DotA 2 General Chat Thread

Kunkka · 26-09-2014 1:54pm

BMMachine wrote: »

played last night to see the patch. went riki.... hilarious.

I'd say he's a **** to any jungle hero

BMMachine · 26-09-2014 2:37pm

yeah they had no jungle though. was 1v1 against a clinkz. he thought he was great at the first 2 levels, trying to zone me out and all that. but at level 3 he quickly realised he couldnt lane against me.
i think hes going to work best in that kind of role, a 1v1 sidelane hero like weaver or doom. hes counterable alright but you really have to keep on top of him. his new ulti is absolutely hilarious now too.

seeing a lot of sven pickups in pro games. the staff buff is just insane

Mr. CooL ICE · 26-09-2014 11:34pm

PL is so goddamn broken

Tar.Aldarion · 27-09-2014 7:58pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z1yWxsflFI

VenomIreland · 27-09-2014 10:05pm

Patch earlier today seems to have tried to fix the ridiculous gold people were getting for killing high net worth heroes, seems much better now.

NeoSlicerZ · 28-09-2014 11:42pm

The majority of my games have been 40+ min games... with mostly finishing around 50-55 mins, culmininating in a 75 min game just now. I wish they'd make the xp change less as well. I played game where I was support zeus, lvl 5. Run in bolt a pudge, level, ult go straight to lvl 8. Had another 2 team fights where I got 2 levels.

the butcher · 29-09-2014 9:43am

6.82b has come. Changes to XP/Gold bounty again. Comeback meta has been reduced by about 66%.

the butcher · 01-10-2014 9:36am

Team played pretty badly for majority of the game, they got mid rax. Really sloppy play from us and with Tusk/Alchem roaming early on caused a lot of mayhem. Tried to get pushes going but wasn't working out and lost any chance to end mid game which made me thought it was over due to them having 4 carries and doing really well. Around 50 minute mark their bkbs weren't as effective and we tried to target them a bit better with some intelligent play at our other towers. Will have to watch the replay because it's still hard to believe that we won, check out that XP swing towards the end lol ->

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/932015855

Look at the huge gap in last hits and compare the total gold, there is no difference.

Kunkka · 01-10-2014 9:51am

the butcher wrote: »

Team played pretty badly for majority of the game, they got mid rax. Really sloppy play from us and with Tusk/Alchem roaming early on caused a lot of mayhem. Tried to get pushes going but wasn't working out and lost any chance to end mid game which made me thought it was over due to them having 4 carries and doing really well. Around 50 minute mark their bkbs weren't as effective and we tried to target them a bit better with some intelligent play at our other towers. Will have to watch the replay because it's still hard to believe that we won, check out that XP swing towards the end lol ->

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/932015855

Look at the huge gap in last hits and compare the total gold, there is no difference.

That's pretty crazy that you won that especially with the better end game they should have.

I haven't enjoyed a game of DOTA as much as this one from last night in a good while.

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/931985708

Not to play my own trumpet or anything

but kagshaker was in full flourish some unreal ultis by me & the Tide. Worth a watch if anyone likes looking at games with big combo team fights. We got 4/5 manned blackholed 3 times as well. Really was such a good game. Our Drow was awful but in the end she pulled through even with her awful build. First item Mjollinor on Drow?

Mr. CooL ICE · 01-10-2014 10:08am

I'm an awful earthshaker. I always seem to save enemy heroes with my fissure. Can only recall one game where I didn't completely suck.

Killstealing Carry support lich game went well

NeoSlicerZ · 01-10-2014 11:35am

I randomed TB a couple of days ago, died a couple times to techies mines, only 90 cs at 17 mins or so + 1 tower. Get another 200 in the next 20. This hero is... literally the easiest hero I've played, farming wise and the damage, LOL the damage. Say good bye to your towers.

Mr. CooL ICE · 03-10-2014 3:07pm

Disruptor is such a troll hero. Last night, I started diving towers to glimpse enemy heroes just after they TP'd in at every opportunity I could get. I've seen it being done before, but always forgot about it before it was too late. The loss of gold/XP isn't the only bit - the enemy team always tried to focus me in teamfights because they hated me so much.

the butcher · 06-10-2014 10:40am

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Disruptor is such a troll hero. Last night, I started diving towers to glimpse enemy heroes just after they TP'd in at every opportunity I could get. I've seen it being done before, but always forgot about it before it was too late. The loss of gold/XP isn't the only bit - the enemy team always tried to focus me in teamfights because they hated me so much.

Played Disrupter with Void last night. The combo ults along with Lich ult is fantastic to see a team wipe out when Void ult is done correctly.

