going to play it? No!

This is the exact answer i have got from every streamer out there those were doing 1.2 theorycrafting. All of them said that it is a very very strong build no matter what but none of them or their friends or friends of their friends or friends of friends of their friends are going to play it now...

Before patch notes have been released every second of them streamers i know in game or from watching their streams was going to play DD. Now apparently DD is not "viable" enough for them.

Maybe people want to try something they haven't already played to level 90-100?
Also, the new flat damage on DD isn't know yet afaik.

First of all, whoever played it before might want to try new stuff. Second, the skill is annoying to use, and without being OP, it's not worth it to me. Same as Traps/Mines, for instance.

It is viable, but not broken.

Most of those Streamers and their friend and the friends of their friends don't want 'viable'. They want broken. DD is now viable, so they are going to look for broken.

No one really knows how good it is because they don't know the flat damage it adds per level. I think the uncertainty of its effectiveness and the clearly explained buffs of other skills is the reason people are less eager to use it.

You know, I played it in the last 1 month league, and my answer would probably be the same.

- Is it good?
- Yeah, it's strong and cheap, scales well without investment, good skill.
- Will you play it again?
- Hell no, it's boring and more than annoying.

It's worse AND they have all played it already. Seems logical for them to want to try something else now.