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[Dota 2] Nyx Assassin, Keeper of the Light, and Visage this week, and straight to CM.
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im turning into a pub stomper oh no
fucking sucks that like 10 of my games don't exist because everyone left after two people ragequit early or something
edit: also i want to play all the new heroes, too arsed to find wc3 discs though. new ui for dota2 looks dope though.
Whatever you do, do not look at todays blog update.
http://blog.dota2.com/2012/04/our-force-comes/
Yes, that. Don't look at it.
dope ui
still have to issue commands to the donkey to get it to do stuff though
in addendum: fuck leavers
was having a nice game as leoric, and our team's shadow demon rage quits after dying twice to huskar top
its like, man its huskar you might die early but stick it out! and then that made us do a 3v5 for a while but we eventually were like "welp with three dudes and only one cc, we aint killing this huskar"
sucks
a guy picking pudge and then making silencer go mid so he can duo top with spectre.
thanks dota guy i appreciate your pro strats
on the bright side, new icons and ui are cool. i just wish it displayed K/D/A on not widescreen monitors, i don't know why they decided to make it not
Pudge at top lane can cut into trees and trap enemies, easy kills. Maybe he wasn't confident enough?
That's one of the reasons i am hesitant to give pudge a go, I'm not sure I could win at mid and everyone else would get mad if I sidelane
Just press the button on the right while it's not delivering to someone else.
yeah our pudge was missing hooks on dudes standing still about five feet away from him, no way he was PrO-rAd enough to do things like cut down trees or land hooks or not be a massive jerk in teamchat.
I'm gonna give pudge a go, hopefully I won't lose the game for the team.
take it from ms. frizzle in the magic school bus!!!
TAKE CHANCES
MAKE MISTAKES
GET MESSY
i also really like the new lion, people say he looks ugly but come on guys he is a DEMON witch he had to look more bad ass, anyways im sure they will have the old skin available when the game comes out.
Well yeah, the unfortunate thing is he is pretty much a useless git unless you're hitting hooks.
run at people and get into melee range and cc them between rot and dismember. who cares if you die, as long as you get flesh heap strength, it was worth it. and then every time you do hit a hook it's pretty much a guaranteed kill.
pudge is not that hard to play.
That's gonna be a problem for me. damnit! I was unsure on that one...
yeah this :^: we'll see where they go after ports are done, and if (as in HoN) we get genderswitched cosmetic avatars. I imagine we will.
i normally start with
tangos
healing salve
2 circlets
then i end up picking up a couple bracers, grab a magic stick/wand and i usually work towards getting a perserverance, but that after that i get stumped.
wondering if i should swap out a circlet for a mantle and an iron branch? i think i would have enough to start with for that.
i usually try to save up for bloodstone or orchids, but that never seems to happen.
any suggestions?
you're a support/ganker. so if your team doesnt have wards or a courier, you need to help get that. so get the courier or a set of observer wards and you've got 400ish gold left. I'd say get 1 tango, 1 health pot, 2 mana pots, and 2 gg branches
so: wards/courier, tango, health pot, 2 mana pots, 2 gg branches = 596 gold
try to lane with someone who has a point and click stun that you can combo with your difficult to hit stun
then grab some kind of boots: arcane boots or power treads
if you're having trouble living midgame bracers are a nice stopgap
then blink dagger--blink in drop your stun/wave/ult combo on their lowest hp hero/carry.
if you cant get blink dagger then force staff is a good support item with all kinds of great uses.
if you're rolling in dough after blink, scythe of vyse is always welcome.
**if you're absolutely stomping and can get it early enough, dagon can be hilarious. pew pew. but that applies to basically any hero who can get the 2800 fast enough.
The thing about this type of int hero (Lina, Lion, CM, and a few others) is that their mana problems are deceptive and the type of game you're playing needs to be accounted for. They actually have pretty good starting int and really good int gains. So even though they have a lot of active spells and have mana trouble for the first 10-15 minutes of a game, after 25 minutes their natural int gain starts to make up for it. Items like bloodstone are complete overkill. There is just no possible way for those heroes to actually use that much mana and regen. If you get a really good start and get a lot of charges it can be useful as a free buyback, but there are other things you could spend your money on.
There are only two heroes in the game that can actually use bloodstone's mana regen to its full potential. They are Storm Spirit and Leshrac. Old bloodstone, when it used to get extra hp regen as well with charges, was core on Krob and Necro, but even they don't need it anymore. But it does have a pretty good buildup. And if you get that soul booster early it can actually solve your mana and hp regen problems as well as give you a lot of extra hp and mana, so it's not a terrible item to get.
At least you're not rushing aghs or something.
Anyhow, is anyone else in the same boat? Have you come up with a good mapping scheme for items? If not, any good multi-button mice worth checking out?
you can also just use space for an item slot.
I run with 1234CV for my six items. I do really miss my command groups but I've assigned them to zx for some command group control. It's a weak setup currently: for most summons/creeps their essential abilities are located at Q-W, which is under the same finger governance as Z-X. Maybe I should try F-G for command groups...?
I've considered buying an MMO-style mouse at a friend's suggestion. Having like 6 additional buttons on the mouse would be nice, but I feel like the keyboard can handle it.
I also have gigantic yeti troll hands! The setup that works for me is:
Abilities 1-3: Q, W, E
Ult: R
Abilities 4-5: T, Y
Items: A, S, D, Z, X, C laid out in a grid corresponding to their slot in my inventory
Stop: F
Attack: V
Everything else default. Works great for me. F/V takes some getting used to, but my brain unmapped attack/A and stop/S a long time ago because I played with grid in SC2.
All you Zeus fanboys better get ready for the best Zeus player of all times!
(He probably won't play much Zeus.)
Or did he already? I don't think so.
Rumor has it Sayuri will be with him. I saw the two of them, Puppy, TobiWan and...Light of Heaven playing a few nights ago.
EDIT I'm sorry, was there a rename to Queen of Page- and I missed it? =)
yea i tend to play her more as lane control/ganker/taking out overextenders and less support like, more so since i definitely don't have the knowledge to support well.
i am not set on the bloodstone, the only reason i said that is that itseems like every build i read has that as a core item for her and i tend to follow builds. ideally i want some better early mid game mana and health regen after i use my initial stock of tangos/salve though
i do like the power treads and usually grab those if i can. but i feel like i need that regen
surprisingly, i don't have that much trouble hitting her stun. maybe will try grabbing force staff. maybe
start
tango iron branch gauntlet, magic wand
then grab perserverance ,and power treads/arcane or force staff then blink dagger
then upgrade to something
maybe grab ring of aquila or basilus early?
does th emana burn of the diffusal blade come off me or the target? cause that seems good
but! his spells make up for this if you can exploit good positioning. i dunno. he looks cool so!