Gentle Rodriguez
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I don't know what that means, is that a saying I don't know?
The trick to playing Viper is that there is no trick.
With Blink it's pretty fun, but I guess everything is more fun with Blink.
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With Blink it's pretty fun, but I guess everything is more fun with Blink.
Shuggananas
Banned
Of course treant is much better with blink but you ain't getting that before 25 minutes realistically
A Sentient Keyboard
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Hij vroeg zich af of je het misschien al achter de rug had.
Gentle Rodriguez
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SecretMoblin
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losing to a wards-first veno
in 2016
everyone knows the tea is M A X D A M A G E 4-4-0
Wok
Member
Sure, you said it.
Just wanted to emphasize how much it sucks to have to be in 150 range.
For info, Pudge's dismember is 160...
At this point, if Infernal Blade is part of Doom's signature, Aether Lens should be a core item.
Dutch?
In this game where mobility items are king level death was a better spell on Doom in my opinion. That 600 range was super nice.
Doom pretty much has gotten hit as hard as any hero with the recent patches. Some nerf was needed, but nerfing every one of his abilities directly or indirectly and his attack speed is a bit much.
Doom pretty much has gotten hit as hard as any hero with the recent patches. Some nerf was needed, but nerfing every one of his abilities directly or indirectly and his attack speed is a bit much.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Ik zie het probleem niet, is er iets dat je niet snapt?
Are you sure?
that's why I put a question mark after it. To indicate that I am not, in fact, sure.
SecretMoblin
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it's especially dumb because the only reason he suddenly became popular again was the nutso scorched earth buff.... which was then nerfed twice, along with that massive BAT nerf and ult nerf, idgi
Shuggananas
Banned
1-4-4-0 build or bust
max gale has no farming potential, fuck that
with max wards you fuck the jungle up real hard on top of pressuring towers
Skulduggery
Banned
1-4-4 is the way to go, but how you gonna tell me you're skipping out on his ult?
SecretMoblin
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they say the same about void/silencer/necro but sometimes watching them go off can be entertaining, same with Whom
the only 'no fun allowed' hero that needs to sit in the back of the drawer is Medonna because every game with her is the same damn thing and it's boring af
misses bull
Banned
Heros I don't like shouldnt be picked at all.
Shuggananas
Banned
get it at 10 and 11
level 1 sucks balls, level 2 is just decent but gets much better with aghs
aquila tranqs midas aghs blink veil octarine
edit : depends, if I have a good lane I'll max sting for hardcore harass, otherwise I'll go wards so I can jungle earlier to catch up
Most cases i'll max sting anyway, at level 4 it's insane damage for free, and early wards do nothing but feed (or scout a bit but a smart support will check them and get ez xp). So it would be like Q W W E W E W E E R R. Level 1 to level 2 sting is a huge boost so it's almost mandatory to pick it at 3 imo
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
maxing sting or wards first
I think Veno is one of the few where it's worth getting sting and wards together (1-2-2 at level 5). You don't want squishy wards because it's just free gold for the enemy.
Shuggananas
Banned
wards are just too bad at level 1 and 2, don't bother casting them except for some vision at these levels
Rather get level 3 sting at 5, it's a very strong laning spell
Rather get level 3 sting at 5, it's a very strong laning spell
Shuggananas
Banned
kaipi with the garbage draft and plays
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Kinda hyped with the 3DS downgrades, but there's too much noise atm, gonna wait a bit so I get a retard proof guide later on
Had a guy add me randomly a few weeks ago asking for me to teach him(despite us having similar mmr) and I politely declined saying I had nothing to offer him. Since I've watched his mmr go up and down and reading his status', where he talks of feeding teammates in broken english(he had good scores though) and basically the mental unraveling of a dota player. Yesterday he took his mmr off of public display, think he dropped to like 4050 or something. He's been winning his games recently so I'm sure he's back up now. The things ranked does to people (melting AA Emote here)
lv2 pidgey
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I am falling asleep and need more caffeine.
Downgraded and on CFW now with minor hiccups because i can't read instructions. Apparently N3DS isn't safe yet.
This is why I only play unranked
Games are supposed to be fun, and ranked is antifun at the highest level
I calibrated at 3.5K like 2 years ago, so im sure I would be at least 4.5 now if i cared enough to grind it out
The fact the Dotas MMR never resets every 6 months/year makes me not give a single fuck about it
3,573 unranked games, 24 ranked. No regrets
misses bull
Banned
Yea having 2 different ranks for unranked and ranked is pretty dumb. Wish valve would redo the ranked system
misses bull
Banned
i just jungled legion!
Did you lose
lv2 pidgey
Member
i just jungled legion!
did you let your team 4v5 for an extra 10 minutes?
we won!
i got a blink up at like 9 minutes and then we got a dual win right after! kept the train rolling from there.
its extremely boring
NormalFish
Banned
jungling always was, is, and will be extremely boring. It's honestly terrible.
Monochromaticx
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Yeah i dont care about ranked at all too. Only played 12 ranked games or something when it was first introduced.
It should really reset after a long period of inactivity and if the player agrees.
rakkadakka
Member
Bingo bongo
Shuggananas
Banned
ranked is stupid af
They need a whole ranked overhaul themed patch imo. Cool little badges for your MMR bracket (like CSGO), in-game tournament/league features (ihl!), and MMR re-calibration due to inactivity (like CSGO). Having tournament or league features in client would be amazing. I didn't mind HoN having one MMR value, one matchmaking pool (no unranked/rank or party/solo), but I can see why that might never get implemented in dota or why some people wouldn't like that.
BW or SC2? Because SC2 is deader than dota.
I wouldn't mind a recalibrate at the very least. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I have to imagine I'd calibrate higher than the 2.5k I got when the ranked MMR system first came out years ago. 3k at least, right? I guess it doesn't really matter since I can't stomach playing solo queue ranked anyways, but as someone who plays 99% of his Dota with at least one other person, the few times I do solo queue, even in unranked, it feels like all 9 of the players around me are deficient.
Sigismundo
Member
Why is contrarianism so popular?
Shuggananas
Banned
It didn't die because if its ranked system
Getting stuck with your calibrated mmr from 2 years ago is stupid esp if you've played 1000 unranked games since then, given how grindy mmr is by nature
NormalFish
Banned
i think annual recalibration or mmr crunches would be cool. it's a pain in the ass being in one of the over populated areas.
I think a lot of people will say it's to prevent people from complaining about the matchmaking system putting them somewhere they don't belong, but for me the best use would be so I could re-roll into a different skill level each season, since I tend to take long breaks and come back playing terribly for my current rank.
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