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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
November 28 2015 10:02 GMT
#23261
ya like generally if u get aquilas ur gonna be some kind of farming core. so most of the time the two aquila carriers are gonna be at opposite ends of the map farming and pushing out etc...
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
November 28 2015 17:05 GMT
#23262
Most other aura items that you don't want to get multiples of don't really justify themselves on the self-stats because they have so much gold value invested into the aura. Aquila is cost-efficient enough even ignoring the aura that you don't really worry about aura stacking issues, even if your team is going to be 5-manning.

Drums is similar, though it's been years since Drums were good enough that you'd regularly end up with 2 heroes that want the item, so that comes up less often.
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BoZiffer
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1841 Posts
November 29 2015 16:10 GMT
#23263
In solo queue as offlane LC, is it better to go blink or SB? I'm guessing if I go SB then a mana regen item would be very necessary - bottle?
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
November 29 2015 16:25 GMT
#23264
On November 30 2015 01:10 BoZiffer wrote:
In solo queue as offlane LC, is it better to go blink or SB? I'm guessing if I go SB then a mana regen item would be very necessary - bottle?

bottle is nice either way, especially if you'd be the 2nd bottle carrier (2 on a team is ideal imo, 3 is excessive)

blink or sb depends on both preference and heroes involved, but i think blink is a better choice in more games
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-29 17:25:49
November 29 2015 17:24 GMT
#23265
Usually Blink first, but that does not preclude SB later.

Blink gives you a more immediate effect on the game since you can get it earlier. SB is better for setting up solo-kills due to it giving you offensive stats, but LC's development offlane usually doesn't give you enough to work with to be a big solo-kill threat at that point. Again, it is possible to end up getting both if you get Blink, get several successful ganks to put your damage in range of threatening key heroes and want to extend your control over the game.
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BoZiffer
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1841 Posts
November 29 2015 18:18 GMT
#23266
Excellent thanks. Quick follow up - bottle offlane is kinda mandatory regardless of initiation choice right? Or is soul ring on LC a viable option?
Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
November 29 2015 18:27 GMT
#23267
Soul Ring doesn't seem that good on LC since you want to manfight people with Duel. 150 HP can be the difference between winning a Duel and feeding.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-29 18:53:41
November 29 2015 18:53 GMT
#23268
Soul Ring is fine on LC. Whether Bottle is better depends on the mid matchup and how confident you are in being able to control the offlane rune (depends on their supports and mid) because Bottle loses it's luster when you can't get runes or Bottle-crow because mid is doing it.

On November 30 2015 03:27 Verniy wrote:
Soul Ring doesn't seem that good on LC since you want to manfight people with Duel. 150 HP can be the difference between winning a Duel and feeding.

You're not using it before Duels obviously because she doesn't need it for the max mana, you're using it to support OO spam.
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xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
November 29 2015 18:54 GMT
#23269
Every time you use sr you should oo + pta after so the -150 hp is mitigated anyway
Atreides
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2393 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-30 10:22:47
November 30 2015 10:20 GMT
#23270
Cuz I am too lazy to go check anything myself and my brother said something, what is relation between xmark and bladefury? Basically is it possible to get x-ed, bladefury tp, then get called back? He thinks it should be and I don't know I just know I did it like 4 times in our last game and my bladefury tp always worked fine.

Edit: Nevermind he is just retarded x only last 4secs on enemy.
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
November 30 2015 11:12 GMT
#23271
i dont think magic immunity removes x if it's already been applied, but you also can't call back someone who's immune
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Atreides
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2393 Posts
November 30 2015 12:04 GMT
#23272
Yes that's definitely how it works it stays on you just immune it, his claim was that the x would go off after the bladefury if you started the spin too soon or something but the durations are wrong.
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-01 01:38:26
December 01 2015 01:16 GMT
#23273
I'm not convinced by shadowblade first LC, at all. The offensive stats are a complete trap since SB initiation is (usually) mutually exclusive with her pre-duel round of buffs.

PtA alone gives you more damage than the shadowblade break+as. Blink also allows you to OO from trees as well as pop blademail etc., and that's on on top of the fact that you give up the break damage from SB half the time by duelling from invis.

