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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44292 Posts
April 16 2014 17:42 GMT
#103301
Starladder 9 lan finals !



Alliance got the the group where MVP is. but i think it's the harder group than the one na'vi is in.

hype boys !
this is a quote
andyrau
Profile Joined December 2010
13015 Posts
April 16 2014 17:45 GMT
#103302
On April 17 2014 01:37 Talron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 01:27 andyrau wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:13 Talron wrote:
I used to get Vanguard -> Manta -> Battlefury couple of years ago. Shit worked like wonders for me. Then again DLG games were pretty much sub3k if compared to today.

On a Sidenote: Call me retarded, but I feel like WK is on the edge of OP. Combining the Hailrake build with another core in a WK team is freakign insane to play against - even if your team has necrobooks.

get any hero that mana burns and just gank him constantly before 16

We had Necro-Lycan and Wex Invoker. Wasn't enough against his Blademail+Mjöllnir. Was a fun game anyway, but I was completely thrown off, because of how hard it was to deal with WK with just minimal items + level16.

wait how do i make the little face inside mjollnir i can't find it on my keyboard

wk is useless if you can either isolate him from the team or manaburn him to death
if you can force him to teamfight before he gets big you can just kite or ignore him and kill the rest of his team, kinda similar to countering naix except wk has no inherent bkb.

On April 17 2014 02:17 Torte de Lini wrote:
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On April 17 2014 00:27 Heyoka wrote:
Vaguard was the only way I knew how to play AM for the first few months of my Dota life


Double Vanguard Axe, way back in DotA. I could never get a straight reply if it stacked or not for the longest time!

vanguard in dota 1 was actually legit though
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44292 Posts
April 16 2014 17:49 GMT
#103303
On April 17 2014 02:45 andyrau wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 01:37 Talron wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:27 andyrau wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:13 Talron wrote:
I used to get Vanguard -> Manta -> Battlefury couple of years ago. Shit worked like wonders for me. Then again DLG games were pretty much sub3k if compared to today.

On a Sidenote: Call me retarded, but I feel like WK is on the edge of OP. Combining the Hailrake build with another core in a WK team is freakign insane to play against - even if your team has necrobooks.

get any hero that mana burns and just gank him constantly before 16

We had Necro-Lycan and Wex Invoker. Wasn't enough against his Blademail+Mjöllnir. Was a fun game anyway, but I was completely thrown off, because of how hard it was to deal with WK with just minimal items + level16.

wait how do i make the little face inside mjollnir i can't find it on my keyboard

wk is useless if you can either isolate him from the team or manaburn him to death
if you can force him to teamfight before he gets big you can just kite or ignore him and kill the rest of his team, kinda similar to countering naix except wk has no inherent bkb.

Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 02:17 Torte de Lini wrote:
On April 17 2014 00:27 Heyoka wrote:
Vaguard was the only way I knew how to play AM for the first few months of my Dota life


Double Vanguard Axe, way back in DotA. I could never get a straight reply if it stacked or not for the longest time!

vanguard in dota 1 was actually legit though


actually i have to agree .. idk why but vanguard was sort of better in wc3 dota.

Maybe the proc chance actually happens in wc3 dota ? idk
this is a quote
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
April 16 2014 17:49 GMT
#103304
No, when people played wc3 dota vanguard gave like 325 hp or something and was therefore actually better than the sum of its parts.
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44292 Posts
April 16 2014 17:53 GMT
#103305
On April 17 2014 02:49 Sn0_Man wrote:
No, when people played wc3 dota vanguard gave like 325 hp or something and was therefore actually better than the sum of its parts.

i don't think so IIRC it was 250 i guess ? but double vanguard axe so strong before but i was a noob back then so w/e. Maybe the two vanguard stack damage block at times ?
this is a quote
Talron
Profile Joined September 2012
Germany7651 Posts
April 16 2014 17:53 GMT
#103306
On April 17 2014 02:45 andyrau wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 01:37 Talron wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:27 andyrau wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:13 Talron wrote:
I used to get Vanguard -> Manta -> Battlefury couple of years ago. Shit worked like wonders for me. Then again DLG games were pretty much sub3k if compared to today.

On a Sidenote: Call me retarded, but I feel like WK is on the edge of OP. Combining the Hailrake build with another core in a WK team is freakign insane to play against - even if your team has necrobooks.

get any hero that mana burns and just gank him constantly before 16

We had Necro-Lycan and Wex Invoker. Wasn't enough against his Blademail+Mjöllnir. Was a fun game anyway, but I was completely thrown off, because of how hard it was to deal with WK with just minimal items + level16.

wait how do i make the little face inside mjollnir i can't find it on my keyboard

wk is useless if you can either isolate him from the team or manaburn him to death
if you can force him to teamfight before he gets big you can just kite or ignore him and kill the rest of his team, kinda similar to countering naix except wk has no inherent bkb.

