Pubbing regularly with miracle, W33 and the Russians etc does seem slightly more optimal than ixmike and monkeysforever tbf.

Happy 3/22 everyone

pango back in captains mode

thats enough to get me to tune in

pretty freaking hilarious that its mid tourney like this

Holy crap EG vs IG.

boboka >>>>> every other support

this dac tourney format is

lol China

Quite a start to LGD - EG

that was a tilting game

Ok series, still feels like running fear on overly static cores is a problem because he doesn't have enough of an impact late game

Anyone know of any reputable betting sites that take bets on DOTA through crypto?

VP should have taken at least one lane of racks there. WTF

Maybe the worst throw I’ve ever seen.

Oh my god. How did LGD win this game. That dark rift was insane.

THE ****ING DARK RIFT CARTY

Pretty huge patch today really. They changed how the 'class' stat (str/agi/int) bonus works. No matter the class, all characters get the bonus. Intelligence no longer has magic resist but has spell amplification instead. Strength now has magic resist instead of status resist. Primary attribute gives 25% bonus to whatever 'bonuses' the attribute gives.

Good bye all strength meta. Enter agi scaling v mid magic damage meta? (Presumably that means agi carries get +25% attack speed/armor scaling.)

http://www.dota2.com/news/updates/

New Strength:
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18 Health (+25% for str heroes: 22.5)
0.55% HP Regen (+25% for str heroes: 0.68%)
+0.08% Magic Resistance (+25% for str heroes: 0.1%)

New Agility:
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0.16 Armor (+25% for agi heroes: 0.2)
1 Attack Speed (+25% for agi: 1.25)
0.05% Movement Speed (+25% for agi: 0.062%)

New Intelligence:
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12 Mana (+25% for int heroes: 15)
1.8% Mana Regen (+25% for int heroes: 2.25)
0.07% Spell Amplication (+25% for int heroes: 0.087%)

I feel like this patch really sucks for a hero like lone druid Other carry type heroes got huge buffs with their stats giving more but Alfredo has no stats and doesn't scale as well

HoD push strat still works though, but it seems like other builds got nerfed. Gotta say this patch feels really messy with how hgue ti is

strength heroes lost armor and status resistance, they got nerfed

Just watched Mad Lads run #1 doom versus The Final Tribe (era's team) in GESC qualifiers. ML was down 30-15 on the scoreboard but had TFT down to the last 2 rax. Hilarious finale were the doom team ubered from the bottom t3 to the exposed ancient after it was clear they were not going to succeed in their bottom push. Took tft like 5 full seconds to realize that uberlord tped the enemies to the other side of their base.Was a serious throw versus throw fest and fun to watch. Were many hype moments where seemed like either team could win the game.

Tried to figure out when TI open qualifiers are. Might take that week off and enjoy all the carnage. Looked on liquipedia and seems the schedules not released yet. Kinda miss the old CIS days were teams were not as good as now but every game was a throw filled slugfest.

Pretty sure strength heroes are OP right now actually. Beefy ones at least. Status resistance loss sucks but magic resist is very very nice, for the tank type strength heroes.

Also it appears we've reverted back to a spectre/zeus meta... Weird weird patch, they should probably make small changes every week now.

New personal record for longest game. Kill me.

https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3859855392

Here's mine https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2020569361

4 protect Miracle!!! First time I'm hype for Liquid since they were an NA team, lol.

Dead game is dead, but Envy ridiculousness lives on. Just backdoored both T4 and throne through protection with a Wisp/Morph against EG.

Now VP is running over Fnatic and tipping EE compendium points every time they kill him hahha