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Please keep the QQ to a minimum if you do not like this update. We are happy to hear your reasoning for not liking a ranked system, but no "OMG VOLVO WHY" posts.
ChunderBoy
Profile Joined August 2011
3242 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-17 14:56:40
January 17 2014 14:56 GMT
#2141
facing es is my biggest horror at 6k rating.
that hero is just rly rly rly dumb.
"mmr is a social construct" - tumblr
govie
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
9334 Posts
January 17 2014 15:03 GMT
#2142
i can confirm that around 2 - 3k he is one of the easiest heros to play against. But when u encounter someone that practised him, he quickly takes over the pace of the game.
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Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
January 17 2014 15:07 GMT
#2143
The hero looks marginally impressive but 90% of the time as long as you can

1. turn on moba keys
2. hover mouse over enemy hero
3. Press DEW in rapid sucession
4. wait .5 seconds
5. Press Q

That's pretty much all it takes to use the hero effectively

The problem imo isn't too much innate brokenness, but a kit that abuses Dota2 engine and 0 animations in a way that abilities that should require some thought or execution simply don't

When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
TRAP[yoo]
Profile Joined December 2009
Hungary6026 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-17 15:14:58
January 17 2014 15:13 GMT
#2144
On January 17 2014 23:35 nojok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2014 22:38 Laurens wrote:
To summarize ES:

- there is no hero who has even close to the game impact es has
- low skill requirement
- From lvl 3 you can just reliably gank every lane

- 45% win rate in pubs

Some elements seem to be missing in this theorycrafting.

Prepatch bat had similar winrate before TI3 in pubs... It's broken when people has a clue at what they do, not that it's hard to execute.

not only when the player has a clue...you also rely on your teammates and if you have teammates that go 0-10 after 10minutes and the enemy carry is really fat he doesnt care about ES that much. i had a game with jerax in which he had around 25-3 and we still lost because our carry and potm had no clue how to play (=zero items)
edit: and please dont take winrate as the only factor that matters. reminds me of david kim and his approach to balance -.-
FTD
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
January 17 2014 15:19 GMT
#2145
On January 18 2014 00:07 Kupon3ss wrote:
The hero looks marginally impressive but 90% of the time as long as you can

1. turn on moba keys
2. hover mouse over enemy hero
3. Press DEW in rapid sucession
4. wait .5 seconds
5. Press Q

That's pretty much all it takes to use the hero effectively

The problem imo isn't too much innate brokenness, but a kit that abuses Dota2 engine and 0 animations in a way that abilities that should require some thought or execution simply don't


You mean the hero with a built in Forcestaff, AOE silence, AOE stun and blink dagger with a 4 second cool down at max level isn't completely fair? And his chainable, AOE damage over time it's just icing on the cake.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-17 15:25:02
January 17 2014 15:24 GMT
#2146
wrong thread.
mnck
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1518 Posts
January 17 2014 15:33 GMT
#2147
Whenever I hear people say ES isn't overpowered I'm thinking they havn't actually given the hero a try and seen what his spells are capable of. Since he is so insanely strong from lvl 3 all the way up to lvl 16, you have to basically completely alter your play around what ES is doing in the early game. No other hero can destroy lanes as easily as him, and he does it from already lvl 3.

Batrider at least had to flash farm dagger for 9 mins before he became an unstoppable destroyer of lanes, es just needs lvl 3 to do the same.

@Munck
-Celestial-
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom3867 Posts
January 17 2014 16:05 GMT
#2148
On January 17 2014 22:38 Laurens wrote:
To summarize ES:

- there is no hero who has even close to the game impact es has
- low skill requirement
- From lvl 3 you can just reliably gank every lane

- 45% win rate in pubs

Some elements seem to be missing in this theorycrafting.



The missing element is that the average pubber has no clue how to play him to make it easy on themselves and get tons of ganks off, guaranteed.

Its like...I dunno...Gondar maybe? Gondar does really well with Phase/Drums, maybe a medallion and whatever. And at low levels invisibility=invincibility so you should be able to gank consistently until they start moving as 5. But your average pubber builds a Battlefury instead, then wonders why they're not doing too much.
"Protoss simultaneously feels unbeatably strong and unwinnably weak." - kcdc
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15846 Posts
January 17 2014 16:08 GMT
#2149
On January 18 2014 00:19 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2014 00:07 Kupon3ss wrote:
The hero looks marginally impressive but 90% of the time as long as you can

1. turn on moba keys
2. hover mouse over enemy hero
3. Press DEW in rapid sucession
4. wait .5 seconds
5. Press Q

That's pretty much all it takes to use the hero effectively

The problem imo isn't too much innate brokenness, but a kit that abuses Dota2 engine and 0 animations in a way that abilities that should require some thought or execution simply don't


You mean the hero with a built in Forcestaff, AOE silence, AOE stun and blink dagger with a 4 second cool down at max level isn't completely fair? And his chainable, AOE damage over time it's just icing on the cake.

