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Dendi

Danil “Dendi” Ishutin (born December 30, 1989) is a Ukrainian professional Dota 2 and former DotA player. Well known for his solo mid skills, he is regarded as one of the most creative players in the scene today, and is renowned for his unorthodox play style and unconventional skill and item builds. After having played for Natus Vincere for the entirety of his professional Dota 2 career, he finally departed the active roster for the first time in September 2018. He currently plays for The Pango.

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Gear and settings [ edit ]

Biography [ edit ]

Born in Lviv, Ukraine, Dendi got an early start with competitive gaming in net cafes when his elder brother married, moved out and took the family’s PC with him. Dabbling with Counter-Strike first, he soon found Warcraft 3 where he played in local tournaments and built a love for the competition and a thirst to be the best. Though he was quite successful in Warcraft 3 and even won a few local championships in Lviv, he knew he had found his calling when he stumbled upon DotA. He picked up the game quickly and played it almost exclusively over the next few months.

Beginning with learning only supports, he practiced heavily and was quickly vouched to the IHCS1 league and soon created his own team for tournaments in Lviv. After he led his team to a championship in Kiev, he was drafted by a team called “Wolker. Gaming” and began his professional career at 17.

DotA [ edit ]

Dendi started playing professionally with WG in 2006. [1] He was a part of the Ukrainian squad that finished third in MYM Prime Nations the same year. Only a few months later WG made it to the grand final of one of the most prestigious tournaments at the time; MYM Prime Defending. [2] When Kingsurf. international merged with WG the next year he became a full-time member of Ks. int. [1] In late 2008 he joined DTS, only to return to Ks. int in March 2009. [3] Three months later though, Dendi returned to DTS. [4] The team would end up finishing 2nd at ESWC 2010. At the end of 2010, Dendi and DTS finished 3rd at the prestigious WDC 2010. [5] Dendi joined Natus Vincere at the end of 2010. [6]

Dota 2 [ edit ]

Dendi started his Dota 2 career with Na’Vi, who quickly established themselves as one of the best teams in the world by winning The International 2011. Na’Vi continued to dominate and won many tournaments in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Dendi was the center of Na’Vi’s consistent stable and skilled rosters, with his performance greatly contributing to their success.

The Natus Vincere Dota 2 team achieved significant success with Dendi as their midlaner during the first few years of the game; they finished as the runners-up for both The International 2012 and The International 2013, losing out to Invictus Gaming and Alliance, respectively. 2013 would mark the last year of Na’Vi and Dendi’s dominance in the Dota 2 scene, as they only recorded two LAN victories since January 2014. The International 2014 saw Na’Vi and Dendi finishing the tournament outside of the top 2 for the first time and the following two Internationals, TI 5 and TI 6, they would finish in last place. The results would deteriorate further, as they would fail to even qualify for The International 2017, they failed to advance out of the group stage of the regional qualifiers. This marked the first year of The International tournaments without Dendi attending as a player. The 2017/18 season started of promising for Dendi and Na’Vi, who dominated the CIS scene in the early months, crowning their improving results with their second LAN victory since 2014. However, the second half of the season saw the roster break apart and finally the team would fail to even reach the regional qualifiers for The International 2018, after losing in the open qualifier.

Four years of roster instability and poor results finally took their toll on the reputation of the Na’Vi organization and on Dendi’s status as a legendary player and a top tier midlaner. After 8 years playing mid on Na’Vi, Dendi was finally removed from the active roster in September 2018. However, Dendi vowed to continue playing professionally. After a brief stint on Tigers, Dendi joined The Pango.

