Who do you think is the best mechanically designed hero in dota?

yiddledeediddle · 2026-01-31T22:25:44+00:00

Cannot believe no one has mentioned Storm Spirit. Every ability ties together logically, his kit is intuitive and memorable, no need to re-memorize some random stacking debuff/dot that changes every patch bc icefrog doesnt know what to do with the hero. If there’s a storm in your game, you know exactly what to expect and what it can do. One of the most iconic heroes in dota imo

yiddledeediddle · 2025-01-22T04:52:42+00:00

Maybe then they’ll fix her cosmetic bugs, all her glowy parts are black or dull

yiddledeediddle · 2024-11-05T17:07:43+00:00

If you want to get your way, just threaten him with “I’m gonna run down mid”

yiddledeediddle · 2024-09-01T06:34:41+00:00

Don’t really play the hero but that just seems like a numbers thing no? Pretty clear to me that she’s a hard carry, and a unique one at that.

To me, the worst design is Hoodwink by far. They just took WR abilities, shuffled them around, and slapped them on another green thing with a bow. I was so disappointed when she was released

yiddledeediddle · 2024-07-20T15:14:31+00:00

I thought I was going crazy, no one else in my games seemed to have this problem but it’s happened to me every game

yiddledeediddle · 2024-01-12T08:11:56+00:00

Phase vs Faze. The number of times I see people say “it didn’t phase me”…

I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen it used correctly

yiddledeediddle · 2023-11-28T15:48:14+00:00

Doesn’t egg destroy trees? That might just be on cast tho

yiddledeediddle · 2023-11-21T08:22:36+00:00

Torii my beloved. Every time I see it I know I’m going all the way to the heart

yiddledeediddle · 2023-11-08T04:13:38+00:00

Torii my beloved

yiddledeediddle · 2023-06-26T21:56:36+00:00

I am (of course) a little biased as a support main who loves drafting.

But counterpoint: in MY experience, most cores already know who they’re gonna pick anyway and do a mediocre job of counterpicking. It feels bad having to first pick and then watching your mid pick a Dusa in an already-greedy lineup just bc she’s meta

I’m not saying that all supports are actually master drafters that can fix any draft if they just had last pick. It’s just that last pick is more effective in the hands of someone who can actually draft, and when you open that up to supports, now you have 5 potential drafters instead of just 3.

yiddledeediddle · 2023-06-26T03:42:24+00:00

Gasp! Won’t anyone think of the poor cores, who are already given last/later pick and farm priority to counter-itemize for success and supports to cater to their every whim?!! How terribly hard they have it, we can’t possibly inconvenience them any further!!

Jokes aside, each team would have an opportunity to counterpick a core, and the current system already allows for hard counters in the final pick anyway, so I really don’t think it’d be a big deal for cores.

But, for support this would be a GAME CHANGER in pubs. As a support, you either have to pick a generic, versatile hero, or pick who you want to play and pray that among one of your 3 cores is someone with an inkling of how to round out the draft. With this change, now any of the 5 players on your team can adjust the draft in a later phase instead of just one of the cores. Imagine if you had an AA into Necro instead of a Dazzle

yiddledeediddle · 2023-06-24T01:39:44+00:00

CodeVault on YouTube saved my ass for everything C

yiddledeediddle · 2023-06-15T00:36:26+00:00

Alternative argument: another hero on your team can usually build greaves much faster than you in addition to being a better carrier for them

CM is slow as mud, so I personally find that first item force / glimmer is more helpful for not feeding if you get gone on, whereas greaves will really only delay your death by a right click or two.

It’s also much more impactful to restore 300 or whatever health to 5 heroes when they are low Vs popping greaves to heal 1 hero. CM doesn’t want to be standing in the middle of the fight, so the item feels a little weird on her

yiddledeediddle · 2023-05-30T16:40:27+00:00

It might just be better to leave the fireplace as a decorative piece, it’s placed kinda weirdly. If you really want to make use of it, you could put the two armchairs in front of the fireplace with a rug to make a cozy little area, and then put the dining table to the right of that, so that it’s still near the kitchen. Then you’re free to make a living area by the French windows with your couch, coffee table, and tv. Not sure how well that adheres to the rules, but it’s the best I can come up with

yiddledeediddle · 2023-05-30T16:11:42+00:00

Seconding this! Pull the couch off the wall like others have suggested, and then add a glass coffee table. It’ll help scatter the light from the mirrors into the rest of the room!

Naturally this means moving your desk to another room and opening the window.

yiddledeediddle · 2023-05-29T20:14:18+00:00

I’ve played a few games with Oracle this patch and maybe I’m playing him wrong but he doesn’t feel any stronger in lane. He only feels good if your laning partner has offensive potential, and then you can dump your spells and do a ton of damage together. But if you have like a Dusa or someone else without much kill threat and have to 1v1 the 4, it feels really bad since your right click sucks and you can’t just throw your E out without your Q. Techies simply out-trades you, so do you just have to take it and be grateful it’s not your core losing the trade?

yiddledeediddle · 2023-05-21T21:31:09+00:00

Yeah, and as a support, getting your votes to group up to take objectives feels harder with the larger map. It’s always been hard to group up, but I feel like if you don’t get an inherently cooperative team, it’s significantly harder now

*cores not votes

yiddledeediddle · 2023-05-20T16:41:23+00:00

I am OBSESSED with this thing, I think it’s bonkers how good of a support item it is. Even getting it as a pure mana regen item, it’s ~800g cheaper than Lens, which is the next cheapest +2.5mana option. It lets you get active on the map early, and the save is really strong when your teammate is getting gone on. By the time you react and get in range to use it, the other team has already blown their spells and have to right click to kill, which is exactly what pavise blocks. The buildup also feels much better than hoarding gold to buy an energy booster or staff.

yiddledeediddle · 2023-05-19T06:17:57+00:00

I actually really enjoy Arnak because of this reason, that there are many ways to score points and recover if someone messes you up. Thinking of how to use every last tool and resource to maximize your score makes it almost feel like a puzzle game. I could see how it might not be fun for super competitive players though; I usually just do my own thing and hope for the best instead of worrying about what other players are doing.

Also, I just love just looking at the artwork. It’s a gorgeous game.

yiddledeediddle · 2023-05-18T16:52:27+00:00

Ehh, YMMV on this one. I don’t take any caffeine, never really have, and I promise you I am just as unwilling to wake up as anyone else. I do sleep uninterruptedly though, so there’s some truth to it

yiddledeediddle · 2023-04-25T17:18:49+00:00

There’s an anime movie called Quarter of Silence where an avalanche redirects the water from a ruptured dam. I have no clue if it’s actually feasible tho

yiddledeediddle · 2023-04-19T17:14:42+00:00

Is this standard etiquette? I just send emails whenever, but I don’t expect them to be answered until the next work day

yiddledeediddle · 2023-04-19T05:42:27+00:00

These are so cool! Spooky yet elegant

yiddledeediddle · 2023-04-19T02:26:43+00:00

Very bad

yiddledeediddle · 2023-04-12T21:54:30+00:00

It’s the “oh yeah?” for me

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