Originally Posted by
Lysah
TA has a horrible lane phase and is completely shut down by anyone with casual AoE. Crushed a blink/desolator TA just yesterday with kunkka, though I admit I didn't do much, most of the team fight was stand outside and let radiance/SE lucifer clear her refraction (takes about .5 seconds), then run in and one shot her with a 2000 crit tidebringer, pretty easy hero to smash. Their fed sven/slardar were much, much scarier. TA was a joke the entire game. They even tried giving her aegis when they roshed and I had a good laugh, aegis on slardar might have won them the game.
Is TA mega retarded when you have 600 health? Well, of course she is. Maybe it's about time people stopped hiding behind their 5 man metas, 600 health at level 9 was never acceptable in DotA1, it's only worked in DotA2 because heroes like TA haven't been introduced. Well, now they have, no more wand/wards/phase boots CM, you will get one shotted. If the "pro meta" refuses to adapt, hell yes I'd pick TA every single game. The fact remains that all you need is enough life to survive a meld and she's dead.