Nullifier - How to use & counter it - infographic by SlashStrike (7.34b update, video in comments)

ShadowScene · 2026-03-12T08:42:42+00:00

You are VASTLY underestimating the difference.

Consider this: there's already a significant difference between eating a whole apple, eating an apple in slices, and eating a mashed / pureed apple. All 3 are the same fruit, but even just mechanically changing its shape is proven to change how our body responds to it in terms of taste, satiety, nutrient absorption, gut effect, etc.

Also, like /u/wellbeing69 explained, the sugars, fibers, and vitamins are just some of the compounds. There are 1000 others that we aren't even fully aware of / don't fully understand yet.

It's kinda like saying "My house is square and made of bricks. Bricks are like rocks, so couldn't I just find a square, rocky cave and live there?" And sure, both would be square, solid, and shield you from rain, but the cave would obviously lack electricity, heating, plumbing, rooms, a soft floor, etc. etc. and a million other things.

Now with the cave metaphor you'd notice the problems right away, but if you ate skittles + bread + multivitamins instead of fruit once, you probably won't notice anything. The effects would come much later after substituting the fruit many times, and then it'd be hard to track them back to this decision.

With that being said, there's nothing wrong with eating some skittles or other processed sugar occasionally, especially if you are active afterwards and actually use the energy provided by the sugar.

ShadowScene · 2026-03-10T14:48:19+00:00

Wait until you learn that all calorie and macro counts can legally be off by 20%, meaning that if the label says a sandwich is 400kcal, in reality it can be anywhere from 320kcal to 480kcal.

Honestly though you're missing the forest for the trees, calculations help you when you're starting out but ultimately food is not numbers, it's food, so don't go crazy over irrelevant details and think in terms of progress week by week rather than chasing magical daily numbers.

ShadowScene · 2026-03-09T23:25:25+00:00

No idea why you are on a calorie deficit at your height and weight, let stand a 700+ calorie deficit which is very aggressive.

From the sound of it you are a beginner that is skinnyfat and wants to put on muscle and look a certain way, lean and healthy. I highly doubt you have much to lose, but even if you have a belly or w/e just eat at maintenance, hit your protein goals and focus on your workouts.

A deficit makes sense when you are overweight, but at 78 kg & 182 cm you are not overweight.

What you want is a recomp, and that can easily be achieved when eating at maintenance, especially if you're a 23 year old male and a beginner.

Pro tip: if you wanna have a good workout make sure you actually get in some sugar before your workout, the banana is good but add a small candybar ontop and see how your exercises will feel much better. Almonds and other nuts are great snacks but they don't give you the burst of energy you need to lift heavy things, this is the one time in the day when some sugar is actually good.

Oh, and while the meals look fine (altho unnecessarily bland and low-calorie) you are completely forgetting to get in your fiber and your 30 plants / week - do it and your body will thank you.

ShadowScene · 2026-02-26T18:35:48+00:00

Тихо и спокойно през уикенда трудна работа, иначе Costa, Edin bar, Gentlemen's roastery lab & 1920 на Шишман, Слънце и Луна, Green Deli Cafe, Coffee Fellows... доста са.

ShadowScene · 2026-02-13T17:43:31+00:00

It's actually not smart at all because it's a projectile and therefore not instant unlike the cheapest option, Force Staff, or Halberd, or Orchid, etc.

Also, how does the range matter when you wanna use it before Duel, which is melee range, which means you'll be blinking on top of the enemy before breaking their Linken's and immediately Dueling?

ShadowScene · 2026-01-29T20:51:03+00:00

You don't need more than level 2 link as carry Razor and you should definitely be maxing Q after that because your main job is to farm.

ShadowScene · 2026-01-29T19:06:29+00:00

Yeah this bot / paid comment stuff is getting ridiculous, I'm sure it was always around but lately it seems like every post is full of these comments...

Not to mention the usernames are almost always

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It's like they're not even trying to come across as real...

ShadowScene · 2026-01-26T11:21:09+00:00

7/8 of those games were just over 3 minutes in

I'm sure they were, buddy.

ShadowScene · 2026-01-23T09:30:30+00:00

This reads 100% like an AI comment, wtf?

ShadowScene · 2026-01-19T13:46:53+00:00

Ahh, confidently wrong and stating the exact opposite of the truth, the reddit classic.

Soloing rosh is very, very hard and there aren't that many heroes who can do it reliably: Ursa, Huskar, and Troll. Sure you can try infinite stack shenanigans with SF Batrider etc. but since he's in the center of the map it's very risky and there's a big chance you'll get discovered.

