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[ukulele]

Looks great! i think its more of a incentive to old players than new tough, maybe they should guarantee a item drop or something like that.

[umiman]

You get items too.

[Alkhemia]

Most fun I've had losing in a while http://dotabuff.com/matches/232945461
I was thd and went bot with sven. After some ganks it was just 5 man dota for the rest of the game the only problem with that is that they had zombie and zombie makes 5 man dota sad.

[umiman]

Been fiddling with double stout shield builds for laning with random gold.

It only just occurred to me after all this time that lane creeps don't do more than 20 damage most of the time (they have a range of damage, something like 17 - 24). With two stout shields, your probability of blocking 20 damage is 84%. This means that 84% of the creep harass damage doesn't actually occur. So suppose you get attacked about 5 times by a lane creep and you block 4 of the attacks, you would have negated 100 damage easily. At the early point in the game it's quite literally 84% physical damage resistance, so only 16% of physical damage affects you, and that 16% will be reduced by your armour even more.

Why is this useful knowledge?

It's because I play tanky super level 1 heroes like Ursa, Slardar, Spirit Breaker, etc. all like crazy right click machines right from the box. The biggest source of damage that early in the game is not from the heroes but from the creeps and tower (heroes will be trying to run away). So if I remove it to just a 16% chance of taking damage, I'm nearly immortal in the early game. Especially combined with the crazy amounts of starting armour all those guys get.

It would be impossible to lose the lane as I can walk right next to enemies and punch em in the face while taking almost no damage at all.

[Stworca]

Double-Stout Axe is standard by now, he turns into a helicopter.

[crazysheep]

By the way, here's Dota 2's official lorebook. You unlock more pieces of lore every time you complete a tutorial. This includes very detailed backstories for heroes, how the world came to be, etc.

It looks amazing!

http://imgur.com/a/sZaDK

Is it just me or is there only 1 tutorial available atm?

[Alkhemia]

New patch

TUTORIAL
- Enabled Mechanics II, Laning I, and Laning II.
- Added Limited Hero mode for playing with bots and matchmaking.

UI
- Added panel for displaying and removing pending guild invitations.
- The International: Fixed not being able to request your ticket information by clicking on the ticket stub on the top bar.
- The International: Fixed bug that prevented the confirmation email to be sent after consuming an event ticket.

VISUALS
- Updated Lion's head.
- Fixed a bug where character items could sometimes show up incorrectly to third parties if the data couldn't be obtained from the owner. Most often seen on items like Pudge's hook.
- Fixed refraction based effects showing up in some character previews where they should not.

AUDIO
- Fixed Death music bug.

COMMUNITY
- Implemented more lenient algorithm for communication bans that takes into account how many games are played.
- Reset communication ban lengths if a player has not been banned in two weeks.
- Reset all existing communication bans as part of the recent algorithm changes.

GAMEPLAY
- Alchemist: Chemical Rage bonus HP reduced from 300/600/900 to 250/500/750
- Batrider: Flamebreak cooldown increased from 11 to 14
- Gyrocopter: Attack range reduced from 375 to 365
- Io: Tether movement bonus decreased from 20% to 17%
- Lifestealer: Rage cooldown increased from 15 to 17 seconds
- Treant Protector: Living Armor damage block instances from 7 to 4/5/6/7
- Team 2 now bans second instead of first in Ban Phase #2. (All other phases and orders are the same)

Ban Phase #1 No Changes (Team A/B/A/B)
Pick Phase #1 No Changes (Team A/B/B/A)
Ban Phase #2: Changed (From Team B/A/B/A to Team A/B/A/B)
Pick Phase #2: No Changes (Team B/A/B/A)
Ban Phase #3: No Changes (Team B/A)
Pick Phase #3: No Changes (Team B/A)

[umiman]

Guh. Today was a bad day. 3 out of 4 games I was given a hero that needs solo lane to succeed or is almost completely useless. All the games my teammates just insist on crowding next to me at all times.

So I played a useless Meepo that was only gaining levels at the same rate as all the other players. I played a useless Brood that couldn't do anything because I only got time to be alone after the enemy was already fed.

Only one fun game, which was Sven. Entire team was stun team. Something like Sven, Ogre Magi, Witch Doctor, etc. That one was particularly hilarious since with the double stun lane of OG and Sven we could get guaranteed kills even at level 1 and 2.

Haah but still... all random was not kind today.

[lemon10]

So, could I get added to the guild?
I am lemon10 in DOTA 2 as well, so it shouldn't be that hard to find me.

Been fiddling with double stout shield builds for laning with random gold.

It only just occurred to me after all this time that lane creeps don't do more than 20 damage most of the time (they have a range of damage, something like 17 - 24). With two stout shields, your probability of blocking 20 damage is 84%. This means that 84% of the creep harass damage doesn't actually occur. So suppose you get attacked about 5 times by a lane creep and you block 4 of the attacks, you would have negated 100 damage easily. At the early point in the game it's quite literally 84% physical damage resistance, so only 16% of physical damage affects you, and that 16% will be reduced by your armour even more.

I will note that due to psuedo random distribution, that a stout sheild only actually has a 53% chance of blocking damage. This means that 2 have a 78% damage block, or 22% chance of a hit going through. That's still pretty good, but significantly worse then 84% block.

[Stworca]

Only one fun game, which was Sven. Entire team was stun team. Something like Sven, Ogre Magi, Witch Doctor, etc. That one was particularly hilarious since with the double stun lane of OG and Sven we could get guaranteed kills even at level 1 and 2.

Try Kunkka + Shadow Demon for absolute ridiculousness.
SD + Leshrac and Kunkka + Bane are more or less the same grade A bullshit. There are very, very few heroes that can survive once they get level 2.

[umiman]

The tutorial update is out~

[Alkhemia]

Next time i'm on i'll add you lemon if you accepted my friend invite so I can send it sent just need to get on dota to get in

[The Scout]

My one match with me and my four friends ended in ruin. Bloodseeker and me(Rubick) went mid while everyone else split up. Bloodseeker spent the entire match chasing me down and silencing me when we got near enemies. Short story, he's a massive dick.

[Stworca]

But think of the DAMAGE you had! Right-Click Rubick with a personal Bloodseeker support. Butterfly, Armlet, AC, Mask of Madness. Make it a thing.

[Alkhemia]

Does evasion work vs witch doctor ult since it physical damage?