The main value in shadowblade is the ability to constantly invade their space and stay off the map, but I rarely find that sufficient to ignore blink.
Nightmarjoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3360 Posts
December 01 2015 01:31 GMT
#23274
Unless there's no chance of someone else initiating a duel with at least a stun or something I usually try and just go blademail first. I like the new phase boots on her more than treads and so far have found more success from phase blademail than from treads blink builds. Definitely agree that shadowblade is underwhelming compared to blink though.
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Faeny
Profile Joined January 2015
647 Posts
December 01 2015 23:42 GMT
#23275
I have two questions since I don't play the game, just watch:
When a courier is killed, are the items it carried lost?
And what circumstances allows a player to use their own gold to build an item to give to a teammate to use?
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Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-01 23:58:33
December 01 2015 23:49 GMT
#23276
On December 02 2015 08:42 Faeny wrote:
I have two questions since I don't play the game, just watch:
When a courier is killed, are the items it carried lost?
And what circumstances allows a player to use their own gold to build an item to give to a teammate to use?

When a courier dies the items it's carrying aren't permanently lost, but can't be moved off the courier until it respawns.

Most items aren't shareable. In most cases, giving an item to a teammate (or picking up an item that a teammate or opponent dropped) causes the item to be Muted (unusable and gives no passive stat bonuses) in your inventory. Some items are fully shareable, and can be given to teammates and used fully by them (Bottle, TP Scroll, Dust, Smoke, and Gem are all fully shareable). Some consumables aren't shareable, but can be used on teammates to give them its effects (Mango and Moon Shard are like this).
One main exception is Alchemist. Alchemist can "gift" an Aghanim's Scepter to a teammate, giving them its full benefits (including stats) without the item using up an inventory slot.
The other exception is Divine Rapier. Divine Rapier normally isn't shareable (if you drop a Rapier and someone else picks it up it's Muted as normal), but if the Rapier carrier dies the Rapier is dropped on the ground and becomes fair game to be picked up and used by anyone who picks it up.
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Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-02 00:40:03
December 01 2015 23:51 GMT
#23277
On December 02 2015 08:42 Faeny wrote:
I have two questions since I don't play the game, just watch:
When a courier is killed, are the items it carried lost?

The items aren't lost, but they're stuck on the dead courier until it respawns.

On December 02 2015 08:42 Faeny wrote:
And what circumstances allows a player to use their own gold to build an item to give to a teammate to use?

This is almost never possible. Exceptions are:

- Alchemist is able to give aghs sceptres to his teammates.
- Consumables (mango, salve, tango, clarity) can be used on teammates in a limited capacity.
- TPs, wards, smoke, dust, cheese, courier are fully shareable.
- Gem and bottle can be passed to teammates for their use, but they are still owned by the original hero
- There are a few specific regen items that will apply their regen bonus when shared, like ring of health
- Also technically divine rapier
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Item_sharing


On December 02 2015 08:49 Verniy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2015 08:42 Faeny wrote:
I have two questions since I don't play the game, just watch:
When a courier is killed, are the items it carried lost?
And what circumstances allows a player to use their own gold to build an item to give to a teammate to use?

When a courier dies the items it's carrying aren't permanently lost, but can't be moved off the courier until it respawns.
Some consumables aren't shareable, but can be used on teammates to give them its effects (Mango and Moon Shard are like this).

I am 99% sure the moonshard consume can't be put on allies.
rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
December 02 2015 00:04 GMT
#23278
There was actually a time when couriers dropped items on death but they changed that just a few years ago actually.
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Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
December 02 2015 00:07 GMT
#23279
On December 02 2015 08:51 Belisarius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2015 08:49 Verniy wrote:
On December 02 2015 08:42 Faeny wrote:
I have two questions since I don't play the game, just watch:
When a courier is killed, are the items it carried lost?
And what circumstances allows a player to use their own gold to build an item to give to a teammate to use?

When a courier dies the items it's carrying aren't permanently lost, but can't be moved off the courier until it respawns.
Some consumables aren't shareable, but can be used on teammates to give them its effects (Mango and Moon Shard are like this).

I am 99% sure the moonshard consume can't be put on allies.

yeah you're right
i just assumed because it gives the option to target a unit other than yourself even though it only works on self
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-02 00:18:20
December 02 2015 00:17 GMT
#23280
On December 02 2015 09:07 Verniy wrote:
i just assumed because it gives the option to target a unit other than yourself even though it only works on self

Moon Shard is ground targeting, not unit targeting. It's basically like that for the same reason that Bloodstone is--to force you to click after activating to prevent accidental activation. The actual targeting serves no function.
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