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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
December 03 2014 18:34 GMT
#19921
Vlad's not really necessary for a PL team because literally no aspect of the aura actually benefits his illusions.
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BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8933 Posts
December 03 2014 18:37 GMT
#19922
On December 04 2014 03:34 TheYango wrote:
Vlad's not really necessary for a PL team because literally no aspect of the aura actually benefits his illusions.


not myself, but people seem to think that vlad's is a good pickup bc, in theory, it has all of your farming needs..but in actuality it's not great.

i remember i used to build that item 24/7 any time i played a right clicker.
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govie
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
9334 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-03 19:37:14
December 03 2014 19:03 GMT
#19923
I think crimson gaurd on PL could be helpfull and costeffective to raise your EHP against ET aura (no manacost either). PL's feels to come online earlier, drop of earlier too and better at teamfighting. The crimson gaurd doesnt delay those timings by alot and the active is really strong aoe ability. Lets assume you focus ET first and get your armour back around the time that the CG-protection wears off into a teamwhipe, maybe. And the +6hp regen+passive damageblock is enough to farm junglecamps too.

Mediocre mmr knob here, so someone with higher mmr should confirm this.

+ Show Spoiler +
Active: Guard - Grant nearby allied heroes a 100% chance to block 50 damage from each incoming attack, along with 2 armor. Lasts 9 seconds.

+ 250 Health
+ 6 HP Regeneration
+ 2 All Attributes
+ 5 Armor
BLOCK CHANCE: 80%
BLOCK DAMAGE MELEE: 40
BLOCK DAMAGE RANGED: 20
GUARD ARMOR: 2
GUARD DURATION: 9
GUARD RADIUS: 750
GUARD DAMAGE BLOCK : 50


Last edit: If you go standard PT's --> Diffusal blade --> Crimson Gaurd. You should be able to fight alot with this itemcombo and come out victorious because you get +2 atr +7 armour +250hp and a +90 damageblock aoe for 9 seconds. It helps you farm a butterfly faster in the jungle without wasting an itemslot, which also helps against the aura and increases the outputdamage of yourself and the illusions.
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BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8933 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-03 19:59:33
December 03 2014 19:59 GMT
#19924
does crimson guard active get applied to illusions?
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
December 03 2014 20:06 GMT
#19925
Assuming it works like normal Damage Block, they receive no benefit, even if they visually receive the buff.
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govie
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
9334 Posts
December 03 2014 20:13 GMT
#19926
It doesnt have too tho, the illusions spawn quickly enough once your rightclicking.
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BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8933 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-04 00:37:46
December 04 2014 00:36 GMT
#19927
how the hell does the poor network conditions thing work?

we just had a rofl stomp of a game and one of the enemy team's players rage quit..abandoned and everything...but as people were continuing to quit bc of the abandon, the game registered it as poor network conditions and didn't score the game.

any idea how this works?

edit: replay does not appear in my profile either.. what if i wanted to watch the replay?
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SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
December 04 2014 03:26 GMT
#19928
According to this article regarding the Nemesis Assassin Event,

"The chance of receiving a cluster drop depends on how long a player has participated in the event (across multiple games)."


Does that work even if you've lost before? As long as you've participated in the event, regardless the result, it adds up to having a higher chance of triggering the event?
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
December 04 2014 07:10 GMT
#19929
how do you close invokers tooltip thing? i thought it was a bug and just restart steam but maybe its a tooltip
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rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
December 04 2014 07:12 GMT
#19930
The one that lists the spells? Don't you just click the little question mark close to the Invoke icon to close it?
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
December 04 2014 07:37 GMT
#19931
Why did Lone Druid fall off the metagame? I checked the patch logs and he didn't get any hard nerfs starting from 6.79.
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
December 04 2014 08:02 GMT
#19932
On December 04 2014 16:37 SilverSkyLark wrote:
Why did Lone Druid fall off the metagame? I checked the patch logs and he didn't get any hard nerfs starting from 6.79.

6.82 is a lot more about teamfighting, and the dominant push comps that punish greed involve heroes that can start pushing faster than LD comes online (jakiro mainly)
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
December 04 2014 08:34 GMT
#19933
On December 04 2014 12:26 SilverSkyLark wrote:
According to this article regarding the Nemesis Assassin Event,

Show nested quote +
"The chance of receiving a cluster drop depends on how long a player has participated in the event (across multiple games)."


Does that work even if you've lost before? As long as you've participated in the event, regardless the result, it adds up to having a higher chance of triggering the event?

wtf thats the first time I saw that the chance of receiving drops depends on how long you have been participating
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
December 04 2014 08:42 GMT
#19934
On December 04 2014 17:34 ahswtini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 12:26 SilverSkyLark wrote:
According to this article regarding the Nemesis Assassin Event,

"The chance of receiving a cluster drop depends on how long a player has participated in the event (across multiple games)."


Does that work even if you've lost before? As long as you've participated in the event, regardless the result, it adds up to having a higher chance of triggering the event?

wtf thats the first time I saw that the chance of receiving drops depends on how long you have been participating

Yeah me too, that's why I found it weird. Wouldn't the rarity of the bundle increase as you play with events? Or is that random as well?
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JD.
Profile Joined September 2014
Australia250 Posts
December 04 2014 09:42 GMT
#19935
On December 04 2014 17:34 ahswtini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 12:26 SilverSkyLark wrote:
According to this article regarding the Nemesis Assassin Event,

"The chance of receiving a cluster drop depends on how long a player has participated in the event (across multiple games)."


