Dota 2 Thread: REBORN SOURCE 2 HYPETRAIN NOBRAKES
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The thing I will honestly miss most is baiting out spells with PL dopplewalk. Nothing more satisfying than teaching those ganking bastards a lesson in wasting mana/ults.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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I havent tried the new PL yet, but with the old dopple you could micro it and have it running off in a different direction as if you got caught out, can you do that with the new skills?
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In post 2254, BBmolla wrote:If you really wanna play old PL just play Terrorblade, he's like a better version of old PL.
They're different. TB doesn't doesnt have the same early game survivability that PL has.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Also TB has that terrible meta window where he's vulnerable whereas PL is always ready to go.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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CK is a terrible farmer.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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CK is next to impossible to play in a pub, you need proper coordination to play him. After that, CK needs too many items to actually be that useful in a teamfight. He has severe mana problems early on. He is also next to useless if you're plyaing from a defensive position.
In short too many problems with CK and too many other heroes with stronger lane presence AND that come online earlier.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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His lane presence is shit unless the support is there. Even then if the offlane knows what they're doing, they won't die. You really need the support to whittle them down before killing, and when your supports have the responsibility of rotating all over the place they're often times not in lane when ganking mid etc. Other problem is that in first 5 mins you probably have 2 chances to kill max without mana regen, which is hardly a threat if you fail to kill after one rift+stun combo. His laning is weak and you really need either CM or soulring, with CM having been nerfed hard (my friend and I called the CM pick at TI3 finals because we ran CK/CM so often XD). You are very correct that CK performs far better in a multi-core than 4p1.
I will admit I haven't played much dota over the past 3months and probably haven't played a CK game in over half a year at least, but it always felt that CK worked much better at lower MMRs but didn't work well at higher skill levels when the opposing offlane knows how to handle a CK lane.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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How is offlane pudge better than say, offlane WK?
and how will you ever get levels on pudge you'll be zoned into oblivion (plus squishy)Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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If I were up against an offlane pudge as a support, I'd be sitting behind the creepwave all day daring you to get near. You'd neither be able to pull nor get exp. Same principal as playing against WR/DS/MiranaFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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lol watching a friend play pl right now, rushed 11min diff on pl. He's completely different it seems and has strong harrassing lane presence.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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If you dont have rot whats the use?
I can see it working against supports who have no idea what they're doing though, come up and get hooked and die XDFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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It did. First time playing I got lost in dire offlane running away from 5 into trees instead of to mid. At least no one chased me. XD
Also new PL blows, farm sucks. The style may fit some ppl but im too used to the rhythm I'd settle into with old PL.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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It's lolzy and pretty much trench doto best doto (team with most carries win).
It feels VERY nice to still be able to win when you have 0-5 useless feeder arcana SF on your team though.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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But carry riki has such a weaker lane presence now.
He used to be able to rape his lane now that DS isn't popular anymore.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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All that happened is that he can now play as an offlaner and can't win his lane hard as a carry anymore.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Blink does so much harrass dmg. You need to rely on supports more to get kills which keeps them from being able to do other things like killing mid or farming.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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I guess, but riki's strength never was in the late-game to begin with.
I wish they would buff CK's reality rift.
Spec nerf still stupid.
TB nerf was even worse. It's like everyone forgot that SK rapes TB.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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shes more of a semi carry than an outright carry.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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WR is one of those fun heroes that can literally get anything depending on how you want to play her. Force is core IMO if not getting mek, and dps get maelstrom/crit/mkb, control get orchid/sheep.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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deso doesnt do that much for wr. The reason for mek is healing + some stats/armor, force for positioning. Force in general is a great item for utility purposes as positioning is a vital part of teamfighting (+juking). Maybe as a luxury lategame but so many other better items on her.
I remember a friend of mine liked building blink on WR before it was popular for evne easier shackles.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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such broken hero of all heroes to import they chose himFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Gonna be so fun seeing carries that never die in teamfightsFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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One of my best AM games was played on an overheating laptop (30-1)
Unfortunately all the other games played on laptop resulted in feedingFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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I don't have any bad memories of Pit Lord but maybe I just never saw him played at a high level.
Zet I saw was patched to be relatively reasonable compared to oracle and earth spirit when ported.
Disappointed that Sunwukong was never created when 6.80 came out.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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In post 2346, Natirasha wrote:Do you think they'll change Wukong's name in dota2 so it doesn't step on HoN or LoL's toes(yes I know he's from Chinese Myth)?
Probably not, no one has copyright on that name and is in god knows how many games anyways
Wukong is only his partial name whereas dota would probably be the full nameFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Funny, I flame but never have I been muted before.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Oracle is a godly hero but he is another one of those cursed heroes of mine that I can't win with. Hell, I even managed to lose playing with a Warden 4-stack (maybe because Warden was our carry earth spirit but still XD).Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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lul that's nothing, I dropped an entire % point in winrate due to emotionally/mentally ill players constantly flaming/griefing my games, which says a lot considering how many games it takes for me to drop an entire % point. gg MMR no hopes of ever making it back to 5k.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Take out the basketball, and this could be the next you molla!Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xewX9_kM6U
Really good storm tutorial for anyone who wants to learn the hero.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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DOTA 6.84 -APEM PROS ONLYFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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SOOOOOOOOOOO sad that VG/LGD didn;t win it... was cheering for CDEC too.
