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DOTA 2 The International 2017 (Aug 7-12) Game of throwns - you win or you pld
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NaDannMaGoGo
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Yeh. That Anti-Mage was completely underwhelming. Dunno if he should've gone BKB before Linkens or so but, man, what did he even do in any fight?
Imp the Dimp
Member
Yeah, no kidding. It's been unspectacular so far. Newbee looks so weak.
Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me but I swear last years finals was better than this.
I'm expecting a liquid sweep and it makes me unhappy but I can't in good conscience say that they won't deserve the win. Whether I like their tactics or not they are pulling these games off and they have provided some of the more interesting games and series this tournament.
I'm expecting a liquid sweep and it makes me unhappy but I can't in good conscience say that they won't deserve the win. Whether I like their tactics or not they are pulling these games off and they have provided some of the more interesting games and series this tournament.
Kinda related, but who was it in this thread that said Miracle is as overrated as Arteezy?
Yeah, Newbee doesn't seem to have any idea of what to do. Should have been LFY up here with Liquid.
Unless Newbee pull this back (lol) this will be one of the worst Grand Finals ever.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Dota fans are baffling.
Loving seeing one team utterly dismantle another. Sometimes one team truly is the best.
Loving seeing one team utterly dismantle another. Sometimes one team truly is the best.
Dreams-Visions
Member
all those extra games played allowed Liquid to perfect their strategy. and perfected it they have.
LFY would have won their games, then. But I agree LFY is probably the better team compared to Newbee...but they weren't on the day they needed to be. Probably the BO5 we deserved.
You can't be serious. Everyone enjoys a competitive match. Dota or otherwise.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
LMAO Notail's eyeroll after cutting back from slacks.
Fans want a 3-2 series where Newbee has a close game 5 but Liquid comes out on top of some epic fight that came down to a single clutch move.
Even the Liquid fans want a close series. At least 3-1. Not liquids fault, just that newbee look very weak.
This is literally the perfect outcome so I'm expecting Newbee to GG out of Game 3 in 25 minutes.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Newbee has to keep the pressure up.
Like who? It is always the case that teams find comfort picks over the course of the tournament, but no hero has been exceedingly strong regardless of who's playing.
There's still the lockdown ability, and even this TI the Legions have been getting +100 dmg over the course of a game. It's not the roflstomp hero it is in pubs but it can still be quite effective.
Yeah if these heroes were totally imbalanced, taking them away from TL and adding them to your draft should have been changing these outcomes, and they generally haven't.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Lich is a boring hero to be tier 1 or 2, but overall the meta is pretty entertaining and diverse. I just wish we had gotten LFY vs Liquid in the finals.
Phoenix RISING
Banned
Imagine if the best mids in the world established map control and the best supports in the world died so you could live and farm in a pub game.
The Citizen Kane of Games
Member
That Lich ult is pretty entertaining though
Newbee confirmed the worst.
Lich's pinball ult is great. Icefrog should make it bounce more but the bounces do less damage.
When I used to play DOTA 2, Lich was one of my most used heroes and I never got to see him picked on the earlier TIs. I am kinda happy to see him on so many matches this TI. Not sure what happened to make him viable, I do not understand DOTA's strategies well (reason why I stopped playing it and only watch it now).
There used to be an item that made the bouncing go on forever as long as there were opponents or even enemy creeps around to chain it, is it still a thing? It was expensive and as a support I kept being told off for trying to get enough money for it ;P
or make the jump distance smaller.
balladofwindfishes
Member
I forgot Centaur was a hero
Imp the Dimp
Member
Lich's laning makes him a 1st phase pick, not his ult.
But I want to maximize its pinballness.
Dreams-Visions
Member
that Newbee draft.
gg
grats, Liquid!
gg
grats, Liquid!
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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Imp the Dimp
Member
That's one 0-3 screaming draft