6:14 pm, October 18, 2014
As the title suggests, this post is meant to be a discussion thread regarding the position #1 (or even #2 if need be) players in professional teams. I'll try to list as many professional team [..]
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6:14 am, October 18, 2014
So, there are many factors/variables to determine which team will win a Ranked AP game. Some of the variables can be changed but some can't. For example, you can't decide how skilled your teammates ar [..]
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6:14 pm, October 17, 2014
The thing is that in the current state of the game there is no incentive to come back if your computer crashes for more than five minutes. If you wouldn't recieve a loss or an abandon (but the [..]
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6:14 am, October 17, 2014
Leviathan, the Tidehunter A massive sea monster of incredible strength and toughness, Leviathan is a real tank. Using his Gush skill, he can slow and damage a single target while reducing their armor, [..]
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6:14 pm, October 16, 2014
I'm not particulary fond of the kind of content that makes it to the front page and I'm looking for a smaller sub where discussion is encouraged while there is also talk about the newe [..]
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6:14 am, October 13, 2014
As title says, you are the mid player, you start with bottle+wand, you farm more items in the meantime,what is the first one you sell and why?
Discuss.
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6:14 pm, October 12, 2014
In an attempt to make myself a better drafter, I would like playdota to discuss hero roles in a more in-depth manner.
These extended roles or traits would include:
High ground defender/pusher
Counter [..]
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6:14 am, October 12, 2014
Newbee Country: China Roster formed: 23/02/2014 (none -> Newbee) Roster finalized: 26/08/2014 (xiao8 ->- Rabbit) Twitter / Facebook / qq Liquipedia: Newbee Gosuwiki: Newbee Gosugam [..]
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6:14 pm, October 11, 2014
So after much theory crafting and discussion I pose the question...
Is Tinker one of Natures best allies? Or should they never be seen on a team together?
They both play a global farming game wher [..]
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6:14 am, October 11, 2014
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6:14 pm, October 10, 2014
how do you build him actually?
there are 2 main ways to play him:
1) Pusher/Carry (more DPS oriented):
Core: RoB-Treads-MaelStrom-Tp
Mid-late: ShadowBlade/Dagger-Desolator
Late: Mjollnir Deadalus [..]
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6:14 pm, October 10, 2014
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6:14 pm, October 10, 2014
Good morning. Today I sat down with Brax from Navi.us. We talked about everything from his MOBA history to his current status with NAVI and his future plans. It is a long interview so I will list time [..]
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6:14 pm, October 10, 2014
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6:14 am, October 10, 2014
ESL One New York Organized by ESL Sponsored by Mad Catz, IBUYPOWER, T-Mobile, Pizza Hut, Twitch, reed pop, joinDOTA Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. Join the Day 1 Live Discussio [..]
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6:14 am, October 10, 2014
ESL One New York Organized by ESL Sponsored by Mad Catz, IBUYPOWER, T-Mobile, Pizza Hut, Twitch, reed pop, joinDOTA Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. Join the Day 1 Live Discussio [..]
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6:14 pm, October 9, 2014
Urn of Shadows Contains the ashes of powerful demons. Cost Components Bonus 325 Sage's Mask +50% Mana Regen 150 Gauntlets of Strength +3 Strength 150 Gauntlets of Strength +3 Strength [..]
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6:14 pm, October 9, 2014
ESL One New York Organized by ESL Sponsored by Mad Catz, IBUYPOWER, T-Mobile, Pizza Hut, Twitch, reed pop, joinDOTA Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. You can either Sort by new or [..]
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6:14 pm, October 8, 2014
http://twitch.tv/EGM EDIT: TITLE WAS JOKE WE BEST FRIENDS DISCUSS OTHER **** ZEPHYR SUCKS ETC submitted by BlitzDOTA [link] [136 comments]
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6:14 pm, October 8, 2014
Boush, the Tinker I hope someday I'll run into another survivor of the Violet Plateau Incident, but it's not looking promising. In the early stages of a game, the Tinker appears to be [..]
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6:14 am, October 8, 2014
Hey folks. A new episode is out with SwindleMelonzz. We answer questions from the Reddit thread, as well as talk about what its like to play on a team with his brother. His past with players like PPD [..]
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6:14 am, October 7, 2014
I saw this thread and I like the idea. I suggest to moderators of this subreddit to do the same for some time and eventually we'll see if it was worth. One sticky thread of that type once a we [..]
