EPTOn April 08 2014 02:44 Noya wrote:
Is that a Mason Rapier or a 32 min radiance?
Is that a Mason Rapier or a 32 min radiance?
hoping for abyssal lol
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Sn0_Man
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NbSky
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Sn0_Man
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:44 teapoted wrote: Tobi does, BTS guys do. That's basically all professional casters. Makes me sad there's like 12 guys that are constantly casting and only like 5 can be called professional. Well, I guess we knew 2gd guys are anything but "professional" :p. | ||
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Noya
Uruguay11223 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:46 Sn0_Man wrote: okay sing's dagon is pretty questionable I'll give u that Dagon is not a bad idea if you can burst the Dazzle/SD/Weaver on a Silence. Considering he can't farm a Hex anytime soon DUNKD | ||
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Ravensong170
United States858 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:43 Sn0_Man wrote: Dark seer is not a common agressive tri hero... lmfao I never said it was common? It is a lane that EG have run plenty of times in the past. DS, SD and Dazzle has really strong kill potential. There was no other way EG was going to lane this. Even Ayesee, whom the community loves to flame for lack of knowledge, Pointed out that C9 should ban hte SD because EG will likely try to draft DS, Dazzle and SD if they can. And then when it was drafted it made the call that it would be a aggro trilane. So yea, the lanes were extremely obvious. | ||
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Noya
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lolfail9001
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Ravensong170
United States858 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:44 Jehct wrote: Hows picking a jungler against a potential axe/dazzle/sd trilane a good idea? There was never that potential? I never said it was the best choice, but certainly better than a defensive tri with Lesh and Nyx. Artz was always playing the Axe mid. he has been grinding that hero on stream for the past two days. It was very obvious what was going on in the lanes. EG has run these heroes (except the axe) plent of times in the past. DS is a better hero with the Dazzle, SD in a trilane because of the ion shell and surge. | ||
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Ganfei2
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It must be really frustrating dealing with someone like EE on your team. EG will start losing eventually, not that I know what to draft to make it happen. At the moment the entire strat is draft 2 defensive supports (dazzle, treant, shadow demon) and sit on RTZ's dick the entire game to protect him (ember, naga, shadowfiend, in this case axe) while leaving Mason alone to go 0-0-0 at 25 minutes and farm 3 items before doing anything (unless he is puck). I'm sure some competitive team will figure it out, and besides, EG pretty much only plays vs NA teams at the moment so they haven't really been tested vs Asian/EU teams. I'm sure they'll do fine, it's not like they'll suddenly get slaughtered and never win anything, but I think this 100% winrate total dominance is a bit illusory. Casters talk about versatility in EG's playstyle but there really isn't much imo. It's just protect RTZ and win lanes. If they meet a team where that doesn't happen perfectly in the first 10 minutes they'll probably lose. Universe always wins his lane, RTZ always wins his lane, if this doesn't happen the whole double defensive support + leave mason to farm solo for 20 minutes strat will fail; EG just controls the pace of the game every game. Maybe EG has other playstyles but they don't even need to change up the formula right now when they win every game using the same strat. | ||
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bluzi
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:54 Ganfei2 wrote: EG will start losing eventually, not that I know what to draft to make it happen. At the moment the entire strat is draft 2 defensive supports (dazzle, treant, shadow demon) and sit on RTZ's dick the entire game to protect him (ember, naga, shadowfiend, in this case axe) while leaving Mason alone to go 0-0-0 at 25 minutes and farm 3 items before doing anything (unless he is puck). I'm sure some competitive team will figure it out, and besides, EG pretty much only plays vs NA teams at the moment so they haven't really been tested vs Asian/EU teams. I'm sure they'll do fine, it's not like they'll suddenly get slaughtered and never win anything, but I think this 100% winrate total dominance is a bit illusory. The only real answer to this is "See you on LAN" aka Kiev next weekend. | ||
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:54 Ganfei2 wrote: I feel bad for Bone7. He still managed to get a 20 minute BoTs +Force + blink on bat, he really does manage to pull farm out of his ass. It must be really frustrating dealing with someone like EE on your team. EG will start losing eventually, not that I know what to draft to make it happen. At the moment the entire strat is draft 2 defensive supports (dazzle, treant, shadow demon) and sit on RTZ's dick the entire game to protect him (ember, naga, shadowfiend, in this case axe) while leaving Mason alone to go 0-0-0 at 25 minutes and farm 3 items before doing anything (unless he is puck). I'm sure some competitive team will figure it out, and besides, EG pretty much only plays vs NA teams at the moment so they haven't really been tested vs Asian/EU teams. I'm sure they'll do fine, it's not like they'll suddenly get slaughtered and never win anything, but I think this 100% winrate total dominance is a bit illusory. And then Fear shows up with tidehunter, ursa, or bountyhunter and starts rocking your world early to switch things up. Then they mix it up with giving him standard farm carries and there's yet another wrinkle added to drafting against them. Eventually they'll come down to earth some but it's only going to get crazier once the old man comes back to sit on his throne. | ||
