Dota 2 General Chat XXV - Emergency OP

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- Added Elder Titan!

COMMUNITY
- Fixed a bug that was allowing extra report submissions on Sundays.

UI
- Revised the Community page.
- Added an icon for league games to the Live, Recent and Downloaded game lists.
- Changed Heroes Played and Game History to be popups in the Profile.
- Numerous improvements to the Tournament Scheduling interface.
- Fixed Buy Back availability in spectator dropdown being inaccurate sometimes.
- Improved web browser performance.
- Fixed hitches when spectating games and switching between heroes.

SOUNDS
- New lines added to Skywrath Mage, Timbersaw, and Bristleback.

WORKSHOP
- Added an Animation Overlay dropdown to the Workshop Model Preview.
- Added Lycanthrope's wolves to the Ability Model import list.

[VulpesGrey]

whoa where the fuck is my tournament mode cm slark bristle and skywrath

[Zeldabro]

and suprise steam is down so why would i want to update anything?????/sdsadsdfs

[Cloak_Raider]

[QUOTE=radiomonster;40494002]and suprise steam is down so why would i want to update anything?????/sdsadsdfs[/QUOTE]

too busy creating new chests to pay for servers that aren't fax machines from the 70's

[Unisath]

they completely redid elder titan's face

[Phir3]

It looks a lot better now IMO.

[bbls]

what exactly is elder titan's role?
im looking at his skills on the wiki and its hard to tell

[Unisath]

[QUOTE=dill6869;40494828]what exactly is elder titan's role?
im looking at his skills on the wiki and its hard to tell[/QUOTE]

just played a round as him against bots, he seems to be able to set up excellent teamfights and/or ganks with ancestral spirit/echo stomp/his ult

also if you get too close to him you're basically fucked

[Laharlsblade]

alright someone tell me how to build Titan because I just went urn>arcanes>orb of venom>euls>skadii and it worked really well but it was hard bots and I just wanted to buy shit I don't usually get. Except euls, that was the only part I thought was actually an alright choice because it combos really well with stomp and his ult. Oh and urn was alright because as far as I could tell he's a ganker and I played him as such.

[dual elites]

He's an initiator. Pop the spirit, echo stomp unwitting enemy team, drop the earth splitter and let your team clean up.

[BuffaloBill]

[QUOTE=dill6869;40494828]what exactly is elder titan's role?
im looking at his skills on the wiki and its hard to tell[/QUOTE]

Initiator, albeit an oddball one.

[bbls]

his ulti looks kinda underwhelming early to mid game

[Unisath]

[QUOTE=dill6869;40494867]his ulti looks kinda underwhelming early to mid game[/QUOTE]

35% of your max health is never to be fucked with, the main problem is setting it up properly (since if they don't walk in a straight line they can easily avoid it)

[BuffaloBill]

[QUOTE=dill6869;40494867]his ulti looks kinda underwhelming early to mid game[/QUOTE]

It's a HUGE nuke with a powerful slow added to it, hardly underwhelming.

[suttles]

[QUOTE=Unisath;40494890]35% of your max health is never to be fucked with, the main problem is setting it up properly (since if they don't walk in a straight line they can easily avoid it)[/QUOTE]

use his stomp to set it up

I can't wait to see people not realize how his stun works, and completely fucking up his initiation.
It's like banes nightmare but aoe.

[Laharlsblade]

[QUOTE=dual elites;40494848]He's an initiator. Pop the spirit, echo stomp unwitting enemy team, drop the earth splitter and let your team clean up.[/QUOTE]
I don't think he can really be a stand alone initiator though. Sure you say "oh just stomp them" to prepare for ult, which does have amazing synergy mind you, but 1.4 seconds channel is more than enough time to move out of the way, and stomp doesn't have the best range. If he has someone to set up for him, say Puck/Tide/Magnus/Warlock, he could follow up that bigger stun with stomp/ult and absolutely wreck shit, but if he's the first one to go in I think it'd take a lot of luck to actually have a good initiation.

This came to me as I was writing, I suppose with the double AoE of the stomp from the spirit he could initiate solo but I still think it'd be tough. Ah well, I played him as a ganker and will continue to do so, probably.

[Unisath]

[QUOTE=Suttles;40494927]use his stomp to set it up

I can't wait to see people not realize how his stun works, and completely fucking up his initiation.
It's like banes nightmare but aoe.[/QUOTE]

you need at least two levels in stomp to do that (which I realized after playing him that I should have anyway, as awesome as Natural Order is)

[QUOTE=laharlsblade;40494931]I don't think he can really be a stand alone initiator though. Sure you say "oh just stomp them" to prepare for ult, which does have amazing synergy mind you, but 1.4 seconds channel is more than enough time to move out of the way, and stomp doesn't have the best range. If he has someone to set up for him, say Puck/Tide/Magnus/Warlock, he could follow up that bigger stun with stomp/ult and absolutely wreck shit, but if he's the first one to go in I think it'd take a lot of luck to actually have a good initiation.

