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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
February 19 2016 15:56 GMT
#23541
yeah u cant miss with silver edge

the only thing that can outmeme silver edge is craggy
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7084 Posts
February 19 2016 17:04 GMT
#23542
On February 20 2016 00:56 ahswtini wrote:
yeah u cant miss with silver edge

the only thing that can outmeme silver edge is craggy


not anymore since craggy now procs after the attack
AdministratorIn those days, spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
February 19 2016 19:09 GMT
#23543
if you use Arcane Orb on TA when she has Refraction up, do you still steal INT?
Heaven's Halberd is the most criminally underbought item in Dota. Together we can stop this.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
February 20 2016 08:23 GMT
#23544
Yes. Refraction only blocks damage. All other effects of abilities still apply.
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Ayaz2810
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2763 Posts
February 20 2016 14:01 GMT
#23545
I don't get earth spirit. I've seen him played dozens of times, but I still don't get his combo. How the shit do people instantly push and then pull the stones? Is there a trick? Like they kick one, it hits the enemy, and then is on its way back in what seems like .5 seconds or something. I tried it and it doesn't make sense because when you kick the stone, it travels so quickly off the screen toward the enemy that clicking on it to pull it back seems impossible. That's not what people do is it? Cause if it is, that means I reeeeaaally suck.
Vrtra Vanquisher/Tiamat Trouncer/World Serpent Slayer
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8916 Posts
February 20 2016 14:57 GMT
#23546
where are you clicking when you first kick the boulder?
es is easier now because you dont have to click on the stone anymore, you can click on the ground and the nearest stone goes there anyway. just click behind the enemy and then spam your pull at the same spot
Ayaz2810
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2763 Posts
February 20 2016 15:42 GMT
#23547
I think you just blew my mind. I have been clicking on the stones the whole time. Maybe that's my issue lol
Vrtra Vanquisher/Tiamat Trouncer/World Serpent Slayer
Quochobao
Profile Joined October 2010
United States350 Posts
February 23 2016 21:43 GMT
#23548
Last night I made a snarky comment to a rampaging OD that "good job playing OD". He said "good job not countering it."

So... how exactly should we counter him? Our problem was that it's really hard to kill him due to his astral imprisonment, which either buys him time for TP-in assist, or take one of ours out in early skirmish. (The int-stealing arcane orb and the ulti is obvious issues too, ofc).

The only choice that seems to come up was Nyx. Is there anything else?
Best or nothing.
Logo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States7542 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-23 22:08:29
February 23 2016 22:07 GMT
#23549
Ghost Scepter is pretty good against OD so long as you are careful about avoiding the Ultimate. Astral Imprisonment is very unlikely to ever connect on you while ethereal (if he casts it on you directly it'll be over by the time the damage is applied to you) as are BKBs for cores who are high priority enough to be ultimate targets.

Other than that getting a good lane against him and preventing him from getting ahead are pretty important, OD doesn't have the best catch up ability.

Then of course any stuns or silences with decent initiation range can prevent astral.
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Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-23 22:12:25
February 23 2016 22:11 GMT
#23550
On February 21 2016 00:42 Ayaz2810 wrote:
I think you just blew my mind. I have been clicking on the stones the whole time. Maybe that's my issue lol

The way I do it is to put the mouse cursor behind the hero I want to kick-pull, and do DDQ-click and then spam E-click in place as the stone goes past.

Even so I find I miss the kicked stone maybe 5% of the time, particularly if there are creeps or other valid pull targets in the way. Ping makes it a lot harder, too.

Anyone else have a trick?
Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
February 23 2016 22:15 GMT
#23551
On February 24 2016 06:43 Quochobao wrote:
Last night I made a snarky comment to a rampaging OD that "good job playing OD". He said "good job not countering it."

So... how exactly should we counter him? Our problem was that it's really hard to kill him due to his astral imprisonment, which either buys him time for TP-in assist, or take one of ours out in early skirmish. (The int-stealing arcane orb and the ulti is obvious issues too, ofc).

The only choice that seems to come up was Nyx. Is there anything else?

any kind of silence is good, since it prevents him from using astral on himself
plus as long as he's silenced he can't use orb, which takes off about half his damage output right there
Heaven's Halberd is the most criminally underbought item in Dota. Together we can stop this.
Quochobao
Profile Joined October 2010
United States350 Posts
February 23 2016 23:45 GMT
#23552
On February 24 2016 07:15 Verniy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2016 06:43 Quochobao wrote:
Last night I made a snarky comment to a rampaging OD that "good job playing OD". He said "good job not countering it."

So... how exactly should we counter him? Our problem was that it's really hard to kill him due to his astral imprisonment, which either buys him time for TP-in assist, or take one of ours out in early skirmish. (The int-stealing arcane orb and the ulti is obvious issues too, ofc).

The only choice that seems to come up was Nyx. Is there anything else?

any kind of silence is good, since it prevents him from using astral on himself
plus as long as he's silenced he can't use orb, which takes off about half his damage output right there


Great point on silencing!
Best or nothing.
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
February 24 2016 10:59 GMT
#23553
On February 24 2016 07:11 Belisarius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2016 00:42 Ayaz2810 wrote:
I think you just blew my mind. I have been clicking on the stones the whole time. Maybe that's my issue lol

The way I do it is to put the mouse cursor behind the hero I want to kick-pull, and do DDQ-click and then spam E-click in place as the stone goes past.

Even so I find I miss the kicked stone maybe 5% of the time, particularly if there are creeps or other valid pull targets in the way. Ping makes it a lot harder, too.

Anyone else have a trick?

wait u can self-cast the stone at ur location by double tapping the hotkey???????

holy shit
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-24 21:02:47
February 24 2016 21:02 GMT
#23554
You're welcome lol
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-24 21:05:09
February 24 2016 21:04 GMT
#23555
It was one of those "this hero's at like 43% winrate in low pubs already and I'm nerfing the fuck outta him this patch" bones thrown to ES a few patches back
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nomel
Profile Joined September 2010
115 Posts
March 02 2016 13:49 GMT
#23556
Can someone explain to me why we are seeing multiple Drums of Endurance on the same team in professional games? Am I crazy, or was this not a thing before perhaps a month ago? As I am writing this, the OD and Furion both built Drum after upgraded boots. I've seen this several times before during the Shanghai Major.
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-03-02 14:21:05
March 02 2016 14:20 GMT
#23557
because it's really just the aura that doesnt stack, and it's quite a minor aura. the item still has charges, and it provides a good source of hp and mana pool. the furion buys drums cuz he can tp to a skirmish and reinforce with drums active.

for example im sure u would see multiple meks if the healing active stacked, even if the aura doesnt
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
March 02 2016 14:49 GMT
#23558
Because we now actually saw a pro-game where an Aegis went to an IO:
Can IO Tether-heal another hero with the Aegis-healing-buff?
There can only be one Geisterkarle
GtC
Profile Joined August 2013
United States546 Posts
March 02 2016 14:59 GMT
#23559
I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Wisp would actually have to be healing from it though.
The Turtle Moves
Kreb
Profile Joined September 2010
4834 Posts
March 02 2016 15:00 GMT
#23560
Not that I've seen it done, but I see very little reason who he wouldnt be able to do that. Its a healing buff and all other healing buffs work through tether.
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