In Tournament CMs... Wisp is first ban or first pick.

Good job M5
http://www.joindota.com/en/news/3537-mo ... -amsterdam

http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=44468

Looks like Thrall and Undying are in now.


Also:

Update Notes - July 4, 2012
- Added Disruptor and Undying!
- Enabled Rubick, Wisp, and Luna in Captain's Mode.

GAMEPLAY
- Bloodseeker: Fixed Bloodbath not properly granting a heal from enemy heroes dying in an AoE.
- Invoker: Fixed DPS burn from Chaos Meteor not stacking per tick.
- Luna: Fixed Eclipse ending if you get Cycloned.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed astral indicator to only show for hero and allied team.
- Rubick: Fixed stolen Persuasion not killing stolen creeps when lost.
- Rubick: Fixed stolen Relocate not teleporting teammates who are linked with a stolen Tether.
- Rubick: Fixed Toggleable spells not being stealable.
- Rubick: Fixed not getting flying vision or flying height when stealing Firefly.
- Rubick: Fixed Fade Bolt stopping when Rubick dies.
- Rubick: Fixed stealing Morph Replicate and Replicate not working correctly.
- Rubick: Fixed Invoker's Spell Stolen abilities having broken hotkeys sometimes when using Legacy Mode.
- Rubick: Fixed Telekinesis land AoE triggering Linken's Sphere.
- Wisp: Fixed Magic Stick interaction with Tether.
- Wisp: Overcharge and the two spirit control sub abilities no longer proc magic stick.
- Wisp: Spirits no longer don't retain their vision after they explode.
- Wisp: Fixed Relocate's return not interrupting other channeling spells (like TP Scroll).
- Wisp: Fixed heroes continuing old movement orders after returning with Relocate.
- Wisp: Fixed Soul Ring not working with Tether.
- Warlock: Fixed the burn aura from Warlock's Golems so it stacks correctly.
- Small fix to creep aggro reaction time.

VISUALS
- Fixes for guardian spirits rendering with pops and such when entering/leaving FoW.
- Added 'Telekinesis Land' effect marker for Rubick.
- The game now desaturates when paused.
- Fixed Wisp voice lipsync getting stuck on with random noise.
- Fixed ranged display stomping on ambient effects, including Wisp.
- Fixed Unusual Flying Couriers losing some of their effects when transitioning.
- Fixed Tether being left behind when enemy teleported into FoW.
- Changed Guardian Wisp Explosion Effects.
- Added more obvious Wisp Tether Boundary Effect.

UI
- When someone buys back, an icon now shows on the top bar for 5 seconds.
- Tether now shows the amount that it heals it's target.
- Wisp spirits no longer show up on the minimap.
- Wisp and his tethered unit move their camera when they Relocate and Relocate back.
- Right clicking an upgradable item in the shop will attempt to upgrade any (fully combined) version of that item that the player already owns. (Right click on Necro 1 will actually buy a Necro recipe if the player has a Necro 1 or 2, etc)
- Fixed shop closing when other players' selections change
- We now show the Aghanim upgrade info in the ability itself if you're holding the scepter.

AUDIO
- The Relocate sound stops correctly now.

BOTS
- Fixed a bug were all bots would disable themselves if a human on the other team disconnected before picking a hero.
- Changed how bots use Glyph, they should no longer use it when their buildings aren't being attacked.
- Made Crystal Maiden bot even more timid.
- Bots will temporarily no longer do Roshan.
- Made bots go to the lane front when defending in-base rather than cowering behind the innermost towers.
- Fixed bug where bots weren't correctly parsing their roles, which would lead to bad hero picking/randoming.
- Fixed case were bots could "cheat" and have knowledge of where their target was when blinking.

yeahyeahyeahhh wrote:

Update Notes - July 4, 2012
- Added Disruptor and Undying!

Let the wtf-way-too-OP teamfights begin...

Tshemmp wrote:

http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=44468

Looks like Thrall and Undying are in now.


Also:

I still don't get how he became a fan magnet with his ear-hurting voice and 24/7 offenses...

Magicphoenix wrote:

I still don't get how he became a fan magnet with his ear-hurting voice and 24/7 offenses...

You won't be entertained if you take him serious ofcourse. You have the wrong approach I guess.