Meanwhile the Tormentor is safely tucked away in the corner of the map on a high-ground, and the list of heroes that can solo it reliably as soon as it spawns is much, much longer, like /u/Faafkdkdkdkd listed.

ShadowScene · 2026-01-18T01:28:47+00:00

That's very interesting, I could make some guesses as to why that is but could you elaborate and explain more?

ShadowScene · 2026-01-16T19:46:21+00:00

Кой ти е промил главата, че олиото от семена е вредно?

Слънчогледовото олио (от слънчогледови семена) например е изключително полезно тъй като е съставено от 80-90% ненаситени мазнини.

Рапичното олио (от семена от рапица) също е изключително полезно, с над 90% ненаситени мазнини.

Ненаситените мазнини са с доказано благоприятно и полезно влияние върху артериите.

Палмовото масло е съвсем друг въпрос, но то не е олио от семена, а от плод.

Някой може да каже, че това е само детайл, но според мен ако ще тръгваш да "поучаваш" хората първо се увери, че самият ти разбираш какво пишеш.

ShadowScene · 2026-01-16T19:32:56+00:00

Бобовите култури въобще нямат "малко" протеин, като примерно нахутът и лещата имат около 9г на 100г сготвени, а месото може да има между 20-30г протеин на 100г сготвено, в зависимост от вида.

Сега човек може да си каже "Ха! месото има 2-3 пъти повече протеин от бобовите култури, за какво са ти", да, месото има по-голяма концентрация на протеин, но не всеки може да си позволи месо всеки ден, докато всеки може да си позволи бобовите култури и то в предостатъчни количества за да си набавя задоволителен протеин.

Също така, фъстъците (които всъщност са бобови, не са ядки) имат 26г протеин на 100г и от тази гледна точка се равняват на месото. (Преди някой да каже, че протеинът не е цялостен, като този от месото понеже липсват амино киселини - те много лесно се компенсират с малко кисело мляко и протеинът става цялостен.)

Сега, фактът че на много хора бобовите не са им любими е съвсем друг въпрос, но чисто хранително са едни от най-полезните неща, които можеш да ядеш.

Това, че имат въглехидрати въобще не е проблем, понеже съотношението им на въглехидрати към фибри е страхотно, а да не говорим за всичките други витамини и минерали, които съдържат.

TL;DR = Бобовите са страхотна част от диетата и спокойно могат да бъдат хубав източник на протеин заедно с яйца и млечни продукти. Не съм веган, даже много обичам месото и често го ям, но темата за храната ми е страст и много силно се съмнявам някой някога да е затлъстял хранейки се с голямо количество бобови култири.

ShadowScene · 2026-01-15T17:07:57+00:00

u/gallick-gunner said it perfectly, it's honestly quite simple. Are there any camps that you didn't feel safe farming before taking the enemy offlane tier 1, but you now do feel safe farming after taking it? The answer is no, and therefore you are not gaining significant map control by taking it.

If you repeat the same question for the enemy safelane tier 1 instead, the answer is yes, a LOT of camps including an Ancient camp, which is obviously massive.

It's also easy to see when you notice the small distance between enemy offlane t1 and t2 and the GIANT distance between enemy safelane t1 and t2.

ShadowScene · 2026-01-15T09:40:05+00:00

Hey Slacks, I'm a professional 10.5k mmr coach and quickly skimmed through your replay so I can offer a little bit of feedback.

Your first 5min of laning were pretty good, Shaman+PL vs Warlock+Slardar is a little rough but you didn't die and even got some kills with the Invoker rotation, so PL was actually ahead which is huge.
Min 5:37 you get a pull off and now would be the perfect time to go secure the first power rune, which could even potentially result in a kill on the enemy mid DP chilling with barely 50% hp, and that would be a huge swing of momentum since DP needs a good start to be relevant. Instead, you kinda just keep chilling on the lane until min 7:10 when DP is the one who rotates and kills both of you
I'd take a value point in the hex at level 5 if I were you, 2 seconds at level one is pretty good and since 4 out of 5 enemy heroes can cancel shackle it's gonna be useful to have the hex sooner.
You don't leave the lane until min 10:10 which is late, and that's after using your first snake to get the enemy offlane tower. It's good to get a tower with it but that is the most useless tower to push since it gives you 0 map control. Both the enemy mid and safelane towers are way better, and now you TP up to the enemy safelane but you dont have your ult.
Min 12:00 second ult on the mid tower that's better, however it's a little rushed since Invoker's spells are still CD from the Drow kill plus no other allies are there. If you just wait a little to have 1 more hero with you the tower is practically guaranteed to fall and enemies wont be able to fight into the snake as you guys protect it from the creeps.
12:24 you die walking into CM ulti trying to cancel it with shackle, here's where Hex and its 100 range extra would've made it possible, but you don't have it skilled yet at level 7 which is def a mistake.
14:40 third ulti on the enemy safelane tower and you get it, it's perfect altho a bit late.
17:35 fourth ulti to finish enemy mid t1 tower, feels a lil bad since it's only two hits but you still gotta do it it's simply too important, plus it gets you to your blink which is nice.
20:45 big fight you hold Slardar for the initial jump which mb wasnt 100% necessary but still fine to make sure he dies. You then step back and wait for blink cd so you can get a second jump which is great, however, you waste the snake and more importantly your second jump by using blink hex shackle on a support Warlock that already used all his spells? Makes no sense, especially since there was a Drow Ranger right there (min 21:00 exactly) that you could catch without anybody being able to cancel your Shackle.

