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Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34510 Posts
April 06 2012 15:17 GMT
#6901
On April 06 2012 21:59 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.

Why would you not go other HP items on Spectre.

Sorry, I should rephrase. Depending on how the game goes, I go early treads for a bit of str while I farm up my radiance. Once I get radiance I get all the other usual health items like heart etc.
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
April 06 2012 15:22 GMT
#6902
hmm cus i was wondering whether getting 4 lvls in nova or 4 lvls in aura will be better in helping out overall. nova will ensure better and stronger lane control, but aura will be overall lane control help? the diff between lvl 1 and 4 nova is huge, while 2 mana regen... well idk it doesn't seem really that big to me imo
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Hoban
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1600 Posts
April 06 2012 15:29 GMT
#6903
On April 07 2012 00:22 konadora wrote:
hmm cus i was wondering whether getting 4 lvls in nova or 4 lvls in aura will be better in helping out overall. nova will ensure better and stronger lane control, but aura will be overall lane control help? the diff between lvl 1 and 4 nova is huge, while 2 mana regen... well idk it doesn't seem really that big to me imo


Here is how I think of it. If your team plays like normal (with no CM on their team) then their mana should be fine (unless they have terrible mana management). Since CM's nukes are so powerful early game, you instead can utilize this by having her roaming and smoke ganking with extremely long range slow+damage and a really powerful disable. Tbh I don't think a 1 extra spell a minute will make a lane completely one sided, but a gank from a CM with high levels in nova and stun will win a lane pretty well.
"I am a leaf on the wind."
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
April 06 2012 15:39 GMT
#6904
Nova first is the best in most situations in my opinion, it does alot of damage, has a huge ass range, is AOE and its slow lasts a fairly nice time.
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
April 06 2012 16:02 GMT
#6905
On April 07 2012 00:29 Hoban wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 00:22 konadora wrote:
hmm cus i was wondering whether getting 4 lvls in nova or 4 lvls in aura will be better in helping out overall. nova will ensure better and stronger lane control, but aura will be overall lane control help? the diff between lvl 1 and 4 nova is huge, while 2 mana regen... well idk it doesn't seem really that big to me imo


Here is how I think of it. If your team plays like normal (with no CM on their team) then their mana should be fine (unless they have terrible mana management). Since CM's nukes are so powerful early game, you instead can utilize this by having her roaming and smoke ganking with extremely long range slow+damage and a really powerful disable. Tbh I don't think a 1 extra spell a minute will make a lane completely one sided, but a gank from a CM with high levels in nova and stun will win a lane pretty well.

yeah that's how i feel as well, but it doesn't really matter whether CM wants to gank or not, i think she can stand on her own quite well in a lane with those strong early game nukes

and tbh i think the aura needs a slight buff :p like 0.75 per lvl?
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66366 Posts
April 06 2012 16:13 GMT
#6906
wow looking at dendi playing naix, that jungle pathing and stacking and pulling.. perfect
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cecek
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Czech Republic18921 Posts
April 06 2012 16:25 GMT
#6907
If you decide to max nova and bite early, DO NOT get aura after that. By the time you're level 8 the rest of the team shouldn't have any mana problems whatsoever.
super gg
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
April 06 2012 16:34 GMT
#6908
On April 07 2012 01:25 cecek wrote:
If you decide to max nova and bite early, DO NOT get aura after that. By the time you're level 8 the rest of the team shouldn't have any mana problems whatsoever.

Having the option to use spells at some point you might otherwise not is still arguably better than +2 all stats.

It's a bit presumptuous to say that one "shouldn't" have mana problems when you're level 8 when I've seen pro games where carries are chugging clarities at the 40 minute mark.
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Crissaegrim
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
2947 Posts
April 06 2012 16:48 GMT
#6909
Meh, dont see what the hype is about this moon guy.
cecek
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Czech Republic18921 Posts
April 06 2012 16:48 GMT
#6910
On April 07 2012 01:34 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 01:25 cecek wrote:
If you decide to max nova and bite early, DO NOT get aura after that. By the time you're level 8 the rest of the team shouldn't have any mana problems whatsoever.

Having the option to use spells at some point you might otherwise not is still arguably better than +2 all stats.

It's a bit presumptuous to say that one "shouldn't" have mana problems when you're level 8 when I've seen pro games where carries are chugging clarities at the 40 minute mark.


