• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 15:34
CET 21:34
KST 05:34
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Finals Preview: Sweet Victory!12[ASL22] Ro4 Preview: Mirror Mirror6[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach5[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5
Community News
[BSL23] RO16 Group Stage12Weekly Cups (Nov 2-8): herO back on top?2Weekly Cups (Oct 26 - Nov 1): MaxPax, herO, Solar win0Weekly Cups (October 19-25): Clem triples first in 5.0.175Evil Geniuses - shutting down23
StarCraft 2
General
Serral's getting trashed by New Catsle's Mind Weekly Cups (Nov 2-8): herO back on top? Liquibets sc2 season 30 No more SC2 streamers on team liquid? StarCraft open world shooter announced at BlizzCon
Tourneys
soO & FanTaSy return! SC2 Kevin Scrim 4v4 (Nov 16) RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-22 Tasteless Time Warp: SC Evo Showmatch (May 25) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament iNu's Battles #22
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
Starcraft 2 Advance [G] How to playtest arcade maps [D] the control group Simple Questions/Answers
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 551 Robotic Revival Mutation # 550 Graveyard Shift Mutation # 549 Endless Sparkles
Brood War
General
List of top players active on ShieldBattery BW General Discussion [BSL23] RO16 Group Stage screpdb: new Starcraft reporting tool [BW] Looking for Clan Thread!
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues 2v2v2v2 Tournament Stage 1: Community Poll [$1250] International ShieldBattery League Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Nuke strategy worked in K-League 2026-11-09 50,000-Word Terran Builds Memo 2026-10-22 Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy)
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile General RTS Discussion Thread ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live!
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25!
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
Trading/Investing Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Dating: How's your luck? European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread US Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
Fan Club Resource Thread Reynor Fan Club The Flash Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
The time I organised my…
AssyrianKing
Why I built Repalyzer (1.1.…
BlueStar
Innovate or Game Over?
TrAiDoS
ShieldBattery on Mac
Kraekkling
[ASL22] Ro4 Day1 Ticket Giv…
bITt.mAN
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 14721 users

General Discussion - Page 182

Forum Index > Dota 2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 180 181 182 183 184 6534 Next
IRC chatter should remain in IRC - http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=tl.dota2

Posts that relate to topics with their own thread, such as in News, Tournaments or Strategy should go in those threads.
Pseudoku
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada1279 Posts
March 07 2012 03:54 GMT
#3621
On March 07 2012 12:46 NB wrote:
correct me if im wrong but i remember me right click to the ground really fast when i got called by axe in dota1 will make my attacks canceled on him therefore doesnt trigger his passive

is it the same in dota2? ~_~


Doing that in dota 1 would make you actually take more dmg... since it checks as soon as the attack starts, not when the attack lands.
Logic fails because we are lazy.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
March 07 2012 03:59 GMT
#3622
On March 07 2012 12:46 NB wrote:
correct me if im wrong but i remember me right click to the ground really fast when i got called by axe in dota1 will make my attacks canceled on him therefore doesnt trigger his passive

is it the same in dota2? ~_~

should be, same goes with spamming S lol
POGGERS
JeeJee
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
March 07 2012 04:24 GMT
#3623
On March 07 2012 12:59 konadora wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2012 12:46 NB wrote:
correct me if im wrong but i remember me right click to the ground really fast when i got called by axe in dota1 will make my attacks canceled on him therefore doesnt trigger his passive

is it the same in dota2? ~_~

should be, same goes with spamming S lol


Nooooo don't do this.
Wait for call to end, doing anything else will make it worse. Axe doesn't like it when you struggle.
(\o/)  If you want it, you find a way. Otherwise you find excuses. No exceptions.
 /_\   aka Shinbi (requesting a name change since 27/05/09 ☺)
ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
March 07 2012 04:52 GMT
#3624
If you spam ANY action during the influence of Beserkers call, you are essentially giving his passive an additional chance to proc for EVERY action you spam.

