Best ranged hero killer dota 2

Best ranged hero killer dota 2

After spamming a lot of easier melee heroes, I want to try to play some ranged heroes too, but I don’t know where to start. These are the heroes I have got in mind however:
1. Sniper
2. Gyrocopter
3. Drow Ranger
4.Wind Ranger

Which one of these do you think will be easier to start with? Also which among these will be better in a late game hard carry role?

drow ranger is not for beginners.

sniper is not a carry hero as the items you need to get for him are plenty.

1) boots (power treads”strength or agility”)

2) manta style or silver edge or drum of endurance

3) vlad’s offering

4) desolator or eye of skadi (better than chain lightning item and stacks with vlad’s offering)
mask of madness, satanic don’t stack with desolator

6) moon shard (this is optional)

i have seen drow rangers in my game from time to time and even though they are good, but it is not meant for beginners.

you need to be very skilled when using drow ranger.

have you ever used drow ranger before. if never, then practice drow ranger by playing with bots first.

drow ranger is not for beginners.

sniper is not a carry hero as the items you need to get for him are plenty.

I stop reading there lol.

Tthere is not many “carrys” range, drow is quite in the meta, but u need to learn basic first. Most of the range INT are not for beginers so if u want to fry some try with the agi ones coz STR are only 2 one support/offlaner and husk who u to learn a few thinks before play him.

PS : Viperi s the ez one but isnot a carry. U mby can snowball but that alls.

drow ranger is not for beginners.

sniper is not a carry hero as the items you need to get for him are plenty.

Well last time I checked, sniper was a carry.

drow ranger is not for beginners.

sniper is not a carry hero as the items you need to get for him are plenty.

Well last time I checked, sniper was a carry.

i don’t play sniper as carry since he can never be a full carry hero.

the items i get for him are

2) vlad’s offering

3) power treads (strength or agility)

4) drum of endurance (this is temporary as i replace it in late game)

5) manta style (2 images with the main one shooting together is worth it)

6) silver edge (this is for attack speed and can use it to run away)

7) butterfly (this is only if the game goes to very late game)

8) satanic (if you get this, don’t get desolator or mjollnir as it doesn’t stack)

9) eye of skadi (i’m very sure no one will go for this item but i’m just putting it here)

10) mkb (if you want to stun, this item is the best item over cranium basher since cranium basher is better suited for melee heroes over range heroes)

Well last time I checked, sniper was a carry.

i don’t play sniper as carry since he can never be a full carry hero.

the items i get for him are

2) vlad’s offering

3) power treads (strength or agility)

4) drum of endurance (this is temporary as i replace it in late game)

5) manta style (2 images with the main one shooting together is worth it)

6) silver edge (this is for attack speed and can use it to run away)

7) butterfly (this is only if the game goes to very late game)

8) satanic (if you get this, don’t get desolator or mjollnir as it doesn’t stack)

9) eye of skadi (i’m very sure no one will go for this item but i’m just putting it here)

10) mkb (if you want to stun, this item is the best item over cranium basher since cranium basher is better suited for melee heroes over range heroes)

Well last time I checked, sniper was a carry.

i don’t play sniper as carry since he can never be a full carry hero.

the items i get for him are

2) vlad’s offering

3) power treads (strength or agility)

4) drum of endurance (this is temporary as i replace it in late game)

5) manta style (2 images with the main one shooting together is worth it)

6) silver edge (this is for attack speed and can use it to run away)

7) butterfly (this is only if the game goes to very late game)

8) satanic (if you get this, don’t get desolator or mjollnir as it doesn’t stack)

9) eye of skadi (i’m very sure no one will go for this item but i’m just putting it here)

10) mkb (if you want to stun, this item is the best item over cranium basher since cranium basher is better suited for melee heroes over range heroes)

Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights

Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights

Zou “820” Yitian, is a retired Chinese professional Defense of the Ancients player famed for playing in EHOME from 2008 to 2011.