Can you show me when carries are using clarities 40 minutes in? Especially with arcane boots being so common now, I really don't see myself running into mana problems so late.
super gg
Yoshi-
Profile Joined October 2008
Germany10227 Posts
April 06 2012 17:04 GMT
#6911
Great i also see progames with 2 vlads

In 99% you don't really need those 2 mana/s in the later stages.
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
April 06 2012 17:39 GMT
#6912
generally you want at least a point or two into aura because it helps out your lanes a bit
other than that it's pretty situational though

on spectre phase lets you wreck supports even more but treads gives you more hp
either is acceptable but phases make you run faster so i like them more

also tranquil > vit booster > radi > heart
build courtesy of 5-s
Tryhat
Profile Joined March 2012
160 Posts
April 06 2012 17:48 GMT
#6913
On April 07 2012 02:39 Dead9 wrote:
generally you want at least a point or two into aura because it helps out your lanes a bit
other than that it's pretty situational though

also tranquil > vit booster > radi > heart
build courtesy of 5-s


removed the unnecessary part. i think this looks better.
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34510 Posts
April 06 2012 18:01 GMT
#6914
I've never tried Tranquil boots and can't really see how it's any more useful than boots + bottle. Can anyone explain to me what's good about them?
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Tryhat
Profile Joined March 2012
160 Posts
April 06 2012 18:05 GMT
#6915
On April 07 2012 03:01 Firebolt145 wrote:
I've never tried Tranquil boots and can't really see how it's any more useful than boots + bottle. Can anyone explain to me what's good about them?


they take up 1 less slot and is faster than boots + bottle. but no.. no theyre not good.
cilinder007
Profile Joined August 2010
Slovenia7251 Posts
April 06 2012 18:25 GMT
#6916
they are good if you get them early and dissasemble them later, so like on axe or something
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
April 06 2012 18:26 GMT
#6917
nice on few support heroes (cm in particular, okay on lich as well)
okay on ursa cus it splits into vlads and give you regen in the jungle
okay on axe and puj for the movespeed and hp regen
okay on a few radi rushers (doom, spec) so you can get radi faster

generally tranquil boots are not that good but they're really cheap so they're useful if you're doing poorly
Hoban
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1600 Posts
April 06 2012 19:12 GMT
#6918
Spent the night playing hard supports, namely Shadow Demon and Venge. One big thing I realized is that I am truly absolutely awful at hard support. The main problem is that my play style just leaves me underleveled by a large margin. I think I have my problem figured out but god damn...support is mentally the toughest role to play in the game.

On the plus side, I feel pretty badass surviving a team fight 75 minutes into the game with nothing but boots and 2 branches and totally rocking the team fight. Shadow Demon is such a fucking boss.
"I am a leaf on the wind."
Zozo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Brazil2579 Posts
April 06 2012 19:13 GMT
#6919
/rant

I just had the worst start of a game in a long time:

WR asks to solo top and proceeds to feed top (versus solo jugg).
Mirana goes 0-4 against shadow fiend mid.
Sven and Am fight for farm and get destroyed bot.

I was playing darkseer jungle, bought chicken and kept wards up while ganking all 3 lanes to get 5 kills solo (while allies were dead/last hitting).

Everyone can play bad at one point, it really doesn't bother me, but they just kept flaming eachother, suiciding, breaking items, refusing to help. I tried the most positive approach I could, and managed to get mirana, WR and sven back in the game, but the 5th asshole just wouldn't stop trolling.

We got 2 wipes on the enemy team with my wall, but in the end lost anyway, due to one bad apple. I'm not sure how to approach bad teams anymore, no matter how positive you are, or how well you play, this community has awful members, and just one of them can bring the worse in everyone else.

/endrant
EGM guides me
Benjef
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom6921 Posts
April 06 2012 19:17 GMT
#6920
On April 07 2012 04:12 Hoban wrote:
Spent the night playing hard supports, namely Shadow Demon and Venge. One big thing I realized is that I am truly absolutely awful at hard support. The main problem is that my play style just leaves me underleveled by a large margin. I think I have my problem figured out but god damn...support is mentally the toughest role to play in the game.

On the plus side, I feel pretty badass surviving a team fight 75 minutes into the game with nothing but boots and 2 branches and totally rocking the team fight. Shadow Demon is such a fucking boss.

How do you get underleveled/farmed as those heroes? They are typically gank heavy heroes so if your good in the early game you can rack up quite a bit of gold from roaming and just killing heroes.
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