Personal best hero?

Who is your best hero?
Shadow Demon.

Why are they your best hero?
Because I actually know how to use Disruption, not wasting it on stunned enemies but using it for saving teammates and pushing with the illusions, too.

What do you do differently then normal people to make them your best hero?
I actually know how to play a hard support role, not getting experience from the carry and always spending money on wards.


Even though I usually play support, I like carrying sometimes: Faceless Void (not taking that useless Mask of Madness but rushing Battle Fury in ~15 minutes) and Gyrocopter (using the competitive Phase Boots- Drum of Endurance- Yasha/ Black King Bar build) are currently my favourite ones, depending on the enemy team composition.

Who is your best hero?
Phantom Lancer

Why are they your best hero?
It’s too powerful in public games, because the opposing team would rarely take the time to handle him properly (e.g. wards and dusts). It’s also a great pick if the opposition is not packing some nasty AoE.

What do you do differently then normal people to make them your best hero?
Not sure if that’s ‘normal’, but I see a lot of PLs using Dopplewalk only as an escape mechanism, while I try to use it as much as possible for offensive purposes and juking. I also try to be a bit more flexible with items and eventually start contributing to ganks and skirmishes earlier (e.g. after I get a Diffusal I won’t necessarily stay on the lane and farm for a HoT).

Best Hero: Lone Druid

Why: I can play him effectively in any lane, I can build him a hundred different ways and still be a huge threat. My bear can be hugely aggressive and when it dies, I don't lose gold or time gaining experience. I don't have to rely on a support, and my bear and I can steal last hits from selfish supports that lane with me.

What I do Differently: No cookie cutter build. I play differently and build differently as needed. If my team needs a pusher, I build big AOE items like radiance or mjolnir. If my team needs stuns, I build skull basher or abyssal blade + point booster. If my team has a bigger harder carry, I start to team fight earlier with items like armlet of mordiggan, then build into vlads to help the carry with lifesteal. If I'm the big bad carry, and I'm getting every last hit,I might build two Hand of Midas. I try to avoid wasting money on my own character, by focusing on placement and awareness, but If needed I will build hood of defiance or ghost scepter to give my bear more time to kill everyone.

My best hero is definitely Weaver.

Many people in pubs have no idea how to deal with him, and I can micro my way out of 5-man dust gank situations with 10 health left. Plus, Shukuchi and Time Lapse can be used to play mind games and trick unsuspecting opponents eg. When battling it out with Lina and we both have low HP, I wait until she wastes her skills on me first, dodge her stun and Time Lapse before she Ults me. Then I turn around and kill her. You can also escape with Shukuchi by going the longer way, as it is the most unexpected thing to predict. Or you can use Shukuchi, run in one direction and Time Lapse immediately after it ends, as your opponents would run chasing after you, and Time Lapse brings you behind them, making for unexpected escapes. Also, participating in ganks is something I always do, as it maximizes Weaver's chasing power throughout the game.

I tend to do early game ganker builds on Weaver. I go for 2 Wraith Bands for the damage and then my boots and Medallion. If you have a lane partner with a stun or slow, you tend to always get kills if they are not close to the tower. After that, I usually go for a Desolator for the minus armor effect, a Daedalus for a super damage steroid or a Divine Rapier if I feel like trolling :P. After this point, I upgrade my Boots of Speed to Power Treads and get a Vitality Booster. Then I make a decision: If I'm focused down too quickly or have a near-death experience, I get a Heart of Tarrasque. If not, I get MOAR DAMAGE ITEMS.


P.S Good Weaver guide :) ---> http://www.dotafire.com/dota-2/guide/the-cockroach-you-just-cant-stamp-out-a-complete-manual-to-weaver-updated-2423

Who is your best hero?
Right now its Alchemist

Why are they your best hero?
I really enjoy the versatility that Alchemist is able to take advantage of, because of his significant gpm.

What do you do differently then normal people to make them your best hero?
Well I try to mix things up, if I want damage I usually get a quick Mjollnir then (if I'm doing well I try to get an Abyssal Blade)

my best hero is gyrocopter...he is very versatile, you can build him as support,pusher,ganker or either as semi carry.. for ganker or semi carry role get a bottle and mid lane,you're rune *****.. for a support build go for a soul ring and spam your homing missile

I still have yet to play every hero in a real game yet. One of these days...

But of the few I have experienced, I'd have to put Viper, Doom, Jakiro, and Rubik pretty high up on the list. I don't think I have a really unique way of playing any of these Heroes. After all, they're pretty straight forward. What I feel does make me good at these Heroes is my experience with League. I don't want to get into a whole debate, but my point is that playing as most of the Champions has given me the ability to learn animations and range fairly quickly. After all, you can't hit with a spell if you don't know when and where it'll land.

If I can land one of my spells at the right time, thus stunning/slowing/instakilling the target(s) then I'm a very happy man.

I've also had plenty of time to learn what is expected of the different roles. Don't auto attack. Don't take last-hits from your Carry. Don't actively try to take kills from your carry (accidents happen, sure. Just don't make a habit of it). Don't ****-block your team *cough*Earthshaker*cough*

I've recently played a couple games as PA, and I can safely say she's one of my favorite carries, though Viper still comes out on top, in the end.

Night Stalker coming in the night and fastly kill then go back in the forest, just dude, a little bit common style, items alway the same to use definetly. Love Windrunner but alone you cant win and pretty so many times feeder in the match ruin the game. I like having always an escaping way, night and wind provide it, otherwise Force Staff or similar if hero suit this item

Who is your best hero?
Atm Clockwerk

Why are they your best hero?
I am very experienced at solo hard-laning in general (I almost always solo hardlane), and I know how to make a comeback when I'm behind, I'm also aware of how he works versus just about any hero in the game, I know when to pick him and I know who to focus at all times, I know his weaknesses and his strengths, I have played him a lot in dota1 (was still hard-laning then) so you could say I have a but-load of experience with him.


What do you do differently then normal people to make them your best hero?
I probably harass my enemies with the mana burn from cogs more often than most, I also abuse Power Cogs & his ult to frustrate and disrupt magic immune heroes during teamfights.
I'm also probably more eager to leave my Power Cogs in times of danger, rather than suiciding, like most clock players.
Thank god he's back in the game ( Force Staff not so powerful anymore), I mostly play him to have fun.
Get Aghanim's Scepter and just go nuts!!!

My best hero is Shadow Shaman. In general I do better when playing supports, but the reason I love SS more than others is his insane amount of disable as well as his pushing power. All around a great hero. I know most guides tend to recommend getting Ether Shock before Hex, but depending on the lane setup we've got I will often skill hex before shock, just for that extra disable power.

My favorite hero, though, is probably Luna. Her damage output is ridiculous once she starts taking levels in Moon Glaive around lvl 9 or 10, and her ability to push and mass-farm is insane. If I get a good AoE disabler on my team ( Magnus, Enigma, etc) it's basically gg. I think my favorite moment in Dota was when we were losing our match badly, they caught me out of position, our Enigma blinked in to save me with Black Hole and caught all five of them, I turned on Eclipse and a few auto-attacks, and then I wound up with a rampage. We won that game. :p