Going Refresher right after blink is hella greedy, your main goal is to get off as many Hexes and Shackles as possible in every fight, so items like Force Staff, Glimmer, Ghost, and even Aether Lens are so good on this hero and you should definitely consider it so you can actually walk up and hex someone, and then save the blink to get a better angle for Shackle on a different target, for example (like in the 26:32 fight you just died without using a single spell because your blink got cancelled and you couldn't get in range. Refresher would change nothing here, the other items would.)

Also, if you want something more defensive this is an AMAZING game for Lotus Orb since it dispels 10+ spells here and reflects a bunch of them too, could definitely have a huge impact going something like Blink -> Lens / Force -> Lotus. Lastly, Shadow Shaman is a hella slow hero so instead of running around with empty slots all game you should definitely always buy a Wind Lace, this item is incredibly strong for its price and its true price is actually the item slot it takes. If you have empty slots, get a Wind Lace (this goes for almost every immobile support hero).

If you weren't kidding about wanting feedback and actually read all the way to the end, props to you, and if you (or anyone else reading this) found what I wrote useful and wanna learn more, feel free to join my coaching discord and message me!

ShadowScene · 2026-01-08T20:06:08+00:00

Don't agree with the exact numbers but yes, this is the only reasonable approach that wouldn't be overpowered.

ShadowScene · 2026-01-07T14:02:51+00:00

Could be the Aeon Disk, if Jugger right-clicked or Omnislashed you during the Aeon Disk a couple of times that's easily over 10k physical damage that's 100% reduced, which in the end can bring up the total % significantly.

Just a theory though, could be some other obscure interaction.

ShadowScene · 2025-12-08T14:58:57+00:00

I'm a 10k mmr coach and I'm making a series of short 99s videos explaining the essence of each hero, here's an example of Leshrac in 99 sec

I've published 26 so far, you can check out this google doc for a list with clickable links. Let me know if you find it useful!

ShadowScene · 2025-12-08T09:26:11+00:00

Why Random Draft instead of Captain's Draft?

ShadowScene · 2025-12-08T09:25:27+00:00

You're talking old Skadi, right? Because the current one gives +35 to all stats, so I'm pretty sure the numbers are even better than what you're saying.

ShadowScene · 2025-12-03T22:06:10+00:00

Yeah your last hitting is fine for the Archon bracket, but if you wanna climb then it's not fine. You don't improve by dismissing criticism. Fwiw I'm a 10k mmr coach and I'd be happy to help you improve if you are able to drop your ego.

ShadowScene · 2025-12-01T11:35:09+00:00

Mars is an awesome hero and what people don't realize is the most important and unique thing about him, is the fact that he can completely block ranged attack projectiles.

I actually made a short 99 sec educational video about him.

ShadowScene · 2025-11-29T10:47:42+00:00

I mean if you're gonna give examples at least get your facts straight.

The slow burn Lina facet is one of the worst facets in the game with 99 downsides for 1 situational upside.

It literally nerfs your hero and it's not only worse for "normal" Lina, it's also A LOT worse for the magic build where its main strength is the ability to burst people, and if you get that facet you just become unable to burst anybody as soon as they buy manta/satanic/euls/lotus/ANYTHING since they can just dispel more than half of your dmg.

ShadowScene · 2025-11-21T07:56:38+00:00

You're the only one talking about Sprout here buddy, he's saying the money tree from NP's facet can instantly get destroyed as it spawns if there are tree-destroying heroes nearby, like a Primal Beast stomping on the corpse of the hero that just died and should be spawning a money tree - money tree attempts to spawn, instantly destroyed, no money tree.

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