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[frostshotgg]

Wait.... Why would you ever get radiance?

[Exerosp]

Ah, so I effed up and accidentally sold the Seraphic Greevil, so i'm throwing in my Motlen Fracture for Doom and Ancient Crasher for Anti-Mage.

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[lemon10]

You might want to put something about the tournament into the title again aenri, so we can get the last 4 (?) people we need and actually start it at some point. If you do, you should make sure its clear that this isn't only the tournament thread (which is what the problem was last time).

[RexMundi]

UPDATING NOW
EDIT: updated, new mode, no skele king for now. limited heroes for new 5 man defence.
Free rewards for leveling up as a level 47 player, I got a LOT. even if it's only 1-10 that gives stuff mostly

[umiman]

NG+ and NG++ is brutally difficult.

[Thexor]

Even Normal will stomp you, if you don't have a decent team. 

Findings so far:

Veno is... interesting. Mass wards are cool, and getting free Gale casts through your wards is really neat. Feels a little like playing Tower Defense. Can't do a lot once his wards fall and the team's being overrun, though.

Lina feels really weak. As in, not a lot of use for her spells, and she's useless once they're all cast. Her ult in particular is a waste of a skill point. I was hoping Fiery Soul would make her a machine-gun DPSer... maybe I just built her wrong.

SF is awesome. Single targets explode to right-clicks, razes obliterate hordes.

Axe is cool. Battle Hunger is now an ally-targeted buff that grants life-steal... on all damage sources. Meaning right-clicks, counterhelix procs, SF razes, CM ultis... yeah. His ult is also AoE!

[umiman]

I've played enough to unlock the rare item at 8000 shards.

It's quite fun. If I were to say which hero was vital to victory, it'd be Omniknight. He's super freaking important to have, so much so that all your teammates will instantly come to revive you even if you're random strangers. When you get a soul ring, arcane boots, and a mek, everyone will love you and you can still dish out pain.

I normally do this:

Start with boots and nothing else, find an empty lane to camp.

Get Soul Ring by the end of the first wave (should have 900 gold or so).

Get Arcane Boots by the end of the second.

Get Buckler.

Get Mek.

Get Radiance.

This mode is very similar to MMOs and other PvE type games, so a healer is extremely important to success. There's only one healer available and that's Omniknight. By default he becomes the most important part of the team. Not to mention he can heal towers, make everything invincible, summon super strong creeps, save heroes from super damage missiles and chain frost, etc.

[Frumple]

Wraith-night is gloriously, shamelessly, derivative. I like it just as much as I liked the WC3 maps it's ripping off.

Which is to say a fair amount. I always did enjoy X-whatever defense maps and whatnot.

I'll admit, though, when I first read about it a few posts up, I was hoping more along the lines of an Enfos et al ripoff (weaponsmith, ahahaha). Still, not bad. Might play it again in the near future.

Any word on how long it's going to linger around?

[frostshotgg]

If the indicator on the game selection screen is any... indication, a few more hours until Wraith King resurrects.

[Frumple]

... izzat what the thing's for? Comp's crappy enough what I have to do to it to make DotA2 run decently renders the in-game text mostly incomprehensible. I can't read the popup that comes from that bar at all, heh.

But ah, shame. Probably won't get any more games in, then, unless they keep it around afterwards.

[Thexor]

... izzat what the thing's for? Comp's crappy enough what I have to do to it to make DotA2 run decently renders the in-game text mostly incomprehensible. I can't read the popup that comes from that bar at all, heh.

But ah, shame. Probably won't get any more games in, then, unless they keep it around afterwards.

I really doubt it'll end when the bar fills. Seriously, it launched late yesterday. Most events last ~2 weeks, not 2 days. 

Plus, some of us still have 250+ minutes left on our buff. To be fair, I paid for it with my first 2250 reward box... people are spending a lot on these rewards.

[Sonlirain]

Ok unrelated question.
I remeber there was a trick with Juggernaut back on the WC3 map.
With enough attack speed stacked up he could do an extra normal attack between every omnislash jump attack.

Is this still the case in DOTA2?

[ukulele]

99% sure it is, its not a trick its a feature.

[Thexor]

Yep, that still works, though I'm not sure what the attack speed thresholds are. He can also use items while Omnislashing. This includes TP scrolls, which keep channeling while you slash. If you're at a high enough level, it takes more than 3 seconds to slash, and you can literally TP home while invulnerable. 

[umiman]

Here ya go: http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1iox0w/

Examining this theoretical graph, [3] the number of discrete attacks in a level 1 Omnislash reaches two at approximately +141 attack speed, which it does not. In reality, the two attack threshold is not reached until +383 attack speed (and the three attack threshold is never reached), the required number for two attacks in one interval, due to the “inert” interval between the first and second slashes.

Basically you can do it, but it's quite gimmicky as you need to reach pretty high levels of attack speed just for a few extra swings. This is because for some reason, you can't get free autoattacks on the first two strikes of omnislash. I would say you'd be better off getting an Aghs if you wanted more attacks, as at least that way you're invincible for longer. Aghs is actually really good on him too.

^ That info is a bit outdated on one thing though, you can now use items while omnislashing.