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[Anbokr]

Noted. But what do I do when I'm offlane Slardar and getting marginally close to creep waves results in my dying or getting harassed to 50 hp and my 6k mid starts calling me 4K trash.

I don't want to be 4k trash.

I ended that game with 5000 fucking hero damage. ���� I even lost to Lumi yesterday.

you buy an iron talon and go to the hard camp, but im not much of a slardar picker or offlaner anyhow

 

[Drkirby]

Is it me or do plays just opt not to ban in Ranked?

Who even is good to ban right now?

 

[harSon]

Is it me or do plays just opt not to ban in Ranked?

Who even is good to ban right now?

most games i'm in tend to have players try and ban invoker, alch, slark or axe

 

[Deleted member 77995]

Is it me or do plays just opt not to ban in Ranked?

Who even is good to ban right now?

Been banning alch. No reason why

 

[misses bull]

es aghs is the most over rated thing in the game honestly

 

[Chris R]

I pick pudge so I don't get a pudge on my team.

 

[NormalFish]

just ban counters to what you wanna play

fuck teamwork

 

[The M.O.B]

Last shift of work for the week, I can finally get into these challenges and do this International Ranked thing.

 

[Monochromaticx]

Ban heroes you don't want to see in your own team.

 

[misses bull]

ill never choke this hard again

 

[TUSR]

ill never choke this hard again

didnt really matter

 

[misses bull]

didnt really matter

echo would have felt amazing

 

[Wok]

How do you stop a Juggernaut with boots of travel and manta (to dodge stuns) who relentlessly rat your T3 and cyclones to teleport away? Buy abyssal and try to stop him?

 

[spk]

Are skill brackets not showing up for anyone with YASP/Dotabuff listings? Is it due to the battlepass calibration?

 

[TUSR]

Are skill brackets not showing up for anyone with YASP/Dotabuff listings?

Yes.

Is it due to the battlepass calibration?

Unsure, but probably because of the additional MMR mode.

 

[Mohasus]

I like to ban bounty hunter so I don't have to buy sentries.

Also, vulkan support is coming next week and no one is talking about it here.

 

[Anbokr]

How do you stop a Juggernaut with boots of travel and manta (to dodge stuns) who relentlessly rat your T3 and cyclones to teleport away? Buy abyssal and try to stop him?

make sure all ur lanes are pushed before committing to a high-ground push

have heroes like bm, bane, venge, or batrider on ur team

 

[Monochromaticx]

I like to ban bounty hunter so I don't have to buy sentries.

Also, vulkan support is coming next week and no one is talking about it here.

I dont understand the significance of vulkan

 

[yarden24]

Noted. But what do I do when I'm offlane Slardar and getting marginally close to creep waves results in my dying or getting harassed to 50 hp and my 6k mid starts calling me 4K trash.

I don't want to be 4k trash.

I ended that game with 5000 fucking hero damage. ���� I even lost to Lumi yesterday.

it's not dota if someone somewhere doesn't call you trash

I like it when Russians call me a 4k animal.

 

[waxinlyrical]

I dont understand the significance of vulkan

Should hopefully be better performance.

 

[Hylian7]

I like it when Russians call me a 4k animal.

It isn't dota until someone says "Xk is the worst bracket"

 

[Label]

I am playing like hot garbage at the moment, I guess that is what happens when not playing for months then jumping right back into the 5k bracket.

Relentless feeding is the right word...

All my reactions just feel so slow

 

[twobear]

I like it when Russians call me a 4k animal.

Is that what you make your partner say during sex

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Has anyone ever been to Samoa? Is it worth the trip? It's kinda cheap for how far away it is from Central Europe.

 

[Red UFO]

Tinker accomplishes nothing apart from being a massive pain in the arse.

 

[gai_shain]

Lost 6 out of the 10 calibration matches and I still calibrated withing 150 of my normal mmr

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Lost 6 out of the 10 calibration matches and I still calibrated withing 150 of my normal mmr

Sounds 100% reasonable?

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Lost 6 out of the 10 calibration matches and I still calibrated withing 150 of my normal mmr

Calibration just confirming hidden MMR, money well spent.

 

[inkls]

Calibration just confirming hidden MMR, money well spent.