Does that work even if you've lost before? As long as you've participated in the event, regardless the result, it adds up to having a higher chance of triggering the event?

wtf thats the first time I saw that the chance of receiving drops depends on how long you have been participating



http://www.dota2.com/oracle/day3

Q: DOES GAME LENGTH MATTER FOR REWARDS?
The chance of earning a cluster-drop is based on the total amount of time you've played in the event. Time is counted whether you Fulfilled or Denied the contract. Playing fast games or long games won't increase your chances.
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
December 04 2014 11:02 GMT
#19936
On December 04 2014 18:42 JD. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 17:34 ahswtini wrote:
On December 04 2014 12:26 SilverSkyLark wrote:
According to this article regarding the Nemesis Assassin Event,

"The chance of receiving a cluster drop depends on how long a player has participated in the event (across multiple games)."


Does that work even if you've lost before? As long as you've participated in the event, regardless the result, it adds up to having a higher chance of triggering the event?

wtf thats the first time I saw that the chance of receiving drops depends on how long you have been participating



http://www.dota2.com/oracle/day3

Q: DOES GAME LENGTH MATTER FOR REWARDS?
The chance of earning a cluster-drop is based on the total amount of time you've played in the event. Time is counted whether you Fulfilled or Denied the contract. Playing fast games or long games won't increase your chances.

that must've been added recently, i swear i never read it the first time round
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
govie
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
9334 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-04 11:09:28
December 04 2014 11:08 GMT
#19937
On December 04 2014 17:02 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 16:37 SilverSkyLark wrote:
Why did Lone Druid fall off the metagame? I checked the patch logs and he didn't get any hard nerfs starting from 6.79.

6.82 is a lot more about teamfighting, and the dominant push comps that punish greed involve heroes that can start pushing faster than LD comes online (jakiro mainly)


Powerrangers with Shachlo plays him now and then, allways the same itembuild, wins mostly in lineups with some aoe fighting capabilities. I thought they would play ogre alot when drafting lone druid, but apparantly Powerrangers think ogre is not a good support for lone druid. If you want to draft lone druid, maybe these 4 games can help you draft well.

http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=1035604726&p=items
http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=1034208958&p=items
http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=940159479&p=items
http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=933647271&p=items
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-04 12:26:46
December 04 2014 12:24 GMT
#19938
On December 04 2014 20:08 govie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 17:02 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
On December 04 2014 16:37 SilverSkyLark wrote:
Why did Lone Druid fall off the metagame? I checked the patch logs and he didn't get any hard nerfs starting from 6.79.

6.82 is a lot more about teamfighting, and the dominant push comps that punish greed involve heroes that can start pushing faster than LD comes online (jakiro mainly)


Powerrangers with Shachlo plays him now and then, allways the same itembuild, wins mostly in lineups with some aoe fighting capabilities. I thought they would play ogre alot when drafting lone druid, but apparantly Powerrangers think ogre is not a good support for lone druid. If you want to draft lone druid, maybe these 4 games can help you draft well.

http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=1035604726&p=items
http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=1034208958&p=items
http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=940159479&p=items
http://www.datdota.com/match.php?q=933647271&p=items

seems that in two of the games, they ran LD as a core with necro, which is a known strong combo for hitting a midgame push timing. they lost their game vs TT, and their win vs (struggling h4nni + 4) fnatic had some questionable drafting from both sides, fnatic having a more difficult-to-execute potm void enigma wd qop draft V pr's vs aa ogrecore LD razor
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
December 04 2014 18:47 GMT
#19939
On December 04 2014 16:12 rebdomine wrote:
The one that lists the spells? Don't you just click the little question mark close to the Invoke icon to close it?


ill look for it next time tnx
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Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12249 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-04 19:03:48
December 04 2014 19:01 GMT
#19940
On December 04 2014 18:42 JD. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 17:34 ahswtini wrote:
On December 04 2014 12:26 SilverSkyLark wrote:
According to this article regarding the Nemesis Assassin Event,

"The chance of receiving a cluster drop depends on how long a player has participated in the event (across multiple games)."


Does that work even if you've lost before? As long as you've participated in the event, regardless the result, it adds up to having a higher chance of triggering the event?

wtf thats the first time I saw that the chance of receiving drops depends on how long you have been participating



http://www.dota2.com/oracle/day3

Q: DOES GAME LENGTH MATTER FOR REWARDS?
The chance of earning a cluster-drop is based on the total amount of time you've played in the event. Time is counted whether you Fulfilled or Denied the contract. Playing fast games or long games won't increase your chances.


Sounds like "pseudo-random distribution" (even though that's not what PRD actually is) for drops. To use a hypothetical number, something like 0.5% chance per in-match minute since you last had a drop. That way, you'd have the same chance at an item whether you had 2 25-minute games or 1 50-minute game, assuming you were on the winning side of the contract. This is the same way battle points are earned -- in-match minutes.

What's odd though is that the drops apply to the entire team, so whose counter does it rely upon? The person with the highest counter in the game? Lowest counter? Only the arcana holder? Do multiple arcana holders in a game stack their counters together? That just opens up more questions to be honest.
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