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lozarian
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1043 Posts
December 21 2011 09:50 GMT
#1041
Yeah, the best response to "which skills do and don't stop" is it depends. I'm trying to think of ones other than edict and epicentre though and I'm struggling. Midnight pulse sticks around, razors ultimate doesn't. I think the only self effecting abilities that do stick are edict and epicentre. Eclipse ends when Luna dies, and I'm struggling to think of other candidates than the truly bizarre - juggernaut somehow dying whilst omnislashing (heartstopper aura, say?)

The golden rule is "it depends" dota mech is complicated shit.
For every battle honour a thousand heroes die alone, unsung, and unremembered.
Cirn9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1117 Posts
December 21 2011 16:10 GMT
#1042
Is the tooltip broken for prophet's treant skill? It doesnt change past level 1
Unprotected sex is like fast expanding in close positions. Its risky, but feels great when it works out
galtdunn
Profile Joined March 2011
United States977 Posts
December 21 2011 16:19 GMT
#1043
On December 21 2011 16:03 Zlasher wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2011 11:13 Sterlymobile wrote:
So my brother just got a dota 2 key in his email but he cant figure out where the additional keys are and where to retrieve it. Can anyone help?


Manage gift and guest passes


Okay I looked here and there's nothing. Did they stop sending out extra beta keys or something?
Currently editing items in the DotA 2 wiki. PM for questions/suggestions.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
December 21 2011 16:29 GMT
#1044
On December 22 2011 01:19 galtdunn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2011 16:03 Zlasher wrote:
On December 21 2011 11:13 Sterlymobile wrote:
So my brother just got a dota 2 key in his email but he cant figure out where the additional keys are and where to retrieve it. Can anyone help?


Manage gift and guest passes


Okay I looked here and there's nothing. Did they stop sending out extra beta keys or something?


yes, the most recent wave of invites did not receive gift keys
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Mafe
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany5966 Posts
December 21 2011 20:40 GMT
#1045
Which heroes are considered counterpicks to antimage for lategame, if there are any? Faceless Void is mentioned most of the time. But what of those not yet released in dota2? Mortred, lyca maybe?
(I know there are more counters than simple counterpicks, but that's not what I want to know)
lozarian
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1043 Posts
December 21 2011 20:44 GMT
#1046
Obsidian destroyer is considered an antimage counter, high dps, ignores armour, ignores magic res, Regis s mana for team. Shadow demon gives antimage some problems by using him to rape his team. As does better pushing - lycan, syllabear. Lycans midgame dps is far superior, as is his pushing, so he either wins before he's an issue, or gets an enormous advantage. Similarly with syllabear, but with strong late game potential too.
For every battle honour a thousand heroes die alone, unsung, and unremembered.
Jaw
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States274 Posts
December 21 2011 22:55 GMT
#1047
dota2 only have -all pick mode right now right?
Hirosh
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany267 Posts
December 21 2011 22:58 GMT
#1048
On December 22 2011 07:55 Jaw wrote:
dota2 only have -all pick mode right now right?


wtf and cm as well
mache
Profile Joined December 2011
47 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-21 23:09:51
December 21 2011 23:05 GMT
#1049
Why does people tend to think that their opinion is the one and only and why they doesnt realize that if something does feel easy/happy/funny/not that bad to him another might think it feels hard/sad/miserable to him...


edit: apparently this was dota section and this was highlighted in the bottom left also there isnt thread like this in general section (didnt find atleast with fast search when noticed mistake)
Naid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden73 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-22 01:42:18
December 22 2011 01:42 GMT
#1050
On December 22 2011 08:05 mache wrote:
Why does people tend to think that their opinion is the one and only and why they doesnt realize that if something does feel easy/happy/funny/not that bad to him another might think it feels hard/sad/miserable to him...


that's humanity for you
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
December 22 2011 11:05 GMT
#1051
On December 21 2011 03:54 5-s wrote:
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On December 21 2011 03:45 Zlasher wrote:
He's a horrible babysitter lol, he NEEDS early levels to get early ganks and kills, needs rune control, and ideally fast farm to get the blink dagger. Basically this means he's got to be solo mid, but a lot of heroes can beat him there, and beat him to runes.

You're right, tiny can ONLY be played solo mid. Korok used to play a decent competitive tiny back in the day, when the game was more based on map control rather than pushing. As far as solo mid heroes go, there're much better choices out there. BM and NS are better strength solo mids with much higher base armor so they can dive better on ganks. Even pudge may be a better choice for a skill based initiator; he doesn't need that early blink to grab some instant gibs. Other than that, many ranged heroes destroy him easily mid (SD, Bat, Lich, etc), and if you put something like an AM dual lane mid, he won't touch creeps and will be guaranteed useless all game.


There was a team that started him in a trilane, then transitioned the supports off to gank.

Also, some teams have used him as a weaver counter.

