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Emnjay808
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States10665 Posts
November 28 2012 23:40 GMT
#4981
What happens when Batrider Lasso's someone, then Pudge, from full distance, Hooks the Lasso'd target?
Skol
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
November 28 2012 23:50 GMT
#4982
i think the lasso breaks, not really sure tho

bloodstone is a farming item, bkb/sheep are teamfight items. linkens sucks most of the time. i think orchid/sheep/bkb first is better most of the time but bloodstone is really fun cus getting charges owns
coriamon
Profile Joined August 2011
244 Posts
November 29 2012 04:02 GMT
#4983
On November 29 2012 08:40 Emnjay808 wrote:
What happens when Batrider Lasso's someone, then Pudge, from full distance, Hooks the Lasso'd target?

I think I saw this on a stream once. Batrider's Lasso didn't break, the target didn't move, and the target took the damage.
LAN-f34r
Profile Joined December 2010
New Zealand2099 Posts
November 29 2012 04:09 GMT
#4984
Yango, are you Ice Frog?
The only barrier to truth is the presumption that you already have it. It's through our pane (pain) we window (win though).
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
November 29 2012 06:15 GMT
#4985
Icefrog's not Chinese enough.
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Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7596 Posts
November 29 2012 06:45 GMT
#4986
Yango would love to answer your question and future questions, but he's busy writing about LoL. BURN THE WITCH!
.AK
Profile Joined September 2010
United States561 Posts
November 29 2012 07:54 GMT
#4987
Nah man he is just getting ideas, I mean the game is super big so its gotta have some good ideas right? Like if their was a DotA equivalent to Lee Sin, I would be all for that.
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FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
November 29 2012 15:09 GMT
#4988
On November 25 2012 04:38 Dead9 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 25 2012 04:16 TheYango wrote:
On November 25 2012 04:14 Irratonalys wrote:
if you have a guaranteed crit from a jinada , can a secondary crit from a daedalus also prock? and does it stack?

No. Only one crit can ever proc at a time--if two crits proc at the same time, the lower damage crit is ignored.

Basically don't ever bother with buying crit on heroes that already have crit--it's not cost-efficient.

except kunkka where all you want is lothars and 5 crits


I just got a 1-auto attack rampage with a crysalys proc/lothars (initiated with boat on full hp opposing team) 1v5 20 min into the game, lol.

Thanks for the advice ^^
FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
November 29 2012 15:50 GMT
#4989
I have a question about replays.

How do you analyze your own replays? I'm trying to improve (playing in high bracket) but I'm not always sure what to look out for when I'm watching myself. I usually check things like vision and responses (eg. if I get hooked by a Pudge while farming, should I have been more careful in lane based on what I saw?), standard decision-making (did I erroneously tower dive/not tower-dive), last-hitting in lane matchups, etc. - obviously things like teamfight positioning are important too but I'm not sure what I should be looking out for.

Seeing as my bracket is relatively low I'm not looking to blame teammates or anything - so in terms of looking at individual performance in a game, what is the best way to improve from watching replays?

Thanks!
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
November 29 2012 16:18 GMT
#4990
Just think about the game when you're dead. Could you have seen that coming ? Did you have any vision on that part of the map ? Was it really safe to take that last creep ? If you lost the game, think if you couldve ganked better, or positionned yourself better in teamfight. I don't like rewatching my replay, it feels narcissic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
November 29 2012 16:35 GMT
#4991
On November 30 2012 00:50 FairForever wrote:
I have a question about replays.

How do you analyze your own replays? I'm trying to improve (playing in high bracket) but I'm not always sure what to look out for when I'm watching myself. I usually check things like vision and responses (eg. if I get hooked by a Pudge while farming, should I have been more careful in lane based on what I saw?), standard decision-making (did I erroneously tower dive/not tower-dive), last-hitting in lane matchups, etc. - obviously things like teamfight positioning are important too but I'm not sure what I should be looking out for.

Seeing as my bracket is relatively low I'm not looking to blame teammates or anything - so in terms of looking at individual performance in a game, what is the best way to improve from watching replays?

Thanks!

You should never look to blame teammates.
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FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-29 16:45:18
November 29 2012 16:44 GMT
#4992
On November 30 2012 01:35 Alur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 00:50 FairForever wrote:
I have a question about replays.

How do you analyze your own replays? I'm trying to improve (playing in high bracket) but I'm not always sure what to look out for when I'm watching myself. I usually check things like vision and responses (eg. if I get hooked by a Pudge while farming, should I have been more careful in lane based on what I saw?), standard decision-making (did I erroneously tower dive/not tower-dive), last-hitting in lane matchups, etc. - obviously things like teamfight positioning are important too but I'm not sure what I should be looking out for.

Seeing as my bracket is relatively low I'm not looking to blame teammates or anything - so in terms of looking at individual performance in a game, what is the best way to improve from watching replays?

Thanks!

You should never look to blame teammates.


I don't - that's why I'm just asking about how to improve personal skill at this point in time.

