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nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15846 Posts
August 12 2017 19:27 GMT
#601
8 treants 2 neutrals, chain frost only on heroes lmao
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
August 12 2017 19:27 GMT
#602
I have never seen an ES lose with 12 min blink pickup, offlane or not. This hero is a greedy early game hero but the strongest aoe initiator in dota.
VGhost
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States3621 Posts
August 12 2017 19:27 GMT
#603
On August 13 2017 04:26 M.S.Bismarck wrote:
Can we go back to the days where everybody agreed that Bloodseeker is a dumpster tier hero? That would be nice.


On that theory maybe Newbee winning with Bloodseeker and Axe was less secret saved strats and more showing off?
#4427 || I am not going to scan a ferret.
dada0036
Profile Joined December 2016
125 Posts
August 12 2017 19:27 GMT
#604
gg next game pls
Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9235 Posts
August 12 2017 19:28 GMT
#605
THIS IS THE LIQUID WE LOVE
passive quaranstream fan
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
August 12 2017 19:29 GMT
#606
tb zoned out by cm
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
Reson
Profile Joined July 2014
530 Posts
August 12 2017 19:29 GMT
#607
On August 13 2017 04:15 babysimba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2017 04:10 bluzi wrote:
On August 13 2017 04:08 nojok wrote:
On August 13 2017 04:06 Wintex wrote:
On August 13 2017 04:06 intotheheart wrote:
On August 13 2017 04:05 Zea! wrote:
On August 13 2017 04:00 VGhost wrote:
I feel like I'm in the minority seeing different strategies played/be viable. It's great, imo, that you have a scale of ideas that can work:

Extremes:

- All-Fighting (stereotypical for SEA) - treats DotA almost as a fighting game, objectives get taken on the basis of fights.
- Objective-Based (OG style, when they don't go full illusion DotA) - team plays to take down objectives safely, not give opponent an opening.

VP kind of combines these - they go straight for the objectives, but with a fighting lineup that basically invites the other team to fight them.

- Split-push - play around the other team, stay equal on objectives, build for lategame either with better scaling (or illusions, hi OG)
- Focused push (e.g. Liquid's Broodmother strat) where a team focuses their entire strategy on breaking in fast
- Been a while, but we still see 4P1 occasionally, too.

CIS and SEA are the "most fun" in a single game, but I love the variety.


Imho the most enjoyable team to watch (besides the real Alliance, of course) were TI5/6 MVP Phoenix, jeez what a team <3

TI5/6 Phoenix was a great team to watch. All the balls in the world.

Koreans had the most entertaining dota in the world.

No, Wings was better to watch.

LFY are fun as well , the days of AFK farming is mostly over in CN , actually the west i feel is liking the "dodge" strats better these days

This was the trend since TI3. Western always relied on macro and using the map better, while CN micro and teamfight better


Yep. CN was the same way in TI2 also. Navi vs IG was micro and chaos. It just looked like CN had afk farmed and focused on economy because the Western teams havent really developed in that aspect yet at that time. Pretty much all the strongest Western teams we have so far are macro based.


cchriss
Profile Joined June 2009
United States912 Posts
August 12 2017 19:29 GMT
#608
Game 3 is going to be whoever has the discipline to not draft BS wins.
Ufnal
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland1435 Posts
August 12 2017 19:29 GMT
#609
Solo CM scares away Terror. Nice :D
OG | Secret | Liquid | Nigma | Alliance | VP | Fnatic | EG | T1 | LGD
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
August 12 2017 19:30 GMT
#610
Someone literally shrieked lol
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
Nocticate
Profile Joined May 2013
Vatican City State2902 Posts
August 12 2017 19:30 GMT
#611
On August 13 2017 04:29 cchriss wrote:
Game 3 is going to be whoever has the discipline to not draft BS wins.

i don't understand why it takes discipline to not draft a dumpster hero
Chairman Mao tells us imperialist Dota is a paper tiger
Gosi
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Sweden9072 Posts
August 12 2017 19:30 GMT
#612
hhahhaha u gotta lovel lfy taunting aysing u can win heree win early game n game 2 for game 3 and final but it's not reael just epic chinese taunt tricking for eazy 2-0 for china final 2 teams not liquid in
[13:40] <Qbek> gosi i dreanmt about you
Toadesstern
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Germany16350 Posts
August 12 2017 19:30 GMT
#613
Trading a Puck for CM was actually worth it for LFY. They got more out of that than Liquid. The TB was stupid though
<Elem> >toad in charge of judging lewdness <Elem> how bad can it be <Elem> also wew, that is actually p lewd.
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
August 12 2017 19:30 GMT
#614
Feels like the entire LFY team is just walking creeps.
kiss kiss fall in love
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
August 12 2017 19:31 GMT
#615
Huskar is coming in game 3. I can feel it.
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
August 12 2017 19:31 GMT
#616
1 close game pls?
GOHF
Profile Joined December 2015
United States1864 Posts
August 12 2017 19:31 GMT
#617
In Flames went from The Jester Race and Colony in game 1 to Siren Charms and Sounds of a Playground Fading in game 2.
NO MORE CHEN NERFS!!!
chabode
Profile Joined March 2017
330 Posts
August 12 2017 19:31 GMT
#618
is gg
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
August 12 2017 19:31 GMT
#619
#tlwin
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
August 12 2017 19:31 GMT
#620
On August 13 2017 04:31 M.S.Bismarck wrote:
In Flames went from The Jester Race and Colony in game 1 to Siren Charms and Sounds of a Playground Fading in game 2.

wat
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
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