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Another day, another Act. The plot thickens from the consistency of apple juice to a tomato soup.

Act VIII: The Threads Frayed

Abaddon had left not long after they had departed Vo'hollom Domosh, destined for his ancestral home. What he had seen disturbed him, and he had to return to the Font to reconcile his discovery. Arash understood, and he thought the others did too. Dragonus had also taken that opportunity to leave, carrying a tome of magic that would help him restore his beloved to the throne. The look of immense mistrust Arash had received before the Skywrath took off suggested that he'd found something else in the doomed tower, but what it was nobody knew.

This left just him and Lanaya to return to the Ancients. He was somewhat disappointed she hadn't gone, as he had a feeling she would get in the way, but the company could've been worse.

The pair had made good time and had just entered the woods on the outskirts of the lanes. At this rate, another day and the Ancients woul…
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Now I'm giving people presents on my birthday! I might do a Christmas special outside of the main plot.

Bah, humbug.

Act VII: Agents of the Primordials

Abaddon collapsed, and the shield faded. A few of the smaller rocks from the broken ceiling fell harmlessly around the four Heroes. Through blurry eyes, he saw Lanaya stagger upright.

"Well done," she gasped. "I didn't know you had that left in you."

"Nor… did… I," the Lord whispered, feeling weakness close over him. "Something, briefly, empowered me.."

Dragonus was still unconscious, and Arash was lying strangely comatose. Lanaya followed his gaze to the Psychomancer.

"He looks almost peaceful when he's sleeping," she remarked, smiling slightly. Abaddon grunted, unable to do much more.

"Should we do it?" she asked.

"Do what?"

"Kill him. Remember, for all his facades he's still an abomination."

Abaddon shook his head. "We still need him. Besides, he is struggling, trying to remember that he is human. I suspect that he may…
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To spice up my dota life, I decided to do something I hadn't done in awhile: Limited Heroes. So I picked Wraith King and naturally there's a Sniper on the enemy team, thus began my quest to farm the almighty Blink Dagger. My quest begins like any other, I got my basic regen items and my trusty Quelling Blade before departing for the safe lane. But things began to get... spooky, at this point. The Sven on our disconnected from the game and yet... he kept moving around as if he was still in the game!

Little did I know that this was only a sign of things to come, and before I knew it, I was thrust into a solo-lane when the spooky Sven decided to go form a tri-lane with Vengeful Spirit and Zeus. "No problem" I though to myself, I didn't protest this impromptu tri-lane, knowing I would be able to get quick levels and maybe complete my Blink Dagger quest! Little did I know that there was a Witch Doctor and a Viper in my lane, and all of a sudden I began to regret my decision of b…
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SHOUT OUT TO ULTRASUPERHYPER for being the first person to be duped by my charm and give me a a challenge. so from what i gathered my missions,should i choose to accept them,are, first dps nyx with no dagon, second support morphling, and last shrapnel sniper which will be impossible to do in 6.83. so there it is my first quests! wish me luck my followers! wait do you have followers on this website? seems like something to know
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sup fools this is praetor with his first blog post. i figured if i started a blog i could at least get a few people to follow me and give me their money and wives but to do that need your help! (i have never done a blog before so forgive me if i am barbaric in my understanding of the system.)

You ,my soon to be mindless drones, send me ideas of stuff you want to try in Dota two but are to afraid to because you don't want people to hate you, and i will test them for you! then i will post my results (and probable beatings) on this blog so you can laugh your little heads of at my misfortune. i will also give full credit to whomever comes up with whatever stupid ideas i happen to do. SO GO FORTH MY FOLLOWERS(not that i have any at the moment) AND FETCH ME IDEAS!
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Yep, laptop still broken and my files were unrecoverable so I had to start again. Really sorry for the long wait, couldn't be helped.

In this Act the plot takes a darker turn as the Heroes find what they were looking for, and Arash moves one step closer to his dark destiny. For added effect, listen to this with some creepy orchestral music in the background. Probably by Two Steps From Hell. Mmm.

