• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 00:40
CET 05:40
KST 13:40
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy7ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool47Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win42026 KungFu Cup Announcement6BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12
StarCraft 2
General
Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw? Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2)
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open RSL Season 4 announced for March-April WardiTV Team League Season 10 KSL Week 87
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat Mutation # 516 Specter of Death
Brood War
General
mca64Launcher - New Version with StarCraft: Remast BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ ASL21 General Discussion Soulkey's decision to leave C9 JaeDong's form before ASL
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group C [ASL21] Ro24 Group B 2026 Changsha Offline Cup [ASL21] Ro24 Group A
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Dawn of War IV
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Cricket [SPORT] Formula 1 Discussion Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7741 users

[MDL] Winter 2015 Playoffs Day 3 - Page 22

Forum Index > Dota 2 Tournaments
Post a Reply
Prev 1 20 21 22 23 24 50 Next All
Kamisamanachi
Profile Joined April 2015
4665 Posts
January 30 2016 05:55 GMT
#421
On January 30 2016 14:52 apes wrote:
free fy + fenrir imo, these vg cores are doo doo


their drafts are the main reason they lost..stop blaming and sterotyping players every game..
fan of dream runs. orange ti3 , fnatic ti6 , wings ti6 , cdec ti5 !! B-god's anti mage , mushi's shadow fiend
trifecta
Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
January 30 2016 05:56 GMT
#422
On January 30 2016 14:53 Taf the Ghost wrote:
What was going on with Lone Druid & VG is likely this: Lone Druid is a power-pick right now. But you need to build your draft around him. The Split-push/Alliance style from Starladder already seemed a bit dead at MDL. (Not having Bulldog, I think, is the problem there.) But EG has run it as 1 or 3 here at MDL. Much like with Vengeful, it's a multi-position draft ruiner.


Alliance drafts work because s4 does not get farm priority
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
January 30 2016 05:57 GMT
#423
On January 30 2016 14:53 trifecta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2016 14:50 dutchfriese wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:45 lolnoty wrote:
0/6/7 but that also doesnt say how many bears he fed. I feel like it was 5-6


Yeah, it was a fucking horrific performance. After a game like that it makes me wonder if VG would be better off trying to find some new offlane talent.


tbf EG targeted him the hardest, blew 3-4 solo songs on him


Huge value in early pick-offs on Lone Druid. He's basically a Hard Carry, though with early split-push ability. Getting the Midas delayed puts a 2k value sink on him until about 25 minutes in, when he's at 8k net worth. You pretty much erase a huge % of VG's net worth from all team fights by those ganks.
Kamisamanachi
Profile Joined April 2015
4665 Posts
January 30 2016 05:57 GMT
#424
On January 30 2016 14:54 dutchfriese wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2016 14:53 trifecta wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:50 dutchfriese wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:45 lolnoty wrote:
0/6/7 but that also doesnt say how many bears he fed. I feel like it was 5-6


Yeah, it was a fucking horrific performance. After a game like that it makes me wonder if VG would be better off trying to find some new offlane talent.


tbf EG targeted him the hardest, blew 3-4 solo songs on him


Because he was farming like a fucking retard half the time. EG was just exploiting the obvious weakness.


those bear feeding's were qustionable at times ..and in bot lane where VG lost 2 heroes and rosh to EG...ice3's hero and bear both were in between 4 EG heroes tanking all the damage..i dont think thats how u play LD lmao...he just ate laguna to the face and died
fan of dream runs. orange ti3 , fnatic ti6 , wings ti6 , cdec ti5 !! B-god's anti mage , mushi's shadow fiend
trifecta
Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
January 30 2016 05:58 GMT
#425
On January 30 2016 14:57 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2016 14:53 trifecta wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:50 dutchfriese wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:45 lolnoty wrote:
0/6/7 but that also doesnt say how many bears he fed. I feel like it was 5-6


Yeah, it was a fucking horrific performance. After a game like that it makes me wonder if VG would be better off trying to find some new offlane talent.


tbf EG targeted him the hardest, blew 3-4 solo songs on him


Huge value in early pick-offs on Lone Druid. He's basically a Hard Carry, though with early split-push ability. Getting the Midas delayed puts a 2k value sink on him until about 25 minutes in, when he's at 8k net worth. You pretty much erase a huge % of VG's net worth from all team fights by those ganks.


yeah but if you fail with early-mid game song ganks, you lose song for rosh/tower defense/fights
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
January 30 2016 06:00 GMT
#426
On January 30 2016 14:58 trifecta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2016 14:57 Taf the Ghost wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:53 trifecta wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:50 dutchfriese wrote:
On January 30 2016 14:45 lolnoty wrote:
0/6/7 but that also doesnt say how many bears he fed. I feel like it was 5-6


