i got plenty of justifications for picking sniper bro
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i got plenty of justifications for picking sniper bro
I could not possibly think of a worse item for pudge if I tried.
SteveWinwood
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The amount of data valve has for anything (steam, tf2, dota 2) just blows my mind even imagining it. I'd love to just sift through some of that stuff.
Eh, you could just use it while waiting for your hook/ult cooldowns against a hard hitting carry. I dunno, the best I could think of was Poor Man's Shield, but even then the damage block would be mildly decent and the agi would give you a minor minor buff to attack speed and armor and since it costs so little and could be built easily in a side shop during a gank it wouldn't be AS bad.
Its just, comparing cost to utility on SnY for pudge, its like the most expensive item that gives him the least benefits.
just got the game like 2 days ago and fuck im i rust i havent played since maybe 6.3X. im having trouble with how items work in this game, like i remember i couldnt have sange and yasha + vladimir cause they were attack modifiers or something and i think i can have them now. BTW any games going on right now, i really want to get at least good at the game.
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I was planning on going to bed, but fuckyespatchnotes
What it comes down to is that SK doesn't need a teamfight-oriented orb, his burrowstrike and epicenter are already devastating in that role. Finale is brilliant in its role (even moreso with 6.73 and the 8 second duration, it's child's play to nuke entire creep waves for free), it's a unique skill, there's just no compelling reason to replace it. As for allowing other orbs to stack on it, Sand King doesn't need the buff. He's a dynamite teamfighting, ganking, and pushing hero, with a stationary invis/pushing/stun-dodging skill on top of it all. The Finale buff and the buff on Epicenter's slow made him even better, he's good as-is for now.
Just got into the beta a couple of days ago and I have been watching a lot of videos and streams to get used to the flow of the game. Being a total MOBA/Dota noob I have been reading up and watching a lot of video on the different heroes before even playing my first game. So with that said I have decided that I am going to go with a ganker hero class just to get my feet wet. Any recommendations for a noob like me? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
Pudge since he's super easy. Haven't met one person who has missed his hooks.
On a serious note, stay away from Pudge!!! Someone who is relatively easy would be blood seeker. He can regenerate health by killing creeps.
Also, I wouldn't recommend playing bots. They're so bad. But everyone else will disagree with me and you could take their word for it.
I played Dragon knight as my first hero, and went 0/7. Now look at me, I can finally go 0/7/1
Togglesworlh
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oh my god i have been in dota 2 withdrawal while at gdc someone hold me
dis patch
c'mon c'mon valve do something awesome next week please... i was hoping to come back to something awesome, but instead i get... BAH
BAH
e: wow this is a dumb post sorry
dis patch
c'mon c'mon valve do something awesome next week please... i was hoping to come back to something awesome, but instead i get... BAH
BAH
e: wow this is a dumb post sorry
dorkimoe
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Thank moses
Togglesworlh
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i'm sort of intoxicated will you forgive me?
e: oooh they fixed my least favorite thing about batrider
tsunami643
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Lion or Vengeful Spirit. Extremely simple heroes, extremely useful supports, fairly capable gankers.
The_Player
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Intel VGA?
Slot these under "carries I want to see played more often".
I've scarcely played Batrider, but I've noticed the... unwieldiness of Flame Break. Sounds like the change will make this magnitudes easier to land effectively, which is great for the positional play it allows (impeding a fleeing target, breaking channels like Black Hole or Shackles through crowds).
Clock was one of the highlight heroes of the International for me, would love to see more of him.
A great ultimate that doesn't see enough use, the small buff is most welcome.
Well, as much as I love Dark Seer, this seemed more or less inevitable. Slightly squishier illusions, half as much chaos, but the wall is still ridiculously powerful (especially against a lineup with a carry). Fights taken inside the wall are still a profoundly terrible idea, and he's still probably a hero worth banning.
Small but welcome buff, given how frequently it amounts to a single target silence.
