[Megathread] DotA 2

[Hermanni]

All in all, Warlock is one of the best AoE casters for damage over time. He's not popular right now because team fights don't last more than 3 seconds in most lineups (one good black hole/RP usually ends a fight against 3 support 1 carry teams). His spells all have ridiculous cooldowns which gives him a huge skill cap - if you screw up and blow bonds too early you just made it 4v5 for your allies. He's decent in lane but plenty of others support better, he's more of a caster carry hybrid like Necro and shouldn't get sucked into buying jango mek wards crow for his team, because, with his long cooldowns/no CC/no survivability he will die if he stays at 800 health the entire game. Get scepter/refresher/atos on Warlock and you will respect him a lot more. He's not bad at last hitting like most other supports, for a reason.

That's a pretty good assessment. As of now chasing and ganking power are more important and a Warlock player needs to be able to read situations correctly or they'll end up wasting their abilities. RoC + Bonds is great initiation, but you need your team to follow up rapidly to make anything out of it. In pub play, if your team is sleeping your perfect initiation turns into perfect waste of your cooldowns. Warlock is good in extended fighting, but even if he can kill the enemy team in 10 seconds it's not good if his team dies first or either team is running away after the first 5.

It's been a while since the last time I played (randomed) Warlock but I liked rushing a BKB just to sit around channeling Upheaval because why not.

[MrDeadcruel]

http://i.imgur.com/fPWut.jpg
Epic paint skills!!!

On another note i dont play ES and tide much but i almost always win when i do play them, and wr well i just love her, awesome hero

Let's limit the gigantic image embedding of doom please.

[Hermanni]

Looks like the contest for worst cropping skills is well underway.

[Longview]

thanks im now blind due to all that white

on the real though, did anyone catch the LGD.Int vs For.Love game? Holy wow this play

[Lysah]

It's been a while since the last time I played (randomed) Warlock but I liked rushing a BKB just to sit around channeling Upheaval because why not.

Upheaval used properly is very strong as well, Warlock can totally cripple melee carries in a matter of seconds. There are other good debuffs in the game like -damage from Bane, but when you can't move at all you're doing 0 damage.

@Above
Yes, vac is very OP. It always depresses me to get inactive DS players in my games. One good vac + any aoe stun will win a team fight, black hole be damned.

[KunkkaTheAdmiral]

Some quick question regarding this mysterious DotA2 item shop I can't find, because I seem to be blind

Where is this damn thing, how does it work and can I get rid of those weird items for heroes I never use.

Oh and of course Kunkka, Axe and Necrolyte most successful heroes.

[Mouzfun]

'Store' button at the top of the main menu.

[Longview]

Some quick question regarding this mysterious DotA2 item shop I can't find, because I seem to be blind

Where is this damn thing, how does it work and can I get rid of those weird items for heroes I never use.

Oh and of course Kunkka, Axe and Necrolyte most successful heroes.

http://www.dota2.com/store/

I'm going to buy that Rhasta set.. damn.

[Zefie]

and can I get rid of those weird items for heroes I never use.

Well you can right-click delete, trade them, or if you can't be arsed just give them to me. =D

[KunkkaTheAdmiral]

Im sorry I did not mean the normal DotA2 store, maybe I could have explained it better... I heard of a market where the players trade / sell the Items they do not need or want.

Or its just a rumor ?

[Longview]

Im sorry I did not mean the normal DotA2 store, maybe I could have explained it better... I heard of a market where the players trade / sell the Items they do not need or want.

Or its just a rumor ?

http://steamcommunity.com/market/search?q=appid%3A570

[Kerdoz]

thanks im now blind due to all that white

on the real though, did anyone catch the LGD.Int vs For.Love game? Holy wow this play

I just died a little when the awful dubstep started.

[KunkkaTheAdmiral]

Thanks pretty much Longview, its not like I imagined it but its really cool to see such a feature.

Some place to trade stuff would still be awesome.

[Storm the Sorrow]

I just died a little when the awful dubstep started.

shush, you!
It's probably the only good dubstep composition ever

[Longview]

Thanks pretty much Longview, its not like I imagined it but its really cool to see such a feature.

Some place to trade stuff would still be awesome.

They're adding support for selling actual items soon (in Valve time, don't wait up). I've used this site in the past, to great success. There's also r/dota2trade, dota-trade.com, alongside a ton of trading groups on the steam platform itself.

[Finear]

i recommend www.dota2lounge.com
easy search engine and o lot of people trading stuff

[Kerdoz]

shush, you!
It's probably the only good dubstep composition ever

Was actually thinking of the huge volume increase. I tabbed when the teamfight was over, then BAM! Music starts and I had a mild heart attack.

[Underskilled]

Was actually thinking of the huge volume increase. I tabbed when the teamfight was over, then BAM! Music starts and I had a mild heart attack.

The second he said "You need some dubstep..." all I could think was "Oh, please don't".


Also, tried a couple games with Dazzle, he's fun, very defensive hero, though his lack of mobility and disable to keep himself alive was a little frustrating sometimes, felt like I needed to be babysat even going in the jungle, as Poison Touch didn't feel very reliable for escaping a bad situation.

[Olliver]

Yeah I watched the entire DK v LGD series on LD's youtube channel, some pretty amazing games. Asian teams are just so far ahead of western teams.

A team composed to western players won the group...

[Iceleaf]

I dont really have anything else to contribute on thread but..
Got 3 keys for this game, send me private message with steam link or email where I can send one. If you have friends who want the game or anything then give me your nick and we can trade it