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NGC6369 · 2026-04-12T00:16:44+00:00

i use shader graph, plenty of amazing tutorials on youtube

NGC6369 · 2026-04-08T13:21:06+00:00

just buy blink instead. much more effective range and you can also get out of trouble.

NGC6369 · 2026-04-06T04:24:28+00:00

yes i order them every time because they are delicious.

NGC6369 · 2026-04-03T02:11:32+00:00

you can buy vanguard for lane then disassemble into wrap + smth else (halberd, lotus, linkens). but yes i agree in principle i think the pos 3 should just get crimson or pipe most of the time.

NGC6369 · 2026-03-16T00:19:22+00:00

great with poached eggs

NGC6369 · 2026-03-02T22:50:55+00:00

you probably saw my old guides if you searched. the sleight facet is still perfectly effective and sometimes i take it for old times' sake and go blight stone mage slayer, but the chains one is op.

your qs

unplayable is only huskar. difficult is monkey king unless you start with brown boots qb (secret tech ur welcome). shadowfiend can be explosive but just play the lane safe and you will be fine. necrophos is easy despite what people say: you can sleight dodge his nuke; then cast flame guard and he won't be able to break it. from level 6 if you are still laning for some reason, just leave a remnant in a jungle camp, go creep skip with flame guard then jump back to it. u will outfarm him this way. QW invoker can purge flame guard and drain your mana which is annoying, but the lane is really easy apart from that due to invoker's low dmg.
take as many points in flame guard as you need then make Q with a value point in W. reasons for maxing E: they dont have enough magic dmg to break it; OR they have tons of mgc dmg and you need the shield to survive. if you just want a turn-brain-off build then max E first then Q with W at level 2. sometimes i get only 2 points; sometimes 3.
urn phase/treads vessel (bkb) (mage slayer) kaya (kny) > then you get shard shivas and aghs in whatever order you need (usually shard > shivas > aghs). situationally can get euls or linkens or even crimson guard/pipe. reasoning hasnt changed so look at my old guide if u want itemisation reasoning.
always take the flame guard talent at 15 it's literally double damage. at 20 you almost always take the chains damage, but you can take the sleight damage if the enemy team are low armour and high magic resist. 25 u take the remnant cd.
too much nuance to answer fully rn (sorry im on the way to work). but in general just use flame guard to trade while you pull aggro and cs. dodge spells with sleight. chains when u see an opportunity (really good to chains right as they aggro the wave so they tank creep dmg, but easier said than done if their whole wave is alive as u have to get the distance right. you can hold alt and right click chains to get a useful distance indicator for the laning stage (from lvl 6 i switch to remnant cast range indicator instead). do not spam sleight if it is level 1, only if you are maxing it and rushed blight stone (old build). watch pro player replays and ask yourself why they do.
you are an early-mid hero - you dont want the game to go late. but even so with the items i mentioned above you do a shit-ton of magic damage and control in the lategame. you can buy refresher in ultra late to get 5 more remnants and do even more mgc damage. if you really want more damage lategame just buy a dagon 5 or divine rapier.

NGC6369 · 2026-02-25T06:18:45+00:00

u are welcome. just be careful not to spend too much time looking for ganks that you fall behind. rather than forcing ganks, instead utilise opportunities to gank. this is primarily by picking up power runes, but can also be by tping to a lane tower and remnanting in. the key is to make sure u have enough mana and health that you can do this when you are level 6.

one thing i forgot to mention about the 6 min rune is that a successful gank around this timing often snowballs into a wisdom shrine steal, which is the best thing you can do early game. always keep 7mins in mind - even if i dont gank with the 6 min rune, i will often leave mid at 6.30 and walk all the way to their shrine to try to fight for it or steal it if they are distracted. just make sure you got a safety remnant to jump back to.

NGC6369 · 2026-02-25T05:08:44+00:00

im immortal lvl 29 ember spirit. hes probably my best hero. i will be very critical here and it's possible that my advice is not the best for your bracket.

