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[RS4-]

Ugh, I haven't used shadow shaman since dota 1. How do you surround people with wards now? I tried the old way of just casting euls then dropping wards on the hero and the wards just stack like bowling pins

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

chicken them then place the wards. Usually works.

 

[Schweinehund]

I just found out that Lycan and Shadow Demon are voiced by Nolan North. Pretty cool. Here is the full list of the voice actors with the respective heroes.

John Lowrie is so damn talented. Such a range of diverse voices. Same with Gary Schwartz and Fennoy. They're all great VA.

 

[SouthernDragon]

You can run Veno in any lane, he's a top tier support at the moment. I wouldn't play him like that in a pub though, you'd probably be better to go more of a semi-carry build.

So, for a low-level pub like me, what would you recommend? For a Veno build, and in general?

Whichever key you bound your hero to, you can double click it and hold it to follow. But if you mean like leagues, where you can lock it completely, no.

Ah, this is quite useful. I use free camera, but I occasionally do want to hold the camera centered to my hero for a bit.

 

[Archie]

So, for a low-level pub like me, what would you recommend? For a Veno build, and in general?

Skill build:

1 - Gale
2 - Sting
3-5 - Wards
6 - Ultimate
7 - Wards

Then max out gale/sting

Item build:

Courier/wards/Ring of Basilius, Power Treads/Mana Boots, Drum of Endurance, Mekanism, Pipe of Insight, Vanguard, etc. Veno is pretty damn versatile so build around what your team needs.

And for the love of sweet baby Jesus, don't go Shadow Blade.

 

[Schweinehund]

don't play veno against lycan though.

You're just going to feed massively.

Speaking of which, what are some good counters to lycan? I'm assuming stunners and cc'ers/escape ability heroes are best?

 

[ShallNoiseUpon]

Is this where we post about competitive Dota2 as well?

If so,

Na'Vi vs CLG happening right now

Purge Stream
Maelk Stream [said he might stream this one]

 

[Ikuu]

Maelk is the better stream to watch.

Also what is the best starting items for Lycan? Only able to play two games on test and tried both Basi and QB/RoP first and wasn't sure which worked best.

 

[ShallNoiseUpon]

Maelk is the better stream to watch.

Also what is the best starting items for Lycan? Only able to play two games on test and tried both Basi and QB/RoP first and wasn't sure which worked best.

Probably Basi+tango since it synergizes with your wolves and mana regen.

 

[Zareth]

Maelk is the better stream to watch.

Also what is the best starting items for Lycan? Only able to play two games on test and tried both Basi and QB/RoP first and wasn't sure which worked best.

I prefer the QB/ROP build myself.

 

[Artanisix]

Both work, I like rob first myself

Actually now that I think about it, I actually go the RoP/QB build and grab clarities, and then build RoB asap in sideshop.

 

[Balehead]

Navi and CLG playing chicken with bans. http://www.twitch.tv/ggnetpurge

 

[Guesong]

Oh ho ho oh man.

Antimage and Invoker picked up by the same team.

 

[Haly]

Oh ho ho oh man.

Antimage and Invoker picked up by the same team.

GAF IH levels of swindle.

 

[DivineRage002]

Oh wow someone at valve either loves me or hates me.

I didn't get any DotA2 invites, but I did get FOUR assassin's creed 50% off coupons...

 

[Finalow]

Oh ho ho oh man.

Antimage and Invoker picked up by the same team.

NaVi will rape them np.

 

[Finalow]

Dendi-with-WR-so-good.gif

 

[Deadly]

That wr dive and shackle was fucking bossss. That's some amazing game sense there

 

[HenryHSH]

The wr death was pretty funny though.

 

[Archie]

Chinese version of Dota 2 won't use the Steam client and Valve is actively looking for a distribution partner.

 

[Sanjay]

My dream carry build in action by Navi Vangaurd and Basher

and damn had no idea gem on manta clones gives you sight.

 

[HenryHSH]

lol... the finish was fun.

 

[JudgeN]

Can't believe WR hasn't become first ban material in competitive games, hero so damn OP.

 

[SamVimes]

Maelk is the better stream to watch.

Sorry but nope, he can't even handle the camera.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

That game shows why push strategies are so good right now. Late game and one mistake where windrunner goes down and Na'Vi lose middle raxes.

 

[Sanjay]

You beat AM by picking MOAR carries.

 

[throwawayname]

Can't believe WR hasn't become first ban material in competitive games, hero so damn OP.

It's not WR, it's Dendi who is so damn OP.

 

[Swag]

Jesus Maelk has 320 wins and 140 losses, here I was feeling good about my +50.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Jesus Maelk has 320 wins and 140 losses, here I was feeling good about my +50.

I assume he's not playing solo pub, so meh.

 

[Swag]

I assume he's not playing solo pub, so meh.