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6:14 pm, October 6, 2014
I want to discuss a minor issue (few time discussed in past) when it comes to differentiating between those creep we get from destroying single rax and the ones we get from destroying all the rax. Fir [..]
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6:14 pm, October 5, 2014
compLexity Gaming Country: United States Formed (HoN): 20/11/2012 Roster finalized and joined coL: 27/08/2014 (Riser, Moonmeander -> coL) Website / Twitter / Facebook Liquipedia: coL Gosuwi [..]
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6:14 am, October 5, 2014
World Cyber Arena 2014 Organized by WCA and GTV Sponsored by NetDragon, Bloody, ASUS Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. Missed Day 3? Check out the Day 3 Live Discussion. You can e [..]
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6:14 pm, October 4, 2014
In this last patch there have been a couple of buffs to Wexort
Tornado is now 3x Wex
Denies have been buffed
Bounty Runes(will elaborate)
First off the reason why you play QE or QW invoker is be [..]
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6:14 am, October 4, 2014
World Cyber Arena 2014 Organized by WCA and GTV Sponsored by NetDragon, Bloody, ASUS Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. Missed Day 2? Check out the Day 2 Live Discussion. You can e [..]
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6:14 pm, October 3, 2014
I watched that rematch where they joined and "redone " the match cause of connectionproplems currently and i must say that LGD make a pretty unfair move to get the tower (which was b [..]
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6:14 pm, October 3, 2014
Warded.co Who are we? Some you might remember we posted a few days ago under the alias GetRekt we listened to your voice and we thought for what we was accomplishing that name just wasnt going to cut [..]
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6:14 am, October 3, 2014
World Cyber Arena 2014 Organized by WCA and GTV Sponsored by NetDragon, Bloody, ASUS Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. Missed Day? Check out the Day 1 Live Discussion. You can eit [..]
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6:14 pm, October 2, 2014
So, since Icefrog is going to the direction of adding aghs to all heroes, what would you like to see for storm spirit aghs? My idea is that if storm spirit goes through an ally with his ultimate, he b [..]
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6:14 pm, October 2, 2014
I think it's amazing that Valve decided to implement this item, specially after i've read so much about the vanguard falling behind in the inventory on a late game. HOWEVER... my boyfr [..]
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6:14 pm, October 2, 2014
Crimson Guard A cuirass originally built to protect against the dreaded Year Beast. Cost Components Bonus 2225 Vanguard +250 HP / +6 HP/Sec / Passive: Damage Block 800 Buckler +2 Str/Agi/Int / [..]
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6:14 am, October 2, 2014
Why doesn't axe actually get something useful to work with. His damage potential is as insecure as ever, in a game where random AOE slows/stuns/silences are a dime a dozen. I've suggested this change: [..]
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6:14 am, October 2, 2014
World Cyber Arena 2014 Organized by WCA and GTV Sponsored by NetDragon, Bloody, ASUS Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. You can either Sort by new or use the Comment Stream. Strea [..]
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6:14 pm, October 1, 2014
I know it sounds silly but I actually wanted to discuss the viability of it. Thoughts? Is the ~400 gold that big of a difference?
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6:14 pm, October 1, 2014
Hi, I'm Roro. This is my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/simplyDOTA Some of you may know me as a random YouTube dude, or some of you may know me as that guy who did Dota 2 Daily, or Versus or [..]
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6:14 am, October 1, 2014
This time not high on alcohol just intoxicated :P I'll try my best to do the translation, please point out inappropriate areas. Thanks to u/allen_ami for providing the link: http: [..]
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6:14 pm, September 29, 2014
Butterfly Only the mightiest and most experienced of warriors can wield the Butterfly, but it provides incredible dexterity in combat. Cost Components Bonus 3300 Eaglesong +25 Agility 900 Quart [..]
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6:14 am, September 28, 2014
Ok, now that sanity has somewhat been restored, I think we can try and actually analyze the new gold/xp system instead of just raging about it either being good or bad. Edit: Let me take a moment to c [..]
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6:14 am, September 28, 2014
Hey /r/Dota2! So, I read this a while back from someone on here, but I can't get it out of my head. I truly hope Valve catches this and realizes how good of an idea this can be. People like my [..]
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6:14 am, September 28, 2014
Power Rangers Country: Belarus Formed: 01/08/2013 Roster finalized: 31/08/2014 (fng -> j4, wejustzik) Website / Twitter / Facebook Liquipedia: PR Gosuwiki: PR Gosugamers profile | joinDOTA [..]
