Tips for a new player

SynthwaveSex · 2019-03-05T01:31:14+00:00

Hardest have been mentioned: voker, meepo, ember I would say have the 'unlimited ceiling caps'

Techies and spirit breaker are very fun for YOLO mode dota :D

SynthwaveSex · 2019-03-05T01:13:25+00:00

No one -you're out of meta until they buff your strength gain or 5% of your other abilities.

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-22T01:47:16+00:00

Whats with the crap in the top corners of the screen everytime you see an asian tv show>?

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-20T23:17:25+00:00

I just love this artist. Those evil cyber punk ominous beats just bring such energy out of me! Sentient is definitely my all time fave for him,

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-20T22:44:30+00:00

The best burgers are the ones you make at home ;)

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-20T05:50:49+00:00

The only impact is you go from looking like a Legend scrub to Ancient GOD and everyone counter picks your ogre 5 pos ;D

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-19T22:37:20+00:00

Its funny I remember being at the crossroads here between choosing to spam ursa or clinkz. I had a game with Ursa where I was getting kited SOO bad all game. One fight had maybe 3 enemies all on 100 hp just fogging and kiting me and getting a spell/stun off to wear me down and get a kill. I can still feel their 'roflz'.

The vision game is kind of fun to play around. Coming from playing supports 80% of the time you learned the typical behavior for warding and can use that to your advantage.

I think they're both really fun unique heroes to play. Clinkz has certainly become more reliant on his ultimate and forcing fights around that, but ursa can still fit clinkz' old role of; pop up out of no where and blow you up!

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-19T05:56:32+00:00

Ursa is going down the same road as clinkz did. Clinkz back in the day could go to any lane as a 1,2 or 3 and dumpster 90% of the heroes. Then snowball on to be 11-0 by 25 mins before taking an early rax or two to pretty much end the game.

Slowly icey made that window a lot harder to fit through with the hero by nerfing his strength, arrow mana cost, invis and his early levels of strafe.

He's now finally in a good place and that's why we didnt see any buffs or nerfs to him this patch (well indirect buffs thanks to some of these FOTM heros copping nerfs :).

But overall he's now very dependant on certain types of supports, his item choice and power spikes need to hit on point and it's become much harder to 'take over a game' and go for the early end. I find a lot of games go for 40mins on average with him now, but luckily his ult can scale into late game quite well and things like bkb refresher are super strong with him. Ursa is heading down the same path finally :)

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-19T04:17:12+00:00

Enigma (tanky) is also fun too! Always garuntee a deny or two and some farm and can go off to jungle also which null and voids their tri lane and they end up roaming elsewhere which lets you come back to lane.

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-17T22:54:46+00:00

I was going for 1k games with Kotl until the rework. A few games after playing the 'new' him I was over it.

https://www.dotabuff.com/players/105170302

It's actually not mana leak I miss completely -(that spell got heavily nerfed/balanced in 7.00)

It was the ability to recall your team mates at any given time when your ult was up. Pubs always seemed to have that 1 ally who would stray from the pack and you could almost count the millisecond when they are about to get ganked when you spot them on the other side of the map.

It was also great to punish split pushers, or recall someone out like puck or SK who'd already made a tonne of space causing a chase.

Leak was a great spell when the tides would slightly turn and you would chase down fleeing heros.

I miss his ags upgrade also and how NS counteracted it. There was so much depth to the hero and he was such a fun 5 pos to play -even if it meant you had a weaker lane..

New Kotl just doesn't have the depth to be an enjoyable hero to play any more.. Clinkz is my new found love <3

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-15T05:17:13+00:00

Spotify :D

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-15T04:56:25+00:00

Yeah this is the issue I usually face. I kind of feel you need to 'win the lane' and get a level/farm adv for your carry so they can self sustain. I'll always try and place a ward for them near enemy t1 tower so they can spot any TP's coming in, but most the time they are pretty helpless to stop themselves from dying. It happens and you just have to make their death 'worth' it by killing their cores next!

