When my friends first told me about these videos, I thought maybe it was not true. So I watched it myself. Raynee088 offers a very good instructional on how Rigwarl the Bristleback can level-up, gain experience and gold by staying in the neutral creeps.
On the Sentinel side:
Ch¡LL vs DING LAO + JIMBERS’
Ding Lao challenged his team Ch¡LL to a match game. With Ding were some of the best players from Jimbers’ Cafe here in Davao City: Totzkie de Castro, Wex Corrales, Batusai Bajado, and Zandro Sabaldan. Ding led these guys against Ch¡LL’s full force: Yuki Perez, Burnz Flores, Top Lopez, Cocoy Villaroman, and BhoyMax Julakit. They played two games in the all pick mode (-ap).
(The line-ups are listed in the order they were picked.)
Game 1:
Sentinel - Ch¡LL
Nevermore - Yuki - bottom right
Warlock - BhoyMax - top left
Skeleton King - Burnz - top left
Rexxar - Top - bottom right
Mirana Nightshade - Cocoy - middle
Scourge (first pick) - Ding + Jimbers’
Akasha - Wex - bottom right
Viper - Zandro - middle
Bristleback - Batusai - top left
Lich - Totzkie - top left
Nerubian Assassin - Ding - bottom right
First Blood: Batusai (Bristleback) pawned Burnz’s (Skeleton King) in the top left lane, after 2 minutes of playing.
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Game 1 Start:
Nerubian Assassin and Warlock attempt to rape Akasha:
Nerubian Assassin - Duke (CORPO)
Warlock - Jay (CORPO)
Akasha - Burnz (Ch¡ll)
Even before I entered the world of competitive DotA in Davao City, I already know the name Ding Lao. He, according to many people is the number one DotA player in the city. I finally met the guy a few weeks back when my former team played against NoMets in the first round of Champions Eliminations of the Davao Cyber Expo 2007: Davao Cyber Games Tournament. The guy striked me as being quiet. That is until the games actually began.
When NoMets started playing, the guy turned into a monster… he was loud, proud, and demanding. No doubt about it, Nelson Jeffrey “Ding” Lao commanded NoMets all the way to victory. This loud and proud guy earned the ire of many gamers along their way to the championship. Together with the rest of NoMets, he was branded as an arrogant braggart who solicited the hatred of the teams and players they defeated. Undeniably, I was one of those who had this impression.
One of the things I learned from watching tournaments and match games here in Davao City is the importance of smart warding. One of the reasons NoMets became the Davao Cyber Expo champions is because of their excellent warding. Their Lich only had two staples in his inventory: a Boots of Speed and a Town Portal. He used the rest of his gold for buying both Sentry Wards and Observer Wards.
GROUP 3:
Bracket E:
Carabao vs 50ph
Line ups:
Carabao (Sentinel) - Warlock (Green), Skeleton King (White), Lich (Yellow), Sven (Blue), Razor (Red)
50ph (Scourge, 1st Pick) - Akasha (Totzkie), Mirana (Kieter), Magina (Batusai), Ezalor (Z), Sand King (Xian)
The Lanes:
Top Left - Skeleton King & Razor vs Ezalor
Middle - Warlock vs Akasha
Bottom Right - Lich & Sven vs Mirana, Magina, & Sand King
The Game: no notes
Winner: 50ph
GROUP 1:
Bracket A:
TC Clan of Tagum City vs Chico
Line ups:
TC Clan - Nevermore, Magnataur, Ezalor, Razor, Pandaren Brewmaster
Chico - Akasha, Viper, Lich, Bristleback, Rexxar
The Game: Chico was able to dominate the game early on, despite the fact that they were missing one member. Jansen (Rexxar) didn’t arrive until some 20 minutes after the game started. However, TC Clan proved to be the stronger, better team.
Winner: TC Clan
Here’s a little treat for you replay watchers out there… the replays of some games played during the Davao Cyber Expo 2007: Davao Cyber Games DoTA All-Stars Tournament (DCE: DCG) are now available for downloading. Click on this link to see the menu of downloadable replays.
These are fun stuff I do when I get bored playing DOTA. I experiment on items that can or may suit a specific hero. I laugh at it or never thought that it can be possible.
King Leoric - Have you ever thought of a free and reuseable Aegis of the Immortal without even buying the item? Try using a Refresher Orb on him and voila.. you get an Aegis that’s reuseable.
Zeus - While trying 6.35b, I remember Zeus’ Static Field was nerfed to 1000 AOE. We all know that with this spell, he can kill heroes more effectively. Buy the Maelstrom and Hyperstone. These are items you probably won’t waste your gold on with Zeus, but given the time and perseverance (I mean real perseverance not Void Stone + Ring of Health), and what do you know, you get free chain lightning that activates static field every time!
