EPTActually, it's a SCL monitor (Wrist band, essentially). Read: Skin Conductance I wouldn't be THAT shocked if they sold them eventually; or you can get them from Scientologists.
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5-s
United States1674 Posts
Actually, it's a SCL monitor (Wrist band, essentially). Read: Skin Conductance I wouldn't be THAT shocked if they sold them eventually; or you can get them from Scientologists. | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On August 19 2011 15:01 5-s wrote: Actually, it's a SCL monitor (Wrist band, essentially). Read: Skin Conductance I wouldn't be THAT shocked if they sold them eventually; or you can get them from Scientologists. wait what? they are using it in the game? source? | ||
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5-s
United States1674 Posts
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lozarian
United Kingdom1043 Posts
On August 19 2011 13:59 NB wrote: dont get confused between animation canceling with hit-and-run concept (stutter step) and orb-walking. These 3 concepts has a very similar aspect but are not the same. animation canceling will give you bonus attack speed on some certain heroes(silencer is the best example) while stutter step is just hit and run so you can stay in range with the target longer. Animation cancelling does not give any bonus attack speed. It gives you more free time between attacks, where you can move or cast, but it will NOT let you attack more: http://www.playdota.com/forums/433529/animation-cancelling-info/ from the mechanics forum at playdota. Summary: The only thing that can affect attack speed is base attack time and bonus attack speed. Antimation cancelling gives ou more dead time, but does not increase the number of attacks. | ||
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heladocasero
Australia87 Posts
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qqw
107 Posts
On August 20 2011 01:06 heladocasero wrote: Why is Ancient Apparition such a strong pick? I just don't understand the hero in general He has a very unique (and I would say overpowered) lane control spell, combined with a great attack animation/projectile, an ulti that can both damage heroes globally and is useful in big fights because of its aoe, and a cheap aoe slow, means he A) is just really strong and B) can't really be replaced by any other hero, (except maybe lich, who is also really strong atm). | ||
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lozarian
United Kingdom1043 Posts
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Snaiil
Sweden312 Posts
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
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eqez
Sweden837 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:27 Angra wrote: Why does Butterfly seem so much more popular on agi carries in DotA compared to HoN? Even in competitive HoN games you hardly ever see heroes like potm/valk pick up a butterfly, but you see it almost every game in these DotA 2 matches so far. HoN players suck? I dont know why HoN players dont use it but It depends on situation. Butterfly gives alot of armor and 30% misschance which can be really good if you get targeted by their melee dpsers. But if you need to counter someones butterfly you need to get MKB so you get the truestrike or what its called so you dont miss like some morph player had to do earlier today. | ||
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5-s
United States1674 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:22 Snaiil wrote: Gabe said there's going to be an invitational beta and an open beta, with the invitational beta coming out shortly after gamescon. Does anyone know if the invitational one will only be exclusive invites for top tier players or if it's going to be random picked people from the beta sign ups (similar to the SC2 beta)? Not announced yet. I assume a combination of both eventually. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:31 eqez wrote: HoN players suck? I dont know why HoN players dont use it but It depends on situation. Butterfly gives alot of armor and 30% misschance which can be really good if you get targeted by their melee dpsers. But if you need to counter someones butterfly you need to get MKB so you get the truestrike or what its called so you dont miss like some morph player had to do earlier today. There's quite a lot of MKB's used in the HoN meta right now too it seems, which might be why you don't see a butterfly picked up as often.. but then of course I guess I should be asking why there's so many MKB's in HoN but you don't see them as often in Dota.  Or at least these Dota 2 matches so far.Maybe it's just the current trend right now and it just happens to be different, but just thought I'd ask incase someone who's played both games a lot would know if there's an actual reason. | ||
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eqez
