General Discussionmy lina arcana for zeus or legion arcana
hey people i got lina arcana from crystal maiden spins last TI and i would like to trade it for a zeus or legion commander, anyone inteersted?
Are you trying to hide the proofs for the forest fire in amazonia ?
No harm in trying – but Lina’s arcana was one of the first ones released and is definitely one of the worst looking ones at this point. The “visual creep” is strong among arcanas. I definitely wouldn’t sign up for this trade, (assuming I had LC or Zeus arcanas.)
^wow what a dick move. Sometimes you need to keep ur opinion to yourself.
The fuck how is that a dick move lmao. I never insulted the guy or anything, simply pointed out a fairly obvious and innocuous observation – that Lina’s arcana is of lower quality than most modern arcanas and therefore this will be a harder-to-land trade as he’s “trading up” in many respects.
If juggernaut wasn’t dumpstered so bad with nerfs I’d trade for his . I’m big fan of PA arcana though that ones probably my favorite .
@Demonic Maybe its hard to understand for ur tiny stupid brain as why is it a dick move. Let me give you an example. It’s like going into a store and yells : “Wow your stuff is old and low quality, I definitely wouldnt buy this assuming I had money” And the worst part is, its just ur opinion.
Opinion which is not related to reality as well. Lina’s arcana remains one of the best designed arcanas, unlike zeus’
Wtf a wild TripleSteal appeared.
*Pokemon music starts*
Rofl the fuck is your problem Hayley, why the name calling? I still haven’t tossed a single ad-hominem towards you or the OP.
And this isn’t a store. It’s a DotA forum that isn’t about trading, it’s full of people who act like they do in their DotA games like yourself, lashing out defensively over mild contrivances. This really isn’t the place to facilitate trade.
Of course it was my opinion – an observation of aesthetics is always going to be subjective. I wonder how you’re going to interpret this with your big intelligent brain.
^im pretty sure its “ad hominem”, not “ad-hominem”
Agreed, he knows the expression at least. RIP Schopenhauer
One more guy with retorics skills.
Lmao this guy thinks that his opinion of a certain item is universal to everyone. The arcanas cost as much, except on the second hand market where the price fluctuate due to meta of heroes. I can imagine that there would be a lina player out there who used to like lc/zeus more before or maybe got one of those from the crystal maiden aswell. Thanks for free bump tho, troll.
Holy shit maybe Hayley and Greta are friends. Both are equally incredibly defensive about this.
Like I said above, of course my opinion is subjective. It’s an opinion. At no point did I claim to be some sort of universal arbiter of DotA 2 skin quality.
And naturally, the phrase “troll” has devolved to the point where it’s not “someone who is intentionally goading someone else into a reaction,” and is instead “anyone who hurts my feelings in any possible way.”
This is also a great example of how you can tell this is a true DotA 2 community, where the immediate reaction to someone disagreeing with you is to lash out and disparage them. Man our community sucks.
And you’re welcome for the bumps Greta, hope you can land a trade.
damn too many retards i dont know who to flame :S
^IDK, If I were demonic trashcan I would have done some passive aggressive demonstration to both. Why choosing who to flame when you can flame both.
Yo Greta Thunberg, remember that your avatar is just some hysteric kiddo that goes to the UN shouting at our representatives. The kind of kiddo that claims ‘you spoilt my childhood’ but that ditches school whereas loads of 3rd world children would like the opportunity to go to school.
No the troll comment is regarding someone who would add a comment like that which contributing 0. How would u hurt my feelings? And on what point are we disagreeing? I dont like this arcana either very much. Lol.
I like how people use anime avatar and think of it as very serious stuff. Just proves me you are mentally twelwe sigma pride. I think greta is a hilarious meme, thats why i use it as avatar.
I like how people use anime avatar and think of it as very serious stuff. Just proves me you are mentally twelwe sigma pride.
dont mind me tho, keep deducting Sherlock
I like how people use anime avatar and think of it as very serious stuff. Just proves me you are mentally twelwe sigma pride. I think greta is a hilarious meme, thats why i use it as avatar.
Who is tough now, tough boi ? Your ‘you are mentally twelve’ ad hominem attack is nothing compared to basic sophism.
