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The Great Elo Climb

I want to try something. My mmr has been very erratic as of late. Instead of consistently doing mediocre, I want to see change in an upward progression. The best way? An MMR spreadsheet!

My MMR Spreadsheet.

Here we can see my MMR. It's at 3605. Over the next weeks, leading up to Ti4, I want to see how high I can actually improve!

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I'll keep my blogs very short, not more than a few paragraphs with my spreadsheet updated. Wish me luck!
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After a long day at school, I like to think that a game of dota 2 will cheer me up. The usual loaders and then on to character selection. I pick my ever useful Furion and am about to settle into my gaming mindset when suddenly, from my own team,
"Noob Furion picker! Reported!"
I stare at the screen, hoping that this is just a stupid one off troll. I was sadly mistaken.
The first sign was (after calling Furion nooby) picking Riki.
I clutch my head in order to prevent a deadly facetable, hoping against hope that he was a good player.

Why am I such a naive idiot?

The game begins and the usual jungle items appear in my inventory. I decide to risk a look at Riki's item slots. I only see one item. A recipe for a wraith band, and nothing else.

I stare at my screen, slowly accepting the fact that this riki was not a troll. Just an idiot.

(CUE EPIC LANING PHASE DESCRIPTION)

Riki is bot, whilst I hang in radiant's jungle. The Riki wasn't that bad at last hits. He was actually pretty good. …
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Why are Damage Types Important?

A big part of getting better at DOTA is expanding your knowledge of how some of the more arcane mechanics work. Damage types are a classic example of something that looks complicated, but are actually quite straightforward and useful once you get your head round them.

I'm going to look at a few ingame examples that will hopefully help you see how this understanding can help you. For a full, detailed explanation take a look at Dota 2 Wiki.

Our example hero is Bane, who uses four of the main types of damage:

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Physical Damage is reduced by Damage Block and Armor.

Like all heroes, Bane has a standard right click that inflicts Physical Damage.

Say we attacked a Bloodseeker carrying a Poor Man's Shield for 60 damage. First of all, the PMS will block 20 damage from our attack. Then his armour of 4 will reduce the remaining damage of 40 by 19.4%. This works out at a 7.76 reduction, leaving us with 32.24 damage.

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Magic Damage is reduced by…
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So if anyone is interested in me posting their vid on youtube like they have a fail game and want to be edited or a good comeback or whatsoever you can message me ^^

https://www.youtube.com/user/Darionn17

You can find my channel here i play mostly abiltiy draft however, yeah if you want your game posted message me ^^

Thanks, Darionn17
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Well it all depends on the player, however i personally think that it is better to play carry and a lot of you will think why is that when it is also good to be a supp? Well ofcourse it is better when there is 1-2 supports and a few carries but i personally think that it's more fun to play carry, because in late games it is almost impossible to kill with a support no matter how much disable skills you've got especially when you have to defend.

Furthermore being a carry is more fun you know the good feeling you get when you make a rampage, godlike and etc all the players like you however if you play supp and you fail they all blame it on you for not being good enough, buying wards and so on...

Well in conclusion in my opinion it is way better to play carry and thats my reasons so post your comments and opinions if you would like to ^^

Thanks, Darionn17 haha Play Video
here is an example of me playing carry and well its much more exciting and it's worth it ^^
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I want to start an e-sports team with my friends in dota 2 but I'm not sure where to start. I'm wanting to do online competitions purely for convenience and if thats impossible or to hard I would like my school to get involved.
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I've ended up doing this a few times - twice I went a hard support build: (the hero I thought was offlane screwed me over)



And once I chose to do it after another player picked Crystal Maiden:



I'm hoping at some point to try: (if our supports actually buy wards)

( Urn of Shadows to follow)

So...how did it go? Well, it actually worked out pretty well all 3 times. Sacrifice denies 20-30% of their farm and experience (pretty brutal for a trilane), as well as giving your guaranteed experience and mana, and allowing you to pull the lane back towards your own tower. I played passively unless their supports disappeared and I could go 1v1 with their carry.

1 level in Frost Blast gives you an easy way of grabbing the occasional last hit (125 damage is pretty hard to argue with at this point) or harass their carry if they're short on consumables. 1 level in Ice…
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REJOICE EARTH SPIRIT PLAYERS!!!
Stone Remnant recharge time reduced from 35 to 30 <---- Based on the 6.81 update link down below
http://www.dota2.com/springcleaning/
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Hello there, this being my first blog here, I intend to give as much of my insight as possible.

This article will cover all you need to know when playing PUBS and even Ranked games.

I will also go over all the hero picks and items you should consider. Hopefully by the end of this article, you will be able to go into a game knowing when to initiate, what to look out for, when something becomes situational, and the most important aspect, Communication.

Let’s start off with that, Communication.

Picture the scene. You just entered a pub game, and you're waiting for the ten seconds to pass to make your picks.

Your entire team drafts carries. And it’s just you. What do you do?

Do you take support? You should right?

Don't

As soon as you connect to that game, you say hello to everyone, get a clean level of respect for everyone, Not only does this open up friendly talks between the team, it also lets an open mind to everyone and will promote your team to work together.

When it come…
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get froobed by the god
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