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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
May 22 2015 21:23 GMT
#21981
Lotus is way better against delay/projectile shit that they have to commit to casting before you have to use the Lotus Orb.

Against instant/no-projectile spells, you have to skirt the line between casting it too early and having them just use their spells on someone else or not having the time to react to Blink+instant cast spell.

Also, even if the active is great, the buildup is still shit.
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Rodrak
Profile Joined October 2013
United States165 Posts
May 22 2015 22:52 GMT
#21982
How do I get a Ranged Creep in the front of the wave?

Is it practice or is there a trick?
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
May 22 2015 22:57 GMT
#21983
On May 23 2015 07:52 Rodrak wrote:
How do I get a Ranged Creep in the front of the wave?

Is it practice or is there a trick?


Well if there's a trick I suddenly feel really dumb.
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
May 22 2015 23:28 GMT
#21984
uhh u literally block the melee creeps with your body so that the ranged creep overtakes them
"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
Last Edited: 2015-05-22 23:59:01
May 22 2015 23:58 GMT
#21985
On May 23 2015 08:28 ahswtini wrote:
uhh u literally block the melee creeps with your body so that the ranged creep overtakes them

sometimes it feels difficult because the ranged creep is like centered behind all 3 melee creeps though (and gets blocked when you block the melee in front of it and doesn't overtake it)

idk i can't do it consistently
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Birdie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
New Zealand4438 Posts
May 23 2015 01:14 GMT
#21986
Anyone else experiencing items not buying in game since the patch?
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Rodrak
Profile Joined October 2013
United States165 Posts
May 23 2015 01:33 GMT
#21987
On May 23 2015 10:14 Birdie wrote:
Anyone else experiencing items not buying in game since the patch?


Like literally in the fountain? or just weird shop buy-boxes?

I've experience weird AF positions where you cant buy stuff even though the shop is yellow
Thetwinmasters
Profile Joined January 2015
3578 Posts
May 23 2015 01:45 GMT
#21988
On May 23 2015 10:14 Birdie wrote:
Anyone else experiencing items not buying in game since the patch?

my friends experienced it
Birdie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
New Zealand4438 Posts
May 23 2015 02:23 GMT
#21989
On May 23 2015 10:33 Rodrak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2015 10:14 Birdie wrote:
Anyone else experiencing items not buying in game since the patch?


Like literally in the fountain? or just weird shop buy-boxes?

I've experience weird AF positions where you cant buy stuff even though the shop is yellow

In the fountain, with the courier, at the shops, everywhere. I'll be able to buy it but immediately it unbuys it and says I don't have enough gold, although I definitely have enough. After a few attempts it sometimes buys it, sometimes it simply refuses.

On May 23 2015 10:45 Thetwinmasters wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2015 10:14 Birdie wrote:
Anyone else experiencing items not buying in game since the patch?

my friends experienced it

Good to know it's not only me, I'll make a bug report on dev.dota2.
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Birdie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
New Zealand4438 Posts
May 23 2015 10:14 GMT
#21990
Is MelodyLovers currently on TongFu or is qian? Or are they the same person? So confused T_T
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lagmaster
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States374 Posts
May 23 2015 11:19 GMT
#21991
What happened to 4 clovers and leprechaun in the open qualifiers? I see that they are a notable team in the liquipedia, but I don't see any of their match results.

I assume they lost, but did they lose before the round of 64?
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12149 Posts
May 23 2015 13:19 GMT
#21992
On May 23 2015 20:19 lagmaster wrote:
What happened to 4 clovers and leprechaun in the open qualifiers? I see that they are a notable team in the liquipedia, but I don't see any of their match results.

I assume they lost, but did they lose before the round of 64?


They lost to HBL. Don't recall if it was in 128 or 64.
Quochobao
Profile Joined October 2010
United States350 Posts
May 24 2015 03:46 GMT
#21993
How to stand on top of other heroes as SF using shadow blade? I can only use M to move right next to them, but never manage to be directly on top.
Best or nothing.
Buckyman
Profile Joined May 2014
1364 Posts
May 24 2015 04:25 GMT
#21994
Click on the other side of them, then stop your movement.
nomel
Profile Joined September 2010
115 Posts
May 24 2015 17:03 GMT
#21995
When should I skip Vlads on AM? I like the item a lot on the hero, getting it before Manta. My rule of thumb is, if my BF is early enough (~15 min?) I get Vlads. But I really don't know when or if I should skip Vlads.
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12149 Posts
May 24 2015 17:22 GMT
#21996
If you need another item at a certain timing I would say. Think about facing heroes with orchid or long silences without manta. Say Clinkz gets a decent timed orchid, vlad isn't going to save your life.
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8916 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-25 04:04:51
May 25 2015 04:02 GMT
#21997
On May 25 2015 02:03 nomel wrote:
When should I skip Vlads on AM? I like the item a lot on the hero, getting it before Manta. My rule of thumb is, if my BF is early enough (~15 min?) I get Vlads. But I really don't know when or if I should skip Vlads.

if your team needs more space, get vlads for faster pushing. bonus points if you have more melee damage dealers in your team too.
if you need to fight asap, go straight for manta
note that if you need to push faster but they have orchid/silence users or instagib heroes, you still need to go manta first unless you got your items so quick that they dont have their core items yet.

so in conclusion manta is gotten first in most games because usually you are required to fight earlier or survive split pushing attempts more. in the rare cases where you dont need either and you need pushing speed only, just go vlads.
vlads isnt good to carry in a full slotted am anymore though, so you have to make a decision on whether you really need an item right now to make a difference in your pushes. if your next item isnt so urgent, just go manta->heart/bfly/abyss/bkb
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44284 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-25 04:32:28
May 25 2015 04:28 GMT
#21998
On May 25 2015 02:22 Yurie wrote:
If you need another item at a certain timing I would say. Think about facing heroes with orchid or long silences without manta. Say Clinkz gets a decent timed orchid, vlad isn't going to save your life.

beesa(chunderboy) says if you can farm perfectly with AM .. the timing difference of rushing manta over getting vlads before manta is just 2 minutes

so i assume there's probably rarely a reason to skip it
this is a quote
nomel
Profile Joined September 2010
115 Posts
May 25 2015 06:49 GMT
#21999
Thanks for the replies to my question regarding Vlads. I wasn't that far off. And no, I don't consider Vlads an item when six-slotted. What I like is what it gives to my team (when the enemy team is aggressive early) and the fact that I can come to fights with full HP due to life steal off creeps. I like to keep it for quite a long time though.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
May 25 2015 07:56 GMT
#22000
On May 25 2015 13:28 goody153 wrote:
beesa(chunderboy) says if you can farm perfectly with AM .. the timing difference of rushing manta over getting vlads before manta is just 2 minutes

The heroes that you'd actually really need a Manta against are the ones you wouldn't be able to farm perfectly against though (e.g. an Orchid Storm or QoP) since you'd be making concessions in greed for more safety, so that timing difference would get widened out.
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