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Tuco
China200 Posts
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robaq
Poland186 Posts
My way to play supports on pubs is to harass, stack one or two times, get boots and wards, then leave your lane and go kill people. Contrary to the popular belief, most supports are great gankers, and if you position well you can kill a lot of heroes, which gives you gold for more support items and delays the progress of enemy team. As far as teamfighting go, dying is not a big issue as long as you use all your spells beforehand. If you can afford it, ghost scepter is a great solution for DPS heroes, but i also recommend a force staff or eul's scepter. Force staff is cheaper and provides a an escape/chase mechanism, eul's gives you a disable, and enough invulnerability to survive the initial teamfight mess. Also, play Shadow Demon, he doesn't need any of these items because of Disruption, and is the most badass support in the game :D | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
On March 21 2013 19:08 taldarimAltar wrote: Okfor Weaver when do you max germinate and max swarm? I always max germinate with 1 level of bugs for diving tower. Besides that I have no idea how good swarm is lol Generally I would say always max swarm with one in germinate. Germinate only becomes really good when you get items and by the time you have those items you'll have enough levels to have maxed germinate. Swarm is amazing in engagements if you use it correctly. Many people start with swarm so the bugs get killed really fast. Instead what you should try do is time it so you cast swarm in such a way that they are fighting with the bugs still on them. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
Geminate is useful for laning (lower CD means its up more often to harass with) so some people get more than 1 rank for that. It's also better later when you have items and expect to do stand-and-fight damage in certain situations. But midgame, when you're using Shukuchi on CD, Geminate ranks don't increase your in-fight DPS beyond rank 1 because rank 1 already lets you use one Geminate per Shukuchi cast. | ||
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aintz
Canada5624 Posts
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Slardar
Canada7596 Posts
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
On March 22 2013 04:57 Slardar wrote: What hero is considered a newb trap for Aghanims? We had this discussion awhile back, can't seem to remember. Necrolyte? Lion Gyro I think Lina's Agh upgrade is actually kinda OK when u factor in the stats, but I'd say there are usually better things on her as well | ||
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Carbonyl
United States334 Posts
On March 21 2013 20:47 Tuco wrote: Can someone recommend some vods of pros playing in a way that is educational for viewers? (ie not trolling/playing pub stomping builds) Watch Merlini's stream! He rarely, if ever, messes around in games. He tries his best, although his item builds aren't necessarily something a low level player could use effectively. | ||
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aintz
Canada5624 Posts
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
On March 22 2013 06:12 aintz wrote: merlini and aui both try to give advice to viewers. aui kinda just agrees with what anyone does lol. I dunno, I saw aui play with merlini once and he was trying really hard not to flame Merlini's build (radiance rush on centaur) but every 10 seconds he'd mention how much easier the game would be if merlini would just buy a blink. He tries really hard not to offend/flame but he is still willing to share a different viewpoint on item choices and playstyles. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On March 22 2013 04:57 Slardar wrote: What hero is considered a newb trap for Aghanims? We had this discussion awhile back, can't seem to remember. Necrolyte? I'd say almost all of the Agh's upgrades are situationally good, but on the whole people prioritize them too highly. E.g. even "good" Aghanim's upgrades like Pugna and Clockwerk should be seen as capstone utility pieces, and not as core items, compared to more fundamental items like Mek and Sheep. So they're all noob traps in a way. | ||
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
On March 22 2013 06:28 TheYango wrote: So they're all noob traps in a way. Wat about tiny?  I mean, yes aghs is only good on carry tiny but isn't carry tiny the only good tiny these days? | ||
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aintz
Canada5624 Posts
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Slardar
Canada7596 Posts
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Firebolt145
Lalalaland34510 Posts
On March 22 2013 06:28 TheYango wrote: I'd say almost all of the Agh's upgrades are situationally good, but on the whole people prioritize them too highly. E.g. even "good" Aghanim's upgrades like Pugna and Clockwerk should be seen as capstone utility pieces, and not as core items, compared to more fundamental items like Mek and Sheep. So they're all noob traps in a way. I'd say it's pretty crap on Puck, Lich and Luna, off the top of my head. | ||
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
(He gets like 5% more damage amp and 1% more heal from nearby deaths basically). | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
Oh, you need scepter on Huskar to become the dunking master. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
Agh's is superior AoE teamfight damage and pushing power (the CD reduction on QoP ult with Agha brings it low enough that you can afford to use it to clear a large creep wave). Sheep is superior solo-killing ability, ganking, and disabling power. One of them isn't clearly better than the other--there are games where each one is appropriate. | ||
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Rhyme
United States1069 Posts
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