DONT DO IT.

If you're called, just hope you don't die.
secret - never again
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 05:19:55
March 07 2012 05:19 GMT
#3625
In dota 1, i think spamming S or cancelling has 1 benefit which is the fact that it makes you does not break invis Not sure if it was ever changed.

In dota 2 it seems that you can't do that anymore ( as in berserker call will call you out of invis no matter if you spam cancel or S)

Anyone can confirm/correct me if i'm wrong?
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
March 07 2012 05:34 GMT
#3626
lol thought it always worked, oh well learning something new every day :p
POGGERS
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
March 07 2012 05:48 GMT
#3627
On March 07 2012 12:22 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2012 10:43 rabidch wrote:
hmm yeah... i think theres going to be a return to teamfight magic damage centric lineups, but this time with different heroes. after seeing the buffs on qop, necro, lina, lesh, veil of discord, linkens, necronomicon, and all this on top of the strength carries who have great utilities and the return of treant. and chinese games are getting back to drawn out teamfight endgames. of course some heroes still break this mold but i'm glad to see weirder lineups in dota1 these days.

Have you seen DK vs LGD yet? DK ran another teamfight magic damage comp as well.

Show nested quote +
On March 07 2012 10:45 hideo wrote:
I think he was pushing it more as an alternative to vanguard... which he thought was too defensive a pickup vs sange -> halberd.

A lot of Chinese players have stopped buying Vanguard after the nerf, opting either to buy Janggo, Vitality Booster, or one of the Ogre Axe items instead. There are a few situations where someone happens to end up wanting all 3 Vanguard parts and so ends up building Vanguard anyway, but IMO at this point it's not an item you'll expressly make unless you already wanted all 3 of the parts individually (e.g. you started with Stout, were in a lane where you feel you need the RoH regen to stay in lane, and needed a direct HP source as well soon after that).


Don't you think part of the fact people stop buying vanguards is that the meta is pushing, and vanguard is just an item to survive the end of the early game slash beginning of mid game where ganks are happening. Survive those get more farm for the real damage dealing items.

I never really liked Vanguard anyways, except on like, Viper Razor Axe Spectre, I hate it on carries like AM I think its almost silly to waste 1900 gold on the vit booster and RoH when you can just get the persev done or claymore.
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
March 07 2012 06:09 GMT
#3628
On March 07 2012 14:19 dtz wrote:
In dota 1, i think spamming S or cancelling has 1 benefit which is the fact that it makes you does not break invis Not sure if it was ever changed.

In dota 2 it seems that you can't do that anymore ( as in berserker call will call you out of invis no matter if you spam cancel or S)

Anyone can confirm/correct me if i'm wrong?

ya, this too... force out of invi is anoying T_T
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 06:52:25
March 07 2012 06:39 GMT
#3629
On March 07 2012 14:48 Zlasher wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2012 12:22 TheYango wrote:
On March 07 2012 10:43 rabidch wrote:
hmm yeah... i think theres going to be a return to teamfight magic damage centric lineups, but this time with different heroes. after seeing the buffs on qop, necro, lina, lesh, veil of discord, linkens, necronomicon, and all this on top of the strength carries who have great utilities and the return of treant. and chinese games are getting back to drawn out teamfight endgames. of course some heroes still break this mold but i'm glad to see weirder lineups in dota1 these days.

Have you seen DK vs LGD yet? DK ran another teamfight magic damage comp as well.

On March 07 2012 10:45 hideo wrote:
I think he was pushing it more as an alternative to vanguard... which he thought was too defensive a pickup vs sange -> halberd.

A lot of Chinese players have stopped buying Vanguard after the nerf, opting either to buy Janggo, Vitality Booster, or one of the Ogre Axe items instead. There are a few situations where someone happens to end up wanting all 3 Vanguard parts and so ends up building Vanguard anyway, but IMO at this point it's not an item you'll expressly make unless you already wanted all 3 of the parts individually (e.g. you started with Stout, were in a lane where you feel you need the RoH regen to stay in lane, and needed a direct HP source as well soon after that).


