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he's a new hero, tons of people play him for fun/without a clue, which drives down his winrate
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That is probably part of it, but compared to Marci's launch...? He feels super super strong early, like his W does so much damage. But he doesn't seem to scale well later on, in my experience. But I could be building him poorly
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Mar 1, 2022 12:28
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https://www.dota2.com/patches/7.31b No PB nerfs   Flesh Heap was made better but I'm still not convinced it's better than ye olde Heap
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Mar 1, 2022 14:52
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Didn't Earth Spirit have a poo poo winrate when he came out despite being good? Maybe it was Ember. Really wish they'd add that swole element from the Artifact art. They should've at least added a hero or two from there what a bizarre choice not to even though the game died.
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Mar 1, 2022 15:59
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Yea but ES has a bit of a higher skill requirement to use him effectively. PB's skills are all pretty "easy" to use.
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Mar 1, 2022 16:34
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Naga feels good to play once again
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Mar 1, 2022 16:52
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Mortimer Knag posted:Naga feels good to play once again Never
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Mar 1, 2022 16:55
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Sab669 posted:https://www.dota2.com/patches/7.31b i'm pretty sure flesh heap is even worse now because the functional change on the talent means it went from 3.5 to 3.2 strength per stack the damage block is still completely loving useless against anything other than continuous DOTs and it isn't better against those because it already pretty much reduced those to 0
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Mar 1, 2022 18:23
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I'm really grateful to not have to live in fear of the five null+arcane blink storm zip. Also I played against an Underlord that used his Fiends Gate really aggressively and it really changed my mind on the capabilities of that ult and the aghs upgrade. It's pretty strong!
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Mar 1, 2022 18:34
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The thing with Talisman Spam Storm is that like... yea he can blitz your fountain and cook your whole team... But in regular fights he doesn't do dick because he has no actual items.
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Mar 1, 2022 18:36
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Sab669 posted:The thing with Talisman Spam Storm is that like... yea he can blitz your fountain and cook your whole team... But in regular fights he doesn't do dick because he has no actual items. Yeah and we just got rid of the hero who can potentially teamwipe you but not do poo poo otherwise, so why add one back in?
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Mar 1, 2022 19:00
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Geight posted:Yeah and we just got rid of the hero who can potentially teamwipe you but not do poo poo otherwise, so why add one back in? this may surprise you but boiling down every hero into a homogenous beige gruel isn't beneficial for the game even if your personal preferred breakfast makes oliver twist look like charlie and the chocolate factory
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Mar 1, 2022 19:04
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cock hero flux posted:this may surprise you but boiling down every hero into a homogenous beige gruel isn't beneficial for the game even if your personal preferred breakfast makes oliver twist look like charlie and the chocolate factory I don't think removing an apparent mechanical oversight that was in for less than a week is a direct attack on the hero's identity, though. Now folks can actually play Storm Spirit instead of Funny Zip Man.
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Mar 1, 2022 19:12
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Geight posted:I don't think removing an apparent mechanical oversight that was in for less than a week is a direct attack on the hero's identity, though. Now folks can actually play Storm Spirit instead of Funny Zip Man. funny zip man is the hero's identity and with bloodstone in the trashcan the stacking mana reduction was the only thing that let it actually continue existing. in its absence, storm spirit is now closer to the Archetypal Mid Hero, one of the 5 ingredients in the beige gruel that dota 2 approaches yet another candy dinosaur sinks beneath the tepid sea of oatmeal, never to resurface
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Mar 1, 2022 19:26
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I think it'll turn out just fine.
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Mar 1, 2022 19:45
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Got an issue Laning against this fat new hero, literally clicking on him he blocks my view of the creep I'm last hitting, what to do here?
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Mar 1, 2022 22:18
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Kill the fat new hero
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Geight posted:I'm really grateful to not have to live in fear of the five null+arcane blink storm zip. It's hilarious that the other team can use it, but appropriately enough it's 1000x better for sieges and ganks even if it's 1000x worse for daring escapes.
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Mar 2, 2022 10:42
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Sniper is so loving easy to play oh my god why don’t I just play him all the time and win every single game
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Mar 2, 2022 17:30
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Shrapnel is pretty loving stupid
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Mar 2, 2022 17:32
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He’s so boring but I have like a 70% win rate and he takes no effort. Puck is way more fun but I have to work a lot harder and I can’t just like push down a lane when my team is doing gently caress all in the jungle.
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Mar 2, 2022 21:31
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When ember first came out I went 13-0 with him and goons in the thread were saying he was the worst hero in the game.
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Mar 3, 2022 03:17
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dota heroes are cool but theyre no deadwood. gently caress sakes just port that mf over
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Mar 3, 2022 03:49
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Nanomashoes posted:When ember first came out I went 13-0 with him and goons in the thread were saying he was the worst hero in the game. *posts gif of using his spells in the worst possible manner* how can this hero be good?????????
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Mar 3, 2022 03:53
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some goon was convinced pudge hard counters viper in lane and for proof they posted a clip of them dying in lane to pudge as viper
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Mar 3, 2022 03:57
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Mar 4, 2022 00:10
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I just won a game with him, my fourth game so far as I've been playing ER this entire week. Even the games I lose I still have fun. We just danced around the enemy Axe and Lion and I'm just body slamming in and grabbing dudes in my mouth. A++ honestly. How do you like to build / play him?
