spirit breaker was the hero that i played a lot when i first started. clinks is pretty easy too, but don’t rely on your wind walk too much, get some bracers.
What did they do to void to fuck him over so badly? I remember him being absolutely godlike… Haven’t used him in a while tho.
I think I played the worst CM tda match ever yesterday. Our bans consisted of Windrunner and Sniper, their team was Tidehunter, Omni, Krob, Tree, and NA… Our entire team was screaming at our noob of a captain… It was pretty hilarious. The game was over in under 40 mins.
^_-;
It’s not really a direct nerf to him, it’s just the hundreds of buffs and changes to the other heroes. Spec is so great because she can tank all day, and her tanking also deals damage. Same with Visage, except he heals instead of dealing damage. Void has below average life, and his tanking really doesn’t serve any purpose. His damage is all single target damage.
so who still plays ,a nd when we playing tgoday 
Apologies at bumping this thread, but since I’ve found it, I figured it’d be better than making a new DOTA thread.
Does anyone still play? I’ve just picked it up and love it (although I’m super bad). If you want to add me to a friends list and play some games (aka show me the ropes), my handle is SGsrk on USWest
As soon as I get my laptop I am gonna start playing DOTA again so you can look me up. I’ll be Tobias-Funke on USWest.
Omniknight is still the dumbest hero in the game.
EDIT: DDC sucks at DOTA.
imo.
6.60 Beta Leaked.
New Details
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Razor’s “Frenzy” has become Storm’s “Electric Rave”
“Unholy Fervor” doesn’t have any regen properties and is strictly a movement speed increase. It’s his ultimate now and at lvl 16 it increases speed by 50% (-1% for each unit around you) His old ult has been changed to do damage to units in an AOE every 4 attacks (120 damage at max lvl).
Viper no longer has his “Frenzy,” instead he has an additional poison that does more damage the lower the enemy is in health (up to 128).
Tauren Chieftain isn’t working yet, but there’s another new hero in addition to TC. The Bat Rider (int) has an ability called “Sticky Napalm” that he can attach to an enemy unit and detonate at ill which will cause other enemy units around the tagged one to be pushed away. He also has the “Firefly” ability which leaves a trail of fire behind him that does damage and slows. His ult is a fire lasso that looks similar to Shadow Shammy’s hold, but he can drag you while you’re ensnared. You take damage based on the distance traveled, so say goodbye to holding the “H” key when Bloodseeker puts his ult on you.
There are also a few item reduction costs as well. Skadi recipe is cheaper, as is Assault recipe.[/details]
Storm IS imba imo. wheee, I can warp around the entire screen and do damage at the same time. And I have a stun!! And I am ranged! 
I have discovered lately how important picks are. So many games are basicly decided at the picking circle. My last two games their team gets…
Omni, LoA, Slar
other game
Lina, Krob, Tinker
just like, why god…
LOL at new Razor. No more chasing heroes while rad + lightning owns them for free. Everything combined, it’s like he’s a new hero. A nerfed hero, and he was shit to begin with.
Garrrrrghghuhhghg I want to dota again lol. My retarded original cd key is lost. Guess RE5 will have to ease the pain 
Yeah, the ability is like a hybrid of Storm’s old “Thunder Clap” and Kunkka’s “Tidebringer.”
Razor’s attack animation changed too, it’s blue now and highly resembles Shadow Shammy’s lightning.
More Details
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Lina’s Ultimate is now remade, it is now called Boost which increases 20%/30%/40%/50% AS and 5% MS everytime you cast a spell which also stacks.
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Beast Rage and Fervor mechanics are now switched
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Sven’s Storm Bolt was buffed into a AoE stun spell. It now deals 100/175/250/325 Damage, stuns 2 seconds on a target which also affects nearby enemies around it, but it is now 13 second cooldown.
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Sven’s Toughness Aura also got changed, it is now Rush but dunno about the mechanics, since it does nothing at the moment
-New Item: Force Staff (Requires Staff of Wiz and Quarterstaff)
When you click on the staff and then on an enemy, you push them roughly 3x the distance of a Spiritbreaker slide in whatever direction they’re facing. So if they’re facing you in the lane, you pull them closer. But if they’re trying to run away from you, you propel them forward helping them escape.
Oh and Batrider’s quotes are beyond hilarious. When you detonate his Napalm, everyone in the game can hear,“THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS!!!”:lol:[/details]
more beta info
I wonder if you can use force staff on yourself.
Just tried it, yes you can.
Man, new shit sounds hype as hell. But it also means relearning the game in a sense, since every little change affects everything. I might get back into it.
Since I’m new and terrible, these changes make little to no sense to me. Oh well. If you guys wanna get down on some games later tonight, or any night really, just hit me up on aim or @USWest “SGsrk”
Gah… sounds like a new blink dagger…
Back when blink dagger was the uber escape method, that shit made the game a lot less fun… Even well timed ganks could fail cuz of that OP item…
^_-;
Oh wow a dota thread…dota was great when our local LAN center was open…but bnet dota is pretty much a joke. This is coming from someone who doesn’t play enough these days to join leagues n the likes…
fingers crossed for League of Legends!
Yeah, some of the things you can do with are are a bit OP.
I was playing with a friend earlier and with Bloodseeker, I used Ult xx Force Stick and he lost more than half of his health, lol.
A few more details
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As I stated earlier, Warlord and Rexxar have swapped their attack speed increase abilities, but now for Rexxar it’s 10/20/30/40 percent. I think this works out pretty well for him actually.
Also, Ursa’s Swipes have been changed from “5 swipes at 100/200/300/400 percent speed” to “3/4/5/6 swipes at 400 percent speed.” Making the swipes 400% from the start is pretty hot and giving him a 6th swipe at rank 4 is a great addition. [/details]
- Would the effect of force staff destroy trees that are in the way?
- Can it be used to go through terrains (low to high for e.g)?
- What is the casting range of force staff?
seems like Enchantress + force staff would be a staple combo.
The troll and rexxar change sounds like a buff to troll and nerf to rexxar. Ursa change was good…now going clap and swipe might be an option.
Keep 'em coming. It’s nice to have someone represent from srk