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Well if you're new to dota and didnt play dota1 i think its maybe easier to have it off. I would think (i dont know since i played dota1) that its maybe i easier to lasthit when its off.

In cons you may get a attack less if u dont controll your hero and you run into an enemy and dont attack move all the time.

dismiss United Kingdom. May 20 2012 20:21. Posts 176

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As far as I know you don't automatically attack people if you a-move onto highground/around trees without vision while having auto attack turned off, which is a pretty big reason to keep it turned on.

Angra United States. May 20 2012 21:18. Posts 2074

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On May 20 2012 19:30 Rickeh TT wrote:
Should auto attack be on or off? What are the pro's and con's of autoattack on/off?

Try both out and pick whichever you feel most comfortable with

ilovelings Argentina. May 20 2012 23:53. Posts 636

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It's just me or the hotkeys for Brewmaster's pandas and it's skills have changed?

People is diying.

Rabbitmaster May 21 2012 03:48. Posts 1309

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Are the servers down for everyone atm? Havent been able to play all day long...

edit: Disregard that, restarting steam seems to have fixed it. :S

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xsevR United States. May 22 2012 05:25. Posts 218

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On May 21 2012 03:48 Rabbitmaster wrote:
Are the servers down for everyone atm? Havent been able to play all day long...

edit: Disregard that, restarting steam seems to have fixed it. :S

I often get a strange error, "Searching for Dota2 server" or something to that affect. Usually I open/close steam, logout/login to steam, and try launching DOTA2 through the steam library rather than from a desktop icon. Dunno if this might help some others or someone knows what's causing the issue. It's very sporadic, however.

Nub4ever Canada. May 22 2012 15:10. Posts 1630

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It's just valve servers being dum. Try another region or just wait a while. You'll get a server eventually

but these issues mostly seemed to be confined to specific regions whenever they do occur.

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Quotidian Norway. May 24 2012 04:29. Posts 1626

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Can someone list abilities where the effect is connected to a certain behavior or action from the target? I mean for example Axe's Battle Hunger or Bloodseeker's Rupture

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EtherealBlade May 24 2012 07:00. Posts 362

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On May 24 2012 04:29 Quotidian wrote:
Can someone list abilities where the effect is connected to a certain behavior or action from the target? I mean for example Axe's Battle Hunger or Bloodseeker's Rupture

Bambi's Impetus
KotL's mana leak
Morphling's replicate (maybe)
Silencer's curse
Anci's cold feet

Fishgle United States. May 24 2012 07:57. Posts 1576

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Does it bother anybody else that the OP still reads:

Why is Tiny such a threat earlier in the game, and far less dangerous later?

Quotidian Norway. May 24 2012 08:06. Posts 1626

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On May 24 2012 07:00 Muki wrote:

Show nested quote +

Bambi's Impetus
KotL's mana leak
Morphling's replicate (maybe)
Silencer's curse
Anci's cold feet

thanks

edit: I guess Pugna's netherward should kind of be on that list as well, even though it's not a targeted spell

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Yurie May 24 2012 15:08. Posts 2093

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On May 24 2012 08:06 Quotidian wrote:

Show nested quote +

thanks

edit: I guess Pugna's netherward should kind of be on that list as well, even though it's not a targeted spell

Mirana Arrow
Pudge Hook
Lina Stun
Lesh Stun
WR shackle
WR Powershot
Pit Lord Firestorm (This and all above is possible to avoid by moving a short distance in the right way)
Krobelus Exorcism (Simply move out of range or go invis)
Rooftrellen Overgrowth (if you enable BKB after it does next to nothing, if before you are stuck)

Angra United States. May 24 2012 19:05. Posts 2074

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What makes Rikimaru so much better in competitive games compared to HoN? I know HoN has a more tanky and different meta but even earlier on when the game and meta was a lot more similar to Dota, Nighthound (Riki) was never/rarely used competitively.

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LAN-f34r New Zealand. May 24 2012 19:39. Posts 1057

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Riki is a rare pick in competive gaming. He was popular as a counter to AM, with slow and silence to destroy him before he can get big.

There might be a difference in the HoN riki though, since i don't know HoN

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Angra United States. May 24 2012 19:52. Posts 2074

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On May 24 2012 19:39 LAN-f34r wrote:
Riki is a rare pick in competive gaming. He was popular as a counter to AM, with slow and silence to destroy him before he can get big.

There might be a difference in the HoN riki though, since i don't know HoN

I'm pretty sure they're exactly the same from what I recall. I know Riki isn't a HUGELY popular pick in competitive Dota, but he definitely sees a lot more play than he does in HoN. I know Quantic (Its Gosu) liked picking him up quite a lot for awhile, and teams would ban him when playing against them quite a bit as well. The AM counter does make sense though.

writer22816 China. May 24 2012 21:54. Posts 4772

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Short lane and long lane. Which one is the safe and which one is the dangerous? I can never remember.

Shouldn't long lane be the dangerous lane because you are further away from your tower, and short lane be the safe lane because you are closer to your tower? But I could have sworn that I have seen different people call both the safe and the dangerous lane the short lane.

I wish people would just use safe lane and dangerous lane instead -__-

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LAN-f34r New Zealand. May 24 2012 22:19. Posts 1057

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afaik, long = hard, short = safe. Hard and safe are so much better terms.

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Qbek Poland. May 24 2012 22:19. Posts 4250

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But remember that your safe lane is hard lane for the enemy. This is what confused you, right?

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The Great Taste May 24 2012 22:50. Posts 190

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Short and long lane terms were mixed up a lot. I agree that "safe" and "hard" lane terms are easier. While you can always put a trilane on the "hard" lane for example to make it easy, people will know which lanes you're talking about.

writer22816 has the original definition of short and long lanes. Generally 'short' and 'long' in this sense mean the distance from where the creeps initially engage to your tier 1 tower.

So, for example at bot, the creeps engage a lot closer to Sentinel's tower, so it's the short lane for Sentinel and the long lane for Scourge.

It got mixed up because people took it as the length of the lane from your base to your tier 1 tower I think (at least I think that). So it looks as if Sentinel's bot lane territory (from base to tower) is longer than their territory at top and that makes the bot lane Sentinel's long lane.

Realised I just typed Sent/Scourge but cbf editing.

dismiss United Kingdom. May 27 2012 09:00. Posts 176

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Has Valve ever leaked any info on how they put teams together? I keep getting the guys with 20 wins while the other team consistently has people with at least 300. :S