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On November 06 2012 01:39 Firebolt145 wrote: Afaik you can't split vg. 100% you can't - it would be built a lot more if you could.
IMO - Vanguard is a "I'm behind and can't build a battlefury", or a "I'm tower diving like crazy with this hero" kind of item, really.
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Hmmm, I don't think it would be unreasonable for IceFrog to add Disassembly to VG, since it isn't exactly OP right now (I'm aware of how dominant it once was).
The problem with "I'm behind and want to catch up" vanguards is that VG is best when you are ahead, as a cheap item that lets you fully abuse the lead that you have. If you are behind on a farming carry, buying VG and trying to teamfight your way out of it seems... well somewhat counter-productive.
Basically, if the other team has no offensive items to speak of, then the damage block on VG is good and the item is actually cost-efficient. So if you can get it really fast and are ahead then it is somewhat justifiable I guess. But if the other team has even a cheap offensive item or two, then the damage block becomes vastly less useful and VG becomes a glorified Vit Booster. AKA if you are behind, it doesn't really catch you up that well (IMO).
But it is a cheap item that does something, and sometimes you just have to buy it and try to make stuff happen. Pubs throw 24/7, it is true.
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Netherlands45349 Posts
Vanguard dissassembled would be a big boon to heroes such as Anti-Mage if they want to fight a bit earlier, after all you can dissasemble the Vanguard into a battle fury and keep the vit booster to build it into a heart later on.
Vanguard is not by any means a cheap item though, it costs 2150 gold or so.
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2225g, but w/e. That counts as cheap to an AntiMage that wants a <15 minute BattleFury (1750+1200+1400 = 4350g).
That is comparable to Vlads (2050), Blink (2150), Force Staff (2350), Mekansm (~2300), Midas (1900), etc. All of these are "cheap" items. Expensive items are over 4K, really over 5K. SnY/Bfury are not truly expensive IMO. Obviously a lot depends on the farm position, etc, but many of these are affordable, core items.
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Vanguard into battlefury is really bad. Don't do it, kids.
On November 06 2012 02:16 Sn0_Man wrote: 2225g, but w/e. That counts as cheap to an AntiMage that wants a <15 minute BattleFury (1750+1200+1400 = 4350g).
That is comparable to Vlads (2050), Blink (2150), Force Staff (2350), Mekansm (~2300), Midas (1900), etc. All of these are "cheap" items. Expensive items are over 4K, really over 5K. SnY/Bfury are not truly expensive IMO. Obviously a lot depends on the farm position, etc, but many of these are affordable, core items.
NO. 2225 gold is a lot 20 minutes in a pub game.
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Lalalaland34492 Posts
On November 06 2012 02:16 Sn0_Man wrote: 2225g, but w/e. That counts as cheap to an AntiMage that wants a <15 minute BattleFury (1750+1200+1400 = 4350g).
That is comparable to Vlads (2050), Blink (2150), Force Staff (2350), Mekansm (~2300), Midas (1900), etc. All of these are "cheap" items. Expensive items are over 4K, really over 5K. SnY/Bfury are not truly expensive IMO. Obviously a lot depends on the farm position, etc, but many of these are affordable, core items. Sorry, what are you trying to say? I'm having difficulty understanding your post. Are you advocating vanguard as an item because it is cheap and easy to get?
If so, are you aware that a tranquil boots + vitality booster + PMS gives you more regen, just as much HP and almost as much block, for cheaper? You can later convert the vitality booster into a heart, or disassemble the tranquil boots into vlads or force staff as well.
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Nope, just going over what I define as a cheap item. I've been advocating AGAINST vanguard for lots of posts.
Kipsate didn't agree that Vanguard (at 2225g) was a cheap item.
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somehow I always end up playing on the suicide lane, no matter which hero I pick (not counting mid heroes)
how does this always happen
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I pick Tiny, go mid and people are fine with it. The 4 other people random their heroes: Riki, Luna, AM, TA. Oh and not only that, none of them is willing to buy a courier with their extragold, while telling me, because I wanted mid, that I was the one responsible for buying one, which I in the end did, but wtf. Quick bottle ain't that quick anymore.
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I was finally winning a game today when the server crashed. Yay
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United States47024 Posts
I support Vanguard splitting, if only because when you have Stout+Vit+Cloak, and try to buy Hood from the side shop, the game auto-builds Vanguard and leaves you with 2 RoRs.
If I click on Hood, it means I want to buy Hood, ffs.
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ez solution never buy hood either
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On November 06 2012 06:28 Dead9 wrote: ez solution never buy hood either
pipe so overrated
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god fucking dammit i hate this game so much. it doesnt matter how much i try i always get fuckers who dont talk and feed and fucking russians god i am so mad i would kill them all.
fucking game fucking dota fucking everything!!!!!!!!!!
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
On November 06 2012 05:53 TheYango wrote: I support Vanguard splitting, if only because when you have Stout+Vit+Cloak, and try to buy Hood from the side shop, the game auto-builds Vanguard and leaves you with 2 RoRs.
If I click on Hood, it means I want to buy Hood, ffs. dis kid gets vanguard on accident every time he does SS - vit boost - hood and i never hear the end of it
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Saw Pulse in the sidebar, insta closed Dota 2 and tuned in 
Also was going to post about QoP boobs and how there's a girl at the gym who looks just like her, then randomed her right away and was smashed by my favorite Lanaya. Bitch.
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^pics or gtfo (or you can PM me because i really would love to see a QoP irl!)
And please no Vanguard splitting. I want the noobs get it and forever not learning that it is a bad item to get at 40mins.
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On November 06 2012 08:51 flamewheel wrote:Show nested quote +On November 06 2012 05:53 TheYango wrote: I support Vanguard splitting, if only because when you have Stout+Vit+Cloak, and try to buy Hood from the side shop, the game auto-builds Vanguard and leaves you with 2 RoRs.
If I click on Hood, it means I want to buy Hood, ffs. dis kid gets vanguard on accident every time he does SS - vit boost - hood and i never hear the end of it
Ermehgerd... Valve ninja-changed recipe for Vanguard.. Hood for RoH... Call da police!!!
Valve is destroying esports...
Ya... no... just sell your stout shield. No one ever buys them wrongly unless they are that bad at the game. Since stout is only used to make PMS or VG, there is no overlap with other items unlike RoP or sobi mask
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can someone translate that
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Low mm adventures
Go SD/RD to avoid AP aka carry mode RD turns into mirana sniper sven morphling TA (me), sven first picks and asks someone to pick TA, I happily oblige before I realize the clusterfuck The first three bond over the latin american origins and spend the whole game bitching at morph (fuck did i not leave SA server because of that?) Sniper rushes to mid, I mistake the portrait for tinker and let it pass 5 men doto until sven somehow split pushes both top rax while we have all t3s up Win
I'm not quitting until I have a decent game today
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