DotA (Defense of the Ancients)

[Kafriel]

Who else here loves Rigwarl? Seriously my favorite tank and support damage dealer to play. His bristleback ability is also gratifyingly good at countering backstab skills.

I hate him purely because I lack the concentration to spam his skills :P

players should always provide the best free lane for their carry to farm, meanwhile they go jungling, preparing for the next gank, etc. The way to play DotA is often not to "farm as much as possible," but to "build items as little as the situations call for."

I prefer saying that it's about making the best use of your money, but that's a good way to put it

[KiNA]

I hate BB purely because his voice

^^v

[holyman282]

man bristle back is awesome I've been playing with him for a while lets just say that 40% reduced damage hit from the back just pawns. I love it when I also have a hood of defiance and lion finger of deaths me from the back only to realise it just tickled me, nothing is more satisfying. Even the biggest damage dealing tanks find it hard to kill bb from the back

[Cinocard]

Originally Posted by KiNA

I hate BB purely because his voice

^^v

I love pudge for a reason His fun and innovative playing style, and...HMM, FRESH MEAT.

I love playing Notrom also. He has one of the GARest voice in Wc3

Originally Posted by Statonxyb

Sounds like a terrible Razor to me.

Razor fought more than me in that game

[Nosauz]

Originally Posted by holyman282

man bristle back is awesome I've been playing with him for a while lets just say that 40% reduced damage hit from the back just pawns. I love it when I also have a hood of defiance and lion finger of deaths me from the back only to realise it just tickled me, nothing is more satisfying. Even the biggest damage dealing tanks find it hard to kill bb from the back

man bb plus gem in like the death to all the high dpsers who cloak, he basically neuters riki, clinkz, na, traxx.

[germanturkey]

.67 out. lots of hero changes/reworking, two new items. nerf to luna. i'm not happy.

[Forsaken_Infinity]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

.67 out. lots of hero changes/reworking, two new items. nerf to luna. i'm not happy.

Nerf?? Luna received some major buffs o.0. Her primary problem was early game, and it has been fixed a little bit. It'd be awesome if she could get some more starting hp but the increased vision at night is damn awesome.

[germanturkey]

night vision and +early game damage are hardly a trade for +27% base attack and primary attribute damage. night vision buff is fine as a stand alone, but its not worth her late game carry potential. once she hits 6 or 7 she should be scoring kills every 3 minutes, give or take. plus if you lane her with someone melee (though she should be soloing anyways) you won't get a single last hit because blessing works with melee heroes too.

i pretty much always specced blessing last or at least after several levels of glaive, but this after some maths, her late game + bonus damage basically was decreased by 50%.

like slark's level 1 essence shift is almost better than level 4 blessing. yeah, one's an aoe aura, but that's a pretty big disparity.

[Duo Maxwell]

If you can take advantage of the early game, your late game pretty much improved.

I actually think it's a buff. For a team.

[germanturkey]

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

If you can take advantage of the early game, your late game pretty much improved.

I actually think it's a buff. For a team.

but its not like luna had trouble farming. levels 1-3 were pretty rough, but after that, last hitting is much better. then after she gets glaives, she can clear waves in 3 seconds.

just tested it. you need to farm a buriza extra to get the +damage you used to get with "the standard build." something tells me that skill will not help that much.

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

but its not like luna had trouble farming. levels 1-3 were pretty rough, but after that, last hitting is much better. then after she gets glaives, she can clear waves in 3 seconds.

She just died too much early game.

[Wrath88]

Originally Posted by KiNA

I hate BB purely because his voice

^^v

Hurry up and rejoin us for game... still have yet to see you on chat.

Been drawing Meepo quite a while recently. Easy to push by level 7. Two level 4 Poofs takes out a whole wave easily.

[germanturkey]

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

She just died too much early game.

map awareness. . the increased night vision won't help much either since there are only 3 places where you can see 1500 in a straight line.. (the lanes..) they should have made it flying vision. that would have been pretty sweet.

[KiNA]

That would be quite broken ^^

Remember the old BM's hawk?

[Duo Maxwell]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

map awareness. . the increased night vision won't help much either since there are only 3 places where you can see 1500 in a straight line.. (the lanes..) they should have made it flying vision. that would have been pretty sweet.

I don't know how many times people wished for better sight at night. Beside, when your gankers on a roll, that would put enemy team's gankers at hold. Ward can't do much when they get destroyed every game, really.

Plus, I have never been a fan of "early Glaives", but each to his own.

[germanturkey]

^^ i agree. early glaives gives too much pushing power. depends on how you define early. i get them after i max beam. so beam/stats/beam/stats/beam/eclipse/beam/glaive etc

that build essentially means she doesn't need that much more early game prowess because at 6 or 7, you're pretty much guaranteed a kill if you go for a gank against someone who doesn't have a ww. i still think its a horrible trade. her late game potential for better vision 50% of the game that most people won't even notice.

[germanturkey]

dotapod.com use it. better than garena because it supports macs

[germanturkey]

okay. apparently i fail at embedding youtube videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNTT5J54V7w


.68 preview. which means its coming soon!

[Frailty]

fixed

pretty awesome preview, Icefrog finally decided to put Thrall's model in
the only hero models left unused are the Paladin (Paladin =/= Admiral's model) and Garithos from Frozen Throne Campaign

[germanturkey]

paladin is omni right? there's also goblin shredder, gryphon, steam tank, and probably a few more i haven't thought of.