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Mecha King Ghidorah
Profile Joined April 2014
United States595 Posts
June 26 2014 21:06 GMT
#18121
A) Is Viper really a "No skill hero"
B) Late game on Nyx what do you get after you have E-Blade and Dagon 5 when your carries are actually good.
C) Can you pick Mid Nyx when they have multiple durable heroes.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
June 26 2014 21:11 GMT
#18122
A) no hero is "No skill". Viper is reasonably easy.
B) What the fuck are you doing with an eblade and a dagon, much less dagon 5?
C) I mean you *can*. the "durable" tag is dumb anyway. But there's limited value to picking nyx at all when his mana burn isn't busted (Aka when they don't have high-int heroes).

Since u want a better answer than B: You want a blink, a hex, maybe a force. You should be farming 20,000 gold on nyx anyway.
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ReligionLOL
Profile Joined August 2011
United States137 Posts
June 26 2014 21:11 GMT
#18123
is there any way to remove dust other than time?
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HighTimeDotA
Profile Joined May 2014
Canada1412 Posts
June 26 2014 21:12 GMT
#18124
On June 27 2014 06:11 ReligionLOL wrote:
is there any way to remove dust other than time?


defusal blade/ various other purge skills.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-26 21:15:00
June 26 2014 21:13 GMT
#18125
On June 27 2014 06:11 ReligionLOL wrote:
is there any way to remove dust other than time?

Diffusal blade. Other similar purges like slark dark pact, tide kraken shell, LC's heal, abbadon shield all work as well. I'm like 80% sure bkb works too but you have to save it for AFTER the dust is used. Probably omni repel too.

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ReligionLOL
Profile Joined August 2011
United States137 Posts
June 26 2014 21:14 GMT
#18126
euls?
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ReligionLOL
Profile Joined August 2011
United States137 Posts
June 26 2014 21:15 GMT
#18127
manta style?
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Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
June 26 2014 21:16 GMT
#18128
yes bkb and repel do. Magic immunity removes dust. Manta and mirror image remove it too.
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Bwall
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden145 Posts
June 26 2014 21:25 GMT
#18129
Can someone explain to me why blink isn't bought more by storm spirits? It just seems so great for him in theory, way more reliable and saves lots of mana compared to initiating with the ulti.
HighTimeDotA
Profile Joined May 2014
Canada1412 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-26 21:32:01
June 26 2014 21:31 GMT
#18130
On June 27 2014 06:11 Sn0_Man wrote:
A) no hero is "No skill". Viper is reasonably easy.
B) What the fuck are you doing with an eblade and a dagon, much less dagon 5?
C) I mean you *can*. the "durable" tag is dumb anyway. But there's limited value to picking nyx at all when his mana burn isn't busted (Aka when they don't have high-int heroes).

Since u want a better answer than B: You want a blink, a hex, maybe a force. You should be farming 20,000 gold on nyx anyway.


dagon into eblade is a pretty strong pubstomp build (provided you get a timely dagon). you can pretty much evaporate heroes without bkb and i dont see many supports being smart and buying/laying down sents when they see a level 6+ nyx so snowballing as a mid nyx is quite easy.

On June 27 2014 06:25 Bwall wrote:
Can someone explain to me why blink isn't bought more by storm spirits? It just seems so great for him in theory, way more reliable and saves lots of mana compared to initiating with the ulti.


it costs 2150 gold. thats like half an orchid which is much more useful in ganks.
rtz is like the Bieber of dota, true Canadian treasure.
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
June 26 2014 21:33 GMT
#18131
On June 27 2014 06:25 Bwall wrote:
Can someone explain to me why blink isn't bought more by storm spirits? It just seems so great for him in theory, way more reliable and saves lots of mana compared to initiating with the ulti.


Spending 2k on an item that gives zero stats to do something your hero can already do doesn't make sense. Ball lightning does damage when you zip in as well so it isn't like you're just wasting mana.
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Mecha King Ghidorah
Profile Joined April 2014
United States595 Posts
June 26 2014 21:40 GMT
#18132
On June 27 2014 06:11 Sn0_Man wrote:
A) no hero is "No skill". Viper is reasonably easy.
B) What the fuck are you doing with an eblade and a dagon, much less dagon 5?
C) I mean you *can*. the "durable" tag is dumb anyway. But there's limited value to picking nyx at all when his mana burn isn't busted (Aka when they don't have high-int heroes).

