[HoN/DotA] Let's Play~!! - Page 72

On February 24 2008 18:26 {ToT}Strafe wrote:
bottle blows now

On February 24 2008 23:49 Avius wrote:
I concur.

On February 24 2008 11:07 rpf wrote:
Hm, I've been watching all of the MYM Pride Nations replays off of GotFrag. A lot of these are really cool. It's interesting to see how people build different heroes. I've noticed heroes like QoP, sand king, lesh, and a couple others are almost always picked.

A couple questions, though:

Why is it that in every game I watch, someone picks PotM? And why, in every game, do they always do two bands/bottle/boots, and then sell a band and buy a pt. booster and a hammer? And why do they always go mael/mjoll into skadi? Is it that starfall combined with mael/mjoll is just super farm/push/push stop? I've noticed people always get those "farming items" (i.e. midas, mael/mjoll) on hereos that already have a good way to farm.

I really don't get why you'd sell a band to buy a pt. booster, even if you're eventually going to go skadi. It's one thing when you sell a L1 item to buy a second or third L4 item, but selling a L1 item 12 minutes into the game to buy a pt. booster seems kind of wasteful.

On February 25 2008 05:53 rpf wrote:
Go to gotfrag.com, and go to "DotA" on the left. Then you'll see a link on the left that says "Replays." There's a bunch of replays from Feb. 3 through the 13th. In almost every one of those replays, there was a PotM. They always went 2 bands/boots/bottle/tp scroll into travels/pt. booster into mael/mjoll/skadi.

[Analytical rpf rant]I was rambling about this last night, but I'm having trouble knowing when and why I should upgrade my circlets to whatever items.

For example, say I'm playing razor. Do I want 2 bracers for the HP? Or do I want 2 bands for the dmg/IAS? Or do I want a third band?

Or say I'm necrolyte. Do I want 2 bracers? Or 2 nulls? Or 3?

I just have trouble deciding what to upgrade my circlets to. I often see heroes go with 3 of whatever their main stat is, which obviously is good for last hitting, and seems to be a nice compromise between their main stat and HP, as 3 nulls/bands is the same str gain as 1.5 bracers.

And when do you decide to grab a third circlet? If it's just preference, then okay. We all have our own playstyles. I just don't know when I'm watching a replay if their item choice is their own preference or if it's more of a strategical thing.
[/Analytical rpf rant]

On February 25 2008 08:15 Judicator wrote:


Short answer is it depends. Theres no clear answer to this, but be happy in the fact that you will be eventually experienced enough to make the more correct choice. It really does just depends on a lot of factors.