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Dota 2 |OT5| TECHIES!!!
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Wok
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I barely play her (support, tss), but CM is so nice to play with, everything goes smoothly, mana, movement speed, nice spells.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Lina, Enigma, Clockwerk stand out as my favorites. All can turn a fight around in their own way. That feel when you Hookshot a bkb Enigma black holing man, none better.
Right click it in your amory and select "styles"
JakkuFurosu
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Sven for that sexy red glow
Fully channled CM ult is glorious to behold
Axe, because Axe
Storm Spirit, especially with the red the new immortal adds
Special mention to Necro. Nothing like chasing an enemy, and as they think they are going to be ok BAM!, huge green scythe of get fucked
Can someone explain this calling xboct "4" thing. I understand its a diss but why?
10 years since spawn
iirc, it was in a tournament and they rated players and teams and xboct got rated 4 out of 10. He got offended by it and wore the Xboct (4) tag during it. Everytime he makes a typical xboct play (ex: tower dives 4 heroes) people just spam 4.
Tidehunter's is great fun.
So, apparently, this is the go-to build of an "experienced" Riki player.
I have never played MoM Riki. I might give it a try.
He is at my MMR, so around 2.7K.
That build sounds retarded. Diffusal is almost necessary with riki. Purging dust/slows/silences is amazing,a nd the slow is great aswel.
Afterwards is up for debate though.
A Sentient Keyboard
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Axe's ult is awesome, especially since a succesfull cull refreshes it's cooldown allowing you to potentially chain them together.
Vengeful Spirit's ult is really satifying when you get off a smart swap that exposes an enemy/saves a teammate.
Vengeful Spirit's ult is really satifying when you get off a smart swap that exposes an enemy/saves a teammate.
I don't know if he got offended or just went with the joke but that's how it went down. It was BTS rating the teams.
Also when spamming 4 don't forget to add
SteveWinwood
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im hoping that its just holdover
his time in the spotlight has been too long
his time in the spotlight has been too long
Steve, what do you think about this offlane brewmaster?
SteveWinwood
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Brewmaster is a good hero.
ohblahitsme
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So I just downloaded this and have yet to open it. I've watched a few videos on how not to suck and I'm a little bit intimidated. This seems like a pretty intense game. How many hours can I expect to play before people don't hate me?
HAHA, you fell into my trap. I was going to post, brewmaster shit hero.
But now if the team brewmaster is on loses, I will simply quote you, and say it.
Now there is no risk of me sounding like an idiot!
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0, there's going to be idiots at every level of play, thats why lord gaben gave us the mute button.
textbook xboct lol
0, there's going to be idiots at every level of play, thats why lord gaben gave us the mute button.
textbook xboct lol
Servbot #42
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LOL typical xboct yolo play giving up first blood as ursa by chasing a bristleback under tower.
I've been playing this game since 2006 (with a few year long breaks) People still regularly flame me and call me names ect. Just mute them and have fun!
Wok
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Wait. Can you use Diffusal to purge yourself when someone throws a bag of dust and starts chasing you?
Wok
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Mind blown. I learn this after 68 games played as Riki. Mind blown by the possibilities.
SteveWinwood
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Literally forever.
View it less as a video game and more as basketball at the local gym, you can always get better. There will always be people better than you, some will always be worse.
There will always be shit talking, unless you play with friends.
Wok
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This, I know. This is my go-to build if I am owning the game. Sell stuff, buy butterflies.
I've played 1400 hours of dota so far and am only recently considering myself to 'gitgud' at this game. And by 'good' I really mean 'average' ,I've started reliably climing in MMR from 2700 up to 3400 presently.
Match making prevents you from being put with people who will completely whoop your ass so don't worry about it. Play to have fun, you will learn nuances as you go or just ask here.
I will say, it took me about ~100 hours as a noob to get a decent grasp on which items are which, laning, warding, the basics. Better positioning, pulling and stacking, map awareness came after about 250-300 hours. It seems like a lot... but dota is a time sink like no other.
A Sentient Keyboard
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As someone who just started playing, I can say that this game definitely has a steep learning curve. There's lots of characters and skills and items, which sometimes interact in stupid and counterintuitive ways. Also, there are a ton of more nebulous concepts you have to wrap your head around. That said, I've been fortunate enough to play with friendly and patient players, and I've been having a great time witht the game so far.
Also, I've been adding fellow newbies from gaf and giant bomb to learn this stupid game together. Feel free to add me on steam if you're looking for some friendly people to play with that won't get angry when you inevitably fuck up, we all do. My steam account is "Print Screen" (the account with the actuall print screen button as an avatar).
The_Hitcher89
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I'll play a couple of matches with you later if you want
Played 14 games (12 on record) and things are quickly becoming intuitive in terms of controls, teamwork, item-progression, farming etc
Still need to improve lane control, choosing the right hero for team balance and things like that. If you play with someone who's been playing for ages, it puts you in their matchmaking pool against other players who've played for ages I think.
Add me on Steam if you want, name's the same on there as it is here
Making my way through the Compendium challenge, nice way of learning different heroes. Not great for team balance as I'm using heroes who don't fill the required role, but I wouldn't know who to use anyway
JakkuFurosu
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narvi to stronk
Brewmaster is the most overrated hero in the metagame right now.
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