It's really fun to play until you lane with a guy who picked 3 auras on int hero, skilled them in a completely wrong - useless way and afk farms, wont help harass or kill the enemy heroes.

zlefin

United States7689 Posts

February 02 2014 20:40 GMT

#263

I think they need to have the ability options be more random; having 10 of them be the full set of abilities on the heroes chassis that were randomed really takes away from the feel of it being a whole different game to me.
It's more like the abilities are shuffled around then you're drafting from a wide set.
Also, i'm surprised they didn't include more of the good features and known issues from omg mode.
It's not like this is totally new, there's years of experience with it.

Kreb

4834 Posts

February 02 2014 22:41 GMT

#264

This mode makes you realize how fucking OP shukuchi is and how fucking useless Weaver is without it. He's like unplayable in this mode unless you get an OP combo. Low health, slow, no particularly high damage.

ZidaneTribal

United States2800 Posts

February 02 2014 22:53 GMT

#265

perma invis + sticky napalm + rocket barrage

SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR LIFE

CatNzHat

United States1599 Posts

February 02 2014 23:04 GMT

#266

My best game so far in this mode was one where I was AFK through the draft. I tabbed in, saw 30 seconds on the clock and thought I was about to miss the first wave of creeps. Immediately buy tp and boots and TP mid, turns out it was 30 seconds before the creeps spawn. I was tide with huskar passive (the one that increase attack speed based on hp lost), cm aura, nature's attendants, and boat. I was against a mirana with take aim and huskar orb (1000 range flaming spears). I managed to get my bottle in a reasonable time, and not die in lane. One of my teammates roamed mid with a stun a couple times and I got some easy kills. Grabbed me some treads and a helm of dom. My attack speed was truly insane once I got low, and with the lifesteal and boat I was virtually unkillable. Got a mjollnir and just charged at people, lols were had and the game ended with a score of 26-3

QUEENT

Canada53 Posts

February 02 2014 23:06 GMT

#267

I found Weaver to be really useless without Shukuchi or Time Lapse as well. I think I tried to deny too many things while not picking particularly well; I ended up with Essence Shift, Geminate Attack, Flak Cannon and Sanity's Eclipse (this one was an accident, I was trying to get Dual Breath or Ice Path or something because I didn't realize I didn't have an ultimate yet and so it randomed).

My personal favourite draft was the Kunkka model with Arcane Bolt, Mystic Snake, Dark Pact, and Permanent Invisibility. I went Basilius, Arcane boots, then disassembled them into Tranquils once I got the other components for Eul's. Then I built Bloodstone. We lost anyways because the other team had Essence Shift + Flak Cannon + Chronosphere on Gyrocopter, but it was extremely fun in a game where mysteriously nobody bought sentries. The natural tankiness of Kunkka's 3 str/level made it really easy to itemize int and MS.

My most successful draft was the Silencer model with Untouchable, Essence Shift, Incapacitating Bite, and Insatiable Hunger. I went for Treads > Oblivion Staff > Rod of Aui > Orchid > Sheep. I don't think my item choices mattered in the slightest, because nearly their entire team had skilled for right clicks, and we had Purification and Guardian Angel, in addition to my untouchable. I stole a lot of int that game. I found I didn't really need to itemize attack speed that much, because in long fights I ended up getting tons of Essence Shift stacks anyways.

I find I prioritize denying Essence Shift when facing long-ranged heroes... Would it be more important to deny that, a bash, or an imba steroid like Insatiable Hunger?

Kreb

4834 Posts

February 02 2014 23:33 GMT

#268

Just went full rat (shukuchi, treants, serpent wards). GL defending towers against agha-wards, necro book, treants. I felt dirty.

synapse

China13814 Posts

February 02 2014 23:56 GMT

#269

aftershock + quill spray mmmmmm so delicious

Zihn

Denmark50 Posts

February 03 2014 00:29 GMT

#270

Juggernaut with Ursa ulti.... Hilarity insured

Fumanchu

Canada669 Posts

February 03 2014 04:59 GMT

#271

Tidebringer, Jinada, enchant totem, grow. Easily the best possible combination you could hope for. Especially once you get shadowblade.

