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TheWorldToCome
United States452 Posts
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Altsa
Finland990 Posts
On April 10 2012 18:05 TheWorldToCome wrote: Is there like a crash course guide out there for people who are pretty much noobs in the whole MOBA genre? Or a good thread/place to start learning about DOTA2? Well, there´s this one http://www.playdota.com/guides/welcome-to-dota-you-suck And yet it only scratches the surface. | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
1. do we know anything about the matchmaking yet? 2. which orbs stack/work together? afair entangle didnt work with anything else back in the day, now it seems to work with venom orb. lifeleech + skadi still working on ranged is all ive read about so far. 3. what are the hero performance bars based on? k:d only? and why are they different from the 3 most succesful heroes thingy? like in the performance bars i have full ones on invoker&morphling and almost full on furion. but the 3 heroes shown are invoker(ok no surprise) then bounty and drow. 4. any changed behaviour on illus? like what orbs they can use or can they fully bash now? | ||
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LAN-f34r
New Zealand2099 Posts
2. Apart from skadi, no orbs should stack. If orb of venom stacks with entangle proc then it is a bug (afaik). Although it is worth noting that some orbs (such as mjollnir, entangle etc) will only override other orbs when they proc, and that weaver's orb can apply deso debuff on first attack making it a viable item on him. Also dota2 fixes a few issues with MKB's interaction with some orbs. 3. Hero bars compare a lot of things with players of your skill. Specifics are not known. 4. afaik, no changes. But I'm far from certain. | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
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eluv
United States1251 Posts
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
In short no hero in dota is overly complex to play. What you do with that hero is however where the complexities are. | ||
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Qbek
Poland12923 Posts
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Dankleteer
United States1430 Posts
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ChrisXIV
Austria3553 Posts
On April 11 2012 02:57 Dankleteer wrote: What's the best approach to Huskar? I've been trying a rush to Morbid Mask, but I feel so weak in the beginning, it hurts my last hit and harass. but I try to get treads, helm of the dominator, and armlet, and don't put any points in to burning spears. The thing is I feel pretty flimsy for a long time, until I get armlet. Is there a better build for this guy, because I want to stomp pubs with him. 1 point in burning spears for orbwalking and you should dominate your lane. I wouldn't rush lifesteal, early game your heal should be enough. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On April 10 2012 20:40 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: 2. which orbs stack/work together? afair entangle didnt work with anything else back in the day, now it seems to work with venom orb. lifeleech + skadi still working on ranged is all ive read about so far. The main change is that orbs that don't proc on every hit only count as orbs on the attacks that proc them. Which means they "stack" on the attacks that don't proc them. You still don't get OoV and Entangle on the same attack, but Entangle doesn't override OoV on the non-proccing attacks. Aside from that, the orb stacking rules have been greatly simplified. See here: http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=5071 On April 10 2012 20:40 BeMannerDuPenner wrote: 4. any changed behaviour on illus? like what orbs they can use or can they fully bash now? All of the basic interactions are the same. The only major change I know of is that illusions no longer "fake bash", and just bash normally. | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
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EtherealBlade
660 Posts
On April 11 2012 02:57 Dankleteer wrote: What's the best approach to Huskar? I've been trying a rush to Morbid Mask, but I feel so weak in the beginning, it hurts my last hit and harass. but I try to get treads, helm of the dominator, and armlet, and don't put any points in to burning spears. The thing is I feel pretty flimsy for a long time, until I get armlet. Is there a better build for this guy, because I want to stomp pubs with him. Rushing morbid mask / mask of death is a bad idea unless you're going for a quick MoM. Just max spears and your passive early, rely on helm of iron will and consumables for survival. Huskar can own a lot of lanes like this. | ||
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Slardar
Canada7596 Posts
On April 11 2012 02:57 Dankleteer wrote: What's the best approach to Huskar? I've been trying a rush to Morbid Mask, but I feel so weak in the beginning, it hurts my last hit and harass. but I try to get treads, helm of the dominator, and armlet, and don't put any points in to burning spears. The thing is I feel pretty flimsy for a long time, until I get armlet. Is there a better build for this guy, because I want to stomp pubs with him. I see two common variations. Neither of which involve getting more than 2 points into burning spear, or getting Morbid Masks early on. 1) Early Dendi Diver style Huskar. 2 points into Spears, max passive, ultimate when you can, and 4-5 levels in Stats. You just dive people and smash them. Treads, Urn, wand, Armlet. 2) Late-Game traditional carry. 1 or 2 in spears, max passive after, ult when you can, and vitality then stats. Treads, optional Urn, Wand, Armlet, HoTD, BKB, Buriza/Satanic. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
All you need to do is play the game a million times, preferably against bots, learn to last hit, learn every single spell and how they work, what they do, etc. Then learn how to pull stack ward and gank. | ||
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Candadar
2049 Posts
On April 11 2012 08:24 Zlasher wrote: The welcome to dota you suck guide is actually pretty shitty lol All you need to do is play the game a million times, preferably against bots, learn to last hit, learn every single spell and how they work, what they do, etc. Then learn how to pull stack ward and gank. Every game can be summed up to "Get better by playing more." That's a little disingenuous to say to someone completely new, to just do that. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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Candadar
2049 Posts
On April 11 2012 08:30 Zlasher wrote: I'm not saying play the game to get better I'm saying play the game to understand every hero and their spells. It's essentially the same thing. I do agree 100% that the only way to improve is to actually play, and sitting back reading guides all day won't do much at all but nonetheless, if you are 100% clueless about anything, going in blind won't help. A little direction could be in order in the form of some guide to say the absolute basics. This is, assuming, you know jack shit. | ||
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5-s
United States1674 Posts
On April 11 2012 08:33 Candadar wrote: It's essentially the same thing. I do agree 100% that the only way to improve is to actually play, and sitting back reading guides all day won't do much at all but nonetheless, if you are 100% clueless about anything, going in blind won't help. A little direction could be in order in the form of some guide to say the absolute basics. This is, assuming, you know jack shit. Build guides helped a lot when I first played dota (I was a war3 player before that). Watching replays also helped. After I got good at pub stomping then I moved on to inhouse leagues, but the initial games some reading definitely was useful. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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