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Dota 2 |OT11| $400 of Support and Passion

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Sgt.Pepper

Banned
I can't get over how good Twitch GUI is. Streaming on high with no stuttering on a shitty laptop.
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Monochromaticx

Member
Watching evo makes me think dota needs a spectator specific interface that shows heroes health/mana/cd for all skills and maybe even an option to split the screen to 10 parts showing every hero spontaneously. Maybe even a lane view that focuses on showing the hero stats/player view of heroes within that lane.
 
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Tart Toter 9k

Member
FACE said:
No, it's not.
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Well i did say "in my opinion" :p
But i'll agree to them both being good skills. In fact i do think that heal is a bit underrated but i still think skilling maledict early is better in almost all situations. The best of players would of course adapt and use the right build for the right situation.
 
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SilentRacoon

Member
Tart Toter 9k said:
Welp, my bad. Yeah, maledict wouldn't do you much good vs a Necro Slardar lane i guess. The WD Huskar lane would have been so strong tho. A maledict and a couple of burning spears should easily be a kill on pretty much any hero in their lineup. But i know the frustrations of playing with a team that refuse to lane properly.

Sorry i can't be of much help as you seem to be doing the right things as a support which is what i mainly play as. I see many wards and dewards in good positions.
It sucks as a support when you are stuck on a lane with someone that should be roaming/ganking while the other lane has two carries fighting for last hits.

I have almost stopped trying to tell people that they are doing something wrong because i find it hard to explain something without them thinking that i am flaming them. Like, how do you even do that? Add a smiley or emote at the end?
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That's what we told him, but he refused to change lanes, he kept insisting he called it in minimap during hero selection.....

Thanks for the input btw, really appreciated.
 
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Tart Toter 9k

Member
SilentRacoon said:
That's what we told him, but he refused to change lanes, he kept insisting he called it in minimap during hero selection.....

Thanks for the input btw, really appreciated.
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Yeah you are going to meet people like that sometimes. Going in suboptimal lanes because they are stubborn and wont take anyones advice. I actually had a Lion once who went mid with when we didnt have any support on the safelane and a good mid hero and he refused to leave unless we commended him and gave him a vote on his effigy.
We all did, he had over 100 votes on his effigy and we won the game.
 
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Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
I kind of wish DOTA 2 was more like this.

Although to be fair we did have bathtub interviews before Twitch clamped down on it.
 
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SteveWinwood

Member
i just like variety

I don't want Dota or the scene to be only one thing

I wanna point to the international as professional, respectable, and well done

and the summit as just a goofy fun time

and anything in between
 
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Strider

Member
The one hero I never want a teammate to pick is slark... Because they always seem to end up getting shadowblade n feeding kills left n right and never farming.

My slark last game had 31 last hits
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NormalFish

Banned
Strider said:
The one hero I never want a teammate to pick is slark... Because they always seem to end up getting shadowblade n feeding kills left n right and never farming.

My slark last game had 31 last hits
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how to win with a friendly slark:

Pick a support who can set up a pounce

Kill enemy offlaner 30 times

win.
 
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twobear

sputum-flecked apoplexy
Strider said:
I'm wit it. Dat dewarding and pounce.

What's the item build tho
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the item build is

1 ???????????
2 ??????????
3 ?????????????????????
4 ??????????????
5 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????
6 wards
7 recovery midas
 
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Kard8p3

Member
u kno wat

im not even sorry for picking pl.

edit

wtf where are my emoticons for gaf??? anyone else not have them on firefox?
 
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J2d

Member
Strider said:
The one hero I never want a teammate to pick is slark... Because they always seem to end up getting shadowblade n feeding kills left n right and never farming.

My slark last game had 31 last hits
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I always pick up shadow blade to be honest, my problem is that I tend to go for Midas and spend too much time farming since it's so easy with hero :(
 
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Deleted member 77995

Unconfirmed Member
i thought the general idea of midas was accelerated leveling, not gold
 
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NormalFish

Banned
J2d said:
I always pick up shadow blade to be honest, my problem is that I tend to go for Midas and spend too much time farming since it's so easy with hero :(
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I'd say midas OR shadowblade. Both are very good, though. Getting both leaves you pretty squishy and costs quite a bit.
 
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Chris R

Member
Drkirby said:
Am I paranoid/crazy to think the people who made Rocket League hired a bunch astroturfers?
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It's really fun.

The servers are easily 100x worse than Dota2's servers though, and that kinda kills any enjoyment you might have. I can understand them not expecting the game to be so big, but they have had plenty of time to spin more servers up and fix the terrible lag.
 
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