[Megathread] DotA 2

[Hermanni]

I've several Greevils, using my Seraphic with the fairly lucky combination of Hook + Purification + Phantom Strike. The game mode seems to be much better thought out than vanilla Diretide and has fewer game-breaking bugs, no lane farming, no massive imbalances, no mandatory boss killing in the end. The games are pretty fast too, although I played games where it was back and forth teamfight mayhem for the first 5 minutes without anyone getting a score.

I imagine having a bad Greevil would hurt a bit, but at least the randomness of items keeps the chances of winning a bit more even and you can always make up for it by picking huge teamfight heroes.


If you're new to the mode, remember to change between your hero and your Greevil often. They have separate health/mana, they regenerate while not being used and their cooldowns count down. Also, your Greevil is often a lot tankier than your hero so starting in that form might be a good idea. I randomed Storm Spirit earlier and could just zip away all my mana, blink around as a Greevil for a while and switch back to full mana SS.

[Longview]

I really enjoyed this event thus far. It is always really impressing to me for a game developer to hotfix issues on the fly as they arise (Juggernaut would one-hit greevils), and hey - free hats!

[Thallidomaniac]

I imagine having a bad Greevil would hurt a bit, but at least the randomness of items keeps the chances of winning a bit more even and you can always make up for it by picking huge teamfight heroes.

The RNG on items can also throw games away, i.e. getting randomed an Aghanim's on a hero which doesn't benefit from it.

Is Divine Rapier one of the possible RNG items you can get in this mode? Would be a bitch if your team is up 10-0 and the enemy gets randomed a Rapier. Or two. Or more.

[Longview]

The RNG on items can also throw games away, i.e. getting randomed an Aghanim's on a hero which doesn't benefit from it.

Is Divine Rapier one of the possible RNG items you can get in this mode? Would be a bitch if your team is up 10-0 and the enemy gets randomed a Rapier. Or two. Or more.

Yes, I had a Rapier game earlier. We still won though, it is not that big of a deal. If you want to utilize the Rapier you need to use your hero, which is squishy.

[Nightfury Treann]

i got 2 battle points, Drow hair spike and a Greevil egg.

[Mouzfun]

yeah 2 battle points and dragon knigth shield, from a loser gifg btw.

[PizzaSHARK]

So, Polycount sets. Hate the Crystal Maiden set, looks fucking stupid. The rest are pretty good... probably give the overall win to either Rhasta or Thrall, really tough choice between those two.

[Grimsdott]

So I just tried this new mode. Pretty hillarious once you get the hang of it and team isn't retarded. Got a question though. How do you get those essences needed to customize the greevil? I didn't play a single diretide so I'm new to this stuff.

[Sackman]

Maybe for you, I do something against the norm people freak the fuck out. Witch Doctor is a support, play him as support!!! No no, I no play hem as support (gotta do this in Consuela's voices from family guy). GG games over, witch doctor is a nub.... Happens every time. Or, tiny is not carry, is support, get support items plz. No, doing a carry build. Lane partner decides to feed/rage quit/whine rest of game. Its pritty much shit like that, I always seem to get the people stuck in one mind set and won't adapt. In a Ursa game I did, got a mkb to counter their riki/pa (they had both....) got bitched at because it was "out side the norm"

Sounds like you just want to play every character as a carry, which isn't against the norm at all lol

[Deleted]

So I just tried this new mode. Pretty hillarious once you get the hang of it and team isn't retarded. Got a question though. How do you get those essences needed to customize the greevil? I didn't play a single diretide so I'm new to this stuff.

You can either trade with people or play the new mode. I'm not sure if you can actually still get eggs without paying for them or trading your way to them though.

[Faldric]

Just had the random luck of my life in greevilings. Tiny with Mjollnir, Abyssal Blade, Assaul Cuirass and Heart of Tarrasque.

[Grimsdott]

You can either trade with people or play the new mode. I'm not sure if you can actually still get eggs without paying for them or trading your way to them though.

Yeah I got the egg no problem but essences were what was bugging me. Anyway, anyone knows if there is some sort of list with what essence combos is needed for which greevil?

[Demidov]

First game on this event and I get mega-kills axe announcer \o/

Edit: to the above question:

http://www.dotacinema.com/news/guide-to-greevils

[Deleted]

Just got this game for free out of no where whoohoo! going to play it now

[NotValidAnymore]

So, I tried the new game mode, I read the instructions but didn't feel a lot wiser so I thought I'd ask.

Me: "Does anyone know how this works?"
Drow: "stfu"

That was the only answer I got. Dota 2 playerbase in a nutshell, if anything...

[Deleted]

So, I tried the new game mode, I read the instructions but didn't feel a lot wiser so I thought I'd ask.

Me: "Does anyone know how this works?"
Drow: "stfu"

That was the only answer I got. Dota 2 playerbase in a nutshell, if anything...

Not quite, the stfu needs to be in Cyrillic. Then it's 99% of the player in a nutshell (From my experience anyway)

[Deleted]

The new mode is pretty fun and if you have a really shitty greevil, like mine with 3 stat things and Rot, Ice wall, Bloodlust just pick some strong team fight heroes

KotL won me every game until now, Dirge and Tiny too. But still KotL the best results even with Armlet, Divine Rapier and Sange a. Yasha. That game was hella fun :P

[Longview]

I randomed Wisp and Shadow Fiend, they didn't seem all that potent in this game mode.

[Deleted]

So, I tried the new game mode, I read the instructions but didn't feel a lot wiser so I thought I'd ask.

Me: "Does anyone know how this works?"
Drow: "stfu"

That was the only answer I got. Dota 2 playerbase in a nutshell, if anything...

Basically, everyone gets a sock at the start with some kind of boots + other items like ice skates which make you faster on ice, etc.
Everyone has 3 skills which are seemingly randomly generated (people are reporting that their exactly-the-same-greevils have different spells) but the +stats you get seem dependent on the essences.
3 camps in 1 jungle spawns and 2 camps in other, alternating between rounds.
Getting the lasthit on the last Greevil in a camp nets your team a point, the first to 11 points wins.

Just got this game for free out of no where whoohoo! going to play it now

I hope you enjoy =D

I randomed Wisp and Shadow Fiend, they didn't seem all that potent in this game mode.

I imagine Wisp could be good if your Greevil has Laguna Blade or some other easy steal spell.

[MrDeadcruel]

My naked greevil was really bad he had rot and warlocks chain thing all lvl 1 -.- until they patched in something a hour ago where you get random third spell , got a few rares from this mode and unnusual essence that im trying to sell on community market !