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Despise the title, this isn't a meme-post. Rather more it's some kind of discussion as I felt there are a lot of people keep demanding buffs for the poor sweater-boii without actually thinking about potential consequences.

I personally think that Freddy won't able to become buffed in a "healthy" manner until his aura-reading's either adjusted, overhauled or replaced/removed. Why? For the very simple reason that his aura-reading is literally a huge boulder on the road to actually make Freddy an enjoyable but also balanced Killer in the game.

By saying "healthy" I'm reffering to the fact that facing Freddy currently sums up into a running simulator. Ofcourse, some Freddy's out there actually enjoy to frickle your mind by leaving you alone first and then cutting your way and throat. While this might be a more enjoyable playstyle, it's not as common as the classic Freddies that just drag you into the dreamworld and chase you until the game's already done or the Survivor making an impactful mistake.

Nontheless, back to the aura-reading. What is aura-reading actually? Simply said, it's an extreme controll-tool. Able to not just help you out in terms of decision-making, but also catching your prey off-guard, not being able to actually lose them, while also providing valueable information that doesn't just cut time but also lacks counterplay for the opposition. This in addition with his strong debuff the Survivors suffer under whilst being asleep, enables Freddy-players to have an easier time in terms of time-efficiency in comparasion to other Killers (Trapper, Wraith, Hag, whatsoever).

But the very point is, when we actually have a Killer with an global aura-reading capabillity, do people really think it'd be healthy for the game to buff Freddy into a competent chaser aswell?

WHEN Freddy would receive any kind of buff in terms of chase-efficiency, would he actually become a healthy but not just a very toxic character? Considering his current capabillities, I simply can't imagine him getting into an actuall healthy spot (healthy, not op, not broken, not underpowered, just healthy. Like Myers for example).

As I keep reading that people demand buffs for Freddy, while I have the "absurd" view that he'd become almost as toxic as Leatherface, I just can't imagine that this is actually a good idea aslong as his aura-reading remains. From a Survivors view, being not able to escape is one thing, but then you should atleast be able to stall out for a decent amount of time. That's how it works, safety in trade-off for time. Risky-plays cut time, but ain't safe obviously. When Freddy would receive a buff, whilst his kit remaining the very same, I personally just think this wouldn't work out balance-wise.

Tell me what you guys think. I've already seen a lot of biased Freddy-players that were just like "wtf are you talking about". But I just think those people are much too focused on the "here and now" instead of what COULD happen when their desires get fulfilled.

This is the whole reason I've made this post overall, to receive non-biased, neutral opinions and points to discuss (as 90% of the people that were discussing with me about this topic were Freddy-mains duh).

Edit : To make this clear, I AM NOT talking about REMOVING HIS AURA-READING, but rather more that he would not be in a healthy spot when he'd receive a in-chase oriented buff while his aura-reading doesn't receive any adjustements.

#45: Surveillance

If it had no max duration, this would be OK for a 3-gen strat.

As is, it's only useful for when survivors immediately go onto a gen after you break it.

At best, it's a mild convenience.

#44: Insidious

Purely a meme perk.

Hard countered by survivors not being idiots.

You might be able to cheese with Insidious NoED Nurse behind the gates, but that's just a meme.

#43: Beast of Prey

Mildly useful as a tool during mind games, and it helps against Dead Hard if they're using the stain to gauge when to pop it.

Countered by low/see-through terrain, listening to footsteps, and looking behind you, so it's still not too good.

Would be alright if it was a simple activation, though.

#42: Save the Best for Last

Great when cocky survivors want to take aggro, since you can smack them for the free chaser points without getting punished. Forces that survivor to heal up for 12-24 seconds instead of doing gens.

If they don't do that, it's pretty bad.

#41: Bitter Murmur

Lets you know which gate they're heading to.

Once in a blue moon, this perk is very useful; if you've just downed the second to last survivor and number 4 pops the last gen, this will give away their position and trajectory, letting you head over to them.

#40: Predator

Counters Lightweight and makes it so survivors can't really sprint without giving away a trail.

In an actual chase, it clutters the scratches a lot, so it doesn't help much more than it hurts.

#39: Play With Your Food

This thing gets nerfed every time it's viable, so of course it'd be a low tier perk.

