Defence of the Ancients 2: Dreams go in, salt comes out. You can't explain that.

[Chaore]

So guys, we must form another 10 man queue

oh god i don't know where the komachi pass is

[Zerviscos]

We got to feed Silencer and Pudge to get super charges!
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Pudge
Silencer
Bloodseeker
Magnus
Vengeful Spirit
Troll Warlord
Slardar
Ogre Magi
Ursa
Sven
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[Prody]

What did you do to the economy valve

Coming back to the pic on steam trading in my sig

[Raikaria]

So; played some Diretide; and will be playing more later after food. Note I'm playing with people at my very low skill level.

So far of the heroes I've tried in Diretide [PL; PA; Tinker; Venomancer; Veng; Morph; Brogre] Morphling is by far my favorite. In fact; our team kinda stomped that game. The end score was Radient 0 Dire 110 or something. A complete shutout.

Probobly helped that all 5 of them came to our candy at the start of the game, and I was defending alone while 4 of my allies were stealing theirs. Of course; because it was 5v1; they got hilariously greedy... and I used Waveform and killed 3 of them; autoed a 4th down and then one of my allies; returning from the enemy's candy; killed the Brood who had escaped over the wall.

Also I managed to not die against Rosh at the end; although we only got to Phase 2. [Phase 2/3 appears to be the limit we get to]

[Wind God Guy]

Earth spirit is hella fun.

[Zerviscos]

What did you do to ~*~the economy~*~ valve

Coming back to the pic on steam trading in my sig

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Garments of Nightsilver Sentinel! I had my hopes up too high. I'd be lucky to get atleast 1 key profit.

[Amraphenson]

the economy is shot to hell with these recipes floating around lol

[Prody]

~*~the economy~*~ is shot to hell with these recipes floating around lol

It's more than that; every genuine item has their price cut down by at least 30% due to the ability to craft non genuine versions of them, every common/uncommon are worth ten times more on the steam market as well.

And don't get me started on unusual couriers...

[Chaore]

It's more than that; every genuine item has their price cut down by at least 30% due to the ability to craft non genuine versions of them, every common/uncommon are worth ten times more on the steam market as well.

And don't get me started on unusual couriers...

I'm getting you started on unusual couriers.

As far as I can tell i'm having a moment like I did with keys.

[Raikaria]

OK I'm gonna spam Windrunner in Diretide. She can escape and raid pretty awesomely with Windrun and Shackleshot [The pots are surrounded by trees!]; but more importantly; Focus Fire against Roshan. We actually almost got to Phase 5; but the thing is; I think it was mostly me with max attacking speed; a Deso; two rapiers and a Dadilus+MkB [Didn't have gold for another Divine] that did most of the damage.

Why?

Because while everyone else got normal junk I got an item that I've never even seen before; a Shadow Essence. And don't rewards from Rosh scale with how much damage you do?

I think Rank 4 [Almost 5] is pretty good seeing as we didn't have the heroes who keep topping the charts like Abbadon and Shadow Shaman.

Also I'm not awful with Windrunner and no-one else seems to pick her.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

The highest roshan level I reached was level 9 through the old burst damage nuke method.

Also, yes, rewards scale with damage done to Roshan. (Total, not individual, iirc)
Shadow essences are okay but they're not super rare like last diretide and aren't really worth all that much because the recipe that uses them isn't very good.

[Raikaria]

Aw and here I got my hopes up that I got a good item D:

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

Don't worry it's one of the best items you can get from the Diretide, the other being the cursed recipe scroll.

It's just that, compared to last year's Diretide, the rewards have been decreased significantly.

[Zerviscos]

Let's beat cycle 2.
Seems fairly easy.

[Raikaria]

With Windrunner in pubs the furthest I've got is literally 2000 HP off beating cycle 4.

I did manage to die twice though; because of Roshlings whacking me and Rosh focusing every single toss on me. But you know what you do when you die? BUY MORE RAPIERS.

Also if I'm Radient Windrunner the Dire pot is not safe once I get a Force Staff. It is never safe. Ever. I can attack the pot from the river; force staff over; pick up candy; shackle the defender and windrun away. I probobly stole at least 30 candy during the game doing this.

Also I think Battle Fury may be bugged against Roshan. I mean; why would you build multiple BF's and take Sven AND Magnus over Divine Rapiers to get high scores if Battle Fury WASN'T bugged?

[yuyukos]

IIRC, Cleave does pure damage.

[Zerviscos]

IIRC, Cleave does pure damage.

Basically, instead of hitting Roshan directly, they attack opposing teams near Roshan to cleave damage.

[Amraphenson]

Battlefury works as intended, it's just having anything else in a normal game is more useful than +cleave%

[Dr Rawr]

IIRC, Cleave does pure damage.

It isn't but its pretty close to pure I guess

[Raikaria]

IIRC, Cleave does pure damage.

I always thought it was physical.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

The important part is that it's ignoring Roshan's armour and instead working off Abaddon's (or whoever it is you're hitting).

[Bardiche]

I think Abaddon used his shit to give people bonus ATK speed. Probably not.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GAME IS GOING TO BE GREAT:
Random into Morphling.
One guy picks Zeus and goes mid.
Another picks Weaver and goes top.
Fourth picks Timbersaw.
Fifth picks Witch Doctor.

First thing Witch Doctor does?
Buy Headdress and say, "buy Courier I'm carry".

Zeus raged so hard.

[Amraphenson]

Abaddon can actually stand next to rosh and not care, is why.

[Zerviscos]

Battlefury works as intended, it's just having anything else in a normal game is more useful than +cleave%

I tried Ursa with 1 Daedalus, 1 Cuirass, Eul's and Rapiers. Got to atleast 100+ Fury Swipes, and Eul's does save your ass.
Got to Level 18 Rosh when we all went physical. We lost our rhythm when Lion and Shadow Shaman died consecutively. They had to walk so far from the base.

I think Abaddon used his shit to give people bonus ATK speed. Probably not.

If they have Troll, no.

Anyways, looks like Doom is the new meta. Devour Alpha Wolf to get increase dmg and crit.

[trancehime]

So, I just watched Wagamama on his stream hosting a subscriber challenge - 5v5 mid-only samehero Invoker, cinematic camera only, and honestly, it looks fucking epic! We should totally do the same thing with different hero like 5v5 mid PUDGE. Legit gameplay style Xd

[PX]

Cinematic camera should be default

[Zerviscos]

Logs in steam*
Sees Dota 2 updating*
Excited for new updates*
Checks changelogs*

- Roshan is now unaffected by Hex and Root interruption
- You can now use a password to only match against other players with the same password in Diretide Matchmaking

I like the second one though...LEZ DIRETIDE!!!

[Pesco]

Yay for Diretide lobby?

[Zerviscos]

Yay for Diretide lobby?

Sorta like a lobby. Has all the shiz as one, but considered as an actual diretide. Means we can actually have a decent 10 man queue that'll work for rosh.

[Chaore]

Huh. I guess they heard the complaints about it. :v

If it gives rewards too it sounds like ez shadow essences, assuming you have a competent stack- or enough practice.

Neither of which MOTK has in the least. Oh well!