General Discussion - Page 1598

On November 02 2011 09:48 x6.Chouji wrote:
Great Guide =), personally I have never gotten manta-style on Anti-mage but it is something I should start doing >_<

I used to play quite a bit of competitive DoTa in NA with CheckSix Gaming. While I have retired since, many of my old teammates have branched out into LoL, HoN and DoTa 2 (Such as EGYoda, EGDemon and EGSilent-Merc)

My favorite hero of all times is Magnataur.

I used to use 2 builds for him. One specifically for Leagues Games and Fun Games and the other specifically for Tournaments and Matches.

Starting Items (Always) - Gauntlets of Strength, Tangoes, Potion, Clarity Potion, Circlet

For "Fun" Build:
Bottle
Power Treads
Blink Dagger
Battlefury
Mask of Madness
Burize
(Sell Bottle for Assault Cuirass)
(Sell Power Treads for Boots of Teleportation)

This is strictly a pub stomp build. Magnataur was not built to be the best carry in the game (he has no scaling damage). But against lesser players and great early game farm/levels he is quite viable to be the funnest carry ever. Aggressively blinking into groups of 3-5 enemy heroes (being careful to get all stun/silence heroes) and using "Reverse Polarity" and turning on your "Mask of Madness" crushing heroes and creeps with 100% cleave (with a Battle Fury) could get you rampage if you were lucky. Wave was a great skill for early game harass and farm (in use with a Bottle). His key problem is that his ultimate has a very very long cooldown and if he does not initiate properly he can be almost useless, and die very easily.

For "Serious" Build:

His only real purpose in professional games (and sadly he was not very popular in professional DoTa) was his AoE stun. If he could get 3-5 heroes with a well timed and placed blink, he could turn the tide of any team battle. Unfortunately he was not a great laner and only a defensive solo at best (with even skill levels)

Bottle
Power Treads
Blink Dagger
Assault Cuirass
Heart of Tarrasque
Shivas

One very funny and not so funny game I played with Magnataur was versus the old Scythe (known as Zenith) and was unfortunately elected to solo against Yamateh. Yes THE Yamateh. And it was at 5 in the morning (For MyM PRide #7 or 8?)

He played PoTm at mid and it was the hardest and most frustrating lane ever. I ended up begging for a gank. He went "Beyond Godlike" that game but because we had very good team battle AoE heroes ( I don't recall the specifics) we were able to keep up somewhat, although always pressured. We were both farming up throughout the game and near the 50 minute mark we knew one battle would decide the game. We roamed as five into their forest and saw the key moment as all five of their heroes were hugging their tower in a very very close proximity and they had no vision of us. I licked my chops in anticipation and got into range of blink. My captain yelled "GOGOGOGO" into ventrillo and I clicked the ground shift+Blink Dagger+Reverse Polarity...and...and...wtfMATE?I had ulted the ground without blinking. I had ulted nothing. My teammates were not aware. An arrow hit my face. One by one we were all hunted down, without My (Magnataur's) ultimate we had no chance. A quick gg and we lost the series 1-2. Later after the adrenaline I quickly realized that their "Zeus" used his ultimate in a very skillful and probably lucky timing and disabled my blink. We were crushed.

I still love you Magnataur. There is no better feeling than Reverse Polarity'ing five heroes and getting a Rampage. None.

Farewell