Anyway, easy Karma Greta Thunberg fanboy who doesn’t assume it 🙂
Both greta and anime suck
I like how you try to match intelligence with dota play skill. I introduced this game to my uni friend and he is immortal after 1000 games which kinda says how smart you are, you just have to kick someone beneath you because you probably are insecurer about yourself. But it is very common for people who define their medal as IQ on this game when they are struggling in the life that really matters.
Yeah once u change your gamertag you get a new one when you change back lmao. Assuming me to be displaying patriotic pride lmao, my favorite local team won swedish championship in football XD. I am making fun out of greta and i am not defending her in any circumstance, where did you get that impression? You are delusional and your gamertag is very enfitting yourself, pride beyond eveyrthing else and im not very surprised you have gamertag such as all muted etc. etc. because only you perspective matters and everyone who doesnt agree to you is wrong. Like u gotta realize that people doesn’t share the same values as yourself and are different.
I am making fun out of greta and i am not defending her in any circumstance, where did you get that impression?
Yo Greta Thunberg, remember that your avatar is just some hysteric kiddo that goes to the UN shouting at our representatives.
Just proves me you are mentally twelwe sigma pride.
Just proves me you are mentally twelwe sigma pride.
your gamertag is very enfitting yourself, pride beyond eveyrthing else
everyone who doesnt agree to you is wrong.
people doesn’t share the same values as yourself and are different.
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Bloodstone
Bloodstone
The Bloodstone’s bright ruby color is unmistakable on the battlefield, as the owner seems to have infinite vitality and spirit.
Active
Bloodpact
Charges
14
Passive
Mana Battery
Bonus
+16 Intelligence +425 Health +425 Mana +100% Mana regen amplification +8% Spell damage +12% Mana loss reduction
Disassemble?
No
Alert allies?
No
Recipe
The Bloodstone is an item listed at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it requires items from the Secret Shop to be assembled.
Contents
Additional information [ edit ]
For strength heroes, it grants 425 health, 617 mana, 0.8 mana regen and 9.12% spell damage.
For agility heroes, it grants 425 health, 617 mana, 0.8 mana regen and 9.12% spell damage.
For intelligence heroes, it grants 425 health, 617 mana, 0.8 mana regen, 9.12% spell damage and 16 attack damage.
Bloodstone cannot be put into the backpack.
Mana regen amplification bonuses from multiple Bloodstones do not stack.
Mana loss reduction and spell damage amplification from multiple Kaya-based items ( Kaya , Kaya and Sange , Yasha and Kaya , Bloodstone, Trident ) do not stack.
Stacks additively with other sources of mana loss reduction.
Abilities [ edit ]
Interrupts the caster’s channeling spells upon cast.
Checks the caster’s mana once upon cast, and grants health regen accordingly.
This means the health regen value does not update after cast, and stays the same throughout the entire duration.
Recasting Bloodpact refreshes the duration, without updating health regen value.
Heals in the form of health regeneration, so it restores 1.5% of max mana as health in 0.1 second intervals.
When having multiple Bloodstones, the one in the higher inventory slot gains charges.
The top left inventory slot has the highest priority, the bottom right one the lowest.
The effects of Bloodstone charges from all Bloodstones a hero owns fully stack.
Gains a charge whenever an enemy hero dies (including Reincarnation) within the radius, or whenever the owner makes a kill from any distance.
When multiple heroes in a team have Bloodstones, each hero can gain a charge from the same enemy death.
Each charge can regenerate up to 12 mana in one minute.
The Bloodstone loses 3 charges upon dying. Cannot go below 0 charges.
Charges are not lost when the carrier dies with Reincarnation.
Recommended heroes [ edit ]
Bloodstone is a niche item, generally only purchased by heroes who require intense mana regeneration, and prefer the bonus raw HP and mana instead of another item with a different active ability and weaker, but comparable regeneration bonuses.
Storm Spirit ‘s ultimate drains mana at a fixed rate based on a percentage of his total mana pool, and every spell he casts gives one attack an AoE splash, making a source of constant mana regeneration key in allowing him to farm and fight constantly.
