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Dota 2 |OT2| Ellen Pudge starring in Beyond Two Throws
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shira
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Im buying that set. Its amazing
shira
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ScepticMatt
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I love how every remanent has a different pose (edit: all types)
lol purchase&equip sets on the picking screen. . .
lol what
shaddup new ss is amazing
The new SS clearly doesn't eat puddin' pops. Way to ruin his character, volvo!
They should sub that audio out for "celery stick!" now.
shira
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WTF you gonna do for the 2 minutes you staring at your chosen hero? Spin her around so her panties show?
CarbonatedFalcon
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Okay some thoughts:
Storm Spirit is worse (in terms of play, the upgraded model is really nice). His attack animation changed and it's much more sluggish, akin to Lina's. Really, really shitty.
Earth Spirit: This guy will be top tier. His skill cap seems exceptionally high as well. Between life grip, rolling over terrain (destroys trees though), etc. All his skills have a multiple insanely good uses. And as an initiator? He can come from over a screen away very fast just with his skills. Will probably fill a similar role to Timbersaw or ET - preferably mid or offlane, but he might work as support too.
Ember Spirit: Oh my god does this guy look awesome. Will be very hard to top the default kit with cosmetics. His movement feels very floaty though. Not sure where you put him, probably mid or as the farmer in a dual lane (possibly tri). He's not really a hard carry though - more along the lines of a Juggernaut at best. Searing Chains seems a little underwhelming, but I didn't get the chance to use it in realistic scenario - it does interrupt channels though which is great. Sleight of Fist is like a AoE targeted mini Jugg ult - really, really fun, and the 6 second cooldown gets kind of ridiculous. Tons of great uses for it especially since it returns you to your starting position. At level 4 Flame Guard is kind of like a free Radiance, though I'd probably max it last in most cases unless being more defensive/farming - very, very good spell though. Fire Remnant is neat - more about positioning than damage. Will be great for Rosh standoffs or T3 tower fights - great at zoning due to the threat of Ember jumping in. Will also make for some sick escapes/chases.
HYPE!
Storm Spirit is worse (in terms of play, the upgraded model is really nice). His attack animation changed and it's much more sluggish, akin to Lina's. Really, really shitty.
Earth Spirit: This guy will be top tier. His skill cap seems exceptionally high as well. Between life grip, rolling over terrain (destroys trees though), etc. All his skills have a multiple insanely good uses. And as an initiator? He can come from over a screen away very fast just with his skills. Will probably fill a similar role to Timbersaw or ET - preferably mid or offlane, but he might work as support too.
Ember Spirit: Oh my god does this guy look awesome. Will be very hard to top the default kit with cosmetics. His movement feels very floaty though. Not sure where you put him, probably mid or as the farmer in a dual lane (possibly tri). He's not really a hard carry though - more along the lines of a Juggernaut at best. Searing Chains seems a little underwhelming, but I didn't get the chance to use it in realistic scenario - it does interrupt channels though which is great. Sleight of Fist is like a AoE targeted mini Jugg ult - really, really fun, and the 6 second cooldown gets kind of ridiculous. Tons of great uses for it especially since it returns you to your starting position. At level 4 Flame Guard is kind of like a free Radiance, though I'd probably max it last in most cases unless being more defensive/farming - very, very good spell though. Fire Remnant is neat - more about positioning than damage. Will be great for Rosh standoffs or T3 tower fights - great at zoning due to the threat of Ember jumping in. Will also make for some sick escapes/chases.
HYPE!
Nirvana
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Already found an exploit with Earth Spirit. You can use his Q to kick ancients up onto the cliff on Dire side and they wont attack you. Not the biggest exploit considering the minor xp/gold you get from it, but could be something useful you could do in the offlane. I guess. Also I can't wait to see videos of ancients being kicked into people on the low ground and killing them haha.
Edit: You might also be able to aggro Rosh with them. Going to test it now.
Edit: You might also be able to aggro Rosh with them. Going to test it now.
Awesome awesome awesome update. Really excited to start playing actual games and learn how to properly play Earth Spirit. Seems like an extremely high skill-cap hero. Chatted with n0b for a bit, necrobook seems really good on the hero as it essentially functions as extra rocks for knock backs and grips and synergizes well with your spells. Ember is badass and extremely intuitive to use, will be playing him more.
Tested Rubick interactions with the new heroes.
Ember
Everything works like you would expect it to. Stealing Fire Remmant or the sub ability that lets you return to them gets you both the main ability and sub ability, and yes, they are fire Rubicks like the Storm remnants.
