[Megathread] DotA 2

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I personally just want to sit back relax learn how to play a bit and play a few games everynow and then. But so far I have done 2 games and still getting the hang of it and each game I got someone running there mouth because of the fact I am new and messed up a few times.

We won both games as well I like Dota2 so far but personally I think the community is going to push me away from it at some point.

On the plus side I did like playing Dragon Knight

If you want to see what heroes do, to try various items and to have none comment, make yourself a game with bots.

If you want to learn how to play the game,being commented on each time you do a mistake is 100% part of the package. And some mistakes that may seem small to you now cost your team the game.

[Longview]

I was scrolling through posts and saw your name.
Is it weird that it made me remember Rhasta?

no

its the only hero I dont suck ass with

carry rhasta is broken as hell

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no

its the only hero I dont suck ass with

carry rhasta is broken as hell

But he can't even attack during his disable

[Finear]

But he can't even attack during his disable

shackle into
ward trap
+hex duration of 3.5 (or vice versa)

more than enough to kill someone

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shackle into
ward trap
+hex duration of 3.5 (or vice versa)

more than enough to kill someone

If only there was a cheap item to counter ward traps.

[Finear]

If only there was a cheap item to counter ward traps.

so put wards 1st and shackle if they have phase ;s

[Deleted]

so put wards 1st and shackle if they have phase ;s

Sure, but that doesn't usually guarantee a kill.

[Hermanni]

Nothing usually guarantees a kill. Except Culling Blade.

[Finear]

Sure, but that doesn't usually guarantee a kill.

obviously ;p but if you are popping all your CDs on one hero make sure hes dead

in a sense that wasting resources is (less in early game) bad

[Charge me Doctor]

Nothing usually guarantees a kill. Except Culling Blade.

Do ghost form blocks that 1 million damage overkill of culling blade? I recall it actually blocking it

[Finear]

Do ghost form blocks that 1 million damage overkill of culling blade? I recall it actually blocking it

nope culling blade removes all buffs from target before dealing dmg

[Charge me Doctor]

nope culling blade removes all buffs from target before dealing dmg

Then abaddons ult?

[spaace]

Culling doesn't go through abaddon's ult.


OH MAN.. I swear to god everyone has a hardon for Phantom Lancer lately.. every game last night (7), and every one had one.. hella annoying D: /rant

[Deleted]

obviously ;p but if you are popping all your CDs on one hero make sure hes dead

in a sense that wasting resources is (less in early game) bad

Sure, but what I meant was that the combo is weak in many situations.

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In the last few weeks that I've been playing DOTA2 I've learned a few things, apart from the obvious horribad UI and the movement system that I just can't seem to get used to.

- There is an insane amount of trolls. It's just ludicrous how many feeding (on purpose, because they laugh at it at the end of the match and end up with 0/30-40 or more) players there are, it seems a lot of them come from china, poland and russia because of their names and language they use.
- Communication abuse is beyond all comprehension, the racism, insulting, the downright mind boggling hate that spews from the other side is even worse than in LoL and I thought I had seen the worst of it when playing on XBLive and LoL - Well, I was proven wrong.

And finally, there's way too much rock, paper, scissors.

I like the game but they really, really should fix the UI and do some other changes that would make the game more responsive and less "Your set up is what matters, not your personal ability".

Edit:
I'm a DOTA noob, but then again if they want to attract new players they might consider a few changes to the old formula instead of just redoing the same ol', same ol'.

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and less "Your set up is what matters, not your personal ability".

This is mostly because in crap MMRs, people pick what is basically equivalent to a Heimer, GP, Nasus, Panth, Corki lineup.

Culling doesn't go through abaddon's ult.

It does if you cast it before it pops.

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Valve recently lowered the amount of regions you can queue to 6, but I don't think that's enough. I think you should only be able to queue 1 region at a time. The only downside to that is potentially higher queue times, but literally every game I play there are russians who refuse to communicate in english, even though it's on Europe West.

What do you guys think of this?

[Scummer]

Hmm just unboxed two of the new chests and got the mythical Axe axe and the CK helm. I'm chuffed.

[Lysah]

This Lone Druid immortal item...

[Lillpapps]

It does if you cast it before it pops.

Doesnt matter if it is activated or not, if abaddon is below 300/450/625 hp he dies. Culling does go through Abaddon's ult.