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DOTA 2 |OT6| Plz vote for Keeper of the Light Arcana
- Thread starter Teknopathetic
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You need the tools downloaded to play custom games since they run in the new engine
Watch out Drkirby, twitch chat is gonna get you.
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Poor Kirby ;_;
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/824671024
Is Spectre the best comeback carry in the game? Got completely shut down in lane, 10 last hits at 10 minutes in. Haunt lets you get the killsteals you need to get back on track.
Is Spectre the best comeback carry in the game? Got completely shut down in lane, 10 last hits at 10 minutes in. Haunt lets you get the killsteals you need to get back on track.
Gotcha. Makes sense I guess. Couldn't get that to work yesterday as when I switched over to the Steam Beta the entire Steam client was slow and non responsive. Guess no Invoker Wars for me then.
There was a bug that caused some download issue to severely slow down steam, you had to pause the fake update to get around it, but I got an update about half an hour ago fixing it, so you should be good to go now.
Yeah maybe I'll try it again. The game was really buggy until recently. Thanks.
Rush2thestart
Member
I disagree. Heroes like Mirana are far more deserving.
Sigismundo
Member
http://www.dota2.com/store/itemdetails/15981
That is a fantastic barcode.
That is a fantastic barcode.
So boring. On my team or the other team. I have no interest in ever playing with or against that dull ass hero.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
+Razor
+Tinker
Abaddon has been tons of fun for me lately. I have been playing him as a carry these days and he has lead me to victory every time. Getting Mask of Madness is almost unfair when I use it in team fights where my ult goes off. He is a strong hero who scales pretty late imo. Lots of fun being able to slow, buff attack speed and heal team mates all while getting a regen ult if the enemy feels like trying to pummel you. Wish I had started playing him a bit sooner!
Artour putting Twitch's muting policy to the test playing Katie Kate...
Holy shit is she bad. Kinda glad I didn't go to the afterparty now.
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Holy shit is she bad. Kinda glad I didn't go to the afterparty now.
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Muck the cache verification and the download queue. Mine's been at "Ready to play" for a while but it doesn't seem to affect anything.
I don't remember which streamer I saw do it but Soul Ring/Tranquil Ogre is so god damned fun. Infinite mana, infinite aggression, infinite power.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/824908392
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/824908392
Health swaps like normal. It's not damage, it's just a change in HP number.
If you're dying then you're losing more gold than wards would have cost.
But I'm not getting my optimal farm because I'm doing both my own job and my support's job...
Sure, but that doesn't matter if I'm getting 14 minute BoTs because I bought some wards. We probably still lost either way.
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If one Ward prevents one death, it already pays for itself. If two deaths, that's pure profit right there.
The team is more than just you. You still seem to be missing the point, if the wards stop you from getting killed then they've saved you and were worth the investment.
Then in that case why don't the carries buy them every game? There's a reason the supports are supposed to buy them.
It's like talking to a brick wall. Supports buying them is the ideal, but if it's going to save you from losing more gold then buy them yourself.
It's better if the supports buy wards, but sometimes when playing pubs, you'll have to deal with non-optimal play or straight up bad play.
Tinker spending 150 on wards because supports don't (or can't) buy them is better than tinker dying. And that one's on you.
Stop picking mid every single damn game and try to play support for a while.
I've bought wards many times with anti-mage because my supports don't understand that I need a safe jungle 12 minutes into the game. I could keep dying and complaining, but that never solved anything.
I've bought wards many times with anti-mage because my supports don't understand that I need a safe jungle 12 minutes into the game. I could keep dying and complaining, but that never solved anything.
If the choice is 14 minute BOT or feed I'd pick 14 minute bot everytime but that's me. :~)
Because people don't understand basic economic theory, and are bad.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/822769759
Guess who bought courier this game, go on, guess.
It was me on LC, because I needed it and my teammates were too busy being bad to buy it for me.
And Invoker bought the first set of wards, because he knew Tinker getting rune control was a bad idea, and wanted to cover his flank. See how this pays off in the long run?
And Invoker bought the first set of wards, because he knew Tinker getting rune control was a bad idea, and wanted to cover his flank. See how this pays off in the long run?
Hell yes, all my money on DOTA-GAF!
The only problem is that you are supposed to get 10-12 minute BoTs and if you don't you've probably already lost. You're taking 10 minutes to sit mid and farm them, and once you have them your team needs you to rotate. It is worth it to buy the wards, but extremely frustrating if you do and your team goes "Well our tinker took 14 minutes to get bots, gg ,report!"
Support is even more frustrating than a situation like this. So much opportunity for things to go wrong, and usually it does happen. You want to smoke mid? Your teammate is like "Nah fuck you" and doesn't want to go and just sits in lane. Your carry asks "Why aren't you 6 yet?!" when you were in a trilane and then blames you. Even if you do do everything right, set up kills. Your carries can just throw it all away for you. I've played support games, some where things went great. My team was there with me 100% of the time, we coordinated so well. Other times where I did my job, then the carries fucked it up. A recent example was this one:
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/817325662
Our Storm went the scrub Arcane > Bloodstone rush build and proceeded to do fuck all. Invoker did nothing and abandoned after a teamfight that we WON. And look at this, I was the only person that bought the wards.
Did you actually win any of these games though?
But what if you aren't farming well? Like say it's critical you get an item by 10 minutes and your supports won't help you. I mean I get it, yeah, it can help, but when it's so frustrating when you have to set your own critical item behind because your teammates won't do their jobs.
Why do you care more about what your teammates are saying, people who you should be muting at -00:30, than your victory?
Stop assuming people will do their jobs and go into the game with the understanding that you need to put your entire team on your back. If you aren't good enough to win mid without wards, then swallow your pride and buy the fucking wards.
Oh man, just had a game where a lycan would not fucking push. I was doing all the pushing as dragon knight. I know there is the fear of getting caught out, but our fucking base was like a beach with constant waves of creeps splashing against it. Do not play lycan if you arent going to push, there is just no point.
edit: not to say that dk is bad at pushing, but he can only do so much by himself. And to clarify, this was vs an opposing team of rats.
edit: not to say that dk is bad at pushing, but he can only do so much by himself. And to clarify, this was vs an opposing team of rats.
manfestival
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haha oh wow that ticket... really???
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
If supports aren't pulling their weight you're just going to lose regardless. So either pay for wards or sit in base click around hoping to see all of them on another lane.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Unrelated, but I cannot imagine how/why people play dota this way. Dota without being able to communicate with people sounds like an excercise is frustration.
I know I often bring this up as a joke, but honestly, why don't people group up as 5 to guarantee cool/communicative people?
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Some people don't have friends.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Some people don't have friends.
Just go gaf or giant bomb chatrooms, there are often people looking for party members there. When you play with nice people, exchange friend requests and soon you'll have a friends list full of people you can invite. Share steam names on gaf! Add add add me: steamcommunity.com/id/rayzertag!