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Dota 2 Beta Thread: [Brewmaster]
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They are the worst team ever and Loda is the worst player ever. I think that's the new meta.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
DP is a good hero to play once you get a decent grasp of the game. She has some utility and a farming spell, and will teach you to have good positioning or you'll die constantly.
Stay away from storm spirit though, he's pretty hard to play.
Enigma's got nothing on farming compared to Nature's Prophet.
Teleport? That's only for getting to the other jungle creeps. Also the ultimate is the best way to teach those laners to man up and learn to win lanes without relying on those silly items. Real men fight naked.
dunno, I can usually finish with a good k/d ratio when my team just sucks. ok that is AM but still.
again: is joindota.com down or what? I wanted to see Dendi stream. =(
Schweinehund
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Adapt to the way the game is going. Sometimes doing early battlefury isn't the way to go. Vanguard into manta may be the better choice. Though sometimes no matter what you do you can't win.
Joindota is working for me, atleast the main page is.
I always go for vanguard and manta. XD
dunno, you're from EU or USA? Can't understand. =/
Schweinehund
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I'm from USA.
the underfarm is enough
The 3/4 waves of creeps isn't enough?
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I just got my beta key, I don't think I've ever been so excited to check a beta in my life.
If you never played Dota before, let us know how long the excitement lasts.
Pick Lich, buy courier and ward. Lane with a partner and let him take all the last hits. You only deny creeps and harass. Buy wards when old wards expire.
Dreams-Visions
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play with 4 people you know. lol
and be sure to watch some tutorial videos. there are many on youtube that discuss some of the basic concepts.
oh, you can get bitched at as Lich. getting too aggressive, trying to do too much with harassing, etc. the trick of harassing is knowing the other characters (to know if you're getting to close and putting yourself in jeopardy...something a new player won't know for a long, long time), so he'll have to do everything with great moderation. and even then, it'll take awhile before he knows what "moderation" means in this game.
Lich is fine, but play with friends.
Gully State
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You can get yelled at for being too passive as lich as well...
Get into the habit of buying wards before the current ones expire. You don't want to have an important sector of the map dark for 5-10 minutes because you couldn't safely roam down to the spot promptly after a ward purchase. Having wards in your inventory minutes before they expire lends far greater flexibility.
Be like me and just take it for a 100 matches or so, learning from people better than you, looking up builds and strategies, and taking it all in. When I first got into this genre on HoN around this time last year, all I did was play with GAF for just about a 100 matches, and though I was new and sucked, people like
Meeru
Long story short, if you really want to play without everyone hating you, play with GAF and play as often as you can. Read up on heroes that are relatively easy to play, master them, and then move up the ladder one step at a time.
dorkimoe
Member
No. Because I'm so bad At farming it wouldn't make a difference. We played one of the worst games ever today. I swear it was the most I've raged.
I can't do that anymore I start to sound like the people I hate
Nope your mic is fine, had a blast as well (this game can be fun when you are winning)
Dreams-Visions
Member
agree. I think I mentioned yesterday that the tentative teammate is one of the 3 worst kinds you can have. the guy who gets hit a few times, tucks tail and runs with full mana. lol
i think the bottom line here is: you will get bitched at unless you play with friends. though even then, the other team will be happy to make fun of you. so best advice is probably to just ignore it and learn the game.
"thanks for the feed lich lolololol"
Don't think its a bug
It's intended as is
Many ults do. Something to keep in mind.
I like playing with Gaffers. Games only take half the time!
Yeah, I thought blackhole and beastmaster's were kind of the only ones. Seems like one of those things you learn over time.
tsunami643
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I'm not sure that's a complete list. I mean, it doesn't list what does go through it and for the ones that don't I'm pretty sure it's missing some. I could have sworn I blocked Anti-Mage's ultimate with my bkb in the very same game. I could be wrong. Maybe I'll take a look at the replay...
Edit: Ah, the mini-stun went but not the damage. Carry on then.
The_Player
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EVERY GAME. EVERY FUCKING GAME IM LOSING. SO FRUSTRATED.
Dropped down from 23 pure wins to 14.
Dropped down from 23 pure wins to 14.
throwawayname
Member
Same here. Lost the last 7-8 games I think. People don't care about team composition. Some pick a mid champ like Pudge and after the picks are done they say they go bot or top with their buddy who picked a dumb champ for that lane so a meele has to go mid and gets destroyed + they rage at the team in their language when they get outplayed in their save lane.
Solo mm is the best mm.
Solo mm is the best mm.
Freakinchair
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throwawayname
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Yeah but most people I get in my team cannot do that. Must be the low matchmaking level.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
People are gonna play whatever they want to, no sense getting too upset about it.
PS: I found it interesting that you listed pudge, a melee, as a mid hero, but went on to say that melee mid isn't proper. As chair said, melee mid is fine.
PS: I found it interesting that you listed pudge, a melee, as a mid hero, but went on to say that melee mid isn't proper. As chair said, melee mid is fine.
throwawayname
Member
I a still a noob and afaik there are only a few meele champs that can do mid pretty fine like Pudge, NS, Bloodseeker or Axe.
Gully State
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Just when I thought I was turning the corner, I lay a fuckin goose egg of a game..0-16..I got outlaned and was stuck at level 7 for the longest time with no gold and a complete inability to farm jungle due to my low level...back to the drawing board..
Pretty much all melee can do mid decent. The reason pudge, NS, bloodseeker etc goes there is to get the fast levels since they can be very agressive early if they get them. There are of course other reasons, such as putting a dragon knight mid just so you free up the other lanes for better configurations for your chosen team.
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