• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 04:30
CET 10:30
KST 18:30
  • 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
Dark completes military service, returns to SC28[BSL23] RO16 Group Stage19Weekly 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 5.0.175
StarCraft 2
General
No more SC2 streamers on team liquid? Dark completes military service, returns to SC2 Greetings.. Serral's getting trashed by New Catsle's Mind Weekly Cups (Nov 2-8): herO back on top?
Tourneys
Dark returns! GSL CK #7 4v4 Team Battle (Nov 19) Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) 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)
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[G] How to playtest arcade maps Starcraft 2 Advance [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
BW General Discussion List of top players active on ShieldBattery Recommended BW Settings for Mouse and Video Starcraft:Brood War Discord Servers [BSL23] RO16 Group Stage
Tourneys
Bisu's Team vs Shuttle's Team 2026-11-14 2v2v2v2 Tournament Stage 1: Community Poll [BSL23] Ro16 Group C - Sunday 21:00 CET Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Pluto's TvP 5Marine 2Medic Push Infested Terran strategies in 2026 Nuke strategy worked in K-League 2026-11-09
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Free Space RTS Game, optimised f. Phone/Tablet etc List of Game Threads The PlayStation 5
Dota 2
Can Game Data Analytics Help Players Improvements
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
US Politics Mega-thread Trading/Investing Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Dating: How's your luck?
Fan Clubs
Fan Club Resource Thread Reynor Fan Club The Flash Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece
Sports
TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Football (Soccer) Thread 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
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 11820 users

General Discussion - Page 345

Forum Index > Dota 2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 343 344 345 346 347 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.
Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
April 06 2012 13:02 GMT
#6881
On April 06 2012 21:57 Firebolt145 wrote:
Another reason I go treads is because I don't go any other HP items so need the str from treads.

I... What?
Spectre is meant to build tanky with very few damage items, how can treads be the only item that gives you HP?
Where's your vanguard, or just vit booster for that matter?
What about heart?
From the Ghastly Eyrie I can see to the ends of the world, and from this vantage point I declare with utter certainty that this one is in the bag!
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
April 06 2012 13:21 GMT
#6882
is it just me or does matchmaking not work? :S
POGGERS
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
April 06 2012 13:23 GMT
#6883
i think its weekly sever clean up... also sylla -cm -_-..
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
smr
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany4808 Posts
April 06 2012 13:40 GMT
#6884
dendi is amazing. randomned kunkka and is right now building his 4th battlefury
ChrisXIV
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Austria3553 Posts
April 06 2012 13:44 GMT
#6885
On April 06 2012 22:40 smr wrote:
dendi is amazing. randomned kunkka and is right now building his 4th battlefury

That game was so sad...felt sorry for him T_T
"Just stay on 1 base, make a lot of shit, keep attacking. It doesn't work? Keep attacking." -Chill
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
April 06 2012 14:13 GMT
#6886
just played cm going 4/4 on first two skills first lol

why don't players max out these 2 first before aura? is the 0.5 regen really that huge over the difference in skill dmg?
POGGERS
ChrisXIV
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Austria3553 Posts
April 06 2012 14:19 GMT
#6887
On April 06 2012 23:13 konadora wrote:
just played cm going 4/4 on first two skills first lol

why don't players max out these 2 first before aura? is the 0.5 regen really that huge over the difference in skill dmg?

Depends on your lineup - with a lot of spammers, who have stuns and nukes themselves the aura helps tremendously. If the amount of spellcasters is low, leaving aura out is better, so CM becomes a monster in early ganks.
"Just stay on 1 base, make a lot of shit, keep attacking. It doesn't work? Keep attacking." -Chill
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
April 06 2012 14:19 GMT
#6888
If your team is mana dependant its pretty good, remember that its a global aura, so it will help at all times(except when you are dead), also, while Frostbite is extremly powerfull at level 1, its scaling isn't that good. You can go 4/4 if your team doesn't need that much mana.
WriterXiao8~~
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 14:21:38
April 06 2012 14:19 GMT
#6889
I get aura quickly because I get flamed hard if I don't lol.
I think iv seen navi skip the aura though, so I cant argue. .5 global mana regen is pretty damn good though. Some heroes just fucking love having that aura around.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
April 06 2012 14:20 GMT
#6890
why do people call ironwood branches GG branches??? im so confused.

@konadora: bc having kills on cm do nothing good. she is still 1 shot material into mid game despite how much farm she has and agic will be nagated once BKB is on the field. There were a lot of cases where CM max QW in competitive(mainly bc team has mana boots and dont need that much mana) but personally i prefer maxing nova, 1 level frost bit and all aura. The reason is frost bite will simply break if the target takes dmg so lv it up for duration is lot more useless.

Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
Yoshi-
Profile Joined October 2008
Germany10227 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 14:22:00
April 06 2012 14:21 GMT
#6891
Frost bite won't break when the target takes damages...

And they are called gg branches cause of the item description http://www.playdota.com/items/ironwood-branch
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 14:22:48
April 06 2012 14:22 GMT
#6892
Also there is no need to go strictly 4 in nova, 1 in bite and max aura, you can stay at 2 points in aura and just go for max bite then if it is the better option, its quite situational really.
WriterXiao8~~
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 14:27:48
April 06 2012 14:25 GMT
#6893
On April 06 2012 23:21 Yoshi- wrote:
Frost bite won't break when the target takes damages...

And they are called gg branches cause of the item description http://www.playdota.com/items/ironwood-branch

The name "gg branch" predates the caption.

