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Soldato
Didnt realise how popular this was :O
At the weekend i saw 150k+ Concurrent players on Steam,
over twice the amount of TF2 users and 3 times the amount of COD users.
At the weekend i saw 150k+ Concurrent players on Steam,
over twice the amount of TF2 users and 3 times the amount of COD users.
Soldato
Been playing a few games with Sniper recently. Really enjoy playing this character. A bit squishy but can also dish out a lot of damage with the right items. I've found he's also great at harrassing in lane, early game.
Am I right in thinking that he needs to concentrate on farming in order to get the items in which to make him effectively.
I usually go with Magic wand thing, treads, ring of basilius, shadow blade and manta blade (?). Are those good items to go for? Is Sniper best of soloing mid lane at the beginning? I did this a couple of times and ended up dominating mid and getting a tonne of gold but going either top or bottom and I struggle to get enough gold early on to get the items listed above.
Also, pubs are starting to annoy me now. No one seems to ward at all! and a played a few games (both times I was mid) and no one bought a courier and I ended up doing so. Annoying. Or it might just be me....
Am I right in thinking that he needs to concentrate on farming in order to get the items in which to make him effectively.
I usually go with Magic wand thing, treads, ring of basilius, shadow blade and manta blade (?). Are those good items to go for? Is Sniper best of soloing mid lane at the beginning? I did this a couple of times and ended up dominating mid and getting a tonne of gold but going either top or bottom and I struggle to get enough gold early on to get the items listed above.
Also, pubs are starting to annoy me now. No one seems to ward at all! and a played a few games (both times I was mid) and no one bought a courier and I ended up doing so. Annoying. Or it might just be me....
Soldato
Another mega wave of invites just hit.
Sniper - a great mid for pubs because no one ganks mid. You're right - farming is the name of the game, both passives with one in rain for vision. Ult is ONLY for pre and post fighting, nothing more. Item choice is fine, it's what most build. The higher you go (in skill games) the more you'll rely on position rather than items. Remember - manta removes debuffs, this can be critical if you get focused. Sniper is hugely reliant on his team keeping the fight away from him, if you lack hard CC / peelers (a general term for heroes who keep others under control and away from others through ability but not always damage) you're going to have a bad time
I guess you've probably worked it out but for the time period between treads and shadowblade you are the easiest thing to kill since CM, get working on more farming during this
Sniper - a great mid for pubs because no one ganks mid. You're right - farming is the name of the game, both passives with one in rain for vision. Ult is ONLY for pre and post fighting, nothing more. Item choice is fine, it's what most build. The higher you go (in skill games) the more you'll rely on position rather than items. Remember - manta removes debuffs, this can be critical if you get focused. Sniper is hugely reliant on his team keeping the fight away from him, if you lack hard CC / peelers (a general term for heroes who keep others under control and away from others through ability but not always damage) you're going to have a bad time
I guess you've probably worked it out but for the time period between treads and shadowblade you are the easiest thing to kill since CM, get working on more farming during this
Soldato
Just tried out Jakiro for the first time. My god he's a bit over powered. Just ended up with score 7-2-33 
and completely dominating the game. I never dominate a game!
and completely dominating the game. I never dominate a game! 
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me and a few mates are thinking of making the jump to dota2 coming from a 1900 elo LoL team. We know most of the major differences but what are some smaller differences that you think most people don't know of? Cheeky tips, tricks etc.
Dota actually has a turning animation.
Juking is much better/skillful, not that running into that silly long grass stuff.
I don't know what you mean by most people don't know of, people who have never played dota or have? Anyone who has played a good few games of Dota will realise items aren't all just all passive stuff or very weak use abilities, they actually are complete fight changers, skills do a lot more, trees can be destroyed etc. There are so many small differences that have huge effects it would be hard to list them all.
Juking is much better/skillful, not that running into that silly long grass stuff.
I don't know what you mean by most people don't know of, people who have never played dota or have? Anyone who has played a good few games of Dota will realise items aren't all just all passive stuff or very weak use abilities, they actually are complete fight changers, skills do a lot more, trees can be destroyed etc. There are so many small differences that have huge effects it would be hard to list them all.