Level 11 you auto crit over 1000 in a splash every 6 seconds.

Bigtony

United States1606 Posts

February 03 2014 05:05 GMT

#272

Tiny ult on any hero with a decent attack animation is godlike.

Shukuchi + battery assault.

Luna can be a very interesting support choice. Her high base movespeed means you can ignore boots for a while and her stat growth is not bad. Give her some low mana cost spells and it's like a crystal maiden on speed.

Aldrovandi

United States211 Posts

February 03 2014 07:10 GMT

#273

On February 03 2014 08:56 synapse wrote:
aftershock + quill spray mmmmmm so delicious

Aftershock+nasal goo is even better. 1.5 second stun on a 1.5 second cooldown.

Belisarius

Australia6233 Posts

February 03 2014 08:34 GMT

#274

I'm getting real sick of all my teammates firstpicking one carry passive each while giving the enemy all the stuns and mobility.

Starting to happen a lot. I was hoping people would get better at this mode as time went on.

In other news, PA blink and cogs is hilariously successful from level 2 on.

rudimentalfeelthelov

Finland268 Posts

February 03 2014 10:28 GMT

#275

Have you guys seen shackles+sticky napalm combo it does like 200dmg/second at lvl 2... VOLVO PLZ

ragnorr

Denmark6097 Posts

February 03 2014 10:40 GMT

#276

On February 03 2014 19:28 rudimentalfeelthelov wrote:
Have you guys seen shackles+sticky napalm combo it does like 200dmg/second at lvl 2... VOLVO PLZ

Sticky napalm+rocket barage is even worse....

Laserist

Turkey4269 Posts

February 03 2014 11:27 GMT

#277

I played only one time. I was veno, picked first 2 skills of timber(both pure), mana drain of lion and AA ulti. Basically I was an endless damage machine. Only problem was the shit stats of veno but I am ok with it. Did some feeding but eventually win against a trilane.
I don't understand why people trilane and tryhard in RAD mode. This is an unbalanced fun mode dammit.

-Celestial-

United Kingdom3867 Posts

February 03 2014 11:36 GMT

#278

Had an absurd lategame combo the other day. Was Medusa. And I basically took all of her abilities. Except I switched out Mystic Snake for Enchantress' Untouchable. That skill is downright BROKEN if you get it with Mana Shield. You just don't die unless the entire other team blows all of their nukes on you. They can't autoattack at all and I'm just chilling in the middle of every teamfight with Split Shot.

Unfortunately by the midgame they did and they could. I'd survived my lane ok but the outer lanes got pretty fed and couldn't hold on for long enough for me to farm up.

ragnorr

Denmark6097 Posts

February 03 2014 11:43 GMT

#279

On February 03 2014 20:36 -Celestial- wrote:
Had an absurd lategame combo the other day. Was Medusa. And I basically took all of her abilities. Except I switched out Mystic Snake for Enchantress' Untouchable. That skill is downright BROKEN if you get it with Mana Shield. You just don't die unless the entire other team blows all of their nukes on you. They can't autoattack at all and I'm just chilling in the middle of every teamfight with Split Shot.

Unfortunately by the midgame they did and they could. I'd survived my lane ok but the outer lanes got pretty fed and couldn't hold on for long enough for me to farm up.

Had a centaur who picked grow, untouchable, ginada and blur. The guy was imposible to kill due his absurd strength gain

Erasme

Bahamas15899 Posts

February 03 2014 12:13 GMT

#280

On February 03 2014 13:59 Fumanchu wrote:
Tidebringer, Jinada, enchant totem, grow. Easily the best possible combination you could hope for. Especially once you get shadowblade.

Level 11 you auto crit over 1000 in a splash every 6 seconds.

except you cant proc enchant totem