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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
April 28 2015 20:46 GMT
#30621
On April 29 2015 05:46 PassiveAce wrote:
whats the deal with the 5000g support boots that arnt bots

Icefrog wants smooth item progressions at 100+ minutes
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
April 28 2015 20:48 GMT
#30622
Can you even call them "item progressions" when you're buying permanent hero upgrades that don't take item slots?
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 20:49:21
April 28 2015 20:49 GMT
#30623
well alch is the only hero that has more than one of those right
but maybe "gold sinks" is a better term i guess
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TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
April 28 2015 20:52 GMT
#30624
They are not support boots, the only support that might get them is enigma.

They are for cores that used to buy mek before its mana cost went up. Guys like Doom, Alch and even Axe would like them.

Alch was played mid by going arcane mek, now he can fuse them, and skill a value point in greed that gives him 4x bounty runes money.

It's a good core item.
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
l3loodraven
Profile Joined July 2013
2753 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 20:55:22
April 28 2015 20:53 GMT
#30625
where is ja

i need ja to help make sense of all this
"fear.dankness cuts deeper than swords"
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
April 28 2015 20:55 GMT
#30626
Hmm, when Arc Warden is in the game, Alch base model + Arc Warden ulti in AD could give out Aghas for free.

I hate myself for even thinking for a second that I want that hero in the game.
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SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
April 28 2015 20:56 GMT
#30627
I'm not so sure Arc Warden will be in AD
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
April 28 2015 20:56 GMT
#30628
Keep in mind, alch is still one of the worst base models in the game. Which makes him questionable in AD.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 20:58:20
April 28 2015 20:57 GMT
#30629
On April 29 2015 05:56 Sn0_Man wrote:
Keep in mind, alch is still one of the worst base models in the game. Which makes him questionable in AD.

Right, but you don't get to pick your base model in AD.

Though the combo is still probably not better than someone with a real base model picking Chemical Rage.

The idea of giving out free Aghas is just funny, lol.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 20:58:34
April 28 2015 20:57 GMT
#30630
On April 29 2015 05:46 PassiveAce wrote:
i want to know what the deal is with the 5000+ gold support boots
that recipe is just silly.

It also has a sort of neat passive I guess aura that may work on creeps. Its unclear. Chen could use it with aghs and the HP golem. Who knows? Someone will buy it at some point. Slots get tight when you are carrying wards, a TP and maybe a gem.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 21:01:48
April 28 2015 21:01 GMT
#30631
I'm not sure Agh's alch will ever be legit.

Maybe I'm wrong, but my gut says its awful except when he's 6 slotted
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Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
April 28 2015 21:03 GMT
#30632
alche is oprah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 21:05:41
April 28 2015 21:04 GMT
#30633
On April 29 2015 06:01 Comeh wrote:
I'm not sure Agh's alch will ever be legit.

Maybe I'm wrong, but my gut says its awful except when he's 6 slotted


A greedy pos1 Alch gets 6slotted at 30 min.

Even if he only gets 6 slotted at 45min, he has that option that nobody else has. Other heroes when they become 6 slotted they can only have some refreshers or necros on courier to help push or some shit.
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
April 28 2015 21:05 GMT
#30634
"As one of the most influential teams in eSports, Team Liquid is considered both an innovator and standard bearer. Our eSports wiki, Liquipedia, has grown to become one of the most useful, most detailed, and most up to date wikis in all of gaming, and it has become the measure by which other wikis are graded. Our SC2 Strategy section and our community mapmakers continue to shape the game of StarCraft 2, while its narratives have been indelibly shaped by our writers. That success extends to our players and teams, who count among them champions and record-breakers: Yun "TaeJa" Young Seo, the winningest player in SC2 history; Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin, a world champion and one of the Best AD Carries in League of Legends; Dario "TLO" Wünsch, one of the most popular SC2 players and one of its earliest innovators; Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen, the Hearthstone champion of SeatStory Cup II and OGN Invitational 2014; and Ken "Ken" Hoang, a Smash legend and former Survivor contestant."

Hey guys notice something thats missing from that.
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
April 28 2015 21:06 GMT
#30635
On April 29 2015 06:04 TMG26 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2015 06:01 Comeh wrote:
I'm not sure Agh's alch will ever be legit.
Maybe I'm wrong, but my gut says its awful except when he's 6 slotted

A greedy pos1 Alch gets 6slotted at 30 min.

At which point he's just as strong as the other carry's 3 slots but has no room to grow and feeds inordinate amounts of gold when killed. Whether the ability to one-time add 60ias for 4k gold and give ur allies aghs for 4k gold as well fixes this remains to be seen, but seems doubtful.
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TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
April 28 2015 21:06 GMT
#30636
No inferior moba reference?
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
April 28 2015 21:07 GMT
#30637
?

No it doesn't even talk about gunhats or superior superior moba
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 28 2015 21:08 GMT
#30638
Call CRMS, Liquid dropped the ball again and forgot inferior, low self esteem moba.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 21:08:48
April 28 2015 21:08 GMT
#30639
tl.gunhats are bad enough to keep a secret though and supsupmoba is roughly as competitive as tic tac toe
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TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
April 28 2015 21:08 GMT
#30640
On April 29 2015 06:06 Sn0_Man wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2015 06:04 TMG26 wrote:
On April 29 2015 06:01 Comeh wrote:
I'm not sure Agh's alch will ever be legit.
Maybe I'm wrong, but my gut says its awful except when he's 6 slotted

A greedy pos1 Alch gets 6slotted at 30 min.

At which point he's just as strong as the other carry's 3 slots but has no room to grow and feeds inordinate amounts of gold when killed. Whether the ability to one-time add 60ias for 4k gold and give ur allies aghs for 4k gold as well fixes this remains to be seen, but seems doubtful.


He is still one of the best manfighters in the game thanks to 1 BAT. Giving teams Aghs is getting more control, more control means more time for Alch to unleash his super crazy DPS.

But i think his greatest buff is the 4x rune combined with the new boots. It makes the once popular mid Alch good again.
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
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