That said, movement speed is the most powerful stat in the game, and the broken chase detection means it'll probably stack at least to tier 1 a good bit, so I can't put it at the very bottom.

Has its place in Tombstone builds.

#38: Monstrous Shrine

Useless if you can't get a basement hook, and unnoticeable even then.

10 seconds can throw the survivors off on occasion, but it's still not good.

#37: Unrelenting

Lessens the impact of Dead Hard, Sprint Burst, Vaccums, and honest mistakes.

Not a god-awful perk, but it just doesn't do enough to justify a perk slot.

#36: Territorial Imperative

If some poor soul decides to loot the basement, this perk is amazing. The issue is that survivors will often just not do that in favor of rushing down those gens.

Decent with a Bubba's Basement build, but not exactly god tier.

#35: Hex: The Third Seal

Against solo survivors, this is actually pretty good if the totem doesn't get found.

The problem is that you rarely run into squads with no SWF, and the totem is always found.

#34: Hangman's Trick

A godsend against sabo squads, dogshit against anything else.

If it worked on traps it might be good for Trapper, but it doesn't so it isn't.

#33: Spies from the Shadows

Crow perks are irrelevant.

#32: Hex: Huntress' Lullaby

The totem will always get found before you can get stacks on it.

Not the worst perk on Freddy, since it adds regression to those intentional failed skill checks, but still pretty bad.

If you can get the stacks and hide the totem, this perk has the potential to be better than Ruin. The need to stack it kills the perk.

#31: Unnerving Presence

Making skillchecks harder for those near you is a mild inconvenience, and competent survivors still won't miss them.

Even if your aim is to deal with Decisive, you'd be better off with Enduring.

#30: Thanatophobia

The design of the perk is alright.

If the numbers were a bit better, or if it counted dead survivors, it'd be OK. That said, it's pretty weak numbers wise so here it is.

#29: Sloppy Butcher

On Wraith or in combination with Bloodhound, this is a pretty OK perk. That said, it doesn't help you track them initially and it doesn't make the chase go faster, so it's low tier.

#28: Knock Out

I wish this were higher.

It's what Third Seal wishes it could be, and I love it half to death... but it's hard countered by SWF.

Because of that, it's not good.

#27: Bloodhound

A pretty nice perk. You don't need to run Sloppy Butcher alongside it, it synnergizes nicely with killers who can apply Hemorrhage like Huntress, and makes it easy to track people once you've hit them once.

The problem is that it suffers from the same issues as Sloppy Butcher; it doesn't help you find them initially, and it doesn't speed up the chase.

#26: Fire Up

Suffers from the same problems as Thanatophobia; a solid perk design with numbers that are far too low.

#25: Hex: Devour Hope

The same problems as Lullaby, but with a game-winning payoff if you succeed.

Run this whenever you have a Game offering for a good time.

#24: Overcharge

You might catch them off-guard once, but they won't miss the skill check after that.

It requires a time investment.

#23: Shadowborn

FOV is nice, especially on Nurse, but it's hardly the best perk out there.

It'd be a bit higher if it had retained the brightness increase, but that didn't happen.

#22: Whispers

Prevents you from wasting time searching an empty area, and lets Trapper/Hag know when they can place traps unobserved.

Solid in concept, and incredible when there's only one remaining survivor, but until then it's not the most helpful.

#21: Blood Warden

Unreliable, but one of the best Highlight perks in the game, including survivor perks.

Trapping three survivors in an exit gate and revving Bubba's chainsaw... delicious.

#20: Hex: Thrill of the Hunt

Lets you keep track of your NoED and defend regular hexes. Decent, but only in the right build.

#19: Distressing

Great on Doctor, kinda pointless otherwise.

#18: Stridor

Hearing things is always great. If you've got good ears, run this perk.

#17: Overwhelming Presence

Out of all the perks that counter flashlights, this one is the worst at it.

Additionally, they'll usually see the perk debuff before they hear the heartbeat, giving your position away earlier.

#16: Dying Light

With a green mori, godly. Otherwise, it's risky but powerful.

If you find the obsession early, this could win you the game (especially if they aren't running DS, or they get farmed).

#15: Deerstalker

Enables you to slug without the risk of losing your prey.

