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Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
July 24 2012 17:08 GMT
#3101
Phase vs Treads on PA.

I don't understand why so many go phase.

Yango. Go.
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
July 24 2012 17:20 GMT
#3102
You get IAS from her blink, and more damage = better coup de grace?
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
BlitzerSC
Profile Joined May 2011
Italy8800 Posts
July 24 2012 17:48 GMT
#3103
On July 25 2012 02:08 Ack1027 wrote:
Phase vs Treads on PA.

I don't understand why so many go phase.

Yango. Go.


Because usually on PA you want to build +damage items so you can maximize coup de grace.
dellesh1ruH
Profile Joined August 2009
Denmark509 Posts
July 24 2012 18:48 GMT
#3104
I was lucky to get an invite from Steam to play Dota2, but can I invite some mates to play along with me? Do I get some invites too?
Pain is temporary, Glory is forever!
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
July 24 2012 19:11 GMT
#3105
On July 25 2012 02:08 Ack1027 wrote:
Phase vs Treads on PA.

I don't understand why so many go phase.

Yango. Go.

Damage!

Fuck the attack speed. Fuck survivability. If you crit everything you win.

Also the phasing is nice. I've always thought of Mortred as a hero that just dies if caught anyway. If you're going to run away, might as well run away real fast.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-24 19:32:54
July 24 2012 19:31 GMT
#3106
Well I learned comp dota during a time where pa [ if ever played, since shes rarely used ] went for some combination of treads/bkb/hotd/mkb. The thing is back then treads were +10 to stats. And even though they aren't +10 now I don't see anything that changed enough to tide me over for phase.

Survivability: Imo treads. If she indeed is a hero who dies no matter what when caught, then neither boots really matter. The best method to get away is to blink, which is totally independent of boots. I'd rather have magic wand with treads, than magic wand with phase to blink away to a target. You could argue here that phase lets you get to a target faster to blink.....which I would say yes but a very rare situation that isn't worth trading +8 str for. Or you could just position yourself better to not get caught in obvious spots.

Attack speed: It's true blink gives her aspd, but during the laning phase and throughout the game you have higher aspd during the time you aren't blinking, which means your crit chance theoretically goes up. The damage you give up for the aspd is not worth it imo for the way I think is the best to play her.

+ Damage to maximize coup de grace: If this is your goal, then I see where phase wins. But again I think you're aiming for endgame rape, I think the blink range is good enough for you to catch anyone with faster aspd from treads.

During the lane, if you're having a very very hard lane, like worst possible scenario, you will be getting creeps with your dagger so neither boots really matter. What does matter is the +8 str to tank some harass when you're in a medium difficulty lane.

Basically it boils down to treads switching + aspd you can get early, since you don't rush items like hyperstone or other huge aspd items. Phase lets you run faster, chase, and do slightly more damage.

Some quick math:
Each point of agi gives 1 damage to her.
Each point of agi gives 1/7 armor
Each point of agi gives 1% attack speed.

So with agi treads you're looking at +8 damage, 1ish armor, and 33% aspd overall.
Vs the straight + 24 dmg of treads.

I think in the early game before you have max blink strike, which is when boots really matter, I'd rather have the option of treads where I can have aspd in situations that call for free farm and not that bad damage and str where I'm getting harassed. If I'm fucked I might as well have no boots and stifling dagger for cs.

Stancel
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Singapore15360 Posts
July 24 2012 20:22 GMT
#3107
On July 25 2012 03:48 dellesh1ruH wrote:
I was lucky to get an invite from Steam to play Dota2, but can I invite some mates to play along with me? Do I get some invites too?


assuming you got the invite from the survey, you should have 2 extra keys in your Steam gift inventory ( Steam window > Games > Manage Gifts and Guest Passes ).
ffxiv enjoyer
Yacobs
Profile Joined March 2010
United States846 Posts
July 24 2012 20:45 GMT
#3108
On July 25 2012 04:31 Ack1027 wrote:
Well I learned comp dota during a time where pa [ if ever played, since shes rarely used ] went for some combination of treads/bkb/hotd/mkb. The thing is back then treads were +10 to stats. And even though they aren't +10 now I don't see anything that changed enough to tide me over for phase.