This is a fairly significant buff, especially in higher levels of play. Counterpicks like Vengeful Spirit and Beastmaster will probably get a boost to their popularity.
More expensive lane control in the early game, but arguably room for more effective ganking and scouting. Still a really powerful hero
If this is what it takes to make the ubiquitous quas-wex/tornado-emp build optional and not compulsory, this will shape up to be a great change. Said combo requiring more attention to detail and timing is similarly welcome.
So juking into trees or uphill won't save you from further jumps?
Hex now lasts half a second longer than a Scythe of Vyse, Lion now has more mana to steal from ranged creeps. Modest buffs, but he could use them given his place under the sun has seemingly been utterly cannibalized between things like Sheepsticks and Shadow Shamans.
Another highlight hero from the International, and I must say I love the buffs being handed out to the glass cannons (even if that's conditional, as with Morphling). Can't wait to see more of him, even if playing him myself feels like trying to walk on the ceiling with my elbows.
I like this buff a great deal, Mirana's ult is one of the strongest initiation skills in the game and this is a nice little buff to her teamfight contribution. Only downside is that it's very expensive to use early.
Another series of tweaks and buffs I like. More emphasis on timing and less on autocast.
Small buffs that I *surprise* like. Improves his early and midgame impact, which is critical time for him given his need for some levels and money.
Indirect buffs to support heroes, which is fantastic. More money and options all around.
An extra 5 seconds is nice, but I don't know if it'll be enough to nudge it into a mainstream role. Situationally, 20 seconds of 25% magic damage amplification with a downtime of only 10 seconds, you could really milk that for a lot of additional hurt.
Orange vs. MYM starting now, tune in for some AZN-action
That Razer SEA tournament, between two pretty decent teams. Always interesting to see their meta (or at least how they handle the 5 bans now if the meta ain't different...)
Try putting this as a launch option -nod3d9ex . I had the same problem and this solved it for me, not quite sure what it disables though. Apparently its some thing they put into to help the game alt-tab better.
close to the edge
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Yeah.. you say that and MYM pick the most turtle-y strategy imaginable, DS, Spectre and Veno. Thank God Orange won this.
Even better though, he got an indirect buff, with the removal of unexplored fog!
That invoker buff/nerf is something I can agree with. Nice to see some changes to kunkka, morph, and ogre magi (pumped for this one). Puck's changes sound good to, I can finally get some appreciation for my dodges instead of people calling it auto cast.
Pucks autocast was good in some occasions, when you have low life going back to base and dosent want to get killed by zeus ulti for example. Was a kind of a nerf for a underpowered hero :/
I dont want to live in this world anymore
I bind the 1st item to [space] and bind the next two to the side buttons on my mouse
The bottom row of items I click on manually.
Technosteve
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playing navi seems unfair
Thanks for the tip, I was unsure how to bind my items until now.
Yoooo, sfxt is a great game. Plus I'm sure salthouses are going on just fine without me.
I'm just a nice person, and the dota 2 community is dragging me down to their level.
ScepticMatt
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*high five*
I use the same, except 4,5,6 for the bottom icon row.
Rac is too good for the trash that plays Dota2.
I use space, x, and c myself. Gawd, I need to have space + qwer functionality back, it was just so damned efficient.
Technosteve
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i have a microsoft egronomic keyboard so i just split everything on the left hand side.
i got qwerty as my spells tab as my ulti tho i need to change it so i can micro minions if i ever learn how to play chen
dfg
cvb
for my bag items
A for attack
S for Stop
i got qwerty as my spells tab as my ulti tho i need to change it so i can micro minions if i ever learn how to play chen
dfg
cvb
for my bag items
A for attack
S for Stop
sssstententen
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Not so much it seems. Navi getting shown what's what at the moment.
I use the same mouse *fist bump*, but I haven't mapped any items to space. I'm going to do that. I have been using those two side buttons though and they work wonders.
Technosteve
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navi vs nextkz pretty pretty good match up
Lactose_Intolerant
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na'vi go down, now mouz is up next.
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