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6:14 pm, September 27, 2014
I am not trying to make another thread regarding whether or not this patch is valuable or not valuable in its whole or in its parts. There's plenty of discussion about that. These comments are [..]
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6:14 pm, September 27, 2014
Right now the skill is avoided because it pushes the lane in early laning. Would make it a plausible early game 1-2 point skill in safe lane/mid. Would add some optional flexibility to a very skill-s [..]
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6:14 pm, September 27, 2014
Hi, I've been trying out at lot of the new Bloodseeker. Sorry if this is already being discussed elsewhere, but I'm really liking a 1-3-1-1 build into 4-4-1-2 build maxing W first, wit [..]
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6:14 am, September 27, 2014
I love the Roshan and ancients change. It allows Dire to do ancients if the offlane is going ****** and it allows a much more forgiving stack path. I absolutely love the bounty rune, and I even sugge [..]
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6:14 pm, September 26, 2014
Was playing a game while discussing no Diretide and how it sucks we don't have the Halloween theme. Thought it was a cool idea. They could at least give us a pumpkin Halloween themed map to be [..]
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6:14 pm, September 25, 2014
Hey guys,
I know theres a lot of 6.82 discussion threads atm. What I want to do with this thread is point out some buffs that haven't been discussed in big detail that I think are very important.
T [..]
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6:14 pm, September 25, 2014
I've recently started playing DotA2 and was having a lot of fun looking through the top posts of all time on this subreddit, when I reached this post that describes Gamefy recording and sharin [..]
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6:14 am, September 25, 2014
Lina, the Slayer One little spark and before you know it, the whole world is burning. The Slayer is one of the deadlier offensive spellcasters, capable of killing fragile heroes with one combo of her [..]
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6:14 pm, September 24, 2014
If Pugna build all tank items and Io goes carry, will they be the strongest duo in the game? With tether and over charge on, Pugna will lose no HP at all to heal Io and Io will practically be invulner [..]
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6:14 pm, September 24, 2014
Magnus changes
Empower is no longer removed by Spell Immunity
Empower mana cost increased from 40 to 30/40/50/60.
Rp's with empower even with bkb active. That is a HUGE buff for him.
Or, keep h [..]
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6:14 pm, September 24, 2014
Hi, I feel there's a lot to discuss about each 6.82 big change, I'll just leave this here and put my thoughts about it too. The update Change Removed from Captain's Mode Agil [..]
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6:14 am, September 24, 2014
Since illusions last so little time now, it is time to face your enemies instead of sending your ilusions do the dirty job. Shall we begin the discussion about skillbuilds and itembuilds for the new P [..]
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6:14 am, September 24, 2014
Crimson Guard:
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Requires:
Vanguard (2225)
Buckler (800)
Recipe (825)
Total: 3850 gold
Provides:
250 HP
+6 HP Regen
Passive Damage Block (80% chance for 40/20 melee/ranged) [..]
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6:14 am, September 22, 2014
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Format-wise, it will be very similar to the hero discussions of the week by /u/Plasma_Ball1. Credit to /u/FairyTitties for name and lore. Akariphos Lore He was a human t [..]
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6:14 pm, September 21, 2014
Basically, everyone I know IRL plays LoL. I'm in a reasonable big college class and everyone who plays MOBAs, plays LoL. I know one person who plays DotA and that's because we decided [..]
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6:14 am, September 21, 2014
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Format-wise, it will be very similar to the hero discussions of the week by /u/Plasma_Ball1. Credit to /u/FairyTitties for name and lore. Akariphos Lore He was a human thief t [..]
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6:14 am, September 21, 2014
Abaddon, the Lord of Avernus Baptised in the font Avernus, ***** means something different to me. There are few heroes who are more difficult to **** than the Lord of Avernus. Using his Aphotic Shield [..]
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6:14 am, September 21, 2014
MVP Phoenix Country: South Korea Dota2 squad: 01/09/2013 Phoenix formed: 21/11/2013 Phoenix finalized: 04/03/2014 (DuBu -> QO) Website / Twitter / Facebook Liquipedia: MVP Gosuwiki: MVP Go [..]
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6:14 pm, September 20, 2014
Aka Techies discussion, post-hype / Info gathering for my plan to write a Techies guide / Mildly disguised bragging. if Techies open {pick Techies} if Enemy picked Techies {counter with Abaddon} Anyo [..]
