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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
March 22 2014 12:47 GMT
#16281
Do neutrals only deny a hero if multiple enemies had damaged that hero? Similarly to how radiant/dire kills work?
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
March 22 2014 12:48 GMT
#16282
On March 22 2014 21:47 ahswtini wrote:
Do neutrals only deny a hero if multiple enemies had damaged that hero? Similarly to how radiant/dire kills work?

Nope, if the kiling blow is done by a neutral, it's always credited to neutrals
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Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
March 22 2014 14:35 GMT
#16283
On March 22 2014 20:06 Belisarius wrote:
Ah, that's probably what's been making it look inconsistent.

How are the assists calculated, exactly? Any hero that has damaged the target since... some time window? Or since full HP?

Pretty sure it's time. You can get assists for doing a single right hit, and I think even stuff like 1 tick of radiance aura.

Assists don't have any real game impact though. As was said already, you get gold and exp for being there when a kill happens, even without doing anything.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
omgbbqsauce
Profile Joined January 2012
106 Posts
March 22 2014 20:19 GMT
#16284
How do you lane against butcher as a sf? (in terms of item choice, rush boots or rush bottle and jz spam razes w/ bottle crow? )
oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-23 02:26:05
March 23 2014 02:25 GMT
#16285
On March 23 2014 05:19 omgbbqsauce wrote:
How do you lane against butcher as a sf? (in terms of item choice, rush boots or rush bottle and jz spam razes w/ bottle crow? )


1. Don't get hooked.
2. Win.

At some point you will probably get hooked tho, but it doesn't matter.
Why do you need to bottle crow against Pudge, lol? He can't do shit to SF if you're playing matchup right.
Just get some souls at start, because Pudge base damage is way higher, after 10-12 souls you will just dominate and Pudge will go roam anyway, so you can follow him or get tower and then follow.

Ah, and rune control is welcome, because if Pudge gets something like haste-dd in same time and feast you, then life will be sad.
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evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8947 Posts
March 23 2014 05:49 GMT
#16286
pudge wins the lane against sf if both players are equal in skill. not sure why youre making it out to look like sf has the advantage. if sf screws up his first block he will almost insta lose the lane. if he also fails to manage his creep equilibrium before the rune times he will lose his lane. as sf if you are caught out at the river or in the opponents side you will almost always die, unless youve already hit lvl 5 and can just 2 raze and right click pudge from full hp
peidongyang
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada2084 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-23 05:56:26
March 23 2014 05:50 GMT
#16287
On March 23 2014 05:19 omgbbqsauce wrote:
How do you lane against butcher as a sf? (in terms of item choice, rush boots or rush bottle and jz spam razes w/ bottle crow? )


I think for this once you should probably ask for a lane ward. Especially since you're sf and sure, you can get smoke ganked but at the very minimum it lets you predict ganks a bit better (usually you'll see pudge standing a lot more aggressively/risky or trying really hard to pull the wave across the river) and most importantly you cannot possibly get hooked with a laneward. Other than that just remember to farm your jungle because the last thing you want to do is stay in the lane for the entire time later on because you will get ganked.

edit: as you play more you probably wont need the lane ward anymore but definitely for starters its a nice luxury to have so you dont feed
the throws never bothered me anyway
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11449 Posts
March 23 2014 07:21 GMT
#16288
On March 23 2014 05:19 omgbbqsauce wrote:
How do you lane against butcher as a sf? (in terms of item choice, rush boots or rush bottle and jz spam razes w/ bottle crow? )


Any competent sf player will destroy a Pudge unless he gets some lucky runes assuming no roams. Its a no contest. Its like sf vs mirana matchup. You are suppose to dominate the lane, but your opponent can solo kill you if you make a mistake.

The most important thing is not let your early advantage slip away because of 1 hook. So buy your own lane ward for night time.
Kraznaya
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3711 Posts
March 23 2014 08:28 GMT
#16289
is going boots before bottle valid in that mu
do you have enough resolve, hero of justice?
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
March 23 2014 09:01 GMT
#16290
It's valid in certain scenarios, mostly if you expect him to get Boots before Bottle and haven't harassed him aggressively enough that you can counter-kill him if he tries to kill you.

On March 23 2014 16:21 DucK- wrote:
The most important thing is not let your early advantage slip away because of 1 hook. So buy your own lane ward for night time.

Incidentally, the first night time being 4 min to 8 min is actually pretty awkward because if support didn't give you one of the 0 min wards, there's like 1-1.5 min where he's level 6, its night time, and you can't have a ward yet for him.
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Mafe
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany5966 Posts
March 23 2014 11:34 GMT
#16291
What's the rating of people that are currently on the first site of live games? Any way to find out?
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-23 12:05:39
March 23 2014 12:05 GMT
#16292
Lowest I've seen was ~3,8k, on average its about 5k.
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oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-23 13:28:58
March 23 2014 13:27 GMT
#16293
On March 23 2014 14:49 evilfatsh1t wrote:
pudge wins the lane against sf if both players are equal in skill. not sure why youre making it out to look like sf has the advantage. if sf screws up his first block he will almost insta lose the lane. if he also fails to manage his creep equilibrium before the rune times he will lose his lane. as sf if you are caught out at the river or in the opponents side you will almost always die, unless youve already hit lvl 5 and can just 2 raze and right click pudge from full hp


