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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
December 16 2011 10:32 GMT
#1101
ur melee hero; attackspeed doesn't do that much if you can't actually hit them
that's where phase comes in
dagger gives you good movespeed but nowhere near max, and phase gives a nice boost for chasing or getting away

the attackspeed from treads is not that useful, it's mostly the +24 damage (which is a lot early on) and phase ability weighed against +8 str (both are useless on illusions)
lozarian
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1043 Posts
December 16 2011 10:59 GMT
#1102
str is not useless on illusions. They get the hp.
For every battle honour a thousand heroes die alone, unsung, and unremembered.
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
December 16 2011 11:33 GMT
#1103
they also die in 7 seconds
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
December 16 2011 11:39 GMT
#1104
On December 16 2011 19:59 lozarian wrote:
str is not useless on illusions. They get the hp.

152 hp is really negligible on illusions. they're really just there for radiance anyway.
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lozarian
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1043 Posts
December 16 2011 11:47 GMT
#1105
Just meant it sounded like he was implying that illusions don't benefit from stats. It's not useless, it just doesn't make much of an impact.
For every battle honour a thousand heroes die alone, unsung, and unremembered.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
December 16 2011 11:48 GMT
#1106
I don't think you can really argue that Phases are necessarily better than Treads for fighting. Treads are MADE for fighting. Certainly, Phases aren't bad for it, but Treads still have the higher overall DPS gain.

But as far as farming goes, Phases are better for farming. Attack speed doesn't compare to +24 damage when you're farming against someone trying to slow your development, and Phases gives you little better ability to escape.
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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
December 16 2011 12:11 GMT
#1107
usually by the time you get upgraded boots laning has mostly broken down and you aren't really competing for lasthits any more, so upgraded boots don't really affect your farm speed unless you're forced to jungle all day, in which case treads are usually a better bet

phase makes you more useful in midgame ganks/teamfights where you don't really sit around and hit things, but you trade off a bit of lategame power
it's really not a big difference and mostly comes down to preference
ilovelings
Profile Joined January 2011
Argentina776 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-16 13:07:04
December 16 2011 13:03 GMT
#1108
Last hitting with spectre has always been tricky. I like treads on her because the extra hp allows you to survive one extra nuke and deal extra damage with dispersion. The attack speed is a nice bonus on midgame. You can really tell the difference with treads. Phase is negligible because of the dagger.


I got really mad yesterday. My score was 25/3/10 with Clinkz and I lost. My team mates sucked hard.
People is diying.
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-16 14:22:32
December 16 2011 14:21 GMT
#1109
I got really drunk and streamed dota 2 for hours last night. I don't remember any of it. I won all my games. Apparently, roaming when drunk is awesome with VS and I like singing very poorly while insulting the band's singer. Plus, I was very very insistent that magic missile past 1 was useless. and went 1-1-4-1. Then 1-4-4-3. My team told me to skip swap because they were afraid of me being drunk. But yeah... i was belligerent.

I've awoken 3 hours later to discover all of this. 8 margaritas and 4 beers over the course of a night.and why are my shoes on my desk?
Josh-FiveO
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Denmark174 Posts
December 16 2011 14:37 GMT
#1110
On December 16 2011 23:21 Nevuk wrote:
I got really drunk and streamed dota 2 for hours last night. I don't remember any of it. I won all my games. Apparently, roaming when drunk is awesome with VS and I like singing very poorly while insulting the band's singer. Plus, I was very very insistent that magic missile past 1 was useless. and went 1-1-4-1. Then 1-4-4-3. My team told me to skip swap because they were afraid of me being drunk. But yeah... i was belligerent.

I've awoken 3 hours later to discover all of this. 8 margaritas and 4 beers over the course of a night.and why are my shoes on my desk?


Sounds like you had fun! :D

Actually, I like going 1 lvl stun with VS, and then just stats and wave and go hardcore DPS. Just keep farming till u have Manta, PT and Butter and u will rape face! :D
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Josh-FiveO
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Denmark174 Posts
December 16 2011 14:39 GMT
#1111
On December 16 2011 22:03 ilovelings wrote:
Last hitting with spectre has always been tricky. I like treads on her because the extra hp allows you to survive one extra nuke and deal extra damage with dispersion. The attack speed is a nice bonus on midgame. You can really tell the difference with treads. Phase is negligible because of the dagger.


