The DotA Thread! [Basic Strats and Hero/Item talk]

[Renzokuken]

Oooh i played a good LAN game last night. The matchup was...

Earthshaker, Venomancer, Sand King VS Keeper of the Light, Naga Siren, Bristleback.

I was Earthshaker, by the end of it i had travel, guinsoos, blink dagger, S&Y and skadi (We were losing and the game was going to end, so i just got skadi for kicks ). And i found out that blink dagger and guinsoos wont trigger Aftershock when you use their spells. It sucks! Doesn't really matter though, blink dagger is very handy, and you can put them in stun/hex lock for about 7.5 seconds all up.

Keeper of the Light just went some crazy build for fun, got a Heart at Lv8 and a Butterfly shortly after haha.

I did notice that you guys keep getting Linkens. What heroes *don't* you get it on?

 

[micro.micro]

DANG lol any of you guys see the final matches for CAL yet? complexity v. apex. pretty awesome gameplay but not CAL finals level...

 

[Dream_Walker]

DANG lol any of you guys see the final matches for CAL yet? complexity v. apex. pretty awesome gameplay but not CAL finals level...

Nope, and i don't seem to care.

 

[ChrisH36]

If I want a challenge, I play with my friends at the Campus Cove.

 

[micro.micro]

Oooh i played a good LAN game last night. The matchup was...

Earthshaker, Venomancer, Sand King VS Keeper of the Light, Naga Siren, Bristleback.

I was Earthshaker, by the end of it i had travel, guinsoos, blink dagger, S&Y and skadi (We were losing and the game was going to end, so i just got skadi for kicks ). And i found out that blink dagger and guinsoos wont trigger Aftershock when you use their spells. It sucks! Doesn't really matter though, blink dagger is very handy, and you can put them in stun/hex lock for about 7.5 seconds all up.

Keeper of the Light just went some crazy build for fun, got a Heart at Lv8 and a Butterfly shortly after haha.

I did notice that you guys keep getting Linkens. What heroes *don't* you get it on?

linkins is good on any hero i'd say except maybe omniknight/naix since their skils are somewhat of linkins. it's totally optional and situational so if there are alot of disablers/casters on the other team, getting linkins or BKB wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

[ChrisH36]

Linkens is good for any hero when you need the anti-magic protection. I got it on my 7-0 Lycan because I needed the +15 stats and didnt want to overwrite the power of S/Y.

 

[XDxxTX]

Hey guys so what about Zeus get guinsoo's or refresher orb. thi si s what i had on him boots of speed,guinsoo's and dagon but a friends told me swap the guinsoo's for agahanams scepter or however u spell it and then get a refresher orb. but i thought guinsoo's was alright. so what do you reccomend ?

 

[Dream_Walker]

Refresher Orb/Afghanistan Scepter.

 

[Renzokuken]

Don't get refresher first, i say go for dagon or agahnims first. You will *never* have enough mana to even use refresher at all if you get it first.

Best for Zeus (IMO) is travel, refresher, agahnims, dagon 5 (or whatever the highest is), guinsoos and something else (heart for hp? i dunno, games dont really go that long for a full inventory with pwnage items).

I like to go boots, nulls (maybe 2), then a dagon, then go for agahnims, then you might think about getting refresher. Refresher isn't a must anyway, guinsoos would be better for mana regen, just depends on how you want to play.

 

[Wing Zero]

can some one expalin what does this new version change do?
Divine Rapier recipe now costs 2 lumber instead of just 1.
and hte new morphling

 

[micro.micro]

new morphling is total garbage as for the increase in lumber cost i don't think that means anything except that now it costs 2 lumber.... i'm not sure if the cost for divine just doubled but maybe it's just a joke lol.,...

 

[Wing Zero]

what did they change of morphling? its attack to melee?

 

[Dream_Walker]

http://www.dota-allstars.com/hero.php?id=417

 

[ChrisH36]

Morphling is a strange hero because of his stat manipulation, if you use it correctly, you can have a pretty nasty hero. If you want an example of this, look at Greg's 14-1 Morph above my 7-0 Lycan.

He only died trying to escape from a tower, but apparently it got him.

 

[Dream_Walker]

Morphling is a strange hero because of his stat manipulation, if you use it correctly, you can have a pretty nasty hero. If you want an example of this, look at Greg's 14-1 Morph above my 7-0 Lycan.

He only died trying to escape from a tower, but apparently it got him.

Morphling got a remake so that picture is our only shot of the good one imo.

 

[ChrisH36]

And an exploit of epic proportions!

 

[Dream_Walker]

omfg your right we cant solo roshan with him now.

 

[ChrisH36]

I guess they covered the tree with some random doodad.

 

[Dream_Walker]

I guess they covered the tree with some random doodad.

no its just that morphlings 350 range wont suffice.

 

[micro.micro]

well the replication skill is really annoying on morph .... i just finished using him and his wave form (i'll admit the graphic looks SORTA cooler) is lamed out.