[...]

Guess we just let him get too big then. Tho I still think Mjollnir, Blademail+BKB shouldn't make him facecruch us as ahrd, as he did.

Also: Ö/ö is standard on german keyboards Just as Ä/ä and Ü/ü. Y and Z are also swapped for whatever reason, which made playing SF in wc3 a mess, until I found out you can "make" your keyboard english by pressing alt+shift - yea, germany is weird.
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SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
April 16 2014 17:53 GMT
#103307
It also had the same block chance for ranged heroes, so it was the go to item for Razor, Viper, etc. Which is why you still see people building it on them.
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-16 17:59:06
April 16 2014 17:57 GMT
#103308
On April 17 2014 02:53 Talron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 02:45 andyrau wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:37 Talron wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:27 andyrau wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:13 Talron wrote:
I used to get Vanguard -> Manta -> Battlefury couple of years ago. Shit worked like wonders for me. Then again DLG games were pretty much sub3k if compared to today.

On a Sidenote: Call me retarded, but I feel like WK is on the edge of OP. Combining the Hailrake build with another core in a WK team is freakign insane to play against - even if your team has necrobooks.

get any hero that mana burns and just gank him constantly before 16

We had Necro-Lycan and Wex Invoker. Wasn't enough against his Blademail+Mjöllnir. Was a fun game anyway, but I was completely thrown off, because of how hard it was to deal with WK with just minimal items + level16.

wait how do i make the little face inside mjollnir i can't find it on my keyboard

wk is useless if you can either isolate him from the team or manaburn him to death
if you can force him to teamfight before he gets big you can just kite or ignore him and kill the rest of his team, kinda similar to countering naix except wk has no inherent bkb.

[...]

Guess we just let him get too big then. Tho I still think Mjollnir, Blademail+BKB shouldn't make him facecruch us as ahrd, as he did.

Also: Ö/ö is standard on german keyboards Just as Ä/ä and Ü/ü. Y and Z are also swapped for whatever reason, which made playing SF in wc3 a mess, until I found out you can "make" your keyboard english by pressing alt+shift - yea, germany is weird.

Canadians can make their keyboards french with "Ctrl + Shift" but all that changes is the punctuation on the right /?"';: etc become the accented vowels (e and a mostly). I can't do it at work though apparently.
On April 17 2014 02:53 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 02:49 Sn0_Man wrote:
No, when people played wc3 dota vanguard gave like 325 hp or something and was therefore actually better than the sum of its parts.

i don't think so IIRC it was 250 i guess ? but double vanguard axe so strong before but i was a noob back then so w/e. Maybe the two vanguard stack damage block at times ?

It definitely gave 275 pre 6.73 and I think there were other things before but I could be wrong.
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SpiZe
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada3640 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-16 18:05:36
April 16 2014 18:05 GMT
#103309
It just switch between whatever keyboard layout you have installed, it's no secret canadian thing ^^ , if you only have one layout installed it won't do anything.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-16 18:08:36
April 16 2014 18:06 GMT
#103310
On April 17 2014 02:53 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 02:49 Sn0_Man wrote:
No, when people played wc3 dota vanguard gave like 325 hp or something and was therefore actually better than the sum of its parts.

i don't think so IIRC it was 250 i guess ? but double vanguard axe so strong before but i was a noob back then so w/e. Maybe the two vanguard stack damage block at times ?

Sn0_man is right, Vanguard was nerfed by 25 HP in 6.73. Along with the introduction of Tranquil Boots, this pushed Vanguard out of use.

Prior to 6.68, it gave 300 HP, and in its heyday, it gave equal block value to ranged heroes.
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44292 Posts
April 16 2014 18:08 GMT
#103311
On April 17 2014 03:06 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 02:53 goody153 wrote:
On April 17 2014 02:49 Sn0_Man wrote:
No, when people played wc3 dota vanguard gave like 325 hp or something and was therefore actually better than the sum of its parts.

i don't think so IIRC it was 250 i guess ? but double vanguard axe so strong before but i was a noob back then so w/e. Maybe the two vanguard stack damage block at times ?

