***DotA 2 Thread***

[VicelikeLlama5]

Me and Josh played with a Pudge who had 10 urn charges and never used them. His excuse "i always forget to use urn"










wut

>every game with a mirana on my team
>never ults
>"srry"

[Kirra]

If anyone is playing ranked. Core Pugna+DP+Medusa. Maybe a CM or something nice. New meta. I swear

How does dusa fit in here?

[Archheretic]

Im close to giving up dota, I lose every single game, every game I got retards on my team and decent people on the other team. What ever role I play I lose, there is either a leaver, people picking a total retarded team line up, feed or someone not having a clue on how to play there hero. 3200 is a total **** bracket, noone of my friends want to play with me any more cause they know some retard on our team will **** it up too hard to fix.

[L69]

If anyone is playing ranked. Core Pugna+DP+Medusa. Maybe a CM or something nice. New meta. I swear

are we gonna act like the rest of the team wont assume pugna will be supporting and will proceed to pick an offlaner and a hard carry?

[joedirt87]

Ranked captains mode, why do I bother. It's just as many BRs, in fact it might be worse because it's try hard Brazilians. We picked a push team, and ended up almost winning it 3v5. We had a Natures Prophet and Beast Master farming jungle/ancients all game instead of pushing, then they blamed our captain when we lost.

Edit: ^ DP is crazy good right now.

[omnip0tent]

How does dusa fit in here?

you tri lane Safe. Pugna+CM w/ medusa

DP mid

Offlaner

YOU ROTATE YOUR TRILANE TO GO AGAINST THEIR TRI LANE( ideally). After u show tri in safe lane, leave medusa to 1v1 in safe lane. I know its not full proof but ranked pubs wont rotate properly usually.

minute 15ish (hopefully dusa has linkens and boots. or boots and midas alrdy) you all 5 man. THEY CANNOT STOP IT. DP ult, pugna ward, If they try and counter initiate (even with naga) DUSA ULT and they take extra physical dmg + Dp's Physical ult. Other heroes playing their roles. Not to mention you MELT lanes. GG. 3/3 so far. All games won under 35-40 mins

[L69]

you tri lane Safe. Pugna+CM w/ medusa

DP mid

Offlaner

YOU ROTATE YOUR TRILANE TO GO AGAINST THEIR TRI LANE( ideally). After u show tri in safe lane, leave medusa to 1v1 in safe lane. I know its not full proof but ranked pubs wont rotate properly usually.

minute 15ish (hopefully dusa has linkens and boots. or boots and midas alrdy) you all 5 man. THEY CANNOT STOP IT. DP ult, pugna ward, If they try and counter initiate (even with naga) DUSA ULT and they take extra physical dmg + Dp's Physical ult. Other heroes playing their roles. Not to mention you MELT lanes. GG. 3/3 so far. All games won under 35-40 mins

2 cores laning together . . . ?

[omnip0tent]

2 cores laning together . . . ?

Yeah... New meta (not offically lol). But it's worked well 3 times so far. Even against alch/Naix carries. Pugna goes (supportish) mek/Ags or force depending. CM(or and support) does their support thing. Dusa goes hard carry. Dp mid euls, phase, blood, heart etc... And offlaner like BH etc.. will also do his regular thing

[Kirra]

Wouldn't Gyro be a MUCH better carry here if you insist on having an AOE carry?

[omnip0tent]

Wouldn't Gyro be a MUCH better carry here if you insist on having an AOE carry?

Gyro works. But its all about the medusa ult with DP and pugs ward. SO much counter intiation. Maybe gyro as 2nd carry. And 2/2 lanes. Just have early rotates. Was forced to do that one game. Also won with core DP+pug+Dusa+ Gyro+ Puck (I know terrible puck pick. I mis clicked) still raped tho when 5 manning about 15-20 mins in. Dont think it's flawless might not work in "pro games" but ranked. It rapes.

[Less Than 3]

you tri lane Safe. Pugna+CM w/ medusa

DP mid

Offlaner

YOU ROTATE YOUR TRILANE TO GO AGAINST THEIR TRI LANE( ideally). After u show tri in safe lane, leave medusa to 1v1 in safe lane. I know its not full proof but ranked pubs wont rotate properly usually.

minute 15ish (hopefully dusa has linkens and boots. or boots and midas alrdy) you all 5 man. THEY CANNOT STOP IT. DP ult, pugna ward, If they try and counter initiate (even with naga) DUSA ULT and they take extra physical dmg + Dp's Physical ult. Other heroes playing their roles. Not to mention you MELT lanes. GG. 3/3 so far. All games won under 35-40 mins

hate to break it to you but you are winning your games because of your DP, pugna, CM not your dusa, which is a pretty obvious push strat and can easily be drafted against accordingly (unless youre doing AP then ure playing noobs anyways). that dusa ult + dp is hardly a wombo combo and also nerfs the CM and pugna damage. and at 20 min your linkens/phase dusa is still doing no rightclick dmg in team fights. bottom line, youre just playing against teams that dont know how to defend against the early pushes of DP + pugna.

[Bcider]

hate to break it to you but you are winning your games because of your DP, pugna, CM not your dusa, which is a pretty obvious push strat and can easily be drafted against accordingly (unless youre doing AP then ure playing noobs anyways). that dusa ult + dp is hardly a wombo combo and also nerfs the CM and pugna damage. and at 20 min your linkens/phase dusa is still doing no rightclick dmg in team fights. bottom line, youre just playing against teams that dont know how to defend against the early pushes of DP + pugna.

There really isn't much you can do against DP and Pugna. They are both pretty op right now.

