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Exoteric
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia2330 Posts
December 08 2016 23:40 GMT
#541
i can't get enough of madara and the memes
hell is other people
the bear jew
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3674 Posts
December 08 2016 23:40 GMT
#542
Greeks take game 2. Go our new Greek Gods!
DeMoN pulled off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
ShiaoPi
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts
December 08 2016 23:40 GMT
#543
I am impressed by AF :D
LiquidDota Staff@TW_ShiaoPi
TL+ Member
Zea!
Profile Joined November 2006
9589 Posts
December 08 2016 23:40 GMT
#544
honestly, was so much time i didn't see one man carry his team so hard to victory, good ol' times
The Real Power~
benghiskhan
Profile Joined November 2016
Korea (South)39 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-08 23:41:38
December 08 2016 23:41 GMT
#545
puck pickup is brilliant idea from ad finem... they can control newbee and cover all team
what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
December 08 2016 23:41 GMT
#546
Will the only chinese team making it into Ro8 be the one who wasn't supposed even supposed to be here?

Odd how every Valve event it's just so different.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
the bear jew
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3674 Posts
December 08 2016 23:42 GMT
#547
On December 09 2016 08:28 CosmicSpiral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2016 08:26 Yurie wrote:
On December 09 2016 08:25 FiWiFaKi wrote:
At this rate, a 6 slotted morphing will be enough. Morphing outcarries Slark no problem, and DK drops off much like Puck does.


In my experience DK drops off more than puck since puck is hard to kite. (I like to hate on DK.)


I find DK scales decently as long as you focus on AS and HP over initiation.


Think DK should start going midas like invoker goes? Rush early midas, scale, youa re good with items. I saw a Dk earlier vs an Invoker, both had even networth early, invoker went midas, invoker gets over double networth. DK still pretty tanky with just his dragon's blood and can fight without too much early as long as you have team backup.

He just needs to keep up with items.
DeMoN pulled off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
December 08 2016 23:42 GMT
#548
15/0/7 on Madara's Morphling. DAMN.
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
December 08 2016 23:44 GMT
#549
On December 09 2016 08:42 the bear jew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2016 08:28 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On December 09 2016 08:26 Yurie wrote:
On December 09 2016 08:25 FiWiFaKi wrote:
At this rate, a 6 slotted morphing will be enough. Morphing outcarries Slark no problem, and DK drops off much like Puck does.


In my experience DK drops off more than puck since puck is hard to kite. (I like to hate on DK.)


I find DK scales decently as long as you focus on AS and HP over initiation.


Think DK should start going midas like invoker goes? Rush early midas, scale, youa re good with items. I saw a Dk earlier vs an Invoker, both had even networth early, invoker went midas, invoker gets over double networth. DK still pretty tanky with just his dragon's blood and can fight without too much early as long as you have team backup.

He just needs to keep up with items.


Pretty much. DK is "okay", but he really needs items in the Late Game. Then he's practically unkillable.

This game was completely about the Oracle living. That's the one downside with 4 Protect 1 lineups, as it means most of the game is how gets the jump properly.
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
December 08 2016 23:44 GMT
#550
On December 09 2016 08:42 the bear jew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2016 08:28 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On December 09 2016 08:26 Yurie wrote:
On December 09 2016 08:25 FiWiFaKi wrote:
At this rate, a 6 slotted morphing will be enough. Morphing outcarries Slark no problem, and DK drops off much like Puck does.


In my experience DK drops off more than puck since puck is hard to kite. (I like to hate on DK.)


I find DK scales decently as long as you focus on AS and HP over initiation.


Think DK should start going midas like invoker goes? Rush early midas, scale, youa re good with items. I saw a Dk earlier vs an Invoker, both had even networth early, invoker went midas, invoker gets over double networth. DK still pretty tanky with just his dragon's blood and can fight without too much early as long as you have team backup.

He just needs to keep up with items.

Except DK actually wants to do stuff entering midgame, midas does not help at all in that regard, also XP is not so great on him.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
BurningSera
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Ireland19621 Posts
December 08 2016 23:45 GMT
#551
and here we welcome the era of chicken slaughtering meta
is 2017, stop being lame, fuck's sakes. 'Can't wait for the rise of the cakes and humanity's last stand tbqh.'
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
December 08 2016 23:45 GMT
#552
DK Midas is an awful item.

DK just needs a lot of mid tier items, a Midas slows you way too much, since he needs to be pushing throughout all of the early-mid game.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
wims80
Profile Joined February 2014
1892 Posts
December 08 2016 23:49 GMT
#553
On December 09 2016 08:45 FiWiFaKi wrote:
DK Midas is an awful item.