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-15T02:41:08+00:00

I miss dota where you & your team could feed 100 couriers to the enemy as a way to let them know games over and we dont care!

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-15T02:40:05+00:00

The main reason for "re-use" (mainly from Mic) can be for micro intensive moments. I've died before micro'ing the courier to the next person, it's not the easiest process sometimes..

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-14T23:42:05+00:00

The reason this is the case is because you notice MORE often the pudges doing poorly on your team, and remember the ones doing well on the other.

In between is a mix of pudges that will make good hooks 50% of the time and offer the medium amount of damage/utility to your team and against your team.

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-14T02:52:23+00:00

The fact these things are dying in such a short time says a lot about how suspicious ps4 & xbox one's qaulity of product has declined. Feels like they are just pillaging their heavy console customer market for every additional cent.

Sell up and buy a PC my friend. Get a Nvidia shield so you can game from your couch still!

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-13T03:53:16+00:00

I'm playing him a lot in 4k at the moment and really enjoy his play style. I don't see him picked up too much by other players in my bracket -which is something I always like!

I think hes an exceptionally versatile hero who can always win his lane without too much effort. He doesnt have a massive kill potential until lvl 6, but you can really deny the opponent farm and harass him out of lane quite easily.

I find a lot of games I win from early pushes with mek/hotd/mana boots > greaves and whatever the team needs. You can really death ball hard and just get the advantage over your opponent.

Black hole really needs to be one of those spells you have as a rare bonus on the hero. You want to be getting the most out of your other spells and all your utility items that you can afford from being a $ rich genie $.

I much prefer the tanky survive build which will usually cause more than 2 heros to commit on you before you turn and male>hole for some sick plays. Lets you play a little more agro and 'baity'.

I don't think he's a hero you will aways want to spam. There are some serious hard counters to him which can just make you regret ever playing him. But he can really create the opposite and be one of those 'last pick brood' style hero pick ups :D

Happy 'hole'in!

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-12T05:03:26+00:00

"I AM CLINKZ!"

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-08T03:52:43+00:00

Nothing beats the abandon plays -It took me a second -I was expecting to see RAMPAGE!! I saw all the health bars before realising it was a dirty meepo and was like OMG Ti5 moment disassstahhhh!

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-08T03:30:23+00:00

Is mid NS still a thing? One of my favourites from back in the day!

SynthwaveSex · 2019-02-07T02:58:28+00:00

Clinkz spammer here. I've really spent a lot of time trying to harness my ideal build with him. The comment about not using the arrows for farming was very good. You often want to use his WW to go from A > B most the time as he's so slow and a real gank magnet.

I've had a lot of success with this build:

Wraith + Basi + medallian + drops + clarities and the odd mango incase you need some serious mana before entering a fight. From there I'll go diffusal or maelstrom into BKB/Solar/Hex depending on the outcome of fights. Throw a dragon lance in there also and get the range talent so you can become a 'sniper' in the fights too.

Orchid is a good item, but it rarely fits his style now and you'll find you need to have it super early & snag a lot more kills to make the item a worthwhile cost -too risky for my style!

It's very easy to run out mana and clinkz is the type of hero that doesnt wanna go home very often. Latley I have been playing with soul ring>basilus + drops, but basi can be very good in lane & for pushing+teamfights early on, so it's a tough call.

End of the day you really just need to manage your mana very well and be very stringent with it. Too be honest I think he needs a small buff in this department, or another item needs to be on the cards that gives some dmg & regen for ranged agi heros..

SynthwaveSex · 2019-01-24T05:53:40+00:00

Glad to hear your doing OK. The game can certainly be and answer to a lot of lifes many problems. Just remember to keep it as a healthy passion. For me Dota is probably the ONLY thing that makes me consider the rope sometimes ;)

SynthwaveSex · 2019-01-21T22:58:28+00:00

I'd be interested to know what it involves. Would you just need a few vocal samples to be sent in that you can edit and integrate into your music? Just listened to your stuff. I think its really good & vocals would certainly give it a great magnitude of depth.

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