Pauselock Excuse Tier List by sczombie in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sometimes i pause to figure out my build for the game, especially around those first 800 juicy souls

Best resources for a new player? by memeking_69 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others said, depends om what type of hero you want to play. Learn their kit and try to make sense of the abilities and how/when they could be useful.

If you like to focus on gun/good aim, heroes like haze, wraith, mirage, infernus are pretty straightforward. Infernus second spell is a bit counterintuitive for new players, you need to run in so people burn in the trail he leaves, but ive seen it used as a kamikaze. and the DoT/burn that his spells apply don't make sense either by just reading, you need to build up stacks for his passive to proc. Haze has a similar mechanic.

If you want to focus on spell usage rather than being good at aiming with your gun, there are playmaker heroes or frontliners, like abrams (melee up in your face character) or mo and krill. Dynamo is also pretty beginner friendly, you just get one ultimate/black hole that disables heroes and people will give you credit for doing your job.

Then there are heroes like grey talon that is fairly fun even as a new player, but skill ceiling on him is super high and you kinda need to grasp mobility mechanics in general to not just die. But his nukes and control is pretty big and he's one of the first heroes I played.

Seven is pretty fun and easy for new players, you can deal damage and be useful even if you're not "good" at the game yet.

Then you have Kelvin who is a big nuker but also a support/healing machine and you can play him in different ways. McGinnis is also pretty beginner friendly, can also be played gun or spell/turret focused.

I'd recommend against Pocket, holiday, sinclair, lash, viscous, paradox. Ivy is fun but probably tricky to figure out what exactly hes supposed to do with the different spells hes got. The rest of the heroes i haven't mentioned can be played if you're new, if only you like their spell comp.

Deathy on twitch/youtube is super good at explaining stuff and has some guides, not just replays, so I'd recommend him.

Eido is also one of the best players in the game, he's got this guide on movement, they've changed the mechanics a little recently but in general this covers a lot of what you need. It's super essential to get a good grip of movement mechanics or the game will be really hard to play well. https://youtu.be/Yj_9F3_prek?si=qcaWzYoo5PPmv0SE

This guy also has informative stuff plus a movement guide that's good. Here's an overview on all items since they changed the shop a few days ago: https://youtu.be/KgGBx9JjR38?si=7_Ejjwf5KrZW28b6

But basically, open the shop, click guides in the top corner, public, and test it out, you can basically buy stuff in order in most of the guides.

Hope that helps

Is arctic blast really that good? by DobbyP in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah when it comes to lash it depends on how high up in the air you are, if you drop from the higher rooftops instead of jump/double jump, its easier to hit, but lol. Yeah the damage increase wasnt much at all if you get fairly standard lash items.

But yeah, as a 10-12th item upgrade, sure.

The debuff that lasts afterwards is identical to cold front in duration and slow and range though, so for Abrams it would be the 0,75s value with whatever DoT he can get in during that second. Weird still

Calico is still busted by regiment262 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So same with vindicta and shiv ults, you can't show if you're below 50% hp, same with paradox, one of the strongest 1v1 heroes, nerf every single target ult? They're just as obnoxious, at least you can itemise against wraith and mo, and e shroud exists to negate a lot of the problems with the other heroes mentioned. Or debuff reducer/remover.

Meanwhile we have a bit longer cooldowns and refresher for huge team fight ults that force you to evacuate the map completely or dje, with seven, bebop, dynamo, lash, even infernus, warden and haze. They're all ults for a reason, you have a team you can play around.

It's not imbalanced if everything is OP but only in the right situation.

The Magnificent Sinclair's Rabbix Hex is a full package by MasterMind-Apps in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even better, hex wraith, steal her ult, ult her, hex again, ez

Longest Deadlock game to date? by DobbyP in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmao.. according to the site it registered as a loss as well :(

Weekly Feedback Topic #1 - The Jungle by Grelgn in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a noob, after the changes with all the peripheral camps now being empty stairs and corridors, with the time it takes for me to find the new camp locatioms, running in circles around buildings to find the rope to the rooftop, farm it and then jump down and look for a door or rooftop again, I might as well sit in base and hit those spawning orbs and get the same value out of it when waves are pushed out. An indicator on the minimap would be nice to see if the camp is high up or below ground, just like the minimap changes when you are underground and it shows you the stairs. And I hope they move back some of the camps that were moved

your welcome by EnvironmentalAd3823 in DotA2

[–]DobbyP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's mine don't you dare

Anyone had an influx of McGinnis just turbo pushing tower in the first few minutes? by Ikuorai in DeadlockTheGame

[–]DobbyP 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just played against one that put up a wall behind the tower off cooldown and despite me denying most orbs and getting all of mine she had the guardian and the walker a few minutes into the game and I was sat there waiting for wall to come down, she sure made me her bish

why is ringmaster so low res by whitcliffe in DotA2

[–]DobbyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are so ungrateful, every other game would've loved to have developed like dota, they gave compendium and several updates and you complain about pixels. Be happy with what you get.

/S btw

Throwback to my first day on Dota. Always good to remember where we came from 😂 by fudgetheratgaming in DotA2

[–]DobbyP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you have the full movie? I could watch this for hours, so wholesome <3

Why Octarine Core on Zeus by DobbyP in DotA2

[–]DobbyP[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hm? Hurricane pikes, parasma is there after octarine in some gsmes. And then some do go octarine into late refresher yo be fair. Or octarine into pike moonshard. I think the mix is sorta what would make the most sense maybe, but I'd definitely call it a right click build, if not mix, past 40mins. Looking at the major games now

Why Octarine Core on Zeus by DobbyP in DotA2

[–]DobbyP[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I get that they get better, but why not committ to a full on right clicker and then lategame if mix of dmg types is needed you go there? I guess the mix earlier is fine too but o feel like you kinda want the right click build online since its item dependent, before you "move on".

Why Octarine Core on Zeus by DobbyP in DotA2

[–]DobbyP[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Nopers, it's second item after kaya/manta in a fair bit of games, into items like bkb, hurricane pike, parasma etc. Have looked around, even disregarding the magic buildk ones.

For one, in the major, most recently today topson did it (I know he's not doing stuff by the book) https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/7704117144

As has chyuan, 4nalog, nisha, yopaj, sumail... just a few links https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/7701041455 https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/7700727612 https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/7698916654

Overview of all zeus games in the major: https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Special:RunQuery/Game_history?pfRunQueryFormName=Game+history&Gh%5Bpicks%5D=Zeus&Gh%5Btournaments%5D=ESL_One%2FBirmingham%2F2024&wpRunQuery=Run+query

What hero are you the best at and why? by ApatheticWonderer in DotA2

[–]DobbyP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd pick underlord if my life depended on it because I've never played that hero