Contents

Gaming career [ edit ]

GL [ edit ]

820 joined GL in November 2006, already having cons >[2] However, an arrogant 820 pa >[3]

CaNt [ edit ]

In 2008, 820 began his professional career with a full sponsorship in Shanghai’s local clan CaNt as captain, [4] while his former teammates Snoy and dclxjdc went to EHOME. During the 6 months stay with CaNt, he garnered the team a CIG first place.

EHOME [ edit ]

2008 [ edit ]

After ACG 2008, 2009 and LongDD left EHOME, making space for 820 join EHOME. [5] Due to adaptation to its players playstyles, EHOME lost their opening match at MGC 2008 to LongDD’s CaNt and were eliminated by Fnatic in the Loser’s bracket. [6] EHOME participated in SMM 2008 and earned the championship and officially started an era of Chinese DotA domination. [7] After the glory of SMM and their achievements, EHOME returned to China and began a merciless wipeout of all the Chinese top teams they faced in the following month or two, winning several titles including WGT and GOA 2.

2009 [ edit ]

In March 2009, EHOME’s roster change cost them at the G-League and continued their poor form in ACG. However, after an initial slump, EHOME participated in the offline finals of the Chinese World Cyber Games, and their near-perfect performance at WCG easily clinched them the gold. [8] 820 was struck with a high fever, but insisted participating in the EOG to their victorious end. However, a fatal strategical mistake cost them the 2009 SMM. [9]

2010 [ edit ]

Another roster change ensued in early 2010, with DGC and GK leaving the team [10] . Both players were replaced by CityHunter’s Burning and FTD’s KingJ [11] . Due to the nature of these players, 820 switched to the support role. With Burning and KingJ, the team won the Unicom cup [12] . EHOME managed to get a slot in the Chinese Electronic Sports World Cup qualifiers, where they surprised everyone by triumphing over the seemingly unbeatable LGD, earning themselves a ticket to the offline finals hosted in Paris. [13] At France, EHOME won all of their games with ease, delivering the biggest tournament stomp of the year. [14] [15] [16] [17] 820 gained notoriety due to his supportive play and “lightning” reflexes. After ESWC, EHOME won Intel Extreme Masters [18] and the National eSports Open [19] , cementing their status as the best team in the world. They went to the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup as favorites, but surprisingly lost against Nirvana. Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights MY in the finals [20] [21] . EHOME recovered by earning gold medals in both the Road of the King tournament [22] and TopGamer DotA event [23] . In the World DotA Championship (WDC) 2010, Ukrainian team DTS defeated them using an unconventional strategy, relying heavily on fast pushes and ganks [24] . This loss ultimately lead to EHOME’s departure from WDC in the group stages on the basis of a time-rule, even though they won the rest of their matches in group-stage. At SMM EHOME managed to comeback after a slow start, and eventually ended up defeating LGD in the tournament finals [25] . 820 would later refer to SMM as a hard event where they had “Lady Luck on their s >[26] . EHOME had one of the most dominating years in the DotA scene, winning seven championships including two of the three major LAN’s(those being ESWC, WDC and SMM) and a second placing the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup.

2011 [ edit ]

After an initial win in WGT 2011, [27] EHOME suffered from a roster change [28] due to DK’s ruthless poaching. [29] They subsequently slumped in tournaments after an initial second placing in DMT. [30] A revival was expected after a surprising second place in StarsWars 6, [31] but they changed it’s roster again, replacing LongDD with Crystal. Following that, Valve announced “The International”, the first Dota 2 competition, and EHOME got invited to the event. [32] EHOME had a very strong run at The International reaching the loser’s brackets finals, beating teams such as MeetYourMakers and Scythe, before eventually losing to Natus Vincere in the Grand Finals. [33] Shortly after The International, 820 announced his retirement from DotA. [34]

Managerial career [ edit ]

WE [ edit ]

Shortly after his retirement, 820 was appointed as a manager for WE. [35]

Trivia [ edit ]

In DotA 6.73, IceFrog added 820 as one of Vengeful Spirit’s fun names.

Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights

Zou “820” Yitian, is a retired Chinese professional Defense of the Ancients player famed for playing in EHOME from 2008 to 2011.

