DotA 2 Smalltalk

I'd say you definitely won both drafts, but they're a little strange. Dual ES/DP mid? You both seem to be reacting to each other's picks rather than having a definite strategy or major synergy between your heroes.

E.g. in game 1, why did you pick both DK and Bristle?

In game 2, you first pick WD and Beastmaster, but then have them in funny places.

Of course it happens. But the chance of having a "tryhard" game increases by a good amount when breaching certain mmr-barriers. Below 2.5k I was solo-supporting like 90% of the time for 2900 < x > 3000 it went down to 45% of the time and x<3000 it went down to 30% (I only analysed 20 games per mmr-intervall.
So bear with me pls.

I thought it would be a good idea to draft tanky heroes that can survive the enemy's nukes. Dk can push, which complements my original idea, while I was thinking of either Bristleback or Lone Druid but I chose Bristleback.



What do you mean? I don't think roaming WD is that bad, while Beastmaster is in the offlane. If you are referencing the Batrider pick, I actually forgot that I drafted an offlaner already.

Ah ok, I'd probably just put the WD offlane with BM then, or trilane if your opponent sorts out his midlane (not sure Bat is a great choice against DP, but he is against ES).

The DK/Bristle thing - while I think you're right to be wary of their burst damage, the problem is neither of these heroes has particularly great damage output. Especially with Jakiro handy to keep Clock away, you could have been greedier with your #1 choice - e.g. shift BB to offlane, replace your DK with a safelane Sven - still tanky, but has an AOE stun for setting up fights, farms better and hits harder.

Thanks!

mini bump :D

List of most played heroes in Dota:

http://dotamax.com/hero/rate/

Unsurprisingly, pub stompy heroes and no support until the 15th/16th position.

Where do you bind your abilities and items then?

Maybe he has a 7 button gaming mouse, so all his abilities go there?

There's no such thing as a best bind, since it depends on your playstyle with the hero. I can give you one that works, i.e mine.

1 for main Meepo (the one with the items). 2 for all Meepos. 3 for all Meepos except the first. 4 for the 2 first meepos. 5 for the 3 last meepos.

You can switch between the classical 1/4 way of playing Meepo which is the main meepo looking for ganks while the 4 others farm, and the 2/3 rat way which is splitting them in two stacks to push 2 lanes at once.

And put Earthbind and Poof on quickcast. That's not an option.