Since u want a better answer than B: You want a blink, a hex, maybe a force. You should be farming 20,000 gold on nyx anyway.


I go mid Nyx and without Dagon I always get their hero to red health but never able to get the kill after all my spells go off and E-Blade is for after Dagon 5 when the game goes into the level 25 phase so spells will scale better against their team. Is Blink/Staff to get you close enough to get that kill with Mana Burn or Impale??
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Ryder.
Profile Joined January 2011
1117 Posts
June 26 2014 21:41 GMT
#18133
Is there any trick to chain pulling the dire hard camp into the easy camp (after you lane pull)? I can get it to work 90% on radiant after the tree is cut, but I reckon I fail at it 90% for dire and it's really frustrating for someone who mainly plays support.
HighTimeDotA
Profile Joined May 2014
Canada1412 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-26 21:44:21
June 26 2014 21:43 GMT
#18134
On June 27 2014 06:41 Ryder. wrote:
Is there any trick to chain pulling the dire hard camp into the easy camp (after you lane pull)? I can get it to work 90% on radiant after the tree is cut, but I reckon I fail at it 90% for dire and it's really frustrating for someone who mainly plays support.


make sure the neutrals hit you when you are near your own creeps and you should be set. your creeps get very mad at neutrals when you get hit. practice a couple time on local server and you'll be set.
rtz is like the Bieber of dota, true Canadian treasure.
Spaylz
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Japan1743 Posts
June 26 2014 22:50 GMT
#18135
Do you guys think Earth Spirit is still a viable mid hero in the current meta?

He seems to be a heavy ganker, and interesting to play. I'd like to try him out.
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ChunderBoy
Profile Joined August 2011
3242 Posts
June 26 2014 23:21 GMT
#18136
On June 27 2014 06:40 Mecha King Ghidorah wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 27 2014 06:11 Sn0_Man wrote:
A) no hero is "No skill". Viper is reasonably easy.
B) What the fuck are you doing with an eblade and a dagon, much less dagon 5?
C) I mean you *can*. the "durable" tag is dumb anyway. But there's limited value to picking nyx at all when his mana burn isn't busted (Aka when they don't have high-int heroes).

Since u want a better answer than B: You want a blink, a hex, maybe a force. You should be farming 20,000 gold on nyx anyway.


I go mid Nyx and without Dagon I always get their hero to red health but never able to get the kill after all my spells go off and E-Blade is for after Dagon 5 when the game goes into the level 25 phase so spells will scale better against their team. Is Blink/Staff to get you close enough to get that kill with Mana Burn or Impale??


there's a reason why hes supposed to be a support/offlane hero.
also if u want to go carryish nyx. ur better off getting phase/sny/mjollnir or w.e.
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DrPandaPhD
Profile Joined November 2011
5188 Posts
June 26 2014 23:43 GMT
#18137
On June 27 2014 07:50 Spaylz wrote:
Do you guys think Earth Spirit is still a viable mid hero in the current meta?

He seems to be a heavy ganker, and interesting to play. I'd like to try him out.

Pubs has no meta. And he's not in CM so can't be picked for competative games.

Yes he's a decent mid. Think offlane is where he is best suited but can definitely be played mid.
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Mecha King Ghidorah
Profile Joined April 2014
United States595 Posts
June 27 2014 00:16 GMT
#18138
Why are some hero's banned in CM. Like Valve doesn't even include them.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
June 27 2014 00:27 GMT
#18139
On June 27 2014 09:16 Mecha King Ghidorah wrote:
Why are some hero's banned in CM. Like Valve doesn't even include them.

Generally post-rework when IceFrog isn't necessarily certain that they are safe to have in tournaments.

Tho his last change to LC was a buff so one would assume he thinks she is safe :shrug:
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
June 27 2014 00:38 GMT
#18140
On June 27 2014 09:16 Mecha King Ghidorah wrote:
Why are some hero's banned in CM. Like Valve doesn't even include them.

if the hero was reworked
if the hero was added recently
if the hero is still imba
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