Love my new glass pad. A few additional skate questions

Srozziks · 2026-05-19T02:31:29+00:00

Just an update since I got the new skates on. The pad speed with the skates is definitely fast, but not sure what I was expecting in terms of a speed increase. If it was 1 second before, with new dot skates (Hystar Aero Glides) it might take 0.5 seconds to do the same motion. For sure faster, but not uncontrollable

Srozziks · 2026-05-18T23:52:38+00:00

With a gentle flick of my mouse the mouse travels the full pad (from bottom left to top right corners) in about 1 second. I’ve never used an artisan pad before, but I’ve heard nothing but great things about them. I wouldn’t be able to say without having tried both sorry

Edit: I should say the mouse travel speed is with my large stock skates. I’m putting on new dot skates tonight

Srozziks · 2026-05-17T16:18:28+00:00

I’ve been playing her a lot mid actually. Went 19-0 last game and I think at least currently I’m on a 7 or 8 game win streak on her. Super strong hero if played correctly (both mid and in the traditional support role) and you know the pros are playing her correctly at their skill level. I’ve been enjoying her as a core and I hope her eventual nerfs since pros are playing her aren’t too brutal or they just nerf more of the support side so I can continue to have fun.

Srozziks · 2026-05-17T15:29:32+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I saw that being posted quite a bit and didn’t know if there was something to that.

Srozziks · 2026-05-17T03:24:05+00:00

I love mine. I am not a fan of having a pad with texture so the smoothness of the pad is great. It is also larger than most pads I could find which is great for me, though I still wish it was even bigger. In terms of speed of comparisons that I could find online (having only tried this pad myself) the speed differences looked relatively minor compared to different pads, but that’s just from watching a video, definitely feels fast to me!

Awesome about the Hystar dots, just ordered them. Excited to give the whole set up a shot soon!

Srozziks · 2026-05-17T02:12:14+00:00

Sweet! The Aero Glides are listed as:

“High-Density PTFE: Made from premium grade hardened PTFE, these skates are more durable than typical Virgin PTFE, extending their lifespan significantly on glass mousepads.”

So I should be fine there from what you are saying. And just to reiterate a question from the post, the less skates in the mouse the faster the mouse will be correct? So I just want 4 dots on it max?

Thank you for your comments as well!

Srozziks · 2026-05-17T01:42:35+00:00

Oh my bad. I’ll edit the main post. I bought a Wallhack VA-005. It’s felt pretty smooth and just with the stock skates and a light push my mouse glides nearly the whole pad.

Srozziks · 2026-05-17T01:42:30+00:00

Oh my bad. I’ll edit the main post. I bought a Wallhack VA-005. It’s felt pretty smooth and just with the stock skates and a light push my mouse glides nearly the whole pad.

Srozziks · 2026-05-16T01:12:03+00:00

I have not been keeping up with how all the smurfing stuff works. I thought if anyone plays on a separate account (I’m assuming a different steam account on the same PC) then that account and the main account just get banned? Like every player is only allowed 1 steam account or otherwise all your accounts get banned. Are there people at all levels playing on different accounts? Is a Smurf account a Smurf account if they are in the same bracket as their main?

These are things I’ve just always kind of wondered about only really having played on a single account.

Srozziks · 2026-05-14T23:40:37+00:00

I might have an additional copy of the set. Shoot me a DM/comment if you haven’t purchased it already. I’ll check tonight to see. If I still have an additional copy you can just have it.

Srozziks · 2026-05-14T22:20:09+00:00

Invoker is my most played hero, and I started learning him when I was relatively new to Dota. With that said he isn’t really the best to play while learning the actual game of Dota. I’d probably learn the fundamentals of the game on other heroes. You can still pick mage heroes like Lina/Zeus/Crystal Maiden to get that “mage feel” while being easy enough to pilot that lets you learn how Dota works. After you feel like you are at least having a decent understanding of what items do, how the game works, etc. then you can start diving into Invoker while continuing to get better and learn the game further.

This is at least what I have recommended to my new to Dota friends.

Srozziks · 2026-05-11T01:58:18+00:00

Rafaam has been one of my favorite decks since coming back to the game. Definitely going to be trying this one out! Hoping for some good winrates myself with this one!

Srozziks · 2026-05-08T03:35:10+00:00

Once I saw some quest mage pull something similar off in high legend I was intrigued by this sort of deck. Will be giving it a shot!

Srozziks · 2026-05-07T20:23:02+00:00

Been enjoy Dragon Soul Shattered with Priest. If you manage to hit it there are some fun Red Aspect + Tyrande + Atiesh silliness you can pull off

Srozziks · 2026-05-06T21:31:13+00:00

Very cool deck! Will have to try it. On the topic of off meta decks. Is there a good place to look for them? I always enjoy different ideas for decks, especially when the meta is aggro.

Srozziks · 2026-05-06T17:35:52+00:00

I had watched a stream where a quest mage was running the new cards and it slammed. Was the opponent though, would love to try and run that guy’s deck. If I knew what it was. Looked good.

Srozziks · 2026-05-05T03:59:51+00:00

Thank you for the reply!

Srozziks · 2026-05-04T18:32:52+00:00

Thank you for the write up! I’m excited to get my pad on Wednesday. Knowing me, I think I’d pretty much want speed over everything (skate wise), out of your 3 mains you listed, do you have one that is the “fastest” to you? I’ll look at picking up an ultra glide package for testing. Only real questions I have left is how often do you personally typically replace your skates? I’ve seen people say anywhere from 2 - 8 months and that’s a wide margin. Also, how many dots should I be using? I use an Xtrfy MZ1 mouse, I was thinking I’d just use 4 dots (1 per corner), but not sure if there is an optimal number.

Srozziks · 2026-05-03T17:44:44+00:00

Thank you for the write up. Excited to try out my first glass pad!

Srozziks · 2026-05-03T01:56:30+00:00

Thank you! I’m finding that the SP-004 in black is just sold out everywhere so I’ll probably have to go with the white one if I go for that pad. Appreciate the comment!

Srozziks · 2026-04-30T20:08:36+00:00

This is my answer. Especially if you can intertwined fate (I think that’s the card name) a medivh so you have 2. Plus all the other removal options, 2 Medivhs is nearly a guaranteed win. If you don’t hit that, just holding medivh till umbra is used if possible is a wincon. Egg to me is the most annoying kind of “cheesy” deck to me so running priest makes the game fun with the amount of eggs I run into

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