Also holy fuck, Western teams are in for some crazy shuffles...Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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When I first started playing dota, I had no idea what any of the heroes did. Needless to say, that lead to a lot of deaths and a lot of flaming because you have no idea what the opposing heroes in lane do so you have no idea how to play. Luckily I learned here and there, and eventually you pick up what everyone does from experimenting and observing.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Wow, surprised that aui ended up getting kicked over sumail. Guess ultimately, talent > personality.
I know EE asked aui about forming a team at ti5 but ill be shocked if aui ever teams with ee again.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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In post 2470, BBmolla wrote:why would they kick sumail, he's like one of the best mids in the world at the moment
No point spreading rumors now given that their roster is finalized, but it's not exactly a secret that Sumail is a dick.
There is truth that some knew EG was going to have changes before TI ended, but EG winning kind of made it hard to say what was going to happen for sure (they still ended up taking rtz back).Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Agh eblade dagon disruptor new metaFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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That's when you counter-flame him into oblivion. Half of dota is about winning the flame battle.
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It happens. You lose some games you should've won, you win some games you should've lost. Figure out what your mistakes were in the games you should've won (you inevitably fuck up multiple times to lose it), understand it, correct it in the future and move on.
I just somehow won a game with a spec/PL safelane, feeding TA mid, and a slar jumping the first moving target he sees with virtually no communication. Kicker is, this was a 5k game. No way we should've won, but somehow we did. 30min rad and midas first TA ftw. Lesson here is all carry teams win games.
On the topic of communication though, truly great players don't need words, they know what you're going to do through pings and your movements. Most fun game I ever played was with Burning, and he didn't say a word. Knew whenever I wanted to go in though, and I'd always back him up when he went (he was mid naix, I was a tide).Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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maf dota2 community is p non-existent.
I saw your avatar once and was wondering whether you knew where it came from.
I've dropped roughly 500+ MMR over the past while, and shits terrible. I've gained about 75 of that back but road is long...Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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ya man... i actually dropped under 5k because I somehow abandoned a game instead of failing to load, and have gone south ever since...
By the looks of things, I'm gonna have to spam like 20 games straight of WD to get back up XDFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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GRATS!
Also be warned that Yasp can be inaccurate at times of certain numbers. Friend has the paid subscription and I remember numbers not adding up. Otherwise it's pretty good.
Dotamax is what I use a lot, but dotabuff is nice too.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Just beat a 7.4K MMR player in lane, FeelsGoodMan.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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ONE OF EHOME/WINGS/MVP TAKES THE AEGIS
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MVP vs Wings series is probably some of the best dota so far this tournament.
Ehome fucked up so badly vs EG from min18 onwards, was painful to watch. iceiceice tilted so hard in game 2Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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The only EU team still remaining is DC kappaFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Which made iceiceices 1v3 chase all the more questionable. You saw it in their base, why the fuck would you go chase an eblade+mass dagons?In post 2585, thenewearth wrote:EG's Triple dagon was the most orgasmic sound in the tournament
And after yesterdays loss Ehome tilted their way out of TI rip
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PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST SERIES EVER
SUCH HIGH LV OF PLAY FROM BOTH TEAMS
WINGS BROKE THE META AND SUNSFANNING
CN DOTO BEST DOTOFluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Rumor mill time!
Seems like EG shuffle this year may involve PPD either being forced into a coaching role or out of EG, or certain players leaving since apparently no one really likes PPD. Seems like sumail's grown up because last year was suppose to be aui+sumail kick but only aui got kicked and no rumours of ppl hating sumail this year.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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hard to play with
just like how last year i heard aui + sumail getting kicked but only aui did (guess sumails done a lot of maturing)Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Dota3 is awesome. Spamming Techies is actually viable now (and super easy MMR)~Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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I dropped below 4k for the first time in my life earlier this month and #roadto3k became reality.In post 2629, BBmolla wrote:I'm down to 4.1k. I literally just don't know how to play this game and it's beyond frustrating.
Pudge is super strong this patch though I don;t play him.
Other strong heroes include Monkey King since most ppl are dumb, and CM. Personally I've been spamming techies for easy MMR.
Treant is particularly strong though only if your team is competent, he is easy party MMR (disclaimer I usually queue with a 7k friend so I pick it when I don;t feel like doing much and just focus on keeping him alive so that he can carry me).Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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For those looking to grind, pudge ember SB slar and IMO, viper are all really strong right now.
For Viper, my build is RoA -> Phase -> Helm -> dragon lance and after that, typically hurricane pike. You should have helm by 10-11mins and dragon lance by ~15-16min. After that, so long as you're fighting with your team it's virtually impossible for the other team to take you down before you dish out enough damage to wreck their team.