Leshrac has a powerful AoE ultimate, able to deal out constant magical damage around him, with his only limitation being his mana and his relative fragility.
Timbersaw requires Bloodstone in order to fuel his Chakrams, as they are his only source of a disable in the form of a small slowing aura which can cost up to 30 mana a second to run. Additionally, bloodstone ensures that he will always have mana to cast Timberchain to escape unfavorable fights, and the extra HP synergizes well with the large amount of armor his passive ability prov >Tinker will often purchase Bloodstone in order to support his ability to Rearm his spells and items, as he can quickly run out of mana simply by casting his spells, rearming, and repeating.
Techies and Zeus both have very similar reasons to purchase Bloodstone. They both can easily gain kills (and thus Bloodstone charges) from very far away, a large source of mana regen allows them to use their mana-expensive spells to farm.
Lina gains bonus movement speed and attack speed from casting her spells, making a strong source of regeneration key for farming the jungle efficiently.
Bloodstone
Bloodstone
The Bloodstone’s bright ruby color is unmistakable on the battlefield, as the owner seems to have infinite vitality and spirit.
Active
Bloodpact
Charges
14
Passive
Mana Battery
Bonus
+16 Intelligence +425 Health +425 Mana +100% Mana regen amplification +8% Spell damage +12% Mana loss reduction
Disassemble?
No
Alert allies?
No
Recipe
The Bloodstone is an item listed at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it requires items from the Secret Shop to be assembled.
Contents
Additional information [ edit ]
For strength heroes, it grants 425 health, 617 mana, 0.8 mana regen and 9.12% spell damage.
For agility heroes, it grants 425 health, 617 mana, 0.8 mana regen and 9.12% spell damage.
For intelligence heroes, it grants 425 health, 617 mana, 0.8 mana regen, 9.12% spell damage and 16 attack damage.
Bloodstone cannot be put into the backpack.
Mana regen amplification bonuses from multiple Bloodstones do not stack.
Mana loss reduction and spell damage amplification from multiple Kaya-based items ( Kaya , Kaya and Sange , Yasha and Kaya , Bloodstone, Trident ) do not stack.
Stacks additively with other sources of mana loss reduction.
Abilities [ edit ]
Interrupts the caster’s channeling spells upon cast.
Checks the caster’s mana once upon cast, and grants health regen accordingly.
This means the health regen value does not update after cast, and stays the same throughout the entire duration.
Recasting Bloodpact refreshes the duration, without updating health regen value.
Heals in the form of health regeneration, so it restores 1.5% of max mana as health in 0.1 second intervals.
When having multiple Bloodstones, the one in the higher inventory slot gains charges.
The top left inventory slot has the highest priority, the bottom right one the lowest.
The effects of Bloodstone charges from all Bloodstones a hero owns fully stack.
Gains a charge whenever an enemy hero dies (including Reincarnation) within the radius, or whenever the owner makes a kill from any distance.
When multiple heroes in a team have Bloodstones, each hero can gain a charge from the same enemy death.
Each charge can regenerate up to 12 mana in one minute.
The Bloodstone loses 3 charges upon dying. Cannot go below 0 charges.
Charges are not lost when the carrier dies with Reincarnation.
Recommended heroes [ edit ]
Bloodstone is a niche item, generally only purchased by heroes who require intense mana regeneration, and prefer the bonus raw HP and mana instead of another item with a different active ability and weaker, but comparable regeneration bonuses.
Storm Spirit ‘s ultimate drains mana at a fixed rate based on a percentage of his total mana pool, and every spell he casts gives one attack an AoE splash, making a source of constant mana regeneration key in allowing him to farm and fight constantly.
Leshrac has a powerful AoE ultimate, able to deal out constant magical damage around him, with his only limitation being his mana and his relative fragility.
Timbersaw requires Bloodstone in order to fuel his Chakrams, as they are his only source of a disable in the form of a small slowing aura which can cost up to 30 mana a second to run. Additionally, bloodstone ensures that he will always have mana to cast Timberchain to escape unfavorable fights, and the extra HP synergizes well with the large amount of armor his passive ability prov >Tinker will often purchase Bloodstone in order to support his ability to Rearm his spells and items, as he can quickly run out of mana simply by casting his spells, rearming, and repeating.
