EPTi think armlet is a good situational item, when activated, it gives more hp than vanguard, and you get damage and attack speed
you also get hp regen and armor
its a cheap tanky dps item that can be gotten early
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saltywet
Hong Kong1316 Posts
i think armlet is a good situational item, when activated, it gives more hp than vanguard, and you get damage and attack speed you also get hp regen and armor its a cheap tanky dps item that can be gotten early | ||
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cilinder007
Slovenia7251 Posts
On November 02 2011 04:58 saltywet wrote: i read the guide, i agree with almost everything except armlet being rejected i think armlet is a good situational item, when activated, it gives more hp than vanguard, and you get damage and attack speed you also get hp regen and armor its a cheap tanky dps item that can be gotten early armlet is an excelent item, just not on antimage, leave it for the strenght heros, also delays his core and +dmg and +attack speed doesnt work on illusions | ||
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Horse...falcon
United States1851 Posts
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Manijak
Slovenia112 Posts
I really like playing a lot of heroes, but if I had to choose, it would be Phantom Lancer - because I had a lot of fun/memorable moments with him. Item builds depend on farm, but if it was good, one of my favourite was rushing mock. Later I'd get manta and usualy bf/dmg/sh. I really liked playing him because it's simply hilarious traping enemys heroes with illusions in small and narrow paths. I remember one time trapping a hero in that way near the bottom sentinel tower in that small passage, and watching him slowly fall to creeps+illusions. | ||
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deadmau
960 Posts
Interesting task you have presented, I played DOTA religiously for years, it was just so much fun back in the day. I enjoyed it so much I eventually opted to give HoN a shot over LoL, due to the similar heroes and mechanics. Something just didn't feel right however, something about the gameplay feel, just couldn't put my finger on it. After a year, I didn't have the urge to play it anymore I just like DOTA way more (bias/nostalgia? not sure, probably not). "short blurb about your favorite hero, and the item build / skill build you generally go for. For bonus points, talk about a humorous/memorable game you played with said hero..." Wow this is tough, there were so many heroes I enjoyed in all kinds of situations, but if I had to choose one it would have to be stumbling on Spectre, or trying him out for the first time. As I don't remember which patch it was from I can remember how his mechanics worked at the time (also in combination with certain items hehe). Specifically he could still "evade" attacks with this 3rd skill, and it worked AMAZING with Butterfly in the endgame. Absolutely balls-hilarious tanking an entire team, of course the nerfs followed, but hey "humorous/memorable game right." Starting Build: Stout Shield, IronwoodBranch x3, HPot x1, Tango x1. Skill Build: 1. Dagger & Dispersion maxed first depending on situation 2. Ultimate immediately when available 3. Desolate & Stats follow the above Core Items: Vanguard (wow, Spectre turned into such a beast after this) Treads Diffusal Yasha (maybe) Super-Late: Radiance, Butterfly, Buriza, HoT, Manta, S&Y If you get to Super-Late with both teams still active, things get hilarious real fast. After many nerfs Spectre late-game pwnage has been reduced a lot, but he's still a fun hero. | ||
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Kznn
Brazil9072 Posts
On November 02 2011 05:03 Horse...falcon wrote: Anybody know which (non-implemented heroes) are good against him? He's tearing up the beta right now. Magina is a pretty hard hero to counter with just one hero. You need to play a different way against him. delay his early game farm, have good disables to gank him mid game and have a good carrier on your team as well. It depends a lot more on your team then on yourself alone. But I guess if you want a carrier that beats magina late game, I would tell you Phanton lancer. | ||
2Pacalypse-
Croatia9527 Posts
 ps. we need to play together >< | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
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shostakovich
Brazil1429 Posts
But I think Phase Boots is a way superior choice than Power Treads. With Phase Boots and Yasha, Anti-Mage has a gigantic movespeed. This speed allows you to chase anyone in the battle, giving you the option of saving the Blink for escape purposes. Phase Boots allows more flexibility for Magina than Power Treads. It's not correct to say that Phase Boots doesn't add survivability, because it's speed boost can be used to run away. Survivability is more than simply having HP. | ||
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
On November 02 2011 05:15 shostakovich wrote: Nice guide. But I think Phase Boots is a way superior choice than Power Treads. With Phase Boots and Yasha, Anti-Mage has a gigantic movespeed. This speed allows you to chase anyone in the battle, giving you the option of saving the Blink for escape purposes. Phase Boots allows more flexibility for Magina than Power Treads. It's not correct to say that Phase Boots doesn't add survivability, because it's speed boost can be used to run away. Survivability is more than simply having HP. AM already has pretty much the best mobility in the game with blink, phase boots won't save you when you are stunned, treads hp will, and that is not to underestimate the Attack speed you get from it. | ||
tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
On November 02 2011 05:11 Talin wrote: Honestly as someone who doesn't really play these games (other than 3 hours of lol once), I have to say that having to know this much about potentially 100+ heroes is quite overwhelming. Totally agree, but at least we've got it written down for one of them, right? Awesome blog, FW. | ||
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shostakovich
Brazil1429 Posts
On November 02 2011 05:03 Horse...falcon wrote: Anybody know which (non-implemented heroes) are good against him? He's tearing up the beta right now. Heroes that can control the mid-game are excellent against Magina, because he needs space to farm. So, against him, you want to have good map-control and map-dominance on the mid-game. Magina is really fragile early in the game, and heroes that can control the map and the fights are strong against him. He's naturally tearing everyone in the beta beucase most people allows him to freefarm all the time. Non implemented heroes that are good against him... Shadow Demon. But it's more about having a plan to counter him than having a single hero. | ||
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Ownalizer
United States5 Posts
I also like going Vengeful Spirit and only getting support / consumable items and roaming. IMO its the most fun because it's nonstop action. | ||
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shostakovich
Brazil1429 Posts
On November 02 2011 05:16 Kipsate wrote: AM already has pretty much the best mobility in the game with blink, phase boots won't save you when you are stunned, treads hp will, and that is not to underestimate the Attack speed you get from it. So, you use Blink to chase someone, then suddenly you're surrounded by enemies and you don't have Blink to escape. Power Treads won't also save you when you're stunned. Flexibility saves. | ||
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ijap
United States3 Posts
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zeru
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Phyrful
United States248 Posts
With Techies, I could wreak utter havoc on poor carries trying to farm in the early game; gankers suffered the fear of stepping onto the wrong path and being blown to bits. Later on, an area-of-effect 5 second stun and an almost instant speed 600 damage ultimate is game changing. For such little guys, Goblin Techies was sure a pain in the ass. My build was: Courier TP Scroll 3x Clarities Teleport to a lane asap, and set up stacked mines in various areas in the lane that creeps wouldn't walk on but heroes walking alongside would. With the proper baiting, my lane would often be first blood: mines + a nuke = dead hero. Unlike a lot of strategies, mine was lane centered- I wouldn't leave and camp the river to place mines next to the rune for a few minutes because that was just too goddamn predictable. Mines thrive on unpredictability; Techies should hide mines in plain sight. Spells: Mine Suicide Squad Mine Stasis Trap Max out Mines then Stasis Trap, while picking up ultimate whenever possible. If laning against a lack of aoe, I would push the crap out of the lane and try to get the first tower asap, since Mines do crazy amounts of damage to towers. I never really liked stealing runes from other heroes on my team, since the HP regen and rune itself was often wasted on techies, so I would go, based on how much gold I had, for the pieces of Orchid Malevolence. Other than boots, Techies only needs mana regen to be effective. I preferred going straight Orchid over getting a mana ring (now mana boots? ) because since Techies has such a high natural regen, stacking more on was the most effective thing to do. In addition, Orchid gives Techies a vital silence and a bit of DPS that shouldn't be neglected. I would then go for Agahnims, because it does crazy things to Techies DPS. With sufficient mana, Techies is perhaps the best pusher/defender in the game. Eul's and Blink Dagger are always fun things to get, but not entirely necessary. My favorite memory with Techies was when a team went for a 4 man gank at lvl 1 on my lane, and half of them instantly died to mines. BOOOM  | ||
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Snaiil
Sweden312 Posts
I usually go for: Fast Vanguard, sometimes I wait with it if I feel I can get away without it Standard Boots before completing Vanguard Phase Boots after Lothar's Start building Buriza Then it's all situational. My favorite moment has to be one hit killing 4 people at the same time with the Kunkka splash when I had Phase Boots, Vanguard, Lothar's, Buriza and two Divine Rapiers. I almost lost us the game when a fat Rikkimaru killed me at Ancients (That's what you get for wandering around alone in late game with a Rikki on their team...), fortunately for me he didn't see the Divine Rapier drop, which made me quickly buy back and go pick it up. Oh DotA pubs, how I miss you. <3 | ||
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FenneK
France1231 Posts
thank you for showing me how wrong i was | ||
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