DK just needs a lot of mid tier items, a Midas slows you way too much, since he needs to be pushing throughout all of the early-mid game.

I agree. The early-mid game is where the DK shines, if you go midas you are basically sacrificing the early-mid game for a mediocre late game
Why are my allies so weak and pathetic?
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
December 08 2016 23:50 GMT
#554
dk can do big ancient stacks pretty quickly once he hits 11, so preparing an ancient stack for him can help give a networth/exp boost once he hits 11 and has level 2 dragon
posting on liquid sites in current year
ShiaoPi
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts
December 08 2016 23:51 GMT
#555
On December 09 2016 08:41 FiWiFaKi wrote:
Will the only chinese team making it into Ro8 be the one who wasn't supposed even supposed to be here?

Odd how every Valve event it's just so different.

hats off to AF for playing well, but Newbee can still easily take game 3.
LiquidDota Staff@TW_ShiaoPi
TL+ Member
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-08 23:55:29
December 08 2016 23:53 GMT
#556
On December 09 2016 08:42 the bear jew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2016 08:28 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On December 09 2016 08:26 Yurie wrote:
On December 09 2016 08:25 FiWiFaKi wrote:
At this rate, a 6 slotted morphing will be enough. Morphing outcarries Slark no problem, and DK drops off much like Puck does.


In my experience DK drops off more than puck since puck is hard to kite. (I like to hate on DK.)


I find DK scales decently as long as you focus on AS and HP over initiation.


Think DK should start going midas like invoker goes? Rush early midas, scale, youa re good with items. I saw a Dk earlier vs an Invoker, both had even networth early, invoker went midas, invoker gets over double networth. DK still pretty tanky with just his dragon's blood and can fight without too much early as long as you have team backup.

He just needs to keep up with items.


DK doesn't want Midas. His issue isn't getting levels quickly, it's maintaining farm rate so he can get the appropriate items. In most games you prioritize timings over farm, so Armlet -> Blink/SB/BKB becomes standard. With that setup you can end the game with a coordinated team but if you don't, you will never be able to replace those items quickly enough to be relevant.

If my lineup doesn't need to end the game by say 35 minutes and we have other heroes for initiation, I prefer Armlet -> Maelstrom -> AC -> BKB/Mjolnir -> Satanic/Heart. Even then I'm not being the primary damage dealer, just an unkillable pain in the ass that frontlines for the safelaner.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-09 00:02:41
December 08 2016 23:54 GMT
#557
If I had to assign tiers to lategame (post 50 minutes) carries:

SS Tier: Medusa, Spectre, Terrorblade
S Tier: Naga, Chaos Knight, Storm Spirit, Tinker, Faceless Void, Morphling
A Tier: AM, Sven, Sniper, Clinks, Slark, OD, Tiny, Ember
B Tier: WK, Luna, Weaver, Alchemist (since aghs), Juggernaut, TA, Gyro, Invoker, LS, PA, Lone Druid
C Tier: QoP, Lina, Brood, Razor, SF, Huskar, Ursa, Slardar, Lycan, DK, Viper
D Tier: Meepo, BS

Obviously depends on draft, but just to assign rough lategame potential to the common heroes.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-08 23:57:28
December 08 2016 23:54 GMT
#558
i remember when liquid`fata dk was a thing theyd prepare ancient stacks for him...

medusa's post50minute game is vastly overrated

putting qop lina and brood above meepo is also super questionable

meepo can actually still just end the game if you manage to teamwipe, that makes ihm better than all 3 of those already

slardar's hardly ever a true 1 position regardless of how the earlygame was played so including him is questionable there

also duno about juggs placement and a bunch of other heroes

questionable list all around
posting on liquid sites in current year
the bear jew
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3674 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-08 23:59:30
December 08 2016 23:56 GMT
#559
On December 09 2016 08:45 FiWiFaKi wrote:
DK Midas is an awful item.

DK just needs a lot of mid tier items, a Midas slows you way too much, since he needs to be pushing throughout all of the early-mid game.


And that is what the DK tried to do, failed and was unable to keep up and scale. Dk scales well with items, why not get an item to ensure you scale and keep up? Not necessarily midas, something to focus on farming him up.

I know you are saying, he just needs a bunch of mid tier items to fight! Well he never got them, He ended with 3 mid tier items, armlet, bkb, blink, not a lot of damage, pure initiation and then....nothing.

Sure if your push idea is working that's fine, but maybe we should start rethinking DK and his role. Focus on scaling DK, cause he scales well, really damn well with items. Instead of just making him early push tower bot, focus on scaling him more..
DeMoN pulled off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
December 08 2016 23:56 GMT
#560
just. stack. ancients. lol.
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