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nonsequitur
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
384 Posts
June 17 2014 19:06 GMT
#17901
How do I use armlet properly? Do I need to be actively toggling it on and off during an engagement or can I just leave it on?
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
June 17 2014 19:08 GMT
#17902
Generally leave it on in fights unless you are at below 500 hp then toggling it off then on again rapidly while not taking damage brings you back to 500 HP. Or if ur out of the fight for a while (not taking/dealing dmg) turn it off.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
June 17 2014 19:34 GMT
#17903
Toggling it on to jungle faster is also common (particularly on heroes that have inherent lifesteal).
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
June 17 2014 19:46 GMT
#17904
PS: Do not attempt armlet toggling with AA ulti on you under any circumstances.
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schmitty9800
Profile Joined August 2010
United States390 Posts
June 17 2014 20:29 GMT
#17905
On June 18 2014 03:57 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Which carry has the best early game solo kill potential? I so fucking tired of losing 18 out of every 20 games because multiple people on my team are 0-10 by 20 minutes into the game. I need a high impact early game hero who can wreck face one on one. Which hero will be my savior?

Viper, Wraith King, Ember Spirit (if you're good)
DrPandaPhD
Profile Joined November 2011
5188 Posts
June 17 2014 20:49 GMT
#17906
On June 18 2014 03:57 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Which carry has the best early game solo kill potential? I so fucking tired of losing 18 out of every 20 games because multiple people on my team are 0-10 by 20 minutes into the game. I need a high impact early game hero who can wreck face one on one. Which hero will be my savior?

Any hero with a stun, like WK/Sven/CK.

Tiny's combo is really strong. It just costs a lot of mana..
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nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15846 Posts
June 17 2014 21:12 GMT
#17907
On June 18 2014 03:57 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Which carry has the best early game solo kill potential? I so fucking tired of losing 18 out of every 20 games because multiple people on my team are 0-10 by 20 minutes into the game. I need a high impact early game hero who can wreck face one on one. Which hero will be my savior?

Mana boots blink tiny, you still have some good late game potential. Ember spirit, storm spirit, QoP, SF, TA, lycan (wreck towers and rosh more than heroes), bristleback, tinker, invoker, doom, LC, enchantress, DK can all snowball out of control. If you're really a baller and totally embrace the idea of being way better than your mates, go carry lina.
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Spleenster
Profile Joined September 2009
Scotland9 Posts
June 17 2014 21:38 GMT
#17908
How hard should mid QOP vs Huskar be?
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
June 17 2014 21:39 GMT
#17909
As who? QoP? probably reasonably miserable.
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Spleenster
Profile Joined September 2009
Scotland9 Posts
June 17 2014 21:40 GMT
#17910
Yeah as the QOP, first time I played her (after 900 games) and it seems hard, so much magic resist.

Thanks
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
June 17 2014 21:46 GMT
#17911
I mean all u gotta do is keep shadow striking him then plead ur team "Dear hero that does physical/pure damage, come slay this evil foe residing in my lane and I shall remain eternally grateful" and hope ur allies aren't retards.

That or just don't hit him at all .
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Ayaz2810
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2763 Posts
June 17 2014 22:30 GMT
#17912
On June 18 2014 06:12 nojok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2014 03:57 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Which carry has the best early game solo kill potential? I so fucking tired of losing 18 out of every 20 games because multiple people on my team are 0-10 by 20 minutes into the game. I need a high impact early game hero who can wreck face one on one. Which hero will be my savior?

Mana boots blink tiny, you still have some good late game potential. Ember spirit, storm spirit, QoP, SF, TA, lycan (wreck towers and rosh more than heroes), bristleback, tinker, invoker, doom, LC, enchantress, DK can all snowball out of control. If you're really a baller and totally embrace the idea of being way better than your mates, go carry lina.



This actually leads me into another question: how do you build a semi carry/carry lina? My gf loves playing lina as a carry but her game knowledge is pretty limited. As is mine I guess. She builds silly items like shadow blade, Daedalus, and I think she had an orchid that she literally forgot to use 100% of the time lol. I was destroyed once a couple months ago by a carry lina who had all of her teams first 11 kills. So anyway, how does she build?

And thanks for the other recommendations. I'm gonna need to learn a few new heroes I think
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oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
June 17 2014 23:01 GMT
#17913
On June 18 2014 07:30 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2014 06:12 nojok wrote:
On June 18 2014 03:57 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Which carry has the best early game solo kill potential? I so fucking tired of losing 18 out of every 20 games because multiple people on my team are 0-10 by 20 minutes into the game. I need a high impact early game hero who can wreck face one on one. Which hero will be my savior?

Mana boots blink tiny, you still have some good late game potential. Ember spirit, storm spirit, QoP, SF, TA, lycan (wreck towers and rosh more than heroes), bristleback, tinker, invoker, doom, LC, enchantress, DK can all snowball out of control. If you're really a baller and totally embrace the idea of being way better than your mates, go carry lina.