Contents

Gaming career [ edit ]

GL [ edit ]

820 joined GL in November 2006, already having cons >[2] However, an arrogant 820 pa >[3]

CaNt [ edit ]

In 2008, 820 began his professional career with a full sponsorship in Shanghai’s local clan CaNt as captain, [4] while his former teammates Snoy and dclxjdc went to EHOME. During the 6 months stay with CaNt, he garnered the team a CIG first place.

EHOME [ edit ]

2008 [ edit ]

After ACG 2008, 2009 and LongDD left EHOME, making space for 820 join EHOME. [5] Due to adaptation to its players playstyles, EHOME lost their opening match at MGC 2008 to LongDD’s CaNt and were eliminated by Fnatic in the Loser’s bracket. [6] EHOME participated in SMM 2008 and earned the championship and officially started an era of Chinese DotA domination. [7] After the glory of SMM and their achievements, EHOME returned to China and began a merciless wipeout of all the Chinese top teams they faced in the following month or two, winning several titles including WGT and GOA 2.

2009 [ edit ]

In March 2009, EHOME’s roster change cost them at the G-League and continued their poor form in ACG. However, after an initial slump, EHOME participated in the offline finals of the Chinese World Cyber Games, and their near-perfect performance at WCG easily clinched them the gold. [8] 820 was struck with a high fever, but insisted participating in the EOG to their victorious end. However, a fatal strategical mistake cost them the 2009 SMM. [9]

2010 [ edit ]

Another roster change ensued in early 2010, with DGC and GK leaving the team [10] . Both players were replaced by CityHunter’s Burning and FTD’s KingJ [11] . Due to the nature of these players, 820 switched to the support role. With Burning and KingJ, the team won the Unicom cup [12] . EHOME managed to get a slot in the Chinese Electronic Sports World Cup qualifiers, where they surprised everyone by triumphing over the seemingly unbeatable LGD, earning themselves a ticket to the offline finals hosted in Paris. [13] At France, EHOME won all of their games with ease, delivering the biggest tournament stomp of the year. [14] [15] [16] [17] 820 gained notoriety due to his supportive play and “lightning” reflexes. After ESWC, EHOME won Intel Extreme Masters [18] and the National eSports Open [19] , cementing their status as the best team in the world. They went to the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup as favorites, but surprisingly lost against Nirvana. Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights MY in the finals [20] [21] . EHOME recovered by earning gold medals in both the Road of the King tournament [22] and TopGamer DotA event [23] . In the World DotA Championship (WDC) 2010, Ukrainian team DTS defeated them using an unconventional strategy, relying heavily on fast pushes and ganks [24] . This loss ultimately lead to EHOME’s departure from WDC in the group stages on the basis of a time-rule, even though they won the rest of their matches in group-stage. At SMM EHOME managed to comeback after a slow start, and eventually ended up defeating LGD in the tournament finals [25] . 820 would later refer to SMM as a hard event where they had “Lady Luck on their s >[26] . EHOME had one of the most dominating years in the DotA scene, winning seven championships including two of the three major LAN’s(those being ESWC, WDC and SMM) and a second placing the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup.

2011 [ edit ]

After an initial win in WGT 2011, [27] EHOME suffered from a roster change [28] due to DK’s ruthless poaching. [29] They subsequently slumped in tournaments after an initial second placing in DMT. [30] A revival was expected after a surprising second place in StarsWars 6, [31] but they changed it’s roster again, replacing LongDD with Crystal. Following that, Valve announced “The International”, the first Dota 2 competition, and EHOME got invited to the event. [32] EHOME had a very strong run at The International reaching the loser’s brackets finals, beating teams such as MeetYourMakers and Scythe, before eventually losing to Natus Vincere in the Grand Finals. [33] Shortly after The International, 820 announced his retirement from DotA. [34]

Managerial career [ edit ]

WE [ edit ]

Shortly after his retirement, 820 was appointed as a manager for WE. [35]

Trivia [ edit ]

In DotA 6.73, IceFrog added 820 as one of Vengeful Spirit’s fun names.