I don't expect huge changes in mmr for people unless they haven't played ranked in a long time and have improved alot.

 

[gai_shain]

I was expecting to be calibrated lower losing more than half of the calibration games

 

[Sigismundo]

What would you guys say are the heroes with the most and least reliance on good ping?

 

[NormalFish]

Most: puck, Oracle

Least: Sven, PA, Naix, etc.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

It is plain clear that juke spots are far easier to see in the new map.

Edit: Phoenix with lag is great. Feels good missing all your spirits and missing sunray targets.

 

[pompidu]

I don't expect huge changes in mmr for people unless they haven't played ranked in a long time and have improved alot.

I would be shocked if I don't calibrate higher. I calibrated at 2050 over a year ago. Have maybe played one ranked game since then, not including the international MMR games.

Curious to see how other people recalibrated.

 

[J2d]

Did the daily hero and echo saber challenge and didn't get shit fuck, at least I got the tip

 

[pompidu]

make sure all ur lanes are pushed before committing to a high-ground push

have heroes like bm, bane, venge, or batrider on ur team

I too enjoy blowing an ultimate on a 80mana cost bkb.

 

[Deleted member 77995]

I too enjoy blowing an ultimate on a 80mana cost bkb.

If it gets you a kill then it's worth it. BM alone can solo most during ult.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

I am pretty sure one could play Necrolight with a controller and still be okay

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

WHENS OVERWATCH

Most: puck, Oracle

Least: Sven, PA, Naix, etc.

I remember a Puck game I played on like 200~ ping, might as well not have shown up, it's impossible.

 

[NormalFish]

WHENS OVERWATCH

I remember a Puck game I played on like 200~ ping, might as well not have shown up, it's impossible.

at least with puck it's just you that's useless. Oracle with tons of ping makes your carry useless too

 

[pompidu]

If it gets you a kill then it's worth it. BM alone can solo most during ult.

Didn't say it wasn't worth it. It's just absurd.

 

[Monochromaticx]

What would you guys say are the heroes with the most and least reliance on good ping?

Pudge

 

[inkls]

I would be shocked if I don't calibrate higher. I calibrated at 2050 over a year ago. Have maybe played one ranked game since then, not including the international MMR games.

Curious to see how other people recalibrated.

you can get an idea from looking at the skill bracket from dotabuff matches and checking player profiles in unranked to check mmr (should be accurate unless they're in a stack).

I too enjoy blowing an ultimate on a 80mana cost bkb.

If the hero needed to purchase a bkb, then without it he/she probably would die or be easily kited. If you make them waste most of their optimal fighting time by locking them down while their bkb is up, then unless their team ruins your day its a victory. If you get a kill then even better.

 

[shira]

Bane set by Zaphk & Onilolz http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=686883300

 

[Quesa]

Bane set by Zaphk & Onilolz http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=686883300

Nice.

 

[MrChocolate]

Lost 6 out of the 10 calibration matches and I still calibrated withing 150 of my normal mmr

Sorry to ask something obvious, but, is there a "recalibration" of MMR?
I don't want to lose my hard earned (see: spammed cheap heroes) 4k ._.

 

[Tart Toter 9k]

Sorry to ask something obvious, but, is there a "recalibration" of MMR?
I don't want to lose my hard earned (see: spammed cheap heroes) 4k ._.

Its just part of the new compendium. You also get to choose which mmr to keep if you decide to go through with it.

 

[gai_shain]

Sorry to ask something obvious, but, is there a "recalibration" of MMR?
I don't want to lose my hard earned (see: spammed cheap heroes) 4k ._.

Theres seasonal mmr with the new battle pass, if you play enough games there you can choose to replace your "normal" mmr with the season mmr after TI I think.

I couldnt have calibrated higher than I am currently anyway but it was interesting to see

 

[Dylan]

I am pretty sure one could play Necrolight with a controller and still be okay

One of my favourite things to say when I'm not playing particularly well in solo queue is "Sorry guys, it's real tough over here as I'm playing with an xbox 360 controller."


The rage.

 

[MrChocolate]

Thanks guys <3
Also, there isn't any news related to Pit Lord? Or well, Abyssal Underlord.