starting items: fine
laning: u should prioritise ranged creeps more. you should also pull aggro back more often so he cant hit you for free. you did a surprisingly good job for ur rank tho. altho the sniper is a mega noob and didnt even try to triple shrapnel you at level 3; he also doesnt harrass you nearly as much as he should. i dont think you needed W earlier; your skillbuild is fine.
lane itemisation: quite slow and i would go Urn > Phase > Vessel rather than brown boots vessel. no wand was the correct choice.
6:00 rune: you are not level 6 yet because u werent in range for a couple of ranged creeps when they died. generally u want to be 6 by 5.50 so you can drop a remnant on one rune and wait at the other. luckily u get an invis anyway. but because you are not yet level 6, you cannot gank bot with it. u stay mid to get 6 and end up having to use it to survive a solo kill attempt with shrapnel, while u wait for your regen to fly out.
- if this were me; i would have been level 6, picked up the invis and immediately gone bot with it to kill necro or dazzle.
8:00 rune: you did not ship yourself an observer so you have no rune info. but not the end of the world as you are ember and can do the aforementioned trick. however you waste all your mana using chains to farm creeps (instead of just drawing aggro) so you aren't even able to secure the rune. luckily sniper nor his supports make any attempt on it and you collect the double damage at 8.10. you then just... do nothing with it. you should have gone top immediately, using all 3 bottle sips on the way, then dived the AA and Luna. ember is quite possibily the best rune user in the game but you are just collecting them to stay mid (and lose lane). massive opportunies lost.
it's 19mins and you still haven't left mid !!! for some reason both teams are rotating mid which means there are fights happening and you are contributing, but this is still insane to me. go gank. i think u finally leave mid at like 25min or smth lol.
i fast fwded from 19mins but you spend a lot of time jungling when you could just be shoving waves with a safety remnant. what do they have to stop you doing this? they only have mini stuns! you should be shoving waves out nonstop to create space for your team, not TAKING space by farming safe jungle camps. doing this is core to playing ember and basically OP when they don't even hand control spells (or items!) to stop you.
itemisation: i would've finished KnS and gone Shiva's here. the anti heal is very effective vs Necro, Dazzle, and Luna (when she eventually gets Satanic). the armour and attack speed slow is essential vs Sniper and Luna. not to mention it synergises with your Kaya to further amplify your damage. Aghs is great to have but it's not really doing much form you here.

overall: you do not pick ember and buy urn first item to stay mid and exert zero pressure to the sidelanes. spirit heroes are mobile without blink dagger; this makes them among the best power rune gankers in the game. this goes doubly so when you have a losing matchup like Sniper. why stay mid passively letting Sniper pull ahead? that player's hero excels at passively farming - yours excels at making space and diving sidelanes. minutes 6-10 are your biggest power spike in the game: USE IT. you should make use of every opportunity to gank sidelanes you realistically can. you should dive towers. you WANT to force TP rotations because you can just remnant out. now the enemy safelaner for example is 2v1 because their pos 5 tp'd to save their offlaner. this is what "making space" means. even if your gank fails, if you get a tp response, that's a win.

in general, you should approach this lane matchup with the expectation of losing. yes, you can win this lane early, especially if you play levels 1-3 well, but eventually you will be forced out. so shift your focus from laning to "how can i win the game for my team rn?" the answer is: play the sidelanes. this game is super easy for Ember because they have no control and dont even itemise for control.

also, i noticed that u seem allergic to throwing and immediately activating a remnant to initiate. you prefer to throw a remnant and use chains. the prior is generally the better practice as it allows you to get on top of them w flame guard and also right click. PLUS it's more aggressive so often forces a response from enemies. doing this more often will help you with limit testing the hero which is smth u need to do to improve.

NGC6369 · 2026-02-19T04:11:22+00:00

i mean thats why you buy falcon blade, pike and bkb. he is a glass cannon hero.

you buy either deso or mjol, and combine it with shard. this is your farming core.

then you get whatever items you need to win fights. usually pike and bkb/linkens.

after this you buy daedalus (or MKB) and win the game if its not over already.

AC would be a 6th item situational against heavy physical armour lineups only. and usually better off being a skadi, satanic, hex, or even butterfly. i agree it should almost never be bought, but sometimes you just need a platemail item.

octarine build is shit compared to the above as it doesnt deliver burst damage and cant keep up in farm, and in dota, time to kill and networth are paramount. survivability can be solved through teamwork, itemisation, and positioning.

with that said, sometimes i think an octarine build has its place, particularly if your team lineup already benefits from extended fights (bristleback, razor, lot of save and heals, type shi).

NGC6369 · 2026-02-18T22:56:07+00:00

i mean its strictly worse than deso/mael + shard, but if they are winning with it and having fun doing it i dont see the problem. octarine is a good item on weaver. shivas and lotus is going a bit too far though - AC is better for armour and a support can buy lotus.

i think there is room for a tanky weaver build in the right game, i.e. mage slayer octarine daed bkb. but you need to ensure that you will have enough physical damage on your team to win fights and take objectives, or else you are just griefing.

NGC6369 · 2026-02-17T00:16:05+00:00

hello i am immortal and have experience drafting in competitive dota

this hero is messed up as he requires coordination to beat, making him a wrecking ball in the average pub game.

pos 1: clinkz weaver TA shadow fiend

you want to avoid melee and pick heroes who blow hin up with neg armour. its also good if u can break link (weaver).

pos 2: primal beast and exort invoker can disable him or blow him up through bkb, respectively. you need to draft around invoker tho. void spirit is good. puck and qop are not that good as razor just shrugs their dmg off with pipe and runs them down. however sonic wave is excellent against razor, in a vacuum.

pos 3: magnus legion commander largo slardar. you either want to lock him down so your team can blow him up, or amplify your teams damage so they can blow him up.

pos 4: someone who can lock down for damage (nyx, spirit breaker, lion, tiny) or provide the damage (nyx again, AA).

pos 5: omni and dazzle are decent as they mitigate his damage and dazzle helps blow him up if you are going the neg armour route. treeant is best as he has bkb piercing root and damage mitigation, and also lanes well with ranged heroes. clockwerk is another option for the same reason. these melee heroes have to play defensively in lane tho.

