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Dota 2 Beta Thread 4: Even Mike Ross Plays [Elder Titan]
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That's a weird way for Icefrog to reveal himself.
Or make her explode into a bifg DOOF of spiderlings when she dies. Yeahhh.
that's not what i heard bro
Yes, just what she needs. Kill Brood, get more money.
So you want her spiders to hit harder then Phantom Lancer's Illusions? You evil evil man.
Changed Insatiable Hunger to new ability called "Spirit Spider" - Costs 50 mana and is a 300 damage nuke that spawns a spiderling
Don't forget the 1 sec stun when it hits.
The_Player
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Did first rampage in my Dota 2 life after ~1.5k hours of playing. The sad part that it wasn't my profile I was playing on so I guess it doesn't count.
Cyborgmatt tweeted some pictures from Perfect World's Dota 2 launcher that the Chinese market will use. See them here. Seems like a compressed version of Steam.
Spiderlings gain Last Will passive.
Smushroomed
Banned
I'm at the point where I've played most of the heroes than I haven't, how do you guys settle down on a hero to get better at?
Do you always random?
Do you always pick for a better team comp?
Do you have a few select heroes that you always pick?
I play ap, rd, sd
Do you always random?
Do you always pick for a better team comp?
Do you have a few select heroes that you always pick?
I play ap, rd, sd
Would using an aoe nuke on brood still hit the spiders? What happens when she dies?
I've been almost exclusively randoming for the past 500 or so games, maybe more. There are always some heroes that I excel with, but I feel that I'm efficient with almost all heroes at this point, largely due to my constant randoming and just general improvement at the game over time. There are still a few heroes that I either swap or repick, off the top of my head: Invoker, Meepo, Chen. Haven't ever really felt like becoming good with those heroes/investing the time into learning them. Personally I'd always recommend newer players to stick with a few heroes that they're comfortable with, and learn the game through repeated games with those before moving on to more difficult heroes.
Smushroomed
Banned
Okay I'll continue to random while solo queuing, but ill try hard pick if I'm matching making with my much better friends.
Matching making with my IRL friends puts me in a much harder bracket, I get my ass kicked but learn so much more
It's fun just to have competent teammates
Matching making with my IRL friends puts me in a much harder bracket, I get my ass kicked but learn so much more
It's fun just to have competent teammates
Pretty much avoid Meepo, Chen, and Invoker for the most part. There are some other heroes too that require you to really know what you're doing to play them, such as Puck, Tinker, and most of the carries (mainly because you have to realize how much farm you need).
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
When you random make sure to do it ASAP to give your non-randoming teammates an opportunity to pick around you. Some of them may not anyway, but you have to give them the chance. Nothing worse than picking a team and then someone last-pick randoms another hard carry or mid.
Alliance can.
Pureauthor
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Someone please explain to me why you would pick a Broodmother against a lineup containing Lina, Clock, and Luna.
Why.
Why.
Wanted crazy splitpush and mind went blank with the clock running out?
I won 10 uncommons and 4 rares. Thanks for sucking NaVi
Holy shit, Liquid turned that around so hard.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Is Bamboe joining EG?
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
LOL EG SUCKS
CarbonatedFalcon
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Welp. If you haven't learned your lesson by now, don't bet against Liquid.
EG massive throws dumpster-tier team. How do you fuck that up? 2 lanes of barracks and a T3 tower up with PL/Brood and you still lose? Brain dead.
EG massive throws dumpster-tier team. How do you fuck that up? 2 lanes of barracks and a T3 tower up with PL/Brood and you still lose? Brain dead.
Pureauthor
Member
NA Dota is like a race to see who is better at fucking up and pissing away their massive advantages.
CarbonatedFalcon
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I don't know if it was intentional but the Brood pick could have been seen as sort of a counter to Eclipse and Hookshot especially in conjunction with PL with all the illusions and spiderites gunking everything up, but the probably would have been better off with a Furion and just sacking the offlane. I suppose maybe you want some pressure/distraction there for PL to get big (and at least annoy the tri-lane) which Prophet wouldn't have done as well, but in that case I think you pick Lone Druid - they just might not have had anyone to play him (I don't think he was banned.)
And the Veno pick was cute as a TA counter, but I think they may have been better served with a different support.
Either way, points are moot since EG threw away a winning position (even with the gold deficit), drafting strategies aside.
And the Veno pick was cute as a TA counter, but I think they may have been better served with a different support.
Either way, points are moot since EG threw away a winning position (even with the gold deficit), drafting strategies aside.
Damnit, I misread thinking Purge went to Lol
Also it seems like Purge didn't ragequit, but lost power (according to him at least)
https://twitter.com/PurgeGamers/status/328275418094387200
Damn. Loki getting called out!
Every EG team/player is trash. It's comes with being part of the organization.
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