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Dota 2 Beta Thread V: Real Talk Strikes Back [Tutorials]
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Those people are too cowardly to pick a side.
SteveWinwood
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Truly Sophie's choice.
Play Dota for regular mode
Play LoL for Dominion (lol), TT (lolololol) and ARAM (aww yeah)
SteveWinwood
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ARAM is pretty fun, it's just dumb chaos.
Edit: well that goes without saying Haly.
Edit: well that goes without saying Haly.
Schweinehund
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league is great.
what happens when league counters with all blitzcrank wars
just play tide already, you gonna make him cry
There's guy with a hook but he's not nearly as good as Pudge.
Very low range and his combo is weak.
Animation and hitboxes are also super wonky.
I H8 Memes
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There's a LoL thread? I've never seen one before.
he plays dota 2, its not impossible to like both games.
I love the title of the Madden community thread, mostly because it turned one of my friend's favorite games/ots into a game that he already heard people talk about all day over mumble.
I just saw that while looking for the LoL thread. Great stuff.
Boken
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(Today, 01:29 PM)
They're in that wasteland known as "Gaming Community".
solo mid axe crushes ta lol
http://dotabuff.com/matches/230527097
http://dotabuff.com/matches/230527097
Heavy's Sandvich
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Too many tears about the superior competition.
Is the final for the Alienware Cup tomorrow?
Is the final for the Alienware Cup tomorrow?
shira
Member
I approve of this undying hat. How much?
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Is there any word of when Volvo will release the "casual" game mode? I would play this game way more often if I didn't have to set aside ~60 mins of "no phone calls or interruption time" to safely play a Dota match.
On another note, here's a tentative Sven build I made for my beginner friend:
Edit: New URL because I changed some item choices around and had to republish.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=158645962
I know there are some weird (terrible) item choices in there, but the point is to get him comfortable with the item system. I started off with the Magic Stick + 3 GG Branches because I wanted him to easily be able to combine them into a Wand right off the bat, once he gets the 150 recipe gold. The Gauntlets are for some extra early stats and he will eventually build them into a Bracer. The reason I'm putting stuff like Gauntlets, Belt, Morbid Mask, Ogre Club in there is because he asked me which items he should buy first when building a bigger item. I have a similar Lifestealer build for him. The reason I'm picking Sange and neglecting Armlet is because Sange is a passive item. Treads are easy because they default to STR, so he won't have to toggle them. Drums have good stats so they're worth buying even if he won't use the active. It took me a while to get used to active items, so I'm trying to start him off really slow. For his big items, HH and Satanic are decent even if he doesn't use their actives. Even with these sub-optimal item choices, he's gonna be way better off than most of the players in his skill bracket.
I welcome any tips/criticisms.
On another note, here's a tentative Sven build I made for my beginner friend:
Edit: New URL because I changed some item choices around and had to republish.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=158645962
I know there are some weird (terrible) item choices in there, but the point is to get him comfortable with the item system. I started off with the Magic Stick + 3 GG Branches because I wanted him to easily be able to combine them into a Wand right off the bat, once he gets the 150 recipe gold. The Gauntlets are for some extra early stats and he will eventually build them into a Bracer. The reason I'm putting stuff like Gauntlets, Belt, Morbid Mask, Ogre Club in there is because he asked me which items he should buy first when building a bigger item. I have a similar Lifestealer build for him. The reason I'm picking Sange and neglecting Armlet is because Sange is a passive item. Treads are easy because they default to STR, so he won't have to toggle them. Drums have good stats so they're worth buying even if he won't use the active. It took me a while to get used to active items, so I'm trying to start him off really slow. For his big items, HH and Satanic are decent even if he doesn't use their actives. Even with these sub-optimal item choices, he's gonna be way better off than most of the players in his skill bracket.
I welcome any tips/criticisms.
CarbonatedFalcon
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I always wonder how well I would do if I did this but for MMO dungeons/raids.
Head of Vengarl
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Hmm, I have it set to "Friend Only" because it isn't a guide most people should use, but it said that people with a link should be able to view it. I'll change the visibility to public and see if that works for you guys.
Sgt.Pepper
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Those modes in D2Ware are hilarious
Not my words: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=55495676&postcount=3903
Apparently the community are dicks to each other in-game. Like a community of 1.09s except they're all various levels of bad.
Just had an awesome game as Spirit Breaker, definitely my favourite hero atm. I got some decent farm early on, started getting my items, and then just threw myself around the map. I was ganking left and right, and two of them rage quit at 15ish minutes! Felt good!
At the end, I dived behind their T4 towers and killed their entire team almost single-handedly
Keep getting in game where people drop at the start it's so annoying, especially when you wait minutes for them to come back,
At the end, I dived behind their T4 towers and killed their entire team almost single-handedly
Keep getting in game where people drop at the start it's so annoying, especially when you wait minutes for them to come back,
but u are dotagaf and uve played with urself therefore uve played with dotagaf #inception #challengeverything
He's very flexible.
Starting (Choose 1-2)
Poor Man's Shield: Passive early game
Orb of Venom: Aggressive early game and for Skadi rushes
Bottle: If you're mid or your mid doesn't need runes
Magic Wand: For spell spammers
Core (Choose 2-3, including treads)
Treads: Almost always. Keep it on strength for fighting unless you're good enough to switch modes mid fight, the HP is invaluable for Slark.
Yasha: More speed and chase
Drums of Endurance: More HP and chase
Ultimate Orb: If you're really badass
Mask of Madness: If you're really really badass
Midas: If you're me
Midgame (Choose 1-2)
Diffusal: Good balance of chase and damage
Basher: If you're fighting other harder carries often
S&Y: If you're doing a lot of chasing against runners and you need a little more HP
Orchid: If you need to shut down blinkers/casters like QoP, AM, or OD
BKB: Self explanetory
Skadi: Huehuehue (only if you're rushing it from the Core)
Lategame
Abyssal Blade: Progress from Basher
Heart: If you need to initiate often
Butterfly: For fighting other late game hard carries, not as good as Abyssal generally
Monkey King Bar: Countering Butterflies
Divine Rapier: Huehuehuehuehuehuehuehue
Other items that are good on him but I rarely use
Mjolnir
Assault Cuirass
Armlet
Linken's Sphere
Scythe
"But Haly, this is every item in the fucking game."
That's right, Slark can make any item work, he's just that good.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Yo I once herd Atos gives Slark everything he needs.
T/F?
T/F?
Pureauthor
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Slark can build almost anything and still be useful.
Almost. Anything.
Almost. Anything.
Lionheart1337
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Put some rares on Denial......gogogoogo PERU
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