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Pseudoku

Canada1279 Posts

March 15 2013 03:46 GMT

#47721

On March 15 2013 11:52 ViZe wrote:
Guys is sheep an ok pickup on BH? There was a void who was pretty big and didn't have bkb so I decided to get it and my team just started shitting on me

If he didn't have MKB either, get Halberd

wairai

Malaysia1000 Posts

March 15 2013 03:48 GMT

#47722

well you do see Hex as a situational item on Ursa (suggestions)

FinestHour

United States18466 Posts

March 15 2013 03:56 GMT

#47723

atos, sheep on ursa are all pretty good

Jinxed

United States6450 Posts

March 15 2013 04:09 GMT

#47724

On March 15 2013 12:46 Pseudoku wrote:

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If he didn't have MKB either, get Halberd

Pretty much this was what I was thinking, though not sure if maim stacks with jinada. Either way it gives you a bit of survivability and disarm which is good provided you're not in the chrono.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

March 15 2013 04:27 GMT

#47725

On March 15 2013 12:48 wairai wrote:
well you do see Hex as a situational item on Ursa (suggestions)

Hex is much better than "situational" on Ursa. It's quite typical as a 3rd or 4th item.

Ra.Xor.2

United States1784 Posts

March 15 2013 04:54 GMT

#47726

A little bit of theorycrafting: what do you guys think about Batrider in an aggresive trilane? Napalm can provide a lot of control, especially with the turn rate slow it gives, and Bat does a ton of damage with firefly, especially if there's stun/slows from the other members of your trilane. Plus, he's got quite good base str and str gain, meaning that he's harder to nuke down than something like a weaver.

I do feel that he's one of the strongest solo laners out there, but if your team is running a magnus and clinkz or something, I think it would be better as a whole to have an aggro trilane bat rather than a safe lane 1v1.

FuzzyJAM

Scotland9300 Posts

March 15 2013 04:59 GMT

#47727

Fucking Valve and their fucking patches. First game I play today the game decides to disconnect me and then says the server isn't available. I think it's my connection, but no, everything else is working perfectly.

Could we get a patch JUST ONCE that doesn't crash the game? Pretty please?

WindWolf

Sweden11767 Posts

March 15 2013 05:18 GMT

#47728

Last night when I was trying to rejoin the last game of VP - Empire, DH Invitational, the game was about to end and as a result Dota2 crashed.

But hearing about all these crashes makes me nervous about starting the game.

Netherlands12045 Posts

March 15 2013 05:19 GMT

#47729

On March 15 2013 13:54 Ra.Xor.2 wrote:
A little bit of theorycrafting: what do you guys think about Batrider in an aggresive trilane? Napalm can provide a lot of control, especially with the turn rate slow it gives, and Bat does a ton of damage with firefly, especially if there's stun/slows from the other members of your trilane. Plus, he's got quite good base str and str gain, meaning that he's harder to nuke down than something like a weaver.

I do feel that he's one of the strongest solo laners out there, but if your team is running a magnus and clinkz or something, I think it would be better as a whole to have an aggro trilane bat rather than a safe lane 1v1.

Imo no. Triple magic stick plus a massive number of nuke + lockdown simply are the strongest counter to batrider in the game. Plus he needs level for mid game gank and without level, he wont be able to afford to spam out napalm in lane. Its would be better if you run bat jungle than and offensive trilane.

Hoban

United States1600 Posts

March 15 2013 05:44 GMT

#47730

On March 15 2013 14:19 NB wrote:

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Cannot agree more. Yes, lvl 1 a bat seems a great option but as soon as there is time to pick up magic sticks in the trilane, bat becomes useless. In mid, the awesomeness that is firefly outweighs the benefit of a fast magic stick. 150 instant hp+mana isn't enough when you are getting burned for that much damage in ~2-3 seconds (not to count bats auto attacks). A bit part of batriders laning capability is being able to stack 2-3 napalms then just run over someone. If you face even one stun then you can't do that at all and just get killed.

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

March 15 2013 05:46 GMT

#47731

So what's the right way to play night stalker?

I usually up the nuke and passive and only up the silence after I max out on other two but I get yelled at in pubs :/

I also get yelled at for not staying in my lane during night wtf?

Itsmedudeman

United States19229 Posts

March 15 2013 05:51 GMT

#47732

I usually don't take silence until it hits night time. One level isn't bad before level 8. And you should definitely roam at night time, just don't make it obvious and camp when they know you're there. Tp ganking is also extremely effective and you should always try to carry a tp during night time.

FuzzyJAM

Scotland9300 Posts

March 15 2013 05:56 GMT

#47733

On March 15 2013 14:46 haduken wrote:
So what's the right way to play night stalker?

I usually up the nuke and passive and only up the silence after I max out on other two but I get yelled at in pubs :/

I also get yelled at for not staying in my lane during night wtf?

Depends, but IMO NS should get at least one point in Silence, particularly against a team with any sort of escape.

Shaella

United States14828 Posts

March 15 2013 05:58 GMT

#47734

I suggest one point of silence. Its really strong with just one point in it

hfglgg

Germany5372 Posts

March 15 2013 05:58 GMT

#47735

ferrari gets one point in silence at level 2. i would just stick to that

RockIronrod

Australia1369 Posts

March 15 2013 06:22 GMT

#47736

Since the passive is absolutely useless until night time, I usually either get silence level 2 (if I know I will need it in lane on short notice), or only level nuke and level silence/passive as per the situations requirements.

Shaella

United States14828 Posts

March 15 2013 06:39 GMT

#47737

On March 15 2013 15:22 RockIronrod wrote:
Since the passive is absolutely useless until night time, I usually either get silence level 2 (if I know I will need it in lane on short notice), or only level nuke and level silence/passive as per the situations requirements.

the point of getting the passive before nighttime is so that when nighttime comes you can immediately start ganking