Techies and Zeus both have very similar reasons to purchase Bloodstone. They both can easily gain kills (and thus Bloodstone charges) from very far away, a large source of mana regen allows them to use their mana-expensive spells to farm.
Lina gains bonus movement speed and attack speed from casting her spells, making a strong source of regeneration key for farming the jungle efficiently.
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After the ban of antibiotic growth promoters the relevance of this formerly well controllable disease reappeared and increased.
Necrotic enteritis is a disease of the gut It is caused by specific gram-positive, anaerobic bacteria – Clostridium perfringens, mostly Type A. Clostridia are found in litter, faeces, soil, dust and in healthy animals’ guts. These spore forming bacteria are extremely resistant against environmental influences and can survive in . soil, feed, and litter for several years and even reproduce. Clostridium perfringens is a component of the normal gut flora. Dota 2 necrotic enteritis It occurs in a mixture of diverse strains in a concentration of up to 10 5 CFU / g intestinal content. In animals suffering from necrotic enteritis particularly one strain of Clostridium perfringens is found in a much more higher concentration of 10 6 -10 8 CFU / g. Necrotic enteritis affects chickens and turkeys at the age of 2-16 weeks, proliferating at the age of 3-6 weeks. There is an acute clinical, and a subclinical form. Birds suffering from the clinical form clearly show symptoms like a poor general state of health and diarrhoea. Dota 2 necrotic enteritis Mortality rates up to 50 % can occur. Subclinical necrotic enteritis cannot be diagnosed easily, as there are no clear symptoms. This form, however, stays within the flock and causes losses due to decreased growth.
Factors promoting an infection with necrotic enteritis should be avoided! In general, factors have to be cited that create an intestinal environment favourable for the facultative anaerobic Clostridium perfringens or weaken the immune status of the host:
1. Feed: Here NSP’s have to be mentioned. Undigested NSP’s serve as substrate and some of them cause higher production of mucus also serving as substrate and providing ideal anaerobic conditions. Undigested proteins due to high contents in the diet also serve as substrates. Animal protein and fat are worse than vegetable variants and a homogeneous size of particles in the diet is better than an inhomogeneous mixture.
2. Stress Stresses such as feed change or high stocking density favour NE
3. Diseases Immunosuppressive diseases such as infective chicken anaemia, Gumboro or Marek’s decrease resistance against intestinal infections and facilitate their colonisation. Some pathogens exert pressure on the gut and prepare the way for clostridia. Dota 2 necrotic enteritis Here Cryptosporidia and salmonella have to be mentioned.
New approaches Secondary plant compounds show good results against the two microorganisms just mentioned. In a trial conducted with free range broilers in France, a combination of a vaccination against coccidia and a mixture of secondary plant compounds (Activo® liquid) resulted in a reduced occurrence of necrotic enteritis in the trial group compared to the control. Additionally due to an improved feed conversion, the margin per animal in the trial group was 5 Cent higher than in the control (1,44 € vs 1,39 €). In an in vitro test, Activo® liquid also showed bactericidal efficacy against field isolated Salmonella pulmorum and Salmonella gallinarum at a 2 % concentration. The trials show that combined with a good feeding and stress management, secondary plant compounds, could be a good tool to eliminate predisposing factors for necrotic enteritis and could therefore help control this economically important disease.
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The International 2015 is approaching fast. A few days before we start with the wildcard stages, I feel that we should familiarize ourselves with the rules. We have three stages in the International 2015 and each of the have their own set of rules and regulations. First we have the wildcard stages in which we will determine the last two teams participating in the International 2015.
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TI5 WILDCARD STAGES RULES
Four team double elimination.
All Matches are best of 3.
Winner of upper bracket becomes wild card #1 in the Group Stage, winner of lower bracket becomes wild card #2
Selection priority for one game is determined by a coin toss. Alternates for game two. Coin toss is used again if there is a game three.
The team with selection priority may pick either side of the map or the drafting order.
Brackets will be decided randomly.
The rules in the wildcard stages are pretty straight-forward. We can see how important winning the first best of three is. If you win the first series you have two chances to get into the main event. The brackets have been announced and we now know that it will be CDEC Gaming vs. Vega Squadron and MVP Phoenix up against Team Archon in the first round of the wildcard stages.
