A 5k5 player's perspective on how to gain MMR Unknown 11/11/2014 09:12:00 am Hi all. When ranked mm first came out I calibrated at 3.7k. I'm now 5.5k solo, though I've been hovering in and out of the leader...
Dota 2 Discussion: Break The Metagame: 10/27/2014 Unknown 10/27/2014 05:33:00 pm There's been a lot of DotA related stuff to write about in recent times, but the conclusion of Starladder's reignited some foreg...
What other commonly observed unspoken rules? Game etiquette Unknown 9/16/2014 12:16:00 pm People will flame you (hopefully only occasionally) That's part of the DotA experience, and especially so if you are new. It's ...
Who do you focus during a teamfight? Unknown 8/28/2014 06:42:00 pm There are so many different factors to take into account here that it's really difficult to give a good answer here without more infor...
If you want to move up in MMR, do you have to carry the team? Unknown 8/28/2014 05:14:00 pm Not necessarily. You need to have high impact on the game for the most part. From my experience, there is a switching point in what you ne...
Force Staff VS Blink Dagger Unknown 8/21/2014 04:30:00 pm Blink Dagger tends to be better and more flexible than Force Staff for initiation, but Force Staff is generally better for escaping sin...
Setting goals based on match time Unknown 8/18/2014 03:31:00 pm General Rules of Thumb At Mid Bottle in < 2 minutes ==> need it by rune time TIP: general " Bottle Rush" build is T...
As a new player, what makes certain heroes so much better than others? Unknown 8/18/2014 03:05:00 pm Death Prophet With Death Prophet , a lot of the issues reside in the way her ult works: It's good for pushing, but not so great f...
Inside the minds Dota 2 500MMR Bracket! Unknown 8/17/2014 04:25:00 pm They think Riki & Bloodseeker is a recipe for winning. While other Brackets have "Support please", "I mid", etc....
Support - to Feed or not to Feed Unknown 8/13/2014 08:23:00 pm Forget about your kill stat - it's a terrible measure of your success as a support. If anything, look at your combined (kills + assist...
At what MMR do people see you as good? Unknown 8/12/2014 10:02:00 am 5k MMR is generally the minimal amount you'll see. It gets kind of granular at that point though. There are some people that are rea...
Leshrac with the rise of Razor and Faceless Void Unknown 8/03/2014 05:38:00 am Just some toughts about Leshrac against now common picks Faceless Void and Razor , keep in mind that this is more about Leshrac as a core...
Dota 2 Lore: Is Roshan a smeevil? Unknown 8/03/2014 05:18:00 am This is pure conjecture and probably not what the devs had in mind, but I think this is a cool headcanon/lore connection that isn't th...
The Art of Team Fighting as a Carry Unknown 7/31/2014 03:29:00 pm After I've used my spells and the right-click contest has begun, what else do I do in a team fight as a carry? Using Luna in the ...
What your MMR actually means Unknown 7/30/2014 07:15:00 am The goal of this thread is to clearly explain what MMR means. I am hoping to appeal to newer players that are not familiar with the sys...
The Chinese perspective/discussions of The International 4 Unknown 7/22/2014 05:31:00 pm Regarding Grand Finals being full Eastern Besides the intense happiness and circlejerking fuelled by patriotism, there is recogniti...