I hear Bounty is a good hero.
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DOTA 2 |OT8| DOTA Asian Championship (1/27-2/9)
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I hear Bounty is a good hero.
Go mid
Pick Snowballer (Storm Spirit/TA/Shadow Fiend etc)
Get runes and gank
Farm everywhere
Win game
OR
Learn Meepo
Noobs cant do SHIT vs a competent Meepo player
Ember Spirit
Banned
misery sucks at offlane
sure he is, if only he could draft him mid game, the thing is at low mmr, heroes that have no business building shadowblades get them because its uncommon for teams to deal with invis correctly
sub 2500 is entirely different game compared to what most of you are used to playing
Monochromaticx
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This secret draft....wuuut
undying is also decent against beginners because nobody targets tombstone
Yeah, don't do that. You'll have people saying iTunes is somehow a better platform or something, or that Valve never releases games even though they've come out every year until this year for some time now. Or the good ol' "I hate such restrictive DRM"argument00
Edit: Also, this game makes me hate Sniper even more than I already do. .
I know, its just annoying sometimes to take the lead and control everything.
Anyone can pull off anything when playing against VP
Ember Spirit
Banned
notail stood out with his play, and the s4 play where he cancelled sandking's blink was nice, but apart from that I don't think secret did anything special. impossible to lose against that spectre.
Monochromaticx
Member
VP should never pick specter for bzz ever again.
Secret needs to pick tusk more often for notail. Best tusk plays I ever seen.
Secret needs to pick tusk more often for notail. Best tusk plays I ever seen.
NormalFish
Banned
VP is legitimately good. They deserve more respect.
Certainly a better team than at TI4. Though only God and Jotm still remain from that team.
this is what happens when you win your lane early but everyone starts to feed http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1107328871
still won the game though (sf)
still won the game though (sf)
NormalFish
Banned
...and then VP make me look like an idiot. WP, secret.
Monochromaticx
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haha well, VP reaching a final was joke a couple of months back and they lasted to game
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NormalFish
Banned
Yeah, I'd say they're the closest to the Tier 1 teams (EG, C9, Secret) in the west. If they keep playing the way they have and just tighten up some of the clowniness I think they'll be Tier 1.
Dreams-Visions
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great series. and grats to Secret on their first win.
undoubtedly the first of many.
undoubtedly the first of many.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Nah bruh.
I think EG is just about the *last* Western team that anyone needs to worry about. They're clearly experimenting with combos and heroes as they try to expand their options even more than their very robust hero pools already afford them. When they pick their very best, most comfortable heroes...they're acutely difficult to beat. Without question the scariest Western team.
IMO, everyone else in the West is slightly behind in both skill and execution compared to most of EG's players...but most importantly, they're behind in simple consistency. EG may lose, but rarely will you see them get steamrolled like Secret did in a couple of games today or like many of the other top-tier teams do on a semi-regular basis.
Teams feel a little more even in general I'd say. If Alliance and Team Tinker do well out of their roster changes then the Tier 1 scene will be very exciting. Navi will need to do a little more.
Oh, and everyone should watch out for Hellraisers.
NormalFish
Banned
I think HR is gonna be like PR used to be. They'll occasionally take sets off of big teams, but they're too inconsistent to get out of the trench.
I hope valve changes the drop system soon, it was mostly worthless drops but I could get stuff and sell them for one cent and buy something I wanted on the marketplace and that brought a bit more fun to the experience. As I only play limited pick I nowadays see no use in sticking around if we start losing cause I'm not gonna see shit if I stick around 
Dreams-Visions
Member
I hope valve changes the drop system soon, it was mostly worthless drops but I could get stuff and sell them for one cent and buy something I wanted on the marketplace and that brought a bit more fun to the experience. As I only play limited pick I nowadays see no use in sticking around if we start losing cause I'm not gonna see shit if I stick around
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How about you use the time to practice the mechanics of the hero you picked. I'm pretty sure you still have quite a bit to learn and there's no better time to practice core concepts and get into good habits than in an actual match. Even in losing matches, there's plenty to learn, practice and do.
Yep it's been going this way for years, and every patch it moves more toward Honification. No complaints from me, I think Hon did a lot of things well.
Dreams, we both know the only reason to play a video game is for the chance to earn virtual hats.
Dreams-Visions
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Make sure to rewatch the replays and notice the 5000 things you are still doing wrong to make yourself feel like shit again.
Oh I do, and it's sad. This might just be the most humbling game ever. The worst thing might be a fail Chrono =/
NormalFish
Banned
LF Good Servers WTT Left eyeball
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Just lost a game vs a full randomed team with void because our whole team felt the need to attack people at melee range every chance they could. sigh...
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Just lost a game vs a full randomed team with void because our whole team felt the need to attack people at melee range every chance they could. sigh...
I'm mostly talking matches were it at least feels like it's 99% percent certain that we will lose. I got nothing more to learn with the limited heroes and theres no penalty for leaving and at the moment, no reward for sticking by.
You forgot claiming everyone who makes pc master race jokes is always serious about it and that everyone on pc really believes the whole pc master race thing.
I don't.
My SLI'd GTX 980s and I will fight u
Well thus is the advantage of starting off at basically zero =p
If deeper stats of a game fascinate you like they do for me, absolutely.
NormalFish
Banned
I've got a brilliant idea! How about we play super passive with a mid game fighting comp into lone druid and let him get a million farm!
I hate this game...
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And then I accept a game, get a disconnect and am told I didn't accept the queue so I'm out for 8 minutes. WTF
I hate this game...
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And then I accept a game, get a disconnect and am told I didn't accept the queue so I'm out for 8 minutes. WTF
call_kotaku
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Morphling y u move so slow ;_;
Interceptor
Banned
Another great tale from Potatodota.
Our TA is heading for 40 kills but flatout refuses to take down towers.
5 People dead? Better go farm! Tower almost down? Better hunt the guy on the opposite site of the map!
Surprisingly we lost. What a great game.
Our TA is heading for 40 kills but flatout refuses to take down towers.
5 People dead? Better go farm! Tower almost down? Better hunt the guy on the opposite site of the map!
Surprisingly we lost. What a great game.
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