General Discussion - Page 1672

On December 14 2012 13:35 Haee wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if I like the direction DotA is headed in. I feel that Ice intentionally aimed games right now and competitive games being around 30 minutes or so (something that Ice was vocal about) but the average competitive games right now seems to be what maelk feared, the game is becoming too snowbally imo.

So, I think your average game length right now is intentional on Ice's part but the "way" he did it was by promoting the amount of bounty you gain for killing heroes but there was something that was beautiful or at the very least appreciative of farming in DotA that the Chinese teams did so well that became a bit more muted now. Whether people liked it or not, the Chinese style almost proved superior in everyway as shown in TI2 with the exception of Na'vi and to be frank, Na'vi had a signature style of their own to focus solely on the midgame (dendi quoted something similar to the lines or "why go late game when you can win earlier") that was fun to spectate. Im not a Navi fanboy but they played their style BEST during TI + TI2 whereas right now, like I watch recent games and can't help but feel that every single team is playing the way na'vi used to play because even having a late game almost seems nonexistent. I guess the point I'm ultimately trying to make here is that the recent changes I feel really shows us the same sort of games stylistically of being aggressive (even Chinese teams) 24/7.

We still have impressive 1 hour epics, it's just that I feel we're seeing less of them.

On December 14 2012 12:19 FuzzyJAM wrote:
So what items do you go for on Timbersaw? Bloodstone seems obvious but what else?

On December 14 2012 12:46 Nilrem wrote:


When in doubt, get Shadowblade! But in all seriousness, I am not sure. When going against the computer, been trying with and without quelling blade and I just find it to be quite difficult to last hit without one. Can go like quelling blade, tango, 2 branches, clarity and a salve. With the branches and blade, it makes last hitting much easier but argh, so difficult.

I do love the low cost of whirling blade, can use it several times without being depleted.

Oh and I did find something neat with Shadowblade. You use your ult and than go invis to stay alive and hopefully avoid dying!

But yeah, here is a question. since blood stone gives mana regen, should we disassemble arcane boots and go to treads or go for bot for pushing lanes?

Oh and final thought, what of initiation items for him. Been just thinking of getting blink or something with him, but not sure why I keep thinking of getting him an item like that (since has chain).

Edit: Adding more info