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Myrddraal
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia937 Posts
August 15 2013 02:32 GMT
#11341
I recently played Mirana for the second time (first time was against bots so hardly counts) and despite having a RoA I found I was running low on mana quite often, luckily we had a couple of supports with mana boots so it wasn't a huge issue, but this isn't always the case, is it standard to get any additional mana items to help deal with this?

We had pretty good map control, and I was using Starfall and Leap a fair bit to clear the lane and the other teams jungle, so that could have been the cause, but I'm assuming if we were fighting a lot I would have the same issues.
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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
August 15 2013 02:49 GMT
#11342
usually roa + wand + bottle or roa + wand + drums is enough
avoid using starfall to clear waves unless you're mid or full on mana
arcanes is decent on mirana and treads + treadswapping helps too but i really like phase
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
August 15 2013 02:59 GMT
#11343
Bottle generally. And yeah, Mirana isn't a flashfarming hero, save mana for kills.
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Myrddraal
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia937 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-15 03:30:58
August 15 2013 03:30 GMT
#11344
On August 15 2013 11:49 Dead9 wrote:
usually roa + wand + bottle or roa + wand + drums is enough
avoid using starfall to clear waves unless you're mid or full on mana
arcanes is decent on mirana and treads + treadswapping helps too but i really like phase


Ah okay cheers, I didn't get bottle or drums actually. Drums are probably one of my favourite items so I'm not sure why, come to think of it.

On August 15 2013 11:59 ahswtini wrote:
Bottle generally. And yeah, Mirana isn't a flashfarming hero, save mana for kills.


Thanks, I think it was worth it in this case, since the other team was turtling pretty hard and I had the two sets of mana boots to keep me going, but in the future I'll keep that in mind.
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rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
August 15 2013 03:37 GMT
#11345
I usually get aquila and drums to help with the mana problems. You really can't afford to use your spells to flash farm and I suppose arcane boots is viable if you are going support/roaming mirana. But when laning I really like the extra damage from phase to help with last hitting.
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
Myrddraal
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia937 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-15 03:57:46
August 15 2013 03:57 GMT
#11346
Also, does Shadow Fiend have like a really small hitbox?

Twice in the game I had Arrows miss him that appeared to be right next to him, though earlier I had hit a creep that seemed (relatively) much further away.
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Arisen
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2382 Posts
August 15 2013 03:59 GMT
#11347
Would you say as a beginner it's better to focus on a single hero to try to get good at that hero or to try every hero (random) for the purposes of being better at the game?
"If you're not angry, you're not paying attention"
Lavitage2
Profile Joined June 2012
198 Posts
August 15 2013 04:01 GMT
#11348
Is there a way to minimize the hero select screen so you can view your teammates dota and steam profiles, see what items they bought, see where they're walking, etc.? It would really be nice to be able to see those things before locking in a hero.
Lavitage2
Profile Joined June 2012
198 Posts
August 15 2013 04:02 GMT
#11349
On August 15 2013 12:59 Arisen wrote:
Would you say as a beginner it's better to focus on a single hero to try to get good at that hero or to try every hero (random) for the purposes of being better at the game?


Focus on 5-10 heroes
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
August 15 2013 04:57 GMT
#11350
On August 15 2013 13:02 Lavitage2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2013 12:59 Arisen wrote:
Would you say as a beginner it's better to focus on a single hero to try to get good at that hero or to try every hero (random) for the purposes of being better at the game?


Focus on 5-10 heroes

To expand on this, I would say to know maybe 3-4 heroes for each role (mid, safelane farmer, support, offlane, jungle).
:)
Mithhaike
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Singapore2759 Posts
August 15 2013 05:58 GMT
#11351
On August 15 2013 12:57 Myrddraal wrote:
Also, does Shadow Fiend have like a really small hitbox?

Twice in the game I had Arrows miss him that appeared to be right next to him, though earlier I had hit a creep that seemed (relatively) much further away.

Nope. The arrow is weird sometimes, not the SF.

On August 15 2013 12:59 Arisen wrote:
Would you say as a beginner it's better to focus on a single hero to try to get good at that hero or to try every hero (random) for the purposes of being better at the game?