TI5 GROUP STAGE RULES
Two groups of eight teams
Each match consists of two games against the same opponent
A 2-0 win provides 3 points, 1-1 provides 1 point and 0-2 scores no points
In each match, a coin toss decides which team has selection priority. Alternates for game two.
Tiebreakers
If there is a tie along the upper and lower bracket div >The group stage will determine the seeding of the teams in the main event, so it is very important that the teams rack up enough wins to be able to be seeded as high as possible. The tiebreakers might also be another point of contention among the teams, as Valve has not yet released who will actually decide on which team is going to be a higher seed than the other one in case of a tie. It might have been better if a coin toss decided the dilemma outright.
TI5 MAIN EVENT RULES
The 1 st place in each group of the group stage picks their opponent from either the 3 rd or 4 th place finisher of the opposite group.
Upper Bracket
Upper bracket A: Group A Seed 1 vs. Group B Seed 3 / 4
Upper bracket B: Group B Seed 2 vs. Group A Seed 3 / 4 (The team group B seed 1 didn’t choose)
Upper bracket C: Group B Seed 1 vs. Group A Seed 3 / 4
Upper bracket D: Group A Seed 2 vs. Group B Seed 3 / 4 ( The team group A seed 1 didn’t choose)
First round: The higher seed has selection priority for game 1 and 3.
Other rounds: Selection priority for game one is determined by coin toss. Alternates for game two. Coin toss is used again if there is a third game.
All upper bracket games are best of three. Grand finals are best of 5, no game advantage.
Lower Bracket
Lower bracket A: Group A seed 5 vs. Group B seed 7 / 8
Lower bracket B: Group B seed 6 vs. Group A seed 7 / 8 (The team group B seed 5 didn’t choose)
Lower bracket C: Group B seed 5 vs. Group A seed 7 / 8
Lower bracket D: Group A seed 6 vs. Group B seed 7 / 8 (The team group A seed 5 didn’t choose)
First round: The higher has selection priority in the best of 1.
Other rounds: Selection priority for game one is determined by coin toss. Alternates for game two. Coin toss is used again if there is a third game.
Lower bracket matches are best of three, except for the first round which is best of one.
The rules just underscore the need to be able to have a good group stage in order to have a good chance to go deep into the main event. Imagine having the luxury to choose who you are going to go up against in the first round of the main event. The best news would have to be that there will be no one game advantage during the grand finals of the International 2015. The finalists have to pull out all the stops in order to take home the Aegis in this iteration of the International.
A comprehensive matchmaking system is an important factor in being able to enjoy playing Dota, regardless of which hero or role you prefer. Today’s update includes some engineering changes to the core matchmaking system to allow for bigger changes and better analytical capabilities. Over the next year, we’ll be spending more time focusing on various aspects of matchmaking such as intra-team balance, player conduct, new player experience, abusive behaviors, account buying, friend and teamplay aspects, high mmr matchmaking dynamics, and other issues in an effort to make the overall experience of playing Dota more fun for players of all levels. In this blog post we decided to drill deeper into the changes in today’s update and explain our thoughts.
Matchmaking involves various tradeoffs and our goal is to find the best balance between all the different factors. In order to help make progress on finding the right set of tradeoffs, today’s update includes a couple different experimental changes that will last until the end of the season. Close to the end of the season we’ll do a direct call for feedback on how the changes have worked out and use that feedback, along with data we are gathering in the meantime, to help inform the direction for the next season. We’ll also be working towards other features, such as better detection of smurfing and other abusive behaviors as the year progresses.
The first of these experiments is removing the concept of separate Solo and Party MMRs. We expect this to be the most controversial component in today’s update, as we’ve heard fair criticisms of it in the past. We can’t say that we are fully confident that this will end up being a good change either, so we’ll want to wait until the end of the season when we gather feedback and data on how it has played out after players have had a chance to absorb it. There are two major aspects with this change: 1) the teamplay and social aspect and 2) the value and correctness of the MMR value.