Yeah, it was a fucking horrific performance. After a game like that it makes me wonder if VG would be better off trying to find some new offlane talent.


tbf EG targeted him the hardest, blew 3-4 solo songs on him


Huge value in early pick-offs on Lone Druid. He's basically a Hard Carry, though with early split-push ability. Getting the Midas delayed puts a 2k value sink on him until about 25 minutes in, when he's at 8k net worth. You pretty much erase a huge % of VG's net worth from all team fights by those ganks.


yeah but if you fail with early-mid game song ganks, you lose song for rosh/tower defense/fights


Correct. But that's exactly why VG was picking up Lone Druid. It's strong enough right now in the Meta that it forces you to respond to it. Earth Spirit is the same way, but no one has really figured out a response to the top-level players. Aside from "just kill the other 4 really quickly".
dutchfriese
Profile Joined November 2012
2554 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-30 06:05:09
January 30 2016 06:04 GMT
#427
VG should have won or lost with DS offlane. LD third game in a row was a dubious draft choice to say the least.
Kamisamanachi
Profile Joined April 2015
4665 Posts
January 30 2016 06:05 GMT
#428
it felt like their drafts got wayy more predictable after group stages..they kept picking same thing because it worked in early stages..this was the same problem with super drafting at frankfurt,imo..he drafted same predictable heroes even when they were getting rekt with them..i mean,what was the purpose of going for gyro and LD first picks? because it worked for you in game 2 where they got off sucessful ganks early? and VG had some serious economy issues that game...LD was soo far behind and had nowhere to go ,but jungle and he still constantly fed pushing deep even with song up on EG side..gyro had nowhere to go but ancients ,but it was too late for him ..
fan of dream runs. orange ti3 , fnatic ti6 , wings ti6 , cdec ti5 !! B-god's anti mage , mushi's shadow fiend
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-30 06:10:00
January 30 2016 06:07 GMT
#429
On January 30 2016 15:05 Kamisamanachi wrote:
it felt like their drafts got wayy more predictable after group stages..they kept picking same thing because it worked in early stages..this was the same problem with super drafting at frankfurt,imo..he drafted same predictable heroes even when they were getting rekt with them..i mean,what was the purpose of going for gyro and LD first picks? because it worked for you in game 2 where they got off sucessful ganks early? and VG had some serious economy issues that game...LD was soo far behind and had nowhere to go ,but jungle and he still constantly fed pushing deep even with song up on EG side..gyro had nowhere to go but ancients ,but it was too late for him ..


It's a problem a lot of Captains have. Though there are a few around that change up too much every match, especially unpracticed strategies.

Edit: Beyond just a common problem, it's something ppd has exploited the entire time I've seen him draft. Especially since most teams have 1-3 heroes they operate their strategies around.
Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
January 30 2016 06:09 GMT
#430
That last game 3 look like 6.84 fighting draft. Glad EG is trying to find their own style back in this tournament instead of trying to play like Alliance.
Getting too old for this..
Kamisamanachi
Profile Joined April 2015
4665 Posts
January 30 2016 06:11 GMT
#431
On January 30 2016 15:07 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2016 15:05 Kamisamanachi wrote:
it felt like their drafts got wayy more predictable after group stages..they kept picking same thing because it worked in early stages..this was the same problem with super drafting at frankfurt,imo..he drafted same predictable heroes even when they were getting rekt with them..i mean,what was the purpose of going for gyro and LD first picks? because it worked for you in game 2 where they got off sucessful ganks early? and VG had some serious economy issues that game...LD was soo far behind and had nowhere to go ,but jungle and he still constantly fed pushing deep even with song up on EG side..gyro had nowhere to go but ancients ,but it was too late for him ..


It's a problem a lot of Captains have. Though there are a few around that change up too much every match, especially unpracticed strategies.


yeah..adapting seems to be the best trait which saparates good captain from mediocre and i feel like fy's drafting has also been predictable and mediocre at times..i think he is too conservative when it comes to drafting vs big teams..it works early,but when teams starting to figure it out,he has no choice .i thought dark seer was the choice in game 3 instead of LD and he sure would have done more than LD did which was feeding bear,but he kept hitting heads on walls
fan of dream runs. orange ti3 , fnatic ti6 , wings ti6 , cdec ti5 !! B-god's anti mage , mushi's shadow fiend
Tien
Profile Joined January 2003
Russian Federation4447 Posts
January 30 2016 06:12 GMT
#432
1437 commentary on the games is so good.

So much game knowledge this dude has.
We decide our own destiny
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
January 30 2016 06:18 GMT
#433
Huh, Earthshaker is 8-2 right now.

