I don't understand, what did they change? Seems like his damage might be up a little.
the major change is that his crit is gone and instead its attack speed. At 50% health your attack speed is BANANAS! Go in to your ult and you gain a ass load of armor and even more attack speed.
Then there was the bloodhunter who called us noobs because we mentioned that a Mark(I'm not fucking typing mock, it sounds retarded) of Brilliance maybe wasn't the greatest first item to get.
Mock of brilliance is a awesome first item for bloodhunter, if he farmed it in 30 minutes or less.
Never underestimate how fun Blacksmith is, especially not when every damn cast is a multicast, leaving you at 16-0-xx before having the other team concede.
Never underestimate how fun Blacksmith is, especially not when every damn cast is a multicast, leaving you at 16-0-xx before having the other team concede.
Never underestimate how unfun Blacksmith is, especially when not a single of your damn casts is a multicast, leaving you at 0-1-5.
I don't understand, what did they change? Seems like his damage might be up a little.
the major change is that his crit is gone and instead its attack speed. At 50% health your attack speed is BANANAS! Go in to your ult and you gain a ass load of armor and even more attack speed.
Had a nice 23-4-17 Maliken game. After some fun in their base I had to run as I was at about 100 life. Swiftblade chases me, I swap to Life Essence and proceed to kill him.
I don't understand, what did they change? Seems like his damage might be up a little.
the major change is that his crit is gone and instead its attack speed. At 50% health your attack speed is BANANAS! Go in to your ult and you gain a ass load of armor and even more attack speed.
Had a nice 23-4-17 Maliken game. After some fun in their base I had to run as I was at about 100 life. Swiftblade chases me, I swap to Life Essence and proceed to kill him.
It just doesn't seem fair.
I got destroyed as Maliken yesterday. 0-7-9. The whole team would focus on me and I couldn't do anything in team fights.
So I take it you must be apart of Clan PA to join channel Clan PA? I think this game also needs some sort of Clan Ranking, I want to see more Clan vs. Clan matches going on, and not Clan vs. random pub'ers.
I think the LoA change was the right move. Gives him back his good early/mid laning harass nuke, and shield is much more of a mid/late game panic button/debuff, so reducing the range makes sense.
I think changing the boots back makes good sense. There wasn't much of a reason to get treads (steam) over phase boots (Enhanced marchers) once phase boots gave 30 ias and damage along with the activation ability.
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So I take it you must be apart of Clan PA to join channel Clan PA? I think this game also needs some sort of Clan Ranking, I want to see more Clan vs. Clan matches going on, and not Clan vs. random pub'ers.
Clan Ranking will be in the release version. They actually already have ranking sites for almost EVERYTHING online. Even a tab called "clan ranking". But it doesn't really update yet.
I think changing the boots back makes good sense. There wasn't much of a reason to get treads (steam) over phase boots (Enhanced marchers) once phase boots gave 30 ias and damage along with the activation ability.
I've been getting new steamboots all the freakin time. I rarely get enhanced marchers anymore. Most of the characters I play +stats is way more useful than +ias and +damage (notwithstanding the activatable ability on phase is still amazing).
Thinking about it now phase is probably still a bit too good for the 1500 gold cost, it should likely be a few hundred more than steamboots based on the activateable ability alone--everyone can use a speed boost and 0 unit collision.
after reading the patchlog I'm not feeling the boot changes at all. IAS is sort of crap on boots imo. Early on I care about damage for last hitting and harrassing the shit out of people and movement for running to and from. PLUS phase boots are faster AND give the phase ability. That's dumb as hell. Who wants stats and ias instead of damage/movespeed/and phase? blinkers maybe? casters who dont lasthit and need +stats? I say take the ias out of treads, give it more +stats and more ms. hell, in dota the steamboots arent even +16 int its still +10. I hated treads in DOTA for years, even after they changed them, and now I'm remembering why. Yuck
hurray for accursed changes!! i felt so gimped by the shorter range cauterize. I think the new way will be much better. but i wont be able to play for a while.
I wish they'd port in Admiral Kunkka, he was easily the most fun character in DoTA. The cleave attack on Jeraziah is sort of cool but it just lacks the same punch Tidebringer had..
Last game I was in we had an electrician that went steam boots and sustainer. Didn't get bracers until I suggested it 35 minutes in the game. Ended up with double digit deaths. He then complained we were all n00bs and denied that electrician is any good early game.
I played Plague Rider....and owned face with him. I wasn't sure what to build on him past the boots, bracers, astro, master staff.
Pre, suggestions since he's one of your regular guys?
I personally rush Astrolabe on him, and then try and pick up Post Haste (if possible) and round it out with some bracers, Staff of the Master if possible. If the game goes further then that I guess a Frostfield plate is viable although usually you can't make much of an impact at that point.
He should be solo middle. Early game I usually grab a Trinket of Regen, Minor Totem, and a courier. Courier can bring you regen consumables if you need it.