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6:14 am, September 20, 2014
Day 1 Day 2 Day3 Format-wise, it will be very similar to the hero discussions of the week by /u/Plasma_Ball1. Credit to /u/FairyTitties for name and lore. Akariphos Lore He was a human thief that tri [..]
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6:14 pm, September 19, 2014
I feel like discussing this dude who I like to call KRONWALL
because in my opinion he is fun as hell (for some reason I have always enjoyed trying (and often failing) to obtain good results [..]
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6:14 pm, September 18, 2014
Heaven's Halberd This halberd moves with the speed of a smaller weapon, allowing the bearer to win duels that a heavy edge would not. Cost Components Bonus 2050 Sange +16 Strength / +10 D [..]
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6:14 am, September 18, 2014
Day 1 Now that I'm on PC, formatting should be cleaner. Anyways, today we are beginning the second part of our Reddit Creates a Hero. I was delighted by all your responses and many were extrem [..]
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6:14 am, September 17, 2014
Hello, Reddit. It has been a while since the collective hivemind has bothered to come together to create something of such powerful caliber. Thus, I propose we do something in our past times of ***** [..]
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6:14 pm, September 15, 2014
The current assists system gives you +1 to your assists counter once you do any kind of damage to an enemy hero, within 15(?) seconds, before he dies. Yet there are some spells or items which assist y [..]
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6:14 am, September 15, 2014
Ulfsaar, the Ursa Warrior Come not near the darkwoods where my kindred sleep. The Ursa Warrior makes quick work of enemies who try to fight him toe to toe. His Fury Swipes passively claw deeper into e [..]
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6:14 am, September 14, 2014
Why / Why not? Pros / Cons? Useful / Useless? blah or blah? submitted by ConquestAce [link] [50 comments]
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6:14 am, September 13, 2014
Hey Dota people, I wanted to your feedback on Beastmaster. I don't know why people don't use him that often or at all. I mean yeah he isn't amazing at just one thing and other [..]
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6:14 pm, September 12, 2014
On Techies' hero page, stasis trap is listed to have 200 Activation AoE / 450 Stun AoE, with the stun popping 2 seconds after it "activates".
How immediate is the detection of a unit? [..]
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6:14 am, September 12, 2014
Refresher Orb A powerful artifact created for wizards. Cost Components Bonus 1675 Oblivion Staff +6 Int / +75% Mana Regen / +15 Dmg / +10 Atk Spd 1750 Perseverance +5 HP/sec / +125% Mana Regen [..]
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6:14 pm, September 10, 2014
Barathrum, the Spirit Breaker My form walks between the planes. True to his name, the Spiritbreaker is excellent at crushing the fight out of an enemy target. His skills are focused on disabling and k [..]
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6:14 am, September 10, 2014
Skills:
A 2s 300 range AOE disable at level 1. It only costs 80 mana and makes for a great follow up.
A 240 damage DOT at level 2 that has an inbuilt slow. It also makes up for axe pathetic MS [..]
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6:14 pm, September 9, 2014
I know there's too many game modes already however, once can have faith and believe we will get a good one! Blind pick is a game mode meant for ranked and unranked pubs where counter picking i [..]
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6:14 pm, September 9, 2014
We're almost there. We have a signup sheet that will be implemented within the next day or two, casters and admins and stats guys lining up around the block, and even a potential website. Who [..]
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6:14 pm, September 9, 2014
paging /u/justinroiland! I remember you mentioned that you emailed the dota 2 team and also began discussing it with adult swim. Any updates on if it's a no-go or been green lit? Season two mu [..]
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6:14 am, September 7, 2014
The first time many of us experienced drastic FPS drops (in my case, from 60 to a very noticeable 20) about 3-4 weeks ago after major Steam Client update, my fix at the the time was to turn off Vsync. [..]
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6:14 am, September 6, 2014
I don't want to get on the ESL hate train, but I would expect an organization like ESL to pick up on how to sell tickets. I could go into a long discussion about the state of valves ticket sys [..]
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6:14 am, September 6, 2014
World E-sport Championships 2014 Organized by D8TV Sponsored by D8TV, TV189, Zhejiang Satellite TV Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide. Missed Day 1? Check out the Live Discussion an [..]
