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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
March 03 2016 19:42 GMT
#61
almost every zeus ive seen goes bottle (sr) boots > lens/veil/blink > oct/refresh/sheep
sometimes with euls/aghs

this heros stupidly strong all game long
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
March 03 2016 20:19 GMT
#62
i think bloodstone is bad and unnecessary on him, octarine is superior in pretty much every significant way. bloodstone got nerfed remember
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
March 03 2016 21:28 GMT
#63
greedy zeuses like fata used to rush bloodstone (after the nice-for-mana arcanes/soulring) so they could rice at max speed with a 441 build

since then, the meta's become such that you usually wont be that free to just rice a bloodstone and continue ricing in the jungle
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GtC
Profile Joined August 2013
United States546 Posts
March 03 2016 21:33 GMT
#64
Bloodstone is still pretty good for the respawn time reduction, given how non-cd reliant the hero is. Octarine is generally better in most situations though.
The Turtle Moves
ahw
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada1099 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-03 23:54:51
March 03 2016 23:50 GMT
#65
bloodstone fits his tempo more than oct. you need an item that solves your mana issues as you transition to mid game. You already have the SR.

Bloodstone respawn, and denies in particular, are pretty game breaking on a hero that easily racks up huge streaks. It's not uncommon to be on 10+ kill streaks and ur death can potentially swing the game. Even tho they nerfed the item, deny is stupid strong.

Tbh last game I played as Zeus we won because I got 2 or 3 big ults baited (chronod and haunt or something), deny, clean up team fight. Those fights are unrecoverable

Also, bloodstone gives you the mans regen u need to support oct core. It's just a better build.
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
March 04 2016 01:27 GMT
#66
I think biggest problem with bloodstone rush is that you're missing out on lens (added range for safety), veil (tons of damage) and eul/blink (safety/mobility/regen) which might change tempo of the game before bloodstone kicks in.

Later you want octarine or refresher or some other item instead.
Stuck.
xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
March 04 2016 02:54 GMT
#67
I was under the impression that bloodstone is purely for farming, and if you want to fight early you get stuff like lens/veil/euls/blink.
SatsuinoHado
Profile Joined May 2010
Bulgaria777 Posts
March 04 2016 03:12 GMT
#68
my build most of the games is eul/lens/agh/refresher you get enough mana to use both ulties and a LOT of dmg with easy build up items and works perfectly at least in my bracket
People call me Jack, OMASJack
GtC
Profile Joined August 2013
United States546 Posts
March 04 2016 04:36 GMT
#69
On March 04 2016 11:54 xxpack09 wrote:
I was under the impression that bloodstone is purely for farming, and if you want to fight early you get stuff like lens/veil/euls/blink.

Bloodstone is the best farming item early on for zeus, but it's also really good if you're snowballing already and you don't particularly need more damage/range/mobility. Those can potentially let you snowball harder, but unless you really need those, bloodstone is much more stable.
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
March 04 2016 11:29 GMT
#70
On March 04 2016 10:27 Wala.Revolution wrote:
I think biggest problem with bloodstone rush is that you're missing out on lens (added range for safety), veil (tons of damage) and eul/blink (safety/mobility/regen) which might change tempo of the game before bloodstone kicks in.

Later you want octarine or refresher or some other item instead.

this, pretty much

i dont know why you would even want to rice with bloodstone when u can just get lens veil and dump on people
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
March 04 2016 14:11 GMT
#71
ahw still advocates getting it after lens + 1 mobility item

still think its a decent core to transition to lategame and sustian a snowball with the death timer reduction
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ahw
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada1099 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-04 17:36:55
March 04 2016 17:35 GMT
#72
i mean im no pro or anything just a 5k scrub

but bloodstone is still really good for all the same reasons it was really good before.

im against rushing bloodstone because the game isnt about farming stacks anymore, you gotta fight and shit on people. so some assortment of lens / veil / force / blink before your bloodstone. then you add it and have the ability to deny yourself and the mana sustain. then you go your late game shit, oct or hex or whatever the game needs.

octarine is obviously very strong on him, but it doesnt offer what bloodstone does for zeus. deny, respawn, regen are all the most important thing midgame

not to mention the build up isn't easy midgame
BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8910 Posts
March 04 2016 20:16 GMT
#73
On March 05 2016 02:35 ahw wrote:
i mean im no pro or anything just a 5k scrub

but bloodstone is still really good for all the same reasons it was really good before.

im against rushing bloodstone because the game isnt about farming stacks anymore, you gotta fight and shit on people. so some assortment of lens / veil / force / blink before your bloodstone. then you add it and have the ability to deny yourself and the mana sustain. then you go your late game shit, oct or hex or whatever the game needs.

octarine is obviously very strong on him, but it doesnt offer what bloodstone does for zeus. deny, respawn, regen are all the most important thing midgame

not to mention the build up isn't easy midgame


yep. and your other point about needing to fight is something I'm discovering and netting me better personal results mid/early. that said, I prefer the arcanes -> lens -> mobility before bloodstone because I don't think any pub is organized to understand when they can try to kill something and when they cant.
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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-04 21:27:32
March 04 2016 21:26 GMT
#74
i think refreshers the best in almost all situations after early items
veil bolt wrath bolt wrath does 700 (950 with veil) to their whole team and 1700 to a single target
thats not even counting static field damage
anyone under around 2k hp dies instantly
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
March 04 2016 22:58 GMT
#75
On March 05 2016 06:26 Dead9 wrote:
i think refreshers the best in almost all situations after early items
veil bolt wrath bolt wrath does 700 (950 with veil) to their whole team and 1700 to a single target
thats not even counting static field damage
anyone under around 2k hp dies instantly

I think refresher is hits peak value if you already have BKB. 5-7 extra seconds of magic immunity is a lot of extra spells cast and a lot of extra static field damage.
:)
ahw
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada1099 Posts
March 05 2016 01:24 GMT
#76
Ya bkb is rly strong on Zeus, worth mentioning cause people always skip it for some reason.

Or omni knight
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
March 05 2016 01:57 GMT
#77
On March 05 2016 10:24 ahw wrote:
Ya bkb is rly strong on Zeus, worth mentioning cause people always skip it for some reason.

Or omni knight

something something doesnt give damage
:)
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