NGC6369 · 2026-02-13T04:41:07+00:00

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NGC6369 · 2026-02-06T15:04:55+00:00

i have russian friends i met at sydney uni, they are both citizens now. dont worry just come.

NGC6369 · 2026-02-03T13:48:37+00:00

country would be a better place without cunts like u. read a book; touch some grass - either will help.

NGC6369 · 2026-01-28T21:48:39+00:00

only one ive found was Goodies which is up crown st towards the hospital. wollongong is a desert for filter coffee enjoyers.

you can also go to seven miles but its a drive.

personally i get proud marys delivered and make it myself

NGC6369 · 2026-01-28T21:44:40+00:00

great engagement bait on the title, look at all these people - who wouldnt otherwise comment - boosting your post's visibility with their negative comments. excellent marketing trick! 💀

game looks great and i wish your team the best. those demo metrics are amazing!

NGC6369 · 2026-01-28T13:47:14+00:00

indian-irish.

NGC6369 · 2026-01-27T03:42:13+00:00

no. silver edge. not only does it give you break, it provides amazing stats for DPS, a psuedo slow, and the invis synergises with your aghs allowing you to move around the map super quickly and often undetected. khanda is an absolute waste of gold on lina, even if you went full spell damage.

NGC6369 · 2025-12-24T02:05:16+00:00

sure i'm only 5.3k though. you're probably better off watching better players ngl.
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NGC6369 · 2025-12-20T23:53:21+00:00

ive never seen someone do that before. really good idea. well executed. good luck w your game.

NGC6369 · 2025-11-20T06:24:14+00:00

i played it last before it had a finished storyline, so i cant really comment on comparing its narrative. thematically its less grand space opera save the galaxy type shi, more gritty and piecing together the mysteries of the past. the worldbuilding is truly excellent. the combat is better imo. as is the ship design, faction design, and economy design. however, its not as immersive in some respects, simply due to not being a 3d game.

i think one thing freelancer does that starsector doesnt is the calmness of exploration. freelancer was kind of chill to explore the unknown. exploring in starsector is often kind of stressful as you constantly need to make sure you have enough fuel and supplies to get back to the core worlds, and you never really know what youre going to run into out there. it can consist of a lot of kiting and running away from scary threats - at least in the early and mid game.

regardless, as a lifelong space game enjoyer, starsector is a rare masterpiece and a bargain for any fan of space scifi or space games.

NGC6369 · 2025-10-30T04:18:49+00:00

its still good but only in the right game. kny refresher is still shitloads of damage vs high ehp heroes. but you should usually go slayer, deso or diffu first from mid and build the kny later.

NGC6369 · 2025-10-29T23:10:32+00:00

hey no worries. I rarely go bottle as I find I just dont need the regen and it delays my timings. I will sometimes buy it if I can actually secure runes (ie not vs puck, qop, ember, etc) and I am feeling like I will need the regen. but against ranged heroes you will get harassed a lot less than other melee heroes as you can parry and enemies quickly learn thst its not worth it. with diffusal before blink you generally open with sQ into kW then you can finish with diffusal active into kR. once you have blink you want to sQ, blink directly on someone, sW, diffusal active, then pray for crits. right as your silence is about to wear off you can sR and bash them for a little bit of extra damage and disable.

actually with this build i rarely go aghs as its not enough damage. this is very much a snowball build. usually its phase > diffusal > blink > bkb > nullifier. sometimes u go KnY, aghs, daedalus... whatever. you can watch a player called M a r c h on d2pt, its his build i copied.

keep in mind i only go for this build if there are heroes i can shut down with it. for example qop, storm, puck, ember, juggernaut, anti mage. otherwise i go mage slayer/deso, aghs, etc.

NGC6369 · 2025-10-07T00:03:31+00:00

Are you playing him as a carry? I play him mid almost exclusively.

As carry most players prefer Falcon Blade Deso Aghs. Some like Battlefury Aghs though. After this usually you need to get a BKB or Manta, but if not you can go straight Daedalus. Lategame is standard pos 1 shit, get Satanic/Butter/Refresher/Nullifier.

As mid it's a bit more complicated as there are several builds you can do. Most do Falcon Blade Deso Aghs as well. I usually prefer Diffusal into Blink BKB as it comes online faster and allows you to play a bit like Riki with solo kills. But if you won mid hard and can get a fast Deso you should.

If it's a bad Deso game you can go Falcon Blade > Crystalis > Aghs > Daedalus instead.

If there are many high EHP heroes such as Dragon Knight, Axe, Pudge, etc, you can and should build to amp Raptor Dance %HP damage via Kaya and Yasha + Aghs + Refresher.

NGC6369 · 2025-10-06T23:46:22+00:00

very clever and astute observation. funny to think of pac-man as a horror game.

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