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Should I do moar?

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Yes 30% [ 6 ]

Yes 45% [ 9 ]

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The new competitive DotA

Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 3:11 pm

This is my first real DotA-related thread so cheers

I made this to express my own observations which i seem to call the "retro style with a twist"

The 6.50 logs had witnessed major changes to game play ,decimating a strategy caspian calls and refers as "blink+stun"

heroes involved in this strategy are now heavily nerfed, aside the fact they also loses a big portion of survivability dues to bottle and dagger nerf. This has been the highlights to the birth of a new DotA era, but quite oddly similar to the old ones, back at the good ol' days we see Bone carrying with DR's and Aegises.

Buffs done that shows this is true, is the implication of 3 items, 2 new ones, the armlet of mordiggan, shiva's guard and the improved, hand of midas

the winner the newest competitive DotA, SK has shown new ways to carry and win, which had developed thinkings to cover the weaknesses of late game carries.

AoM has opened a new portal of destruction for late game carries, by covering their issues with a cheap solution that has been replacing dagger which was not viable to them anyway. AoM, will later bring an implication i believe no one has ever expected. for long,most pub heroes has been a restrict to high level plays due to the fact they require too much to be beneficial. implementations of AoM, has turned this upside down. In short, we might be seeing Balanar and Banehallow roaming in maps and paths, hunting for heroes they once failed to destroy, due to the notorious dagger. AoM has paved ownage to even agility heroes who needs absurd levels of farming to contribute. Simplified, Void and PA.

The new shiva's guard is also a destructive force to be reckoned with. With QoP finally being nerfed after being buffed for multiple logs, this items shows the window of opportunities for some undiscovered heroes to be effective. Being no longer the "Queen Of Leagues"(caspian), this has lead to the popular beliefs that another hero with an utterly same concept to be the new league pick. Puck and Visage. Puck has been compared to QoP so frequently that people seems to think that IceFrog's main intention is to see this hero being overused in games just like QoP did. Visage has also been receiving several buffs and nerf but the highlights remains at the buffs. Although his lane control ability has been nerfed, he now stands stronger in team battles as a carry that is always relative and powerful to his allies, and now, he has been given the ability ,to wield an orb. Another hero that will be the top ban is probably the all time powerful , Warlock. Warlock is in fact a powerful hero, referred to as a powerhouse due to his amazing abilities to synergize and destroy. The infernal has been buffed by making it less fragile to medusa and shiva is a new hit to him as well, providing possibilities of necro build being abandoned as main build. the tendency of refresher is also high since it is now, the best item for price and benefits.

And now, the classic item, HoM has been indirectly buff, and is predicted to bring back the old school play, the 30 minutes farm with a twist to pushing as well. caspian had mentioned that the abilities of HoM to transmute level 6 satyrs, i see this as a very powerful ability especially to heroes that needs to farm smoothly. i believe we will see Bone returning ,as he is now back as the old league bone with the powerful lane control and gank power. The new courier change ,dagger nerf and ward nerf has also been sighted as a signal. This is really a buff to bone as he has been always a great candidate to use HoM. However, new heroes that are powerful forces with this item also exist. i place my bets on Void. yes, Void is now a relevant pick as he has been buffed through the addition of AoM and improvement of HoM. As i mentioned , this is the new pub-like competitive DotA i have anticipated.

Will this be true? This all depends on the next map, if there is no major changes to it, tendency of the next map to be the new stable map, is high.
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