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unsaeglich
Profile Joined June 2015
260 Posts
January 18 2016 15:07 GMT
#23401
For some reason I thought dispersion damage would go thru bkb, thanks for the clarification.
Mafe
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany5966 Posts
January 18 2016 15:43 GMT
#23402
Does arcane curse (I'm not talking about aghs) fully stack with itself?
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
January 18 2016 19:16 GMT
#23403
yes they stack with independent durations and debuffs. iirc u can see multiple debuff icons
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
TheGlitchMob
Profile Joined July 2014
Canada61 Posts
January 20 2016 04:25 GMT
#23404
when phoenix uses fire spirits do u get a stick charge each time he shoots one, or only for initial activation
hej
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
January 20 2016 04:27 GMT
#23405
Only on initial cast. The "Launch Fire Spirits" ability does not trigger cast effects.
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iET
Profile Joined February 2012
Norway40 Posts
January 20 2016 18:19 GMT
#23406
You lane against tusk + tide and have a KoTL as your only lane support. Your team needs a"carry". What do you pick?
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Birdie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
New Zealand4438 Posts
January 20 2016 20:14 GMT
#23407
On January 21 2016 03:19 iET wrote:
You lane against tusk + tide and have a KoTL as your only lane support. Your team needs a"carry". What do you pick?

PL, spam lance, dodge tusk snowball stun, jump over ice.

Maybe Jugg because again kotl = infinite mana and you can spin to dodge stun + do damage to them. Gyro is kinda fun but you'd probably die a lot more. Antimage and slark can both survive the lane but they won't win it and don't really take advantage of the kotl.

The most important thing in that lane is how the KotL plays, really.
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Logo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States7542 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-20 20:23:40
January 20 2016 20:22 GMT
#23408
You also don't have to go gimmicky with the lane. Lifestealer, Faceless Void, and Slark would all probably work because they can avoid a gank attempt in some capacity. Windranger could bully the lane and survive the initiation by windrunning away.

PL or someone else who can duck into the jungle early-ish is a safe bet. It may be a requirement if the KotL keeps pushing out your lane with illuminate.
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Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
January 20 2016 20:24 GMT
#23409
i'm pretty sure 90% of the time if you need a carry you can pick jugg and do fine
Heaven's Halberd is the most criminally underbought item in Dota. Together we can stop this.
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
January 20 2016 21:26 GMT
#23410
a hero like slark will have trouble farming in that lane before lvl 6, cuz altho he has mana, he wont have the regen to deal with the spells thrown at him, nor can he turn the mana into damage in the form of dark pact
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
January 20 2016 21:36 GMT
#23411
u could razor and crush the lane too
viper, dusa, etc
melee heroes have issues with anchor smash
Orome
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland11984 Posts
January 20 2016 21:57 GMT
#23412
you can also go safelane (I assume you were safelane?) timber and murder them
On a purely personal note, I'd like to show Yellow the beauty of infinitely repeating Starcraft 2 bunkers. -Boxer
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
January 20 2016 23:11 GMT
#23413
yea +1 for range heroes

even if you can get comparable farm with a melee hero you usually cant pressure the tide as much

timber's a special exception ofc
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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2614 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-20 23:58:56
January 20 2016 23:58 GMT
#23414
You can also commit to just "losing" the lane and grab something capable of recovery farming (if your lineup needs a carry) or roaming early (if it doesn't). The reason gimmicky lanes like tiny+centaur or tusk+slardar aren't broken as hell is because if they don't actually get kills out of their gimmick, you end up with two underlevelled cores that weren't actually that interested in farming anyways.

It doesn't matter that much what you pick, as long as you don't rely on early farm to do anything, and don't feed the gimmick.
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
January 21 2016 00:06 GMT
#23415
i just saw arteezy testing smoke cd on stream...
it seems like each hero + the courier has their own smoke cd? so if you use one from courier you can still use one from your hero while the courier's on cd?

can someone test if each courier has their own individual smoke cd?
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xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
January 21 2016 17:43 GMT
#23416
On January 21 2016 08:58 Fleetfeet wrote:
You can also commit to just "losing" the lane and grab something capable of recovery farming (if your lineup needs a carry) or roaming early (if it doesn't). The reason gimmicky lanes like tiny+centaur or tusk+slardar aren't broken as hell is because if they don't actually get kills out of their gimmick, you end up with two underlevelled cores that weren't actually that interested in farming anyways.

It doesn't matter that much what you pick, as long as you don't rely on early farm to do anything, and don't feed the gimmick.


Yeah, I'd recommend jugg here based on that logic--spin makes it hard for you to die (and can let you bully them back if they make a mistake), and 1.4 BAT + best value point crit in the game makes for easy catchup farming in the jungle.
Ufnal
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland1435 Posts
January 21 2016 20:10 GMT
#23417
Does Lifestealer Infest work on Sylar's Bear?
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Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
January 21 2016 20:24 GMT
#23418
On January 22 2016 05:10 Ufnal wrote:
Does Lifestealer Infest work on Sylla's Bear?

pretty sure infest treats the bear as a hero
so lifestealer can infest it as long as they're on the same team
Heaven's Halberd is the most criminally underbought item in Dota. Together we can stop this.
rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
January 22 2016 01:04 GMT
#23419
It works on allied bear. Back when Naix was a popular carry, I recall doing a 522 ms bear naix bomb in a pub back when Naix was a super popular carry during the TI3 patch.
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
Shock710
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia6097 Posts
January 22 2016 05:33 GMT
#23420
when do the MDL playoffs start (what date, sadly liquipedia doesnt have it listed)
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