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On February 11 2015 02:10 Logo wrote:


I'd say it has more to do with his 85% win rate on the hero in major competitions (12-2)

On February 11 2015 02:13 govie wrote:


Comeback goldchange also made pickoffs alot more interesting, indirect buff to storm spirit imo.

On February 11 2015 02:18 TheYango wrote:

The question wasn't about Storm in general, but what makes Sumail's storm special.

@Logo most people don't pay that close attention to statistics more than they do anecdotal evidence from important games. Beesa's probably right.

On February 11 2015 04:17 Dead9 wrote:
tinkers one of the hardest carries in the game..
ur other heroes arent tho
if u think ur better than everyone just keep picking tinker
or other snowbally mids like storm, sf, ta, etc
safe lane carry works too, void, jugg, etc

On February 11 2015 05:33 Logo wrote:
Don't rely on people calling missing ever. Yes it's extremely helpful, but what's even more helpful is if you watch and play off the minimap. You can't account for your teammates calling missing or not, but you can watch the minimap and not have it matter. It's also doubly important as Tinker given that your whole mid/late game strategy is depending on TPing into the right spots on the map to push or fight without getting blown up.

(It's also really unfair to your offlaner if you are running solo offlane. Are they supposed to call missing constantly for supports that are off the map most of the time, or just use his best judgement and risk a gank without having called missing?).

For the most part it shouldn't make much of a difference in how much farm you get early on. Use other clues to help determine where heroes off the map are. For example if their safe lane is missing the enemy creep wave at :50 you know they must have pulled the wave and can play aggressively for the next 15-20 seconds at least.

On top of that make sure you are last hitting well (both auto-attack and abilities). Getting just a few more last hits early can make all the difference in item timings. Especially for someone like Tinker where getting the BoTs before the game develops (towers go down, cores pick up things like blink daggers, supports get levels) can give you a huge window to farm up and get fat.

In terms of what hero to play. Either play the one you feel appeals to how you make decisions the best or the one with your best win rate. For the former some players tend towards differing decisions and thought processes. Do you play aggressively or defensively? Do you patiently wait on engaging or do you need to charge in when the mood strikes you? Are you better at quick reactions on abilities or waiting to cast spells at just the right time? All those little tendencies and small details will probably lead you to playing one or a few heroes better than others and if you want to maximize your win then just find the hero that fits those and play them.

On February 11 2015 07:04 Logo wrote:
If you can splitpush, but not beast mode likely what you want to do is keep up pressure (safely) and use your position and map control to deny enemy farm while relaxing on the parts of the map that your allies are able to farm. So if you can keep the enemy jungle contested/clear and split push lanes then you'll be denying their enemy carry farm while getting farm yourself AND freeing your team up to farm. Then just focus on the mechanics of it all and good item selection and eventually you can carry.

I haven't been impressed with opening with dagon/eblade build since the patch nerfed it all (it's a little too slow and flimsy, I think the ancient clearing was part of what made the build fast enough to snowball with a game among the other nerfs hitting that strat). Maybe other people are, but I'd say look into the more classic itemization of Tinker's (Bloodstone+Sheepstick being one I know of).

On February 11 2015 08:06 TheYango wrote:
Get SR after BoT usually. SR smooths out Rearm cycles but BoT timing literally makes or breaks the hero.