Let's give him some CK level animations :D Guys I raise my arm watchout, I will do something! Oh out of range, too bad. It coumd be a nice start, an animation on the ston so you have to think a bit ahead of time where you want to place it instead of DEWRQ in a flash or whatever combo.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12279 Posts
January 17 2014 16:31 GMT
#2150
I had a pretty tough lane as mid ES against Necro. I imagine TA wouldn't be much fun either.
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TRAP[yoo]
Profile Joined December 2009
Hungary6026 Posts
January 17 2014 16:33 GMT
#2151
On January 18 2014 01:31 Excalibur_Z wrote:
I had a pretty tough lane as mid ES against Necro. I imagine TA wouldn't be much fun either.

by that you mean that he had more cs but you could easily kill him after reaching lvl 6?
FTD
toemn
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany915 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-17 16:35:12
January 17 2014 16:34 GMT
#2152
I'm only 4700 trench tier and in this bracket Earth isn't the biggest problem. Often times when he is instapicked people will moan etc. and the morale is pretty low when he gets the first couple of kills. But it's Dota and you can easily come back from this when your lineup has atleast one farming core and you have the right mindset and don't give up early. LC with Blink and Huskarr are pretty good against him. I'd say in my bracket (4700+) he doesnt win games by himself anymore. But yes he needs another slight nerf like casttime for the stones (might be too big idk).

Disclaimer: This is subjective and only applies to my low tier and own experience. I am sure since the majority here is 5.5k+ that he is a lot more abused there, esp when played in a stack and people coordinate mid ganks all the time (ES guarantees a mid kill almost everytime). After all those weeks I don't fear him that much anymore and I don't think he is Lycan or Centaur tier prenerf.

Pls no flame me

edit: TA is pretty good against him indeed in midlane.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
January 17 2014 16:36 GMT
#2153
Remind me to dig up the replay of my game yesterday where the absolute worst player in the game was an ES picker on the other team and he still had the biggest game impact because he had 2 hands and circulating blood.
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
January 17 2014 18:15 GMT
#2154
On January 18 2014 01:34 toemn wrote:
I'm only 4700 trench tier and in this bracket Earth isn't the biggest problem. Often times when he is instapicked people will moan etc. and the morale is pretty low when he gets the first couple of kills. But it's Dota and you can easily come back from this when your lineup has atleast one farming core and you have the right mindset and don't give up early. LC with Blink and Huskarr are pretty good against him. I'd say in my bracket (4700+) he doesnt win games by himself anymore. But yes he needs another slight nerf like casttime for the stones (might be too big idk).
.

pls, 4700 is not trench
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
January 17 2014 18:17 GMT
#2155
"Trench" (noun): Whatever my current MMR is.
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HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
January 17 2014 18:19 GMT
#2156
On January 18 2014 03:15 ahswtini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2014 01:34 toemn wrote:
I'm only 4700 trench tier and in this bracket Earth isn't the biggest problem. Often times when he is instapicked people will moan etc. and the morale is pretty low when he gets the first couple of kills. But it's Dota and you can easily come back from this when your lineup has atleast one farming core and you have the right mindset and don't give up early. LC with Blink and Huskarr are pretty good against him. I'd say in my bracket (4700+) he doesnt win games by himself anymore. But yes he needs another slight nerf like casttime for the stones (might be too big idk).
.

pls, 4700 is not trench



All of MMR is a trench. It's like one of those fractal graphs where you just keep zooming out and everything remains the same just in a different scale.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
January 17 2014 18:26 GMT
#2157
I live in the trench and understand it. I am one with it and I call tell you it is not 4700.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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SkelA
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Macedonia13092 Posts
January 17 2014 18:31 GMT
#2158
Why are ppl playing AP in ranked in the first place? I think I've gotten like 2-3 AP games in ranked with CM,CD,AP modes picked.
Stork and KHAN fan till 2012 ...
Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
January 17 2014 18:37 GMT
#2159
trench and elo hell are simply a state of mind, they exist wherever one believes they do
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
January 17 2014 18:39 GMT
#2160
On January 18 2014 03:31 SkelA wrote:
Why are ppl playing AP in ranked in the first place? I think I've gotten like 2-3 AP games in ranked with CM,CD,AP modes picked.

Because playing the drafting modes with 4 randoms has very little real meaning.
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