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Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34504 Posts
December 18 2012 18:53 GMT
#5361
Korok.
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Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
December 18 2012 19:06 GMT
#5362
On December 19 2012 03:44 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
Haha, from reading the forums, I always call drums Janggos now :p


Same. Everyone I play with is like, "wtf you talking about?"

Is there a set release date for the new patch?
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
December 18 2012 19:07 GMT
#5363
I will probably be released tomorrow or thursday with the normal weekly update.
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eng.nayR
Profile Joined August 2012
United States468 Posts
December 19 2012 00:23 GMT
#5364
Why can't you see down that ramp at Dire's ancients?
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
December 19 2012 00:24 GMT
#5365
^I have always wondered about that lol.
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Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34504 Posts
December 19 2012 00:53 GMT
#5366
Harder to control the area around the Rosh.
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Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
December 19 2012 04:41 GMT
#5367
On December 19 2012 09:23 eng.nayR wrote:
Why can't you see down that ramp at Dire's ancients?

Same reason you can´t see into Roshans den. Sight blocker for balance reasons.
Why exactly that is needed is manifold, but in short it's because the map is asymmetric and Roshan is much closer to Dire.
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ungust
Profile Joined August 2011
11 Posts
December 19 2012 06:29 GMT
#5368
Why is Vanguard considered such a bad/cost-inefficient item these days (e.g., see http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=388458 )?
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-19 08:50:05
December 19 2012 07:31 GMT
#5369
On December 19 2012 15:29 ungust wrote:
Why is Vanguard considered such a bad/cost-inefficient item these days (e.g., see http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=388458 )?

Because all the recipe does is improve HP regen by 1 and increase the damage block mechanic.
And the damage block comes from a 250 gold item out of 2250 investment.
For a recipe, that´s abysmal. You can get almost the same results by just buying a RoH and a vitbooster without the stout shield.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
December 19 2012 08:37 GMT
#5370
On December 19 2012 16:31 Mataza wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2012 15:29 ungust wrote:
Why is Vanguard considered such a bad/cost-inefficient item these days (e.g., see http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=388458 )?

Because all the recipe does is improve HP regen by 1 and increase the block chance.
And the block chance comes from a 250 gold item out of 2250 investment.
For a recipe, that´s abysmal. You can get almost the same results by just buying a RoH and a vitbooster without the stout shield.


It also doubles the absorption. Not that it is good enough to warrant the cost.
I'll always be your shadow and veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur.
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
December 19 2012 08:49 GMT
#5371
I worded it incorrect, will fix
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
December 19 2012 09:04 GMT
#5372
On December 19 2012 17:49 Mataza wrote:
I worded it incorrect, will fix


You were missing a part. It doubles the abortion and increases the chance to 70% from 60%. The chance bit you had earlier was correct.
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igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
December 19 2012 09:26 GMT
#5373
Stout shield averages 12, poor man shield averages 20, vanguard averages 28. So the difference between vanguard and poor man's shield is the difference between poor man shield and stout shield.

It's now underrated for fighting under towers (as in it was always good, but now people assume it's worthless)
WladimirUN
Profile Joined February 2005
Germany67 Posts
December 19 2012 13:19 GMT
#5374
is kunkka viable as a carry? i somehow like his mechanics with his passive to make the lane for the enemys as much pain as possible.
with items like: phase boots, drums, bfury, shadowblade?
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
December 19 2012 13:38 GMT
#5375
Pirate relies too much on chance once you pick up critical strike items. Needs a team built around him. Also, Lothar's plus critical strike doesn't work anymore.
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St.Velten
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany222 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-19 13:55:53
December 19 2012 13:47 GMT
#5376
On December 19 2012 22:19 WladimirUN wrote:
is kunkka viable as a carry? i somehow like his mechanics with his passive to make the lane for the enemys as much pain as possible.
with items like: phase boots, drums, bfury, shadowblade?


He is viable with the right player and the right team but not as reliable as other carry heros. He can become a beast with good positioning and tidebringer in late game. Torrent and ghost ship are realtivly hard to hit(at least for me) unless you have proper set up (Shadow Demon, Darkseer) or higher level in x.

His problems are that he has no real escape mecanism and his ability to farm is not the best. You will push your lane with tidebringer. So over all i would say it is harder to make him work then other heros but that does not mean hes usless. He is also a great comeback hero once he farmed a crit and you get a lucky splash hit.

Items: Maybe replace bfury with deadalus, and add some tanky items depending on the enemies line up. But everything you named is viable on him im my view.

Rodberd
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany531 Posts
December 19 2012 14:18 GMT
#5377
my question got a bit ignored during the last pages ... so here it is again:
On December 19 2012 00:41 Rodberd wrote:
is there a way to bind item-alerts to hotkeys?
like when i want to notify allies to come close for arcane, i have to rightclick them, drag down and select alert.
totally uncomfy, takes forever and mouse and focus are out of position.

so, i would prefer to hit 1 button and the "grouphug fro arcane here"-ping goes down.

Ooooh, look at it go
ReignSupreme.
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Australia4123 Posts
December 19 2012 14:39 GMT
#5378
I don't think it's particularly hard to do, but i will admit ease of convenience is everything nowadays.
I doubt there's a command built in for alert's given they haven't been around forever, but I could very likely be wrong
Kasto
Profile Joined May 2010
473 Posts
December 19 2012 17:55 GMT
#5379
Normal in the skill level so haven't come across necrobook that often. Was wondering if your illusions kill the melee do you or the illusion that gets the last hit take damage?
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
December 19 2012 17:56 GMT
#5380
On December 20 2012 02:55 Kasto wrote:
Normal in the skill level so haven't come across necrobook that often. Was wondering if your illusions kill the melee do you or the illusion that gets the last hit take damage?

Illusion. The source of the damage, not the "owner"
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