Facade

Someone that with enough farm, be it heroes or creeps has a much bigger impact than any other hero in the match.

6.75/76 Nerfs to Morph, Waveform AOE and Cast animation, Base damage. He went from first pick/first ban to absolute trash, Anti-Mage filled in for Morph for a while but teams are starting to use STR carries a lot more, Sven is slowly rising to the top.

Skeleton King: An easy to learn hero with only one ability that can carry but is easily outcarried by other STR carries as the game gets later Morphling: A hero that was good but has since fallen from grace, lowest win-rate in the game since he was nerfed can still hit hard if left unchecked (but that goes for every single carry in the game)

If you go into Dota without any clue about what you're doing. You're going to have a bad time.

It's only a custom game mode for lobbies, not a MatchMaking gamemode, if you're looking for a little spice, just play regular Captain's Mode though chances are you will get your ass handed to you. Honestly, in low skill games, the team with more carries has a much higher chance of winning since it ALWAYS manages to get into late game because no one can push towers effectively or gank well, so even if they haven't got great farm, they still shine after 40-50 minutes.

No. You only really have too options with Naix. Damage and a little attack speed later which is: Armlet -> Basher -> Abyssal -> AC Attack Speed and damage later which is Mjolnir -> AC ->Desolator (if one isn't around already) -> Basher -> Abyssal (If you're just going to farm for 40 minutes, start with a Hand of Midas) Add Magic Immunity where it need apply. The reason Manta doesn't work is because you don't get damage from stats, you get it from damage items which don't carry over to illusions. it also takes up a slot that could be used for something much more potent.

Why? Heroes like Invoker are the heroes you don't want to give to the enemy (You can't choose based on the assumption that someone can't play Invoker, because if it's like -cm, you'll be able to choose from the 5 given to you who you want to play). Invoker is a pain in the balls to play against, even Quas Exort Easyvoker can do really well with his main two spells (Cold Snap & Sunstrike). Picking for the enemy is a lot more intricate than picking for yourself.

Was it a bot match or Diretide?

Don't buy an Aghanim's. Not on Lina, not on Lion, if you want more burst and you're ball's deep in gold, just buy a Dagon instead, not saying this should be your goal every game but the damage increase from Aghs is not worth the 4.2k, even with the included stats. As Wulff said, Eul's into Blink, gives you insane mobility and positioning and if caught out, can Eul's yourself for the Blink cooldown then blink out. Lina doesn't need damage items, her full combo excluding auto-attacks from the increased AS insta-gib pretty much anyone that isn't a strength hero until level 17-18 so get items that'll allow the rest of your team to follow up, and 20 minute Sheep compared to a 20 minute Aghs is a million more times effective. You're going to want to grow a thick skin, not only based on how you respond to some people in other threads but because eventually, you'll play with Hertz, and he'll be in your team! ;)

Simon got a VRH with Knifestorm.

I'll be on in 20 so I'll play if you're having another or can wait.

Fun games. And let's face it; any team with me on it is going to feel stacked. ;)

As usual, we buy a tenner's worth of sweets; And as usual, one person turned up. Should'a got Alcopops, we'd have been a massive success.

The mode is like -wtf. Fun to see which heroes excel under the new circumstances but after that it's just boring, as soon as I get the essences I need I'll go back to -sd -rd; Hopefully get some good games in with all the new players occupied with Diretide. This was good a idea of Valve's part to utterly destroy trading for the time being though since everyone is going to come out of this with a lot of Rares and Mythicals, hopefully it would just go back to trading for what you want for items that aren't Timebreakers, Dragonclaw Hooks (to an extent) and unusual couriers. In addition, this is THE PERFECT timing for anyone new to the game to practice against real people as the results of the game aren't recorded anywhere, not in game, not on Dotabuff. So if anyone was too scared to play against real players in MM, now's your chance to do so without a change to win/loss.

I don't really watch TV a lot so viewing isn't really relevant. Probably just finish up the Halloween event in Guild Wars 2 (which I'm having a lot of fun playing, despite ANet's constant nerfs and no fun allowed patches) Cosplay invade in Dark Souls, probably in Gold-Hemmed robes and a Skull Lantern. Enjoy the halloween udpdate on Dota 2... Oh... Wait...

Give me the details and if I'm up I'll pop in. Me and a couple of friends used this to pass the time between games during TI2.

-2 base armor Marksmanship AoE increased by 15. Nothing special.

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IT'S OKAY VALVE, I DIDN'T EVEN WANT A DOTA 2 HALLOWEEN MAP, NO ONE EVEN PLAYS IT ANYWAY JUST RELEASE MORE UPDATES FOR YOUR DEAD GAME.

It'll be funny watching people try to harass with double-edge in lane. Looking at the numbers his ultimate isn't all that special, other than being Global. As is exactly the case with Treant and Magnus, he'll very rarely be picked because of one thing. He isn't Tidehunter. Shame her skill reworks kinda shit on it. Marksmanship helps her farming but with the horrible positioning you find in pubs, won't do much in clashes. Number-wise, I'm pretty sure that the new Trueshot Aura is actually worse for drow than the new one, the up-side is it effects everyone so unless you're stacking Eaglesongs it'll never benefit you more than it would've done. It does make Visage strong as hell though.

I asked if they had Battletoads. Some guy on the other end called me a Maggot and hung up.

The King Of Facade

I don't play WH40K.

Fuck all as always. Might play Pugna, Skeleton King or Clinkz more than usual. Probably help /dsg/ gravelord in Dark Souls.