Get his mana skill level 1, nuke level 2, mana level 3, nuke/nuke/ult/nuke(/mana/mana/armor/ult....). At level 1 the nuke is pretty useless, but the mana skill basically gives you a free, easy deny every ~20 seconds and helps push your lane backwards. Once you hit level 3 you can start nuking your enemy pretty much whenever they come near you. Fire off the nuke, hit them with an auto attack a few times, and watch them run out of regen real fast. Either they back off under the constant harassment, or they fuck up and die, or you hit level 6 and can usually get a free kill with your ultimate. Gank the sidelanes, control runes (some people go bottle on him, I usually don't, but many of the enemies you face mid will have bottles so you should try and keep them from grabbing *all* the runes), be good at last hitting and denying.
Mid/lategame you just spam your nuke, heal when people need it, have infinite mana, cast armor on everyone, and ult whenever you think will be good because the cooldown is pretty forgiving.
That Pollywog was a pubber we just played with in a very awful game. We noticed he had a Runed Axe and told him that wasn't exactly a good idea. Later I check back on him and see he has a Thunderclaw....
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I don't understand, what did they change? Seems like his damage might be up a little.
the major change is that his crit is gone and instead its attack speed. At 50% health your attack speed is BANANAS! Go in to your ult and you gain a ass load of armor and even more attack speed.
Mock of brilliance is a awesome first item for bloodhunter, if he farmed it in 30 minutes or less.
Never underestimate how unfun Blacksmith is, especially when not a single of your damn casts is a multicast, leaving you at 0-1-5.
Had a nice 23-4-17 Maliken game. After some fun in their base I had to run as I was at about 100 life. Swiftblade chases me, I swap to Life Essence and proceed to kill him.
It just doesn't seem fair.
I got destroyed as Maliken yesterday. 0-7-9. The whole team would focus on me and I couldn't do anything in team fights.
What will HoN do?
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Clan Ranking will be in the release version. They actually already have ranking sites for almost EVERYTHING online. Even a tab called "clan ranking". But it doesn't really update yet.
Remember,this is still a BETA.
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I've been getting new steamboots all the freakin time. I rarely get enhanced marchers anymore. Most of the characters I play +stats is way more useful than +ias and +damage (notwithstanding the activatable ability on phase is still amazing).
Thinking about it now phase is probably still a bit too good for the 1500 gold cost, it should likely be a few hundred more than steamboots based on the activateable ability alone--everyone can use a speed boost and 0 unit collision.
after reading the patchlog I'm not feeling the boot changes at all. IAS is sort of crap on boots imo. Early on I care about damage for last hitting and harrassing the shit out of people and movement for running to and from. PLUS phase boots are faster AND give the phase ability. That's dumb as hell. Who wants stats and ias instead of damage/movespeed/and phase? blinkers maybe? casters who dont lasthit and need +stats? I say take the ias out of treads, give it more +stats and more ms. hell, in dota the steamboots arent even +16 int its still +10. I hated treads in DOTA for years, even after they changed them, and now I'm remembering why. Yuck
hurray for accursed changes!! i felt so gimped by the shorter range cauterize. I think the new way will be much better. but i wont be able to play for a while.
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Like getting a hat trick on Glacius good?
Wow that is huge! GG branches ftw now.
Like hat trick Magmus good?
I know placing wards in the spawns will stop them from spawning but I didn't know it was ANY item.
I can imagine people looking dumbfounded when they counter-ward, only to find nothing.
But seriously, this needs to be patched out.
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Pre, suggestions since he's one of your regular guys?
That's hilarious.
Last game I was in we had an electrician that went steam boots and sustainer. Didn't get bracers until I suggested it 35 minutes in the game. Ended up with double digit deaths. He then complained we were all n00bs and denied that electrician is any good early game.
absolutely shameful
I agree. It needs more attack speed.
He should be solo middle. Early game I usually grab a Trinket of Regen, Minor Totem, and a courier. Courier can bring you regen consumables if you need it.
Get his mana skill level 1, nuke level 2, mana level 3, nuke/nuke/ult/nuke(/mana/mana/armor/ult....). At level 1 the nuke is pretty useless, but the mana skill basically gives you a free, easy deny every ~20 seconds and helps push your lane backwards. Once you hit level 3 you can start nuking your enemy pretty much whenever they come near you. Fire off the nuke, hit them with an auto attack a few times, and watch them run out of regen real fast. Either they back off under the constant harassment, or they fuck up and die, or you hit level 6 and can usually get a free kill with your ultimate. Gank the sidelanes, control runes (some people go bottle on him, I usually don't, but many of the enemies you face mid will have bottles so you should try and keep them from grabbing *all* the runes), be good at last hitting and denying.
Mid/lategame you just spam your nuke, heal when people need it, have infinite mana, cast armor on everyone, and ult whenever you think will be good because the cooldown is pretty forgiving.
That Pollywog was a pubber we just played with in a very awful game. We noticed he had a Runed Axe and told him that wasn't exactly a good idea. Later I check back on him and see he has a Thunderclaw....