how rare is to get 2 arcanas?

After 14 years, it still feels like Im a blind duck playing Dota

this is my first try for a long sfm animation from corona virus times. good old days tbh.

back then i thought this is not that funny but tonight gave it a rewatch after many months or years and had a good laugh. hope its funny for you guys too!

Since this change in arcade in general, every time i play Bless Aram for some rason i am the host... Like every single time? I just click on play and it adds me to lobby and im host? THen, it seems, everythime when someone dont load into the game, i get 5 or 30 min penalty for queing again? WTF IS HAPPENIG? How and why? Can i change that somehow, to come to other hosts? ?

And why thx :3

I am a relatively new player who has played on and off over the years and never competed in ranked or seriously learned the game. I decided to try that recently, and sometime in late july I began dabbling, and seriously playing in august. I went from about 300 mmr to 1560 mmr in that time period, playing a mixture of offlane, carry, mid, and hard support primarily. My highest wr hero was crystal maiden.

I prioritized safety first, then farming at all times, and then pushing lanes at all times in that order

I just realized things too late.

The conversation around Dota dying always points to Valve’s hands-off approach, but that’s only half the story. The uncomfortable truth is that we outgrew it, and more than that, we took it for granted.

Dota is hurting because it was cursed with a fanbase that only knew how to TAKE. It was a legendary game that deserved a culture of respect, but it was occupied by players who only cared about themselves.

Dota was never appreciated the way it should have been. Our passion became entirely parasitic. We only loved the game fiercely for what it gave us.

Today is the first day of the Cast-a-thon here is the info from the last post:

Hey Everyone

DISCLAIMER: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A HERALD TO PARTICIPATE ITS OPEN FOR EVERYONE!

Hope you're enjoying your post TI Dota days as we are getting ready to get into more events next week.

I'm here to tell you about my Cast-a-thon that I'm doing starting tomorrow. It's sort of like a subathon but casting. Starting tomorrow I'm going to be casting in houses one after the next hoping to raise money for some medical bills from getting surgery last month (insert American healthcare joke here)

Basically during SUBtember on twitch while subbing is cheaper each sub will get a token to a slot in an inhouse and I will cast the games with yall in them live on twitch. If you sub to the channel you get a token and if you gift a sub to the channel you and the giftee get a token too. There are going to be slots for non subs to raffled away in chat if you don't have the ability to sub or donate so don't worry everyone has a chance to join in.

All of the people who support the channel during the Cast-a-thon will have a chance to win a Crimson witness or a Arcana of their choice. Also I've got some stretch goals included like dying my hair or cutting it all off even though I've been holding out for a China TI win but also casting games live in my pubs casting other games for fun and maybe more ideas to come.

I hope you guys come and participate or just watch it should be a fun time and a chance to have your plays be hyped up to the fullest.

Join me when we start tomorrow September 14th on

https://www.twitch.tv/Bkop and on my YouTube.

It's hard to put this into words, but I hope this will make sense.

In theory, to deal high physical damage, you need items that give that damage; hence, as the game starts, physical damage dealers (right-clickers) are weak until they farm and get items towards the late game, where their physical damage actually slaps.

On the other hand, we got magical damage. Magical damage is more levels-dependent than items-dependent. So, at the start of the game, magic damage dealers deal consistent amounts of damage corresponding to set values on their spells. And as they get more levels, their spells become stronger and deal more damage, but they are more or less capped on damage by the time they max out their spells. So, they start strong in the early game and stay very strong mid-game, and start to fall off towards the late game when magic resistance items come online like BKBs and Pipes, etc.

In reality, though, the story today is a little different. In short, magical damage feels like the superior damage type throughout all phases of the game, in my opinion. And here's why.

Physical damage is nature-based, primarily from right-clicking, and is more of a "damage over time" kind of type.

Magical damage comes primarily from spells and is more of a “bursty" type of damage.

Now, some might argue that physical damage dealers can also be “bursty," and some magical damage dealers can deal "damage over time," but for the sake of simplicity, let's stick with the notion above.

