DOTA 2

Louis

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Yea, he's a shitty version of tide. Not really sure why someone would ever pick him when they could just go tide instead.
 

Zaphid

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85 base damage, motherfuckers.

Also his shield is pretty neat, but his problem is that he has no real disables and almost no damage.
 

Sutekh

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Yeah, his shield is mediocre at best. His W needs to have its damage doubled and range tripled probably to have any affect, maybe some damage on his ultimate.
 

Kyougou

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I like him in pubs, his global heal/shield is pretty good in early game to help all lanes. Healing towers can make a huge difference, its very situational, obviously, since it won't save any tower from a proper push, but still helpful. The slow and the stealth can make a world of difference in the lane if you are babysitting a nice carry too.

He also has nice synergy with magnus/dark seer and cleavers, especially with a refresher orb.
 

Zaphid

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Synderella+4 vs Liquid, should be better now.

If someone removed the names, I'd think I'm watching russian dota, shit is so good.
 

Louis

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Some pretty good matchups today on stream for anyone interested. navi taking on empire and Fnatic playing EG also.
 

Louis

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2 of the more important parts of the this weeks update.
- Added Team Matchmaking! Teams have a public rating based on their performance against other Teams.
- Added Language setting for Matchmaking!
Hopefully that weeds out the BR's, although the team rating doesn't have much effect on people like us.
 

Kyougou

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Cyborgmatt posted this picture on this update blog post so it doesn't look like it will help against portuguese speakers.

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I, however, am very happy about the russian language selector, not so much that I have a problem with russians on my team, as they don't tend to be worse than everyone else, but this should weed out those that refuse to communicate in english.

rrr_img_12388.jpg
 

Simas_sl

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Cyborgmatt posted this picture on this update blog post so it doesn't look like it will help against portuguese speakers.

rrr_img_12388.jpg


I, however, am very happy about the russian language selector, not so much that I have a problem with russians on my team, as they don't tend to be worse than everyone else, but this should weed out those that refuse to communicate in english.
Russians are just going to click English.

rrr_img_12388.jpg
 

Burren

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How exactly is it going to weed anyone out? They can just click whatever boxes they want as well.

*Simas beat me to it*
 

Louis

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I'd imagine it'd be a reportable offense if they speak russian? or that may just be wishful thinking.
 

Kyougou

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I agree that it won't eclipse all russian players that refuse to speak english from games, but its an extra deterrent and clicking english is making a statement that you are willing to speak english so it might force some weaker willed players to speak english in fear of potential repercussions, even if they are remote.
 

Zaphid

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They should just default the settings based on location, so you have to change it yourself if you want to play with other people.