EDIT: As in, I've seen some poor initiations from teammates - but looking at replays that's not something I can control. So how do we review replays to make the best decisions based on the external environment (etc.)
FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
November 29 2012 16:46 GMT
#4993
On November 30 2012 01:18 Erasme wrote:
Just think about the game when you're dead. Could you have seen that coming ? Did you have any vision on that part of the map ? Was it really safe to take that last creep ? If you lost the game, think if you couldve ganked better, or positionned yourself better in teamfight. I don't like rewatching my replay, it feels narcissic.


Do you mind expanding? Sounds interesting but at my skill level I don't know what I should be doing.

I only watch replays where I lose - if we won, even if I didn't play perfectly (or anywhere near perfectly), it's not worth watching.
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
November 29 2012 16:48 GMT
#4994
Just look at the situations you think you've failed and spend some time thinking what you could have done better. Once you figured it out, use this knowledge in future.
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Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
November 29 2012 16:52 GMT
#4995
I don't know how to explain, playing dota feels a lot like 2011 zvp to me :p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-29 16:56:20
November 29 2012 16:54 GMT
#4996
Approach learning in dota the same way you approach learning in Starcraft. Everytime you die or lose a game, evaluate your performance (not your allies performance) and try and determine where your mistakes were and what you can do to avoid them in the future. If you take the time to think about your mistakes when you die, then you will start to see noticeable improvements in your play.

Just like in starcraft, watching reps of yourself losing is a great way to improve your play.

It's only narcissistic if you watch reps of yourself winning :p
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34504 Posts
November 29 2012 16:56 GMT
#4997
On November 30 2012 01:44 FairForever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 30 2012 01:35 Alur wrote:
On November 30 2012 00:50 FairForever wrote:
I have a question about replays.

How do you analyze your own replays? I'm trying to improve (playing in high bracket) but I'm not always sure what to look out for when I'm watching myself. I usually check things like vision and responses (eg. if I get hooked by a Pudge while farming, should I have been more careful in lane based on what I saw?), standard decision-making (did I erroneously tower dive/not tower-dive), last-hitting in lane matchups, etc. - obviously things like teamfight positioning are important too but I'm not sure what I should be looking out for.

Seeing as my bracket is relatively low I'm not looking to blame teammates or anything - so in terms of looking at individual performance in a game, what is the best way to improve from watching replays?

Thanks!

You should never look to blame teammates.


I don't - that's why I'm just asking about how to improve personal skill at this point in time.

EDIT: As in, I've seen some poor initiations from teammates - but looking at replays that's not something I can control. So how do we review replays to make the best decisions based on the external environment (etc.)

Look at what you spent your time doing. Were you being efficient with your time? Were you in the right place at the right time? Did you not focus enough on keeping down their carry, or did you not farm enough as a carry, or did you not keep the map warded continuously as a support? Did you not carry TP's enough resulting in not being able to TP to countergank? Were you caught too far out of position repeatedly without having vision of the area?
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Rodberd
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany531 Posts
November 29 2012 22:05 GMT
#4998
how would you skill/equip a supportive WD ?

usually i go QWQWQ ult QW E E E ult E.
i get my boots, finish eul than (sage mask and void first), finish phase-boots than and go into aghanims.
most of the time the game will end around this time and here the dmg-outpu is quite serious. when i get a good cask-stun or other mates the bounce of my ult take quite some dmg from the other side (usually i wont get focused ebcause of our low skill-lvl)
not sure if this is the best way, but so far eul is very convincing in my eyes because of MS, disable and manareg. and its so damn cheap.

after ~100 games my WD occupies 26 games, all other heroes <6 games.
i found out i suck as carry and can act decent as support.
Ooooh, look at it go
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-29 22:10:43
November 29 2012 22:10 GMT
#4999
For me, the main goal of WD is max maledict at 7. Stun/Maledict/Stun/Maledict/Maledict/Ult/Maledict is how I do it. This isn't a "carry" witch doctor, it is merely abusing his strongest ability.

Of course, if it is clear from the outset that you won't be doing much fighting enemy heroes early, then Max stun with 1 in heal is decent. Levelling your heal doesn't make it much better IIRC, or at least doesn't make it any more efficient.

WD is generally a dedicated 5 position so that means Wards/Courier/Flying Courier/More Wards/Sentries/Dust. Luxuries are bracers and mana boots (and a point booster into aghanims if something really weird happens and maledict gets like 5 lasthits in 1 teamfight).
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Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-29 22:17:30
November 29 2012 22:13 GMT
#5000
Depends completely on my lane and my enemies, do i have the chance of easy kills? Maledict and stun early on.
Do we need to be defensive? Stun and heal.

It's really situational really, good items on WD include stuff like Urn, Tranquil boots, Drum, medallion, Forcestaff, ghost staff, BKB and aghanim. And of course the usual support stuff like wards and sentries and dust and gems if needed.
Some are more expensive than others, but i personally feel that WD doesn't really need that much mana regen(Amazing base INT and INT gain) and he already had super high base move-speed which is why tranqs+drum feel amazing on him to me.

Euls is okay, but there are a lot of other items i'd rather get on him, not that it's bad, but it'd definitely not be what i would go for.

Again, it really depends on your own line-up and the line-up of the enemy, it's pretty damn situational. As it is with most things in DotA.
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