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The International 2016 (Aug 3rd - 13th)

Dunno why Loda didn't get a lens, in particular as opposed to the fairly useless necro3. That item feels so essential on him and makes t3 + rax sieges substantially easier with the additional range and small but nice damage increase.
 
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Necro 3 counters Riki.

Eh, you plant a ward down where you push and that's all you need. You know riki's there anyways and you don't want to waste necro randomly throughout the map, not pushing.

Besides the necros die so quickly against all the aoe depush that they can't reveal invis for long anyways.
 
I hate that mirana scepter, feels kinda cheap. Either way, looking forward to OG EG now, hopefully OG can keep up the concentration after so many long games.
 
Eh, you plant a ward down where you push and that's all you need. You know riki's there anyways and you don't want to waste necro randomly throughout the map, not pushing.

Besides the necros die so quickly against all the aoe depush that they can't reveal invis for long anyways.

Wards can't chase, and Necro doubles as a pushing item. They were worried about getting outpushed by Naga so he went Necro 3 to counter Riki (mobile vision) as well as give them extra push.

EDIT: I really don't like Na'vi's lineup against TNC.
 
Eg drafting LC, hope they get crushed hard, I would get a seizure from more people getting encouraged to pick her, end up jungling all game then go an blame the rest of the team when they don't commit to stupid dives into t2 to duel Axe.

This Na'Vi game is getting good, please don't let me down dendi.
 
LC can jungle pretty well, you just have to get her to that point first.

You offlane for a bit, hope to pick up a kill or two before / at 6, then you take lane creeps and jungle and bite the head off of anyone stupid enough to come close to you.

Then you get blink and take over the map.

But yeah, jungling LC in pubs is the wooorst.

This EG pressure is working well, but who knows if it'll stay that way if they let it go mid game or later.
 
Unsurprisingly LC has been a useless pick for EG, can't remember when that wasn't the case for any team that made the same mistake.

and lol at ppd almost getting away,
 
Wow what a turnaround for EG, showing the lengths discipline will carry you into, they forced OG where they wanted and they are back into the game again.

EDIT: And now they are out.
 
I foresee an inconsequential LC buff next patch.
 
I foresee an inconsequential LC buff next patch.

Make Duel Auto-cast Press The Attack on LC regardless of cooldown!

(It's a fairly big buff, but to be honest she's been terrible ever since they did that one-two punch of removing what is now Break from Duel and fixing the bug on Mark of Courage so that you could only ever get one bonus attack from it)
 
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