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Meet The M’sian Champions Who Just Won An All-Girl E-Sports Dota 2 League

Iylia Aziz

E-Sports has always been regarded as a male-dominated industry where most professional players that end up representing their countries for tournaments consist of men. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t female players.

Despite the niche audience, there are tournaments and leagues focusing on bringing up female players and providing a stage for these talented e-sport athletes to shine.

One of the more notable tournaments for females in this region called the Female SEA League (FSL) held their fourth edition and the grand finals happened last Sunday. A Malaysian Dota 2 team called Grills Gaming was one of the finalists and after an intense competition against team DIA from Thailand, they managed to come out victorious with a score of 2–1.

Each member from Grills Gaming walked away with a router from Linksys worth SGD$539 and a full set of gaming gears from Creative BlasterX.

What Is FSL?

The Female SEA League started off in 2013 and it calls upon female Dota 2 players from around the Southeast Asian region to form a team and compete with other talented players.

This 4th edition spanned over a total of 4 months, starting from September 2016. A total of 23 teams that played weekly matches in the double round-robin format groupstage, leading up to a single-elimination playoffs between the top 4 teams last week.

This tournament has seen entries coming from a few notable teams, including NXA from Indonesia, Vegetable Fish Fizz (VFF) from Thailand, Asterisk* from Singapore and Mint AU from Australia. Singapore dota 2 female team rocket

Meet The Players

Team Grills Gaming (GG) has a lineup of 5 members with all the members coming from Malaysia. Singapore dota 2 female team rocket

The captain is Stephanie “auroraa” Lim, with the remaining 4 members being Bette “istarx” Chia, Tiffani “Oling” Lim, Wei Sian “TimunSama” Wong and Nicole “Catosaurus” Lim.

Image Credit: Malaysian Cyber Games

Before the members came together to form Team GG, each one had their own background in playing Dota 2 professionally. The players have experience participating in mixed teams for local tournaments such as the Selangor Cyber Games and the Dota 2 Dew Challenge.

Members Stephanie and Wei Sian were part of team Half Bloods that went up against ADTR and MalayAllStar on the main stage during the Malaysia Cyber Games 2015, which was actually when the team first collaborated. Bette and Nicole only were added into the team later after they underwent a few roster changes.

Image Credit: Stadium Astro

In 2016, the girls decided to team up as Grills Gaming and sign up to compete in the 4th edition of FSL. They became the only Malaysian representative in the league.

A quick breakdown of their roles:

• Stephanie “auroraa” Lim: Captain and drafter of Grills Gaming where she masterminds the strategy. Her position in-game is on the offense as the mid role with either an Invoker or Shadow Fiend.
• Tiffani “Oling” Lim: Takes on the hard support role, collecting the proper resources for her team. Her signature moves include performing clutch saves where she uses her fast thinking to save her team during intense battles with her Dazzle or Vengeful Spirit.
• Wei Sian “TimunSama” Wong: Provides roaming support where she uses her Lion and Earthshaker to attack enemies from all lanes rapidly (also known as ganking) and help pool in resources.
• Bette “istarx” Chia: Plays the vital Carry position where she’s able to flash farm resources for the team early on in the game and then helps on the offense with a full-slotted hero such as Luna or Phantom Assassin.
• Nicole “Catosaurus” Lim: Takes up the offlane role where she plays the role of support and a carry. Her well-executed ultimate moves from her Faceless Void or Tidehunter plays a key role in getting a comeback or emerging victorious.

The Struggles Of Being A Female Team

Mentioned in an interview with Stadium Astro, member Tiffani commented on the topic of why there aren’t as many female teams out there and the issues and factors that it probably stems from.

“Over the years I’ve played in many female teams, and more often than not it’s plagued with issues. First you have the attitude problems, as girls have the tendency to overreact to criticism, hindering team improvement in games.”

“That aside, it’s tough to find girls who share the same goals and visions—it’s just too easy to let the attention get to your head before you actually achieve anything. Then you need to consider commitments such as studies and work, also the geographical factor—if you can play or train together on LAN,” said Tiffani.