Earth
You can steal Stone Remnant, and your Stone Remnants will stay for the duration even if you lose the spell, steal something else, die, or whatever. You can use his other spells with the Stone Remmants just like Earth Spirit does.
The Stone Remnants for Rubick are the same model, but smaller.
I really love that they changed them from just being "rocks" to something much more interesting.
Ember
Everything works like you would expect it to. Stealing Fire Remmant or the sub ability that lets you return to them gets you both the main ability and sub ability, and yes, they are fire Rubicks like the Storm remnants.
Earth
You can steal Stone Remnant, and your Stone Remnants will stay for the duration even if you lose the spell, steal something else, die, or whatever. You can use his other spells with the Stone Remmants just like Earth Spirit does.
The Stone Remnants for Rubick are the same model, but smaller.
I really love that they changed them from just being "rocks" to something much more interesting.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
NEW HEROES?
Just remember, the more heroes they add, the stronger Rubick gets!
Honestly I've just been playing a game as Storm Spirit and it barely feels any different, nothing dramatic anyway imo.
So I did a little reading up on Earth Spirit. It seems he's a mid/offlane early roamer with good gank potential and then mid to late game initiator (once you get a bkb).
combo goes: Drop a rock behind your target, use grip to pull the rock to you, which causes 125 damage and 1 sec stun if it hits (at lvl1). While the rock is travelling, start to roll into the enemy. So you roll over the rock hitting the enemy causing another 90 damage and 80% move and attack speed slow (lvl 1 again). Now kick the enemy back towards your teammate/tower to secure the kill.
When initiating in the mid or late game: you'd want to roll in (over a rock), bkb, ulti, and then drop rocks in the group to refresh the ulti timer... I guess even though the rocks explode from your ulti they last long enough to be used in your abilities... and the roll has only got a 4 second cool down... and did I mention it's 80% move and atk speed slow!
Items would be something like: mana boots or soul ring and treads, urn, bkb, and maybe orchid or rod of atos or shiva for late game. He's probably a good mech carrier, good int stat for a str hero apparently, and maybe you'll be able to afford it soon from early ganks.
combo goes: Drop a rock behind your target, use grip to pull the rock to you, which causes 125 damage and 1 sec stun if it hits (at lvl1). While the rock is travelling, start to roll into the enemy. So you roll over the rock hitting the enemy causing another 90 damage and 80% move and attack speed slow (lvl 1 again). Now kick the enemy back towards your teammate/tower to secure the kill.
When initiating in the mid or late game: you'd want to roll in (over a rock), bkb, ulti, and then drop rocks in the group to refresh the ulti timer... I guess even though the rocks explode from your ulti they last long enough to be used in your abilities... and the roll has only got a 4 second cool down... and did I mention it's 80% move and atk speed slow!
Items would be something like: mana boots or soul ring and treads, urn, bkb, and maybe orchid or rod of atos or shiva for late game. He's probably a good mech carrier, good int stat for a str hero apparently, and maybe you'll be able to afford it soon from early ganks.
shira
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Tobi's in Busan
Wooo korean cosplay. I expect good things
wut? Genunine and Immortals should stay as such only limited amounts and via in-game code/valve duplicates
or whatever the new designations are
Wooo korean cosplay. I expect good things
wut? Genunine and Immortals should stay as such only limited amounts and via in-game code/valve duplicates
or whatever the new designations are
Immortals are fine.
Genuine:
"The Ancient Scroll Case" has a chance to drop an Exceptional Recipe. These make items that were previously only available as Genuine quality promotional items. The recipe creates a non-genuine version of the item.
Sure, your crafted Vanguard will only be called Vanguard and not a Genuine Vanguard. But who gives a fuck if there will be more than 500 of them now.
Lionheart1337
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" The update should be hitting the Test client any second now and your regular Dota 2 client tomorrow."
http://blog.dota2.com/
shira
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Well for selling purposes a Genuine will always proc more $$$.
It's a balance for people who don't live in the US or have easy access to the Valve Store
And Exceptional Recipes will be worth as much as the most expensive Genuine item. Calm your tits. They could even rename the WETA stuff Genuine/Elder/Vintage like the timebreakers.
Heavy's Sandvich
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You know you're healthy and thriving when you beat a 4 year old game.
Must be.
A 4 year old game that is the most played game in human history and has over 1000 people working on it.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Based Volvo, now give us Techies.
Sigismundo
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So, what do you max first on Ember? I feel Sleight and Shield have their uses.
That's what I'm thinking, with maybe a point in chains for utility.
Shield is just insanity at early level 4.
so what youre saying is, LoL is a ded game
Cyborgmatt
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shira
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can lol even make crafting, uh, skins
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