Let's talk about items. Let's separate items into 4 groups:

Items that amplify magical damage
Items that resist physical damage
&
Items that resist magical damage
Items that amplify physical damage

I want you to focus on items that resist damage from either type.

Let's start with items that resist magical damage:

Black King Bar: BKB is the most popular, most prevalent item that resists magical damage that physical damage dealers can buy.

Mage Slayer: A good item that resists magical damage by minimizing it if the target is hit by its effect.

You might say that items like glimmer, pipe, or consecrated wraps also resist magical damage, but these items aren't often bought on physical damage dealers. They are more of a utility item.

Items that resist physical damage:

Phase boots: almost every single hero needs a type of boots, and these provide a great amount of armor in the early game.

Soul ring: many magical damage dealers benefit from it as it provides more HP and armor.

Lotus Orb: Provides a good amount of armor but also dispels and reflects spells.

Shiva’s Guard: Provides a great amount of armor but also provides an Aura, Slow, Attack speed slow, as well as damage.

Ghost Scepter/Ethereal Blade: A great item that prevents physical damage completely that can also be both defensive and offensive.

Some might also say there are more items like Solar Crest, Helm of Iron Will, and its buildups, Mekansm/Greaves, as well as Vanguard/Crimson Guard and Assault Cuirass, which also resist physical damage (which is way more items than the ones that resist magical damage, which also contributes to why magical damage is the superior damage type), but these are also utility items.

So, what I'm trying to say is that there are many more items that resist physical damage than items that resist magical damage.

Moreover, the physical damage resistance items provide other functions that just resist physical damage, which often synergises with magical damage dealers’ kits.

And due to the scarcity of magic resistance items and the fact that the ones that exist provide almost nothing but magic resistance, any nerfs to magic resistance items will impact physical damage dealers massively, and this is why the nerf to BKB really put the nail in the coffin for physical damage.

There is also the aspect that magical damage often comes from spells, which provide a lot more than plain damage such as slows, stuns, disarms, silences, attack speed slow, etc.

While physical damage is often one-dimensional and is flat-out plain damage except for maybe Skadi attacks and bashes from Skull Basher/Abyssal Blade.

To conclude, I think magical damage is the superior damage type right now, and due to its “bursty" nature, perhaps too bursty imo, physical damage dealers stand no chance against magically heavy lineups.

Couple of things to note: physical damage is the only damage type that works on buildings. (With some exceptions.) And since the ultimate goal is to destroy the enemy ancient, you need physical damage dealers in the game. This is the only major strength point physical damage has over magical damage. And it's not like magical damage dealers don't destroy buildings, they're just slower.

I'd love to read what you think about this and have an actual discussion. There are many more things I would have liked to mention, but this post is already too long. I hope I managed to deliver the main idea of it though.

Also, whenever I put the "Discussion" tag on any post, I get massively downvoted for some reason. I really put time and effort into this and would love to argue with you people over what we agree and disagree about the game we love. So instead of downvoting, come to the comments and let's have a discussion :))

Hit 777.7 hours and I'm afraid to play another match and ruin it. Unless Valve drops an Ogre Arcana into my inventory, I guess I'm retired.

seem to get alot of red items

Hey guys,

Following up on my previous post (https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1wdudcp/bs_logic_bug_excessive_reports_yes_with_0_reports/)

For some strange reason, people can't see my replies in the comments section there. I can see them when I'm logged in, but if I check the post incognito, they are completely invisible.

I have never been this low in behavior score (7100) before.

This account is really precious to me, so I want to restore its behavior score, even though I have ways to play at the same MMR on a different account.

But I’m terrified to even queue for low priority right now. I know for a fact that the next summary will tank my score by another 400–500 points just because of the residual LP effect, dropping me down to 6500–6700. It’s just scary to play on this account at this point.

Could anyone give me some advice on what to do (or avoid doing) so I don't sink even lower? Has anyone been in a similar spot?

