And if he's just casting the nuke in fog/forest, keep some wards up too, sometimes the audio cues just aren't enough.
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And if he's just casting the nuke in fog/forest, keep some wards up too, sometimes the audio cues just aren't enough.
SteveWinwood
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See I want more of this. I want to know how all this stuff factors in and the percents and how the numbers are calculated and whatnot. I looked around the playdota site and couldn't really find a lot of that...
shira
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It's that attitude that keeps people from getting better. If you, with your lane, are in a really rough spot, it's your teammate's job to come and gank if it will help win the game.
Procarbine
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It's almost like you read two words of that post and nothing else.
People are mostly content to farm in a 2v1 lane
Well he counters AM, so that's your problem there.
Edit: That feel when your laptop dies and you want to play Dota 2. Sucks so much ;_;
Just bought a $500 PC on impulse, I'm so bad. Gets here on Dec 6, so leaves time to read I guess
crackbabyjr
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Thanks for the tips, I'll try them out next time I face him.
LOL. The hell do you want to hear? Some secret strategy that no one else knows about?
shira
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Get 2-3 heroes and gank him.
Sorry, it just felt like guy had a problem and responders solution was kill him.
I'm playing with some bots to learn along with a friend but even on medium we get our asses kicked
How the hell is the enemy champ already level 10+ while we are only 4 and level 16 by the the time I get to 6? I tried killing neutrals but that doesn't do much either
How the hell is the enemy champ already level 10+ while we are only 4 and level 16 by the the time I get to 6? I tried killing neutrals but that doesn't do much either
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
The dude is made of paper. It doesn't take much to get him away. The best way to handle him, is to avoid his blasts and kill him
I H8 Memes
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Last hits, jungleing, they cheat.
You should make a Clockwerk skin that looks like the robot from Under Siegeand log back onto psn!
Hehehehe. Long story short, I have been playing backlog games for some time now. The PS3 was moved to a place without internet cable.
And your Steam ID is wrong? BHK3 doesn't work.
He was having problems specifically with KOTL. There's a reason KOTL dual lanes significantly dropped in popularity in the competitive scene and it's because people quickly learned that you pick burly heroes like the ones I listed and walk up and kill Keeper. It's ridiculously simple in this case and if he had asked for a different matchup advice then he'd get something appropriate for that, i.e., if he's up against Undying/Veno, he doesn't get to set up a kill lane, he sets up a lane that can forfeit all semblance of experience or farm. Or if he's struggling against a Dark Seer solo lane, there'd be a different set of heroes that included skill sets with roots instead of generically naming "kill lane with Venomancer".
Schweinehund
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Best way to beat kotl is to prepare yourself for the likelihood you'll be in a lane against him.
What this means:
Buy two sets of tangos instead of one (and a salve), and a ring of protection at start.
Rush tranquil boots. If your partner is getting hit as well let him cs for his own pair of tranquil boots. Its worth it in the long run.
If you're say, shadow demon + centaur or some other ridic combo, just run up and kill him. Get a ward and place it in his favorite hiding spot (usually the fog of the jungle). Catch him out of position trying to land one of his waves and kill him.
Worst comes to worst, ask for help or switch lanes. This is important if you're a hard carry trying to farm. If the other lane is succeeding or is doing well then just tough it out.
What this means:
Buy two sets of tangos instead of one (and a salve), and a ring of protection at start.
Rush tranquil boots. If your partner is getting hit as well let him cs for his own pair of tranquil boots. Its worth it in the long run.
If you're say, shadow demon + centaur or some other ridic combo, just run up and kill him. Get a ward and place it in his favorite hiding spot (usually the fog of the jungle). Catch him out of position trying to land one of his waves and kill him.
Worst comes to worst, ask for help or switch lanes. This is important if you're a hard carry trying to farm. If the other lane is succeeding or is doing well then just tough it out.
Hit his weak spot for massive damage.
Nice strat but, why the ring of protection?
You can't buy ring of protection from the side shop, and you need it for tranquils
Yeah. They did change his str gain recently. But his stats are still shit, especially for one of the most suicidal initiators in the game.
