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With all talk/stats about the heroes that are picked/banned, I figured out that for a change it would be interesting to talk about the one that aren't picked. The ones that are sadly shit-tier and will not see the light of day, the ones that could be used in top secret pocket strats, and the ones that nobody wants to see anyways because fuck them.
Main Event Updates:
Day 1: Jakiro makes it off the list! (Picked by MVP.H6 against IG) Down to 23 unpicked heroes, 22 if you include the wildcards.
Day 2: VG didn't get the memo that 6.83 was over and took two heroes off the list against C9. Spectre in game 1 and Sniper in game 2.
Day 3: No changes. Main event itself seems to have less diversity than groups so far. Currently at 49 unpicked heroes when looking at main even only.
Day 4: Morphling was finally picked by VG against MVP. Medusa was picked by VP.
Remaining 18 Heroes (wildcards included):
-Alchemist
-Death Prophet
-Doom
-Elder Titan
-Faceless Void
-Kunkka
-Lone Druid
-Meepo
-Mirana
-Necrophos
-Ogre Magi
-Outworld Devourer
-Pudge
-Riki
-Terrorblade
-Troll Warlord
-Warlock
-Weaver
Here are the pick counts during the qualifiers for the heroes that were still unpicked at the end of the group stage (Ursa is in the table but he was picked during the wildcards)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/GwymaNX.png)
Weaver and Morph are the most suprising ones, especially since they had good records during the qualifiers (Morph was 6/2 in the CN quals and Weaver was 5/2 during the SEA quals), and Weaver benefited quite a lot from the Deso buff.
Mirana is also a bit surprising given that Bane is quite popular so far in the group stage.
The ones at the bottom on the other hand sadly are not. DP nowdays is just a shitty version of Leshrac and TB is well TB.
Which ones do you expect to see used in pocket strats before the end of TI?
Hopefully one of the MVP teams will pull out a Warlock before going out.
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Needs more kunkka support love.
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Yea, MVP.Phoenix should pick Warlock for March in their last group stage game against Secret just for the hell of it.
He's retiring after TI, so might as well play his signature hero and go out with a bang.
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With all the gold everyone gets and the items to save teammates like Glimmer cape, I don't think LD will every come back without a buff. Buff the bear.
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It's unlikely but I want to see late game Spectre with double haunt at least once this TI
the most surprising out of this list is definitely Jakiro though, I don't think he's that bad in the meta
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I was sure vengeful spirit was completly ignored, as well as SD.
Who picked them?
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aw yeah Kunkka Support would be dope. Kunkka's one of my favorite heroes but as a carry I feel Ember kinda fills the same role better. Kunkka support is fucking legit though, I saw ppd play him on stream a while ago, I could see him giving it a go.
Also, Venge was picked by VG against Empire, SD was picked by EG against Empire and by MVP.P against Fnatic.
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I'm surprised to see Void and Jakiro there.
Medusa pretty much deserves it because of how utterly, disgustingly outclassed she is by Gyro at the moment.
Elder Titan, bar none my fave hero will probably make an appearance or two. Natural Order always finds a way
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If Magnus finds little more success during today matches, I think at least one team will try to pull out the combo with Ursa.
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On July 31 2015 00:03 xAdra wrote:
I'm surprised to see Void and Jakiro there.
Medusa pretty much deserves it because of how utterly, disgustingly outclassed she is by Gyro at the moment.
Elder Titan, bar none my fave hero will probably make an appearance or two. Natural Order always finds a way
ET is a rly good pick if someone pulls out the morph who is also on this list.
Im expecting some of these heroes to see play during TI, many of them are niche picks, but can be realy strong, like Ursa, Weaver, Doom and maybe even Medusa or Spectre.
Heroes im not expecting to see at all: Lone Druid Terrorblade, Death Prophet and OD.
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No Sniper or Troll thanks Icefrog
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Its honestly sad how honestly dog shit DP is nowadays. I really quite liked playing her but she is just completely outclassed by Lesh in every meaningful way and isn't all that playable otherwise.
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I think you should cross out ursa. He was picked by archon but that was wild card.
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no warlock is almost shocking considering the 2 Korean teams
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I want to ask something simple, which factors determine heroes popular in meta?
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I want to see Fnatic break out the Mushi OD so badly...
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I'm so sad how little love Riki gets in this game. I hope they buff him if he doesn't get picked in TI5. Great stats, thank you for the work!
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On July 31 2015 07:18 HUMMAN wrote:
I want to ask something simple, which factors determine heroes popular in meta?
I believe that an overwhelmingly strong pick will surface (Ember/Voker 6.80, DP/Razor/Brew 6.81, Sniper/Troll 6.83, Lesh/Gyro 6.84) combined with some global factors (kill gold, tower armor, comeback mechanics) which influence the pace of the game. The rest of the popular heroes will probably work well in some way with the pace of the game or the FotM pick, while those that don't fit in at all/are just dogshit weak and outclassed (like medusa and OD now) will not be picked.
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On July 31 2015 06:05 LemOn wrote:
no warlock is almost shocking considering the 2 Korean teams
saving the strats for bracket
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On July 31 2015 08:59 Imperfect1987 wrote:
I'm so sad how little love Riki gets in this game. I hope they buff him if he doesn't get picked in TI5. Great stats, thank you for the work!
I'd rather not, if they buff him anymore, he'll be the next pub cancer.
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EPT