For the teamplay aspect: We think it is really crucial for you to not have a disincentive to play with your friends. The game currently overly emphasizes playing solo and establishes a strong social reward mechanism for this, which causes many players to prefer playing alone than with friends. We believe that bias has over time caused more negativity and unhappiness when playing Dota. Dota 2 mmr online Furthermore, Dota is a very teamplay heavy game and we want to consider that aspect a bit more strongly in the hierarchy of matchmaking values. We’ve considered other approaches to the friend and teamplay incentives, but they tended to do a poor job at making it feel actually rewarding to play with friends and only papered over the issue.
For the correctness of the MMR aspect: We recognize that there is a tradeoff here on the mmr data quality if the match has solo mmr numbers with party mmr numbers, however we feel that the impact of that data noise is much smaller than even we initially considered it to be early on and generally with how it is discussed online. Most of the issues related to this we think we can solve with better algorithms. Another common case is playing with a friend who has a higher mmr than you, expecting that it will cause your mmr to go higher. While that has been at least partly true in previous matchmaking system iterations, our most recent version does a fairly good job of addressing this. We have enough data to form matches that cause you to have an even chance to win by carefully choosing the opponents that have a similar makeup. At a base level, we think mathematically we are able to have high confidence that playing with a friend will not have a material effect on your average mmr value with a properly balanced matchmaker. We’ve done some testing to make sure this is true in advance of this update, however we know it’s likely there is more work to be done here and we’ll continue working on this aspect in the background during this experimental period.
Through our investigation into the topic of matchmaking volatility and how parties affect the game, we’ve noticed something that fans likely already know: players have very different comfort levels when playing core roles versus support roles. Some players perform really poorly when they play a role they are not used to, and in turn introduce a lot of volatility in the system for everyone by causing your MMR number to drift away from your actual skill level as well as causing imbalanced games.
So because of that, and because of our abiding love of having multiple MMR numbers, we are adding a new concept of Core and Support MMR numbers. In order to achieve this, we need to know what role you want to play in advance of the match being formed. So for this experimental update, we are moving the Ranked Roles feature to the base Ranked matchmaking and expanding on its capabilities. Now when you matchmake, you will have the option of selecting roles from position 1 through 5 (Safe Lane Core through Hard Support), including multiple selections. So if you like playing Mid or Offlane, you can select those two, or if you like playing Hard Support and Mid, you’ll be able to do that as well. You will be matched based on either your Core or Support MMR.
Each MMR type will also have its own leaderboard, and for the purposes of this short experimental period the existing rank will be applied as the initial rank for both Core and Support. If we end up keeping this feature in the future, there will be a separate calibration phase for each one.
These experimental changes will remain active for the rest of this season for you to try out. Sometime after The International concludes, we’ll issue a call for community feedback to help guide the next steps in our efforts to increase matchmaking quality for everyone. We hope to have your support and patience through this experiment as well as subsequent changes towards the path of making a better overall matchmaking system.
While we were initially going to release this change as part of the Summer Scrub update, the amount of significant underlying code changes required for this update introduces a lot of potential instability. So we are splitting the Summer Scrub update into two parts, this first part for a matchmaking rework, and the second part soon after for bug fixes and a few quality of life additions. We are expecting that we’ll have a lot of matchmaking related bugs to work through today, so please let us know if you run into any issues and make sure to include the matchid in your reports.
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Midas Mode 2.0 promises to be one of the most exciting third-party tournaments of the year with three TI-winning rosters, legendary streamers, and all-around madcap fun. Dota 2 fans will want to watch it for the hilarious hijinks that players will be up to.
Organized by Moonduck TV, the competition offers a $150,000 prize pool. Last year, all of the teams pledged their winnings to a charity of their choice.
Midas Mode 2.0 will run from Sept. 24 to Oct. 2. It’s technically three different mini-tournaments due to its online nature, meaning that the three regions of four teams will play within themselves.
While Mr. Midas tried to get Team Liquid and OpTic Gaming to play a final series together, the matchup didn’t materialize. There’s been no official announcement on whether there will be inter-region matches this time, either.
Here’s everything you need to know about Midas Mode 2.0.
Where to watch
Games will be streamed on Moonduck’s official Twitch channel. Much of the Midas Mode fun will come from out-of-game shenanigans, so fans can expect the best experience from the official stream.
