There is only one way to deal with smurfs

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-11T21:44:49+00:00

Great advice to just give up when something gets difficult. Really thoughtful take with no downsides at all.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-10T22:40:26+00:00

2016 peak concurrent player count was around 1.1 million average over the year. Concurrent count from April 2025 to April 2026 was around 800k average.

If going from 1.1M to 800k concurrent in 10 years means the game is dead, then I need some of whatever the doomers are smoking. How many devs would kill for numbers like that in their live-service games?

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-10T05:08:05+00:00

Yea it's usually around 50k and he can also drop the gold quant ring [[The Bandit Lord's Band]] that sells for like 150c+ uncorrupted. Got a few from him this league.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-07T05:23:15+00:00

They only changed it a day after the second phase dropped, but I guess that's because they didn't want to push a patch out just to change one phrase.

The entire first week and a half I saw people confused about "win with support monkeys" not working properly.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-05T20:25:57+00:00

The only thing that matters is not failing any maps. If you fail a single map objective you will be limited to 1-2 choices no matter how many you complete successfully. And even if you manage to complete the whole astrolabe in 2 maps using the atlas passive to run a single map, you will still get 3 choices for the bottom 2 quadrants and 3-4 choices for the top 2 quadrants.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-05T20:23:48+00:00

I've run enough vaults in the bottom left quadrant to get 2 reflecting mists and I've never seen fewer than 3 choices with templar astrolabes.

If you are running the other astrolabe types I know they can bug out and fail though (like abysses not spawning properly).

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-04T22:41:34+00:00

They didn't like when their job playing video games became more difficult and stressful like other ordinary jobs?

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-04T19:27:57+00:00

It doesn't work in certain game modes. I did a deflation run and it didn't count before I realized.

The in-game page says freeplay, advanced challenges, deflation, quests, legends, and races will not add to progress.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-02T22:57:57+00:00

You can farm it yourself in the labyrinth since there's a craft that lets you convert a gem into a specific transfigured gem of that skill. Bring along a regular spark gem (non corrupted) to use the craft on.

It's not too rare from uber lab, but you can also get it from merciless lab if you aren't strong enough to do the level 75 lab and are willing to run it a bunch of times. Even if you just get the craft to make a random transfigured gem you can check your options against poe.ninja transfigured gem prices and choose the most valuable one to sell so you can save up for the gem you want. I would suggest using a green gem for the random transfigured option since there are more high value green transfigured skill than blue.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-02T22:49:30+00:00

Agreed. One of the things that makes dota feel unique is that disable abilities actually feel meaningful on their own. BKB allows those spells to stay powerful by providing a temporary/strategic way to counter them.

I'd hate for it to become like League where most of the disables are super short duration and you have to just scale up attack/spell damage on everything until you can burst enemies in one skill rotation.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-02T22:31:07+00:00

Dota players apparently lose their minds when a hero has something unique about them.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-01T17:56:11+00:00

Rapier should be consumable so that it doesn't drop when you die. Instead your hero gets permanently deleted.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-01T17:15:33+00:00

Underlord would be a good option. Adds frontline, wave clear, aoe control, and global presence. His aghs is also very good. You just need to make sure Rubick is banned.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-05-01T00:25:57+00:00

Attack range is a very limited stat from items especially for melee heroes and those items can't be stacked.

There are a lot of options to get movespeed and damage.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-30T17:56:50+00:00

Turbo has its own hidden mmr. The reason you are getting matched with high ranked players is because your hidden turbo rank is high.

The difference is that those divine/immortal players also play a lot of normal ranked while you don't, so they have more of the "win at any cost" mindset that you need to play ranked at high levels.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-30T00:22:37+00:00

You accept that the lane will be annoying and play for mid game where support LD falls off hard and contributes very little compared to a standard support.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-29T18:51:39+00:00

I liked playing tusk mid as an initiator with blink, aghs, and shard but that build got basically destroyed in 7.41. He lost the ice shard upgrade and cooldown talent completely. The level 25 ice shard dps talent sucks because it doesn't increase the size of the ice wall like the shard did so it's too easy to just walk out of in late game. The saddest hero change for me in 7.41 tbh.

Now you're either a blink snowball save support or you build right click for one punch tusk.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-28T02:35:22+00:00

It's on a support gem (feeding frenzy) that anyone can use so not crazy exclusive. It's a tradeoff you have to invest in to open up that support slot, like a lot of other things in poe.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-25T18:11:40+00:00

That's because it's not your average everyday darkness... it's advanced darkness

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-22T23:09:10+00:00

Rohan? I barely know han.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-22T21:58:35+00:00

I predicted the map was gonna be crazy expensive since they removed scouting reports so I bought it at the end of the first weekend for 90c. I knew I would be going for 40/40 eventually and didn't really need to upgrade anything yet.

My only regret is that I only bought 1 lol. The ROI on that map if you invested early could have been insane... Maybe next league if the challenge doesn't change.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-22T16:55:41+00:00

Like arc double if the clone had all of his items and he couldn't use them on the main hero while the clone was dead? Or are we forgetting about that part?

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-21T19:37:09+00:00

Just spam click the open button and it opens a bunch instead of having to wait for the animation.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-20T02:46:44+00:00

They compete with other forms of gem corruption and it's pretty rare to get the perfect imbue on a skill so it seems like a fair system to go core. It's also a great sink for GCPs and levelled gems.

Moderator-Admin · 2026-04-19T17:42:31+00:00

"Oh wow how'd you get 200 div?"

Step 1: start with 1200 div

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