Don't you think part of the fact people stop buying vanguards is that the meta is pushing, and vanguard is just an item to survive the end of the early game slash beginning of mid game where ganks are happening. Survive those get more farm for the real damage dealing items.

I never really liked Vanguard anyways, except on like, Viper Razor Axe Spectre, I hate it on carries like AM I think its almost silly to waste 1900 gold on the vit booster and RoH when you can just get the persev done or claymore.

somebody didnt play dota during the vanguard era

ripped from playdota forums
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=366682

6.73 - HP Bonus decreased from 275 to 250
6.68 - HP bonus from 300 to 275
6.65 - Damage block reduced from 40 to 20 when equipped on ranged heroes (50% less block like stout and Poor Man's Shield)

6.60 - Improved block chances (65->70%)
6.60 - Improved health regeneration (5->6 hp)
6.55 - Increased Vanguard hitpoints by 50
6.50 - Improved Vanguard a little

can see now it just keeps getting less cost effective. it still fills a hole for the heroes that need the hp and sometimes the damage block but it aint the item it once was
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
March 07 2012 07:07 GMT
#3630
Krob vanguard

(-_-)
WriterXiao8~~
PHILtheTANK
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1834 Posts
March 07 2012 07:44 GMT
#3631
On March 07 2012 15:09 NB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2012 14:19 dtz wrote:
In dota 1, i think spamming S or cancelling has 1 benefit which is the fact that it makes you does not break invis Not sure if it was ever changed.

In dota 2 it seems that you can't do that anymore ( as in berserker call will call you out of invis no matter if you spam cancel or S)

Anyone can confirm/correct me if i'm wrong?

ya, this too... force out of invi is anoying T_T


Was playing a game today as Brood where I got 5 sec arrowed, and then went back invis, Axe runs up to me calls, and since i was stunned I couldn't attack him and reveal myself. First time arrow has saved my life.
Jieun <3
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
March 07 2012 08:37 GMT
#3632
On March 07 2012 15:39 rabidch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2012 14:48 Zlasher wrote:
On March 07 2012 12:22 TheYango wrote:
On March 07 2012 10:43 rabidch wrote:
hmm yeah... i think theres going to be a return to teamfight magic damage centric lineups, but this time with different heroes. after seeing the buffs on qop, necro, lina, lesh, veil of discord, linkens, necronomicon, and all this on top of the strength carries who have great utilities and the return of treant. and chinese games are getting back to drawn out teamfight endgames. of course some heroes still break this mold but i'm glad to see weirder lineups in dota1 these days.

Have you seen DK vs LGD yet? DK ran another teamfight magic damage comp as well.

On March 07 2012 10:45 hideo wrote:
I think he was pushing it more as an alternative to vanguard... which he thought was too defensive a pickup vs sange -> halberd.

A lot of Chinese players have stopped buying Vanguard after the nerf, opting either to buy Janggo, Vitality Booster, or one of the Ogre Axe items instead. There are a few situations where someone happens to end up wanting all 3 Vanguard parts and so ends up building Vanguard anyway, but IMO at this point it's not an item you'll expressly make unless you already wanted all 3 of the parts individually (e.g. you started with Stout, were in a lane where you feel you need the RoH regen to stay in lane, and needed a direct HP source as well soon after that).


Don't you think part of the fact people stop buying vanguards is that the meta is pushing, and vanguard is just an item to survive the end of the early game slash beginning of mid game where ganks are happening. Survive those get more farm for the real damage dealing items.