I don't think it's great, but I saw sexybamboo doing a bottle first mid with some avalanche farming, with an emphasis on rune control->ganking to create space for the long lane carry. It seems like a gimmicky strategy, but who am I to dismiss it so easily.
galtdunn
Profile Joined March 2011
United States977 Posts
December 22 2011 15:36 GMT
#1052
How do you change hotkeys per individual hero?
Currently editing items in the DotA 2 wiki. PM for questions/suggestions.
KezseN
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Singapore1450 Posts
December 23 2011 05:56 GMT
#1053
This question may be answered before but i cant seem to find it on TL. I searched it on google but i need a gamers opinion to be sure

How old are the computers are you guys using to play Dota 2 with? The specs are lower enough but i just want to be sure.

Thanks
To Skeleton King: "Have you considered employment at Apple?"
Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-23 06:04:31
December 23 2011 06:04 GMT
#1054
On December 23 2011 14:56 KezseN wrote:
This question may be answered before but i cant seem to find it on TL. I searched it on google but i need a gamers opinion to be sure

How old are the computers are you guys using to play Dota 2 with? The specs are lower enough but i just want to be sure.

Thanks


6 other than the video card which is a 4850. I run maxed just fine.
lozarian
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1043 Posts
December 23 2011 10:58 GMT
#1055
Mine's about 6-8 months old, spent £900 quid on it, and I can stream in hd, watch the stream, and be playing at the same time:

8gigs ddr3 1333mhz
1 gb 560 Ti
i5 2500k (3.3ghz, not oc/d yet)

So any reasonable machine can happily run dota 2 if all you want is to run it.
For every battle honour a thousand heroes die alone, unsung, and unremembered.
KezseN
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Singapore1450 Posts
December 23 2011 11:03 GMT
#1056
Thanks guys, just concerned cus my laptop is 2 years old n it lags when theres a major battle in SC2(1v1) fps drops to 5 :/

4gb ram ddr3
1gb ATI radeon HD 4650
i7 1.6ghz

laptop is dying, didnt expect it to die so much faster when i play sc2 on it..
To Skeleton King: "Have you considered employment at Apple?"
Benjef
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom6921 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-23 11:30:11
December 23 2011 11:29 GMT
#1057
My laptop can handle dota quite nicely. Everything on low settings, fan sounds really loud though so I've got into the habbit of making the room cold before I play and elevating the laptop :D, but yeh the game is much more hungry that sc2.

But i5 dual core, 4gb of ram and HD Intel 3000, runs the game fine, laptop is only like 4 ish months old.

Edit - Mind I don't think they have released/implemented full low settings yet.
<3 | Dota 2 | DayZ | <3
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
December 23 2011 11:41 GMT
#1058
On December 22 2011 05:44 lozarian wrote:
Obsidian destroyer is considered an antimage counter, high dps, ignores armour, ignores magic res, Regis s mana for team. Shadow demon gives antimage some problems by using him to rape his team. As does better pushing - lycan, syllabear. Lycans midgame dps is far superior, as is his pushing, so he either wins before he's an issue, or gets an enormous advantage. Similarly with syllabear, but with strong late game potential too.

panda (teamfight shutdown)
ck (potential for long second stun, hard to kill for am, reality rift is a very good spell)
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
Judicator
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States7270 Posts
December 23 2011 14:00 GMT
#1059
On December 23 2011 20:41 rabidch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 22 2011 05:44 lozarian wrote:
Obsidian destroyer is considered an antimage counter, high dps, ignores armour, ignores magic res, Regis s mana for team. Shadow demon gives antimage some problems by using him to rape his team. As does better pushing - lycan, syllabear. Lycans midgame dps is far superior, as is his pushing, so he either wins before he's an issue, or gets an enormous advantage. Similarly with syllabear, but with strong late game potential too.

panda (teamfight shutdown)
ck (potential for long second stun, hard to kill for am, reality rift is a very good spell)


If CK's animations weren't ass Reality Rift would actually be a broken spell, but now it's only a good spell.
Get it by your hands...
BurningSera
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Ireland19621 Posts
December 23 2011 14:59 GMT
#1060
On December 23 2011 14:56 KezseN wrote:
This question may be answered before but i cant seem to find it on TL. I searched it on google but i need a gamers opinion to be sure

How old are the computers are you guys using to play Dota 2 with? The specs are lower enough but i just want to be sure.

Thanks


mine is amd 6000+ (bought back in 2007) and with a 5770 bought last year, can run max setting of dota2 (by turning that stupid vsysn off). if you are wondering about the sea/asia invites are fewer i heard thats because they didnt have the sufficient psychical server setup yet for sea/asia region.

also guys have quick questions here:

does roshan no longer do his stun spell but have the bash ability now? only notice this when i was using ursa lol
is 2017, stop being lame, fuck's sakes. 'Can't wait for the rise of the cakes and humanity's last stand tbqh.'
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