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Hi, Sinured here.
I want to share with you a video by @Wagamama ( for everyone who doesnt know him: he is a swedish pro player who streams nearly daily on Twitch witch a MMR of around 6700) in which he talks about Medusa in which he says there is only one way to play Medusa if you want to win. The main idea is to go mid and afk farming for 20-30 min till MoM, BKB and Divine Rapier are purchased. His explanations are found in this video showing a game of him and been analysing Play Video
I just tried this build and went crazy but my teammates were great in the first 15 minutes till I joined the fights when they were in range. Dotobuff

What do you think about it guys? Yes it seems to be really dangerous but for this you want bkb and your ulti to be untouchable by everything.
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Hello, Unscathed here. I like to write, that is. Here is a short story for an English assignment at my school for you guys to read. It has some editings, and I am VERY tired when I post this. Feedbacks are welcomed, and I hope you enjoyed!

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Jerry Williams is a drunkard. Once a proud soldier in the king's army, he now spend the rest of his life begging for coin in the streets of Jasper Town. He wore dirty, brown, and ragged clothes fitting for a beggar. With his wild beard and wrinkly skin, no eyes can unlock itself from this man.

One day, he was short of coin. No silver was given today- no mead shall be bought today. He must hold his wants for the day. But then, he saw the tavern. 'The Knight's Flask, the best tavern in town. The smell of the mead is irresistible, the tongue tastes without drinking. It is impossible, for Jerry. He can't go for a day without at least a glass of mead.
He braved to enter. He was not a respected figure, yet the customers…
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Stiiiill waiting on that part two to the Lich post man.

Look, there's a LOT of math to sort through on that one, ok? Plus, I have the sneaking suspicion that the answer might actually be infinity like you said. With a Pudge that has enough stacks of Flesh Heap, an Anti-Mage, a Rubick, and the now-stacking Pipe of Insight on everyone, I think... I think you can just tank it forever, like Ancient Creeps. But I'll have to triple-check.

So what's this for then?

Boredom! I thought I'd pay tribute to the first hero I ever attempted to write a guide on, and give Clinkz and his Death Pact a shake-down.

You... tried to do a Clinkz guide? Really? I mean... you just get Orchid/MKB and win, right?

Dota is COMPLICATED. There are times you might want to get a Blink Dagger, or maybe an Assault Cuirass, to say nothing of the potential windfalls of a Refresher Orb but... that's... yeah, that's not what we're here for. We're here for math, and Death Pact! So let's dive in, sha…
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So, I was looking up my Dotabuff profile. Like I do. Cause I'm a narcissist.

How on earth does looking at your Dotabuff make you feel BETTER about yourself?

Shush. Anyways, I typed in my name and expected it to pull right up to my profile but... it didn't. It gave me a choice between two...

Wait, what? You're saying...

There are two of me now. o_0 This feels so weird. I want to think it's just a coincidence, but how many people are going to come up with 'Safecyn' on their own? Maybe at least one? I don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into it.

Probably. You do that.

Yeah... anyways, on the off chance anybody wants to look at my profile (maybe to check on how good I am at the game? I've already admitted to being horrible...) I'm the guy who doesn't have almost 30 abandons. I have like 7, and they're all because of either internet crashes or, my personal favorite, my freaking computer deciding it absolutely needs to download updated in the middle of a 50 minute match…
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Ok, my ultimate theory build....

Support Drow Ranger.

My logic behind this is that she comes equipped with a slow ( Frost Arrows), a silence ( Gust), a damage aura (Precision aura) and a way to deal damage without too many items ( Marksmanship).

You wouldn't play the hard support role, but will do your supporting duty as needed. You would pick up mobility items and/or utility items to help your your team. E.X.: Force Staff, blink daggar, Eul's Scepter of Divinity, Drum of Endurance, ETC...

He slow is kind of lackluster at level 1, but given a strong enough other two heros, she could really make a difference in an agro tri (so long as the other 2 heros she is laneing with are ranged)


What do you guys think, and don't just say it is bad right away, think long and hard about it. She is by no means the best support, but like a support alch or naga, she can transition into a semi-carry role later.
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This will be a thing I will try to get going, my theory builds, I want a lot of discussion on this guys.

