Thanks guys, will check it out. Sure beats trying to grind out matches in the compendium matchmaking!
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Dota 2 |OT| To Hell and Back and Back to Hell
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Thanks guys, will check it out. Sure beats trying to grind out matches in the compendium matchmaking!
New effects are trickling in it seems; but I'd wager it's mostly your card.
Gully State
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I'm still debating whether or not to collect the rest of the player cards or just pony up for a few keys to get the dye. I currently have 10 teams completed but at the same time I don't have enough time to play however many games to generate the 35 cards needed to complete the set.
Does compendium matchmaking guarantee you a player card every match?
Does compendium matchmaking guarantee you a player card every match?
I'm always learning with every match and trying to figure out what I've done wrong and right but come on, someone who has 500 more hours of experience is going to trash me.
Except when the attention grab is obviously directed at males. It's pretty much just a short term marketing ploy to capture the attention of male gamers to generate buzz for the sponsor.
Good teams are picked up after they produce results and prove themselves, this wasn't the case here. Like someone else stated I think it does more harm than good when a team is picked up out of nowhere like this with no track record aside from their looks and their sex.
Like with the navi girls team, 90% chance this lgd girls' team will be quietly forgotten in less than a month.
Delusibeta
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Apparently, the International will be broadcast on TV6 in Sweden. It'll be replacing the overnight filler, but still. eSports!
That dota2wh is amazing for getting cards fast. Sold a couple rares I didn't like or had duplicates of and got a lot of cards out of that.
Lionheart1337
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This + Youtube streaming!
SteveWinwood
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The wh still doesn't take any of the shit I'm trying to unload 
shira
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$12k winner, $7k loser
Tobi stream: http://www.joindota.com/en/live/jDRed
#2 Navi
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#13 Kaipi
Epic mid battles coming!!!
http://dota2lounge.com/match?m=712
Kaipi bet 4 for 69 rares
Time: Scheduled for 1 hour from now, but depends on whenever Kaipi vs mouz (b03) ends
http://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit
SteveWinwood
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The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
So uhm, today's lesson
Alchemist can do really well mid
Really well
I had full Mjonir at 20 minutes (19:35 actually)
They tried rotating three different heroes mid (Warlock, Clinkz, Jakiro) to see if any of them could even slow me down.
Alchemist can do really well mid
Really well
I had full Mjonir at 20 minutes (19:35 actually)
They tried rotating three different heroes mid (Warlock, Clinkz, Jakiro) to see if any of them could even slow me down.
shira
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Is double maelstrom @ 20 minutes better than mjolnir?
andregnreis
Member
So many Ursas and Husks in pubs...
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Maybe. I was just kind of shocked at how well I was doing so I went straight Mjonir and started working on a Halberd to deal with their Void.
The only reason I even went mid as Alch was because the only other candidate was Windrunner and she didn't want it. I had no idea it was going to be so effective.
Real mid Alchs go BLINK DIGGER
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Bloodseeker is so good guys can we talk about bloodseeker.
The Technomancer
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Gully State
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Tech, can you post the match ID? Alchi is one of my favorite heroes right now. I'm curious of all the different ways to play him.
The Technomancer
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Sure
http://dotabuff.com/matches/251852484
It helps that their Warlock wasn't all that good mid, but even when he DCd for a couple minutes and Clinkz took over I just basically ignored him. Use Acid Spray to zone them out and freefarm.
Their Void was actually decent, but you can't tell it from that stats page because we were always careful to stay spread out enough that one of us could disable him from outside the sphere
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
SteveWinwood
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but bloodseeker, slardar, and broodmother suck you guys
basically if your name ends in r
basically if your name ends in r
Gully State
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How do you guys itemize BS? I'm not completely convinced that rushing radiance is ideal for him.
Pureauthor
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Force Staff. In fact Force Staff on everyone in the team.
No, actually you want Urn, Medallion, and probably Basher or Deso.
The only match I played where I didn't get a card was one I left due to an early abandon. All the other games have ended with everyone getting cards.
That said, I think the way the system works is that you are guaranteed a card drop in X hours (I get one in the first game I play every evening but don't know if it's a full 24 hours or not).
So, how I go about it now is that I'll play my first match in my regular queue (random and single draft) then play follow up games in compendium to ensure each match gets a card. Though, recently I've only played one game a night due to the compendium match getting really stale (change it up Valve!) and the Steam sale giving me other things to do right now.
SteveWinwood
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6.78
- Thirst now gives you bonus 3/4/5/6 armor when active.
- Bloodrage dispels the target before applying its buff.
- Rupture damage is now HP removal.
The last point means it goes through bkb now.
andregnreis
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Im better against bloodseeker knowing I can port back to base and damage doesnt interrupt the spell
SteveWinwood
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Until he gets a basher, or you forget a tp scroll, or he rolls up with someone else who has a stun, or he just kills you before you're done tping out.
jaundicejuice
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Radiance is kind of a stupid luxury item. The added damage is nice and it makes farming so damned easy once you have it but it's usually a grind for that Sacred Relic. Farming that can take you out of teamfights.
You are generally better served by getting a Force Staff and some kind of disable, like a Skull Basher. That makes ganking a little easier, you can ult an uncooperative target or potentially stun them out of a TP.
Medallion is an item I've only recently started using (started with Venge for when Wave of Terror was on CD and if I missed a hero) but man do I love it. Haven't tried it on BS, will have to give it a shot.
damn, them call outs
shira
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70 rares in muh veins
balladofwindfishes
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Treant Protector is like the only exception to this!
or weaver
or lifestealer
or gyrocopter
or outworld devourer
or centaur warrunner
or..
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Rad is pretty bad on him, you need to be effective sooner rather than later.
Those are my post patch builds. The general transition there is from offense to defense, everyone likes to try to kill BS because he's so damn annoying, so you build for longevity. There's a PMS in just about every game that I end up selling as well. I've found that as long as your keeping pace in levels and doing your job ganking around the map or just pushing/team fighting you get enough right click from stats/side stats on your items.
Last few games have been Phase-drum-blademail-halberd. Phase for chasing, drum for more MS/desperately needed stats, blademail to tank up further (+11 armor with his passive, around 20 with his base early on) and return damage/deter people from killing you, and then I can mix it up. The halberd has just been coincidence mostly, there was a right click something that didn't have bkb, so halberd was the right choice to stay alive and mitigate that damage. If there isn't a right click threat looming OR if they have bkb OR if you need to carry harder I would use an SnY/Basher build. These games have also included something else to carry, so I was more free to tank up. I went for mkb over basher next because straight damage, faster was more important than anything else at that point. Crit is an option here as well, as is deso. If you really need to carry you could do something like yasha/deso/manta, but I really think building him tanky is the way to go.
I've forsaken Force staff though, I think it's a gimmick when used offensively with rupture, so unless you REALLY need to gap close I would skip it. I would think of it like force staff on skele king.
EDIT: Don't worry about getting basher to stop TPs, that's silly. If you solo gank something it should only be when you get a passive pick up on a low HP hero you can kill nearly instantly, otherwise you'll be with allies. Spending that kind of gold early needs more return. Likewise for urn, you heal yourself constantly, let someone else pick it up.
I was right at the time of the post.
mastershake
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dat SK love
shira
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Tobi stream: http://www.joindota.com/en/live/jDRed
#2 Navi
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#13 Kaipi
Epic mid battles coming!!!
Waifu
#2 Navi
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#13 Kaipi
Epic mid battles coming!!!
Waifu
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