These were also reasons she linked on why it took longer than expected for the founding members of Grills Gaming to find fellow girls who shared their mindset and skill level. Their stubborn goal of forming a full-female lineup was also partly why they were searching for candidates for a while.

“This is why the champion title means so much to each of us. The moment of victory, when the opponent’s throne was destroyed, the five of us screamed in unison and slammed our fists on the table. And we turned around to see our coaches who came down to surprise us, beaming proudly at us outside the booth. And that was it… by far the most unforgettable moment in my life,” said Tiffani.

As a female gamer myself, it always feels encouraging to see fellow girls proving that gender should not come to play when it comes to skills such as those used in E-Sports.

Congratulations to the girls on their win and I hope to see them claim more titles to grow their name in the industry.

GoGet M’sia Helps Get Yo Sh*t Together This CNY—Before Your Parents Visit

Feature Image Credit: Stadium Astro

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Dota 2 Battle Pass 2018: The Underworld Awaits You

UPDATE : It is finally here. The Dota 2 Battle Pass for The International 2018 is now available for all fans, bringing forth not only new immortal items and cosmetic items but some other exciting new features as well. If you have been desperately waiting for new items to be added to Dota 2, your time has come. Get your hands on the all-new Battle Pass, and experience Dota 2 like never before.

According to the official post, Valve is taking Dota 2 to an all-new level, this year. We have seen the Battle Pass themed after the underwater life during the Battle Pass 2017, but this time, the developers are taking one step further as this time, Dota 2 is heading to a place called Emerald Abyss.

Dota 2 New Immortals

Furthermore, like previous Battle Passes, the developers are back with three more Immortal Treasures which bring with them some awesome cosmetic items. The list for the heroes which are going to include Immortals in the Treasure I, include Underlord, Vengeful Spirit, Terrorblade, Ancient Apparition, Riki, Spirit Breaker, Lich and Phantom Assassin who receives the very first Ultra Rare Immortal.

That is not all. Any player who opens up one of these treasures has a chance of getting his hands on the bonus rare reward called The Emblem of the Crystal Echelon. To learn more about the all-new Immortal items, check out the official blog for more details .

More New Features

Battle Pass 2018 comes packed with some other interesting new features as well, including a brand new multi-team dungeon clash called The Underhollow. In this new mode, players will battle through a labyrinth filled with monsters, marvels and many other three-player enemy squads in search for Roshan’s rarest cheese. This is similar to the unique game modes we have seen in the past, especially the last year’s Siltbreaker.

The Dota 2 The International 2018 Battle Pass looks quite interesting. However, the one feature we are most excited about is the brand new Role-Based Matchmaking Queue. It fixes one of the biggest issues of the game. If you have been ranting about playing with teams filled with carries, this new feature will help you get out of that.

So, what are you waiting for? Get your Battle Pass now. Head on over to the official blog post for additional details .

As of now, The International 2018 prize pool has reached almost $4 million USD which is a record for the game. We believe this year the pool will go beyond the 50 million mark. However, as you all know, we are quite accurate with our predictions regarding Dota 2 , there is a high chance we are right again.

Dota 2 Battle Pass 2018: What to Expect

Now that The International 8 is just around the corner, the entire Dota 2 community was hoping for Valve to finally announce its 2018 Battle Pass for the game. However, with the developers releasing Dota Plus a couple of months back, everyone assumed that was it. Well, it seems we were all wrong as the developers are set to officially announce the Dota 2 Battle Pass 2018 today.

Dota 2 Battle Pass 2018

At first, news regarding the Dota 2 Battle Pass 2018 came from the official Dota 2 Chinese Weibo account which stated that the Battle Pass will be releasing today. However, since it was a third-party source, and not the official Dota 2 account, many did not take the news seriously. Well, just a couple of hours later, the official Dota 2 account on Twitter posted this:

According to the post, Dota 2 Battle 2018 is set to release sometime today. Now, no one really knows what the Battle Pass will include but this much is confirmed that, this year Valve will be following a subterranean theme. And from what we have seen in the past, this means a lot of underground-theme sets and cosmetic items will be introduced in the game.

