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tsunami643 said:
Uh, why don't you just start out tethered to the creep and then relocate to a cliff?
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You can't bring creeps with you for the initial relocate. People were abusing that by bringing creeps into the enemy base, hiding them in the trees somewhere, which turned off backdoor protection. I guess they didn't disable bringing creeps back with you though.
 
tsunami643 said:
Uh, why don't you just start out tethered to the creep and then relocate to a cliff?
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I did try that, but it doesn't work- I think it was changed so that people wouldn't hide a melee creep near the enemy barracks to bypass the backdoor protection.
It turns out creeps are nowhere near as reliable as wards are anyway, both because they aren't invisible, and their sight radius is significantly smaller. Regardless, it can be pretty convenient to leave them on all the ward spots.

KScorp said:
You can't bring creeps with you for the initial relocate. People were abusing that by bringing creeps into the enemy base, hiding them in the trees somewhere, which turned off backdoor protection. I guess they didn't disable bringing creeps back with you though.
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They may still disable it, but my logic is that it's very hard for you to hide a creep in the trees with this method, as force staff destroys all the trees , so the creep would just run and attack the barracks anyway. Blink dagger may do the trick though.
 
yeildrikk said:
Thanks. I'll definitely try it out now, especially when facing any invis heroes.

Another question- when I am trying to cast force staff (or any other targeted item, if I recall), the cursor doesn't indicate whether the target is in range (the purple tinge) or if I need to move before I cast (the little man next to it). Is there any way to change this / a key I can press to highlight the range of it? I find that when I try to initiate with the force staff (casting it on one of the heroes that is caught slightly out of position) I always misjudge the range, and the delay causes him to be pushed in the wrong direction.

(of course the main reason I get force staff, beyond it's general utility, is then I can make permanent wards by force staffing to a rune spot, relocating to a creep wave, tethering to a melee creep and bringing him back with me. Free wards for the rest of the game)
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There's a cfg script floating around there somewhere that displays range circles when you tap a key... thread?
 
Centaur wins games before they even begin.

Lemon Key: don't instapick centaur.
Lemon Key: or i will cry.

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Iced_Eagle said:
Consumables (salve, clarity, bottle) only stop if you take more than 20 damage. Bane's sleep does 20 damage per tick which would be at the exact limit I believe (maybe he had a bit of magic resistance or something to put it under 20 damage?).
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No, it's about HP removal type of damage. Pots treshhold is 19 damage per tick, btw. Everything above cancels healing.
 
Played drow like a clinkz today with phase and shadow blade. So damn fun.

First time I felt like I actually carried too. Owned my lane, got my items early, wrecked face in team fights, and finally managed to pull over 600 gpm and xpm. Feelsgoodman.
 
ke$hGAF picking all the imba buffed heroes, typical.
 
EG picks Pudge for G-1 League when they're playing from halfway across the world at something like 350 ping.

SPOILER:
They get stomped.
 
6.76c has been added to Dota2.

BUGS
- Fixed Stampede sound not being global for enemies
- Fixed Stampede buff being applied as an aura rather than a one time buff
- Fixed Return vs Siege
- Fixed Treant Protector's strength growth
- Fixed Last Word Legacy Key
- Fixed Last Word interaction with BKB and Cyclone


GAMEPLAY
- Stampede cooldown increased from 65 to 120/90/60
- Stampede duration rescaled from 3/4/5 to 3.75
- Stampede damage slightly reworked from 100/150/200 + 2x str to 0 + 1/2/3x str (no base damage)
- Stampede mancost increased from 50 to 80
- Stampede AoE reduced from 120 to 105
- Drow's base armor decreased by 2
- Marksmanship focus AoE increased from 375 to 400
- Last Word manacost from 100 to 115
- Living Armor cooldown and duration decreased from from 20 to 15
- Living Armor manacost decreased 30/35/40/45 to 25
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Expected update came out:

Dota 2 Update - October 29th, 2012
Product Update - Valve
BUGS
- Fixed Stampede sound not being global for enemies
- Fixed Stampede buff being applied as an aura rather than a one time buff
- Fixed Return vs Siege
- Fixed Treant Protector's strength growth
- Fixed Last Word Legacy Key
- Fixed Last Word interaction with BKB and Cyclone


GAMEPLAY
- Stampede cooldown increased from 65 to 120/90/60
- Stampede duration rescaled from 3/4/5 to 3.75
- Stampede damage slightly reworked from 100/150/200 + 2x str to 0 + 1/2/3x str (no base damage)
- Stampede mancost increased from 50 to 80
- Stampede AoE reduced from 120 to 105
- Drow's base armor decreased by 2
- Marksmanship focus AoE increased from 375 to 400
- Last Word manacost from 100 to 115
- Living Armor cooldown and duration decreased from from 20 to 15
- Living Armor manacost decreased 30/35/40/45 to 25
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..nothing about halloween..
 
I really don't think it will stay as a halloween thing, it'll have the graveyard stuff in it for a limited time then that will be taken out but the overall fall map will stay until a christmas map comes out if they make one.
 
JustinBB7 said:
Why?

Default is better, but of those items A and B look cool.
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Because they're arabian clothes designed to protect wearer from sun rays. Arms are still somewhat unprotected, but at least they've made steps in the right direction. Upon return from the desert her boobs would be as good as they were.
 
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