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FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5681
On August 10 2013 11:39 Gheizen64 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:27 Canucklehead wrote:
As a new dota watcher, those pudge/chen hooks combo were disgusting to watch. Valve should looking into patching that. Just doesn't make sense to me as a new watcher.


Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:27 Pr0wler wrote:
That "fountain hook" is complete bullshit if you ask me. Dendi was failing for half an hour, hit 3-4 hooks - boom game is won.


Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:27 Kabras wrote:
what a shit game, terrible fucking dota all tournament long. farm fest or gimmicks, nobody can teamfight or initiate anymore. except s4. and super.


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Lachrymose
Profile Joined February 2008
Australia1928 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5682
On August 10 2013 11:31 pdd wrote:
Regardless of whines about the OP-ness of the fountain hook, bear in mind that because Dendi didn't have his Force Staff, it required 3 people to coordinate and time it. Not particularly an easy feat.

I'm wondering if things might have been different if TongFu attacked when they saw a failed fountain hook. 5v4 is pretty good odds no, with no risk any further fountain hooks for the next minute or so.


Okay, people are really overselling the "coordination" of the fountain hook.

You understand they can talk to each other, right? You understand Chen's send back isn't something he does in response to a hook? It doesn't require multi-person timing.

Dendi says "send me back", Puppey doesn't just cast it when he feels an opportunity with his star sense.
~
KadaverBB
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany25658 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5683
MAN. That game got me so fucking pumped^^
AdministratorLaws change depending on who's making them, but justice is justice
shawster
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada2485 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 02:40:33
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5684
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?


chen doesn't end up at home base.

chen casts a spell and pudge has a small window to hook someone. after the window, he gets sent back with or without th ehooked opponent. if you hook someone and you finish the hook before the teleport, then the other champ doesn't get teleported either.
GGTeMpLaR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States7226 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5685
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?


Chen casts the spell on an allied hero and after a delay (something like 4 seconds I think?) that hero is teleported back.

Chen stays where he is. So it requires some pretty technical timing (remember how many times pros actually messed it up that game).
Shadowpostin
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany798 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5686
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?

no,chen has a ability that sends people back after a few seconds if they don't get hit
pudge needs to throw his hook in that short amount of time and hit someone so when he does he gets auto teleported to his base but the hook still latches so the enemy hero that got hooked just flys with him all the way back
allow me to demonstrate the skill of shaolin
superstartran
Profile Joined March 2010
United States4013 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5687
On August 10 2013 11:37 PartyBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:32 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Why does it matter if it's hard... it's very low risk, you just send your pudge back home and try again. They literally tried it 30 times, has nothing to do with skill just luck.

Every time it fails, the field is now 4v5 for 20+ seconds, TF pretty much never tried to initiate or push when that happened and just jungled.



That's exactly was Tongfu was doing; they were winning every fight because Dendi kept missing hooks. The second Dendi started hitting hooks though the game swung immediately into Navi's favor because they instagibbed a Doom, Gyro twice (once with Aegis), and their supports a few times.
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5688
anyone know when is the dota 2 documentary? is it today or tomorrow?
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5689
On August 10 2013 11:39 Grettin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?


Chen sends only the player he casts the spell on. So teleport on pudge, pudge hooks just before the TP happens, if hook lands it will drag the hooked hero with him to the fountain.

Thanks Dota2 seems really cool. Only if I had more time heh.
mjxn
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia939 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 02:40:44
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5690
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?


Yeah that's essentially it. The hook if latched needs to complete so the latched hero follows the Pudge back to base.

Chen does not go back to base, its one of his skills to send a teammate or ally unit home.
Steveling
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Greece10806 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5691
You lousy buggers are missing the point.
Doesn't matter if it worked, all that matters is that navi tried it in the first place.
Every other team in the long history of dota would be too scared to pull this off in such a game.

Not like any other team would pick PAJ in TI semis to begin with lmao.
My dick has shrunk to the point where it looks like I have 3 balls.
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5692
Poll: Head?

Alliance (110)
 
70%

Natus Vincere (48)
 
30%

158 total votes

Your vote: Head?

(Vote): Natus Vincere
(Vote): Alliance


Poll: Heart?

Natus Vincere (90)
 
53%

Alliance (81)
 
47%

171 total votes

Your vote: Heart?

(Vote): Natus Vincere
(Vote): Alliance

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eng.nayR
Profile Joined August 2012
United States468 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5693
You guys realize that Na'vi still had TWO tier 2 towers left. Tongfu had a significant advantage and they did not push with it. Every time a fountain hook went off, it was 4v5 with no possibility of Na'vi saving either funn1k, kuro, or XBOCT with the sendback. When Dendi missed a fountain hook, Tongfu never took advantage of it. Let's face it. They were obviously unprepared to deal with a strategy that wasn't "standard" play.
JumboJohnson
Profile Joined December 2011
537 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5694
That was awesome to watch. Last time i saw that strat it was ROOT gaming and they failed miserably.
ZiRn1tRa
Profile Joined September 2010
Czech Republic54 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5695
On August 10 2013 11:33 xyzz wrote:
Show nested quote +
I tend to be towards the bottom, you play to win, I mean how many cheese outs have we seen in major SC2 games? Tons

I have yet to see any 'creative special strategies' in SC2 where if you can time 2 abilities well you one shot the enemy army.

Every argument that 'this is hard' are ridiculous. It's not hard for the best players in the world since they do this every day all the time.


it was called fungal growth, except you didn't have to time it, it wasn't creative and it was just one ability.
Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5696
On August 10 2013 11:38 TanKLoveR wrote:
Ugh you people seriously are ....

You're all about gimicky bs, "OPA DENDI OPA XD!!" like this hook or freaking Ursa and meepo ugh. What a ton of crap, that was a disgusting game and Na'Vi should be ashamed. But nope, everyone stood and screamed and clapped at such a shameful display, there was no skill, no team play just fucking luck. I hope Alliance destroys these people tomorrow, I look forward to it.


OH NO PEOPLE ARE PLAYING TO WIN IN A 1.4 MILLION DOLLAR FIRST PRIZE TOURNAMENT

A BLOO BLOO BLOO

:|
Abominous
Profile Joined March 2013
Croatia1625 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5697
I get this was all Opterown's gimmicky scheme for pumping 300 pages of ethics and morality around fountain hooks.

Well played, sir, well played.
wurm
Profile Joined October 2007
Philippines2296 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5698
So much salt in this thread.

"Pudge-Chen broken"
"Fountain hook new meta"
"Valve fix"

lol
I know where my towel is.
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 02:41:26
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5699
On August 10 2013 11:37 PartyBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:32 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Why does it matter if it's hard... it's very low risk, you just send your pudge back home and try again. They literally tried it 30 times, has nothing to do with skill just luck.

Every time it fails, the field is now 4v5 for 20+ seconds, TF pretty much never tried to initiate or push when that happened and just jungled.


Not really. As Draskyl pointed out Pudge can just tp back.

And the force staff + hook range means chen is about 1500++ range from Tongfu. So i think the risk is exagerrated.

It still takes coordination to execute though so props to them for that.

Just feels like the old CK where he had that ridiculous crit

My feelings is just like Maelk's. The feeling is that Icefrog left it in for novelty because it's funny ( just like chaos mode). But once it starts affecting competitive dota then maybe icefrog will take a second look at it.

But as a competitor, do whatever you can to win.

More importantly : Anuxi sets best sets.
Kuroeeah
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
11696 Posts
August 10 2013 02:40 GMT
#5700
this is the best possible international ever. from awesome games, to 90 minute pre 2009 esque dota and now people in an uproar.

ti3 has it all
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