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Dota 2 Beta Thread V: Real Talk Strikes Back [Tutorials]
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FlutterPuffs
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I have an Alliance Akke card if anyone is interested. Just pass me your steam id.
Anuxinamoon
Shaper Divine
wait but i queue mm so i dont get into solo queue.. sucks to be a stack of 4 then!? I hope that it just sees that you are solo, and queues you for both, and whatever procs first goes?
they should just let you queue for all, bloody compendium mates have unimpaired queue time on aussie servers D:
Really? How do you know?
Sigismundo
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Don't you have a compendium?
mastershake
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you disgust me!
Fixed.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Spoken like a true 50pppp, a.k.a. 50-posts-per-page peasant.
rhophiehalul78
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New OP before the official release? 
poppedcollar69
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I did notice I ended up in solo matchmaking matches.... I hope it's still searching both pools though, that's what I've wanted all along.
I never want to wait 20 minutes in queue ever again.
Doing a little experiment on stream. Basically testing whether Facless Void with Aghanim's Scepter is actually worth buying.
http://www.twitch.tv/hylian7
http://www.twitch.tv/hylian7
After doing some experimentation with different builds on test dummies, I have concluded the following results:
Scepter as your first big item is garbage and late game is decent.
I set up the following Faceless Voids at first.
Void 1: Scepter, Agility Treads, Mask of Madness
Void 2: Mask of Madness, Battle Fury, Agility Treads
Void 3: Mask of Madness, Hand of Midas, Agility Treads
Void 4: Mask of Madness, Agility Treads, Maelstrom
Void 4 ended up having the highest raw damage output on a bot, with Void 2 not far behind him. Void 1 was in third place, with Void 3 in last.
Then I tried some various experimentation with two 6-slotted voids.
6-slotted Void 1: Scepter, Agility Treads, Mask of Madness, Butterfly, Mjollnir. Daedalus
6-slotted Void 2: Assault Cuirass, Agility Treads, Mask of Madness, Butterfly, Mjollnir, and Daedalus
Void #1 won in damage output in this round, by about 400. That late in the game, it turns out more Chronosphere time is better than having another item (unless it's a Rapier, which I did not try).
Edit: Yes, I am aware the Maelstrom/Mjollnir Chain Lightning procs are magic damage, however, that is something that occurs in game, so it's not really fair to throw it out. Actual results may vary obviously.
Scepter as your first big item is garbage and late game is decent.
I set up the following Faceless Voids at first.
Void 1: Scepter, Agility Treads, Mask of Madness
Void 2: Mask of Madness, Battle Fury, Agility Treads
Void 3: Mask of Madness, Hand of Midas, Agility Treads
Void 4: Mask of Madness, Agility Treads, Maelstrom
Void 4 ended up having the highest raw damage output on a bot, with Void 2 not far behind him. Void 1 was in third place, with Void 3 in last.
Then I tried some various experimentation with two 6-slotted voids.
6-slotted Void 1: Scepter, Agility Treads, Mask of Madness, Butterfly, Mjollnir. Daedalus
6-slotted Void 2: Assault Cuirass, Agility Treads, Mask of Madness, Butterfly, Mjollnir, and Daedalus
Void #1 won in damage output in this round, by about 400. That late in the game, it turns out more Chronosphere time is better than having another item (unless it's a Rapier, which I did not try).
Edit: Yes, I am aware the Maelstrom/Mjollnir Chain Lightning procs are magic damage, however, that is something that occurs in game, so it's not really fair to throw it out. Actual results may vary obviously.
400 ping?
Youre insane. I cant even play on 200 the lag is so bad
If some kills happened, and a few minutes passed. The game still counts, it's just safe to leave without getting an abandon yourself. So if you are winning, wait till the other team leaves fully first, or just take their ancient. If you are losing and you leave, you still get the loss. Unless the winning team all leaves first.
Basically if somebody leaves on your team, 9 out of 10 times you're fucked and get a default loss.
I thought EARLY abandonment was always safe to leave and not counted. It does say no stats will be recorded.
It does not say that if it's a regular abandonment though, so stats are recorded in that case. Usually it's before First Blood or 5 minutes where it counts early abandonment.
Yeah, I mainly play support when I play with my US friends, I can't cs for shit under those conditions
It really depends on the team
If you have Slardar/Titan/Alch/Venge/TA the -amour you get is crazy
But i agree. Unless youre snowballing so hard that you have all their T1 and T2s in the first 15 minutes carry Venge isnt great
Woot 100 wins!
Thought it would be some epic game to get me to 100. Nope. Game was over in 18 mins, after a DC, and a bad laning phase by the opposition. Won by the enemy team all quitting.
My epic game was a NP with the GAF group last night. Missed a few tree stuns but was fun, and had my blood going.
114 losses, 3 abandons
Thought it would be some epic game to get me to 100. Nope. Game was over in 18 mins, after a DC, and a bad laning phase by the opposition. Won by the enemy team all quitting.
My epic game was a NP with the GAF group last night. Missed a few tree stuns but was fun, and had my blood going.
last page shenanigans!
What is this? I dont even....
I have a trixi -- gief me bulba
last page shenanigans!
It'll be fine, but you'll rarely get new people coming in.
Kind of wish Valve had made part of the Commendium like the panini sticker books. Instead of player cards give people packs of stickers, complete pages and get items, rather than just having player cards.
Should be in Gaming still, game isn't out and it won't get moved the second it releases.
Should be in Gaming still, game isn't out and it won't get moved the second it releases.
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