General Discussion - Page 2868

On May 19 2013 06:35 TheYango wrote:

I don't agree with that.

I don't think it's a good idea to buff things that are just out of style because they don't fit the current trends of how the game is played. Because that inevitably changes. Radiance was totally fine in 6.74, and even early 6.75 on certain heroes. The item is fine, it's just the pace of the game is too fast for it right this moment. But if the general pace of the game changes a few versions from now do you just revert your unnecessary buff that was just a reaction to current playstyles and not to a legitimate weakness of the item?

On May 19 2013 06:40 Shaella wrote:

I guess, but i just look at it right now, its its just so so niche right now, and its never really been anything but incredibly niche

On May 19 2013 08:33 Avean wrote:
Tried Dota 2 for the first time and my god how more advanced it is than LoL. I could easily go into LoL and understand it but Dota 2 is way more complicated. Its heroes abilities are alot more difficult to understand. Think i need to watch youtube tutorials on this game.

On May 19 2013 08:39 Nevuk wrote:
Radiance WAS buffed in a recent patch. Wasn't it? (6.75 I thought, I remember thinking it was hilarious that they had overlooked sticky napalm working again with it and it was like patched the next day). From 40 - >45 burn damage.
edit -
Also fix armlet bear and we might see radiance bear more often

On May 19 2013 08:43 Zealos wrote:

Radiance bear was phased out for maelstrom before people started using armlet wasn't it?

On May 19 2013 05:25 maru~ wrote:

Snake won't hit that many heroes usually though.

You also lose quite a bit if you go for Snake build, don't forget that you are still the carry. The problem is that if you go for Snake, you either max it with stats which delays Shield and Splitshot, or you go Snake+Shield in which case you don't have the early stats which means your Shield will be weaker, you'll be easier to gank and have weaker lh, while also not having the stats later on in the fights. Shield stats on the other hand makes you really tanky from very early in the game, is very good against harass and allows to trade hits easily etc.

Stats are quite underrated. But there are reasons why for example many Gyro players go for 4-1-4 or even 1-1-4 (or maybe even 1-0-4) builds.


Why would you skill a mediocre nuke (unless it hits a lot of heroes) which does you more bad than good if it hits less than 3 heroes instead of stats which are fantastic on Dusa because she is one of the few heroes where all 3 stats are of utmost importance and which boost her early and midgame?

On May 19 2013 08:48 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:


Not really. Maelstrom is more of an alternative to radiance that provides different timings.

Maelstrom -> AC makes your push timing a lot faster than the radiance -> AC pushes.

On May 19 2013 08:47 Gheizen64 wrote:
I'd rather see some sort of remake, maybe don't make it a farming item but more of an item for tank, like lower damage and give evasion, something like:

+60 damage
30 burn damage
8% evasion

I'd use that.

On May 19 2013 09:01 Zealos wrote:

8% doesn't seem all that useful. Not to mention if it were an item for a "tank" then the +60 dmg wouldn't really be all too useful.

I don't really know about changing items, but I'd make the buildup to it different, then having less +dmg as an item.
Perhaps using a demon edge instead of Relic then adjusting the +dmg appropriately?