Well that makes sense, I generally play as a support, buying courier and wards so that is not a problem for my team.
TheThunder
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They added a new Austria server... cool I guess.
Ah, I messed up, The ID is Smash-It Stan
wakajawaka
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I usually play support, but I'm starting to love that feeling when you afk farm for 30 minutes and then win the game. Specially when I play with friends and they support me nicely in lane.
Also I'm a nice guy and try to end games faster when I'm the carry and have the advantage, and don't try to make it longer to get awesome scores.
Also I'm a nice guy and try to end games faster when I'm the carry and have the advantage, and don't try to make it longer to get awesome scores.
Schweinehund
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Some nights I'm utterly disgusted with the mm system.
The amount of trolls in this game is sickening, its near hon level. I also don't understand the whole 3-5 man vs pubs scenario. I understand their elo is lower but most of the time they come in with some preset strat while my team couldn't give a shit and does all random. Thats ok every once in a while but then you get troll game -> troll game -> stack -> troll ->stack next thing you know you're in a 7 game losing streak all for completely dumb reasons.
What demoralizes me is that while valve has made a solid product here I doubt they'll have the same policing activity that league or even s2 had.
The amount of trolls in this game is sickening, its near hon level. I also don't understand the whole 3-5 man vs pubs scenario. I understand their elo is lower but most of the time they come in with some preset strat while my team couldn't give a shit and does all random. Thats ok every once in a while but then you get troll game -> troll game -> stack -> troll ->stack next thing you know you're in a 7 game losing streak all for completely dumb reasons.
What demoralizes me is that while valve has made a solid product here I doubt they'll have the same policing activity that league or even s2 had.
Well, not all 5 man teams know what they are doing. The Day Z Gaf group has moved on to Dota and we probably have worse communication than a team full of randoms.
I know this feel, It feels like hell, and it will never end.
Dreams-Visions
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Okay, we're warming up now.....
I'd buy that twice.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I returned to All Pick recently and had like four great games in a row. We'll see if its a fluke or not...
So we played a little 3v3 Reverse CM in-house earlier, and I ended up playing Chen. Everyone had a solo lane, and I was against Disruptor (couldn't jungle because 3v3). I was in the safe lane, and had a great strategy. Disruptor would harass me, and I would grab one of these guys:
Every time Disruptor harassed me, even after getting through my regen, I could just have this little guy heal me, as well as my other creeps. On top of that, I had another creep I would send to pull into the lane when the farm got too far from my tower. Once I maxed Holy Persuasion, we could start pushing towers, and the other team couldn't stop it.
The moral of this story: The small camp can actually be pretty good for Chen or Enchantress, and I think people frequently overlook it.
Every time Disruptor harassed me, even after getting through my regen, I could just have this little guy heal me, as well as my other creeps. On top of that, I had another creep I would send to pull into the lane when the farm got too far from my tower. Once I maxed Holy Persuasion, we could start pushing towers, and the other team couldn't stop it.
The moral of this story: The small camp can actually be pretty good for Chen or Enchantress, and I think people frequently overlook it.
Schweinehund
Member
Yeah you do run into some casual players, but that feel when the other team sits with no picks until 0:00 and then does wisp-sven or whatever was hot for the day, ugh.
Until you hit that sweet sweet batrider game where the opposing sniper mid didn't stand a chance
.I know logically I shouldn't care because the game doesn't revolve around pubbing and AP but its what I do most of the time. You're right, most tactical picks won't make a difference in the end (unless you're like 4th-5th pick) and sometimes random can give you the right choice.
Fixed. I love this mode.
Probably my favourite mode in the game at the moment as well.
Anuxinamoon
Shaper Divine
They still need to add AR.
It's in for custom games only it seems, don't know why they won't put it in the regular matchmaking. At least have it be unranked or something.
YES. I would play the shit out of it. Also waiting on the spell-swapping mode, as well as tag team.
If I random wisp one more goddamn time I'm going to shoot someone.
Except when you play it with me
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