Dota 2

Well, well, well... It's happening, ladies and gentlemen.

edited 25th Nov '16 8:52:35 AM by MagnusForce

EDIT: nvm, you fixed it.

So I just finished watching the finals of Elimination mode; apparently Gyrocopter and Techies are the worst heroes in the game right now...I haven't played in a while so if someone could tell me - what happened to Gyro exactly?

edited 25th Nov '16 8:55:43 AM by Elfhunter

Gyro was kill by jungle camps changes. The stacking auras made it difficult for Gyro to clear stacks, making it harder for Gyro to farm.

That's just a joke on behalf of the guy managing that website. It's just that nobody knows what that patch is going to be for sure, though it's likely going to be Monkey King either way.

edited 25th Nov '16 6:33:52 PM by Eldrake

Dota 3?? How are we going to rename the article now?

edited 25th Nov '16 5:09:43 PM by ChrisX

I highly doubt they'll rename the game Dota 3. Its probably just referencing how we'll be getting massive changes as well as the game's first hero who isn't from Dota 1. Besides this is Valve we're talking about.

F**king visa issues, no Execration in Boston Majors WTF??? BOSTON MAJORS WILL MISS PEEEEEENOISE DOTO lel

"I have heard that I'm going to have to stop halfway through my patch analysis video to sleep because there is no way I'd be able to do it in one sitting. Or maybe that discussion was about me doing the Dotabuff section on any of my replay commentaries I can't remember."

Man, what kind of a monster patch is this going to be?

Just won a match as Io. Team really seemed to like me.

Only about four days or so until mOnKeY kInG patch.

OG just used the infamous Ion Cannon build for Luna. This pleases me.

Apologies for triple posting but...

7 DOT MOTHER 0 FUCKING 0

You know shit is about to get reaaaaal when ICEFROG HIMSELF is communicating to the western community for the first time in forever.

Blog post.

edited 10th Dec '16 8:09:20 PM by Eldrake

4 more hours? That means I'll have something to look forward to after I get up tomorrow.

Holy crap.

Just.

So many crazy changes. It has to be seen to be believed.

Dota 2 adds mechanics from the competition?!

<grabs a seat>

Pass me the popcorn, this is gonna be good

POCKET RIKI IS REAL.

We gave him position 1 farm so he could be a shared tango.

They plucked the talent tree out of HOTS...

Also, Omniknight's problem with Diffusal Blade, is it on Guardian Angel or Repel? Because Repel now can't be dispelled.

Okay... Techies' Blast Off? 4 seconds Silence minimum? ... Ooh boy, I just can see it being really OP when it comes to team fights. I know the cooldown is pretty high, but... 7 seconds silence late game is not something to scoff off at.

OK Wukong... Q is basically the same thing he has in Smite, except it crits and scales on attack.

I also like how his comics incorporated the Dota heroes to play part with Wukong's original tales like the Chinese Gods. Tidehunter now plays part of Ao Kuang, except less humiliating the latter, more like 'also additionally had Wukong played for chumps in exchange of his MKB', whoever that deity is taking care of the Book of the Dead where Wukong deleted his name on it turns out to be Razor, and the Heaven generals that casted Wukong to fire furnace where he learns to not die being burned end up being the spirit trio (Storm, Earth, Fire)

One of the interesting parts of the Arcana comic is that there might be a fourth spirit brother. While it's possible that the creep girl made it up, Valve loves to leave hints littering around. Future hero perhaps?

edited 11th Dec '16 5:04:56 PM by Eldrake

Well, they ARE lacking the last element, water, unless they chose to elevate Morphling into it.

I always assumed that Storm was a combination of wind and water. Storm is a weird element, anyway.

Well, everyone finally got that Slardar and Viper remodel they wanted. And there was much rejoicing!

YAY! The Riki-slayer is cool again!

... Anyone like my nickname for Slardar?

Well... that's pretty crazy.

I'm wondering how that HUB redesign is going to effect my hats...

So, unless I failed at reading, they took away 10 attribute point upgrades and replaced it with 4 talent upgrades. Which means there's 6 levels where your hero gets nothing?

Yep. Which would explain why leveling is overall much faster now.