Tensei Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I feel like they only really need to nerf the Tornado+ EMP combo because fuck that shit. 3k range, 2.5 seconds worth of AoE disable, and 400 mana burned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I feel like they only really need to nerf the Tornado+ EMP combo because fuck that shit. 3k range, 2.5 seconds worth of AoE disable, and 400 mana burned. Last time I played against invoker I vowed not to play a hero that uses mana the next time I'm against him. Its fucking bullshit. Can't push or defend after getting hit with that, and it's not even a long cooldown. CM ftw. Furion/invokerless games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensai Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 CM ftw. Furion/invokerless games. Or games where they're on our team! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Or games where they're on our team! Yay! While winning is fun, you're still a terrible person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensai Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 While winning is fun, you're still a terrible person. No no, hush. I'm not a terrible person for enjoying my Invoker play. I still think he's overpowered, definitely. I feel like they should remove the damage done by EMP. Surely losing your mana is enough? Especially since the damage done by Tornado isn't THAT shabby and if you're hit with Tornado, you're more or less guaranteed to be hit with EMP. Then again, I'm not Icefrog. I don't know what I'm doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I'm not Icefrog. I don't know what I'm doing. neither does icefrog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 You should try playing Exort Invoker. You get like +60 autoattack damage in midgame, you can gank other lanes with your ion cannon while you keep farming, and you can actually pretend that you're an auto-attack carry later on because of Forge Spirits and Alacrity. It's pretty silly, and doesn't feel as cheap as Q/W Invoker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyanCe Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 You should try playing Exort Invoker. You get like +60 autoattack damage in midgame, you can gank other lanes with your ion cannon while you keep farming, and you can actually pretend that you're an auto-attack carry later on because of Forge Spirits and Alacrity. It's pretty silly, and doesn't feel as cheap as Q/W Invoker. exort/stat invoker solomid with forge spirit rape 2 towers in 8 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensai Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'm officially my Invoker kick. Thank God. I've never felt more disappointed in myself. Anyone have any success with Tinker? I want to learn him (despite Rambo hating him), but don't know what to do besides be an annoying little guy and push all the lanes all the time. I think I 'get' his general mission (massive burst early, mid push, late perma-sheep/Shivas), but every time I try him the game is over before anything happens. What am I doing wrong?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Tinker probably has one of the more unique playstyles though he shares some similarities with Nature's Prophet. His main role in midgame is to constantly pressure lanes without enemies in them. Basically really punishes teams that want to group up and push or running gank squads. His burst makes him scary to take on alone so the enemy team often has to dedicate two or more people to gank him when he's sidepushing. He's also really good at poking because his rockets outrange basically everything, so his kit makes it easy for him to follow around enemy carries and prevent them from farming. His main weakness is that he takes way more time to get going than Prophet and he needs fast levels and farm so he's drastically less useful in a dual lane. Boots of Travel and Bottle are core, Sheep is THE lategame item for him, but Soul Ring and Force Staff are amazing as well. The hardest thing to learn about him is how to optimally use all your skills and active items during ganks or pushes. Queueing up spells with the shift key is almost mandatory on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireSlash Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I'm bad at dota But oh god playing Zues is gives you the most smug feeling in the world when you nail 3 fleeing heros with your ult from two lanes over. Mix with refresher orb for extra smugness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 A THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE. Yeah, fuck you, Zeus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I'm officially my Invoker kick. I accidentally the whole bottle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeAuto Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I find I like Silencer (no suprise, I liked him in HoN too), Mirana, and Clinkz. I have failed so much with Razor it's not funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensai Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I accidentally the whole bottle! I wanted to leave it ambiguous so I could always go back to him if I needed him, like an abusive lover or something. But now, after that first loss with him last night...I can safely add 'over' to my previous statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Derrit Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I'm officially my Invoker kick. Thank God. I've never felt more disappointed in myself.Anyone have any success with Tinker? I want to learn him (despite Rambo hating him), but don't know what to do besides be an annoying little guy and push all the lanes all the time. I think I 'get' his general mission (massive burst early, mid push, late perma-sheep/Shivas), but every time I try him the game is over before anything happens. What am I doing wrong?! ganking from mid early is a big part of his game, he can practically 1 shot people from about 6-9 and that will help you farm up your boots. after that, hopping back and forth from lanes is a must; you already know this, but you can be really agressive about it; unless someone can instakill you on the other team or stun you out of the return, you can hop in, kill two waves and get out, making them commit people to lanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 This is so amazing and cringeworthy at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Invoker- Chaos Meteor damage increased from 80+Exort*30 to 80+Exort*35 - Chaos Meteor land time decreased from 1.5 to 1.3 - EMP can no longer hit Invulnerable/Tornadoed units - EMP cooldown increased from 25 to 30 seconds - Sun Strike damage type changed from Magical to Pure - Sun Strike now reveals the area it will hit before the damage impact - Tornado cooldown increased from 25 to 30 seconds - Tornado Damage decreased from 77.5+(Wex+Quas)*23 to 70+(Wex+Quas)*20 Dota patch 6.74, Rejoice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensai Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Predictions for tonight? Any heroes we all want to see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) I'm gonna say Shadow Demon based on the title of the latest blog post. Other possible candidates are Lycan, Gyrocopter, Mortred or Templar Assassin. I'm pretty excited about the balance changes too though. E: Looks like I was right on SD being added. Another good Antimage counterpick. The balance changes are in as well. Edited March 14, 2012 by Tensei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Derrit Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 i've been playing this again recently and i love it so so much how could i have forgotten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 SDs Soul Catcher is such a funny skill. It's the only AoE targeted skill in the game where you actually want it to hit as few people as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sunstrike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 oh, duh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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