Furthermore, with Valve releasing the Pudge Arcana back in April , we believe the developers will also announce the Rubick Arcana in the 2018 Battle Pass. Previously, the runners-up of the Arcana Contest usually managed to get an Arcana of their own midway through the Battle Pass. But this is just a speculation. Hence, take it with a grain of salt.

We will be bringing you more on the Dota 2 Battle Pass 2018, so stay tuned. However, while you are waiting, comment below and let us know what you think will be added to the game with the upcoming 2018 Battle Pass.

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Dota 2 aghanim’s scepter rubik’s cube tricks

General DiscussionAghanim scepter for PA

When will they add aghanim for Phantom Assasin? Will there be pure damage dagger then?

PS Check statistics btw, Aghanim on PA is already 69% win rate! What would be when it will have effect on her skills! Wow

Coup de Grace becomes a aura at lesser effect
OR
Coup de Grace becomes castable and can be given to allies for short period.

^pls no! Sniper and sven would be a deadly combo-wombo

Well with that logic we should never buy tangoes because its winrate is 30%, my point is that the aghs winrate is probably people just buying the item at the end of a game they were already winning. But I would love to see what they have for an idea as an aghs.

^that means that 30% of PA bought aganim when they were losing! 😀 why tho?

Honestly i think its because they had the lead and then threw the game by buying aghs which gives PA not enough for too high of a price

^^I see the way you thinking is wrong.
Why don’t it be like when win hard the PA try to meme Agh build and insta lose after that?

funny that u didnt mention alchemist who boosted pa with aganim, that would be at least reasonable situation

BTW Aganim on pa is not even Meme, 5 battle furies is meme at least

PA is one of my favorite heroes though and Id say maybe give dagger a 25% crit chance and blinkstrike work on buildings. That or give better level 25 talent, and aghs give you the double strike dagger that can prioritize other heroes or hit the same one twice

Sorry I forgot about alch but i get your point

^It wouldn’t count if its not in item slot hahahahahaha

Also its only been used 1,700 times, thats a very very small sample size for the 3rd most played hero in the game. Thats also like saying everyone should build refresher on PA or octarine because it has an 82% winrate. The problem that its been hardly bought at all

pa aghs: makes blur block 1 instance of 300 magic dmg on a 6 second cd in an aura (applying this to all allied heroes in the 900 aoe)

numbers can be nerfed or buffed but I think this is a sound concept which puts aghs in the situational defensive item category.

still 1700 times is hardly a misclick 🙂 but, guys, this was just a joke, why so much attention for it? I suggested discussing the possibility of introduction of Aghanim for PA. It will happen sooner or later anyway

I gave my idea, I get carried away sometimes when I see b8

Coup de Grace procs have a chance to lower targets mmr by x amount

I would love to see scapter on pa giving him cancerous 5% for mortal strike, cause he is still not oped with his crit dmg.

this aghs idea is one of those “why bother?” upgrades. like they experimented with aghs on farm-reliant cores by giving am one, some ppl bought it at first then realized it’s so shit for the price, linkens gives you the same and gives 5 more stats and mana regen for 500 more. dusa aghs is just a no go when u already need so much items, pa can’t afford buying shit items for high price when her time is ticking (u are not significant after like 30 mins) 10 stats and some hp mana is literally nothing for 4k2, whatever it would give would be shit (considering “whatever” is not some broken shit IF would ever release)

aghs shud be a situational purchase on cores like that
something that helps pa deal with something she is weak against, but doesn’t always come up
maybe some form of disarm countering
maybe a way to make her mobile (phantom strike cd reduction/charges?)
at the very least these upgrades can come into play with an alch on ur team

Dagger with charges lmao

Anybody else here remember that Slark has an aghs upgrade? No?

stifling dagger cooldown 1 second and increased range

I wud make phantom strike have 3 charges, and pa cannot be disarmed for the 4 attacks after phantom strike

I think the only agha she really would need is something like that her blur cannot be deactivated via silver edge or killed by mkb. Even with bkb she still as a 30% evade chance.