Dota 2 items with blender

Dota 2 items with blender

So you got your model, you uploaded it to the Workshop…now what? Ideally, you should make some advertising material to get the word out, and get dem upvotes. If you got 3DS max or Maya, it is pretty straightforward. If you got Blender, however…
For many of us who do not have the budgets or commitment for 3D modeling software, Blender offers a great entry into the world of 3D for little to no risk. It is extremely fast, stable, and its interface has come lightyears (. ) from where it used to be, even surpassing some of the bigger names in certain areas. However, doing certain things is still very painful. One of those things at times: complex rendering. Fortunately, the good folks at the blender foundation had the foresight to see this coming, and made most of blender scriptable and repeatable.

On the flip side, Dota 2 models have a lot that go into them. They can be made of many parts, have different textures for each part, and have multiple separate textures defining effects. This is where the Cycles Dota2 Shader Approximation Node enters the scene.

…Blender
Blender is a free (as in beer and freedom) 3D production suite. It can be downloaded here:
http://www. blender. org

…Cycles
Cycles is an “unbiased” render, and officially the core renderer, of Blender 2.5+ (current version is 2.68 at time of writing). Unbiased means that the renderer is actually simulating light, by tracing lines between surfaces and light sources (referred to as ray-tracing). This is good and bad. It is good because you get ultra-realistic, detailed and complicated renders. It is bad because Dota2 natively is neither.

…GIMP
The GIMP 2 is a free (in both ways) image editor suite. It will be used for certain aspects of the texture. It can be downloaded here:
http://www. gimp. org/

The first order of business is to download the node. It can be downloaded here:
http://www. blendswap. com/blends/view/69403#comment-42945

You will have to login to download, but the account is free.

The next order of business is to open your model. If you don’t have one, use one of the characters from the workshop page here: http://www. dota2.com/workshop/requirements

. You will need to import the models with the blender smd importer from here:

Once the models are ready, we need to add the material node to blender’s repertoire.
Go to File at the top left, then click Append.

Find the blend file you downloaded, and click it. You will be presented with a folder view. Choose “NodeTree”, then “DOTA2-Shader-Appro”. Click Link/Append from Library.
To make sure that it was included correctly, go to the Nodes window, make sure that material is selected (the globe in the set of icons that includes a red checker and photos), and click add. Hovering your mouse above “Group” should reveal a node called DOTA2-Shader-Approx.

The node is now ready to be added to a material.

The first thing you need to do is make sure the model you are applying the shader to is selected. Then, open up the node browser and turn on materials mode (the globe next to the checkerboard). Actually click on the button referenced to on the picture above. This should show up:

This node does a lot of things to get models to look more valve-y. While a true Dota 2 shader is not yet possible with Cycles, we can fake it pretty well with this node and some tricks.
Using weaver as an example, he normally looks like this, with a straight diffuse-normal setup.

Notice the lack of shadow detail on the ridges.

But the node I’m providing does a lot of stuff, including the glowing eyes, brighter lighting, gloss color mixing, and more interesting shadows.

It’s just a matter of providing the correct information in the form of textures. Before you do anything, click add->output->material output on the nodes window, and hook up the shader approximator node up to it. Then click add->input->Texture Coordinates. You will need this in a moment.
From here on out, it is a fairly rote process. Click add->Texture->image Texture for each texture that is required. Then click the folder and find the needed image. Hook up this node to the input described. There is one special case that needs to be handled however, but we will get to that in a moment.

• connect input marked “Normal map” (yellow) to the image texture using the normal map (suffix _normal).
• connect input marked “Texture” to the image texture node using the color map (suffix _color)
• connect input marked “Mask2” to the node that has the image texture with mask 2 (suffix _masks1)
• connect input marked “mask1” to the node that has the image texture with mask1 (suffix _masks2).
• connect ALL image texture nodes’ vector input to the output marked UV on the Texture coordinate node
• The camera ViewAngl input currently does nothing.

For light maps, this is where GIMP enters the picture.

For weaver, it is only his glowing eyes, so I open up “weaver_masks1.tga” on GIMP. Go to “color->componants->Decompose”. On the pop up window, ensure the color mode is “RGBA”.

