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DOTA 2 BETA 2 |OT10| Reborn
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Sgt.Pepper
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Supermanisdead
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sven's ult so powerful, ur puny network couldnt handle it. the beast has become too big for valve to contain. the chamber of secrets has been opened, enemies of the heir beware
head meet fucking desk where do some of these people learn to play dota
bristle on team has all the fucking mana in the world bcuz I pick CM to beef him up. dude builds blademail and crimsonguard. that shti doesnt even make sense, you want to reflect reduced dmg from your back AND more dmg reduction from CG
then despite tanking up dude sits in teh back of team fights and never fucking initiates.
god dammit I hate this game
just gonna play IHL and gtfo of dota for a few weeks
bristle on team has all the fucking mana in the world bcuz I pick CM to beef him up. dude builds blademail and crimsonguard. that shti doesnt even make sense, you want to reflect reduced dmg from your back AND more dmg reduction from CG
then despite tanking up dude sits in teh back of team fights and never fucking initiates.
god dammit I hate this game
Glass Shark
Banned
I rerolled my 10 heroes and got Io
Welp, looks like I won't be getting these points.
Welp, looks like I won't be getting these points.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Io is easy hero, don't play it as a ward bitch in pubs, and stick to the only good player in your team. Don't build mek it is too expensive to actually get it early unless your team is drowning in cash and no one else got it.
Bottle is core, urn is good but not core, solar crest is really good.
Get Armlet
Better play it in ranked too, so when I fucking feed mid with troll you get to lose MMR!
this is exactly what is happening and it's fuckin bullshit.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Do you guys tend to stick to a small pool of heroes and master them, or play a little bit of everything?
Personally I can't help myself and try and play almost anything, even though there are a few heroes I'm very comfortable on, but that I've played enough that I'm kinda bored of them.
Personally I can't help myself and try and play almost anything, even though there are a few heroes I'm very comfortable on, but that I've played enough that I'm kinda bored of them.
Which ever I feel like. Playing so long, sometimes I feel like playing the same hero 50 games in a row, and other times I random for months straight. I think alternating them is really best, playing a single core set of heroes allows you to focus on the games more rather then the hero, and randoming gives you a chance to focus on areas of the game you don't think about much.
Dreams-Visions
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There is no wrong way to approach it. I personally played with a small pool until I was comfortable not only with that pool, but also with as many of the little things going on in the game that I might otherwise miss trying to understand my hero.
Personally that worked for me and I got a handle on different items and map mechanics faster than I probably would have otherwise. YMMV.
I like to play pretty much every hero but I have a few heroes that are my favorite that I like to think I'm pretty good with.
Glass Shark
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If I had a nickel for every time my team whines "don't random in ranked!"
Seriously, they put the button there for a reason.
Seriously, they put the button there for a reason.
This is me in every game even before the ten hero challenge.
neurosisxeno
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I could understand if you randomed techies twice in a row, but that's pretty unlikely. If you know how to play the heroes who fucking cares?
Glass Shark
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Exactly. I've been through my A-Z challenge so I at least have a cursory knowledge of all the heroes. I think most people just pick a few they like and stick to them and that's why they can't understand that random is okay.
My rule of thumb is "If it isn't first or second pick, don't random in ranked."
neurosisxeno
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That's my mantra. If nobody is picking right away I'll random to force people to consider positions and picks. I'm not losing gold so some idiots can secure their picks.
I play a combination of whatever I feel is fun balanced with what my team needs. Typically this means I play some sort of support hero, which is fine because support is my favorite role, but sometimes I get to play cool carries like Bloodseeker or Luna.
By the way Luna Aghs is SUPER good and you should pick it up asap on this hero.
By the way Luna Aghs is SUPER good and you should pick it up asap on this hero.
Stronghammer22
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I did the hero specific challenge and it acted as though it gave me the coins and such at the end of the match, but when I check the compendium it's incomplete and I didn't get anything. lol. Bugged?
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
but hylian WAS 4kCONGRATS DRKIRBY
I think you are the winner of the hylian/hazaro/kirby race to 4k?
WHAT A GOD
by spamming Ebola Spirit when he was op as shit.
He likely is in terms of balance, but I still wish he would get a rework, he just isn't fun. If Icefrog ever wanted to really make him better, I think all he really needs is a move speed buff.
I think Soul Rip is really the spell that makes Undying OP. Tombstone is really good still, but Soul Rip just allows you to keep people in fights so damn long, healing 400+ every 6 seconds.
If your team has first pick you shouldn't random either, you're robbing your team of a tactical advantage.
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if you are playing solo ranked, i typically fill whatever position the team needs. but really, just play a bunch of heroes and avoid the high skill ceiling ones. another approach would be to learn roles instead of heroes and understand what you need to be doing as each.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Hey, whats that Asterisk supposed to mean
I think it's referring to the scumbagging with
If it was an organized pub I would agree with you, but you have to realize pub teams are usually disorganized as all hell so it hardly matters, most picks after first pick are just reactionary.
neurosisxeno
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Hey, he also played Tinker before he got nerfed a bit.
He played over 500 games as him.
Edit: Oh, I read that wrong, I read it as played tinker a bit before he got nerfed.
On another note, I don't think I have seen a legit BoTs 2 purchase yet. I have also not seen any Lotus Orbs outside the first few days, and nearly no Solar Crests.
shira
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Hey, whats that Asterisk supposed to mean
R*E*K*T*
I've gotten it on Tinker a few times. Shit's legit to get to a lategame Rosh pit fight or something or one of those cases where the creep line just isn't close enough to where you need to be, and you don't have something else to use BoTs 1 on.
Sigismundo
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This annoys me because even though I barely bought Medallion pre-6.84 Solar Crest seems really fucking good.
SecretMoblin
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honestly
is such a huge deal to me, I'm weeping
is such a huge deal to me, I'm weeping
I haven't played ranked in 9 months so I guess I'm still in second place by not playing. 3.750 shitter 5ever
Debated grinding ranked AP but decided against it due to sanity.
Won an 80 minute techies game instead. Buffs are ridiculously strong I don't see why Techies got them. Stasis is broken and you can burst with mine+suicide now where you couldn't before it actually makes no sense.
Debated grinding ranked AP but decided against it due to sanity.
Won an 80 minute techies game instead. Buffs are ridiculously strong I don't see why Techies got them. Stasis is broken and you can burst with mine+suicide now where you couldn't before it actually makes no sense.
i cannot STAND queen of pop
ive been trying to go back to learning it and it still gives me aidsi dont know what her limit is so i stay overextendingback to bots i guess
just keep playing her
Imp the Dimp
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Welcome to the 4k club, Kirby. Your opinions on balancing and game mechanics are valid from now on.
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