so i had to pick techie for my hero challange and because many ppl want to play him i needed to pick him as fast as possible.
i then googled how you instapick a certain hero and the solution would be to choose techie in a privat lobby game, leave that game and search for a MMR game. and then techie should appear as the first hero to choose from.
i did like i said above and i ended up with a timbersaw as the first hero to choose. can anyone explain me why?

BluemoonSC

SoCal8910 Posts

September 06 2014 16:54 GMT

#19002

On September 07 2014 00:19 75 wrote:
so i had to pick techie for my hero challange and because many ppl want to play him i needed to pick him as fast as possible.
i then googled how you instapick a certain hero and the solution would be to choose techie in a privat lobby game, leave that game and search for a MMR game. and then techie should appear as the first hero to choose from.
i did like i said above and i ended up with a timbersaw as the first hero to choose. can anyone explain me why?

its been pretty buggy lately, i've noticed. heroes that i had selected aren't brought up at the pick screen, its usually off by a hero (maybe 2?). perhaps the indexing system on the heroes hasn't been updated properly. techies and timbersaw are next to each other alphabetically i think.

i'd try picking the hero in front of techies and see if that gets techies to pop up at the pick screen for you.

Trustworthy-Tony

Tanzania187 Posts

September 06 2014 17:03 GMT

#19003

On September 06 2014 04:59 Mataza wrote:

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From what you wrote it seems like you expect games to go a certain way(probably similar to pro games, just guessing).
Dota is not *supposed* to be played a certain way. Get that misconception out of your way fast.
Playstyles are not necessarily wrong or bad because you don't know those playstyles.

Germany4057 Posts

September 06 2014 17:09 GMT

#19004

On September 07 2014 01:54 BluemoonSC wrote:

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k, thanks. i was just worried that it is only my gameclient that is bugged.

Mafe

Germany5966 Posts

September 06 2014 17:09 GMT

#19005

On September 05 2014 21:04 Mafe wrote:
Do chen creeps, mines, etc. stay on the map when you die in ARDM? I suppose mechanics would be similar to when rubick steals a new spell.

shameless selfquoting for still wanting to know.

Imperator x8x

United States69 Posts

September 07 2014 02:18 GMT

#19006

On September 07 2014 02:09 Mafe wrote:

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shameless selfquoting for still wanting to know.

From playing techies in ARDM, I seem to remember mines sticking around after I respawned. Don't know about Chen creeps.

Fleetfeet

Canada2552 Posts

September 07 2014 05:28 GMT

#19007

Chen creeps instant despawn the moment you die. Which made me sad, because I could've killed SF with them.

TA traps do not despawn.

Dunno about anything else.

Drozeisnotmyname

United States33 Posts

September 07 2014 18:46 GMT

#19008

Is it viable to build damage items on Magnus after blink and mana boots?

Whole

United States6046 Posts

September 07 2014 19:30 GMT

#19009

It isn't the worst, but I would think Refresher has more impact in most games.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

September 07 2014 22:59 GMT

#19010

It depends on what your team needs. You build damage when your team needs damage, but it's silly to build damage if your team needs more disables or key team items.

ahswtini

Northern Ireland22208 Posts

September 07 2014 23:08 GMT

#19011

On September 08 2014 03:46 Drozeisnotmyname wrote:
Is it viable to build damage items on Magnus after blink and mana boots?

Refresher, shivas is normally better imo

evilfatsh1t

Australia8649 Posts

September 08 2014 00:18 GMT

#19012

On September 08 2014 03:46 Drozeisnotmyname wrote:
Is it viable to build damage items on Magnus after blink and mana boots?

if u want to go a damage build dont build arcanes
get treads, mom and farm like a position 1. if u get fat enough you will destroy everyone with empowered crits

Fleetfeet

Canada2552 Posts

September 08 2014 02:11 GMT

#19013

OP has a couple broken links, firebolt pls update OP

:D

SKC

Brazil18828 Posts

September 08 2014 02:26 GMT

#19014

Why was Tiny such a threat earlier in the game, and far less dangerous later?

Its funny how Dota works sometimes.

Kupon3ss

時の回廊10066 Posts

September 08 2014 06:10 GMT

#19015

Tiny was an early game threat because pressing one of his buttons, then the other, resulted in an 850 or so damage nuke at lv9

He was not a lategame threat because he couldn't flash farm, his passive was essentially useless and grow was extremely inefficient as a damage multiplier

Nightmarjoo

United States3360 Posts

September 08 2014 07:12 GMT

#19016

As I understand, if maelstrom procs while the lightning from its previous proc is still bouncing then the new proc will fail to create a new chain lightning effect. First, is that correct? Secondly, does mjolnir's chain lightning stack with maelstrom's-- as in if a mjolnir procs right after a maelstrom procs, will it start an additional lightning bounce? How about the lightning from static shield?