Sn0_man is right, Vanguard was nerfed by 75 HP in 6.73. Along with the introduction of Tranquil Boots, this pushed Vanguard out of use.

hmm i did not know that lol .. silly me ..
this is a quote
Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7596 Posts
April 16 2014 18:11 GMT
#103312
Dota2 Manga.....interesting

http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1414103
andyrau
Profile Joined December 2010
13015 Posts
April 16 2014 18:12 GMT
#103313
On April 17 2014 02:53 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 02:49 Sn0_Man wrote:
No, when people played wc3 dota vanguard gave like 325 hp or something and was therefore actually better than the sum of its parts.

i don't think so IIRC it was 250 i guess ? but double vanguard axe so strong before but i was a noob back then so w/e. Maybe the two vanguard stack damage block at times ?

i think they stack multiplicatively, and only one shield can proc at any one time (stoutshield, pms, vanguard) in the order of acquisition (most recent -> oldest).
so for vanguard it's:
.8 chance to block 40 dmg + (.8*.2) chance to block 40 dmg = .8 + .16 = .96 chance to block 40% damage

so you're paying like 2k+ to get 250 more health, 6 regen, and a 16% chance to block 40 damage. 2 vanguards aren't worth it.

then again rng/prd works super weird so the average block chance isn't actually .8, it's like .6 or something like that. I'm actually super confused about how the distribution works.

On April 17 2014 02:53 Talron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2014 02:45 andyrau wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:37 Talron wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:27 andyrau wrote:
On April 17 2014 01:13 Talron wrote:
I used to get Vanguard -> Manta -> Battlefury couple of years ago. Shit worked like wonders for me. Then again DLG games were pretty much sub3k if compared to today.

On a Sidenote: Call me retarded, but I feel like WK is on the edge of OP. Combining the Hailrake build with another core in a WK team is freakign insane to play against - even if your team has necrobooks.

get any hero that mana burns and just gank him constantly before 16

We had Necro-Lycan and Wex Invoker. Wasn't enough against his Blademail+Mjöllnir. Was a fun game anyway, but I was completely thrown off, because of how hard it was to deal with WK with just minimal items + level16.

wait how do i make the little face inside mjollnir i can't find it on my keyboard

wk is useless if you can either isolate him from the team or manaburn him to death
if you can force him to teamfight before he gets big you can just kite or ignore him and kill the rest of his team, kinda similar to countering naix except wk has no inherent bkb.

[...]

Guess we just let him get too big then. Tho I still think Mjollnir, Blademail+BKB shouldn't make him facecruch us as ahrd, as he did.

Also: Ö/ö is standard on german keyboards Just as Ä/ä and Ü/ü. Y and Z are also swapped for whatever reason, which made playing SF in wc3 a mess, until I found out you can "make" your keyboard english by pressing alt+shift - yea, germany is weird.

christ i was joking about the face/o
"Zai is legitimately not as good as bulba." | kaipi ti3 champions
SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
April 16 2014 18:13 GMT
#103314
I'm not sure if order of acquisition matters for anything at all in Dota 2. I would guess it gives priority to the higher block, if they bothered to deal with it.
Staboteur
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada1873 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-16 18:15:30
April 16 2014 18:14 GMT
#103315
When I first played dota, I played only against bots, and always as Jah'rakal, because his ult made him the fastest thing in the universe, plus he was ten times the bashlord dota 2 void would ever be. I miss lycanspeed-doublebash-troll.

I also built S&Y on EVERYONE. And usually 1v5'd, because starting laning phase with a fucking Yasha meant I could actually last-hit.

Those were the days.
I'm actually Fleetfeet D:
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
April 16 2014 18:15 GMT
#103316
On April 17 2014 03:13 SKC wrote:
I'm not sure if order of acquisition matters for anything at all in Dota 2. I would guess it gives priority to the higher block, if they bothered to deal with it.

This is correct.
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SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
April 16 2014 18:16 GMT
#103317
All I remember is fuck Pudge 99% evasion flies. Fuck that shit. I think I liked Rhasta and if you are sentinel pick Riki.
hfglgg
Profile Joined December 2012
Germany5372 Posts
April 16 2014 18:19 GMT
#103318
i remember pudge getting bonus strength from creep kills. everytime when i was bored i continued my solo pudge game against bots with the ultimate goal to onehit roshan.

never finished it though.
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
April 16 2014 18:21 GMT
#103319
there was this guy who left his game on overnight at the enemy fountain.
had 12398129850984083549223 strength
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xsevR
Profile Joined January 2011
United States324 Posts
April 16 2014 18:23 GMT
#103320
That's the part that always confused me about vanguard. When I first started playing again, the "new" nerf to ranged heroes seemed really strange (i misinterpreted it as ranged attacks from the source dealing damage). And then everything I read talked about how worthless the damage block is... which never seemed to add up. If the mechanic is that underpowered why does there need to be a specific exception for ranged heroes? Don't melee heroes get more use out of it anyway as they'll tank more right clicks in general?

Would removing the ranged restriction on Vanguard send it back to the days of core on every hero?
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