I never really liked Vanguard anyways, except on like, Viper Razor Axe Spectre, I hate it on carries like AM I think its almost silly to waste 1900 gold on the vit booster and RoH when you can just get the persev done or claymore.

somebody didnt play dota during the vanguard era

ripped from playdota forums
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=366682

6.73 - HP Bonus decreased from 275 to 250
6.68 - HP bonus from 300 to 275
6.65 - Damage block reduced from 40 to 20 when equipped on ranged heroes (50% less block like stout and Poor Man's Shield)

6.60 - Improved block chances (65->70%)
6.60 - Improved health regeneration (5->6 hp)
6.55 - Increased Vanguard hitpoints by 50
6.50 - Improved Vanguard a little

can see now it just keeps getting less cost effective. it still fills a hole for the heroes that need the hp and sometimes the damage block but it aint the item it once was


I never played Dota competitively (only with friends when we LAN'd up and with my brother, dorm mates, etc. ever since the version 5.29 era) until Dota2 beta which I got into around September. No I didn't play during the vanguard era but I played when all those stats were on the purchasable aegis lol. Yeah its been buffed constantly and only was nerfed recently, which i didn't play on, but that doesn't change the fact that RIGHT NOW in THIS version, I do not like Vanguard on so many heroes. I said nothing of not liking it during the 'vanguard era' lol
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
Yoshi-
Profile Joined October 2008
Germany10227 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 09:31:30
March 07 2012 09:10 GMT
#3633
On March 07 2012 12:46 NB wrote:
correct me if im wrong but i remember me right click to the ground really fast when i got called by axe in dota1 will make my attacks canceled on him therefore doesnt trigger his passive

is it the same in dota2? ~_~

Nope, cancelling your animation would result in even more spins from axe.
Counter Helix progs when the attack gets started and not when axe gets damaged

e: okay was already said
not jack
Profile Joined February 2012
123 Posts
March 07 2012 09:43 GMT
#3634
Vanguard is still easily the most cost-efficient item in the game, but you're right that it is bad when a hero gets it instead of a farming item if they're not in extreme danger and not going to teamfight too much.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 09:56:03
March 07 2012 09:53 GMT
#3635
On March 07 2012 18:43 not jack wrote:
Vanguard is still easily the most cost-efficient item in the game, but you're right that it is bad when a hero gets it instead of a farming item if they're not in extreme danger and not going to teamfight too much.

It's not and it never has been. That would be Ironwood Branches. Even if you're choosing similar-costed items to compare cost-effectiveness, Mekansm and Janggo are still more cost-effective than Vanguard.

Comparing pure cost-effectiveness has always been awkward with DotA items though because of how larger items are generally less cost-effective (to account for the fact that they take up less slots).
Moderator
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
March 07 2012 10:54 GMT
#3636
I love Yango.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
March 07 2012 12:04 GMT
#3637
digging darkseer jungle so far... you should be reaching lv 6 at the same time as solo mid if do it correctly @_@... sadly its a bit hard to gank using jungle darkseer...

If anyone has any good method of ganking from jungle as darkseer please do tell... i think just run out with shell and chase them is a bit too risky and fragile (unless you have a good line up builld around DS which dont happen in pub) -_-... Also since ganking isnt guarantee money, sometime its better just to stay jungle ~_~...

also how do you build DS item wise? I have been going mana boot lately but i did say some people bought the tranquil to get the early healing and void stone for mana instead. Core is always scepter into refresher :-/...
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 12:52:08
March 07 2012 12:32 GMT
#3638
Ion shell yourself, come from behind, Vacuum him towards the direction of your tower, block him, surge, collect kill

if needed surge your team mates.

But its fairly situational, in some situations you can also ion shell your team mates(stuff like bounty hunter Ion shell is trololololol btw)like Rikimaru or heroes who have jump skills(and may or may not have bought boots) then surge them. There is no ''this is how you do it'' Dark Seer is very versatile in that.

