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Incze
Romania2058 Posts
On September 14 2013 06:21 Zealos wrote: Turns out Manabreak will override the OoV anyway. Perhaps you use your first hit with OoV, then level up mana break to use that? These are some next-level tactics right here. Here's an idea, can you buy the OoV from the side shop, attack with it then sell it back for full price immediately after? | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
See ya on the other side guys. | ||
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Zealos
United Kingdom3576 Posts
On September 14 2013 06:27 Incze wrote: These are some next-level tactics right here. Here's an idea, can you buy the OoV from the side shop, attack with it then sell it back for full price immediately after? Ok. Buy blink dagger. Buy OoV. Blink dagger to target. Hit, blink back, and sell the OoV again for free dmg PROFIT. | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On September 14 2013 06:10 trinxified wrote: Orb of Venom is actually a good purchase on a lot of melee heroes. Just that nobody ever thinks about it unless they are LD or Slark. OoV is good in situations where you will get to use it a lot. The thing is, a freefarm melee carry will not get to use it before they want to ditch that slot for other items, and most melee mids don't right-click things enough for it to matter. LD is just not slot-constrained so he can hold onto OoV for a long time, and Slark actually is a much more fight/gank oriented hero than most auto-attacking melees so he gets real mileage out of the item. On September 14 2013 06:31 Najda wrote: I thought OoV was a buffplacer and not an orb? Or is that only the Skadi? This is correct but the only item orb that is not also a buff placer is lifesteal, so in practice it still shouldn't stack with anything other than lifesteal. It has bugged interactions with a lot of things right now, though. | ||
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Zealos
United Kingdom3576 Posts
On September 14 2013 06:31 Najda wrote: I thought OoV was a buffplacer and not an orb? Or is that only the Skadi? The clue is in the name : D | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
Who are the heroes thats good with linken? | ||
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Elasticity
3420 Posts
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
Its like that whole "oh spell block is awesome, and stats, and regen, whats not to like?" But then you kind of see it in play. I dunno. I think the item is VERY overrated and should almost never be a first buy on any hero. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On September 14 2013 06:46 NB wrote: Yango Yango on the wall Who are the heroes thats good with linken? that doesn't even rhyme. At least end with "of them all?" Come one bro get your fairy tales right. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
The main thing is that for its stats, Linken's is a weak fighting item, so buying a Linken's usually implies you aren't going to fight until +1-2 more items. | ||
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Zealos
United Kingdom3576 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On September 14 2013 06:51 TheYango wrote: A lot of heroes are good with Linken's, it's just a general farm item for mana-dependent heroes (and often favored for ones with split-pushing ability) or heroes that use +all stats well. Essentially heroes that can use +15 Int +150% mana regen to spam nuke creep waves/jungle camps to flash farm or splitpush. The main thing is that for its stats, Linken's is a weak fighting item, so buying a Linken's usually implies you aren't going to fight until +1-2 more items. I think its worth noting that its situationally a pretty good item for heroes that split push heavily and have a good escape mechanism that uses a lot of mana (your morphlings, storms, qops [of course those are more rare]) It's a good farming item, but it also makes it pretty hard to sheep / orchid these heroes before they can get away. Obviously this ties back in to being a farming item, but just something I like to note. Or at least that's what I tell myself. | ||
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RoyGBiv_13
United States1275 Posts
On September 14 2013 06:54 Comeh wrote: I think its worth noting that its situationally a pretty good item for heroes that split push heavily and have a good escape mechanism that uses a lot of mana (your morphlings, storms, qops [of course those are more rare]) It's a good farming item, but it also makes it pretty hard to sheep / orchid these heroes before they can get away. Obviously this ties back in to being a farming item, but just something I like to note. Or at least that's what I tell myself. The linkens sphere really shines in small skirmishes, where the fight may be prolonged and regen and a balanced stat pool are particularly important. Right now in the metagame, pretty much every fight after 12 minutes is a 5v5 with global presence being such a big deal, so I struggle to justify getting the orb anywhere except when I plan on carrying my baddy friends. | ||
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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
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trifecta
United States6795 Posts
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