Something like this, since the most problem in the lategame is that she gets countered by a lot of items.

that one dagger barrage in darkmoon

+200% critical damage and and +20% critical chance.

Upgrade miss skill cant detect in minimap.

I think its enough to change the perception that phantom assassin is not always carry. She can be a support or 4th position. It will change the meta i think.

pa doesn’t need damage as another item choice, she needs a defensive option, or a way to better her lategame

Blur becomes aoe so all allies get it. mkb, silver edge, etc no longer stops blur

Aghs would be backtrack from faceless void pre rework

dude if aghs upgrade blur so mkb and se isnt counter anymore she will be cancer. pls dont ever think about it !

I would make it something like “blur now has a chance to evade all damage instances”

Agh PA : you can crit hit on building

it should make dagger have global range

i think pa aghs should be the idea of cancelling out true strike but it should be redueced so like pa gets 25% true evasion, evasion that can’t be countered by items or spells.

25% blur cahnce vs true strike + 1 other effect, 1 crit on demand long cd, or 1 raindrop charge type thing with high block and cd like above, or make phantom strike autocast a dagger without putting it on cd

^^guess i should read the posts but yeah., only thing is ur not gonna buy agh as a 5 slot for just 25% evasion because its just 350 hp 10 damage 1.5 armor and 10 ias. it has to do something else also or nobodoy will ever use it because skadi/AC just as good effectively against truestrike

or give blur an active where you just become immune to damage for like 2-4 seconds on like 30 sec cooldown.

make it so, that you just get 10 mmr when you build agham

Make blur into an active that dodges attacks (even through true strike) and spells for like 2 seconds.

Blur like VOID BACKTRACK

what about like blink strike can be cast a second time after the first cast? like you blink on someone and within 3 seconds you can cast it again at a shorter range

Who need this if you can spamming dagger to other enemies, wait for blink cd, imo^

increasing crit chance by 85% would be great.

AM aghs is at least as good as linkens because it reflects spells. Sure there are a few you don’t want to reflect like lc duel, spirit breaker charge but that you can cancel that. CD is shorter than linkens and the regen on linkens isn’t needed, plus aghs is cheaper. It’s fine for am the way it is.

For PA aghs isn’t needed, not every hero needs aghs, but if you wanted to do something fun:

Makes dagger a non targeted aoe. Range may need to be tweaked, I’m thinking 750-900, similar to bristlebacks aoe spells.

Other option would be blink strike grants a buff giving 100% coupe de grace crit on your next attack. So blink strike onto a target guarantees a crit on next attack.

Dota 2 dodge skills assessment

General DiscussionHow to dodge games?

before the game loads, just disconnect
be careful though
1st dodge= 5min penalty
2nd dodge= 20 min penalty
and so on. So you dont wanna dodge to often.

Yeah, I know, but how do I dodge immediately using a commend, without disconnecting and waiting for the timer to count down to 0?

click abandon after disconnecting

Do I get the penalty for abandoning?

Yes, it will prevent you from finding new match for some time. No low prio or – mmr tho.

yes. since, it still on loading, on other player screen, you will failed to load. (as long as there still 1 or more other player still loading before you disconnect, if you disconnect when picking session i think it count as leave)
and they instant re-queue

and you got 5min punishment (for 1st time dodge)
and 20 for second dodge, never tried the third one

24 hours for the 3rd one, some say its 4 hours
but based from my experience, its 24 hours

Had internet issues a few weeks back where I couldn’t connect to games on time, and can also vouch that it’s 24 hours for the third time.

As long as I don’t get low prio, I’m ok with the 5 min queue time.

Currently on 10/24 hour cd, my Potato decided not to load for a few games.

if you dont connect for 3x its 24 hours

dodging is an mmr increasing skill if u use it wisely

^can confirm, had like a 11 solo rank win streak using the power of dodging

lol when do u guys dodge?

When where is retarded player on your team.

Or when there is a pro player smurfing on the other team.