As for building him, vanguard to arcane boots boots(can swap these around) you can go soul ring aswell if you like but its not always needed and can delay other items. Look if you need a pipe(you usually need one) then go Aghanims and collect win.
WriterXiao8~~
Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
March 07 2012 14:01 GMT
#3639
I just dont know how to deal with Ursa. I got NO idea.
This game I just played was so stupid.
Me as Sand King and Sniper lane. Enemy lane was Ursa and Axe. In lane, Ursa got no kills at all. Got 1 assist from a gank. Sniper useless as ever just didnt lasthit at all and didnt harras too. Basicly he did a A-Click somewhere in the mid of the lane and nothing else. I could get near Ursa cause he would kill me in lane with Axe since sniper was no help at all (at least for our team). But I managed to get some farm. I got treats, blink dagger and a Urn pretty fast. Ursa meanwhile went roaming and just murdered everyone except bot lane.
When we put some efford in teamfight we win most of them narrowly mostly 4v5. It looked all good until Ursa got a Roshan and aegis and from there on he just murdered everyone with 4 hits at a tower, died, respawned and ran away. In the end he was 10/0/4 or something.

Also at my lowest Elo just about everyone is offended if you ask them for help or tell them what not to do and arent cooperative at all. The game itself is fun, but I cant just win because people dont know how to play it at all. And I'm not a pro, but stuff like lasthitting or not running solo into enemy teams is something most pubs at my level dont do.
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
March 07 2012 15:22 GMT
#3640
idk ursa is just ridiculous, whole game went well, ursa got little to no kills, 30 minutes into game ursa destroys everyone

what the fuck lol

only one game we didn't lose was having like 5 spare disables to use on him -_- even then he was a tough bitch because he had frigging bkb lol
POGGERS
Prev 1 180 181 182 183 184 6534 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
3D!Clan Event
01:30
Autumn Series Playoffs
3DClanTV 54
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 581
EmSc Tv 25
StarCraft: Brood War
Shuttle 398
soO 14
LuMiX 3
Dota 2
BananaSlamJamma384
League of Legends
Trikslyr50
Counter-Strike
pashabiceps3147
byalli786
gobbtv208
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu481
Other Games
tarik_tv5514
Grubby1811
Liquid`RaSZi1758
fl0m960
Beastyqt824
B2W.Neo528
shahzam369
XaKoH 179
QueenE94
C9.Mang079
Mew2King60
Railgan38
UpATreeSC32
PiGStarcraft1
Organizations
StarCraft 2
EmSc Tv 25
EmSc2Tv 25
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Reevou 5
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• FirePhoenix12
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 2169
• WagamamaTV158
League of Legends
• TFBlade955
Other Games
• imaqtpie1261
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
13h 26m
KCM Race Survival
13h 26m
WardiTV Invitational
15h 26m
OSC
1d 2h
ArT vs MindelVK
MiniZergUA vs TBD
Shameless vs TBD
Ultimate Battle
1d 15h
OSC
2 days
ByuN vs MaxPax
herO vs Krystianer
Percival vs Shameless
LetaleX vs YoungYakov
Nicoract vs Gerald
GgMaChine vs ArT
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
IPSL
2 days
TerrOr vs IJ_Terran
rasowy vs Hazorath
BSL
2 days
TerrOr vs OyAji
UltrA vs Gosudark
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
[ Show More ]
IPSL
3 days
Art_Of_Turtle vs KameZerg
Radley vs George
BSL
3 days
Artosis vs Dewalt
Ret vs Tech
WardiTV Weekly
4 days
PiGosaur Cup
6 days
The PondCast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-11-09
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HCC Season 3

Ongoing

Acropolis #5
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4
International ShieldBattery League
Individual League
BSL Season 23
IPSL Winter 2026-27
Calamity Cup Div. A Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026

Upcoming

YSL S4
Sector 951
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
StarCraft2 Weekly Open Tournament 2026 Grand Finals
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Underdog Cup 2026 Div 2-3
PGL Bucharest 2027
BLAST Bounty Winter 2027
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.