Helpful in preventing hatch games.

#14: Lightborn

Screws up flashlight timings. It's great, but only if they bring in that specific item.

#13: Franklin's Demise

Screws over flashlight users, but it's great against others (especially instaheals).

If somebody brings in a key and drops it, they will never find that shit again.

#12: Iron Grasp

Extra carry distance is always gonna be solid.

#11: Agitation

Gives the extra distance of IG, but with other benefits.

Hooking people takes a while, and AGI cuts down on the transport time. It also makes you faster than survivors, letting you juke out bodyblockers.

#10: Monitor and Abuse

On killers with low terror radii, lets them sneak up easily.

It also combos well with Nurses calling on other killers, letting you see them heal even if they try to not do it in your terror radius.

#9: Tinkerer

The cornerstone of the instasaw and instant hatchet builds. It's godly in these two scenarios, mediocre in a couple others (Myers fast charge, Wraith fast uncloak), and garbage otherwise.

#8: Hex: No One Escapes Death

If they cleanse the totems, they give you a massive amount of time to work with before the gens are completed.

If they don't, you get to one-shot people in the endgame. When survivors run perks that gear towards endgame, they risk not getting to the end game. When killers do so, they're giving themselves a safety net.

This perk is the only thing making low tier killers even remotely usable.

#7: Make Your Choice

For killers like Hag or Nurse who can quickly get back to the hook, this is incredible.

For the rest, it's still solid; an instadown on a non-hex perk is good.

#6: Brutal Strength

Not as godly as it once was, but pallets are still strong, and Brutal Strength lets you get through pallets.

#5: Remember Me

Extra time on the gates is a lifesaver, and DS even lets you get another stack!

It's risky if you can't kill the obsession in time, but if you do you're probably gonna get another kill in the endgame.

#4: Enduring

Allows you to disrespect pallets without much penalty, and helps considerably against Decisive.

#3: A Nurse's Calling

Being able to see people who are healing is incredible, since it tells you exactly where a vulnerable target is.

#2: BBQ and Chili

0 downtime. Down a guy, hook him, see another, chase that guy, down him, repeat.

After the early game, you don't have to waste time looking for people since you're shown everybody whenever you succeed, allowing you to chain chases constantly and make the most of your limited time.

#1: Hex: Ruin

When a perk is mandatory despite usually being cleansed in the first minute of a match, you know it's good.

Games go too quickly, and Ruin helps with that.

/left because of it or playing both?

What was the reason?

The items are getting stale and I really loved the Chinese firecracker from a few months ago. Really wish they'd create a few new items, maybe one with each new chapter or something. It's annoying that in my bloodweb, I have to spend points for add-ons for keys or maps when they rarely even appear in my webs. I have sooooo many map twines, stamps, key tokens, etc. I'd much rather be putting my hard-earned bloodpoints into more usable things lol

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTEkB102KDJn7xf2b3kQ5NKQgTgUoLRTyV_wneOglu6yz3hg2mBXgqZgyp_DQ

Do we think the new killer will look something like this or a totally different appearance.

Hi! I am planning to get a copy of this game. Do you recommend it? What about the DLCs? How much have you played it? With some friends it's great otherwise not a good choice? Any advice or opinion is welcome. Thank you guys in advance!

GESC: Thailand

Presented by Global Electronic Sports Championship

Sponsored by TrueOnline, Grab, Neolution & Novotel Bangkok Bangna

GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor is the first Valve Corporation sanctioned tournament in Thailand and will feature the world's best teams and a Thailand representative who will compete for the largest prize purse in the country - $300,000 USD and qualifying points to The International 2018.

• Location: Bangkok, Thailand
• Date: May 9-12, 2018
• Pro Circuit Tier: Minor
• Version: 7.14 + 7.15
• Event Homepage
• Qualifiers: China | CIS | EU | NA | SA | SEA
• Coverage: Liquipedia | JoinDota | GosuGamers | Dotabuff | Eventvods

Streams

English | English 2
Russian | Russian 2
Thailand | Thailand 2

Broadcast Talent

Host

Jorien "Sheever" van der Heijden

Casters/Panelists

Owen "ODPixel" Davies
Ioannis "Fogged" Loucas
Austin "Capitalist" Walsh
David "GoDz" Parker
Kevin "Purge" Godec
Alan "Nahaz" Bester
Kyle Freedman
Anthony "Scantzor" Hodgson

Statistician

Ben "Noxville" Steenhuisen

Prizes

The prize pool is $300,000 USD. The event carries 300 Dota Pro Circuit points, split amongst the top 4 teams.