Ensure that only the alpha layer is visible, then press Ctrl+e to export the image as whatever you like. Add the image Texture like you did the others, and hook it up to the illum-Mask input. Remember the UV input for the texture. It should look similar to this when done:

At this point, repeat for all parts and items for the hero, and you are done with the material part.

Lighting makes a scene, so I will not give specific steps here. Here are some things to keep in mind.

As mentioned before, Valve uses something called Half-Lambert as a shader. This means models are lit brighter than their real world counterparts.

Since Blender does not give access to this physical ruleset, we have to fake it a little. I went about lighting weaver with a few planes with emit shaders on them for ambience, then I put some point lights fairly close to him. Point-lights are useful in this regard, as they do not render as a physical object, and can be put wherever needed. Just don’t get them too close, or your model will appear glossy.

The gloss on his right antennae is what I’m warning against. Otherwise good

A light box as shown here will increase render complexity and render time. You may want to consider compositing in backgrounds to save time.

If you plan on doing animations, parent the point lights to the armature.

The light source coming from the light mask should not go above 20 units. Remember, the way this renderer works, the model is actually emitting light. Going too high will add to the complexity of the scene and increase render time, not to mention look bad.

Before you start taking stock in your renders, go to the scene pane on the right and set units to “meters”.

Now, press space bar and type “add cube”. The cube that is spit out is 1x1x1 meters. Your character should not exceed the dimensions of a 2x2x2 version of this cube. Scale up or down as needed. The renderer does care.

While Progressive rendering does work alright, turning it off and tweaking the aspects of the render process may increase the quality/decrease render time. These settings worked for me and weaver here, but YMMV . Tweak as needed.

As with anything cycles, more samples means better quality, but be aware of the point of diminishing returns.

Clinkz dota 2 build undying

How To: Dirge, the Undying

Health Orientated

DotA2 Hero: Undying

Purchase Order

Spawn

Early Game

Late Game

Defense Luxury

Offense Luxury

Situational

Hero Skills

Decay

Soul Rip

Tombstone

Flesh Golem

Talents

Mana Orientated

DotA2 Hero: Undying

Purchase Order

Spawn

Early Game

Late Game

Options

Luxury

Situational

Hero Skills

Decay

Soul Rip

Tombstone

Flesh Golem

Talents

Support

DotA2 Hero: Undying

Purchase Order

Spawn

Early Game

Late Game

Situational

Hero Skills

Decay

Soul Rip

Tombstone

Flesh Golem

Talents

How To: Dirge, the Undying

INTRODUCTION

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Cons >(Dead God) in hopes of finally obtaining a place of acceptance amongst the Undead masses. While he is still cons >(Undead) , his horrifying abilities, which include raising lesser ghouls and spreading vile, rap >(Undead) the edge they need to complete their unholy conquest once and for all.
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Dirge is a very Pseudo-esque hero. He can fill a variety of roles, but his talent lies in initiating and team fighting. Dirge revels in teaming up with heavy hitters and crowd controllers, as just his presence makes the enemy shiver in agony as nukers become the most imba thing next to your maxed blood stone.

GUIDE KEY

YELLOW – Good, go for it.
ORANGE – Situational, a maybe.
RED – Bad, generally a stay away.
GREY – Is titled accordingly.
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LEVEL [LVL] CODE:

PURP – Q, your first ability.
LIME – W, your second ability.
BLUE – E, your third ability.
PINK – R, your ultimate.
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The below content is appropriately color coded to the above key. All of the following information, with the exception of the actual [ RUNES ] or the [ PLEASE READ ], initially correspond with their description accordingly. If something is not understood fully regarding the color code, please comment with your question / issue.

