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DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
February 10 2017 01:15 GMT
#3381
Miracle has been playing a lot of meepo I think. But he doesn't look comfortable on the hero. Probably good enough with the macro farming aspect of the hero, though he struggles with the micro when it comes to skirmishes. Definitely not w33 abed notail level yet
juuto
Profile Joined January 2014
809 Posts
February 10 2017 03:45 GMT
#3382
On February 10 2017 09:03 hunter_x wrote:
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Show nested quote +
On February 10 2017 06:22 Sn0_Man wrote:
On February 10 2017 06:21 nojok wrote:
His lycan was textbook and he showed he did not forget how to play the hero. Overall he was fine imo.

Except textbook is horrendously wrong when a hero has been heavily reworked lol

Not saying his play was bad per-se but the build was atrocious considering what the hero is right now.

Do you say the same to matu and miracle when they never go veil on ember? Its just player preference. Thank god dota is not lol, you can build diffrent stuff on your heroes, and still make it work. You can theory craft all you want, as long as he wins with his builds its fine right? And if there is really a better item build on the hero, he will figure it out, he is one of the best on lycan;)


Maybe in regular games Necro Lycan might not be all that but he did have Illuminate heal on top of his Howl which made his summons much more durable than usual. His summons did a lot of work that game especially on the raxes because there was a good amount of sustain for them.
Anamorph
Profile Joined September 2015
236 Posts
February 10 2017 08:15 GMT
#3383
I keep my thumbs crossed for liquid, but facing bears again, will be pretty hard.
I wont call any of the games a clear one sided match. Liquid closes games much earlier than 40+ minutes regularly.

Both teams are top contenders for dac - I m pretty sure even OG would struggle in this matches, but I would give them the fly-drafting advantage.

NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
February 10 2017 10:04 GMT
#3384
Stable drafts, more importantly - unpredictable ones. Yes Miracle needs more time on the Meepo, but the fact that opponents needs to be scared of him playing that one too is pretty good. It gives a little bit of advantage in the drafts.
I am very very happy with the way they are playing and i think Liquid are up there with EG and OG. If they qualify for DAC the Major invite is in the bag, and with this variety of the draft and the insane skill every player has it will be pretty hard for opponents to find a way to fight them.
Btw Bears played not only flawlessly but out of their minds in game one it was a text book dota in positioning and especially in execution. Nothing flashy just perfect coordination.
When you compare that to Miracle Invoker in game 3 its just on another level, and the way they won the last fight man...
~45k MMR doto baby!
Anamorph
Profile Joined September 2015
236 Posts
February 10 2017 13:53 GMT
#3385
What I dont understand is, why broodmother is picked so rarely, the other side I dont get is, why magnus is never used as a 4th position with a fast max W skill.
He is legit getting played in that position with any disable.. and gh is unbelievable good with magnus. The way he plays his greedy supports would also reflect into a fast blink magnus 4th.

I think this meta still got a lot to improve. I m also not sure about lycan picks, for me the showing of lycan the last game was not the reason they performed well. It was invoker having huge impact in terms of dmg and control each fight. Lycan could be any core with escape and 1v1 safelane potential.
Toadesstern
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Germany16350 Posts
February 10 2017 15:15 GMT
#3386
On February 10 2017 10:15 DucK- wrote:
Miracle has been playing a lot of meepo I think. But he doesn't look comfortable on the hero. Probably good enough with the macro farming aspect of the hero, though he struggles with the micro when it comes to skirmishes. Definitely not w33 abed notail level yet

yeah agree, I liked him playing meepo but it was spotty
<Elem> >toad in charge of judging lewdness <Elem> how bad can it be <Elem> also wew, that is actually p lewd.
hunter_x
Profile Joined June 2014
Germany2762 Posts
February 10 2017 15:56 GMT
#3387
Can someone already make a B)ears Team Thread plz? They really deserve one, i dont have time to do it;)
CrazyBirdman
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany3509 Posts
February 10 2017 19:24 GMT
#3388
Liquid crushing these qualifiers.

Sad B)ears can't make it to DAC but I fully expect them to show up in force for the upcoming season. Wouldn't at all be surprised to see them going far the next Major.
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
February 10 2017 19:26 GMT
#3389
I don't remember the last time i was watching dota with a constant smile on my face. Man our boys are good. You just cant ban against them. And all the creativity of the drafts? The builds? It looks easy, and they deserve the first place and the major invite. Bears are a very good team i agree, but thats not enough!
Well played!
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
February 10 2017 19:31 GMT
#3390
I think Liquid plays really well off of Miracle's godlike Invoker. I think it's safe to assume it's going to get targeted in the future though so I hope they keep evolving.
I think esports is pretty nice.
juuto
Profile Joined January 2014
809 Posts
February 10 2017 19:57 GMT
#3391
Such happy times for Team Liquid and fans!
giftdgecko
Profile Joined February 2011
United States2126 Posts
February 10 2017 23:04 GMT
#3392
On February 11 2017 04:31 Saechiis wrote:
I think Liquid plays really well off of Miracle's godlike Invoker. I think it's safe to assume it's going to get targeted in the future though so I hope they keep evolving.