Sweden837 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:32 Angra wrote: There's quite a lot of MKB's used in the HoN meta right now too it seems, which might be why you don't see a butterfly picked up as often.. but then of course I guess I should be asking why there's so many MKB's in HoN but you don't see them as often in Dota. Or at least these Dota 2 matches so far.Maybe it's just the current trend right now and it just happens to be different, but just thought I'd ask incase someone who's played both games a lot would know if there's an actual reason. It may be because if the player got mantastyle. If someone could confirm this. +Damage doesnt affect your illusions from manta while +stats does. And since manta is a very popular item butterfly goes exellent togheter with it. Especially with the attackspeed. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
On August 20 2011 03:47 eqez wrote: It may be because if the player got mantastyle. If someone could confirm this. +Damage doesnt affect your illusions from manta while +stats does. And since manta is a very popular item butterfly goes exellent togheter with it. Especially with the attackspeed. Hmm actually yeah that makes sense. They did nerf the cost of manta in HoN to be a bit more expensive so it's not AS popular anymore as it used to be on heroes that usually get it. A lot of times you'll see people building something like linkens/bkb, helm of the dominator, and MKB on ranged carries in HoN lately. That seems to be the top european teams' trend at least. Well I think I understand now haha. Thanks. | ||
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jambam
United States324 Posts
Why do we see so little of butcher (pudge)? It seems like his meat hook is a pretty good ability to pick off heros (1200 range). And +3.2 str per level seems pretty good. I'm not trying to argue that he should be used. I just want to what makes him not viable. (or who outclasses him if that's the case) | ||
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
Is this the end-all, be-all item in dota? viable items lacking in this game? | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On August 20 2011 10:47 Senx wrote: Every single game I keep hearing this australian accent going "saving up for that BKEYB" "you think hes gonna get that BKEYBE?" "Hes gotta get that BKEYBE now" Is this the end-all, be-all item in dota? Item variety lacking in this game? depends on the hero, but most would benefit from it, most carries absolutely need it to shake off and survive all the disables thrown at them, basically if it didnt exist you would see much less variety of carries it is not the end-all, be-all item unless a team exploits a surprise BKB which can result in a team wipe viable items that "lack" in this game are mainly just some orb effects which dota 2 will hope to fix better than dota 1 and veil of discord which is a new item, but its all viable. the thing is when you have 1+ million dollars being fought over... most people resort to safer strategies as for pudge, he doesnt really fit in any lineup and his ultimate is channeling at melee range, which limits his usefulness in teamfights | ||
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jambam
United States324 Posts
On August 20 2011 10:50 rabidch wrote: depends on the hero, but most would benefit from it, most carries absolutely need it to shake off and survive all the disables thrown at them, basically if it didnt exist you would see much less variety of carries it is not the end-all, be-all item unless a team exploits a surprise BKB which can result in a team wipe viable items that "lack" in this game are mainly just some orb effects which dota 2 will hope to fix better than dota 1 and veil of discord which is a new item, but its all viable. the thing is when you have 1+ million dollars being fought over... most people resort to safer strategies as for pudge, he doesnt really fit in any lineup and his ultimate is channeling at melee range, which limits his usefulness in teamfights What about his pull? It seems like it could help a team pick off a player quickly and gain the much needed 4v5 before a team fight. Is it easy to dodge? | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On August 20 2011 12:16 jambam wrote: What about his pull? It seems like it could help a team pick off a player quickly and gain the much needed 4v5 before a team fight. Is it easy to dodge? yes and no, depends on how the other team expects it. despite the pull, pudge is a pretty gimped hero in competitive dota, also his usefulness is less than other heroes that can do similar things (slow, disable that goes through bkb) | ||
shostakovich
Brazil1429 Posts
About Pudge: The main reason behind Pudge not being picked in competitive games is because you can't rely on his hook just as you can rely in other spells. It's not hard to avoid it. it's not impossible to run Pudge (thinking back, MYM won Dreamhack using Pudge in their lineup), but you really need to outplay your opponent by a big margin if you want him to be successful. | ||
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