without watching the rep:

pressure your lane more, get more last hits, purchase better snowballing items (im a fan of super early phase boots on ench), snowball the earlygame harder, try to predict void/lion/omni's movements repeatedly to kill them, only go for AM/tinker if you have a lockdown behind you (lesh)

to be honest though this was a really good am/tinker game and the game seems super hard unlss they're both bad and get shut down. lesh needed a euls (blink) to catch the tinker with, i tink

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

March 28 2016 22:07 GMT

#23606

Judging by items and levels, I would guess he was jungling and not offlane?

In which case if you're not offlane, maxing Untouchable by 7 isn't correct. Maxing Untouchable first is specifically for offlane Enchan because it maximizes your ability to pressure the land and deflect their ability to kill you. If you're in the jungle, you aren't going to be exposing yourself to that danger, so Untouchable ranks don't really serve a functional purpose. Nature's Attendants will be more impactful in relevant early-midgame scenarios when you're jungling.

SpiritoftheTunA

United States20903 Posts

March 28 2016 22:14 GMT

#23607

oh yea my bad i wasnt really thinking about that

void's a hard kill from the jungle so wraparound smoke ganks at like levels 2-4 on tinker before he gets bot i bet is pretty game winning

Rodrak

United States165 Posts

March 29 2016 00:04 GMT

#23608

Alright thanks. I ganked top twice, timber got 2 double kills on bot (by himself) guess no-one really dealt with tinker early.

I never really think about low level smoke ganks, but i guess as enchant you have to on midlane atleast.

Yurie

12174 Posts

March 30 2016 19:17 GMT

#23609

Is there any situation where it is worth actually protecting the safe lane carry in the current meta? I can see the use of a hero pulling and totally zoning the enemy off lane but if that zoning isn't possible isn't it better to just let them take the tower and focus on the other lanes in the mean time?

bdonballer

United States408 Posts

March 31 2016 03:06 GMT

#23610

so does anyone know why echo slam goes through ghost scepter when it should not?

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

March 31 2016 03:09 GMT

#23611

why should it not? its magical

evilfatsh1t

Australia8928 Posts

March 31 2016 04:25 GMT

#23612

On March 31 2016 04:17 Yurie wrote:
Is there any situation where it is worth actually protecting the safe lane carry in the current meta? I can see the use of a hero pulling and totally zoning the enemy off lane but if that zoning isn't possible isn't it better to just let them take the tower and focus on the other lanes in the mean time?

is there any situation where it is worth abandoning the carry and letting the offlaner completely dominate the lane in any meta?
95% of the time the answer is no.

bdonballer

United States408 Posts

March 31 2016 04:26 GMT

#23613

On March 31 2016 12:09 icystorage wrote:
why should it not? its magical

it specifically says in the description if you alt+hover over echo slam that it does not affect units in ethereal form, be it ghost scepter or ebladed.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8928 Posts

March 31 2016 04:28 GMT

#23614

it probably means it doesnt count units in ethereal form, not that they dont take damage, although im not too sure. never bothered to check those minor details

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

March 31 2016 04:54 GMT

#23615

It worked that way in DotA 1, as well as a couple spells like Tinker's Heat Seeking Missiles.

They made it work like a normal spell in DotA 2 and just never updated the tooltips.

SpiritoftheTunA

United States20903 Posts

March 31 2016 23:05 GMT

#23616

yea if i stay in the safelane its because i think i can keep doing pulls that i can protect to deny full waves of exp

Jonoman92

United States9110 Posts

April 01 2016 00:54 GMT

#23617

Does aether lens increase the damage a hero deals using dagon, urn of shadows, eblade, etc?

Verniy

Canada3360 Posts

April 01 2016 00:58 GMT

#23618

On April 01 2016 09:54 Jonoman92 wrote:
Does aether lens increase the damage a hero deals using dagon, urn of shadows, eblade, etc?

aether lens increases the damage of the same abilities that you can lifesteal from with octarine core
which includes: OoV, Urn, Dagon, Orchid, EBlade, Radiance, Blademail, Shiva's, and Maelstrom/Mjollnir procs
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Octarine_Core#Spell_Lifesteal_mechanics

Bleak

Turkey3059 Posts

April 02 2016 12:42 GMT

#23619

I have not played for 3 months, can someone give me a quick rundown on whats the current meta and which heroes are strong on each role? I kind of feel nervous starting to play again since I feel like my game knowledge has become stale. (Currently I have 2829 hours on Dota 2)

Velzi

Finland659 Posts

April 02 2016 12:59 GMT

#23620

1. Sven Spectre Ursa
2. Invoker OD Zeus
3. Tide DS Void (Ench) NP (LD) BM
(LD and ench played from the offlane but LD is more like 2 with the farm he gets and ench is more like 4)
4. Enigma BH Doom(China) Phoenix
5. Venge Chen Bane Lion Oracle Omni

Probably missed a few but u get the idea, its all about who gets the OD/Invoker/Sven/Spectre with proper supports who keep them alive/make them monsters.

E: Earth Spirit, Clinkz, Puck, Tiny+IO, Weaver having some love too lately.