The other strong performers at MDL:

Earth Spirit 21-4
Vengeful Spirit 18-10
Death Prophet 12-7
Lone Druid 12-8
Gyrocopter 9-6


Trash Tier:

Batrider 6-11
Disruptor 4-9
Sven 2-8
woojaekeem
Profile Joined May 2013
United States524 Posts
January 30 2016 06:27 GMT
#434
ebola spirit gonna get nerfed again next patch
bluzi
Profile Joined May 2011
4703 Posts
January 30 2016 06:37 GMT
#435
On January 30 2016 14:53 Taf the Ghost wrote:
What was going on with Lone Druid & VG is likely this: Lone Druid is a power-pick right now. But you need to build your draft around him. The Split-push/Alliance style from Starladder already seemed a bit dead at MDL. (Not having Bulldog, I think, is the problem there.) But EG has run it as 1 or 3 here at MDL. Much like with Vengeful, it's a multi-position draft ruiner.


Taf you seem like a reasonable guy , why would you say that alliance played splitpush dota at SL ? did you even watch the games , i feel no matter what lineup or strat alliance uses everyone calls it splitpush .... sorry for being salty about it , its too early in the morning for me .
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
January 30 2016 06:37 GMT
#436
Yeah, there's no way it gets to Shanghai in the same form. Though with that fixed, it's a pretty cancer-free LAN meta. Not that pubs won't always have something cancerous.
bluzi
Profile Joined May 2011
4703 Posts
January 30 2016 06:37 GMT
#437
On January 30 2016 15:27 woojaekeem wrote:
ebola spirit gonna get nerfed again next patch


Probably IF wont let China have their own wisp , also Sumail will get his SS back on the next patch.
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
January 30 2016 06:44 GMT
#438
On January 30 2016 15:37 bluzi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 30 2016 14:53 Taf the Ghost wrote:
What was going on with Lone Druid & VG is likely this: Lone Druid is a power-pick right now. But you need to build your draft around him. The Split-push/Alliance style from Starladder already seemed a bit dead at MDL. (Not having Bulldog, I think, is the problem there.) But EG has run it as 1 or 3 here at MDL. Much like with Vengeful, it's a multi-position draft ruiner.


Taf you seem like a reasonable guy , why would you say that alliance played splitpush dota at SL ? did you even watch the games , i feel no matter what lineup or strat alliance uses everyone calls it splitpush .... sorry for being salty about it , its too early in the morning for me .


Bulldog's hero pool produces a situation where there's always the risk of counter-push via split-push. Mostly because he's so damn good on those types of heroes. So "counter-push" work for you? It's short-hand since that's what everyone calls what they do. And it's generally a feature of the fall-back option within their drafts.

People may start realizing that most of OG's drafts operate the same way. Though Fly constantly drafts defensive high ground approach in most cases. Considering how much easier it is to hold high ground right now, it's just a different value play.
Elurie
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
4716 Posts
January 30 2016 06:47 GMT
#439
LGD-Newbee game started. Am I in the wrong thread?
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
January 30 2016 06:47 GMT
#440
On January 30 2016 15:47 Elurie wrote:
LGD-Newbee game started. Am I in the wrong thread?

You're in the right place.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Prev 1 20 21 22 23 24 50 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
PiGosaur Cup
00:00
#74
PiGStarcraft233
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
ProTech128
SpeCial 72
Livibee 48
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 5467
ggaemo 52
Noble 36
ajuk12(nOOB) 28
Bale 27
Icarus 8
Dota 2
monkeys_forever599
febbydoto23
Counter-Strike
Coldzera 2149
Stewie2K31
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox367
Other Games
C9.Mang0328
PiGStarcraft233
RuFF_SC2199
Maynarde104
ViBE55
Temp06
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1373
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream64
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH99
• practicex 26
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• Diggity4
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Lourlo1199
Other Games
• Scarra1417
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
4h 20m
Afreeca Starleague
5h 20m
hero vs YSC
Larva vs Shine
Kung Fu Cup
6h 20m
Replay Cast
19h 20m
KCM Race Survival
1d 4h
The PondCast
1d 5h
WardiTV Team League
1d 7h
OSC
1d 7h
Replay Cast
1d 19h
WardiTV Team League
2 days
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
3 days
Cure vs Zoun
herO vs Rogue
WardiTV Team League
3 days
Platinum Heroes Events
3 days
BSL
3 days
RSL Revival
4 days
ByuN vs Maru
MaxPax vs TriGGeR
WardiTV Team League
4 days
BSL
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Afreeca Starleague
5 days
Light vs Calm
Royal vs Mind
Wardi Open
5 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
OSC
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
Rush vs PianO
Flash vs Speed
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-23
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 1
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
NationLESS Cup
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

2026 Changsha Offline CUP
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.