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goody153

44292 Posts

May 07 2014 13:01 GMT

#106081

On May 07 2014 21:56 Kishin2 wrote:
Storm has the highest or second highest base armor of all ranged heroes. He's quite good.

good for kiting and the instant level 6 death on the midlane ..

Velr

Switzerland10939 Posts

May 07 2014 13:02 GMT

#106082

After some time we just laughed whenever he died because he died in the most hilarious "bad" ways possible.
He was just so much worse than the rest of us, it looked like he had some 3 second lag in his brain (which is bad no matter what you play, but its even worse on storm

pedrlz

Brazil5234 Posts

May 07 2014 13:27 GMT

#106083

Just pick beastmaster, you don't even need to be good, I have like 82% winrate on 23 games. 3,4k mmr seal of approve

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

May 07 2014 13:31 GMT

#106084

For me, Viper is the ultimate pubstomper lol

Velr

Switzerland10939 Posts

May 07 2014 13:31 GMT

#106085

I go with Enigma when I "really" want to win.
No clue why, but i tend to win with Enigma ^^.

goody153

44292 Posts

May 07 2014 13:34 GMT

#106086

watching this game from [A]

and s4 bat is not going mid

it seems like he doesn't know how to play batrider offlane(it's not offlane but he is facing a strong dual lane so we can consider it as hard lane) very well

weird considering he is one of the strongest bat player in the world

EDIT: nevermind there wasn't any stack for him to catch up

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

May 07 2014 14:20 GMT

#106087

I have good luck with DP, since she can win mid, get to level 11 and help yolo down towers. As long as you don't build her with some trash mana regen build and build her to fight + race car , she is a great pub hero.

Fencar

United States2694 Posts

May 07 2014 14:34 GMT

#106088

If I want to win, I play CM or VS. Soooo easy to play those heroes and just support the team to victory.

I definitely don't have luck pubstomping with mids, though.

Talron

Germany7651 Posts

May 07 2014 14:38 GMT

#106089

On May 07 2014 23:20 Plansix wrote:
I have good luck with DP, since she can win mid, get to level 11 and help yolo down towers. As long as you don't build her with some trash mana regen build and build her to fight + race car , she is a great pub hero.

What do you build? Bottle, Phase, Atos?

Sn0_Man

Tebellong44238 Posts

May 07 2014 14:39 GMT

#106090

I'd assume bottle -> phase+drums -> Euls -> LUXURY (heart generally)

Erasme

Bahamas15899 Posts

May 07 2014 14:43 GMT

#106091

On May 07 2014 21:56 Kishin2 wrote:
Storm has the highest or second highest base armor of all ranged heroes. He's quite good.

cuz he has a terrible range and is so easily gankable pre 6
hes really doubtful to play unless you're sure to get wards + supports tp
so i guess hes really good when people don't gank you.

goody153

44292 Posts

May 07 2014 14:43 GMT

#106092

i have to agree it's our go to hero when we need to win shit

Erasme

Bahamas15899 Posts

May 07 2014 14:44 GMT

#106093

On May 07 2014 22:31 Velr wrote:
I go with Enigma when I "really" want to win.
No clue why, but i tend to win with Enigma ^^.

the new blackhole is fucking broken you don't need to rush blink, get a fast bkb and win lmao

Gevna

France2332 Posts

May 07 2014 14:46 GMT

#106094

I like to go Travel => eul => luxury (hex / shiva) when I play dp. Split pushing hard all over the map at 500ms.

When I want to tryhard I usually pick puck, prolly because I feel really good on the hero and has a great impact.

Laurens

Belgium4558 Posts

May 07 2014 14:49 GMT

#106095

http://dotametrics.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/one-weird-trick-to-raise-mmr-that-raijin-thunderkeg-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about/

Relevant to the on-going discussion. An article why picking high impact mids may not be the best strategy if you want to gain MMR.

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

May 07 2014 14:58 GMT

#106096

On May 07 2014 23:39 Sn0_Man wrote:
I'd assume bottle -> phase+drums -> Euls -> LUXURY (heart generally)

Yes, the best build IMO. DP is sort of made of glass, so the drums add to her HP and mana pool. Phase gives her the speed, which scales well with her passive and makes her super hard to lock down. It also let's you get in and out quickly to dump and silence or swarm. It's like 10x better then bloodstone, which doesn't do a lot for her since your ability fight is totally based on your exorcism cool down.

Oh yeah, and euls because it is awesome and saves your ass or can be used to engage a fleeing target.

FuzzyJAM

Scotland9300 Posts

May 07 2014 14:59 GMT

#106097

I would hope it's obvious that playing high impact heroes will only raise your MMR if you're actually better than the average player you're against.

I think the misconception is rather that somewhere in the region of 400% of people think they're better than their MMR.

Sn0_Man

Tebellong44238 Posts

May 07 2014 15:00 GMT

#106098

I content myself with the misconception that I'm smarter than my MMR, not better unfortunately.

babysimba

10466 Posts

May 07 2014 15:04 GMT

#106099

Get skadi instead of heart. Solves dp mana issues + bkb-piercing slow on top of 500+ms. You don't need heart regen because you want your whole team to get the fuck out and avoid fights once you do not have your ult up. And you automatically replenish health fully when ult ends anyway.

SKC

Brazil18828 Posts

May 07 2014 15:04 GMT

#106100

Being "smarter" than your MMR is not exactly uncommon for people that read forums and watch a lot of games. You just have to accept the sad truth that this must mean the other players are better than you in other areas.