ROLE and POSITION

Like it or not, Undying is a CASTER . He is neither a source of DPS , nor is he a TANK , which means that Ring of Health should not be turned into a Battlefury. In public matchmaking it will be pretty common to see people playing him with alternative builds, and obviously there is a chance of being successful, but these builds do not truly accent his kit to it’s potential. There is no need to restrict your abilities exclusively to you, the strength of Undying is in team situations. If you’re expecting to go on a rampage then look elsewhere. Undying is not a hero that is meant to CARRY or even SEMI-CARRY ; your main purpose is to make sure you win by aggroing team fights and pushing, not achieve an epic kill to death ratio.

Assuming you bought your starting equipment as suggested and are wondering what to do now, you might want to cons >DUO or TRI lane. You should not SOLO a lane for the sole purpose of your role.

BOTTLE and RUNES

Illusion : DO NOT PICK UP , unless there is no one nearby with a bottle.

Double Damage : Do not pick this up EARLY or LATE game, this is a great pick up for you in the MID game.

Invisibility : This is your rune, PICK IT UP , and use it to successfully nuke the opposition.

Regeneration : SITUATIONAL , for the most part you will pick this up if no one needs it anymore than you do.

Haste : Exceptional PICK UP on Dirge, allows for your R to create max performance and an easy in-out.

EARLY GAME

Lvl 1: Occasionally cast Q , making sure to land it on as many heroes as there are in the lane.

Lvl 2: Try to save casting for your next level, using your W if needed.

Lvl 3: Cast your W frequently, making sure there are at least 10 creeps nearby.

Lvl 4: Do not cast your E , as the mana cost and cool-down are not worth it at the time.

Lvl 5: Continue casting W , and occasionally Q , using your E only in defense.

Lvl 6: Use your R in conjunction with your E to successfully nuke any opposition.

Lvl 1: Cast W only to heal or secure first blood.

Lvl 2: Try to save casting for your next level, using your W if needed.

Lvl 3: Cast your W frequently, making sure there are at least 10 creeps nearby.

Lvl 4: Do not cast your E , as the mana cost and cool-down are not worth it at the time.

Lvl 5: Continue casting W , and occasionally Q , using your E only in defense.

Lvl 6: Use your R in conjunction with your E to successfully nuke any opposition.

Lvl 1: Cast W only to heal or secure first blood.

Lvl 2: Only use you E if someone is ganking your lane, friendly or enemy.

Lvl 3: Cast your W frequently, making sure there are at least 10 creeps nearby, heal your carry.

Lvl 4: Your Q should be used to temporarily heal you or harass them.

Lvl 5: Continue casting W , and occasionally Q , using your E only in defense.

Lvl 6: Try to secure an early game kill if your lane has not yet. Use a combination of your Q , W , E , and R .

Dota 2 pile of coal effect cover

Mazzie by carIvic

Mazzie

Mazzie

the Snapfire

This is my official entry to r/DotaConcepts’ Snapfire Prediction Contest .

STATISTICS

: 23 + 2.2
: 13 + 1.7
: 28 + 3.0

Mazzie, the Snapfire is a ranged hero who can juggle between support and mobile damage dealer. She can bake and save pastries for her allies with the ability A Taste of the Revolution. She can also cast the spell Sic ‘em, in which Fanadin, her mount, jumps toward an area causing damage and slow. Another of her ability is Gatling Volley which pelts the enemies with hot lead. Her ultimate ability, Guzzle Fire, spits a burning liquid towards an enemy hero’s face causing DPS while cutting its vision to zero and disables all forms of allied vision for the targeted unit.

Aunt Mazzie is not new to the scorching flames of conflict. Serving as the mother to many injured keen who find themselves in her custody, she feeds her wounded children cookies and other pastries to soothe their troubled minds and empty bellies. In her own home she would secretly shelter these brave rebels from the armies of the Machine King, a maddened magnate who bought the local Keen government in Iron Fog; he was Aurel’s old boss. Yet after all her effort, her infirmary finally falls after the kindness she freely offered to one of the enemies’ soldiers was reciprocated with betrayal. She was captured, tortured, and imprisoned until the cause that she and her children fought hard for was finally lost.