Dota 2 Beta Thread V: Real Talk Strikes Back [Tutorials]

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I was mostly joking, but with AM sometimes there's very little your team can do. Unless you picked like Tinker/KOTL/Magnus/WR or ultimate turtle heroes, that enemy team can just 5 man deathball your raxx 15-25 minutes in and the AM pick just makes those fights 4v5.
basically, and that's what happened. gotta give props to the other team for that, they just didn't let up the pressure at all.
 
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Maybe you should play for fun. Anticipate a tournament career or something?



I like watching people that are really good. Watched his recent Sven video and he had like 3 last hits at 5 minutes, and they were winning the lane...

I dunno, I find winning fun, so I tend not to want to drag my team down by playing heroes I'm unfamiliar with. The Dota community aren't the most forgiving of bad play...
 
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I dunno, I find winning fun, so I tend not to want to drag my team down by playing heroes I'm unfamiliar with. The Dota community aren't the most forgiving of bad play...

I specifically mean the bot game thing. They're fun, you never lose, and I give no shits about mmr or whatever else.
 
Naix/PL/Warlock in every game I play in Matchmaking. Sick of these heroes. Metagame is as stale as year old bread.

Warlock is actually a common pick? I know he has the highest win rate, but I didn't realize pubs were using his as a go too "OP" character.

Now Naix and Nyx, those two will almost always get picked if they are in a RD pool. People tend not to actually grab PL too much, most likely since RD for me usually ends up with people picking up heroes who can fit most line ups.
 
I love playing with a Warlock.

Teamfights gets fruity for us everytime. Especially when he farmed a scepter and refresher late game.
 
Naix/PL/Warlock in every game I play in Matchmaking. Sick of these heroes. Metagame is as stale as year old bread.

well of course, the meta hasn't changed drastically since December (with a few exceptions), arguably reaches back to September/October of last year. When a patch simmers for this long, it pretty much stabilizes and people get a feel for what works and what doesn't (again, there are always exceptions).

String of big tournaments and the rumored new content in the next patch probably delayed 6.78 a little longer than intended. Icefraud hasn't waited 6 months to release a new patch since what, 2009-2010?

Just hold out for a tad longer, 95% chance the new patch hits within 2 weeks of the Eastern qualifiers ending.
 
In pubs, almost nobody buys BKB. That's one of the reasons warlock is so powerful ( they also don't like to get regen in lane)

wot? maybe in the bottom 20% of matchmaking. bkb is like the 10th most popular item on dotabuff, and the most picked up item that's worth more than 3500g.

also warlock ulti stuns through bkb and his power comes from his golem's 60% chance to hit for 100/150/200 damage in an aoe (pierces bkb), which is insane, especially at early levels when combined with fatal bonds (also pierces bkb). Also warlock lane harass really isn't that great compared to most supports... that's his biggest disadvantage in competitive--can't setup kills in lane and isn't the best zoner (so buying less regen against a warlock will probably hurt you less than say against a rubick or nyx).
 
Quick question hopefully someone can fill me in about the compendium. I put in my East Qualifier predictions before they were locked out. I unfortunately haven't been able to watch many of the games live because of their start times. Do you only get prediction points by watching live games?
 
Quick question hopefully someone can fill me in about the compendium. I put in my East Qualifier predictions before they were locked out. I unfortunately haven't been able to watch many of the games live because of their start times. Do you only get prediction points by watching live games?

Nah , you get it by being right.

I'm pretty happy with the result, though my East predictions are likely to be a disaster.

neat, 11/30 peasant here ...
 
Quick question hopefully someone can fill me in about the compendium. I put in my East Qualifier predictions before they were locked out. I unfortunately haven't been able to watch many of the games live because of their start times. Do you only get prediction points by watching live games?

Nope predictions need to be correct for points. Tallied after the qualifier ends.
IE if you picked drow ranger for most first bloods you only get points if she actually did get most first bloods

Watching live games ups your courier view count, and gives you the chance to win tournament drop items.
 
How good are the recommended items in this?

I figure I might as well give this game a proper go, but the choosing/purchasing of items has been the main obstacle for me.

I guess I'll try a few bot matches, although I'd prefer to play with others but will spare them my awfulness for a little while.
 
8/30... I have shamed my family.

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How good are the recommended items in this?

I figure I might as well give this game a proper go, but the choosing/purchasing of items has been the main obstacle for me.

I guess I'll try a few bot matches, although I'd prefer to play with others but will spare them my awfulness for a little while.
They are helpful but sometimes they make no sense unless you know all the recipes because some early purchases are geared towards later items.
 
Maybe you should play for fun. Anticipate a tournament career or something?



I like watching people that are really good. Watched his recent Sven video and he had like 3 last hits at 5 minutes, and they were winning the lane...

maybe you should watch for fun
anticipate a tournament career or something?
 
I don't know how any new players manage to get into Dota. Made a new account so I wouldn't trash my winrate playing new heroes and the very first game I played I came up against a smurfing cancer lancer. It was ridiculous. My team had absolutely no idea what was going on and refused to buy any detection, despite the PL and Bounty Hunter on the other team.

You're complaining that new players have a tough time getting into Dota due to smurfs, but made one yourself?
 
You're complaining that new players have a tough time getting into Dota due to smurfs, but made one yourself?
some people arent self aware

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do i have to input the auto spectate after each patch or something
not getting auto spec on the east qualifier
 
ohhh mrmister

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guess I haven't seen you around in a while


more pauses than a kid with a stutter being held up by a drug addict
 
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