Of course I don't take him serious wtih all the crap he spouts out, still, his character pisses me off and like I said, his voice & accent destroys my ears.
+ I want Gandalf in DOTA 2

Sudden urge to buy Gummy Vitamins...

dafuq about the last update?

Also

Magicphoenix wrote:

+ I want Gandalf in DOTA 2

Yeah, I want Ezalor in da game too.

Just played vs [drd]KingRaven with Gabi. ROFL



No idea who he is look down

That guy is even worse than Sing Sing.

so i was practicing invoker and i bumped into this
how2get fast like him omg

yes, it's dendi but still

^ how the hell?

Dendi also tries to troll in his pubs no matter what, he's losing 11-22 with his team but still goes meka, vlads & dagger on AM

Magicphoenix wrote:

but still goes meka, vlads & dagger on AM

dafuq did I just read?

There's now an extra server for Russians & other north europeans, gg

Magicphoenix wrote:

There's now an extra server for Russians & other north europeans, gg

Wait does that mean less Russians for western Yurp?

If Yurp means Europe then yes, once people give a good feedback from the test stage there will probably be much less Russians playing on the official Europe server

Now they just need like a bajillion BR servers so I never get them on my team again

(no offense to Brazilian osu! players, but fuck most of the retards I get on my team)

invoker so fun
done practicing him \o/

Lycan is the best fucking hero ever. Losing as him is nearly impossible!

I approve, Remco finally got some kills.

N'aix, Slardar, Magina.

I can take down that Lycan with some other heroes.





Fucking "Farmer" Windrunner...

Nharox wrote:

I approve, Remco finally got some kills.

I always play support you baka

Hey, someone still has a spare key? I really need one :/

Try sharedota2 on Reddit, Steamgifts or buy a key on ebay. They are cheap and worth it.

I'm the best player ever!

If you'd like to beat Lycan just pick a hero who can man-to-man him like Slardar, Templar Assassin, Anti-Mage or just kite him with heroes who got escape spells like Windrunner, Mirana, Storm or just buy Force Staff/Ghost Scepter, wait until his ulti runs out and then laugh at him for being useless

Magicphoenix wrote:

If you'd like to beat Lycan just pick a hero who can man-to-man him like Slardar, Templar Assassin, Anti-Mage or just kite him with heroes who got escape spells like Windrunner, Mirana, Storm or just buy Force Staff/Ghost Scepter, wait until his ulti runs out and then laugh at him for being useless

If you think it's that simple to win vs a Lycan then you're just silly. Lycan is the power house he is for multiple reasons.

Gaba wrote:

Hey, someone still has a spare key? I really need one :/

You can trade 2 or 3 chest keys for a invite, just go to the main trade channel in game ( Trade or TRADE )

It's the usual counter for pubs, if you want to beat him properly you also need disables and especially the ones who go through BKB and lots of counter push and accurate execution, in the end DOTA 2 is a 5n5 though, as long as you can take care of the 4 other heroes, Lycan won't be a trouble as big in the end

+
Maelk raping people with his look
left to right, Fear - Bulba - Maelk - DeMoN - Universe (Evil Geniuses)

^ Maelk the only really "evil" one here .

lycan dominates the game at every single level of play. not only has this hero got the incredibly broken potential, but the amount of skill required to hit that potential is laughable. its quite tragic to see such an imbalanced hero after dota has been refined and tweaked with for so many years.

Mikey wrote:

lycan dominates the game at every single level of play

I concur, although this can be easily countered with Tresdin (if he gets ported anyway)

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

Pizzicato wrote:

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

I haven't spend that much time watching tournaments (yet) but Lycan always gets banned.

And we actually lost once with Lycan because Remco is a sletje hasn't farmed enough.

Pizzicato wrote:

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

dafuq did I just read?

Are you serious?

If a Lycan catch in Mid/Late with only with Vladimir/S&Y, he'll destroy your body, and destroy you again in the afterlife.

Also, N'aix or Slardar are the only heroes who can beat him properly.

Pizzicato wrote:

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

http://dota-academy.com/hero/85/
See? He is nearly always banned or picked in the last 4 months. And his winrate is quite impressive, too.

I love this thread!!