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evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8915 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-13 11:44:18
October 13 2012 11:43 GMT
#4261
any range hero with a decent nuke will destroy him if you guys are 1v1 mid
or a hero who can harrass easily like silencer (curse/glaives)
or you can go axe for a melee option
hkimmy
Profile Joined September 2012
Korea (South)61 Posts
October 13 2012 13:14 GMT
#4262
yep, ranged heroes particularly orb walkers and nukers will punish pudge in his laning phase. Also you need to utilize wards to prevent pudge from having rune control and to tell where he went.

Lv6-7 and during night time is the phase where pudge likes to roam around and gank so do be extra careful especially if you are a squishy hero and you should be fine.
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
October 13 2012 13:56 GMT
#4263
Level 5 pudge has high kill potential (and surprise kill potential at night).

Block your creep very well and pudge will have problems if you're ranged. Viper can make him miserable.

But the best pub counter to pudge is beastmaster. Especially when he gets level 3 hawk, you can follow pudge while he's trying to hide in the trees/uphill, detect when he tps in when you're pushing, and you roar him if an ally ever gets hooked. If you get medallion he dies so fast with his lack of armor.
You can also position your boar in between you and pudge while you lane, and when he wards you can get a gem and kill it with your boar safely.
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
October 13 2012 17:08 GMT
#4264
The best counter to pudge is to learn proper movement and positioning.
There are only a limited number of spots where a butcher can reasonably hook from. Learn hooks length and stay a hooks length away from hiding spots. Position yourself so creeps are between you and the expected hook direction.
When lasthitting in lane constantly move without repeating a pattern. That´s good against any kind of skillshot and should be done to some point out of lane too.

When he goes towards you, run away with changing directions that would fit into a V. ↖↑↗ If you try to evade too much he can just run up to you and bite you.


If you make this kind of movement a habit of yours, butcher becomes just a fat, ugly hero with a melee disable and an unreliable hook. Works with all heroes(better with more movespeed).
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
October 13 2012 17:21 GMT
#4265
On October 13 2012 19:35 zZap wrote:
how to punish a pub pudge early game? and which hero can do it effectively

viper/qop/ns are my favourites
With Viper just orbwalk him whevener
I like to put 2early points in shadowstrike, with a few autos he can't come close enough to last hit
Ns is easier since even if you're hooked you'll kill him after lvl 4. You have a lot more armor, so you can harass him in lane as soon as possible. When you hit 3 you can void him a few times with your bottle. Then he can't really do much. You should get bottle + boots + urn faster than him. He could contest the first 3runes but will die if he tries to contest the fourth one (night time) During the night pudge is absolute food for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
boxman22
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Canada430 Posts
October 13 2012 18:44 GMT
#4266
I played one game with alchemist today and was surprised by how much gold you can rake in with him now. The buffs to basically everything he does makes him significantly better. Is it best to go radiance with him or some of the other damage items (like mjollnir)? Should you go buriza after that or heart to make you even tankier?
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34504 Posts
October 13 2012 18:55 GMT
#4267
On October 14 2012 03:44 boxman22 wrote:
I played one game with alchemist today and was surprised by how much gold you can rake in with him now. The buffs to basically everything he does makes him significantly better. Is it best to go radiance with him or some of the other damage items (like mjollnir)? Should you go buriza after that or heart to make you even tankier?

The answer for your question is situational from game to game. If you can farm up a quick radiance and your team can hold out 4v5 until you do so, then go ahead. If you need more damage with push, go mjollnir. If you need more direct damage, go daedalus. If you need true hit, get mkb. If the opponents have lots of disables, go bkb. If they have a lot of physical damage, go AC. If you need more HP overall, get heart.
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Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-13 18:58:56
October 13 2012 18:57 GMT
#4268
On October 14 2012 03:44 boxman22 wrote:
I played one game with alchemist today and was surprised by how much gold you can rake in with him now. The buffs to basically everything he does makes him significantly better. Is it best to go radiance with him or some of the other damage items (like mjollnir)? Should you go buriza after that or heart to make you even tankier?

Radiance is great with him, but if you feel pressured/you don't have the time to farm radiance, mjollnir will be better. Bkb most of the times. I feel that you should get crits after ac/bash.

Don't listen to fb, hes bad. *whispers* Listen to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14081 Posts
October 13 2012 19:57 GMT
#4269
Everytime I got heart early (2nd-3rd big item) I felt it was kind of redundant. Radiance/Mjollnir do so much more in the damage departement and AC/BKB give you similar survivability with other cool bonuses. Alchemist ult #1.

Also make someone get Vlads. THE SMACKING SHALL NEVER STOP.
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
October 13 2012 21:25 GMT
#4270
When alchemist was in vogue as a carry pick I saw a chinese game where he lost because for his final item slot he picked up a heart instead of a BKB and was chain disabled for an entire team fight.
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
October 13 2012 22:01 GMT
#4271
Is OD a viable counterpick to AM? My reasoning is that the pure damage orb obviously ignores the armor increase from agility, and his essence aura makes sure mana is almost always full (so manaburn has little effect and AM won't be able to pull off a strong ult). Or is OD just not strong enough as a hard carry?
:)
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
October 13 2012 22:29 GMT
#4272
He is on paper, but AM will simply outfarm him and he dies a lot to smokeganks/ganks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
LazyFailKid
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada750 Posts
October 13 2012 22:51 GMT
#4273
What is a good weaver build? and how are his ganks/map control ability?
Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7596 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-13 23:18:00
October 13 2012 23:09 GMT
#4274
Boots: Treads or Tranquil
Early-Mid game items: Wand(1), Pick 2 of these: Drums, Medallion, Aquila, Urn
Late game: Monkey King Bar, Crit. Some argue Deso, I say a medallion does that job adequately. (With Swarm -armor it can get too much, where it does less for you. Past 0 Armor, reduction drops in effectiveness.
Of course, if your farm is great 14-16 minute Radiance is optimal. If not, go the above mid-game fight route and make sure to crush face and not be passive.

Ganks are great, max movespeed invisible flying Spider? Yes please.

*Edit* - Yeah, Urn is a pretty common item on a lot of mid heroes. (NS, Pudge, Exort Voker) Two of these is a no-no. I personally just go Treads, then depending on how the laning phase is going, if I'm forced to buy Basil then I'll finish Aquila otherwise skip it. Drums, then Medallion.
LazyFailKid
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada750 Posts
October 13 2012 23:14 GMT
#4275
I see, thanks! I'm assuming drums/urn in games where noone else has them?
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
October 13 2012 23:16 GMT
#4276
its usually not a good idea for a team to have two urns, but having multiple drums is fine.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
October 13 2012 23:39 GMT
#4277
at what hp/armor does it become more efficient to buy a chainmail than a bracer vs a physical dps lineup?
LazyFailKid
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada750 Posts
October 14 2012 00:00 GMT
#4278
Wait, with weaver what do you skill? I heard that in mid you get shukuchi but it seems like geminite attack is better since it does more damage in straight up combat or is the lower cd shukuchi better for rune control/harass?
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
October 14 2012 00:12 GMT
#4279
On October 14 2012 08:39 Nevuk wrote:
at what hp/armor does it become more efficient to buy a chainmail than a bracer vs a physical dps lineup?

I did a quick calculation and it seems very low, below start hp for most heroes.
494 if we assume 0 start armor, 604 if we assume 5 armor. Basically armor is always better against *only* physical.

Can someone verify this, it´s been while since I mathed around.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
mutantmagnet
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3807 Posts
October 14 2012 00:17 GMT
#4280
Is periodic gold calculated into GPM?
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