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Narcind

Sweden2489 Posts

September 13 2012 14:38 GMT

#20501

On September 13 2012 23:35 PassiveAce wrote:

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There are a lot of heroes where control groups are basically mandatory.
Basically anything with summons or necrobook you want control keys for imo.

I do fine with just boxing and tabbing through stuff

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

September 13 2012 14:40 GMT

#20502

Boxing feels really awkward in Dota2, so I dont like to do it.
They captured the feel of war3 boxing perfectly

Unleashing

Denmark14978 Posts

September 13 2012 14:45 GMT

#20503

On September 13 2012 23:33 Canas wrote:
I just use 1-5 and tilde for items, you really don't need control groups for dota. MAYBE if you're going to play meepo, but that's about it.

What? There are multiple heroes where control groups are pretty fucking useful and up your game.

Chen, enchantress, morphling, lycan, LD, visage, invoker and necrobooks.
And prolly heroes i forgot.
Control groups are too useful to not use imo.

For chen and enchantress having control groups is needed for obvious reasons, for morph it's to be able to keep tabs on your replicate all the time, lycan to body body while keeping control of your hero, LD to control hero and bear at the same time + body block as well, visage is obvious as to why control groups are needed.

Tobberoth

Sweden6375 Posts

September 13 2012 14:54 GMT

#20504

Personally, I use the mouse forward and back buttons, and then 1-4 for items. I use the use F keys for control groups (though I rarely use them). I have my "hero button" on space and "select other units" on Tilde, which is usually enough. For heroes like Lycan and Enigma, I also bind hero & minions on F1. That gives me enough control and any more would be hard for me to handle. For example when microing wolfs during jungling, I just press tilde and click the portrait of the wolf being damaged.

Dattish

Sweden6297 Posts

September 13 2012 15:06 GMT

#20505

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rob.au

1087 Posts

September 13 2012 15:29 GMT

#20506

I feel like using alt q alt w etc...works out better than 12345 anyway, obviously have no scientific proof that it's better though.

Qbek

Poland12923 Posts

September 13 2012 15:33 GMT

#20507

It's all personal preference. I would never go for pressing 2 keys simultaneously over a single one, even if it's quite a stretch

Shikyo

Finland33997 Posts

September 13 2012 15:36 GMT

#20508

On September 13 2012 17:13 Kiante wrote:

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you've never even played sniper in dota2. how would you know what happens every single time?

I'm assuming it's same as in dota1 o.o

Kznn

Brazil9072 Posts

September 13 2012 15:42 GMT

#20509

singsing is online
FUCK YEAH

Bash

Finland1533 Posts

September 13 2012 15:46 GMT

#20510

Singsing playing some crappy tournament for no prize with tobi and dendi and some others. Might be amusing.

kju

6143 Posts

September 13 2012 15:49 GMT

#20511

On September 14 2012 00:42 Kznn wrote:
singsing is online
FUCK YEAH

oh how I missed his stream

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

September 13 2012 15:50 GMT

#20512

On September 13 2012 23:15 Nevuk wrote:
With a single point in decrep you just have to cast nether blast before decrepping them if you want the extra damage. 4-1-4 works pretty well.

It's situational.

If you're mid you want that 1 point Decrepify almost always because you're going to gank, but max Blast + max Ward dictates the point at which your pushing power is strongest. If you're in an uneven sidelane (2v1 or 3v1) where the solo against you isn't going to put themselves in a situation where you can kill them, 4-0-4-0 makes that timing 1 level earlier, which can translate into getting a tower that you wouldn't otherwise get at that point. This is especially noteworthy given how much slower you level in a sidelane than you do as a solo.

Primal666

Slovenia418 Posts

September 13 2012 16:26 GMT

#20513

sing just killed morph 1v1 as wr o.0

Qbek

Poland12923 Posts

September 13 2012 16:28 GMT

#20514

On September 14 2012 01:26 Primal666 wrote:
sing just killed morph 1v1 as wr o.0

Morph didn't morph at all

Bash

Finland1533 Posts

September 13 2012 16:31 GMT

#20515

Morph also has manaboots.

On that note, so does sing. Funny how he gets phase boots on every hero whether it's good or not and then doesn't get phase on wr. Not that it's weird on wr, just weird on sing.

Qbek

Poland12923 Posts

September 13 2012 16:34 GMT

#20516

On September 14 2012 01:31 Bash wrote:
Morph also has manaboots.

On that note, so does sing. Funny how he gets phase boots on every hero whether it's good or not and then doesn't get phase on wr. Not that it's weird on wr, just weird on sing.

IT'S NOT THE REAL SING