DotA 2 Smalltalk

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How do you even deal with Warlock's Golem now that you can destroy them with purge? At least early in the game the golem is extremely powerful and if Warlock is able to get an early Aghs you are pretty much fu*ked.

*can't, you mean?

he really needs levels/his agh's, and he has no reliable way to farm. So try denying him easy access to his midas

Warlock's golems are susceptible to spells just as much as heroes are, so stunning them, nuking them, slowing them etc. can turn them into easy money.

In general, though, there are two main ways of dealing with the golems: jump on Warlock and burst him down before he gets the cast off, or bait the golems and disengage. If you can fight around the ultimate during the early game, the cores should be able to deal with them in the mid to late game and get extra cash.

Pick OD and somehow deal bonus damage to summoned units :D

Yup, my bad.
I can see how you could try to disengage and figth around Warlock's ultimate, but you also have to take into account that the ultimate has a huge AoE stun, and that is not easy to coordinate a retreat. Maybe jump into Warlock and burst him down is more safe. Thanks to all of you for the advices.
Now, in a separate topic, I played a game yesterday as Wraith King and I build an Eye of Skadi, is the item a good replacemt for a Heart of Tarrasque or the extra hp and strength in heart is just better?

Did you notice in the recent updates that the courier's magic immunity is no longer purgeable? This means Shadow Demon is no longer the best courier sniper :)
(yes, he could ult couriers and oneshot them. Why nerf Icefraud??)




Eye of Skadi being the best item in the game, of course it's a great item on Wraith King. The slow prevents him from getting kited, it gives armor and attack speed which heart doesn't, and more importantly on WK it gives tons of mana...making it the second best item to counter mana burn after BKB, so that he can always get his ult off.

Can anyone tell me the itemisation for earth spirit? Like, do I rush an aghs after arcane boots? Or do I get blink then aghs?

RIP that hero's niche I guess.

Axe can still cull the little donkey so there's still some comedy left in dota.

I hope he can still do it with aghs at least. Break should still remove the passive, right?