Adopting this (at least in early game) is absolutely mandatory if you want to farm without getting ganked.
Don't auto-attack. When it comes to creeps, only attack to last-hit or deny.
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Adopting this (at least in early game) is absolutely mandatory if you want to farm without getting ganked.
Don't auto-attack. When it comes to creeps, only attack to last-hit or deny.
Schweinehund
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Incoming counter strike go venomancer, fully equipped with quadra wield deagles.
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With I don't know if this is a good idea. The game already has a ton of spells/abilities that people need to learn. Adding to that list isn't exactly going in the direction of making the game more accessible.
Static Field does 11% extra damage to current HP whenever you cast a spell. Let's say we have a 2k HP hero in a team fight, whenever you cast a spell, you will deal an additional 220 magic damage. This doesn't just apply to one hero, it applies to all heroes with their corresponding HP. (4k hp pudge gets hit for 440, bla bla). He's a hero with great scalability.
Plus his invis-revealing gear.
Togglesworlh
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well that would be hilarious
Possibly aesthetic changes to the skill effects
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Didn't see your guys' posts above
I don't think it could be any more of a problem than someone new to the game seeing Orca Tide and not identifying him as the guy with the huge aoe spike stun
I don't know if this is towards me, valve, or the majority of people in the latest matchmaking games I've played that don't strategize on who their team should pick, using the chat. But okay.
The graphical interface can add some incentive for lower level players.
New people using suggested heroes for the team so they pick good heroes to help out sounds pretty useful for pub games.
Should be!
I hope this isn't a bunch of changes to abilities or alternate abilities for a hero. Hopefully it's all aesthetic (not even sure if I am excited about that) and doesn't do shit like alter cooldowns or there's some mode where I don't need to play with all of this.
I'd take some alt skins for Wards though
I'd take some alt skins for Wards though
Thanks.
It's pub play; assuming that people would actually help by suggesting good heroes can be a stretch. The mechanism isn't the problem, it's the players.
I can at least see where Valve is trying to make the community collaborative. All the best to them if they can do it right.
No way would they do anything to change the skills in a way that would alter gameplay, I'd expect to see stuff like Tidehunter doing a bellyflop for his ult rather than the default. Not sure if I like that, they need to be careful with what they mess with though.
Wish I could see the report page, need to know how much of an asshole I am.Recently looked at my Dota Profile and noticed my Commendations are at 8-6-5-7. Whoa I never even noticed it!
Togglesworlh
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Me too! I'm sure I get reported all the time 'cause I troll the trolls, as is my right, and trolls is gonna troll-report.
Probably Awful, cause it's an early model
anti-mage? I don't think so, he's very good only in late game and before that I'll be like at 0 - 10 or underfeeded like hell.
Togglesworlh
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The secret to AM is to not participate in any team fights until like 40 minutes and then you kill everyone on the enemy team 1v5.
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They won't fudge with any of the timings for the animations. They'll just look different.
Togglesworlh
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That's still bad.
Rather just pick Void and enjoy backtracking everything, at least you'll never die and you don't have to worry as much about BeastMaster / Obsidian Destroyer picks.
Doubt anything they could design would look as good as Maiev, in her WC3 or WOW incarnations.
I think the main thing is to cover up her face in a way that makes her appear aloof and distant. The beta model just looks like some kawaii uguu girl cosplaying as Nomad.
I like what they did with Spectre, hope they can bring a fraction of Maiev's badassery to DOTA2.
I like what they did with Spectre, hope they can bring a fraction of Maiev's badassery to DOTA2.
They aren't going to go crazy with alternate animations, so I don't think it will be much of a problem at all.
You just want more big curvy spiky looking things.
Haly gonna Haly
Big curvy spiky looking things are good!
Get your sick bbw fetish out of here!
Spectre does look good, but visually I think all of his jutting spikes only works so well because of the smoke effects and his round blade, which tempers the look.
It can always help to spectate a high level game and just eyeball what people are doing. You're not going to learn overnight what makes a good player but it helps for noticing if you're doing something glaringly wrong. A lot of the dynamics in this game isn't logical in an immediately obvious way; it's a blessing and a curse.
Phatassin, imo
You got it WRONG
They in general just need more fat heroes, big people are under represented currently in Dota, only 1 fat hero.
that must have been some awful skeleton king. Probably some noob who read this thread and heard he was ez. Vlad? jesus christ.
http://www.cyborgmatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/phantom_assassin_color.png
Fuuuu, she looks like a hooker hired by Tecmo to promote one of Itagaki's games.
Fuuuu, she looks like a hooker hired by Tecmo to promote one of Itagaki's games.
The SK told us at the start he was kinda new, so I don't really blame him.
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