You definitely should choose a set of heroes to get better with if your totally new. Random is for people who actually have the mechanics to do every hero. A set of heroes that will be good will be at least 2 from each role, carry/mid/support. Then once you've known what do you like and what is expected you can start branching out into all the other heroes in the game.

On August 15 2013 13:01 Lavitage2 wrote:
Is there a way to minimize the hero select screen so you can view your teammates dota and steam profiles, see what items they bought, see where they're walking, etc.? It would really be nice to be able to see those things before locking in a hero.

Nope. You cant minimize it. I wish it could too
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Darkren
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1841 Posts
August 15 2013 06:45 GMT
#11352
Cant remember this one, i knew it before.

If im luna and im attacking creeps and my glaives bounce on a hero with a buterfly can he dodge the attack ?
"Yeah, I send (hopefully) helpful PM's quite frequently. You don't have to warn/ban everything" - KadaverBB
Myrddraal
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia937 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-15 07:16:37
August 15 2013 07:16 GMT
#11353
On August 15 2013 14:58 Mithhaike wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2013 12:57 Myrddraal wrote:
Also, does Shadow Fiend have like a really small hitbox?

Twice in the game I had Arrows miss him that appeared to be right next to him, though earlier I had hit a creep that seemed (relatively) much further away.

Nope. The arrow is weird sometimes, not the SF.


Ah okay fair enough, I remember one was from low ground to high ground, maybe that's all it was.
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Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
August 15 2013 07:33 GMT
#11354
On August 15 2013 15:45 Darkren wrote:
Cant remember this one, i knew it before.

If im luna and im attacking creeps and my glaives bounce on a hero with a buterfly can he dodge the attack ?


No.
Mafe
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany5966 Posts
August 15 2013 08:08 GMT
#11355
Is getting charges on magic stick from jungle creeps (and maybe also summons, but I haven't paid attention to that) casting a spell supposed to be feature? I always thought you would only get charges from enemy heroes.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
August 15 2013 08:11 GMT
#11356
On August 15 2013 17:08 Mafe wrote:
Is getting charges on magic stick from jungle creeps (and maybe also summons, but I haven't paid attention to that) casting a spell supposed to be feature? I always thought you would only get charges from enemy heroes.

It's a bug.

More amusing is the bug where you can get charges off the enemy courier's "spells".
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kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
August 15 2013 09:08 GMT
#11357
Since this seems to have gone unnoticed I'll ask again:
Where are good block and deward spots for the radiant and dire pulls? In my time off I have completely forgotten T_T
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
August 15 2013 09:28 GMT
#11358
On August 15 2013 12:57 Myrddraal wrote:
Also, does Shadow Fiend have like a really small hitbox?

Twice in the game I had Arrows miss him that appeared to be right next to him, though earlier I had hit a creep that seemed (relatively) much further away.

To add to this, I think the hitboxes are screwed up?

Or maybe it's pudge. But meat hook can be thrown outside the selection box and still hit you. Of course, I'm under the assumption selection boxes = hit boxes. I wouldn't see any reason for it to be different, except if it's part of balance for some heroes to have different hitboxes.

I guess another possibility is that the graphics of the hook don't really match its trajectory.
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rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-15 09:31:56
August 15 2013 09:31 GMT
#11359
It might be the hook graphics. Sometimes I think I'm out of range but then I get dragged to Pudge and get dismembered.
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
Arisen
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2382 Posts
August 15 2013 09:32 GMT
#11360
Ok, this is going to sound SUPER general, but here goes.

How do you know where to farm as a team's 1? I get into situations where we take out tower safe lane and I just dont know where to go from there. Especially hard for me if most lanes are pushing, i just don't feel safe in any lane to go ahead and farm up more.

If i'm going antimage, FV, or some melee carry, i probably have my BF by then and can just go into the jungle; If i'm playing a carry like drow, morph, sniper, mariana, or another ranged, I don't really go into the jungle to kill creeps because i feel it takes too long to kill a camp versus the HP you lose. Maybe I'm wrong in this.
"If you're not angry, you're not paying attention"
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