[omnip0tent]

CM is core is almost every lineup when not banned. I will keep testing it out.

[Less Than 3]

There really isn't much you can do against DP and Pugna. They are both pretty op right now.

theres plenty.
1. get OD and destroy dp mid.
2. pick a trilane that beats pugna (there are A LOT)
3. do 1 and 2.
4. kotl.
5. np.
6. roaming supports (most common and my favorite, they cant push if theyre dead namsayin)

[omnip0tent]

theres plenty.
1. get OD and destroy dp mid.
2. pick a trilane that beats pugna (there are A LOT)
3. do 1 and 2.
4. kotl.
5. np.
6. roaming supports (most common and my favorite, they cant push if theyre dead namsayin)

Unless you play pugna support. And roam him with other support to gank their farmers.

[L69]

There really isn't much you can do against DP and Pugna. They are both pretty op right now.

when DP ultis, pop the omni ulti and throw the kitchen sink at her?

[Less Than 3]

Unless you play pugna support. And roam him with other support to gank their farmers.

pugna as roam support? lol wat. that only works if you have a secondary stun from your ally IN-lane, which is rare since he'll be one of your cores and probably ranged since you left him solo. only potm comes to mind.

[omnip0tent]

pugna as roam support? lol wat. that only works if you have a secondary stun from your ally IN-lane, which is rare since he'll be one of your cores and probably ranged since you left him solo. only potm comes to mind.

Works well with alot of supports. Cm, bane, WD, lion, venge, etc. But your thinking about it wrong. You dont roam. U just make sure u get 3v3 in lane and dont allow them to play their game. In the mean time dusa gets 10 mins of solo farm. 15ish mins in u group and start taking towers/Kills. Money rolls in, XP rolls in. GG

[MasalaMaker]

I've a problem. I've been playing solely as Bristleback all the time around 18 games with him now.

I lost two times today to a team with Legion Commander.
At first it was really easy but end game clashes got a bit harder with LC dueling me and I can't do anything and can't turn my back.
I rely on Warpath stacking for D P S and in a duel you can't use skills and most buffs are removed.
Is there any counter to it while still playing as Bristleback?
What hero paired with me could counter it if there are any?
Situational Items?

Build is typical
Armlet/halberd/tarasque/vg/treads/radiance etc


I haven't encountered an LC with my
Mjolnir/Buriza/Treads etc build yet.
Would the D P S items be the way against an LC?

Thanks guys.

Anyone? Bump.

[zzzdawg]

Anyone? Bump.

just get blademail and pop it before he ults you. he will probably stop going for you. he might have one himself, but w/e the goal is not to die.

[eltwentyone]

you tri lane Safe. Pugna+CM w/ medusa

DP mid

Offlaner

YOU ROTATE YOUR TRILANE TO GO AGAINST THEIR TRI LANE( ideally). After u show tri in safe lane, leave medusa to 1v1 in safe lane. I know its not full proof but ranked pubs wont rotate properly usually.

minute 15ish (hopefully dusa has linkens and boots. or boots and midas alrdy) you all 5 man. THEY CANNOT STOP IT. DP ult, pugna ward, If they try and counter initiate (even with naga) DUSA ULT and they take extra physical dmg + Dp's Physical ult. Other heroes playing their roles. Not to mention you MELT lanes. GG. 3/3 so far. All games won under 35-40 mins

I was with omnipotent during cm, we won pretty easily. I was actually in the offlane as dusa with pugna, against a trilane of LS, veno, and disruptor. I never really got any harass to my farm, we pushed towers pretty fast with DP and if they tried to initiate, popped dusa ult which has crazy range.

[TerellOwens]

just lost a 13-0 to 15-2 zeus game cause my team wouldn't push against a team of mostly carries
o yeah, forgot that lc gave bs 80 bonus damage as well

[omnip0tent]

Steam is down?!?!?! Fuhhhhh

[TedBuckland]

Coming back from vacation in 2 raus, so ranked mm yay or nay?

[VANZFINEST]

Works well with alot of supports. Cm, bane, WD, lion, venge, etc. But your thinking about it wrong. You dont roam. U just make sure u get 3v3 in lane and dont allow them to play their game. In the mean time dusa gets 10 mins of solo farm. 15ish mins in u group and start taking towers/Kills. Money rolls in, XP rolls in. GG

got any tips for playing pugna?? interested in learning him, he seems pretty strong. What type of item build should i be building and specing into for him? basically how do i play him lol

Coming back from vacation in 2 raus, so ranked mm yay or nay?

its a step in the right direction thats for sure.

[Techriding101]

they really need a report function for not speaking the native language of the server you are on. Nothing ruins games worse than people who just jabber nonsense on the US east

[L69]

**** this game

[FinalCountdown]

they really need a report function for not speaking the native language of the server you are on. Nothing ruins games worse than people who just jabber nonsense on the US east

As long as there isn't a rule about that, and as long as Valve continues to allow people to connect to servers thousands of miles away from them.. you won't be able to report them for the reasons you want

[omnip0tent]

got any tips for playing pugna?? interested in learning him, he seems pretty strong. What type of item build should i be building and specing into for him? basically how do i play him lol



its a step in the right direction thats for sure.

get 1 point in decrep @ lvl 3. Max other 2 skills. Mana boots, mek or ags, then force, sheep, etc depending on game. Push alot. Push hard. Push fast. USe ur blast to rape the buildings. Decrep to save ur team from hard carries. Or to set up a gank. place wards all the time. BEHIND fight (hidden in trees, cliffs, etc. Be sneaky with it)

[zzzdawg]

earth spirit remains the scariest hero in the game. magnetize is so crazy.