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MyaurA
Profile Joined October 2013
United States50 Posts
March 24 2016 17:25 GMT
#1661
Just heard via twitter that it is going to be Aui and Bulba

fear
sumail
bulba
aui
ppd
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Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
March 24 2016 17:42 GMT
#1662
On March 25 2016 02:12 yotsuna wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2016 01:32 DucK- wrote:
On March 25 2016 00:50 bluzi wrote:
On March 25 2016 00:01 DucK- wrote:
On March 24 2016 22:41 wims80 wrote:
On March 24 2016 20:48 DucK- wrote:
I actually think eg.demon would be good. Then get Mason or find a #4 and fear carry. I don't like aui #4.

TI winning #4 not good enough for the boys in blue?


No because while it was a ti winning member, his style of play limits eg alot. He needs farm to function well, and that means eg will often have to accommodate and secure him that space. He could fit though because suma1l can play a space creating style, but I just feel eg options are limited with aui


Duck , are you feeling fine ? eg.demon?! mason??? , one is the most toxic guy in NA dota an both are not as good as Aui .... if you didn't notice #4 is farming as well as ever in this meta , with Night stalkers/ Chen/Ench/Enigma/BeastMaster/Doom you name it meta runs it (EG ran Enigma/BM/Visage for Fear a lot and they would've run Chen/Ench if they had the players).
This isn't real life anymore if ppl want demon and mason as cores on the team and think its an upgrade over Aui and Fear back to carry and getting an offlaner.


I would take fear #4 over Aui any day. Aui outside of Visage cannot playmake at all and rely on farming items to make an impact. At least Fear can do shit as a normal support. Though that said, I can't think of any other #4 in NA that's better than Aui.


Good point, that is a worry not sure their 4 protect Aui midgame works anymore especially since DC tried and failed at it so badly Aui went back on carry.........but you never know what the new patch may bring and it's not like beggars can be choosers.


One thing that EG stopped doing in 6.86 was switching Sumail & Arteezy around. Though they did flip Arteezy to the Off-lane as Lone Druid one time. I wonder if we'll see the occasional shifting around with certain line ups. Not that EG hadn't used Fear as the 2nd core in a lot of Enigma games.

But it's also possible that Aui can adjust better. Hopefully the meta opens back up again in 6.87. The 6.86 meta, after the nerfs, kind of ended up in a pretty boring place.
Atoissen
Profile Joined July 2011
Norway1737 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-24 18:03:12
March 24 2016 18:03 GMT
#1663
On March 25 2016 02:25 MyaurA wrote:
Just heard via twitter that it is going to be Aui and Bulba

fear
sumail
bulba
aui
ppd

EE just "confirmed" this on stream...
in that order: Aui, Sumail, Bulba, Fear and Ppd.

Aui carry is not my biggest concern, im more interested to see how well Bulba can be... I dont have the highest hopes for him sadly, hoping he can prove me (and everyone els) wrong.
“Strength lies not in defense but in attack.”
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-24 18:13:32
March 24 2016 18:13 GMT
#1664
Aui carry. I would approve that. But Bulba.....
lolnoty
Profile Joined December 2005
United States7166 Posts
March 24 2016 18:13 GMT
#1665
I'm glad it's confirmed. I'll be glad to cheer for this version of the roster. I don't expect they'll win as much, but they're pretty damned NA.

I'm going to say early on that I think Fear is a better carry than Aui if Aui gets the 1. Aui is a really noncommital nervous carry sometimes. Fear is a man's carry that commits hard, accurately, and goes balls deep when he needs to.
"PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
March 24 2016 18:14 GMT
#1666
Maybe clockwek will be back
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44125 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-24 18:17:12
March 24 2016 18:15 GMT
#1667
On March 25 2016 03:03 Atoissen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2016 02:25 MyaurA wrote:
Just heard via twitter that it is going to be Aui and Bulba

fear
sumail
bulba
aui
ppd

EE just "confirmed" this on stream...
in that order: Aui, Sumail, Bulba, Fear and Ppd.

Aui carry is not my biggest concern, im more interested to see how well Bulba can be... I dont have the highest hopes for him sadly, hoping he can prove me (and everyone els) wrong.

Oh yeah. Aui should be familiar with the carry playstyle due to his greedy support (and the more obvious he played carry before), bulba is the concern but like the discussion in the rtz/universe news thread about zai could replace him later.