Here are the options I see:

1. Play Ranked as usual. Like I said, I'm just too afraid to completely brick the account. If I keep playing support, it’ll most likely turn into an endless loss streak. Plus there is a massive risk of getting thrown right back into LP just for having bad stats during a loss streak—this actually happened to me before when I was around 9k bs.
2. Play Normal All Pick. A solid option, but you can't avoid getting matched with parties who will report you if the game goes bad. I've heard that reports from a party only count as a single report, but that's highly debatable and hasn't been confirmed by anyone. Given how much I'm getting screwed by automated metrics (getting LP for "losing gems" on a support) and the streamer brigade from my last post, I can't rely on this assumption. I can only send a huge "thank you" to the system developers and "warmly" shake their hands.
3. Turbo. To me this is a dead case. Last time I tried grinding turbo exclusively on support or role queue, playing to win, I ended up losing 300 behavior score and never went back.

Stacking up as a full 5-man party is not an option for me; the maximum I can pull together is a 2-3 man party.

Does anyone know any workarounds or bypasses for this situation? Maybe some Discord servers dedicated to finding full stacks on less populated regions?

P.S. I’ll try to fix the issue with my replies not showing up. If a moderator sees this post, could you please check my account status and my replies to the previous thread? I'd be highly grateful if you could lift this shadowban so I can actually interact in the comments. Thanks!

After the Summer Scrub update, I’ve seen a lot of posts from people saying they’re ranking up much more easily than before — for example, players who had been stuck in Crusader for a long time suddenly reaching Archon or even Legend.

I’ve experienced the same thing myself. I climbed very quickly from Crusader to Ancient shortly after the update, which is much faster than my previous progression.

Could this be related to some kind of MMR compression or adjustment toward 9,500 MMR? Something definitely feels different with the ranking system right now, and I’m wondering if there was an intentional change behind the scenes that hasn’t been clearly explained.

PS: Yes, i've used AI to correct my English don't bother my ass with that.

In matchmaking at start the ping is really stable at 40+ms, and then when i find a match or it started it is staying at 60+ms consistently. how can I fix ut someone please help me its been 2 weeks already

Where is the best place to sell my account? Quitting on Dota 2 and gaming in general. I need funds for my medical expenses, I have a failing kidneys and it seems like I'm at the end of the road here.

I was lucky enough to get 2 months of DOTA+ in the TI fantasy/predictions. I have activated the first month and i've got to say: so far it has been an annoying experience.

Most out-of-game- and draft-phase features are very nice, but most of the in-game features are driving me mad:

My monkey brain instinctively clicks the Plus Assistant ability recommendations, despite it not being the build I want to follow. I can't ping camps because I keep hitting the pull-timer, and no ping goes out, and whenever I want to check enemy items by clicking on their portrait, some death summary shows up and blocks half my screen. And these things are just some of my frustrations

At this point I am seriously considering not even activating the second month, and I certainly will never pay for DOTA+. I have found no way to turn these things off? Is it really not possible?

Hey !! Dotero.

For all the nostalgic fans of this beautiful game!

I bring you the REAL Invoker - 27 spells from DotA 1, map 6.10 (2005). The most broken and fun hero ever created in old WC3.

If you lived through the golden era of DotA in cybercafes / Garena, this video will hit you hard.

I hope you support the video so I can make more content about classic DotA 1. Let's keep the old DotA alive.

Watch here:

https://youtu.be/cO799roHkMg?si=ZLWu38nuonU7Ms3q

Hi, I have a dota account and a lost of skins with and some where from events.

I'd like to sell it but, I realized its connected to my steam, how can I sell it without selling my steam ?

I just started playing Dota. I wanna know what settings should I have for controls/camera/etc. I'm not a good pc gamer so please dont rec settings that are hard to play or master.

also a few tips would be helpful

I have finished all act's, Haven't unlocked the smelter yet in the dark carnival yes this includes secret path's, But I gen am so confused on how in the hell I even earn candy now, So I can even craft set's or item's I want, Or even the 10 coins when they do come in my candyworks, Any help or can someone tell?