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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
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Heh_
Singapore2712 Posts
On July 27 2012 22:29 paintfive wrote: When I should be getting a magic wand? Is it mostly hero dependent? Virtually every hero gets wand. It's like a personal mekansm + double arcane boots. It gains charges really quickly during teamfights. | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
also its great for baiting. | ||
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TheMooseHeed
United Kingdom535 Posts
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Goshawk.
United Kingdom5338 Posts
Dota2 beta is invite only but it's easy to get a key from a third party if you pay about £3.50 (costs like £30 in official store). I would never recommend HoN to anyone, so you're left with LoL and Dota. LoL=much easier learning curve, simplier game, rpg lvling up that means u have to grind but it's much easier and you generally play with other noobs. Dota2=more complex game, harder to get into, but much more rewarding. Playing dota1 now is a bit meh imo, especially if you can't be bothered with 3rd party programs/an older game to actually play any good dota1 games. There's like a million lol vs dota2 debates so I'm sure you can search for them and weigh up the pros and cons for each. | ||
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TheMooseHeed
United Kingdom535 Posts
Seem like less hassle and ofc its free compared to dota 2 which does look better imo but if what you say is true will take too much time to get good. Thanks for the help If anyone here has lol I will put you down as a referer if you like. Doubt it as it is a dota thread :D | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
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Doomblaze
United States1292 Posts
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Heh_
Singapore2712 Posts
On July 28 2012 06:27 13_Doomblaze_37 wrote: What does mid skill matchmaking mean? Is it like the whole normal, high, highest rating? I'm curious, because theres a thread with 0 replies about a guy whos mid skill. My guess is that he considers himself "high" MMR. Most people go by low, medium and high when ranking things. Only valve decides to start with normal and add superlatives.. | ||
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Stoli
Canada173 Posts
On July 27 2012 23:25 Goshawk. wrote: You have posted in the dota2 thread so I guess most replies here will say dota2. :D Dota2 beta is invite only but it's easy to get a key from a third party if you pay about £3.50 (costs like £30 in official store). I would never recommend HoN to anyone, so you're left with LoL and Dota. LoL=much easier learning curve, simplier game, rpg lvling up that means u have to grind but it's much easier and you generally play with other noobs. Dota2=more complex game, harder to get into, but much more rewarding. Playing dota1 now is a bit meh imo, especially if you can't be bothered with 3rd party programs/an older game to actually play any good dota1 games. There's like a million lol vs dota2 debates so I'm sure you can search for them and weigh up the pros and cons for each. I really don't think LoL develops dota skills at all. Only play it if you intend to stick to it, IMO. If you are preparing for Dota 2, get in beta, since it's streamlined you aren't learning redundant things, seriously making wand is extremely challenging.. On July 27 2012 22:45 Heh_ wrote: Virtually every hero gets wand. It's like a personal mekansm + double arcane boots. It gains charges really quickly during teamfights. It's also good practice having activated items.. using 6 hotkeys for items is quite hard to be good at, and takes practice. Urn, Medallion, and Phase are some other cheap/easy ones.. I also like to have a consistent hotkey I always use for my tp scroll. Makes for faster escapes/fewer errors. | ||
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Candadar
2049 Posts
I just don't see how he has any true utility though, because everything I'm thinking he can do, it appears someone else can just do better. | ||
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Heh_
Singapore2712 Posts
On July 28 2012 09:37 Stoli wrote: I really don't think LoL develops dota skills at all. Only play it if you intend to stick to it, IMO. If you are preparing for Dota 2, get in beta, since it's streamlined you aren't learning redundant things, seriously making wand is extremely challenging.. It's also good practice having activated items.. using 6 hotkeys for items is quite hard to be good at, and takes practice. Urn, Medallion, and Phase are some other cheap/easy ones.. I also like to have a consistent hotkey I always use for my tp scroll. Makes for faster escapes/fewer errors. For some reason I have a tendency to get 6 activated items on heroes with 4 activated skills. At least some of these slots are occupied by phase/arcane boots, wand and tp, so it's technically 7 mass-spam skills. | ||
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
On July 28 2012 10:03 Heh_ wrote: For some reason I have a tendency to get 6 activated items on heroes with 4 activated skills. At least some of these slots are occupied by phase/arcane boots, wand and tp, so it's technically 7 mass-spam skills. Windrunner Wand Phase Force Meka Guinsoo TP standard. | ||
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Heh_
Singapore2712 Posts
On July 28 2012 10:07 Kipsate wrote: Windrunner Wand Phase Force Meka Guinsoo TP standard. Yeah pretty much. You don't actually use all 10 of them in the span of a few seconds though, so it's manageable for people who aren't Dendi. | ||
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Dead9
United States4725 Posts
On July 28 2012 09:54 Candadar wrote: So I haven't played in a few weeks and I looked at the new heroes and....well, KotL and Nyx are cool but Visage is leaving me in a bit of a confused state. I don't get what the fuck he's supposed to do or what purpose he has. He has a pretty good slow, what appears to be an extremely mediocre single target damage spell, and a really fucking good shield that makes him extraordinarily bulky. What I was sort of getting a vibe was he was sort of some psuedo-Brewmaster for teamfights, in the sense that you abuse your Gravekeepers Cloak to just not die while you chain off stuns with your Familiars. I just don't see how he has any true utility though, because everything I'm thinking he can do, it appears someone else can just do better. yea u just win teamfights and trilanes with him his nuke is really good in early fights the cd is crazy short hes better than panda at not getting banned | ||
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Stoli
Canada173 Posts
On July 28 2012 10:07 Kipsate wrote: Windrunner Wand Phase Force Meka Guinsoo TP standard. Yep, for me it's more often medallion though. By far my favourite item (wand would win but I'm really bored of it). ie furion with: medallion phase necronomicon hex orchids sometimes wand. 6 insanely good actives that all work well together (except wand, but it's a pretty good iteM). beastmaster with: medallion urn wand and soul ring or bottle depending on lane. sometimes phase/necronomicon.. (I don't really build urn or even medallion anymore because I'm always long lane BM, but if you are mid it's very very good and this is the hero I spent the most time with early in beta) I'm pretty confident with 6 items now so I don't go out of my way to do it, I just find that there are literally no competing with well used active items (pipe/mek are essential, medallion is fucking amazing if your team focuses at all, hex is.. well hex. orchids can be essential against a panda or blink hero. necrobook..) and it takes some practice to use all 6, hell it takes practice to remember you have them. On July 28 2012 10:10 Heh_ wrote: Yeah pretty much. You don't actually use all 10 of them in the span of a few seconds though, so it's manageable for people who aren't Dendi. ;p I find it easy now, but especially for a well timed hex, I really think it takes some practice. Even players who have played for years still miss the occasional sprout. | ||
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Thienan567
United States670 Posts
I'm asking because idk and I can't find it anywhere in the dota2 client. | ||
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
On July 28 2012 14:55 Thienan567 wrote: How do you check your MMR? How do you even know if you have one? Is there a ranked and a normal setting like in LoL? I'm asking because idk and I can't find it anywhere in the dota2 client. You can't find it because it isn't listed. | ||
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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