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Dota 2 Beta Thread 3: Gunnar Optiks Required [Faster Loading]
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Fuck you and your fucking 1.7mb/s. We're lucky to get half that fast in Australia so shove it.
EDIT: BITCH.
I am by no stretch of the imagination a good player. I often make pretty rookie mistakes and forget simple stuff, but I like theorycrafting and theory tells me that I see ne reason to get AC, when there are better more cost effective alternatives available.
TheThunder
Member
Holy shit 2 gigs for a patch, might as well made me re-download the game valve.
Thanks, 6.9 MB/s now instead of 250 KB/s.
Dreams-Visions
Member
nice!
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yeah, I often actually take a few levels of stats before maxing Corrosive Skin
Technosteve
Banned
I've never done that, but it sounds like something worth trying. Really depends on how the game goes.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Does Valve actually contact you before they put one of your submissions in the game, or do you learn about it when we all do?
Schweinehund
Member
I max out at 220 kbytes/s, but my internet is a 2 megabit connection, so its naturally horrible. No more dota for tonight, but I did play a satisfying nightstalker game.
Buying smoke as nightstalker totally shits over the strategy of wards in pubs.
Buying smoke as nightstalker totally shits over the strategy of wards in pubs.
2-1-2-1-1-4-2-2-3-3-4-3-3
You honestly only need 3 points in ur orb to remove the cd, maxing nethertoxin asap is usually what you wanna do since its ur main source of damage. Corrosive Skin is really good, as not only does it give u passive magic res, but it makes manning up against Viper really hard.
You honestly only need 3 points in ur orb to remove the cd, maxing nethertoxin asap is usually what you wanna do since its ur main source of damage. Corrosive Skin is really good, as not only does it give u passive magic res, but it makes manning up against Viper really hard.
I remember her being excited a few times when her things made it in, so I guess she doesn't know what/when.
That does make more sense. Before I always did two in Nethertoxin and maxing orb, but if I'm just stacking damage early game, Nethertoxin makes the most sense.
PillowKnight
Member
Cool thing: clicking on a heroes under "heroes played" now finds all your matches with that hero.
Green Biker Dude
Banned
they changed how the performance bars are calculated. mine are completely different now
also clicking on the heroes names to see the maches you had isn't new
also clicking on the heroes names to see the maches you had isn't new
Anuxinamoon
Shaper Divine
pretty much just learn as you all do. So every cyborgmatt stream I sit patiently for any news haha
Incoming faster load times! Yes!
I'm more talking specifically about that exact situation you were in; no courier, bottle rush build, 1v1 versus a pudge. You need to start lane harass early on pudge because as long as he has more health than you he can always manfight you with rot and win. You have to run his regen out fast while keeping yours as long as possible. Using orb attack for harass means you never take creep aggro and never take damage from creeps. Poison attack has more damage on high health targets, and again, pudge wants to keep himself at high health as long as possible so that he can rot through his whole combo.
I would have gone 1-2-1-3-1-4 in your situation, even though I would agree with 1.09 for almost any other situation.
balladofwindfishes
Member
No Chicken Courier or those Wards?
Hmm...
Hmm...
HEROES PLAYED:
Skeleton King: Maxed
Nightstalker: Maxed
Slark: Maxed
Silencer: Maxed
Gyrocopter: Maxed
Ursa: Maxed
Clockwerk: Maxed
Brewmaster: Maxed
Juggernaut: Maxed
Razor: Maxed
Lycan: Maxed
Lich: Maxed
Witch Doctor: Maxed
Lone Druid: Maxed
Ogre Magi: 0.5 bars
come at me bro
Skeleton King: Maxed
Nightstalker: Maxed
Slark: Maxed
Silencer: Maxed
Gyrocopter: Maxed
Ursa: Maxed
Clockwerk: Maxed
Brewmaster: Maxed
Juggernaut: Maxed
Razor: Maxed
Lycan: Maxed
Lich: Maxed
Witch Doctor: Maxed
Lone Druid: Maxed
Ogre Magi: 0.5 bars
come at me bro
Schweinehund
Member
Troll Warlord now has a set of fast animations for both his melee and ranged stance, which should improve his animation quality when he hits the attack speed cap.
fuck yeah! Hope it looks great.
fuck yeah! Hope it looks great.
Dreams-Visions
Member
damn brah.
for me:
Luna: Maxed
Slar: Maxed
Disruptor: Maxed
Jugg: Maxed
Tide, Brew, Keeper, Skele @ 9
I see the calculus has changed. The measurement is now "relative to your other heroes" instead of relative to other people playing those heroes in your skill bracket.
Probably because all your other heroes are like, 0-10.
If it's relative to your own heroes, the more you have maxed, the more you're shit with!
haly: loves slark, has 1 bar with him
Hey, in a lot of those early games I was new to Slark. My recent games have been mostly victories!
Dreams-Visions
Member
just wait.
The Assault Cuirass theorycrafting makes a pretty big oversight: the armor and attack speed bonuses are split between item bonuses and the actual aura itself. Only the wearer receives the benefit of both.
35% bonus attack speed and 10 bonus armor are no small things lost, especially when you put them onto a hero that may not have the dps focus or the farm to take advantage of them to begin with. So it's in fact the direct opposite of what you said, it's a wasted slot for support heroes and a solid item for carries. Even if it were cheaper, it would still fundamentally be a waste on the support strapping a Mekansm and a Force Staff.
What the carry gets from AC if he builds it himself: +55% attack speed, +15 armor
What the carry gets if his support builds it instead: +20% attack speed, +5 armor
What the carry gets if his support builds it instead: +20% attack speed, +5 armor
35% bonus attack speed and 10 bonus armor are no small things lost, especially when you put them onto a hero that may not have the dps focus or the farm to take advantage of them to begin with. So it's in fact the direct opposite of what you said, it's a wasted slot for support heroes and a solid item for carries. Even if it were cheaper, it would still fundamentally be a waste on the support strapping a Mekansm and a Force Staff.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Don't know if they're actually selling - but the three new chests are going for a ridiculous amount on the Steam Market
shira
Member
I always thought the armor decrease was the most important aspect. Like a free team desolator
NEW CHESTS? WHATS INSIDE OF THEM
Nah i have not. Just been playing for a long time.
Luna, Chaos Knight, Ursa, Crystal Maiden, Shadow Fiend and Faceless Void are maxed.
Invoker, Bloodseeker, Antimage, Weaver, Skeleton King, all around 9.5.
The new performance system seems to take winrates into account a lot more; in fact it seems on some characters that is the only factor it takes into account.
Invoker, Bloodseeker, Antimage, Weaver, Skeleton King, all around 9.5.
The new performance system seems to take winrates into account a lot more; in fact it seems on some characters that is the only factor it takes into account.
SaberVulcan
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SaberVulcan
Member
Also Tide items in there.
Raw Hide
Wheel of Fortitude
Excavator's Decorated Treasure
Hammer Time
Ah, I see.
Another thing, what is fundamentally wrong with Bottle rush on Viper? I thought you should buy it on every mid hero. Even if Viper doesn't need the mana supply, the health regen is awesome, as well as the rune bottling functionality, which I think makes it more than worth it. Would it really be better to just skip it and go straight Wraith Bands/something else?
Wha? That's odd. Does any other hero-specific chest have items for another hero in them?
Tidehunter hates Kunkka so much he even ruins his chests.
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