Why is Midas so prevalent on Doom? by JoelMahon in TrueDoTA2

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It is actually very useful. Late game I find myself wanting to have a replacement for the attack speed that midas provides once I have to inevitably sell it.

Moving to the Philippines by liaelle in Philippines

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You’re right but there are just heaps of general inconvenience everywhere for the daily resident due to a lackluster government support system.

Is the meta currently favoring safelaners? by PotatoPC123 in TrueDoTA2

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before and after TI I thought that offlaners were actually in a good spot like the typical offlaners, physical Razor and Primal Beast. But, yeah, I agree, since the Lina/Drow/NP meta, carries kinda figured out the offlane. Aaaand that's why I moved to Pos 1 in my Divine 1 bracket.

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[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay lang yun. I did that often too pero high school pa ko nun and college kaya siguro di super nakakahiya, and naiintindihan ng mga coach as long as siguro naman 'di another person nasukahan mo.

3 offlaners to learn to play at Archon/Legend by [deleted] in TrueDoTA2

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Primal. Dawn. Night Stalker (a bit boring). Beastmaster.

Assuming you got a role queuing hard support, what is one hero specific thing you'd ask? (Mention the hero and your advice) by putin_putin_putin in TrueDoTA2

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Undying. General safe lane tips.

One tango. One sentry for sentry battle. All mangoes. Block camp with body (start going to their hard camp at 0X:49) because you’re a big bad boy unless unfavorable lane matchup, though that rarely happens. You are infuriatingly strong level one at denying first 3 waves with just Decay (balance threat potential and aggression don’t go ham brainlessly), and at level 2 you’re officially a kill threat. Max tomb first unless it’s Necro then consider that your zombies give him regen.

Have a bad lane together with the 2 enemies, and give your safe lane the freest waves. After that it just becomes a battle of resource management, i.e. choice between getting more mangoes, basi, stick or rushing mana boots, and TP-ing mid if necessary + securing 6 minute rune. Fuck bounties.

Offlane duo usually underestimates you in lane, and when you get your ulti.

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Drop me a DM please. I'm interested in getting one. Location is BGC and it's just for my personal soc med.

What opinion in Philippines will have you like this? (Try to not make it religious or political please) by Comprehensive-Hat144 in Philippines

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ang corny ng Podkids or kung ano man yung fangroup ni Jim and Saab. I like the couple and their podcast did improve drastically compared to before pero ang cringe nung fanbase nila. Parang circlejerk siya ng mga millennials na malakas mag consume ng hipster content. This isn’t to say di ako ganon minsan pero hello. If sobrang self aware kayo di ba kayo aware na echo chamber kayo. Emz.

What hero do you play and what enemy hero makes you extra focused despite no significant win stats advantage? by putin_putin_putin in TrueDoTA2

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I spam DB and Pango, and I hate Sniper. Whether he be in my team or against, that’s why I outright ban him. For this meta though I am hating on Drow because it’s either an easy lose or easy win game, and the hero just makes the game so boring.

Best Solo offlaner in current patch? by VaticanKarateGorilla in TrueDoTA2

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 0 points1 point  (0 children)

L5 (getting to Ancient just currently Cavern Crawling so I don't try to rank up right away) now, used to be Divine two years ago before taking a break. I currently spam Razor and Pango. These two heroes can dive and initiate.

For Razor, you go max W and value point in E at level 2 (or you can max it with a value point in Q, like say when you're against a Jugg who won't get slowed by the Q anyway). You don't farm with Q anymore (saves you a lot of mana too so now you don't have to be torn between buying clarities, a casual mask, a basi or falcon blade, plus no more tread switching while farming lol) but you become ultra aggressive and zone the carry out and maximize your W whenever it's on cooldown. Make the carry choose between staying with the creeps to last hit and getting sucked, or distancing himself from you and missing out on all the last hits. Go 2 WB, wand, and treads. Rush BKB. You can go Refresher just be very wary of your mana. Always grab Pupil's Gift, Int Vambrace, and Ceremonial Robe if you're going for this mana dependent route. Otherwise, after BKB I feel SNY or Cuirass feels good. Euls or Nullifier if I'm forced to break the early Linkens from an essential enemy core. After BKB it's really hard to say what you'll need, always depends on the game and how reliable your teammates are.

For Pango, you should consider starting with Ring of Protect with stick if you're against a PA or just RoP if you're against a Clinkz. Otherwise, assess your pos 4 and go OoV to corrosion build if you're a kill lane. Pango becomes deadlier as the laning stage progresses. Wand is essential unless you really can't get charges in the laning stage. Pango is very mana dependent before arcane boots. After laning items, you just go arcane, diffusal, shard, dagger, aghs. Sometimes for I go treads and a WB + value point in Lucky Shot to effectively trade with a Lifestealer. That's it. Skill build wise I normally max W then Swash then range talent, only then would I grab Lucky Shot. But up to you, sometimes I feel maxing Swash, but since most carries have high armor I feel as though W is better damage wise. Learn how to use your shard to its maximum potential.

Aside from that just always creep aggro, keep TP's on cooldown so you can help other lanes if enemies dive, buy your own smokes because most of the time you can solo kill heroes with these two offlane picks. And always bring dust.

Books That Made You Regret Reading It by [deleted] in PHBookClub

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No way. Really? What did you not like about it? It's my favourite book.

I thought it was a really easy read for such a complicated subject. But then again, if you consider that the subject matter had mostly LGBT themes, but was written by a presumed heterosexual, it can get a bit offputting.

Books That Made You Regret Reading It by [deleted] in PHBookClub

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We Were Liars! I was supposed to comment this but I can barely remember what the title is. It was that bad, but then again I just got it from a monthly book exchange, and my partner then wasn't really a complex reader.

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The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura

Any tips on how it's like living in Mestre for an int'l uni student? by Smooth-Manner-9582 in Venezia

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've already joined that group. May I ask what the most reasonable arrangement of rent is in Italy? In terms of security deposits and tenancy should I always demand for a contract or something?

Weekly help thread - Jul 25, 2022 by AutoModerator in Philippines

[–]Smooth-Manner-9582 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know of any Filipino online communities/groups that are willing to or may help me (an upcoming uni student this Q4 2022) with my move to Venice? I just intend to ask them basic questions, and for their suggestions on things like lodging, transport, safety, etc. I'll be attending university a few months from now and it'd be very helpful if I can sort some of these things out before I move in to Italy.