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Cybsled · May 10, 2015

Which is stupid. I avoid AP because it's FOTM fest or people who think they are TI5 candidates.

Zaphid · May 10, 2015

It's pretty good for about a month after a new patch drops, but yeah, if you want to win a lot, be prepared to pick classic pubstompers like Omni/Undying/Ursa. The only exception so far have been alchemist pickers.

Prime_sl · May 10, 2015

I wish they had a ranked AR mode.

Caal · May 10, 2015

Holy cow the Winter Wyvern was awful that game.

Intrinsic · May 10, 2015

Fucking Chuan and Faith doing work, lol. Double team wipe, those upheavals and death ward.

Caal · May 10, 2015

So weird to see ES just get ignored.

Caal · May 10, 2015

These one stun lineups make me shudder.

Paranoia · May 10, 2015

Secret are doing it.

Intrinsic · May 10, 2015

This final has been more hype than the recent tournaments. Even the Empire vs. VG final didn't feel quite this good, maybe it is the LAN setting and hearing the crowd go nuts. This has been great though and this patch has been pretty action packed so far in most of these games. I'm biased though since we're seeing a ton of Dazzle, Dark Seer, Razor, Witch Doctor, Weaver, all heroes I really really like.

Nirgon · May 11, 2015

Just bounty + undying lanes in AP

2x decay into bounty combo + tombstone is gg all day on pubs

Nothing succeeds like getting an enemy lane started on the "no one came to help with this bullshit" train

Balroc · May 11, 2015

They should just allow people to ban X amount of heroes in AP.

Zaphid · May 11, 2015

balroc_sl said:
They should just allow people to ban X amount of heroes in AP.

I'm pretty sure they use AP data for balance, since it "doesn't matter" but still forces people to figure out counters. It also makes the start relatively smooth.

ronne · May 11, 2015

Only problem I have with AP is that I have to play it for the compendium, and boy does it get old quickly.

groovy_and_sl · May 11, 2015

Yeah I'm not sure when they took away predictions/charms from all the other game modes. I only play random draft and single draft and for a while you could use the original win prediction gem. The player pools for those modes don't feel all that small (rarely get the same players multiple games in a row) but I'm probably right around the mean of the mmr distribution. I'd assume some exploiting was done for valve to remove predictions/challenges from these modes but it's a bummer. Definitely not worth playing AP though.

Cybsled · May 11, 2015

I'm sure in a couple weeks or so they will notice lots of players have rotting charms and try to "fix it".

Paranoia · May 12, 2015

Watching empire take down the chines was awesome they stomped those fuck I got hyped watching then play and seeing all oh a dance damn autocorrect get up from his chair and get hyped

ohmgee_sl · May 13, 2015

Techies is the worst cancer ever

Xeldar · May 13, 2015

Looking forward to the Summit this weekend. Feels like a mini-TI.

Zaphid · May 13, 2015

The best of The Summit

Luthair · May 13, 2015

Best part about the last summit was the swede cast with Loda, Pajkatt, Zai and Pieliedie.I like seeing people make the same mistakes that I do- Pieliedie

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