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Dota 2 |OT3| #BetterThenEllenPudge
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What a damn good episode. Refreshing to see more heroes in this one too (although I do love me some Puck/Rubick/Invoker plays).
For a courier that isn't unusual 8 bucks might as well be a million. I got one of those legendary frogs to drop for me the other day (probably the best item I'll ever get without shelling out cash money) and it's worth like 2 dollars.Just had Baby Roshan drop for me. Thought it was worth a lot. 8 bucks
edit: semi related, they need to fix the post-game loot drop notification system cause if you get a recipe or a chest or whatever during a match it won't show your actual drop until you go to your armory.
ToyMachine228
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What's up with replays of your own recent games not being available? I just made a great play and want to fraps it but the replay for that game isn't available. Does it just take some time or is it never going to be available for some reason?
Dendi vs EE mid http://www.twitch.tv/dendi http://www.twitch.tv/eternalenvyy
Fair enough. I kinda like the little dude anyway.
Woah. Language, mister.
Why do my team mates hate me for pointing out their silly draft in random draft?
I picked first and grabbed raptor, other guy got bristle so we are off to a semi decent start.
Enigma/Enchantress/SpaceCow is not how I'd round that draft out :/
Lucky for us the other team was shit.
I picked first and grabbed raptor, other guy got bristle so we are off to a semi decent start.
Enigma/Enchantress/SpaceCow is not how I'd round that draft out :/
Lucky for us the other team was shit.
Enigma mid, Raptor Spacecow bot, Bristle Offlane Enchantress Jungle? Or I guess swap enchantress and enigma?
I went raptor mid and did ok against pudge, but still our late game wasn't looking too hot against their draft. They just blew and DCed so the game was done at 20min.
Cyborgmatt
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Kill Assists gem is broken. Volvo pls.Just had Baby Roshan drop for me. Thought it was worth a lot. 8 bucks
Also I have a Scree'auks talon with a Kill Assists Gem in it that I bought off the marketplace but it doesnt seem to be tracking my assists. Have I been duped?
Generally it's when there is little competitive going on. Dendi and Notail have been playing in tournements a lot until recently and Sing was in China. They are just available now.
he'll get bored soon.
Wouldn't it be three counting the Aegis death?
Not sure what you mean by three.
She was the only one that went bottom, died, then died after aegis rez.
Cyborgmatt
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Fuck rat dota. Still won. Also fuck this aba for trying to go carry.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/486248892
Tried to tell him 2 scythes on the team wouldn't be bad, but he was an idiot and wanted to go carry, won without him, so w/e.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/486248892
Tried to tell him 2 scythes on the team wouldn't be bad, but he was an idiot and wanted to go carry, won without him, so w/e.
So recently I decided I wanted to fully embrace playing offlane, and really get to know it well. Can anyone point to advanced offlaning guides. Preferably that give advice in general and on specific heroes that are common offlaners. At the moment I feel confident with BH, Timber, Clock, Slark, WR and some others, so who else would people recommend learning that is fun? I thought about NP but if I pick him people will think I am jungling and pick another offlaner when I want solo. And I tried Lone Druid once and can't handle the bear as I suck big time at any kind of Micro. What say you GAF?
Do they have sentries? Usually you will be able to ult if you have sb,
Doesn't the ult cast break your invis though?
When you have a SB, enemies know how you will do your stuff, so they will always bring sentries. (unless they are scrubs).
BKB is the way to go. His ulti is not really his best skill anyway. Its just a skill to use when you managed to get near them or when juking someone uphill or in the trees.
It does for a bit. But when you get into your opponent's location before using the ulti while invisible, its almost uninterruptable anyway.
Never mind, thought you meant two deaths as in counted deaths, assuming she died, Aegis'd, then TP'd back and died again.
Veno offlane 2 stronk.
How do you usually run Slark in the offlane, especially a gold-starved one?
dear valve
are there so few people queueing for CM that matchmaking is forced to put me with people who are, seriously, 1200 mmr less than me in matchmaking. it's honestly not fun when i'm in 5300-average 2-stack and the pubs on my team are all reliably 4100~ish (mmr obtained by asking my captain / team what their mmr is without judgement). while i do not judge others by their mmr to the extreme of others, a gap of 1200 is pretty significant, and when i pub i'd like the pubs to be a little closer to my mmr.
thanks
milk
Venomancer is extremely good as an offlane. Also check out oldschool Dark Seer, Lifestealer, and Doombringer.
are there so few people queueing for CM that matchmaking is forced to put me with people who are, seriously, 1200 mmr less than me in matchmaking. it's honestly not fun when i'm in 5300-average 2-stack and the pubs on my team are all reliably 4100~ish (mmr obtained by asking my captain / team what their mmr is without judgement). while i do not judge others by their mmr to the extreme of others, a gap of 1200 is pretty significant, and when i pub i'd like the pubs to be a little closer to my mmr.
thanks
milk
Venomancer is extremely good as an offlane. Also check out oldschool Dark Seer, Lifestealer, and Doombringer.
Saw you and KvH talking about this when you were streaming; I like KvH's suggestion of having MMR public.
Valve does need to fix this somehow, no idea how without making queue times forever long for those w/ high MMR.
#getworse
cheezcake
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Bad, bad idea.
Stealth "get on my level pub trash" post.
Get some levels, gank other lanes. When playing any offlane hero, unless it's clock who can trap them in, I find going for kills solo is a bad idea. You should go either mid or safe lane where you provide lockdown or an extra damage source to help teammates kill. As for Slark, getting drums or medallion is a cheap way of getting some mana regen, and some fighting utility. A cool trick with medallion is that if you time it to activate during dark pact you don't receive the negative armour, very useful for manfighting. Once I have one of these (Med for burst, Drums for Tank and chase, your choice) I go basher. It's fairly cheap components, so you don't need to spend large amounts of time farming, and gives you cc that can be very useful. Once you have it you can then start solo killing supports at leisure. Pounce, hit twice, ult and hit until dead. Usually this works. By this point you should be getting points in dark pact, and at level 3 and 4 you can farm quite fast. Just nuke a wave and you only have to hit each creep like twice. From there it is the same as any other Slark.
The main difference is thinking of yourself as a cog in a larger force when offlaning, whereas mid or carry Slark can snowball themselves. Also, remember not to sit in lane if you are getting nothing out of it. Once you have level 6 you shouldn't worry about the tower as it is the least important one on the map.
Edit: Guess I'm trying Veno next, thanks guys!
get 6, get boots + orb of venom, start killing heroes
Late night #YOLO queue. Will this end in tears or cries of victory?
HERE WE GO!
http://www.twitch.tv/hylian7
Most likely the former knowing my luck lately.
HERE WE GO!
http://www.twitch.tv/hylian7
Sigismundo
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Just don't panic and you'll be OK.
Ahh.
That would have been even worse, but I would not have been surprised if she had tried it.
If you're watching right now...I'M PANICKING!
http://dotabuff.com/matches/486356662
I just don't understand.....122 XPM...and Bane and Enchantress were a Spanish 2-stack...English Language and US West and East on...how...
I just don't understand.....122 XPM...and Bane and Enchantress were a Spanish 2-stack...English Language and US West and East on...how...
Cyborgmatt
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It's a little on the low side but at least you have something you can aim at improving now.
Also it's sometimes easy to forget that there are actually a lot of players spread across the lower thousands where as the upper rankings have a much smaller percentile.
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