This came to me as I was writing, I suppose with the double AoE of the stomp from the spirit he could initiate solo but I still think it'd be tough. Ah well, I played him as a ganker and will continue to do so, probably.[/QUOTE]

he can carry pretty fucking hard if you make use of the bonus you get from the spirit, especially if it hits multiple heroes

I went AC because he had no suggested items and I raped [sp]against medium bots lol[/sp]

[mixshifter]

[QUOTE=l l;40491050]Rubick is so cool, I started playing him yesterday

I'm so proud of myself

[video=youtube;eVR3v66mYc0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVR3v66mYc0[/video][/QUOTE]

good play but that tidehunter was retarded for letting you do that, especially with that delay between his ult and you stealing it

[dual elites]

[QUOTE=dill6869;40494867]his ulti looks kinda underwhelming early to mid game[/QUOTE]

It's bugged right now, but it's also meant to suck enemies into a straight line (similar to Magnus ult, but a different shape). It's incredible.

[QUOTE=Unisath;40494958]
he can carry pretty fucking hard if you make use of the bonus you get from the spirit, especially if it hits multiple heroes

I went AC because he had no suggested items and I raped [sp]against medium bots lol[/sp][/QUOTE]

Going to head this off before anybody tries it: ET is [B]not[/B] a carry. You can maybe semi-carry if you're stomping, but a situational 10 second steroid is nowhere near what you need to kill dudes, and your aura has the same catch as Venge's.

[suttles]

i could imagine him + magnus's skewer would be golden

[Zoran]

GJ Valve. You released ET to test. Can you make the servers stop gurgling monkey cocks now?

[VulpesGrey]

[QUOTE=dual elites;40495062]Going to head this off before anybody tries it: ET is [B]not[/B] a carry. You can maybe semi-carry if you're stomping, but a situational 10 second steroid is nowhere near what you need to kill dudes, and your aura has the same catch as Venge's.[/QUOTE]

honestly his skillset seems far more support-oriented than venge's so I was pretty sure he has to play a position 4 support role

[Zeldabro]

So is elder titan a different kind of undying then?

[Zoran]

I just got an Ultra Kill as Medusa by throwing snakes around and timing them to bounce who I wanted.

[Latency]

Lichard Simmons for your enjoyment.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/z2SfuQH.png[/img]

[dual elites]

[QUOTE=devon_wargod;40495157]honestly his skillset seems far more support-oriented than venge's so I was pretty sure he has to play a position 4 support role[/QUOTE]

Yeah basically, you're super item-independent other than needing a little bit of mana (but like a soul ring can cover that pretty well)

Here are some Super Titan Tips:

- Echo Stomp sends enemies to sleep, and they are [B]only[/B] woken up by hero damage. This means two things: A) for the love of god don't have a Radiance carrier on your team unless they're smart enough to turn it off, and B) if you dive an ET you are getting [I]fucked[/I] by tower damage.
- Your aura reduces *base* armour. That means heroes with high agility get fucked the most by it (hi PL!) while those with armour from things like Vlad's, AC, Basilius etc. are less penalised.
- Your Echo Stomp does Physical damage. Your spirit's does Magical. If you hit someone with both they take double damage. I believe you automatically do both if you use it with no spirit out, hence the sicknasty visual on it.
- You have one of the safest initiations in the game. Earth Splitter is [B]2400[/B] range and sucks everybody into a straight line (currently bugged I believe). That shit cray. Use it.

[ironman17]

[QUOTE=Latency;40495185]Lichard Simmons for your enjoyment.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/z2SfuQH.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
The key to losing that fat is to get chilly!

Also, just a bit offtopic, that guy was a legend when he popped up in Whose Line; the Living Scenery game he featured in was OUTRAGEOUS!

[VulpesGrey]

[QUOTE=dual elites;40495288]Yeah basically, you're super item-independent other than needing a little bit of mana (but like a soul ring can cover that pretty well)

Here are some Super Titan Tips:

- Echo Stomp sends enemies to sleep, and they are [B]only[/B] woken up by hero damage. This means two things: A) for the love of god don't have a Radiance carrier on your team unless they're smart enough to turn it off, and B) if you dive an ET you are getting [I]fucked[/I] by tower damage.
- Your aura reduces *base* armour. That means heroes with high agility get fucked the most by it (hi PL!) while those with armour from things like Vlad's, AC, Basilius etc. are less penalised.
- Your Echo Stomp does Physical damage. Your spirit's does Magical. If you hit someone with both they take double damage. I believe you automatically do both if you use it with no spirit out, hence the sicknasty visual on it.
- You have one of the safest initiations in the game. Earth Splitter is [B]2400[/B] range and sucks everybody into a straight line (currently bugged I believe). That shit cray. Use it.[/QUOTE]

I thought elder titan was really short on mana and that made his needs similar to omniknight and undying (i.e. higher than will let you get away with sitting in lane with the carry for the first 10-15 minutes)

[jp_rsardeto]

Lost connection with the game, tried to reconnect but I couldn't. Now I'm on low priority.

sigh

[Viper202]

[QUOTE=Latency;40495185]Lichard Simmons for your enjoyment.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/z2SfuQH.png[/img][/QUOTE]

And 1, and 2, and 3, and 4, an-oh what a drip!