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/942849826

Came up against an ugly team initiation last night aswell - Luckily I was swinging like MAD. Laning phase with Axe is too much fun, you HAVE to go aggressive, no other way about it. http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/942721247

Mr. CooL ICE · 06-10-2014 2:07pm

the butcher wrote: »

Played Disrupter with Void last night. The combo ults along with Lich ult is fantastic to see a team wipe out when Void ult is done correctly.

Disruptor is also a fun counter to void too. Stand at the back, watch him initiate and glimpse him away again. Wasted valuable early game chrono

A badly played disruptor can also rightly feck things up. I (as SK) initiated with epicentre + blink + burrowstrike and promptly got nuked down, but the enemy disruptor glimpsed me back to the safety of my hiding spot at 10% health.

Kunkka · 06-10-2014 3:25pm

Got an ultra kill at Roshan as Techies last night, was ****ing hilarious. He's actually a lot of ****ing fun especially when they buy an early gem and you retrieve it

Mr. CooL ICE · 06-10-2014 3:49pm

Only had one game as techies to date and I was awful. I was still 5-6 but offered very little to the game overall. He's my next daily hero and there will be a lot of flaming in my direction before I pass it.

Justice · 08-10-2014 1:26pm

check out this Youtube dota 2 short movie

one of the funniest ive seen. His Tidehunter movie is good too.

KarmaBaby · 09-10-2014 2:30pm

Crystal Maiden feels OP to me in this patch. Not sure if any teams have been running her recently, but I think she'll be make a big return to the meta.

Annoying thing happened to me yesterday though. KOTL's mana leak drains crystal's mana and stuns her while she ultis. Not sure if its a bug or if she is considered to be moving while she ultis.

cherryghost · 09-10-2014 3:41pm

CM OP? Hardly. She's well balanced if not slightly underbalanced due to the simple fact that fast mobility in 6.82 still wins you games.

Ogres the big man now

cherryghost · 09-10-2014 4:07pm

CM's just been picked up by VG in ESL One :P Let's see how this pans out.

Justice · 09-10-2014 4:45pm

hey! we cant have a discussion about CM without me being involved.

im 8 wins out of 11 for cm in 6.82b
i was 1 win out of 2 in 6.82

for the previous 16 games (in 6.81) my record was 9 wins in 16.
suprisingly my small sample size confirms karma baby thoughts.
thats how many cm games i played this month.

karma, doesnt kotl trigger a stun if all you mana is depleted, not if you move? your ult depeted the mana in that case, hence stun?

also saw DK pick up CM in a summit game vs speed gaming, wasnt watching it too much though.

KarmaBaby · 09-10-2014 8:54pm

Justice wrote: »

karma, doesnt kotl trigger a stun if all you mana is depleted, not if you move? your ult depeted the mana in that case, hence stun?
.

Mana Leak is ONLY supposed to drain mana as you move. If you stand still you don't leak mana and cant get stunned. I would have thought that the code calculates the value of this by your change in position on the map and your movement speed. Since when Crystal Ultis, her position doesn't change I thought mana leak would be useless. But it does drain mana and stun her. So either this is a bug or it it is specifically coded to behave this way during certain channelled ultis.

VenomIreland · 09-10-2014 8:56pm

KarmaBaby wrote: »

Mana Leak is ONLY supposed to drain mana as you move. If you stand still you don't leak mana and cant get stunned. I would have thought that the code calculates the value of this by your change in position on the map and your movement speed. Since when Crystal Ultis, her position doesn't change I thought mana leak would be useless. But it does drain mana and stun her. So either this is a bug or it it is specifically coded to behave this way during certain channelled ultis.

Tooltip states "If the enemy loses all of its mana, it will be stunned.". Seems to be working fine to me.

KarmaBaby · 09-10-2014 9:00pm

VenomIreland wrote: »

Tooltip states "If the enemy loses all of its mana, it will be stunned.". Seems to be working fine to me.

And if I use a channelled ulti but still have mana in reserve, then KOTL attacks me with mana leak, what should happen?

VenomIreland · 09-10-2014 9:10pm

KarmaBaby wrote: »

And if I use a channelled ulti but still have mana in reserve, then KOTL attacks me with mana leak, what should happen?

I've just tested it there in a private lobby, Mana Leak did not drain mana while CM was channeling her ult, not sure what happened to you.

Kunkka · 10-10-2014 9:21am

Had quite a feed on CM last night and won.... 14+ deaths..... I was so bored and tired. We were so far ahead but my feeding nearly brought them back in to it

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