It might get targeted but currently liquid is at a place where you have to pick your poison. Bears took Rubick away but they had 90% win rate on him. GH KOTL is crazy good, Lycan is back in the pool and liquid were drafting in a way to force ban him, Meepo is a threat now, Miracle invoker, they have been playing well off wisp. They have clear comfort picks and still a level of unpredictability they lacked last year. Should be good to see how it holds up against proven teams.
vndestiny
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Singapore3440 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-11 03:20:39
February 11 2017 03:19 GMT
#3393
Gh alone arguably commands 4 respect bans/block pick in Rubick, Slardar, Kotl & Wisp. Feels good to have a t1 position 4 support again after Jerax, even though their play styles are quite different.
Anamorph
Profile Joined September 2015
236 Posts
February 11 2017 09:15 GMT
#3394
On February 11 2017 12:19 vndestiny wrote:
Gh alone arguably commands 4 respect bans/block pick in Rubick, Slardar, Kotl & Wisp. Feels good to have a t1 position 4 support again after Jerax, even though their play styles are quite different.


Thats what I was mentioning to a friend too... just wondering were those bulba fans are now.
No one can tell me, that bulba would achieve the same with liquid.
hunter_x
Profile Joined June 2014
Germany2762 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-11 10:09:12
February 11 2017 10:08 GMT
#3395
On February 11 2017 18:15 Anamorph wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2017 12:19 vndestiny wrote:
Gh alone arguably commands 4 respect bans/block pick in Rubick, Slardar, Kotl & Wisp. Feels good to have a t1 position 4 support again after Jerax, even though their play styles are quite different.


Thats what I was mentioning to a friend too... just wondering were those bulba fans are now.
No one can tell me, that bulba would achieve the same with liquid.

They would obviously not play as good, thats also why people like shaella aka bulba defender no.1 dont say anything in this thread anymore;)
For now im super happy with the team. They won 2 qualiefiers in pretty dominant fashion, it was an absolute joy to watch them the last few days. Lets hope they do good at starladder! Liquid fighting!
Diavlo
Profile Joined July 2011
Belgium2915 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-11 17:45:36
February 11 2017 17:44 GMT
#3396
On February 11 2017 19:08 hunter_x wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2017 18:15 Anamorph wrote:
On February 11 2017 12:19 vndestiny wrote:
Gh alone arguably commands 4 respect bans/block pick in Rubick, Slardar, Kotl & Wisp. Feels good to have a t1 position 4 support again after Jerax, even though their play styles are quite different.


Thats what I was mentioning to a friend too... just wondering were those bulba fans are now.
No one can tell me, that bulba would achieve the same with liquid.

They would obviously not play as good, thats also why people like shaella aka bulba defender no.1 dont say anything in this thread anymore;)
For now im super happy with the team. They won 2 qualiefiers in pretty dominant fashion, it was an absolute joy to watch them the last few days. Lets hope they do good at starladder! Liquid fighting!


I don't like Bulba and think they are better with GH but we should be careful on putting the previous poor performances on him, at least until they actually square off against top teams and put up better results. Because right now they are beating the same kind of teams they were beating in the major qualifier with Bulba.
Of course you can argue that they are winning against those teams more convincingly but I always though that that argument had very little weight, Faceless was dominating the SEA scenes before the major and looked like a good contender and they were super disappointing in the end, and on the other end EG (especially early last year) had a lot of shitty series and seemed to struggle against weak teams despite placing very high pretty much always.

We'll see, hopefully they will be a top team again, game is more fun when Liquid is good.
"I don't know how many years on this Earth I got left. I'm gonna get real weird with it."
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19347 Posts
February 12 2017 08:33 GMT
#3397
The new playstyle and the addition of GH is such a nice breath of fresh air
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-14 10:21:42
February 14 2017 10:18 GMT
#3398
Since i couldn't find team rankings by mmr i've just calculated TL's total MMR - according to Liquipedia http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/Leaderboards

TL MMR = 43086.

Seems like Matu & GH are out of the official rankings due to inactivity. Still the team's MMR is quite impressive, by far the highest in the world.

Add the synergy, the large hero pool, the GH factor and of course the awesome captain we have, and you will get a team everyone should be scared of!

Can't wait for Starladder to the see the GH vs Jerax show!
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
February 14 2017 16:12 GMT
#3399
Oh, Mind_control is a real Friend and playing as a standin for FRIENDS in the wellplay invitational!
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/WellPlay_Invitational/7
There can only be one Geisterkarle
juuto
Profile Joined January 2014
809 Posts
February 14 2017 18:46 GMT
#3400
On February 14 2017 19:18 NInoff wrote:
Since i couldn't find team rankings by mmr i've just calculated TL's total MMR - according to Liquipedia http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/Leaderboards

TL MMR = 43086.

Seems like Matu & GH are out of the official rankings due to inactivity. Still the team's MMR is quite impressive, by far the highest in the world.

Add the synergy, the large hero pool, the GH factor and of course the awesome captain we have, and you will get a team everyone should be scared of!

Can't wait for Starladder to the see the GH vs Jerax show!


Even Liquidpedia doesn't know that the "Liquid.Kuroky" account that's 7.9k mmr is actually just Matumbaman's smurf.
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