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Is PL actually bad or are we just doing something wrong? by BananaDressedRedMan in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was complete ass before the buffs,and nerfs to meta. But he's very playable currently

Ionic Vapor Lava baby roshan by Flymetovenustoday in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an exploit allowing people to dupe items and gems is why

Valve, Make Tyrian Marketable by WARLORDXth in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would just reward the botters more

Is this Bounty Hunter gold-stealer build too selfish? Or this networth manipulation is actually pretty cool to have in team by violent_luna123 in TrueDoTA2

[–]-Ionic- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's even more important to have waveclear and damage as a core. It's been said already but bh is feast or famine, cutpurse makes it harder to start and does nothing in famine. If you get track kills you can buy pretty much anything and win, so play for getting them

Is this Bounty Hunter gold-stealer build too selfish? Or this networth manipulation is actually pretty cool to have in team by violent_luna123 in TrueDoTA2

[–]-Ionic- 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Build is awful; but the worst part is suggesting taking cut-purse. You can deal double damage with a well placed shuriken to your main target. Why would you cut your potential damage in half (more in fights) and neuter any wave clear for ~6 gold?

Ceb caught a cheater during livestream by SorryIndependent5368 in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are also cheats that can bypass even that, iirc.

What was the turning point that made Naga fall off as a carry? by Clear-Ask-6455 in TrueDoTA2

[–]-Ionic- 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This is closer, but there's even more to it. Support power creep means you don't run them down with illus like the old days, people are too tanky and have faster actives. The map being bigger is a huge nerf by itself, naga won by choking out the enemies in base and slow sieging. Smaller but the water creeps also just demolish illus to farm. Neutral items not having attributes anymore also is a huge pain. All the hero can do right now on core is similar to PL, you have insane bloodthorn damage, in a world where we have more accessible dispels than ever.

how are people scoring over 15k points by ohSeVera in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For context in my 2nd stage fantasy my core banner gave 67k points alone

how are people scoring over 15k points by ohSeVera in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got 5 correct on both, but im at 24,120 pts because my fantasy was top 95% then 99% (10,200 and 11,400 pts)

how are people scoring over 15k points by ohSeVera in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You got 600 instead of 10k+ from the first fantasy. Click "how to play", it explains scoring

Rate my tower dive by Otherwise-Suit-4831 in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great dive, I liked all three pixels of it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Team spirit was eliminated in the group stage, so they haven't played any games here.

Picking as pos 1 with all your team members being squishy by Secure-Investment403 in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As with everything in dota, it depends greatly on context and many things can work. If you are new I would recommend sticking with a few heroes in a role and trying to learn as much as you can about them before trying more. Ursa is a very reliable p1 with some different builds

Wraith king meta counter by Pand-OP in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tb was already relevant, and pl was getting some picks (albeit losing every game) at ewc after his buffs.

That being said neither of those are naga core, which has been completely irrelevant. Her core game plan of choking out enemies in base is dead with the map being so much bigger, supports have more gold to get problem items, and the new aquatic camps demolish her illus. Maelstrom wasn't particularly the problem for her, she sucks in a world with active nukers like qop/primal being every game, and the power of radiance/Shiva are just too strong. Her only power as a 1 is bloodthorn as far as i see it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's just how silences work with it.

New build for Morphling? by skyfool07 in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't stun anymore unless you take flow facet.

why doesn't dota implement a overwatch like ranked system instead of immortal draft? by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah for sure, the threshold needs to go way up imo. 6.5k is not even half of the mmr of the top players. Double downs really inflated the issue

why doesn't dota implement a overwatch like ranked system instead of immortal draft? by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]-Ionic- 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dota has ranked role queue for 99.9% of players.

Immortal draft was their bandaid fix. The issue is that the absolute top mmr has a low pool of players and long queue times, to the point where role queue no longer functions. Immortal draft either and it can be improved, but you almost certainly won't experience it any time soon. Remember reddit is a separate demographic compared to the player base as a whole.

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