SteveWinwood
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could have just queued with a friend who picked wisp and ez win
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could have just queued with a friend who picked wisp and ez win
Fantasy Final
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So i started playing yesterday and I'm a complete Noob. I did the training at the start and watched some videos to see what's up (Never played DOTA or LoL before), can I just queue for a random match and expect to play with noobs or I will get raped by pro players?
Also is the Shadow Demon a good one to start with?
Also is the Shadow Demon a good one to start with?
Wok
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Now that we have ranked matches for more experienced players, I would say that it is okay if you want to play normal matches, even if you feed a bit.
Matchmaking will put you with beginners, yes. It will be a messy clusterfuck for your first few games, just an effect of starting out. As for Shadow Demon, he isn't the worst hero to start with, but I recommend you look up how to properly use his disruption skill. Use it at the wrong time and it will do more harm than good so just bear that in mind.
Technosteve
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legion commander is probably the easiest jungler in the game.
balladofwindfishes
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Easier than Engima?
Procarbine
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Don't start with shadow demon, he's a hard hero to use well. Disruption is tricky and often needs an ally around to make the best use of it. Pick something more self sufficient.
Crystal Maiden, Lich, Wraith King, Sven, Viper, etc + heroes in OP are much easier to be effective with as you're learning.
manfestival
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i tried to place a bet against na'vi knowing this was gonna be the outcome but i cant seem to place bets. CURSE THIS DOTA2LOUNGE SYSTEM
I completely agree. I don't tend to play AP very often, but when I do play it and see him picked up people usually play him really bad. Only been a few instances (1-2 I can think of) where someone played him really good.
I really doubt he's talking about Ember Spirit imba.
Head of Vengarl
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http://dotabuff.com/matches/423976472
I was gonna pick Jakiro but my timer ran out so it randomed Necro for me. So I had to play Necro as the #4 role. Didn't matter though, because Luna carried us the entire game and we won.
*Ahem*
http://dotabuff.com/matches/64366523
That was the third match I ever played. I just spammed Disruption because I thought it was a really cool spell, and the Gyro kept ignoring the illusions and dying. It was amazing. Also: Maelstrom KotL.
*Edit: Looking at the profiles of everyone in that match, only the CM, Gyro, and me still play. The rest of them haven't played in a year.
I was gonna pick Jakiro but my timer ran out so it randomed Necro for me. So I had to play Necro as the #4 role. Didn't matter though, because Luna carried us the entire game and we won.
*Ahem*
http://dotabuff.com/matches/64366523
That was the third match I ever played. I just spammed Disruption because I thought it was a really cool spell, and the Gyro kept ignoring the illusions and dying. It was amazing. Also: Maelstrom KotL.
*Edit: Looking at the profiles of everyone in that match, only the CM, Gyro, and me still play. The rest of them haven't played in a year.
Fantasy Final
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Alright will try. Haven't seen that in the OP. Thx
rofl, this is nothing. Feast thine eyes on my first game of dota ever:
Went into it without even knowing what the game was about. Picked doom because I thought he looked really cool and for my item choices I still remember thinking: "Well, a hero definitely needs a sword and shield."
Technosteve
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everygame today has had someone abandon
User 85168
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Team Liquid vs Sigma.int
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x153r8y_d2cl-live-english-broadcast_videogames?start=7
Slark first pick!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x153r8y_d2cl-live-english-broadcast_videogames?start=7
Slark first pick!
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
While your outlier of a game might be funny, trying to provide some useful info #nofunallowed
http://dotabuff.com/matches/210133
My first Dota match ever. I fed the most and somehow didn't have the lowest GPM.
My first Dota match ever. I fed the most and somehow didn't have the lowest GPM.
Superb reasoning.
My first game of Dota was spent attempting to learn how to play a MOBA with an unlocked camera. I came from LoL and was so babied there. The bots proceeded to learn me good.
Edit:
I haven't learned much...
http://dotabuff.com/matches/6767965
My first match. Mass vanguards is new meta. Though this game doesn't show all the DK bot games I ground prior to actually braving the depths of matchmaking.
My first match. Mass vanguards is new meta. Though this game doesn't show all the DK bot games I ground prior to actually braving the depths of matchmaking.
Superb reasoning.
My first game of Dota was spent attempting to learn how to play a MOBA with an unlocked camera. I came from LoL and was so babied there. The bots proceeded to learn me good.
Edit:I haven't learned much...
Oh god, the free camera absolutely wrecked me for my first few games.
First Dota matches ever?
http://dotabuff.com/matches/42443649
I'm taking too much damage, buy shields!
http://dotabuff.com/matches/42443649
I'm taking too much damage, buy shields!
Dreams-Visions
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she's very, very easy. Just not as fast as others. There is literally never a reason to be below half HP while jungling with LC. Compare with a Lycan or Axe who are chronically below 50% HP until they get their survival items up (ring of health, morbid, ring of health, respectively). On the flip, Lycan begins to clear significantly faster than LC can from level 2 onwards. Of course, early game Enigma and NP clear faster than either with no real risk to their own HP most of the time...but they brings something entirely different to a match.
But yea, LC is the easiest. With NP, Enigma, and Lycan you have to manage your treeants/edilons/wolves. It's not hard, but it requires attention and focus because without those you can't jungle...and if you're out of mana and out o fthose, you pretty much have to back to the fountain. It's easy to fuck up and you can find yourself behind in the game if you don't manage stuff right. Jungle LC -- by contrast -- is reminiscent of ancient stacking Medusa to me. Set to autoattack and go get a sandwich. The only real attention you need to pay is to the clock for stacking and to move to the next camp. Pop the ocassional W when doing a hard camp/stack and that's really it.
The fact that you never need to rotate to an easy camp says it all, really. You can go to an easy camp if you want to replenish hp without using your W. Otherwise, it's medium and hard camps from 0:30.
Slark was doing work in that Liquid Sigma game. Combined with his popularity in the east atm, I think we have our new flavour of the month in the pro scene. Please don't nerf him Icefrog 
Edit: In my first game I picked Axe cus he looked cool and proceeded to die to neutrals over and over because I didn't know how to Jungle and someone told me to do that.
Edit: In my first game I picked Axe cus he looked cool and proceeded to die to neutrals over and over because I didn't know how to Jungle and someone told me to do that.
Did you not know about Meepo?
Dreams-Visions
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Dead game
if it ever fell below Bass Fishing...
It's the yogscast. They get viewers on any game.
Six ghost is the best meepo player I have ever seen. He carries me with his meepo. He knows meepo.
cuevas. PhD.
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SteveWinwood
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because thats hard to do
Head of Vengarl
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I still wake up screaming to sixghost's pyro. He really shouldn't be allowed to be really good at 2 things.
I remember him being a good Spy. Him and Tenck were the other Gaffers I always saw playing Spy. Oh yeah and Artistdude was a good Spy too I think.
Dreams-Visions
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my first game of dota is the best:
not bad. Mine was better.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/3780020
picked him because he was the obvious black guy. I remember dominating lane creeps like a fucking pro.
Head of Vengarl
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Dat Radiance Invoker.
He was referring to his first games, so I was surprised to see he didn't pick Meepo.
Now I'd like to watch his Meepo games though.
SteveWinwood
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Probably because I told him to stay the fuck away from meepo because I'm a good mentor.
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