• 1st: $110,000 | 150 pts
• 2nd: $65,000 | 90 pts
• 3rd-4th: $35,000 | 30 pts
• 5th-6th: $17,500
• 7th-8th: $10,000

Teams

Invited

Evil Geniuses: Arteezy, Fear, Suma1L, Cr1t-, MiSeRy, Coach: BuLba

Team Secret: Ace, MidOne, Fata, YapzOr, Puppey, Coach: Sunbhie

Qualified

Alpha Red: tnt, Fearless, MyPro, LionzX, BBCD

Fnatic: EternaLEnVy, Abed, UNiVeRsE, DJ, pieliedie, Coach: Adam

Keen Gaming: Mevius, 荧, dark, yoona, 天命, Coach: Fyms

SG e-sports: Costabile, 4dr, Liposa, Thiolicor, Bardo, Coach: c4t

The Final Tribe: Frost, Era, jonassomfan, Pablo, Handsken

Vega Squadron: Palantimos, UnderShock, Blizzy, Zayac, CemaTheSlayeR, Coach: Kipspul¹

VGJ.Storm: YawaR, Resolut1on, Sneyking, MSS, SVG, Coach: Clairvoyance

1: Vega Squadron was forced to withdraw due to visa issues :(

Format

Group Stage

• Eight teams play in a Bo1 round robin.
• Top six teams advance to the playoffs of main event.
• Bottom two teams eliminated.

Playoffs

• Six teams play in a single-elimination bracket.
• Top 2 seeds are seeded into semifinals, 3rd-6th teams are seeded into quarterfinals.
• All matches Bo3.

Schedule

Day 1 (Wednesday May 9)

Day 2 (Thursday May 10)

Day 3 (Friday May 11)

Day 4 (Saturday May 12)

Countdown times are in SGT. All times are subject to change based on the length of matches and delays.

Don't know if anyone will see this, but I created Scuttling Scotty years ago. I was/am a hobbyist 3d artist and did this out of pure passion and love of the game. I named Scotty after my Uncle who I didn't get to see anymore after I moved as a child. Unfortunately I got ripped by Netolic pretty hard(it was bundled with that tourney) and then p0ooped on regarding the quality of Scotty.

I totally understand the reaction, it was hard to take then, but was a good experience in the end. I thought Scotty was forgotten, even though myself and some friends still use him in-game to this day. These memes literally made me beam with joy. I am so entertained and happy by all of these posts. So thank you for your work u/Clockwerkx and all the heroes who tried to save Scotty!

I worked on improving Scotty's texture, model and animations over the years since he was originally created, but I never submitted them to the workshop. If anyone was interested to see Scotty 2.0, here is a preview!

Have a great day Doto community!

edit: broken link- https://imgur.com/a/BJhRsNI

He has turned every bodies anxiety & boredom into happiness with his penguin graphic novel. Please reward him with custom penguin flair.

Thank you u/Clockwerkx

My favourite piece of his work: https://i.imgur.com/kvY4tjF.png

Upon the royal and righteous decree of the king of bone

/u/Clockwerkx leave those poor little penguins alone

They've strayed off from their course, far from their home

So cease your petty grievances, and please let them roam

Your anger is not towards them, it is rage towards Valve

For which I cannot offer you anything, not even a salve

You've already slaughtered the poor one they call Scotty

Your intentions foul, motivations somewhat spotty

I approach your location with True Sight from afar

Tread carefully now, for you might start a meme war

The circle of dota 2 life. There's literally no chance that Valve will be able to live up to the crazy hype this sub always creates before a big happening in Dota. Who is ready to be let down by a half-decent compendium with Rylais wheel every 80th level? I know I am! See you guys at the soup kitchen come tomorrow, with our new immortals and TP effects ♥️

I want him to be equally successful to other talents. All should survive and be happy. :)