Dodge games on dire mostly. Or some shitty name + red page. Load a replay or something before searching for a game so that it loads faster and you have a good head start.

nice. so while other are loading i checj their profile and if theres a retard or smurfer then i disconnect?

i honestly feel like dodging dire is a slippery slope because im just going to win more games without improving in skill at all, so its going to be ultra cancer when i stop dodging dire

my dire / radiant split is 52/58 last 3 months ffs

whats wrong with dire side? I have a higher winrate in dire

2247 games ruined by being on dire team

So tru in my every account my dire wr is lower

Well, it’s easier to gain early advantage on radiant. The direction you’re facing is more comfortable, the same reason I think it’s easier to break highground on bottom lane for both sides. Even in 5k+ literally every hero has 6-7% higher win rate on radiant.

I haven’t actually done that, but the advantage currently is pretty huge. Also, as I started playing more rarely recently I am having more radiant games anyway so I’m happy. Previously I was getting like 55/45 split towards dire and that is really unlikely with the amount of matches I had, so I suspect that the placement isn’t entirely random.

That split is pretty much impossible with 50/50 chance. So, I think that it’s 50/50 below 4k and then leans towards dire, but after somewhere between 4.5-5k it starts leaning back towards radiant and after 5k you are more likely to be on radiant.

This might not be intended by devs, but simply a product of how matchmaking works. Also, I might be making this all up kek.

General DiscussionHow to dodge games?

before the game loads, just disconnect
be careful though
1st dodge= 5min penalty
2nd dodge= 20 min penalty
and so on. So you dont wanna dodge to often.

Yeah, I know, but how do I dodge immediately using a commend, without disconnecting and waiting for the timer to count down to 0?

click abandon after disconnecting

Do I get the penalty for abandoning?

Yes, it will prevent you from finding new match for some time. No low prio or – mmr tho.

yes. since, it still on loading, on other player screen, you will failed to load. (as long as there still 1 or more other player still loading before you disconnect, if you disconnect when picking session i think it count as leave)
and they instant re-queue

and you got 5min punishment (for 1st time dodge)
and 20 for second dodge, never tried the third one

24 hours for the 3rd one, some say its 4 hours
but based from my experience, its 24 hours

Had internet issues a few weeks back where I couldn’t connect to games on time, and can also vouch that it’s 24 hours for the third time.

As long as I don’t get low prio, I’m ok with the 5 min queue time.

Currently on 10/24 hour cd, my Potato decided not to load for a few games.

if you dont connect for 3x its 24 hours

dodging is an mmr increasing skill if u use it wisely

^can confirm, had like a 11 solo rank win streak using the power of dodging

lol when do u guys dodge?

When where is retarded player on your team.

Or when there is a pro player smurfing on the other team.

Dodge games on dire mostly. Or some shitty name + red page. Load a replay or something before searching for a game so that it loads faster and you have a good head start.

nice. so while other are loading i checj their profile and if theres a retard or smurfer then i disconnect?

i honestly feel like dodging dire is a slippery slope because im just going to win more games without improving in skill at all, so its going to be ultra cancer when i stop dodging dire

my dire / radiant split is 52/58 last 3 months ffs

whats wrong with dire side? I have a higher winrate in dire

2247 games ruined by being on dire team

So tru in my every account my dire wr is lower

Well, it’s easier to gain early advantage on radiant. The direction you’re facing is more comfortable, the same reason I think it’s easier to break highground on bottom lane for both sides. Even in 5k+ literally every hero has 6-7% higher win rate on radiant.

I haven’t actually done that, but the advantage currently is pretty huge. Also, as I started playing more rarely recently I am having more radiant games anyway so I’m happy. Previously I was getting like 55/45 split towards dire and that is really unlikely with the amount of matches I had, so I suspect that the placement isn’t entirely random.

That split is pretty much impossible with 50/50 chance. So, I think that it’s 50/50 below 4k and then leans towards dire, but after somewhere between 4.5-5k it starts leaning back towards radiant and after 5k you are more likely to be on radiant.

This might not be intended by devs, but simply a product of how matchmaking works. Also, I might be making this all up kek.