On March 25 2016 03:13 lolnoty wrote:
I'm glad it's confirmed. I'll be glad to cheer for this version of the roster. I don't expect they'll win as much, but they're pretty damned NA.

I'm going to say early on that I think Fear is a better carry than Aui if Aui gets the 1. Aui is a really noncommital nervous carry sometimes. Fear is a man's carry that commits hard, accurately, and goes balls deep when he needs to.


Aui's carry should be fine maybe he has less hero flexibility than fear but he should be able to do his job as long as the entire backbone is good.
this is a quote
lolnoty
Profile Joined December 2005
United States7166 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-24 18:21:29
March 24 2016 18:20 GMT
#1668
On March 25 2016 03:15 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2016 03:03 Atoissen wrote:
On March 25 2016 02:25 MyaurA wrote:
Just heard via twitter that it is going to be Aui and Bulba

fear
sumail
bulba
aui
ppd

EE just "confirmed" this on stream...
in that order: Aui, Sumail, Bulba, Fear and Ppd.

Aui carry is not my biggest concern, im more interested to see how well Bulba can be... I dont have the highest hopes for him sadly, hoping he can prove me (and everyone els) wrong.

Oh yeah. Aui should be familiar with the carry playstyle due to his greedy support (and the more obvious he played carry before), bulba is the concern but like the discussion in the rtz/universe news thread about zai could replace him later.

Show nested quote +
On March 25 2016 03:13 lolnoty wrote:
I'm glad it's confirmed. I'll be glad to cheer for this version of the roster. I don't expect they'll win as much, but they're pretty damned NA.

I'm going to say early on that I think Fear is a better carry than Aui if Aui gets the 1. Aui is a really noncommital nervous carry sometimes. Fear is a man's carry that commits hard, accurately, and goes balls deep when he needs to.


Aui's carry should be fine maybe he has less hero flexibility than fear but he should be able to do his job as long as the entire backbone is good.


Aui is like a TC carry imo. He farms well, he avoids danger... he farms well, he avoids danger... he farms well, he avoids danger. Fear does that too but can and has often played aggressive, early fighting carries and shows really strong risk assessment on where he commits himself. RTZ also has insane risk assessment.

Contrary to people hating on RTZ dying, carries NEED to leverage themselves for gains on the map which requires risks. Often times RTZ and Fear commit themselves in ways where the risk/reward for dying or not in a situation is favorable, as opposed to carries that just Farm Well, Avoid danger...

Maybe he can prove me wrong, but my image of Aui in dignitas has me skeptical he's up to fear/rtz's level of carry.
"PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44125 Posts
March 24 2016 18:22 GMT
#1669
On March 25 2016 03:20 lolnoty wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2016 03:15 goody153 wrote:
On March 25 2016 03:03 Atoissen wrote:
On March 25 2016 02:25 MyaurA wrote:
Just heard via twitter that it is going to be Aui and Bulba

fear
sumail
bulba
aui
ppd

EE just "confirmed" this on stream...
in that order: Aui, Sumail, Bulba, Fear and Ppd.

Aui carry is not my biggest concern, im more interested to see how well Bulba can be... I dont have the highest hopes for him sadly, hoping he can prove me (and everyone els) wrong.

Oh yeah. Aui should be familiar with the carry playstyle due to his greedy support (and the more obvious he played carry before), bulba is the concern but like the discussion in the rtz/universe news thread about zai could replace him later.

On March 25 2016 03:13 lolnoty wrote:
I'm glad it's confirmed. I'll be glad to cheer for this version of the roster. I don't expect they'll win as much, but they're pretty damned NA.

I'm going to say early on that I think Fear is a better carry than Aui if Aui gets the 1. Aui is a really noncommital nervous carry sometimes. Fear is a man's carry that commits hard, accurately, and goes balls deep when he needs to.


Aui's carry should be fine maybe he has less hero flexibility than fear but he should be able to do his job as long as the entire backbone is good.


Aui is like a TC carry imo. He farms well, he avoids danger... he farms well, he avoids danger... he farms well, he avoids danger. Fear does that too but can and has often played aggressive, early fighting carries and shows really strong risk assessment on where he commits himself. RTZ also has insane risk assessment.

Contrary to people hating on RTZ dying, carries NEED to leverage themselves for gains on the map which requires risks. Often times RTZ and Fear commit themselves in ways where the risk/reward for dying or not in a situation is favorable, as opposed to carries that just Farm Well, Avoid danger...

