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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 09:38:50
March 03 2015 09:38 GMT
#3201
I still don't think Eul's is good on that hero, but neither Atos nor Eul's are core.
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 09:39:24
March 03 2015 09:39 GMT
#3202
The current AA builds are:

Core: Arcane -> Urn -> Atos
Agh's Core: Arcane -> Agh's -> Eul's

We can expand on them all, especially since neither have situational section and their extension items section is only 3. Symptom of my last design idiocy
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Buckyman
Profile Joined May 2014
1364 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-04 16:16:32
March 03 2015 16:37 GMT
#3203
The popular pro build seems to be Midas -> Arcane -> Aghs.
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 16:55:24
March 03 2015 16:53 GMT
#3204
by that you mean overwhelmingly either midas->aghs or straight aghs off of either brown boots or tranquils
http://www.datdota.com/item_builds.php?p=item_builds&item=&hero=68&patch=11

there's literally no pro mid aa matches so you can't really speak to that. ps what an awful idea for a guide mid-AA jeeez
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Buckyman
Profile Joined May 2014
1364 Posts
March 03 2015 19:12 GMT
#3205
Point remains; I strongly suggest adding Midas to the guide.
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
March 03 2015 20:02 GMT
#3206
I think literally no AA mid pro matches is an exaggeration or that I'm missing an in-joke because AA mid was standard between TI1 and TI2 and I think right after his aghs change he was run mid a few times. Currently no one runs him mid, that's true though.
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
March 03 2015 20:04 GMT
#3207
i mean in semi-recent and relevant patch terms.
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tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7084 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 20:48:34
March 03 2015 20:48 GMT
#3208
I think the last time I saw AA mid was when VP ran an AA and CK in a dual lane mid at TI3. honestly the mid guide isn't very relevant anymore, but aghs should be the first core item on both support AA and mid AA
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 22:07:47
March 03 2015 22:02 GMT
#3209
AA mid is still fine (a ton of suppressive lane heroes that get invalidated against bottle-crowing for lack of AoE are still playable in pubs because people don't necessarily maximize bottle-crow effectiveness or pool their mids super hard), but as I said the last time we discussed this, you may as well just remove the guide because there's a ton of shit that can be played mid that you don't have guides for, that are actually in the same boat as AA (i.e. actually pretty good mid in pubs, but your team will bitch at you enough about it that it's not really worth it).

Like, AA mid is fine the same way Lion, Bane, and Disruptor are all great mid heroes for pubs, but you don't have guides for those (well, OK Bane's probably a better mid than all of the others cuz he basically wins every conceivable lane except for a few that nobody plays anyway).

EDIT: Though by the same token, you still have Rhasta and Skywrath mid guides, even though those have been pretty much only played support in compeittive for ages. You sort of need to make a stance on these "literally never mid in competitive but pretty decent mid in pubs" heroes and make it sensible. You can have guides for all of them, have guides for none of them, or have some reasonable logic for which ones do and don't have guides that's not just "someone told you to make one" (and yes I know I was the one who told you to make the guide for AA mid).
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
March 03 2015 22:19 GMT
#3210
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
March 03 2015 22:26 GMT
#3211
I still posit that while the midnight pulse farming build has seen widespread adoption among pro's it's never ever going to be better for sub-4K pubs. Efficiently using midnight pulse to speed your farm requires carefully planned jungle routes to stack as well as precise mana management since you are already heavily constrained in that department.

aka just get it at level 10/11/12/13
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tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7084 Posts
March 03 2015 22:29 GMT
#3212
On March 04 2015 07:26 Sn0_Man wrote:
I still posit that while the midnight pulse farming build has seen widespread adoption among pro's it's never ever going to be better for sub-4K pubs. Efficiently using midnight pulse to speed your farm requires carefully planned jungle routes to stack as well as precise mana management since you are already heavily constrained in that department.

aka just get it at level 10/11/12/13


it's really not that hard to manage after you get your soul ring
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Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
March 03 2015 22:47 GMT
#3213
On March 04 2015 07:29 tehh4ck3r wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2015 07:26 Sn0_Man wrote:
I still posit that while the midnight pulse farming build has seen widespread adoption among pro's it's never ever going to be better for sub-4K pubs. Efficiently using midnight pulse to speed your farm requires carefully planned jungle routes to stack as well as precise mana management since you are already heavily constrained in that department.

aka just get it at level 10/11/12/13


it's really not that hard to manage after you get your soul ring

it's more the route planning + stacking required for it to be good than the mana issues, I would think
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 23:05:42
March 03 2015 22:51 GMT
#3214
On March 04 2015 07:02 TheYango wrote:
AA mid is still fine (a ton of suppressive lane heroes that get invalidated against bottle-crowing for lack of AoE are still playable in pubs because people don't necessarily maximize bottle-crow effectiveness or pool their mids super hard), but as I said the last time we discussed this, you may as well just remove the guide because there's a ton of shit that can be played mid that you don't have guides for, that are actually in the same boat as AA (i.e. actually pretty good mid in pubs, but your team will bitch at you enough about it that it's not really worth it).