All Midas Mode promotional material so far has been posted on Moonduck’s official YouTube channel. The first Midas Mode VODs are also available on the channel, which is a great way to acclimatize yourself to Midas Mode’s insanity.
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It’s unclear if there will be any highlights produced by the Moonduck team. They weren’t available for the first edition of the event, but Moonduck might have something in mind considering the strong wording of Andrew “Zyori” Campbell, a prolific Dota 2 match highlights creator, at NoobFromUA.
Think of creative bounty ideas for the pros
One of the big ways for teams to earn Moonbucks is through bounties. While some of the bounties will be thought up by Moonduck staffers, Jake “SirActionSlacks” has officially employed the community to get involved in the creative process.
Every day, new bounties will be on offer for the pro teams to attempt, so don’t be disheartened if your first one didn’t make the cut. Put on your thinking hats and create some new challenges. Before you know it, the pros might just be bending to your whims and fancies.
What’s the format?
Four teams in three regions—North America, Europe, and Asia—will battle it out in a round-robin group stage. Each series will be a best-of-three match and the top seed will automatically qualify for the finals while the bottom seed will be eliminated.
The remaining two teams go on to play a best-of-three to decide the finalists. The grand finals will be a best-of-five series to determine the region’s Midas Mode champion.
A big part of the metagame revolves around the fictional currency Moonbucks, which will be used for practically everything in a match. Picking and banning powerful heroes, for example, will be more expensive and even pauses require Moonbucks.
Tune in for your daily dose of insanity starting Sept. 24.
The new heroes started their journey pretty underpowered, not even reaching 45% win rate in their opening days. Players getting acquainted with their skill set and some balance changes have finally made heroes playable in high level pubs and also made it possible to start discussing them, since it is unlikely they will be receiving anything but some minor number tweaks in the nearest future.
The Reach beta has concluded and the team is now working hard towards the Season 1 launch. Here we share some of the details on the upcoming Season, and what players can expect when they log in to play.
The new patch is wild, with all the positive and maybe some negative connotations this word implies. As such, we are trying to be extremely cautious when discussing it so that we don’t unnecessarily invoke some misguided disenchantment from the community.
62 new items are available for finding, not purchasing. You can now build your inventory through jungling and not spending your gold. Is this good? Bad? Who knows, it’s too early to tell.
The Reach Beta has been a valuable month for us at Elo. The feedback from our community has allowed us to make considerable progress in refining the key automated systems of the platform and we couldn’t possibly be more excited to see people begin to play in Season One.
This is going to be less of a stats recap and more of a farewell to a patch, which overstayed its welcome for at least a couple of months. Instead of going over the same heroes once more, we felt it is more appropriate to highlight some of the heroes which were outside of the meta at the tournament’s start, but nevertheless had a great impact in the later stages of MDL Chengdu.
Bounty runes, come back gold, ancient creeps, camps stacking, and more. The economy of Dota keeps growing and growing but how does that affect supports and cores?
We’ve done a lot of testing with our current systems in the Reach league and are finally confident in opening it up to more users. Divine level players may now participate in Reach, effective immediately.
The first major tournament of the season is finally happening. Get up to date with all the teams participating, their odds of winning it all, and more!
Patch 7.22 is certainly overstaying its welcome and it clearly shows in the current professional tournaments. There are almost no new meta developments and for the most part the Summit 11 concentrated on the same exact heroes as the tournaments prior.
Captains and drafters are some of the most revered pros in the scene. The genius drafting strategies and counter picks can win the game before the first bounty runes spawn. Here are some draft ideas to try out for your next battle cup tournament.
Reach had an exciting and informative first week of games, with over 1000 matches played, and over 1200 unique players participating. Here’s the rundown on week 1, and what’s coming down the pipeline.
The idea of a tanky frontline hero in the offlane has been repeated over and over again for the last several months. It makes sense on the professional scene, while working incredibly well in pubs. Building survivability items and allowing yourself to be initiated on has become the go to strategy for a lot of teams and it is unlikely to change until after the new patch is released.
MMR may just be a number but a higher number is superior. Read this article to learn a few tips and tricks on growing your MMR number.