This actually leads me into another question: how do you build a semi carry/carry lina? My gf loves playing lina as a carry but her game knowledge is pretty limited. As is mine I guess. She builds silly items like shadow blade, Daedalus, and I think she had an orchid that she literally forgot to use 100% of the time lol. I was destroyed once a couple months ago by a carry lina who had all of her teams first 11 kills. So anyway, how does she build?

And thanks for the other recommendations. I'm gonna need to learn a few new heroes I think


Funnily enough, it's pretty legit build on semi-carry Lina.
You can go maelstrom and blink instead of lothar, but in general, it's way to go with mixing hex/scepter with it just because of manapool.
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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2725 Posts
June 17 2014 23:12 GMT
#17914
On June 18 2014 07:30 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2014 06:12 nojok wrote:
On June 18 2014 03:57 Ayaz2810 wrote:
Which carry has the best early game solo kill potential? I so fucking tired of losing 18 out of every 20 games because multiple people on my team are 0-10 by 20 minutes into the game. I need a high impact early game hero who can wreck face one on one. Which hero will be my savior?

Mana boots blink tiny, you still have some good late game potential. Ember spirit, storm spirit, QoP, SF, TA, lycan (wreck towers and rosh more than heroes), bristleback, tinker, invoker, doom, LC, enchantress, DK can all snowball out of control. If you're really a baller and totally embrace the idea of being way better than your mates, go carry lina.



This actually leads me into another question: how do you build a semi carry/carry lina? My gf loves playing lina as a carry but her game knowledge is pretty limited. As is mine I guess. She builds silly items like shadow blade, Daedalus, and I think she had an orchid that she literally forgot to use 100% of the time lol. I was destroyed once a couple months ago by a carry lina who had all of her teams first 11 kills. So anyway, how does she build?

And thanks for the other recommendations. I'm gonna need to learn a few new heroes I think


None of those items are particularly silly. Shadowblade solves the "how do I get close enough to kill people" problem, as would a blink / euls / force. Crystalys (and eventually Daedalus) is a fairly cheap way to build up damage, which synergizes real nice with fiery soul's attack speed. Orchid works as an all-around "Hey, I get damage and solve mana problems!" even though lina doesn't immediately benefit from the silence.

I used to play a phase boots -> euls -> BKB/MKB/Crystalys/Aghas/Whatever Lina, back in the day, but I don't know if there's a default "Carry Lina" build
Ayaz2810
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2763 Posts
June 17 2014 23:12 GMT
#17915
I think I'll try that out tonight. I assume you want to go mid with her for the levels and gold?
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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2725 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-17 23:27:24
June 17 2014 23:22 GMT
#17916
Lina's animation is awful so 1v1 mid CSing sucks, and landing stuns or actually killing people in a 1v1 can prove a real challenge. I'm sure if you were actually good at Lina mid, you could Lina mid in a lot of matchups and be fine... but as it was, I normally played safelane duo, because Crystal Maiden + Lina sisters lane is amazing.

Disclaimer : This was when I started playing Dota 2. It might be the case that it's actually awful, and if that's the case then I apologize. But CM's mana aura makes Lina's early game less awkward, and crystal nova -> frostbite -> LSA -> Dragon Slave = ten hundred billion magic damage, plus right clicks.
Ayaz2810
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2763 Posts
June 17 2014 23:33 GMT
#17917
I recall seeing a discussion somewhere about how bad Lina's animation is. But that's never made much sense to me. All you have to do is time your attacks to compensate. And I guess you telegraph your attack to the opponent mid who might be able to deny you more frequently. But Ina. Low tier MMR game, I really don't see people capitalizing on her attack animation in a meaningful way
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Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12248 Posts
June 17 2014 23:48 GMT
#17918
I like Maelstrom and Deso on carry Lina, leaving her Q and W at rank 1 for quite a while to keep the mana costs low. MKB would also be good, hadn't tried that before. Once you ramp up her passive stacks, the Maelstrom and Deso deal so much damage that pretty much anything is going to be dead.
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govie
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
9334 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-18 00:04:54
June 18 2014 00:00 GMT
#17919
I think bloodseeker is really good if you go the wagamama build, you can win any game solo no matter how many feeders you got on your team. Its online early, pretty descent until lategame and it recks everybody with big snowballpotential, just R+blademail+Q+rightclick=win. Its just your descisionmaking that determins if you die or kill alot. The idea behind it is that after ultimate they cant attack you but cant run away either (blademail+mjolnir shineystuff).

I thought it was : PMS --> PT --> Drums --> Blademail --> S&Y --> Mjolnir --> BKB
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
June 18 2014 00:08 GMT
#17920
On June 18 2014 09:00 govie wrote:
I think bloodseeker is really good if you go the wagamama build, you can win any game solo no matter how many feeders you got on your team. Its online early, pretty descent until lategame and it recks everybody with big snowballpotential, just R+blademail+Q+rightclick=win. Its just your descisionmaking that determins if you die or kill alot. The idea behind it is that after ultimate they cant attack you but cant run away either (blademail+mjolnir shineystuff).

I thought it was : PMS --> PT --> Drums --> Blademail --> S&Y --> Mjolnir --> BKB

you forgot i can counter you with TP
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