Ember is a bit harder to grasp because after veil his build becomes very situational.
Pudge is strong because he doesn't really need items and hook just so good throughout a game. My pudge is shit yet I've been winning a lot with him because despite how weak your early game may be, you can still have so much impact mid-late. It's hard to have a good impact on pudge early unless you have a good understanding of map movement.
SB forces a ton of fights, can help out anywhere and is tanky early game.
Also a friend's philosophy at very high MMR levels is that heroes that can move fast in general are good this patch.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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Pudge peak timings are tranquils, lv6, lv7 and aether lens. Once he has that he dominates the mid-game. All it takes is hooking an enemy hero out of position and killing them quickly which can determine the outcome of the teamfight and sometimes the game itself. Not many heroes can have the type of risk-free initiation that pudge gives you, especially for how low the cost (unless you hook a tide or magnus into your team in which gg wp).Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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The best counter to Luna is SD so I would recommend you guys grab if you see a Luna on the other side unless they picked the SD first.
My counter to Luna is usually techies and I have no troubles even playing against SD-Luna though SD early on is a stupid techies counter.
Blademail heroes in general make for good Luna counters because she can't ult in front of you unless she wants to die. Against SD-Luna more specifically - Axe, Legion make good counters and earthshaker to a lesser degree if you guys don't play techies. Ember holds up well against Luna too since he can pick her off easily and is a natural blademail carrier.
For less head-on counters, any heroes that can disrupt Luna's farming are good. You do not want to let her freefarm mid-game because she will outfarm you. Smoke ganks are your friend.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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The trick to SD-Luna and Luna in general is not letting her come online. One of my most frustrating losses was once when I stomped mid as a Viper and we were ahead the entire game, but because my carry slark didn't want to ever group up with us while getting constantly picked off, we could not end the game early enough. Then during one highground push, team overextended diving past rax, getting us wiped, and in one wave the SD-Luna pushed and we lost the game.
What makes techies so strong is due to the timing. You make the lane difficult for the Luna (with or without SD), thus slowing her farm while ensuring that your offlaner is getting fat enough such that they can control the tempo past 10mins in the mid-game. In such a situation, the enemy carry will almost always have less net worth thru 10 minutes than either me, the offlaner, or both depending on who gets the kills and how well the offlaner was able to farm lane.
Hell I just won a game with a VS/techies offlane vs SD/Luna because my LC wanted to jungle instead of offlaning so the two supports went. As a bonus, our mid SF had 0 kills.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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With regards to Luna specifically, what makes her so strong this patch is due to the new Helm of the Dominator. She farms stupid fast with it in addition to pushing even quicker. Even a hero like Viper, once you get your 10-11min helm and 15min dragon lance, you're able to take all the opponent's outer towers with ease, let alone Luna.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/12QJ ... obilebasic
Some pretty good quick reading on the intricacies of playing support.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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After a year or so, finally back up to 5K.
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Really wish valve would stop balancing based on reddit whining. People whining about parties for example, out of 2.6k ranked matches I've never experienced players throwing because "party mmr". Hell I rarely got parties in my ranked games to begin with, maybe 1 every 100 games. Queuing as a 2-stack with a friend for party was already pretty much impossible since early Feb, as we'd couldn't find any games even with 40min queues (we gave up eventually after numerous attempts as it was impossible to find a game despite hours of combined queuing). Smurfs have never been a glaring problem either.
On the topic of account buying, sure people buy, but again, it was nowhere near as dramatic as it was made out to be. People need outlets to blame, and half the time people play as if they bought their account anyways. Hell, I remember one game I got a CM on my team who had obviously bought their account (exceedingly clear based on their movement, actions, and being lv5 14mins into the game). However, despite them being an acc buyer who had no idea what they were doing at that MMR, they never stopped buying wards and sents despite people on my team flaming, and we were able to win. The funniest thing was, our mid and carry played some of the most brainless dota with their constant feeding so they wern't even in a position to flame since they had to get carried.
As someone who is loathe to give out any personal information, I especially dislike the mobile number lock too. Don't want to give a number for my main let alone my smurf.
tl;dr reading the constant bitching on reddit is one thing but the fact that valve actually base their design off of whiners is rather discouraging. Players always find a way to blame everyone except themselves for losing.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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I dunno, I didn't see those heroes as much as everyone seems to say while I was playing last month. I've run into Lich almost never both pre and post TI.
If anything, feels like one of the best patches I've ever played. No disgustingly obnoxious heroes in every game for me at least.
Just looking at my past 5 games, there were 22 different heroes picked out of a potential 25 on the enemy team, with the only repeats being Jug, Ogre and Rub at once a piece. Funny enough, both teams included, aside from my hero, rub was the most picked.Last edited by Katsuki on Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.Fluffy fluffy~~~ |"READING KATSUKI IS LIKE SOME SORT OF POSTMODERN ARTFORM"- GreyICE
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