You know, if RTZ says that SF crushes TA, i don't see a single reason why SF should lose to Pudge, even if they're even in skill.
There is very little amount of heroes who can stand against SF with bunch of souls and Pudge isn't one of them.
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evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8947 Posts
March 23 2014 14:03 GMT
#16294
On March 23 2014 22:27 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2014 14:49 evilfatsh1t wrote:
pudge wins the lane against sf if both players are equal in skill. not sure why youre making it out to look like sf has the advantage. if sf screws up his first block he will almost insta lose the lane. if he also fails to manage his creep equilibrium before the rune times he will lose his lane. as sf if you are caught out at the river or in the opponents side you will almost always die, unless youve already hit lvl 5 and can just 2 raze and right click pudge from full hp


You know, if RTZ says that SF crushes TA, i don't see a single reason why SF should lose to Pudge, even if they're even in skill.
There is very little amount of heroes who can stand against SF with bunch of souls and Pudge isn't one of them.

rtz is also one of the strongest mid players in the game. he can play sf and crush anyone
and if were going by "what pros said", then the pros saying pudge has an advantage over sf outweigh the pros who say sf wins
no shit if you leave sf to farm his souls youre going to lose. if you give him that time then you are bad because you dont understand the matchup. youre supposed to abuse the fact that he has shit damage and shit hp during the first 2-3 lvls. pudge is one of the few heroes that can punch on at lvl 2-3 and win against most heroes, let alone a sf
Darkren
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1841 Posts
March 23 2014 17:31 GMT
#16295
Man everybody these days is venerating RTZ like a god
"Yeah, I send (hopefully) helpful PM's quite frequently. You don't have to warn/ban everything" - KadaverBB
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28104 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-23 17:42:04
March 23 2014 17:39 GMT
#16296
On March 23 2014 21:05 Andre wrote:
Lowest I've seen was ~3,8k, on average its about 5k.

If you're at or above 5k you should be hitting page 1 multiple times a day. Usually a 5k+ player won't be any higher than page 4-5 (although it happens once in a while). The 3.8k you saw was probably in a party, or he got really lucky and was in a big search range. My main ranked account right now is 5.1k, but I've also been playing another account that is 4.8 that started at around 4.2k. When it was 4.2 I don't think I was below page 10 more than a couple of times, and more in the 15-30 area.

So to answer the other guys question once you're at least 4.5k you will probably be hitting page 1 occasionally, and once you're 5k you will be hitting it consistently. You can hit it when lower but it's unlikely.
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oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
March 23 2014 19:14 GMT
#16297
On March 23 2014 23:03 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2014 22:27 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
On March 23 2014 14:49 evilfatsh1t wrote:
pudge wins the lane against sf if both players are equal in skill. not sure why youre making it out to look like sf has the advantage. if sf screws up his first block he will almost insta lose the lane. if he also fails to manage his creep equilibrium before the rune times he will lose his lane. as sf if you are caught out at the river or in the opponents side you will almost always die, unless youve already hit lvl 5 and can just 2 raze and right click pudge from full hp


You know, if RTZ says that SF crushes TA, i don't see a single reason why SF should lose to Pudge, even if they're even in skill.
There is very little amount of heroes who can stand against SF with bunch of souls and Pudge isn't one of them.

rtz is also one of the strongest mid players in the game. he can play sf and crush anyone
and if were going by "what pros said", then the pros saying pudge has an advantage over sf outweigh the pros who say sf wins
no shit if you leave sf to farm his souls youre going to lose. if you give him that time then you are bad because you dont understand the matchup. youre supposed to abuse the fact that he has shit damage and shit hp during the first 2-3 lvls. pudge is one of the few heroes that can punch on at lvl 2-3 and win against most heroes, let alone a sf


Game isn't over after 2-3 levels.
SF can comeback, Pudge can't.
That the difference. And Pudge to be useful will go roam, so SF will come back no matter what.
Even if he doesn't have the ward and overextend to lose early to Pudge.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-23 19:19:32
March 23 2014 19:17 GMT
#16298
If SF gets to level 3 without dying or being ridiculously behind, Pudge becomes unable to control him unless he hits a lucky hook. Pudge's level 1->2 and 2->3 timings are probably the most dangerous times in that lane for SF though.

SF vs. melee actually becomes quite comfortable if he passes the point where the melee in question cannot solo kill him. Pudge can, but if he doesn't make good on those opportunities, SF can get by.
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Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
March 23 2014 19:30 GMT
#16299
Pudge doesn't really win any mid matchups if he doesn't get a hook or good rune
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
March 23 2014 19:51 GMT
#16300
On March 24 2014 04:30 Qbek wrote:
Pudge doesn't really win any mid matchups if he doesn't get a hook or good rune

That's not true. There are several vs. melee Bottle-Crow matchups that Pudge can control comfortably against heroes with significantly weaker level 1/2 because those heroes have to either choose between not starting a Stout Shield (and getting crushed off the lane at level 1) or delaying their Bottle long enough that Pudge can use his strong level 3 timing.
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