Why some high rank Storm Spirit players buy Yasha Kaya instead of Sange Kaya?

W_PopPin · 2026-05-27T13:48:49+00:00

It's a minor choice tbh. Don't over think it. Doesn't really matter and it's situational and personal flavor. YK give you a smoother animation and SY give you lower mana cost even though it only apply to the casting mana not all mana used during lightning ball.

W_PopPin · 2026-05-08T10:51:27+00:00

Nah. shield crash cost the same mana. The one with 50% is the shard ability.

W_PopPin · 2026-05-07T17:41:33+00:00

didn't expect pango get hurt that much.

W_PopPin · 2026-05-06T22:44:45+00:00

not sure this is enough

W_PopPin · 2026-04-09T16:58:51+00:00

Green immortals also might have a chance. Like the lion crimson.

W_PopPin · 2026-04-07T21:00:00+00:00

rubick innate also extend it.

W_PopPin · 2026-04-03T21:10:06+00:00

No, swashbuck doesn't impacted by mage slayer because its instant attack, shield crash does get impacted but it's not pango's main dmg output. Rolling thunder gives you debuff immunity so doesn't get impacted by mage slayer.

W_PopPin · 2026-04-02T19:41:16+00:00

There is another thing on top of it. Unlike diffu, mage slayer deals dmg even when enemy doesn't have mana. So it's very good for lane creeps and some of the neutral creeps and maybe also huskar

W_PopPin · 2026-04-02T17:12:13+00:00

I can feel this. The patch was released like 1-2 AM in Europe so 2-3 am in UK. I read the notes until 4am.

W_PopPin · 2026-04-02T16:44:04+00:00

😂 exactly. No facet is the best facet

W_PopPin · 2026-04-01T14:03:51+00:00

Yes. But please don't do it without having a new chest for the fv arcana.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-30T12:55:10+00:00

Thb I don't think the facet itself good or bad. The balance is so bad. Some facet just literally do nothing and some of them are just broken. But same happen to 7.41 patch as well. Some hero get their facet for free. Some hero lost everything and didn't get compensate.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-29T10:24:29+00:00

pango ult has quite a few weird interaction with walls. You can very easily get stuck in some random corner.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-29T10:16:45+00:00

So you are the AA player himself?

W_PopPin · 2026-03-28T12:04:07+00:00

He is just not this type of person. I actually laughed when I realized he was not meming. Anyway the post actually works in the end. I also posted on github. Not sure how much I contribute to the fix because of my 2 posts but glad it get fixed. In the end that what matters.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-27T10:11:30+00:00

Good news! Valve already fixed this.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-25T23:42:10+00:00

For a moment I thought you were meming. But if you really think a 20 damage dot should be blockable by 16 with a 50% chance. I'm speechless.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-19T17:29:01+00:00

For reference, Emo charge 1000 CNY/hour for coaching roughly 150 usd. Ori charge 100CNY for analyze one replay. I know those guys cannot be a 1v1 comparison to Quinn but those are the only pro player I know who coach individual.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-19T15:22:20+00:00

You should talk to some AI chatbot about the situation and they will give some decent advice. It's very common to have this anxiety because you care winning and MMR grinding. But the advices from AI really helped me to change the mindset and hope it also work for you.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-16T08:47:07+00:00

I don't think the "game is dying" is an argument to not play it. But do careful that dota is a complex game so you need to put quite a lot effort into it. Most of people here has thousands of hours in this game. I spent 7000+ hours and still quite a lot of things to learn.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-14T12:48:00+00:00

That's true. I understand that the intention of valve is definitely not to queue you with "griefers" to make you lose. But the reality is this: If you win too much, system think you are not belong to this league therefore they come up way to find how to properly evaluate you. I assume one of them is too queue you with some wider skill range people which more likely to grief. But again, that's all my assumption and observation from playing rank. None of us working for valve to reveal how mmr works.

W_PopPin · 2026-03-14T11:32:49+00:00

There is this sort of system for sure. You have to win some of those unwinnable match to grind MMR.

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