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paschl

Germany666 Posts

November 25 2011 12:20 GMT

#861

On November 25 2011 20:17 Muki wrote:
Top 3 heroes that will make dota 2 testers who havent played dota 1 rage?

My list is:
Naix
Wisp
~~Goblin~~ Geomancer

batrider.
ive gotten first blood at lvl2 every game i played him, on dual lanes mostly double kills.
people mustnt know how napalm works.

EtherealBlade

660 Posts

November 26 2011 12:38 GMT

#862

On November 25 2011 21:09 Qbek wrote:

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Invoker
Pretty much the most versatile and skill efective hero
Meepo
while actualy easy to micro, it requires very sepcific skill to play at max efficiency and has the potential to be lvl 25 when rest is 15 if not handled correctly by the opponents

Can't see why you picked naix, he's easy to undrstand and so on, but wisp is a killing machine with a good dps to link to and not so easy to understand actually(effects of the link, how the ulti works, WTF is overcharge, and those strange ballz?!)

Edit: Lanaya might be strange for same, dunno if there are similar heroes in other games. Instance based damage block and increase, line based splash(it deals more damage to the targets behind!), Meld being ultra deadly(especially when you get 2 in row) and traps being oh so good...

I picked Naix because he eats tanks for breakfast, so if a high hp newbie attacks a naix low on health and dies he'll be like omgwtf.

I'm trying to expect how players who got decent with only the current hero pool but don't know about what's coming up will react if someone handles the newer heroes well, because a lot of people in the don't seem to have much dota 1 experience. But yeah, it's also gonna be interesting how easy it will be for them to learn Invoker, Geo etc. with the new interface. I've played over 25+ games now and nobody picked Chen yet, arguably the most difficult to control hero in Dota 2 so far.

Maybe Ursa warrior and Soul keeper will also provoke lots of WTFs with the insane dps and hp swap

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts

November 26 2011 21:35 GMT

#863

Invoker and Templar Assassin come to mind for frustrating heroes. Hard (for new people) to understand, relatively 'instagib'-ish skills, and high, high skill ceilings. I expect an inordinate amount of TA-pickers in the first few days after she's released to feed like madmen. Similarly, good TA players will be decimating ranks.

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

November 26 2011 21:40 GMT

#864

i love chen, but dota2 he's a bit of pain to play because it's harder to click on the models. i hope they refine the interface for selected units as well

invoker
shadow demon
rubick

i hate all of them

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

November 26 2011 21:43 GMT

#865

Can anyone in the current DotA 2 pool solo Rosh as fast as Ursa or Lycan? Maybe not rage-inducing, but those early Rosh solos I'm sure are likely to get some "WTF"s from the inexperienced players.

Narcind

Sweden2489 Posts

November 26 2011 23:01 GMT

#866

On November 27 2011 06:43 TheYango wrote:
Can anyone in the current DotA 2 pool solo Rosh as fast as Ursa or Lycan? Maybe not rage-inducing, but those early Rosh solos I'm sure are likely to get some "WTF"s from the inexperienced players.

Huskar I guess? Not sure if he can do it quite as early, but yeah, he can still do it pretty early.

Benjef

United Kingdom6921 Posts

November 26 2011 23:20 GMT

#867

Veno can but it takes an age at lvl 7.

Kaemon

Spain52 Posts

November 26 2011 23:42 GMT

#868

As Benhef says, you can do so with Venomancer.
However it doesn't take "ages" if you are playing for it.

When I play solo mid or left Venomancer, I play it as a Roshan Lv7 Killer; meaning that I get mostly agi items so I can kill Roshan fast enough.
You don't need Lifestealing or HP for him, since your Wards will be tanking him; so getting as many AGI items to make them later into items that you will use like Boots, Yasha or Scepter or even just some extra Agi boots is really noticed when fighting Roshan with 25% more damage and attack speed.

Still, is not as fast as Ursa to end the fight; but he can go really fast (as soon as is Lv7 if he will get not help).
Also, since most people don't spect this (usually) you can get help from someone to get it faster; they will appear to be shopping/roaming; not going to Roshan so soon.

Greyhawk

Australia110 Posts

November 27 2011 00:35 GMT

#869

I hope the next release will be an Assassin themed release :D

Phantom Assassin and Templar assassin. CAN'T WAIT TO UNLEASH TA ON THE INEXPERIENCED!!

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

November 27 2011 01:01 GMT

#870

I'm pretty excited to see people rage at walrus punches.

paper

13197 Posts

November 27 2011 01:39 GMT

#871

On November 27 2011 09:35 Greyhawk wrote:
I hope the next release will be an Assassin themed release :D

Phantom Assassin and Templar assassin. CAN'T WAIT TO UNLEASH TA ON THE INEXPERIENCED!!

Really can't wait till every game has an inexperienced player insta-picking PA :|

DotA2 needs NA and bane asap before any more late-game carries :{

Greyhawk

Australia110 Posts

November 27 2011 02:21 GMT

#872

Hey guys, i'm not sure if this question has been answered but.. i have no idea how to save replays and/or watch replays of matches i've previously played. Can anyone help me out please?

Thanks in advance!

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

November 27 2011 02:29 GMT

#873

Naix will be released next, atleast thats what Tobi/Synder said, or bloated out.

paper

13197 Posts

November 27 2011 02:34 GMT

#874

On November 27 2011 11:21 Greyhawk wrote:
Hey guys, i'm not sure if this question has been answered but.. i have no idea how to save replays and/or watch replays of matches i've previously played. Can anyone help me out please?

Thanks in advance!

IIRC, you can filter through recent games for the game you just played and download replays that way :<

iinsight

Canada293 Posts

November 27 2011 03:33 GMT

#875

That's the only way i know how to do it, but the filter system works terribly atm

FliedLice

Germany7494 Posts

November 27 2011 03:41 GMT

#876

needs ignore feature asap... still too much idiots around

jbTensai

Germany26 Posts

November 27 2011 06:27 GMT

#877

How do you use the patrol command in Dota 2? I wanted Rexxars Hawk to patrol but didn't see a button.

Greyhawk

Australia110 Posts

November 27 2011 09:32 GMT

#878

Is there any way to put Dota 2 onto the Windows 7 Taskbar? i can't seem to be able to drag it down there and i like my easy access

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CubEdIn

Romania5359 Posts

November 27 2011 11:49 GMT

#879

Hi guys I have a question:

I've got an invite today, I downloaded the game, but I can't seem to get it to work. It loads-up ok, I go into the menu, I can change options/etc, but none of the tabs above work (Today/Updates/Play/Watch/Learn/Socialize) - meaning that I can press the button but it doesn't do anything.

Is this a bug or something? How do I get to actually play?