EDIT: And yes, CM builds are 100% dependent on lineups and your role.
Moderator
Yoshi-
Profile Joined October 2008
Germany10227 Posts
April 06 2012 14:27 GMT
#6894
Not like it would matter at all.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 14:35:06
April 06 2012 14:31 GMT
#6895
On April 06 2012 23:27 Yoshi- wrote:
Not like it would matter at all.

He asked why they're called "gg branches". Obviously it can't be because of the caption if people were calling them gg branches before the caption existed.

IIRC the reasoning was something like "if you see someone with them on the other team, you should gg because they know what they're doing" (this was back in the early days of DotA when everyone sucked).

On April 06 2012 23:20 NB wrote:
@konadora: bc having kills on cm do nothing good. she is still 1 shot material into mid game despite how much farm she has and agic will be nagated once BKB is on the field. There were a lot of cases where CM max QW in competitive(mainly bc team has mana boots and dont need that much mana) but personally i prefer maxing nova, 1 level frost bit and all aura. The reason is frost bite will simply break if the target takes dmg so lv it up for duration is lot more useless.

I don't agree with that. Just because she'll still be weak in teamfights later on doesn't mean that early gold can't have huge effect on the game.

If CM gets FB gold and can get Boots->Phases/Urn a few minutes earlier, she puts insane pressure on all the lanes. 1-2 kills on CM can turn into more gold than the kills themselves are worth on your carries because of how much farming space you create for them with your gank threat.
Moderator
Candadar
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
2049 Posts
April 06 2012 14:39 GMT
#6896
SingSing and Moonmeander playing together.

Oh god.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 14:41:20
April 06 2012 14:40 GMT
#6897
On April 06 2012 23:21 Yoshi- wrote:
Frost bite won't break when the target takes damages...

And they are called gg branches cause of the item description http://www.playdota.com/items/ironwood-branch

They were actually called GG branches (Not ironwood branch)

Actually now I'm not certain of this and its probably incorrect but -.- They were gg branches way before I read that caption
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
April 06 2012 14:41 GMT
#6898
On April 06 2012 21:35 Unleashing wrote:
You guys are assuming that you'll be attacking a stationary target.
FYI, attack speed does very little for practical DPS early and mid-game, it might boost theoretical DPS, but in practice you'll be auto attacking -> running -> auto attacking -> running -> auto attacking -> running since very few times will you be standing still just wacking on someone unless your team has heavy CC.

And the two of you might disagree, but phase is the most common pick-up, and is what is seen in 90% of the cases on competitive spectre games.

And using a 6.67 game as an example is a pretty bad example, that is 7 versions ago, plenty of things have changed.


I was looking at the games at the International, it's hard to find several games with Spectre more recent than that and it has a nice website to quickly check the endgame items.

5 times Spectre had treads
1 time Spectre had phase (Kuroky in GG.net vs Nevo)
1 time Spectre had BoT (That ridiculous 90min iG vs EHOME opening game, not sure what kind of boots they first bought, not even the replay is avaible.

It happened a while ago, but you I don't see how it affects wether Spectre gets Phase or Treads that much.

About the CM discussion, I don't get how maxing a disable means you are trying to get kills for yourself. You obviously are not the best player in the team to get the kill, but it's not like you are stealing it, if you got it because of the 70 dps of frostbite you probally just got lucky. Plus, more money for you may mean better support power and more money for your whole team, it's not like items on CM are useless.

Toadily
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States837 Posts
April 06 2012 14:48 GMT
#6899
gg branches because they're so good, basically saying it's an overpowered item for its cost.. now only if we can get infinite item slots..
Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
April 06 2012 14:54 GMT
#6900
On April 06 2012 23:39 Candadar wrote:
SingSing and Moonmeander playing together.

Oh god.

Moon is awfully quiet, don't think he's used to SingSings brand of crazy.
AKA No can Dazzle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlTpX7z3Pok
TL+ Member
Prev 1 343 344 345 346 347 6534 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 31m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
ProTech152
StarCraft: Brood War
Horang2 18333
Shuttle 7494
Rain 1962
BeSt 810
Hyuk 505
Jaedong 266
Larva 214
Killer 169
FanTaSy 141
Pusan 126
[ Show more ]
Zeus 94
actioN 82
Mind 80
Mong 58
Bale 58
Hm[arnc] 31
Creator 27
Sharp 23
NaDa 22
ZergMaN 20
Sacsri 17
Noble 11
sOs 11
yabsab 10
League of Legends
JimRising 484
Counter-Strike
fl0m3841
kennyS483
SPUNJ239
Other Games
summit1g11572
Lowko208
Sick156
NeuroSwarm96
ViBE48
[ Show 8 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Upcoming Events
CranKy Ducklings
31m
WardiTV Invitational
2h 31m
ByuN vs SHIN
MaxPax vs Solar
Clem vs TBD
herO vs TBD
Lambo vs TBD
Rogue vs TBD
IPSL
7h 31m
TerrOr vs IJ_Terran
rasowy vs Hazorath
BSL
10h 31m
TerrOr vs OyAji
UltrA vs Gosudark
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d
WardiTV Invitational
1d 2h
IPSL
1d 7h
Art_Of_Turtle vs KameZerg
Radley vs George
BSL
1d 10h
Artosis vs Dewalt
Ret vs Tech
SOOP
2 days
WardiTV Weekly
2 days
[ Show More ]
Monday Night Weeklies
3 days
PiGosaur Cup
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
GSL
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
KCM Race Survival
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-11-12
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
Underdog Cup 2026 Div 2-3
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 591
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
IEM Kraków 2027
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.