Let's not kid ourselves, Mushi has been going supersaiyan all weekend.

alright looks like Liquid is adapting... feel like they gonna win this LAN, they are so strong on this patch

Jabz is a god though: https://clips.twitch.tv/FurtiveShyAs...dit?muted=true


OMG game 3 start iceiceice cliffs mindcontrol after he knew MC skilled arrow Roflroflrofl wow what a play

ggs

People don't consider Lich like this but the hero is very similar to Magnus, Earthshaker, Enigma, etc. in that not staying spread is game losing

Should probably play more Lich cause that's gotta be fun getting big ults off frequently

What % of games you play right now are not Lone Druid? I'll set the line at 5.

18 out of last 20 games have been LD Kappa

Lately just decided to first pick it and be a dedicated hero spammer. Working pretty decently, currently at 4.6k. If the enemy has first pick and takes Necro I'll strongly consider taking Phoenix and rushing Aghs

Even won a few games with my patented double midas strat and sub 5k hero damage
Pretty funny chat in this one: https://www.opendota.com/matches/3502575157/chat

I'm 4606 and have played 10 different heroes my last 20 games. I just don't get the spamming strat, unless you're a booster last picking Meepo or something. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I just play it because I enjoy it. Also when I feel like only playing a game a day or something I'm just gonna play what I'm most comfortable with.

I def wouldn't do it on a hero like Vengeful Spirit, LD with the 2 units I feel like I keep learning new aspects to the hero even tho I spam.

alright it's really annoying playing with ~5k party mmr people who have much higher solo mmr. think it's time to turn strict solo queue back on

I spammed io for a month or two cause i like the hero a lot.. probably played io 50-75% of games. My mmr suffered appropriately and honestly I don't really care. Hero is fun to play to me for some reason.

highly recommend watching (in pgl dota)

OK the only hero I truly really dislike in this patch is Bloodseeker. Mainly because the matchup vs LD is actually one of the few heroes that can outlane LD with bloodrage and pretty good base damage. Sooo annoying to lane against, basically can't stop him from farming a lot and he can also deny a ton of creeps if player is good. Base damage nerf is needed perhaps, or maybe it's OK because there should be some heroes that can counter... i guess...

I never like when they change base damage or stat gain or w/e. Maybe they could instead raise bloodrage's damage taken %increase and/or lower the dmg dealt% increase, possibly scaling with levels. Or, to keep those equal, change the heal% on last hits to slightly tip the balance as it is now practically useless to harrass him and he is as you say very hard to keep from getting CS. Is ganking him the only solution and is that easy enough when he is constantly ~full HP?

Yeah either gotta have a nuking hero like Lina to pressure him in lane or gotta get ganks. The hero is pretty weak vs heavy nuke, like even a 4 position Pudge can kill a core bloodseeker late game. Just the laning stage that is so frustrating to play against if without heavy spell damage

Lone Druid is the only hero aside from Beastmaster on my insta-repick list when randoming. I just completely **** the bed with it every time. I'm more than capable of the micromanagement, but I just have bad juju with that hero. 30% winrate over dozens of games with it.

My worst statistically significant winrate is TA. 13%. Also a hero that I know intrinsically how to use, but invariably feed with. It could be due to fist pick randoms and then getting counterpicked, who knows.

7 more days before I find out if my reign of terror with Monkey King in 3k doto is over or not.

holy **** apparently people actually thought EE crashed fnatic's team mercedes from ESL into a tree lololol https://www.joindota.com/en/news/610...rashed-fnatics


WTF aghs bane: https://clips.twitch.tv/MushyLongTurnipFeelsBadMan

500 pure dmg 1.5 sec cd bkb piercing nuke WAOW

dota 2 major starting tomorrow at 10 EST !

hype

also those cars are cool, nice job esl/merc

starting at 10 EST nice laaaa. much more watchable than the starladder times were

Kiev by far the worst location for americans to watch.

EG throw or product of lineup?

win 2 Bo1 and you are in semi?
the format seems terrible for a major but I havent followed the scene for a while so maybe its standard.
Majors had 8 teams only?

edit: i guess its 11 major 11 minor thing, but is that same format for all of them now?

Just not sure if Sumail and RTZ will ever be able to gel perfectly... then again it's still early in the tournament we'll see what happens. The team also doesn't seem to have any go to strategies besides picking pretty good meta heroes but the team comp synergy is lacking in comparison to a team like Immortals


Any of you guys do betting on these matches? If so, what sites are good/bad?

pinnacle is the nuts as always

got some juicy bets today so far

Team Secret vs Evil Geniuses for Match. -115
(didnt like EG's draft at all, jakiro dazzle es? eww)

Team Liquid (Kills)/SG e-sports (Kills) (U 43.5) for Match. -122

Team Liquid (Kills)/SG e-sports (Kills) (U 41.5) for Match. -112

Team Liquid (Kills)/SG e-sports (Kills) (U 39.5) for Match. -110


i bet the unders because of liquid stomping SG with a push lineup, i bet those with 8 picks done, then they ****ing last picked spectre i was so mad lmao, still won it by a few kills but goddamn .

i dont think the formats are the same for every major.

Also I think only first round is bo1... which sucks but oh well. *actually no idea if whole group stage are bo1s

Time constraints maybe

yea i'd bet against every team with a lot of fanboys, ez $$$$... agreed, liquid's strategies all revolve around having at least 1 hero with heavy push (almost always matu's hero)


majors in the future will have 16 teams, reason this major has such a bad format is the tournament was planned before Valve released their new minor/major system. ESL can't be blamed here. they can however be blamed for bad audio sync LUL esports...............


wait can you bet during/after draft?? if so, whoa

ok that makes sense then.
And yes kirby round 2 is Bo3 I missed it a 1st.
majors with 16 teams sounds just right