DOTAFire Blogs

That title was but a lame *** attempt at a play-on words, because this blog post is the third installment in my right-click build will focus on the best hard carry everybody's been playing wrong:





Well guess what hamster- you can't get solo killed by a Crystal Maiden if you ARE the Crystal Maiden (it makes too much sense guys).

Anywho, let's gets down to the nitty gritty on why I chose to pick Crystal Maiden:

-Gamer Grills: ChiChi wanted to see this build happen and I'd be remiss if I didn't listen to Doto playin Grill, Grills like it when dudes listen... I think, I dunno.

-Farming Speed: The combo of Frostbite and Crystal Nova allows CM to farm at a respectable pace and as a result, you can get most of your items up relatively fast. Throw in a casual Hand of Midas if you feel like playing farming simulator.

-Strong, independent Carry Maiden don't ne…
Read More

We are currently in a patch of magic damage. Even Gyrocopter and Anti-Mage(popular carries this patch) have big magic damage elements. Qop,lina,gyro, and leshrac are definitely the strongest heroes this patch, and you'll see them in a lot of pubs, but there's another side to this equation.

Why is Leshrac's win percentage not at, let's say 75%? For the Dota scene as a whole it might just be because there are a lot of noobs playing him. However, my skill bracket is a relatively homogenous mixture of mediocrity, so an "OP" hereo should win a lot right? turns out no, Lesh still only wins like 50% of the time. I believe this is because him being picked a lot has the adverse affect of people knowing how to play against him.

People expect you to pick Leshrac mid, they're ready for it. But what if you go OLD METAAAA and pick OD mid? Woahhh they aren't ready for that lane dominance and you have a big advantage.

Let's go to safelane, people are expecting a Gyro/Earthsaker combo but suddenl…
Read More

More of this stuff :)

So I'm a bit of a musician and songwriter in addition to all the other stuff I do, and have composed like 30-something songs even though I've recorded all of one of them. So, while I can't share the music, I can definitely share the lyrics :)

I've cherry picked a couple I'm particularly proud of. See if you can work out what they mean!

…
Read More

As of today I am on a 5 game winning streak (with the exception of one game where the four of the enemies abandoned and the last guy left would not leave, so I left and my team lost apparently).

So what did you do differently this time around?

Today I learned one thing: mindset.
MINDSET. IS. EVERYTHING.

I started up Dota, and said, "okay I'm trying to get better and raise my MMR, I'm gonna have to put everything I got into winning" and guess what I did? I WON. Holy **** these were some of the best games Ive played. especially this Tidehunter game, it was a great game.

I don't know what I was doing before this, but I felt different today. An epiphany of sorts. My plays seemed better, I died less, I farmed more efficiently, I actually judged the situation decently, I picked heroes we needed not heroes I wanted to play.

Now by no means am I saying "woah holy **** I'm a pro now" but I think this is a turning point of sorts, maybe now I can finally get to my 3-4k goal.

Id highly recom…
Read More

So I'm at college now, and my internet is soooooo much better. This has translated to an increase in my winrate and considerably more fun games. I also feel much more comfortable playing higher skill cap heroes like ember/meepo/storm.

If you are playing with bad internet right now, I know your pain. Its frustrating, you can't pull off the plays you want to, and you can't get those last hits in lane.

When my internet was acting up, I really did try to minimize my playing because it's a game guys, we play it to have fun as well as get a good dose of competition in our day. But if you have bad internet, neither of those will happen and you will feel dissatisfied, so just don't play if you can help it.

Short blog post I know, but I also wanted to say if anyone on this site is going to USF then message me, I'd love to start a little group of players here, it'd be incredibull.
Read More

Just a little frame-work before the main body of the post; This came about from one of my discussions with Hamster in Sando's 6.85 thread, where as usually we have very different view points on a subject matter.

The point was based around a statement of (This is paraphrased) 'TA farming ancient stacks costs the game in a large number of situations, because you aren't abusing the peak window of the heroes skills at 8-10 minutes when you have a Blink + level 10'

Now, before we continue I will say I am approaching this from the perspective of professional games, not pub games, which may be one reason why Hamster and I end up disagreeing a lot.

Warning; This is a bit of ranting blob of text, because that's how my thought processes work, I'll do my best to TL;DR at the end.

…
Read More

Since I've realised that I do a *lot* of casual writing, I figured it may be time to share it for criticisms!

This particular piece is my major work, the product of everything I've done in Extension 2 English. I submitted it last week to the Board of Studies for marking, and can only hope it's well-received there!

Entitled 'Undermine', this piece is a dystopia set in a not-too-distant future. There's a moral lesson in there somewhere, but it's mostly an expression of nihilistic power hunger and the endless struggle to climb your way to the top of the food chain.

So, let's get this going, shall we?

Have you seen this man?

Eamon Lazarus came across the missing sign, the fifth in as many telegraph poles. Around him, the city was silence. No children were playing, no friends laughing, no couples sharing a lunch in any of the restaurants that were open. Admittedly, it was a working day, but it was his lunch break, and no doubt the lunch breaks of many others. Yet still the emptiness ca…
Read More

Hi, im still new here~But i'm been playin dota for like almost a year~but i hevent made any friends,that are friendly and a good teacher~
hoping to know more people through here~
Read More

Hello one and everyone! Safecyn here. It's been a while, I know, but there was moving Grandparents in and then TI5 and then blah blah blah I PLAYED ANOTHER MATCH, OK?

Yeesh.

That's pretty much how I felt after it ended, yeah.

The MMR standings this time were an average of 2615 on Radiant, our side, and 2616 on Dire. Now I know what you're thinking: "gosh, Safecyn, if you were that outmatched by the enemy team, why didn't you just throw in the towel right then and there?" Well perhaps that's the normal and acceptable reaction, but we Cyndaquils are made of sterner stuff.

I was forced into picking first this match, choosing my hero literally as the timer was about to hit 0 and we were going to start losing gold. Not wanting to bank on any of my teammates picking a support, I went for one myself, opting for Winter Wyvern since she's strong all around and can have a pretty big impact even in the later stages of the game. A few minutes later, and the combatants were set:

…
Read More

Hey all.

My buddy and I are looking to either start at team or join an existing team.

the fiance has okayed me furthering my experience and learning more about the game to maybe some day make some cash off it..

send me an email if your are interested in either of these options...


[email protected]

looking forward to hearing from you.
Read More