As we all probably know Bloodstone is a core item on Leshrac, It gives him every thing he could possibly want. I however, am not a big fan of bloodstone. My idea makes his core item build more expensive, but provide more overall.

My idea is that you can get your boots of choice---> Orchid Malevolence----> Rod of Atos. This increases his core item cost by ~2000 gold, but gives him mana, int, attack speed, mana regen, a silence, and a slow. The actives of these two items make a lot of sense to me for Leshrac. The silence is great utility in fights, and the slow is a great set up into his stun. He is also able to make good use of the extra damage from the silence because of his large amounts of damage.

What do you guys think?
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Hello guys, this is my first ever blog post in my life, so please be nice to me xD
Oh, and also don't mind my english, because it's not my native language xD

Hello, today i want to share my experience in DotA. I'm already play this game for about 7 years, since DotA 1. I want to share about some specific role that called support, the one who live under a lot of responsibility with so little gold in the pocket. Let's get it on!

THE WAY OF SUPPORT

So what is support? Well, support is a role where u are the most lowest priority to farm in ur team (position 4 or 5 in terms of farm). Your job is to make sure to buy the wards all the time, buy the courier, get the utility items (mekans, pipe) , make sure your carry can farm well and protect him, gank the mid lane and help the offlane in early game, pull the camp to make sure the enemy don't get gold and exp in lane, and harass the enemy and zone out them. Well, this seems like a lot of job but if you already used to it, you won't feel har…
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Hey guys,

Another quick video guide, this time for a 3v3 lane that developed unexpectedly in a recent ranked game. The sides were a bit unorthodox due to some slightly odd picks, but here we go:

Wraith King
Shadow Shaman
Jakiro

Vs

Slardar
Nyx Assassin
Tidehunter

Both teams have plenty of early stuns and nukes, but the Dire team has two ranged heroes which should help if the lane becomes drawn out. Take a look at the video - there are various mistakes and misplays in there, but it's only by looking back that you sometimes take these into account. It's obviously a way off pro level 3v3 lanes, big skill difference, and also that the players involved don't know each other or have proper comms.
Play Video (possibly still processing as of 14:04gmt)
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The Backstory

So, I recently played a match of DotA 2 captains mode. The reason I like captains so much is because it involves a lot of teamwork and usually the best team wins. The matches also tend to be close and enjoyable! The usual thing, I'm sure most people are familiar with it. I didn't get the captain role, which I didn't mind. I just decided I would ask nicely for the pick I wanted and recommend some bans. That usually goes well, right?

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Not this time.

The captain was evidently a troll (and not the funny kind; the annoying kind) who ignored all our polite suggestions and just decided to pick and ban whoever the heck he wanted! When I asked for support Lina by saying,
"can I have lina support pls?"
His response was, "stfu."

Yeah. So he picked a bunch of random heroes that none of us knew how to play (except a favorable hero for him, of course). When we told him that we didn't know how to play those heroes, he responded with,
"you call yourself a dota player and you don't kno…
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It as been a long time since my last pathetic pub experience, but with these lessened occasions comes a downside. The ones that DO show up are considerably worse.

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Beginning the game:
My teammates were a 4 stack. Normally I do not mind this, but when all four of them are insisting I play a hero I said I couldn't play all that well, I find myself hating it.

For example, the team wanted their team to look like this:
- Tiny
- Io
- Brewmaster
- Nature's Prophet
- Juggernaut
They all wanted me to be the wisp, because of course none of them want to support, let's make the random guy do it, even if he INSISTS that he cannot support, much less a hero like wisp!

So instead I pick a support i'm more comfortable with: Shadow Demon.

Take one guess as to the kind of things they began saying to me. Here's a hint.

"Wtf why are you ruining the strat?"
"You lost us the game. GG."

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I think one particular moment is best described with a Pokémon battle.

*A wild enemy Pudge appears*
*Tiny used Avala…
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