Maybe he can prove me wrong, but my image of Aui in dignitas has me skeptical he's up to fear/rtz's level of carry.


Lets wait and find out. Maybe if it doesn't work EG always has the option to swap fear and aui. I mean both can play 4 position .
this is a quote
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
March 24 2016 18:22 GMT
#1670
Honestly I don't get people judging Aui's carry play right now. He's played like 4 officials as a carry in the last 2+ years. See where it goes then judge.
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brinepumps
Profile Joined February 2015
Indonesia753 Posts
March 24 2016 18:23 GMT
#1671
Maybe Aui and Fear will swap position depending on draft?
Aui is a good Cheh player iirc, and tbh, kinda scary now EG has a Chen player
"if you don't believe you can do it, then you have no chance at all" - Arsene Wenger
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
March 24 2016 18:24 GMT
#1672
Fear is far from a bad chen player we just don't see a lot of chen these days.
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lolnoty
Profile Joined December 2005
United States7166 Posts
March 24 2016 18:26 GMT
#1673
On March 25 2016 03:22 Sn0_Man wrote:
Honestly I don't get people judging Aui's carry play right now. He's played like 4 officials as a carry in the last 2+ years. See where it goes then judge.

I'm going off of Dignitas memories where there was a lot of games. I hope he has adapted to be a riskier and better risk assessing carry. There's nothing I hate more than carries in modern dota that just farm well and avoid danger.

To use your argument the other way: you're right, so why risk it? Does anyone still doubt Fear is a capable t1 carry, and Aui is a capable 4? The only reason I can think of for EG is PPD likes fear's 4 more and how it fits into the team, and is willing to play a less active carry for it.
"PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy
Atoissen
Profile Joined July 2011
Norway1737 Posts
March 24 2016 18:39 GMT
#1674
On March 25 2016 03:26 lolnoty wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2016 03:22 Sn0_Man wrote:
Honestly I don't get people judging Aui's carry play right now. He's played like 4 officials as a carry in the last 2+ years. See where it goes then judge.

I'm going off of Dignitas memories where there was a lot of games. I hope he has adapted to be a riskier and better risk assessing carry. There's nothing I hate more than carries in modern dota that just farm well and avoid danger.

To use your argument the other way: you're right, so why risk it? Does anyone still doubt Fear is a capable t1 carry, and Aui is a capable 4? The only reason I can think of for EG is PPD likes fear's 4 more and how it fits into the team, and is willing to play a less active carry for it.

I actually think most people regard fear as the better 1 and 4, but he is actually more important on 4.
As someone else stated earlier, fear is really good at applying pressure when he plays 4, and I think he is better with the communication. A carry doesnt really need to communicate alott compared to a roaming 4, so it might get back to the Aui communication thingy from august.

EG didnt have alott of time, they had to take what was "available" to them... this is probably the best they could do.
Letts see how this goes... We can always hope for a zai comeback before TI ;-)
“Strength lies not in defense but in attack.”
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44125 Posts
March 24 2016 18:47 GMT
#1675
EE leaked the roster (which we already assumed )

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this is a quote
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
March 24 2016 18:49 GMT
#1676
In before Aui Fear flexible role swap shenanigans.
Souldivnr
Profile Joined September 2015
Cuba127 Posts
March 24 2016 18:52 GMT
#1677
Lets see how it goes. Best of lucks!
"Puppey is always the BOSS"- XBOCT 2016
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
March 24 2016 18:54 GMT
#1678
Resolution over Bulba would have been an amazing team. But hey, maybe Bulba can deliver.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44125 Posts
March 24 2016 18:57 GMT
#1679
On March 25 2016 03:54 Acritter wrote:
Resolution over Bulba would have been an amazing team. But hey, maybe Bulba can deliver.

As much as i don't trust bulba there's also the issue that resolution may not be capable of playing offlane. I mean he's generally 1 or 2 pos.

So bulba is probably just the better choice if there wasn't any other better offlaner.
this is a quote
bagels21
Profile Joined August 2012
United States4357 Posts
March 24 2016 19:02 GMT
#1680
I've read that Fear wants to play 4 for his arm, so that could be part of why he's not carry again

also, I'm still sticking by my pet theory that zai gets swapped in for Bulba post major. That would make EG on par with Secret imo.
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