I got really mad yesterday. My score was 25/3/10 with Clinkz and I lost. My team mates sucked hard.


21/0/31 with Rexxar, almost lost :D I would have been so fucking pissed if I had lost!
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Corr
Profile Joined January 2009
Denmark796 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-16 14:56:27
December 16 2011 14:53 GMT
#1112
Always go phase on spectre unless you've had a really shitty start, in which case I'd probably ditch upgraded boots and just go for the vg/relic. You will be able to escape almost anything, you will lasthit stuff better while you're saving for relic. The AS from treads doesn't do anything for spectre because people are never standing still tanking you, the hp isn't needed because you will get a VG or at the very least a vitbooster for your midgame safety and post-radiance tankyness. On top of that you will always go heart after radiance if you know what you're doing/playing to win.
As for PotM is mostly comes down to your preference, what you're against overall but also the lane you're in, what items you're going for midgame and how fast you can upgrade those boots. If the matchup dictates that you'll be getting linkens or s&y in midgame you might not need the hp from treads. However most people that can't deduct this probably don't grasp PotM well enough to reap the most from phase boots. I stuck with treads for a long time after the nerf on her simply because I cancelled my attacks too often due to latency and not being used to the lower attack speed. I don't buy wraith bands and if you're not getting a fast yasha in midgame the attackspeed is too low imo.
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
December 16 2011 23:31 GMT
#1113
I usually go treads, switch them to agi before ult then switch them to str all the rest. Or int for casting spells. The extra bit of damage from the +8 agi isn't that important, but sometimes the attack speed for the illusions can be nice with the passive
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
December 17 2011 00:15 GMT
#1114
Ursa is now in the game

fuckyeah.
WriterXiao8~~
MotherOfRunes
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany2862 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-17 01:04:45
December 17 2011 01:02 GMT
#1115
On December 16 2011 23:53 Corr wrote:
Always go phase on spectre unless you've had a really shitty start, in which case I'd probably ditch upgraded boots and just go for the vg/relic. You will be able to escape almost anything, you will lasthit stuff better while you're saving for relic. The AS from treads doesn't do anything for spectre because people are never standing still tanking you, the hp isn't needed because you will get a VG or at the very least a vitbooster for your midgame safety and post-radiance tankyness. On top of that you will always go heart after radiance if you know what you're doing/playing to win.


treads is a must on spectre since he must also be able to tank. with early 2 slippers and quelling blade you simply dont need more damage to farm, or you are just bad. the phase ability is totally wasted money on her since your dagger does the same for you more effectivly and lasts longer. with an early vanguard (before treads),dispersion dagger and ulti, as soon as you are level 6, you have so much early tankability/escapeability that you simply dont need phase. +starting mid game you will benefit even more from treads than from phase boots.
imagine the time you just finished your radi, you will do much more damage than with phaseboots.

so at the end what does a spec need early?

tankability: its really the only thing in the early game. survive everything and farm as hell

what does she not need?

escapeability: dagger dispersion, at 6 ulti
seriously how much more do you need to escape from an enemy?

early damage boost: slippers and quelling do the job, and your not supposed to gank/kill heroes early in the game

And what do phase boots provide us ?

escapability, early damage boost

...

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Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
December 17 2011 01:18 GMT
#1116
On December 17 2011 10:02 gwaihir wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2011 23:53 Corr wrote:
Always go phase on spectre unless you've had a really shitty start, in which case I'd probably ditch upgraded boots and just go for the vg/relic. You will be able to escape almost anything, you will lasthit stuff better while you're saving for relic. The AS from treads doesn't do anything for spectre because people are never standing still tanking you, the hp isn't needed because you will get a VG or at the very least a vitbooster for your midgame safety and post-radiance tankyness. On top of that you will always go heart after radiance if you know what you're doing/playing to win.


treads is a must on spectre since he must also be able to tank. with early 2 slippers and quelling blade you simply dont need more damage to farm, or you are just bad. the phase ability is totally wasted money on her since your dagger does the same for you more effectivly and lasts longer. with an early vanguard (before treads),dispersion dagger and ulti, as soon as you are level 6, you have so much early tankability/escapeability that you simply dont need phase. +starting mid game you will benefit even more from treads than from phase boots.
imagine the time you just finished your radi, you will do much more damage than with phaseboots.

so at the end what does a spec need early?

tankability: its really the only thing in the early game. survive everything and farm as hell

what does she not need?

escapeability: dagger dispersion, at 6 ulti
seriously how much more do you need to escape from an enemy?

early damage boost: slippers and quelling do the job, and your not supposed to gank/kill heroes early in the game

And what do phase boots provide us ?

escapability, early damage boost

...



