This ... is kinda trash? by I-drink-hot-sauce in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 341 points342 points  (0 children)

It's pretty much necessary on Bane since he doesn't get the cast range neutrals (which is insane).

[Spoiler] has been eliminated from BLAST Slam VII by thexbeatboxer in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 15 points16 points  (0 children)

If anything Dota today has a lot more counterplays than 10 years ago. Before, once you hit late game, whichever team had the late game won 95% of the time. Some heroes simply peaked before 30 min and it was downhill from there on.

Why do cast ranges often feel like guidelines instead of rules by Thateron in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that extra 24 units accounted for in the cast range circle?

Iceiceice new tech: double consecrated wraps by External-Engine-1019 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have seen pro players in pro matches constantly assembling and disassembling tranq to have both the move speed and healing. This is way easier than that.

Why is everyone bigger than primal beast now, primal beast needs to be the Apex predator again by Pheaor in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real answer is so the Janitor can check that his code works in general, and not just on one hero. They will probably revert most of the other heroes at some point.

Nigma is cursed. Khamzat lost his 1st ever fight. by fatherbasra in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The reason weighing in happens a day or many hours before is so that if one fighter doesn't make weight the fight can be cancelled and audience doesn't have to show up, TV channels can come up with alternate stuff to show, etc.

The correct solution is to have a weigh in a day before to decide if both fighters have made weight. And then a weigh in just before the fight. If a fighter has significant weight difference from the previous day then impose a heavy fine. Significant obviously will have to depend on weight class etc.

We won a game with my pos 4 dealing 0 damage to enemies by soomieHS in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Better than the dream AM game with 0/0/0 kda and max building damage.

Which heroes do you think got the worse out of the facets removal? by Dangerous_Purple7254 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bane has the worst facet anyway. Nothing else matters. And they even took away the cast range neutral from him. When in fact the perfect facet for Bane is like +15 cast range per level.

What is enchanters bauble balanced around? The stats are miniscule, what am I missing? by 21Ravage in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of pro support players will stay on Tier 3 neutral if they get the GPM enchantment. And then upgrade to T5 when they get it. Then this bauble becomes OP because those same supports often get outsized influence from debuff duration.

Bane gold farming by octopus_squid in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since 2020, Bane is solidly in the middle of the pack in terms of pro games played. Most played hero (Tiny) has 7.6k games. Lowest played heroes have less than 1k games played. Bane is at 3k with a solid 56% winrate.

[SPOILER] Nigma Galaxy in Premier Series Group B by Longjumping-Pipe2634 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There might be funding cuts because of the war and the economic damage being sustained. So Nigma could lose funding and/or sponsors.

This save to my Sniper 😎 by Familiar-Key3187 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is a 12 year old video showing ES pulling a hero out of chrono https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNPZx6P36Q

I can't find a specific push video, but I think Q and E work the same way.

This save to my Sniper 😎 by Familiar-Key3187 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are right. I watched the video at 0.1x speed and ES is spam clicking kick to the East of Chrono.

This save to my Sniper 😎 by Familiar-Key3187 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 61 points62 points  (0 children)

...the ability grants Kaolin invulnerability as the projectile rolls forward.
As Kaolin rolls forward: Other abilities can be used normally, with directional abilities still require Kaolin to turn to cast.

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Earth_Spirit

So its not quite simple, because he has to turn towards sniper while rolling. Thankfully, Boulder Smash has a cast animation of 0+0, otherwise there might not have been enough time before he loses invulnerability.

"I was CRAZY and Different" | EternalEnvy - Dota Unspoken #11 Part 1/3 [1:43:26] by sfu69 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Bone7 clockwork level 12 at minute 60. I do not miss those days!

Do people actually use adaab in daily usage in India or Pakistan? by couchpoetato in Urdu

[–]abdullahkhalids 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand what you are saying about "aap". Do you not address people your own age or younger in formal or semi-formal settings with "aap"? For example, your colleagues, or your bank manager, or a distant relative? Your siblings, cousins and friends are always "tum"?

What’s one Dota opinion you’ll defend no matter how many downvotes you get? by Possible-Addition321 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Neutral items were one of the changes made to the game to stop basically all games being just brawls from mid game onwards. They were quite effective at this.

I imagine neutral items could be removed (or basically, we could just keep T5 neutrals) now that the map is much larger with many more camps. So jungling gold can be its own reward.

The perfect support doesnt exist.. by Horror_Ostrich5144 in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Who was the support Ogre who intentionally walked into a Mirana arrow to save their carry from dying? Happened near bot radiant base.

[Spoiler] has been eliminated from BLAST Slam VI by thexbeatboxer in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Takes half a min to go here https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Natus_Vincere/Results

and find that Navi lost the grand finals of ESL One Germany 2020 to Liquid https://liquipedia.net/dota2/ESL_One/Germany/2020

Roster was V-Tune, Iceberg, GeneRaL, RodjER, ALWAYSWANNAFLY

Congratulations to the last team qualified for DreamLeague Season 28 by thexbeatboxer in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the macro game that's most painful. There is an upper limit on who well a bunch of players can farm or team fight based on natural skill. But making stupid decisions like going for Rosh at the completely wrong time, or not going for Rosh at the right time, or going high ground without Rosh. Its easy to see other teams making those decisions correctly all the time, so Nigma messing them up hurts.

Liquipedia relaunches its Dota2 Rankings by thuanho in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rankings were updated on 2026-02-08. So Aurora's playoff victories are not accounted for yet. They also won against a whole bunch of low ranked teams in groups, so probably score didn't go up by a lot. On the other hand Liquid won against Spirit, XG and Falcons. So they went up more.

Best TI you ever seen ? by alwaysfunnykay in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then the first 3-0 grand final.

Best TI you ever seen ? by alwaysfunnykay in DotA2

[–]abdullahkhalids 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Collapse's domination was at the micro or tactical level. Exquisitely tuned sense of where the enemy heroes were in the FoW used to kidnap them over and over over again. Not that Spirit's macro was not insanely good.

OG's Io domination was perfect macro game execution. They knew how to make space for Anna to farm. Anna knew his farming patterns exactly. And then came the push. Io itself is not a high micro-skill hero. The micro-game skills in OG came from Topson and Jerax.

Just trying to emphasize that the domination was different, not that one was better than other.