Like, AA mid is fine the same way Lion, Bane, and Disruptor are all great mid heroes for pubs, but you don't have guides for those (well, OK Bane's probably a better mid than all of the others cuz he basically wins every conceivable lane except for a few that nobody plays anyway).

EDIT: Though by the same token, you still have Rhasta and Skywrath mid guides, even though those have been pretty much only played support in compeittive for ages. You sort of need to make a stance on these "literally never mid in competitive but pretty decent mid in pubs" heroes and make it sensible. You can have guides for all of them, have guides for none of them, or have some reasonable logic for which ones do and don't have guides that's not just "someone told you to make one" (and yes I know I was the one who told you to make the guide for AA mid).


I do think the rune spawn changes made suppressive mids without waveclear a lot weaker, since a bottle-crow hero with AoE can usually guarantee themselves at least one refill every 2 minutes plus the occasional crow. Supports won't camp runes particularly effectively in these games.

Personally I think mid guides like rhasta and sky are fine. Rhasta has good waveclear and a huge and easy-to-use ult timing, so he applies pressure easily and translates that onto the map in a fairly straightforward way. Lina is in this box as well, imo, and arguably Lion. They "look" like mids, so they pass the bitching team test.

Likewise, Sky is so obnoxious that it's hard not to bully the other guy out, and his ganks are also straightforward and powerful, so he's accepted. Maybe Bane would be too. Heroes like disruptor (or SD, who is also very strong) are a lot less obvious in the way that they win their lanes and actually use their levels later. They usually fail the team test.

In my mind AA is borderline. If the mid guide didn't exist he wouldn't be high on my list of heroes needing one.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 23:24:17
March 03 2015 23:23 GMT
#3215
Rhasta and Lion are actually pretty poor laners though if you don't get a gank or solo-kill.

I'd be much more confident in a Disruptor or AA actually winning their lane.
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Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-03 23:50:02
March 03 2015 23:46 GMT
#3216
Rhasta still threatens tower whenever the enemy mid leaves even if he's losing, though, and he absolutely rakes in gold once he moves elsewhere and pushes. Idk I think mid Rhasta is really strong, but I agree he's not there to win the lane. He's really just getting levels before moving on.

AA/disr etc probably do still win their lanes more often than not, but is that really enough? They have such a hard time maintaining tempo post-lane unless they're absolutely wrecking, not just winning.

Midas on AA does mitigate that somewhat.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-04 00:09:59
March 04 2015 00:02 GMT
#3217
Why is it harder to maintain tempo as mid AA? He has a way easier time assisting ganks than a ton of these other heroes due to his ridiculously long engagement range. And compared to something like Lion and Rhasta, he's still a more powerful lategame teamfighter, just like he is as a support because of how strong level 16 Agha ulti is.

Likewise with Disruptor it's super easy to lead off kills because people don't expect rank 4 Glimpse at like 8-9 minutes into the game when a support Disruptor wouldn't even be 6 yet.

It's actually super easy to end up useless as a Rhasta mid if you lose lane, cuz it's not so easy as "go push a tower" when the other mid is dictating the flow of the game. To actually get to a position where you're actually pushing towers, you have to get your teammates to listen to you because your solo tempo isn't good enough for you to do it yourself.
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Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
March 04 2015 00:15 GMT
#3218
There's also the matter that some heroes really are going to do the same thing if they went mid or if they went lane (AA itemization is basically the same). So some guides are going to feel a bit redundant. (I think this argument holds mostly true for Bane, likely SD as well).
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
March 04 2015 00:19 GMT
#3219
SD is a bad example because if you're crushing your lane like you're supposed to with mid SD, Dagon is actually legit, while you'd pretty much never consider it on support SD.
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
March 04 2015 08:44 GMT
#3220
I'll read through the comments now. I played a game real fast and then played Alien Isolation, so I never got around to reading much of anything last night.
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