Why are you getting 2 early slippers?
BnK
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States538 Posts
December 17 2011 01:43 GMT
#1117
I can't connect to the server. Anyone has this problem?
MotherOfRunes
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany2862 Posts
December 17 2011 01:46 GMT
#1118
On December 17 2011 10:18 Numy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 17 2011 10:02 gwaihir wrote:
On December 16 2011 23:53 Corr wrote:
Always go phase on spectre unless you've had a really shitty start, in which case I'd probably ditch upgraded boots and just go for the vg/relic. You will be able to escape almost anything, you will lasthit stuff better while you're saving for relic. The AS from treads doesn't do anything for spectre because people are never standing still tanking you, the hp isn't needed because you will get a VG or at the very least a vitbooster for your midgame safety and post-radiance tankyness. On top of that you will always go heart after radiance if you know what you're doing/playing to win.


treads is a must on spectre since he must also be able to tank. with early 2 slippers and quelling blade you simply dont need more damage to farm, or you are just bad. the phase ability is totally wasted money on her since your dagger does the same for you more effectivly and lasts longer. with an early vanguard (before treads),dispersion dagger and ulti, as soon as you are level 6, you have so much early tankability/escapeability that you simply dont need phase. +starting mid game you will benefit even more from treads than from phase boots.
imagine the time you just finished your radi, you will do much more damage than with phaseboots.

so at the end what does a spec need early?

tankability: its really the only thing in the early game. survive everything and farm as hell

what does she not need?

escapeability: dagger dispersion, at 6 ulti
seriously how much more do you need to escape from an enemy?

early damage boost: slippers and quelling do the job, and your not supposed to gank/kill heroes early in the game

And what do phase boots provide us ?

escapability, early damage boost

...



Why are you getting 2 early slippers?


:D sry, i play only random, so there is a bit extra money i spend on slippers, forgot about that....anyway quelling blade is more than enough ^^
"Your Razor sucks!" -Kuroky's Dad
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-17 04:00:11
December 17 2011 03:56 GMT
#1119
On December 17 2011 10:02 gwaihir wrote:
treads is a must on spectre since he must also be able to tank. with early 2 slippers and quelling blade you simply dont need more damage to farm, or you are just bad. the phase ability is totally wasted money on her since your dagger does the same for you more effectivly and lasts longer. with an early vanguard (before treads),dispersion dagger and ulti, as soon as you are level 6, you have so much early tankability/escapeability that you simply dont need phase. +starting mid game you will benefit even more from treads than from phase boots.
imagine the time you just finished your radi, you will do much more damage than with phaseboots.

so at the end what does a spec need early?

tankability: its really the only thing in the early game. survive everything and farm as hell

what does she not need?

escapeability: dagger dispersion, at 6 ulti
seriously how much more do you need to escape from an enemy?

early damage boost: slippers and quelling do the job, and your not supposed to gank/kill heroes early in the game

And what do phase boots provide us ?

escapability, early damage boost

...


I don't know why you're trying to make this out to be more clear-cut than it actually is. If Treads were right 100% of the time, we wouldn't see Phases on Spec as much as we do in competitive play. It's at the very least playstyle-dependent, and likely very situational.

And I disagree about Spec not needing escapability. Compared to many other hard carry picks, she has much less reliable escapability. She needs much more of it to reach the "unstoppable farm" status than, say, Antimage or Faceless, because they have blinks, which are ultimately much stronger at getting you out of trouble than Dagger or her Ulti.
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Corr
Profile Joined January 2009
Denmark796 Posts
December 17 2011 08:29 GMT
#1120
The most important part of surviving a gank with spectre is to get out of their cc range. Between Vanguard and dispersion the hp added by Treads won't help you very much. And that's really the only thing treads has going for them for Spectre. As soon as Phase has saved you just once when Treads wouldn't have they've been infinitely more worth.
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