Neither do a lot of other proffessional streamers, but they're still not at 70% win, holy shit.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Neither do a lot of other proffessional streamers, but they're still not at 70% win, holy shit.

I don't know how the MM system scales with higher win% or with 5-man teams, so I can't comment. I guess it must be a different experience because based on my experiences, I would expect if I was playing with 4 other guys regularly that were good I'd expect to win 70% of my matches against the random pubbers I've played against too.

 

[Duesy]

Neither do a lot of other proffessional streamers, but they're still not at 70% win, holy shit.

Yeah, I had a game against him once. They usually don't queue alone. There's a large disparity between players for matchmaking.

 

[undu]

Chinese version of Dota 2 won't use the Steam client and Valve is actively looking for a distribution partner.

It's a shame chinese people can't really enjoy steam because all games need to have a chinese distributor.
I guess this means that dota2 in china might suffer from the same kind of censorship as WoW.

 

[Swag]

I don't know how the MM system scales with higher win% or with 5-man teams, so I can't comment. I guess it must be a different experience because based on my experiences, I would expect if I was playing with 4 other guys regularly that were good I'd expect to win 70% of my matches against the random pubbers I've played against too.

Playing with Milkman, Hyuna, Tswift and ( Gdeceiver / Haly ) so usually step above the normal pub group, our win % is probably like 56%. But this has a lot to do with not being able to win without picking good heroes usually, because opponents always pick top tier heroes, while we have stuff like Puck and Sniper.

Ironically I win more games when I solo queue rather then group queue

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Playing with Milkman, Hyuna, Tswift and ( Gdeceiver / Haly ) so usually step above the normal pub group, our win % is probably like 56%. But this has a lot to do with not being able to win without picking good heroes usually, because opponents always pick top tier heroes, while we have stuff like Puck and Sniper.

interesting. been a long time since I've seen a good Puck. dunno why.

 

[Sibylus]

Next.kz and CLG playing right now: http://www.joindota.com/en/live/tobiwan

Must say, I'm enjoying the resurgence of Morphling in competitive play. Fun hero to watch.

 

[Artanisix]

LOL yeah we usually pick random heroes until Swift gets mad. And hey fuck you my Sniper is gdlike and I'll prove it today after the patch comes OUT

 

[TommyT]

LOL yeah we usually pick random heroes until Swift gets mad. And hey fuck you my Sniper is gdlike and I'll prove it today after the patch comes OUT

Let me find the biggest rolleyes.jpg I can. :lol

 

[kingslunk]

Valve could just make a mini steam client used only for Dota 2 for China.

 

[Swag]

LOL yeah we usually pick random heroes until Swift gets mad. And hey fuck you my Sniper is gdlike and I'll prove it today after the patch comes OUT

Just because we carry you like we carry Hyuna (Except when you play SD) doesn't make you good, sorry.

 

[Uriah]

I know this sounds mean, but people with crappy connections shouldn't play this game. I'm tired of losing games because people disconnect all the time.

 

[Swag]

Korok, what is he doing? Played some of these fights so bad.

 

[JustinBB7]

Players internet crashes, replace him with Dendi

Master tactics being played in this match.

 

[Guesong]

Players internet crashes, replace him with Dendi

Master tactics being played in this match.

Yeah, I was just thinking that...isn't it getting a bid fraudulent when you replace someone with Dendi.

I mean...if you are part of a team, you should not be able to replace someone on another team and help them advance. It's just stupid.

 

[Deadly]

Yeah, I was just thinking that...isn't it getting a bid fraudulent when you replace someone with Dendi.

I mean...if you are part of a team, you should not be able to replace someone on another team and help them advance. It's just stupid.

I was thinking the same thing when Synderen played for WW yesterday

 

[JustinBB7]

It is allowed if they are not in the same group according to the rules. And also it's not that big of an advantage, I just saw Dendi make a few mistakes where his team didn't help etc. It's still a team game and teams don't play like navi plays.

Still Dendi has a lot of individual skill.

 

[Guesong]

If your team is in the tournament, no matter the group, it should not be allowed, period.

But that's just my 2 cents, and they are worthless.

 

[Balehead]

I was thinking the same thing when Synderen played for WW yesterday

Gotta give synd some slack though, he had KingZ playing for mTw.

But yeah, I think it was Maelk who was commenting on synderen on WW's roster too.

 

[Archie]

It's a shame chinese people can't really enjoy steam because all games need to have a chinese distributor.
I guess this means that dota2 in china might suffer from the same kind of censorship as WoW.

Say hello to Skeleton Evil King!

 

[TommyT]

Really though, all the other team had to do was (I'm assuming here) just say no. "Can we replace this guy with Dendi?" - "lol no, he's got 10minutes or forfeit." If they blame the loss due to Dendi being on the other team, then they have no one to blame but themselves*.

*I would think if you have a rule where anyone, so long as their team isn't participating, can be a substitute, that substitute would have be to agreed upon by the other team.