The current meta has been established for a long time but teams still must find their slight edge. At ESL One Hamburg 2019, we saw more of what we’ve been seeing for a few months now.
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Counterpicking is hard to deal with. We’ve all been there before. You queue and find a match. Teammates are alright. You actually get to pick the position you prefer. Seems good so far.
But the instant you lock in your hero selection, the other team counterpicks. They choose heroes that are strong against yours, and take advantage of your hero’s weaknesses. And there’s not much you can do about it.
The match starts. It’s impossible to lane against these enemy heroes. You’re forced to retreat into the jungle. You have to hide in the trees to leech lane experience. Game is hard. At this point, you’re just hoping to get carried.
That’s not fun. You know what’s fun? Counterpicking your opponents. This guide explains how to do just that.
Counterpicking in Dota 2 Is All About Options
Dota 2’s depth separates it from similar games. You can choose from a massive pool of heroes. You can play each hero in a number of ways. The variety of items and talents makes every hero even more flexible.
The options are overwhelming. But this means that there’s always something to learn. Regular players and seasoned professionals have this in common: we’re all learning.
(In all fairness, pro players are learning at a exceptionally advanced level. Pros are analyzing nuances that we plebs can’t comprehend, but that’s besides the point.)
In the spirit of learning, let’s look at the principles behind counterpicking rather than tediously listing counters for each hero.
How to Counterpick Specific Heroes
When most players think of counterpicking, they start by targeting individual heroes on the opposing team. To do so, we need to be aware of the abilities and attributes of our mark. What skills does the target rely on to survive and deal damage? Is the hero a meatshield? Elusive? Mana dependent? Stealthy? Weak in the early game? If we don’t understand what our target does, we can’t counter them.
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As an example, let’s take a look at the most played hero in Dota 2: Pudge.
Pudge’s signature skill is “Meat Hook.” The ability deals a ton of pure damage, which ignores Armor and Magic Resistance. The hook pulls a single unit to his location, but requires precise aim.
Pudge’s second ability, “Rot,” significantly slows and damages all nearby enemies. It also damages Pudge in the process.
As for attributes, Pudge has one of the highest Strength growths (Strength added each level) in the game. This is amplified by his third skill, “Flesh Heap.” It provides additional Strength for being involved in kills, as well as some Magic Resistance.
Pudge’s ultimate ability, “Dismember”, allows him to hold an enemy hero in place while absorbing their health points (HP).
We can conclude that Pudge’s primary power lies in landing Meat Hooks. A good hook can isolate an unsuspecting opponent. Once they’re grabbed, Pudge activates Rot and Dismember to finish them off. Pudge can also use his Meat Hook defensively to pull teammates out of trouble. As for attributes, Pudge is beefy. The hero naturally has a ton of HP thanks to his Strength growth and Flesh Heap skill.
Five Ways to Counter Pudge
Based on these observations, which heroes can we pick to counter Pudge?
Mobile heroes. We can dodge Meat Hooks. (Queen of Pain, Puck, Storm Spirit)
Heroes who spawn illusions or summon units. We can block hooks with dummies. (Lycan, Phantom Lancer)
Heroes with good vision. It’s easy to avoid hooks if we can see where Pudge is. (Night Stalker, Clockwerk)
Heroes with armor reduction abilities. High HP heroes typically lack armor. Pudge is no exception. (Ex: Bristleback, Dazzle)
Heroes that deal percentage-based damage. Abilities that don’t deal a flat amount of damage are super effective against beefy heroes. (Lifestealer, Timbersaw)
There are many ways to deal with any individual hero. But you need to understand their strengths and weakness first. The best way to do this is to play the hero a few times. (For those who lack time or patience, I recommend Turbo mode.)
The ideal counterpick to address a certain hero will change from match to match, and also depends on who the other heroes in the game are.
Counterpicking The Other Team’s Draft
I have a confession to make.
For most of my DotA/Dota 2 playing experience, I completely ignored the other nine heroes in the game. I didn’t think it was that big a deal. I just played whatever hero I wanted. And I built whatever items I felt like. It wasn’t until I started watching professional matches that I realized how much I had been missing.
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