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bludragen88
United States527 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:54 Ganfei2 wrote: Casters talk about versatility in EG's playstyle but there really isn't much imo. It's just protect RTZ and win lanes. If they meet a team where that doesn't happen perfectly in the first 10 minutes they'll probably lose. Universe always wins his lane, RTZ always wins his lane, if this doesn't happen the whole double defensive support + leave mason to farm solo for 20 minutes strat will fail; EG just controls the pace of the game every game. Maybe EG has other playstyles but they don't even need to change up the formula right now when they win every game using the same strat. To be fair, they have won some games that they were behind in kills or towers at some point, even if they were against less threatening teams (like TL). They've also had a few games go relatively even into the late game and they still tend to win those. Not saying it'll be 100% by any means, but it's not like they're hopeless when they fail to snowball. | ||
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DucK-
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
On April 08 2014 03:04 DucK- wrote: I like how EG has a totally different style from every other team. Very unique playstyle. Reminds me somewhat of 6.78 DK aka "Lol we'll just do what the fuck ever we want and win without breaking a sweat" I think they could have won handily even if enemy teams had 15 bans instead of 5 lol. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:54 Ganfei2 wrote: I feel bad for Bone7. He still managed to get a 20 minute BoTs +Force + blink on bat, he really does manage to pull farm out of his ass. It must be really frustrating dealing with someone like EE on your team. EG will start losing eventually, not that I know what to draft to make it happen. At the moment the entire strat is draft 2 defensive supports (dazzle, treant, shadow demon) and sit on RTZ's dick the entire game to protect him (ember, naga, shadowfiend, in this case axe) while leaving Mason alone to go 0-0-0 at 25 minutes and farm 3 items before doing anything (unless he is puck). I'm sure some competitive team will figure it out, and besides, EG pretty much only plays vs NA teams at the moment so they haven't really been tested vs Asian/EU teams. I'm sure they'll do fine, it's not like they'll suddenly get slaughtered and never win anything, but I think this 100% winrate total dominance is a bit illusory. If you think babysitting Arteezy and Mason is what makes EG so dominant right now, you're missing the trees for the forest. Most Arteezy and Mason heroes (except Weaver) can have good impact with levels alone, which means as long as they can stay in exp range during laning they can still contribute during the mid game. What teams really need to focus on is stopping ppd, Universe and especially Zai from getting levels and farm. It's just like Alliance during TI3 days. Everyone focused on LodA and Bulldog, and then lost because Akke, S4 and EGM controlled the mid-game. Except Zai tends to be farmed even for late game. | ||
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Daozzt
United States1263 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:54 Ganfei2 wrote: I feel bad for Bone7. He still managed to get a 20 minute BoTs +Force + blink on bat, he really does manage to pull farm out of his ass. It must be really frustrating dealing with someone like EE on your team. EG will start losing eventually, not that I know what to draft to make it happen. At the moment the entire strat is draft 2 defensive supports (dazzle, treant, shadow demon) and sit on RTZ's dick the entire game to protect him (ember, naga, shadowfiend, in this case axe) while leaving Mason alone to go 0-0-0 at 25 minutes and farm 3 items before doing anything (unless he is puck). I'm sure some competitive team will figure it out, and besides, EG pretty much only plays vs NA teams at the moment so they haven't really been tested vs Asian/EU teams. I'm sure they'll do fine, it's not like they'll suddenly get slaughtered and never win anything, but I think this 100% winrate total dominance is a bit illusory. Casters talk about versatility in EG's playstyle but there really isn't much imo. It's just protect RTZ and win lanes. If they meet a team where that doesn't happen perfectly in the first 10 minutes they'll probably lose. Universe always wins his lane, RTZ always wins his lane, if this doesn't happen the whole double defensive support + leave mason to farm solo for 20 minutes strat will fail; EG just controls the pace of the game every game. Maybe EG has other playstyles but they don't even need to change up the formula right now when they win every game using the same strat. How's it surprising for bone7 to have farm? He's fucking batrider. It's common to have those items around that time no matter how much your team is getting shit on. | ||
Elyvilon
United States13143 Posts
On April 08 2014 02:46 WolfintheSheep wrote: Makes me sad there's like 12 guys that are constantly casting and only like 5 can be called professional. Well, I guess we knew 2gd guys are anything but "professional" :p. Well I think there's more than 4 BTS guys, but yes your point stands. Also, although I've never watched a cast in another language, I would bet that v1|at and the Chinese casters and etc have courier hotkeys. | ||
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Ganfei2
473 Posts
On April 08 2014 03:07 Daozzt wrote: How's it surprising for bone7 to have farm? He's fucking batrider. It's common to have those items around that time no matter how much your team is getting shit on. Is there a reason you're being so hostile? | ||
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