'Twas the Day of the Battlepass, and all thro' the sub

The shit posters were stirring, from pros down to nubs;

Their wallets were ready and opened with care,

In hopes that Lord Gaben soon would be there;

The poster's jimmies were rustled as time passed along,

Thinking "Goodness, this Battlepass sure does take long";

And my squad in the Discord, and I (while at work),

Were sat watching /new/, passing time as we lurk,

When out upon Twitter there arose such a clatter,

So I jumped off of reddit to see what was the matter,

Away to a new tab we all did converge,

With the speed of a Dark Seer having freshly cast Surge;

When what did my wandering eyes go to meet,

An illustrious sight, yes, a glorious tweet,

"But who is the author?" I asked, feeling shaken,

"Why, my good friend, it's none other than Gaben!"

So we opened the link, and we started to read,

Figuring out just how many Battle Points that we'd need,

"New Treasures! new, Music! new, Cursors! new, Taunts!

Free Items! new Particle Effects you can flaunt!

But that's not it; for a quarter of the Passes you buy,

Will contribute to the Prize Pool of this year's TI!"

We couldn't believe it, we all started to scream,

But I was growing suspicious that it all was a dream,

For while I remembered what the Dota 2 Twitter had said,

I'd forgotten that Vave had quite often misled,

Not maliciously, see, for lying isn't a crime,

But rather, we forgot, they go by Valve Time.

they are clearly adding Golden Scuttling Scotty as lvl 1000 reward

Just so that the subreddit isn't completely ran over by the TI Compendium drama (hopefully it drops not too deep into the night, I have university to go to), I've translated a short interview with Ramzes taken shortly after Epicenter XL. Nothing too revealing there, but should provide a pro outlook on the current meta. Original on cyber.sports.ru.

- Luna. 65% winrate. Why she's suddenly so strong and popular?

Because dual lanes are now a thing. It's mostly the aura and Beam on early levels that make her strong. She gets online very fast.. I dunno, quite a normal hero.

- What about Gyrocopter? 64% winrate, up more than 20 compared to DAC.

Well, that's just how the hero works. He's most often played as a carry, and to my knowledge, we're the only team that puts him mid (because No[o]ne is a beast on him). But frankly he's almost unchanged, even got a bit weaker with the Flak Cannon nerf.

- Now Aghs is built on him a lot. Was it the Flak change that warranted it?

I've never build Aghs on Gyro myself. It wasn't even on our radar until recently. Now it's built mostly for farm acceleration and stats – fairly strong.

- You used to completely own with Gyro at Katowice. Why are you not picking him now?

Initially we decided not to pick the heroes we liked during our March run at all – DP, for example. But then the patch came out, we went on holiday after DAC, then my birthday happened – all in all, we haven't prepared anything at all and in scrims just picked heroes we never tried before – to no success.

- You still liked Lifestealer, Slardar, Troll – the team's signature heroes. Are they really that strong or you just wanted to stick with heroes you knew best?

They're quite strong, but you never pick a hero in isolation. The draft needs to be balanced. First pick matters a lot now, it's a lot harder to pick second. Almost every team chooses to pick first if they can, so the coin toss is crucial.

- Io was almost perma-banned at Epicenter. Is the dual-lane meta to blame?

Not exactly. He was buffed patch after patch. The last one allowed him to tether to BKB-ed heroes, which completely broke him. Combine that with the Relocate cooldown talent at 25 and the XP talent at 10, and you get the strongest hero in Dota right now.

- So is he destined to never escape the ban phase?

I mean… the meta will balance itself out, like it always does. Teams will start to let him through, draft around and against him, he'll get nerfed a bit in the next patch, and then it'll be back to Disruptor again.

- At Epicenter you picked Slark, Luna and TA after losing to them. How often does it happen when you lose to a hero and think "wow is it good"?

We always study replays after losses, discuss our mistakes. Even before we lost to Na'Vi I knew Slark was a good hero, since he had his HP regen buffed. His main weakness was in laning: if he was pressured enough, he just couldn't come online ever. But with the regen change he's now like the old Terrorblade: eventually he'll get his and wreck you. So, Valve completely killed TB, but Slark kind of took his place in the meta.

Cause I see posts appearing and disappearing every second and I am legit interested.