Just FYI, this blog is gonna jump around all areas of Dota probably, I'll try to post relatively frequently.

I can't remember the last time I bought a Daedalus.

I've played all the common carriers, Drow Ranger, Medusa, Troll, a few others--but I never feel that I want to invest in the item. But why?

Well, The famous crit stick offers one thing: An attack damage increase through base attack damage and critical hits. It does this really well and you can melt people with it, but what if.

what if the enemy core suddenly grabs evasion and I need MKB, what if the enemy gets a few damage items and I suddenly need to be tankier or get evasion, what if the enemy gets BKBs and I need an Abyssal or Skadi to keep them off of me?

I end up never getting a Daedalus because it only gives me one dimension of usefulness. Eye of Skadi gives me stats, damage, and a slow-- Skull Basher gives me damage and a disable--MKB gives me true strike-- Butterfly gives me damage, attack speed, and evasion. …
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