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Mar 4, 2022 00:48
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Under lord ult rework is low key the best part of this patch. It has so much amazing utility for ganks fighting and pushing, it’s like you’re wisp but not just a banana rider. First game playing it I threw it down right next to our fountain as soon as I hit 6 and the enemy safe lane both immediately channeled through and fed. GOTY.
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Mar 4, 2022 00:56
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Sab669 posted:I just won a game with him, my fourth game so far as I've been playing ER this entire week. I've been trying all sorts of different things with him in both turbo and all pick, and everything seems to work pretty well. BKB is usually pretty important but other then that, greaves, travels, phase or boots of bearing all work great on him. Auras, a blink, shard, atos, shivas, kaya and yasha, blademail. You can just build whatever and you're going to have fun with him. You can do whatever with skills too. Onslaught and trample is a strong nuke early, like if you were playing him as a support or roamer. Uproar and trample can keep you in lane if you're farming. Playing around with atos and shard is fun, glimmercape and shadowblade are really funny. Also when using onslaught pressing your stop or hold key can end the charge channeling almost immediately after casting so you can do a point blank charge for the full damage and stun still. You can also turn and even 'drift' while charging. I'd like to hear any more tips or anything anyone else has too though.
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Nanomashoes posted:When ember first came out I went 13-0 with him and goons in the thread were saying he was the worst hero in the game. Yeah those days were fun, the thread with Ember's release had so much hate for him that people were saying picking him should be considered griefing because he was so bad it was a guaranteed loss. Surely it was the hero that was bad and not that they simply sucked playing him, no, anyone saying anything else simply doesn't understand the game! Once he was added to captain's mode and they saw the pros dominate, people shut up about it.
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Sab669 posted:I just won a game with him, my fourth game so far as I've been playing ER this entire week. 2 bracers phase wand eternal shroud almost every game. Trample does a ton of damage, you have very low cooldowns and should never stop fighting. get Vanguard if they've got stuff it'd be useful against. Only get BKB if they have a ton of stuns/silences/slows, you're extremely durable and want to attract hits. Uproar being free is insane so you almost always win trades in lane. Timbersaw is your worst enemy
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I've been playing him as a 4, Mana Boots into Aether / Blink. I'll swap out which item I get second depending on if I look down and say, "oh look at that, I've got enough for blink / almost have enough". Prefer the Mana Regen to HP Regen of a Null Talisman than Bracer, but I haven't played too many games really fish out what feels best to me. The games I do go 3 I don't feel nearly as effective (obviously building more traditional 3-ish items) Undying is also a big rear end in a top hat, haven't played against a Timbersaw yet I don't think.
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He's really good at 2, 3 and 4 but you usually need to be flexible in your build. You want to focus on trample damage and survivability, so stuff like sange and kaya, boots of bearing, heart and overwhelming blink are all good. Ifyou're building him with auras and the like he won't do much at all. right click is a funny gimmick but very much that, a gimmick. You can usually kill people at 2 if they dont have a really good stun or escape. If you need armor cguard is ok or shivas, lotus if there's specific stuff it's good with but don't like him being a strength hero with a lot of right click damage trick you into getting AC unless its good for the rest of your team. If you're ahead early, grab a soul ring but pass on it otherwise since you dont have any innate sustain. Talent wise I usually go MR, Uproar armor, Trample damage then spell lifesteal. Dispel is nice in theory, but in practice if there'sa lot of slows you'll want bearing and you can't roar off silences anyways. Acerbatus fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Mar 9, 2022 |
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Can't tell if I like new techies but I've won 3 in a row as him at pos 4. Kinda plays similar to lina in lane, has a skillshot (sticky bomb) that is easy to land vs melee guys when they try and last hit, and hitting them with the q sets them up for an easy blast off. Still not sure if I'm supposed to hide my mines, I typically just save them for a follow up after blasting in or leaving them behind to discourage a chase if we disengage
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I'm sad old techies died for new techies, but new techies is definitely fun. The cooldown on sticky bomb is ridiculously short and having a decent autoattack means you can basically zone out any melee hero.
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Is new techies a viable mid? Love running dumb poo poo.
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Stan Taylor posted:Is new techies a viable mid? Love running dumb poo poo. I'm really really bad mid but I've been playing it more recently. Only a few Tinker games under my belt, but I got poo poo on by a Techies recently in one. If he hit me with Sticky Bomb, follow up with Blast Off! and a right click or two and I'd dead. He got me with that like twice before 6 and just took a commanding lead from there. If you're good at manipulating creep equilibrium and all the modern Warding fuckery in mid lane a better player probably would've fared much better than I did. Or of course just play a hero with better attack / cast range and stay out of Sticky Bomb range. So he seems like he might be situational but viable? If not just straight up viable? (No I'm really not a Tinker picker, but all my other usual mids were banned/picked)
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Stan Taylor posted:Is new techies a viable mid? Love running dumb poo poo. more or less his right click is okay now, sticky bomb can wear down your opponent in lane pretty well, sticky bomb into blast-off into a red mine is a pretty good kill-combo
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Stan Taylor posted:Is new techies a viable mid? Love running dumb poo poo. Very much so. Take a point in blast off early and you can secure ranged creeps pretty safely. You can be extremely aggressive in roaming since sticky bomb is such a good slow.
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Sick. I need to branch out my hero pool. Thinking about going with techies and maybe rubick mid but the timings on rubick seem weird and I’m pretty trash at last hitting
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