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6:14 am, September 5, 2014
World E-sport Championships 2014 Organized by D8TV Sponsored by D8TV, TV189, Zhejiang Satellite TV Need info on the event? Check out our Survival Guide You can either Sort by new or use the Comment S [..]
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6:14 am, September 5, 2014
So after about 1 month still the issue related with TI attendee's couriers didnt fixed. They dont have the proper tag (The international 2014) They dont have the unusual effect Some of ether [..]
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6:14 pm, September 4, 2014
Scythe of Vyse The most guarded relic among the cult of Vyse, it is the most coveted weapon among magi. Cost Components Bonus 2700 Mystic Staff +25 Intelligence 2100 Ultimate Orb +10 Str/Agi/In [..]
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6:14 am, September 3, 2014
Enigma Reality is illusion. The Enigma is one of the few heroes who can cast a single spell and change the course of a game. With good summoning and disabling spells, the Enigma is also a great suppor [..]
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6:14 am, September 2, 2014
I have recently took upon some impactful semi-carry supports, while I mostly play hardcore afk hard carries. Silencer is a strong laner and generally very straightforward to use, I feel that I lack Si [..]
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6:14 pm, August 30, 2014
It seems that there is something fishy going on with the upcoming Rhinoceros Order set that is scheduled to be released with the Techies patch. According to this post, the design was taken from this d [..]
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6:14 pm, August 28, 2014
Boots of Speed Fleet footwear, increasing movement. Cost Components Bonus 450 Boots of Speed +50 Movement Speed Arcane Boots Magi equipped with these boots are valued in battle. Cost Compo [..]
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6:14 am, August 27, 2014
Terrorblade, the Demon Marauder The Soul Keeper has one of the most feared growth potentials of all. While initially weak, if left unchecked he can come back to slaughter his enemies with ease. His ab [..]
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6:14 am, August 26, 2014
techies_full techies_land_mines techies_stasis_trap techies_suicide techies_focused_detonate techies_remote_mines discuss! submitted by ferb12321 [link] [30 comments]
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6:14 pm, August 24, 2014
In the Studio powered by 100TB.com August 24th, 2:00 PDT (17:00 EST / 23:00 CEST) Livestream - Beyond the Summit In the Studio is a Dota 2 show by Beyond the Summit powered by 100TB.com where we aim [..]
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6:14 am, August 24, 2014
Monkey King Bar A powerful staff used by a master warrior. Cost Components Bonus 1500 Javelin +21 Damage / Passive: Pierce (20% chance to deal 40 bonus damage) 1500 Javelin +21 Damage / Passive [..]
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6:14 am, August 22, 2014
Back to 2007 when supports had 2 bracers.
Discuss.
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6:14 am, August 22, 2014
Dagon A lesser wand that grows in power the longer it is used, it brings magic to the fingertips of the user. Cost Components Bonus 1000 Staff of Wizardry +10 Intelligence 470 Null Talisman +3 [..]
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6:14 am, August 21, 2014
Use this thread to post and discuss all of the challenges/videos resulting from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge done by Dota 2 Pros and Personalities. Mushi Arteezy Singsing Ayesee Moose and NaVi Staff [..]
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6:14 pm, August 20, 2014
I have been doing some research on a topic of which I have always felt like I had an inadequate understanding, the anti-carry heroes. I meant for this post to incite discussion specifically about anti [..]
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6:14 pm, August 19, 2014
Hi Guys,
First off I am a long-time LoL player that decided to try Dota 2 and I am now hooked! So I would like to discuss some strategy with you. I have picked 2 heroes that I like. One is night [..]
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6:14 am, August 19, 2014
Ethereal Blade A flickering blade of a ghastly nature, it is capable of dealing damage in both magical and physical planes. Ethereal Blade Cost Components Bonus 3300 Eaglesong +25 Agility 1600 [..]
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6:14 am, August 18, 2014
You can find Thread #3 here. It's time for Hero Guesstimates #4! There has been a lot of interesting discussion in the past three threads. Keep it up! Here are the ten heroes for today: Encha [..]
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6:14 pm, August 17, 2014
So basically, I've been playing dota 2 for about 2 years now with a friend of mine. We normally queue together and we've been playing a lot of ranked games lately. We obviously do not [..]
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6:14 pm, August 16, 2014
As dota grows older, Focus Fire gets buffed. It does not seems as a great skill at first, but I believe PD can unlock its potential, at least for pub games.
Important note: Although there may be be [..]
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