The steady rocking of the caravan over the ground suddenly changed to a jagged series of bumps and jolts that quickly woke Lanaya. Grimacing at her aching muscles, she staggered upright as best she could. Abaddon and Dragonus still slept, but she sensed them stirring.

Act V: The Black Rook

She moved to the compartment at the front, where Arash was steering the horses. They'd moved off the road and onto overland terrain - they were somewhere in the highlands.

"I thought Abaddon wouldn't let anyone touch his horses," she opened. Arash shrugged.

"He was tired, and I wasn't."

"How much did y…
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Darkness enveloped the land of Algazt. What vile creatures of considerable size and terrorizing form walked the ground on daylight now stalks their prey on the night. Ages past, Algazt was a place of beauty and peace. But wicked entities emerged from time to time and corrupts the once wonderful land.

Hidden from even the hardiest of animals, a being of humanlike-not human- form dwells in a dark chamber. The being wore night black robes, fashioned with a talisman of wicked gemstone. It raised it’s pale and skinny hand, a transparent ball of magic formed above it. On the ball formed images of the worlds- kings, peasants, bandits, wizards. Deafening roars and screams of battle, pools of blood and corpses.

‘Oh, mortals. So foolish... so... ignorant’ muttered the being.

Out of the sudden, two spheres of light formed floating on the air behind it. The magical ball dissipates from the being’s hand, his gaze turned upon the two spheres. At first, the balls of light float around rest…
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Ah, Soul Booster. The one item that I have found very useful yet no one ever consider it once. It is a great way to increase your health and mana pool. It increases the health and mana by over 400 points, not to mention the regeneration effects. It made no sense to me as to how this simple item never picked up. I could see it be used on many heroes.

Axe- needs raw health, and mana problems solved.
Dark Seer- he builds tank items and needs mana..
Lina- needs mana and takiness, and builds later into a Bloodstone


So, why dont people ever thought of getting a simple Soul Booster? Was it.. price, perhaps?

This is, for me, a greedy and selfish support pickup. However, if only the price... of, the price. 3300 gold is hell of a lot to supports.

So, how to solve this problem? It may seem that this item is not the best pickup for non-cores. Changing the price, too, doesnt seem realistic.

So I thought of adding an item other than Bloodstone to the Soul Booster upgrade.
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Act Four: In the Shadow of Self

"Pawn takes rook."

"Knight to E5. Check."

"Remind me again where we are going," Lanaya said, interrupting. Arash turned from the game, Dragonus still studying the board intensely. The Assassin was sitting on a windowsill, passing the time with a book of some kind. He couldn't blame her for being relatively anti-social, considering how comparatively terrible she was at chess to the two locked in furious combat.

"You wanted to see my past," Arash replied. "We are going to it."

She raised an eyebrow. "At the start, your vagueness was almost enticing. Now, it's just irritating."

"There are bad memories at this place," he said gravely. "The less I speak of it the better." His response was met with a shrug, and Lanaya returned to her book. The carriage they travelled in rolled smoothly along the roads, dragged along as it were by two steeds of Avernus. Abaddon hadn't trusted anyone else to drive them, so he had done so himself.

It turned out that the Sk…
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The change to the day/night cycle from 6 to 4 minute intervals has had a lot of interesting effects on our fair game. Supports can now rotate under cover of darkness even earlier in the game than before, catching out important targets and disrupting their farm. It also serves as somewhat of a buff to heroes with above average night vision like Luna, Slark, Sniper, and Bounty Hunter.

Sniper and Bounty Hunter have above average Night vision?

1800/1000 as opposed to the average 1800/800. The more you know, eh?

You left Night Stalker out of there, y'know. For a reason, I'd assume.

Y-yes... Night Stalker. My old friend. There was a time when this hero was the only non-support I played. I'd rush into mid lane, survive until nighttime, and go balls deep on everyone, wrecking face and stacking urn charges like nobody's business. He was a good hero for a noob like me: his very mechanics gave me direction with what to do with my time. Whereas with other heroes I might wander ab…
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