Uhh, what?
Viper outshines ANY HERO in a lane match up.
Warlock is crap late game. His infernals die instantly to purge, they cant stand up to more than a hero at a time, and the stun they deliver sucks. Heros get hit by the ult, 1 hit from the infernal and theyre on the run. His healing thing is the only thing hes got going for him and its been nerfed to shit ever since he was created.
Warlock may own people who suck at dota, but anyone with half a brain is gonna get at him no problem.
oh right thats why MYM and sP donāt use him at all.
Oh yeah definitely. And every team tries to stretch it out to late game, they definitely donāt try and finish it early. And the stun is definitely not used as an initiation, since Warlock always lands the stun when heās completely alone, with no other stuns or slows on his team nearby. And yeah, every hero has purge, or wants to spend money on a diffusal. GOD WHY IS WARLOCK SO TERRIBLE. WHY ISNāT HE USED IN LEAGUE AND CLAN PLAY?
Oh wait.
if someone gets a desolator and sny
which orb overrides which?
or does deso stay dominant until maim is triggered?
Depends on item position. Put deso in the top left slot if you want deso instead of maim. If the s&y is in the top left, youāll get maim⦠except if youāre hitting a tower, when the deso animation happens. Weird.
Orb walkin!
why are so many people giving props to warlock? Thereās way better heroes that outshine this sucker.
Refresher orb is very expensive. The only positive trait is a double stun and double inferno. By the time you get a refresher, youāll probably get owned by other players who got better items. Warlock donāt get kills (no gold), he merely farms. That is the fate of a support hero.
Skadi is same story. Desolator with him is 'meh.
Back to the point though, other better heroes as previously mentioned.
I dont think they mean to say Warlock is the best hero, but more defending him from the people who say that he sucks.
Ummā¦the item you want to aim for Warlock is a necrobook. Warlock is good because heās really hard to lane against, mainly because of shadow word. Cheap heal + cheap nuke. And Infernals are very hard to defend against in pushes, unless you want to waste money on a diffusal blade.
Yeah, weāre not saying heās better than Viper, but heās still a viable alternative.
Who are those guys? Where can I find vids?
warlock has one of the best attack animations in the game! iād solo lock no prob against most heros except maybe viper.
uhh his attack is so slow.
Sniper has the best attack in the game.
By attack animation, i think he means the speed of which the hero fires the projectile, not the speed of the projectile. Thereās a whole thread on this in the dota forums, and to the best of my knowledge, potm currently has the best attack animation of like .6 or something.
Whatever he means, warlock isnt even close.
And sniper is the best, then Potm.
Snipers attack is instant. He doesnāt even have a projectile.
What does ābest attack animatino of .6ā mean? Thereās a whole ton of stuff regarding projectiles, one number really doesnāt mean anything. Thereās a whole bunch of stuff, like backswing, cast point etc.
As for pure base attack speed, itās Syllabearās Bear, then Alchemist level 3 ulti, then Anti-Mage.
I donāt like warlock. Heās a good hero but heās way too limited. Just about how many spells of warlock are you using late game? one or two, and you know heās n ot doing DPS. his infernal is good for stun, but is also food. Major leagues use him, but then again, heās not often banned from games. remember Bristle two vers ago? Him and Merc always got banned, ALWAYS. warlock was on occassion, if the team had a set hero combo that didnāt want to waste orbs on diffusal. Viper is great for lanes, downright godly, and has potential to carry late, but warlock? Only in TDA
The primary strength of Warlock is he is near impossible to shut down early game and mid game Bonds and Infernal will end a team battle. While heās not a very good hero in his own right heās so incredibly powerful in turning the tides of 2 battles youāll probably win the game off them.
Of course the game is changing to a more gank oriented play style so heās kind of seeing less use now.
Youāre dumb. Warlock is still used in tourneys all over the place. And if itās -xl, obviously viperās gonna be removed. TDA is actually where iāve seen Warlock the least.
Viper also loses effectiveness fast. Heās a godly laner, but once it hits late game, he just becomes average. Thatās why a lot of teams are using Nevermore now. AOE ulti, great laner, great dps late.