What happened to Bear Trap?

I play HLD Standard all the time and it has been ages I've seen Bear Traps.
Everybody and their grandmothers seem to be an archer now... .

they nerfed the dmg and crit multi so it isnt strong anymore.

Yeah, but they added the trap and mine damage support.

Just a quick calculation:

In The Vertex:

- 21 Bear Trap (q)
- 4 Empower
- Trap and Mine damage (q)

=> 100% phys damage from tree, 75% trap damage

RESULT: 14k physical Bear Trap damage!

That is in a 3-link without hatred or herald of ash, it doesn't seem that weak... .

It's still strong but by design its a slower kill then taking another skill. You can kill faster with a crit bow,caster or melee build plus now have a plethora of ranged options to pick so you don't always need to be near someone. Traps are also a big liability when you're facing a crit herald of ash user. If your Bear Trap is that beefed up traps would basically be your build and that comes with its own limitations even if you're able to stack them/hide them and murder most people in 1-2 shots... traps are still traps. Crit bow with traps is a much much stronger more versatile build.