Shorty11857
Member
Drow strats
Pls become first phase ban
She's pretty much been banned most games, just occasionally teams think they can deal with it
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The International 2016 (Aug 3rd - 13th)
- Thread starter neurosisxeno
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She's pretty much been banned most games, just occasionally teams think they can deal with it
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Maybe Alliance can do it if Ember gets a rapier. 3k gold off that currently.
The balls on miracle gusting and then blinking into the gust. Omg man fighting at 32 hp
Yep, that right there is when she went right into the dumpster. Removing 'break' really made her shit. I also think duel giving the enemy more damage is dumb, but that's just me.
If you are talking relative to what they were doing in starladder, I don't think that performance was really relevant to anything. I don't think anyone was expecting them to run Sumail Oracle and AA. I think they were just testing pocket strats there.
The worrying thing is that so far EG has looked like they lack confidence to just play like themselves. They are trying stuff we never see EG play like wisp and huskar and legion.
The EG who won last year was a confident team that you felt like they knew that if they just drafted better teamfight and late game, they would win. This year it feels like they think they have to gimmick themselves to a win.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Oh god, why the fuck is S4 not buying a damn rapier.
Oh, now he gets it, after slark is dead for 120s.
smh smhsmhsmh
Oh, now he gets it, after slark is dead for 120s.
smh smhsmhsmh
neurosisxeno
Member
TROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL WARLORDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
SilentRacoon
Member
Just catching up with the alliance game, I don't know why loda still playing, he is always in the worst place possible putting the rest of the team at risk, he is trash.
SilentRacoon
Member
What's up with the lighting being all over the place with that map skin, can't see shit captain.
neurosisxeno
Member
28 heroes remain unpicked.
Yeah I would prefer them to use the default map and HUD, to be honest.
Shorty11857
Member
So are teams going to stop thinking they can counter Drow?
neurosisxeno
Member
It's worth mentioning an almost identical EG team did win last years International.
Alliance got absolutely stomped by OG, and are looking pretty bad against LGD. I think Wings takes it over Na'vi and Alliance.
neurosisxeno
Member
Did Steam just die for anyone else?
Shorty11857
Member
If Alliance can take game 2 Group A really is still wide open
Shorty11857
Member
Yeah Drow is pretty much a top tier hero right now, some new items and meta changes have really benefited her. She's now viable in the late game as well, so there's no real risk to picking her anymore
Technosteve
Banned
why is steam down?
neurosisxeno
Member
Drow has Precision Aura which greatly increases the damage of every ranged hero on your team (and can be activated to work on creeps) as well as having a good knockback\AoE Silence and amazing Agility gain for great damage and armor. Last major content patch they added Dragon Lance which gives Drow an amazingly cost-effective item early that gives great stats and extra attack range, which is exactly where Drow struggled early. The patch originally favored tanky strength cores, but the problem with them was always they could be easily kited--which Drow is amazingly good at.
Teams are going to start banning Drow. They have to. Previously they had banned heroes like Void because they are hard to fight around, but Drow is now just consistently stomping people.
Shorty11857
Member
EG 4-2
OG 4-2
LGD 4-2
TNC 3-3
Wings 3-3
Alliance 3-3
Na'vi 2-4
Escape 1-5
Na'vi not in a great place unless they can 2-0 a couple of teams
OG 4-2
LGD 4-2
TNC 3-3
Wings 3-3
Alliance 3-3
Na'vi 2-4
Escape 1-5
Na'vi not in a great place unless they can 2-0 a couple of teams
neurosisxeno
Member
Matches delayed a bit because Steam is down I assume. I can't connect to the Game Coordinator at least.
Technosteve
Banned
Synd team is going to get kicked?
neurosisxeno
Member
They aren't doing so hot, so at best they are starting in the LB facing an elimination Bo1.
I tend to remember Na'vi having awful day 1 performances over the last couple TI's.
neurosisxeno
Member
2013 Day 1: 4-2
2014 Day 1: 3-1
2015 Day 1: 2-2
Not really what I would call a trend. Plus the ever-changing nature of the meta and the fact that every year they have had a slightly different team.
So next year they will have 1-5, and 0-6 at TI8, right?
Looks very likely to be in LB. They have by comparison, a easier first day schedule.
Now they got to face OG, LGD, Wings and Alliance.
neurosisxeno
Member
Exactly lol. Group B matches have officially started!
waxinlyrical
Member
I thought picking Huskar without Dazzle/Oracle was a bad idea, but apparently I'm not Team Secret. Them armlet toggles...
neurosisxeno
Member
Oracle/Huskar is amazing. With Inner Vitality and False Promise you're basically immortal.
waxinlyrical
Member
Oh I agree, I'm saying Secret doesn't have either Oracle or Dazzle for Huskar. They have a Wisp, which isn't quite the same...
neurosisxeno
Member
Wisp is good with anyone, and he gives Huskar increased mobility and attack speed. It's not as good for survivability, but much better for fighting.
EDIT: What in the hell is going on with DC vs. MVP???
neurosisxeno
Member
Resolution and w33 are damn good at DotA 2.