I've been playing a fair amount of PA recently (in crappy pubs, mind you) and I've gone Phase every time. However, after my last game, I'm considering switching to Treads. I went Vangaurd/Abyssal/Vlad/AC and I noticed a real uptick in my effectiveness once I got the Hyperstone for the AC. However, after the game I realized that Vlad + AC don't stack their +armor effects so I was thinking of a way to get attack speed without going AC.

I'm considering something like Treads and then Yasha as my first damage item. I feel like crit or proc-heavy AGI heroes should just stack AGI rather than raw +damage. I'd almost consider a naked Eaglesong...
dellesh1ruH
Profile Joined August 2009
Denmark509 Posts
July 24 2012 20:57 GMT
#3109
On July 25 2012 05:22 DoNotDisturb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2012 03:48 dellesh1ruH wrote:
I was lucky to get an invite from Steam to play Dota2, but can I invite some mates to play along with me? Do I get some invites too?


assuming you got the invite from the survey, you should have 2 extra keys in your Steam gift inventory ( Steam window > Games > Manage Gifts and Guest Passes ).


No. :-(
Pain is temporary, Glory is forever!
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
July 24 2012 20:59 GMT
#3110
They stopped giving away those invites because so many people were selling them.
This space left intentionally dank /)3(\ http://i.imgur.com/RmeEUcF.png
Pobearo
Profile Joined August 2009
United States351 Posts
July 25 2012 00:03 GMT
#3111
If I get items now by playing a bunch of matches, will I keep those when the game actually comes out? I think the answer is yes, I'm just making sure.
Yacobs
Profile Joined March 2010
United States846 Posts
July 25 2012 00:11 GMT
#3112
The game is out already. It's just not available for free yet.
N3rV[Green]
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1935 Posts
July 25 2012 00:15 GMT
#3113
yes, the game is not in beta anymore, it's just not fully released because the servers would explode.
Never fear the darkness, Bran. The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.
Pobearo
Profile Joined August 2009
United States351 Posts
July 25 2012 00:33 GMT
#3114
Oh, wow cool. Didn't realize it was free to play, figured it was going to be 15-20 dollars like CS:GO. Well cool.
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
July 25 2012 00:33 GMT
#3115
phases are nice on melee heroes cus u have to be next to stuff to hit it
it's worse for straight up autoattacking but in a real fight ur chasing stuff all the time so it's gonna give you more actual damage output than treads
Yacobs
Profile Joined March 2010
United States846 Posts
July 25 2012 02:41 GMT
#3116
That's what Phantom Strike + Stifling Dagger is for.
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
July 25 2012 03:50 GMT
#3117
yes, in an ideal situation pa wants to autoattack someone to death during the dagger slow but that's not always going to happen
phases also let you get in range to blinkstrike/dagger, run through things, chase bkb'd stuff, etc
it's not that treads are bad, it's just that phases are nice to have
paintfive
Profile Joined September 2011
785 Posts
July 25 2012 05:54 GMT
#3118
how do disconnections affect MMR and solo queues?
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12037 Posts
July 25 2012 08:26 GMT
#3119
On July 25 2012 14:54 paintfive wrote:
how do disconnections affect MMR and solo queues?


You get an abandon and a loss if you take over 5 min to get back (with normal mmr decrease). If you take ~2 min and nobody pauses you increased the chance of your team losing. If you get enough abandons you get moved to the low priority queue for a short time.
h3r1n6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Iceland2039 Posts
July 25 2012 14:47 GMT
#3120
Couple of questions:

How would you say I go about learning everything? Should I try and get a grip of what every hero does and play every hero at least once? Should I learn a few heroes to play or is it feasible to just stick with just one and maybe a backup hero? Because all I want to do is play Invoker.
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