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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoSszS3BkRY

In memory of EE scarysword

 

[Anbokr]

legit tho lycan needs one change: necro units no longer benefit from shapeshift

 

[Emerson]

Maybe the drop system rework will actually be a more comprehensive rework of drops, battle points, levels, etc.

The system as it is currently is pretty dumb.

 

[Chris R]

Maybe the drop system rework will actually be a more comprehensive rework of drops, battle points, levels, etc.

The system as it is currently is pretty dumb.

I love playing 4 or 5 games and seeing like a single drop :/

 

[manfestival]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoSszS3BkRY

In memory of EE scarysword

so confident in EEs TB that they let universe get jakiro and rtz get razor like what

 

[shira]

Who's the cutie in the beanie hat?

 

[Emerson]

I love playing 4 or 5 games and seeing like a single drop :/

It's always been like that. The drop pool has nothing to do with the frequency of drops.

 

[manfestival]

Oh yeah, just had this game happen
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/986074351
my team freakin won. once i got my radiance, things went smoother but the game was won when drow bought divine rapier and our DP got it lol

 

[Quesa]

lmao that anitmage

 

[neurosisxeno]

Oh yeah, just had this game happen
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/986074351
my team freakin won. once i got my radiance, things went smoother but the game was won when drow bought divine rapier and our DP got it lol

There's a special place in hell for Drow's that build stupid item builds. Why on Earth everyone skips Crit in favor of a fast Manta is beyond me. With Treads and a Crystalys at like level 11 Drow can 3 shot most heroes.

 

[Monochromaticx]

Oh yeah, just had this game happen
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/986074351
my team freakin won. once i got my radiance, things went smoother but the game was won when drow bought divine rapier and our DP got it lol

haha wp drow!

 

[Radec]

just woke up.

damn, poor secret. they were so close in having their first gold. :/

 

[Wok]

http://www.dotabuff.com/players/871...puck&lobby_type=&game_mode=&region=&duration=

guess we might have seen the Puck pick coming.

Yep. Puck is his most played hero this month.

 

[Madouu]

Good, puck is undeniably the best hero to have been designed in a moba game.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Good, puck is undeniably the best hero to have been designed in a moba game.

yea okay

but what if he was a turtle

 

[shira]

yea okay

but what if he was a turtle

Doo-oo!

 

[Monochromaticx]

Doo-oo!

"Kill...me.."

 

[JC Sera]

wasn't there two potential turtle based heroes that never made the cut?

 

[SteveWinwood]

wasn't there two potential turtle based heroes that never made the cut?

well there were a bunch of turtle units in wc3 so probably

 

[neurosisxeno]

well there were a bunch of turtle units in wc3 so probably

They weren't really anthromorphic though, so we would have been stuck with a weird turtle walking on all fours around the map.

 

[SteveWinwood]

They weren't really anthromorphic though, so we would have been stuck with a weird turtle walking on all fours around the map.

how is that a problem

 

[NBtoaster]

Good, puck is undeniably the best hero to have been designed in a moba game.

orb and jaunt are still on seperate buttons for no reason, so no.

 

[ksan]

Good, puck is undeniably the best hero to have been designed in a moba game.

I'd give that to old naix.

orb and jaunt are still on seperate buttons for no reason, so no.

Except no, and forcing it to be on the same button would be the strictly worst alternative.
Obviously the best would be so people could easily bind it to the same if they wanted to though.

 

[FtHTiny]

Dota decided i had to be Rtz when i randomed lycan. We decided to throw a lot but suddenly some crits and the graph went straigt up!
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/986434536

We also had the tranquil/mek meepo before he got a dagger and became useful. Was a strange game.

 

[LiQuid!]

What's the argument for having orb and jaunt on different keys? Seems unnecessary to me.

 

[FtHTiny]

What's the argument for having orb and jaunt on different keys? Seems unnecessary to me.

If you spam it because you are stunned or silenced it could happen that you jaunt instantly.

 

[kvk1]

Puck really is a joy to play.

Even if you're complete scrub you can make for some spectacular team fight moments.

I mean, you'll probably die in the process. Possibly along with your entire team.

But the panache with which you die can't be matched by any other hero.

Orbs flying everywhere, faerie dusts lining the air, coils popping off, etc.

 

[Pyros_Eien]

If you spam it because you are stunned or silenced it could happen that you jaunt instantly.

Yeah and adding a small cooldown to it wouldn't be good either because then you couldn't jaunt instantly to disjoint stuff that's already way too close.

2keys is fine. If you want to make it one key, there's a script for it. That's one of the good thing about the game running on source, you can make scripts if you need stuff. For example smart casting was available several months before they finally added it(and to an extent is still better via scripts due to ease of toggling them on and off for specific keys or using key up/down depending on your tastes).

 

[Cyborgmatt]

Damn we were so close. The team took it well though. Can't wait to see how they do over the course of the next year.

 

[LiQuid!]

If you spam it because you are stunned or silenced it could happen that you jaunt instantly.

Sold. Forcing it to be the same hotkey ruins the hero.

 

[shira]

Damn we were so close. The team took it well though. Can't wait to see how they do over the course of the next year.

I would have liked to have seen Secret vs C9 and a healthy Boner7.

Imagine if China didn't chicken out and Mushi's team won

Group a
EG
Alliance
Newbee
Tinker

Group b
VG
Secret
Team Malaysia
Navi

Culd have been Key Arena.

