Heavy's Sandvich
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you'd hope your team has other stuff to punish his hesitance.
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you'd hope your team has other stuff to punish his hesitance.
Slark might be the only hero that's nerfed in every patch but it's not enough, he needs to be nerfed some more. /s
Seriously? The hero has a ton of counters and your argument that "you don't want to build X to counter him" or "he forces you to build Y and you don't like it" is really weak. Adapt and evolve.
Seriously? The hero has a ton of counters and your argument that "you don't want to build X to counter him" or "he forces you to build Y and you don't like it" is really weak. Adapt and evolve.
Imp the Dimp
Member
3k for a reason, Hylian.
SecretMoblin
Member
sleverfunk
Member
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
mini-bash but jump size matters how long you hold button down.
Shuggananas
Banned
BS doesn't counter slark as hard as he used to.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Dotabuff's update seems to be only cosmetic, doesn't it? I don't really see why anyone would pay for their Plus membership when there's Yasp.
SteveWinwood
Member
I get into itgod the music pack sounds soooooo good
If any of you buy it, please tell me how it goes for mixing/transitioning with game tempo
TI5 pack sounds pretty good on its own, but in game its awful and takes me out of the fight
the normal ambient nothing is happening music is not that exciting but when anything happens shit goes off and it's great
it'll be my default music for a while
sleverfunk
Member
SteveWinwood
Member
lemme just get this in the copy paste already
Glass Shark
Banned
Sometimes I feel bad for playing Viper. At 1800 MMR he's basically a free win.
Shuggananas
Banned
viper has no comeback mechanic. If you fall behind you are F U C K E D
he's also underwhelming going into the late game
he's also underwhelming going into the late game
Shuggananas
Banned
more importantly it's tobi "tobiwan dota aka the best caster" dawson's birthday
happy bday tubby
happy bday tubby
nope
SteveWinwood
Member
im so old
Monochromaticx
Member
Build what exactly? I have yet to see any specific item be suggested to counter Slark. I know plenty of items that deal with him well, but often times they are still not enough.
Orchid - if you get him before he presses Q with no BKB, you're fine, otherwise...
Hex - same deal as orchid, but more expensive, prevents BKB if you get it with the right timing
Abyssal - same deal as hex
All the suggestions have been about picks and "don't feed him"
LOL Oh fucking please, don't you fucking sling these insults just because I don't agree with you on a balance issue.
And suggesting Pounce should bash/ministun is laughable.
Cellbomber
Member
The new dotabuff mobile seems to be missing some categories. I hope they didn't remove hero and tower damage.
Am I overlooking this?
Am I overlooking this?
SteveWinwood
Member
dark pact should definitely mini bash tho
Shuggananas
Banned
please give essence shift a .3s minibash
protip : use a SB to make sure he doesn't purge before you hex/silence/abyssal him
protip : use a SB to make sure he doesn't purge before you hex/silence/abyssal him
GoldandBlue
Member
God the Lion set from my one chest, all I really wanted from it for dat coat.
Huh? How does using SB help with that?please give essence shift a .3s minibash
protip : use a SB to make sure he doesn't purge before you hex/silence/abyssal him
Shuggananas
Banned
if he can't see you he can't cast purge before you silence/hex/stun
it might work
How do you deal with AM/Jugg/Dusa/BS/ any carry without hard disables? You don't right!? So they must all be the most OP shit ever just like Slark.
Slark is not OP and it's not unbalanced, you just don't know how to deal with him, and quite honestly you don't seem to want to open your eyes and accept it.
It's true that Slark can shut down a lot of heroes but he can be shut down by just as many or even more. The problem seems to be he shuts down some heroes you like to play. He is due a buff in some way for a long time.
Shuggananas
Banned
does he still induce brain cancer ?
Slark is a completely different beast than the heroes you named there. Not a single one of those heroes can say "Fuck your disables, bye!" without a BKB then dive you with no fucks given. Then he just becomes a monster that if you didn't stop him in the first 10 minutes (which he is still super strong during), you either already lost or have an uphill battle ahead of you.
At the very least, there should be a visual for when he casts Dark Pact, then at least you could know when you are wasting your disables. That and an increased CD on Shadow Dance and he is probably fine.
Shuggananas
Banned
But there is.
No idea but he's playing against Bulldog's nature's prophet.
Not until it's too late (the "splash" part) and if it is there, I honestly do not notice it and try to look for it.
Shuggananas
Banned
My bad apparently it's only visible/hearable to allies and spectators, always thought it was for everyone, made more sense
You're joking right? Slark has a miserable time in lane. He has shit HP pool, shit damage, shit attack animation and attack speed, shit armor... must I go on? And if he tries to engage with Dark Pact he will be left with half of his already miserable HP. Truly a god among men. And the struggle doesn't end at 6 because lv1 Shadow Dance is a shit spell.
Another are you joking moment. I don't know what setting you are using, so I don't know if you can see it, but there's definitely an animation around him when he casts it.
You are seriously going to tell me that near-invulnerability at level 6 is shit?
I am pretty sure you are wrong about this. I can't check right now, but even if it is there, it is definitely not prominent enough to see.
I'll pick him today and probably win.
120 mana, which is a lot for him, and a very low HP regen. It's quite underwhelming even for passive while jungling/laning. And it only provides invulnerability against right-clicks and targeted spells.
After checking the wiki I must admit I was wrong. The animation and sound are only visible to allies. Still that doesn't change the fact that you can easily play around it, you just need to think before acting.