 

[Pureauthor]

If you spam it because you are stunned or silenced it could happen that you jaunt instantly.

Sounds to me like it'd be that dude's own fault then.

 

[Ultimatum]

Sounds to me like it'd be that dude's own fault then.

please save the trolling for the console war threads

 

[Zeth]

Is Earth Spirit still really powerful? Seems like it.

 

[Zoon]

So, is this virtual stock market which is advertised on synergyleague stream legit?

 

[Arkanius]

Yesterday I played an ignored hero most of the time:

Shadow Demon

Holy shit why did I ignore this guy so much. He absolutely wrecks in lane as a support, and his ultimate destroys most big carries if they use buffs (Medusa/TA for example in my game, they lose their shield as soon I put my ult on them. Glorious)

 

[TUSR]

Is Earth Spirit still really powerful? Seems like it.

high skill cap

 

[shira]

So, is this virtual stock market which is advertised on synergyleague stream legit?

That's his own side project

Cluttered much?

I just listen to xyclopzz for the audio, but it's a disturbing trend. Not Asiaamore bad, but things are getting worse.

I can imagine joindota getting really desperate and selling animated ads on that right hand side

 

[Kade]

Axe is really fun.

 

[Pureauthor]

please save the trolling for the console war threads

git gud

 

[Volodja]

Yesterday I played an ignored hero most of the time:

Shadow Demon

Holy shit why did I ignore this guy so much. He absolutely wrecks in lane as a support, and his ultimate destroys most big carries if they use buffs (Medusa/TA for example in my game, they lose their shield as soon I put my ult on them. Glorious)

Demonic Purge doesn't remove those abilities.

 

[Gully State]

Can we have a discussion on countering last pick omniknight or when no one picks a counter hero like silencer? I played a match last night in which despite controlling the map for most of the game...omni once he hit his levels just made the opposing team an almost unkillable deathball. We lost mid racks but fortunately managed to win the game because they dove too hard allowing me to cleanup. Our lock then managed to throw an incredibly well places and well timed ult, killing omni instantly before he could ulti (allowing PA and I to clean up- I was slark). I don't think omni is unfair as I play him quite a bit but I'm not sure how to deal with him late game without a proper counter. He isn't exactly weak in the early game either .

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/985821669

 

[NormalFish]

Can we have a discussion on countering last pick omniknight or when no one picks a counter hero like silencer? I played a match last night in which despite controlling the map for most of the game...omni once he hit his levels just made the opposing team an almost unkillable deathball. We lost mid racks but fortunately managed to win the game because they dove too hard allowing me to cleanup. Our lock then managed to throw an incredibly well places and well timed ult, killing omni instantly before he could ulti (allowing PA and I to clean up- I was slark). I don't think omni is unfair as I play him quite a bit but I'm not sure how to deal with him late game without a proper counter. He isn't exactly weak in the early game either .

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/985821669

I end up banning omni 2nd phase a lot of the time since I just don't want to deal with the possibility. Hero is ridiculously frustrating.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Can we have a discussion on countering last pick omniknight or when no one picks a counter hero like silencer? I played a match last night in which despite controlling the map for most of the game...omni once he hit his levels just made the opposing team an almost unkillable deathball. We lost mid racks but fortunately managed to win the game because they dove too hard allowing me to cleanup. Our lock then managed to throw an incredibly well places and well timed ult, killing omni instantly before he could ulti (allowing PA and I to clean up- I was slark). I don't think omni is unfair as I play him quite a bit but I'm not sure how to deal with him late game without a proper counter. He isn't exactly weak in the early game either .

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/985821669

a poor laning hurts him really hard

get him down and keep him down and youll do fine

he doesnt do much in lane, he can't harass, he can't go and farm that well

also buy diffusal

 

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a poor laning hurts him really hard

get him down and keep him down and youll do fine

he doesnt do much in lane, he can't harass, he can't go and farm that well

also buy diffusal

and eul's. So you can save diffusal charges to only the magic immune target.

 

[Quesa]

Stepped back after this game ended and thought, "so this is what it's like to be mumblegaf"

I can confirm btw that I'm still in trash tier after those 13 straight io losses so I'm not too proud of this but in the moment it felt aight

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Queued with a Gaffer and another 2.7k friend, went 33-6-10 as Lancer and lost fml

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/986655510

report team

 

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Queued with a Gaffer and another 2.7k friend, went 33-6-10 as Lancer and lost fml

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/986655510

report team

moti is alive? wth?

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Can we have a discussion on countering last pick omniknight or when no one picks a counter hero like silencer? I played a match last night in which despite controlling the map for most of the game...omni once he hit his levels just made the opposing team an almost unkillable deathball. We lost mid racks but fortunately managed to win the game because they dove too hard allowing me to cleanup. Our lock then managed to throw an incredibly well places and well timed ult, killing omni instantly before he could ulti (allowing PA and I to clean up- I was slark). I don't think omni is unfair as I play him quite a bit but I'm not sure how to deal with him late game without a proper counter. He isn't exactly weak in the early game either .

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/985821669

- Any diffusal carry
- Invoker Tornado (purges GA off of everyone it hits)
- Blink Doom
- Shadow Demon
- Naga Siren (Song when GA is up)

When Omni is last picked, you gotta go Diffusal Blade. I went DB on Void once against an Omni on the enemy team:

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/851962347

Don't limited yourself in terms of items.

 

[Emerson]

Worth noting that if there's any truth to those Korean rumors about an update on the 28th we might expect to hear something today.