You know your in scrub tier when...

No Maelstrom but here's a niche item build xD

When Gyrocoptergoes for a maxed out Dagon before even getting Boots of Speed and blames me for costing us the game (Oblivous to the fact that I was our team's only support hero)

You know you are in scrub tier when,

Sniper doesn't buy starting item and instead builds desolator as a first item, even before Boots of Speed. (This just happened the other day).

When you get Warlock, go mid to ward the runespot, and the mid hero leaves and never comes back.

When your teammate's first reaction to a Riki pick is "GG, WP, F****** Riki Noob."

I've been on the worst losing streak of my Dota 2 career, and I'm in a pretty deep trench, surrounded by garbage on all sides. I have a lot of great ones to share from this week alone:

-Lastpick Necrophos as hard support, then *****es at me (Viper) for buying Mekansm because "that's ******ed, I'm NECRO". I had it at like 8 minutes or something. Then at the end I was 12-2 and he said "GG, but Viper is still a ******"

-Bloodseekers casting their silence on Phantom Assassins, Alchemists, Anti-Mages, etc.

-Telling the team we need a hard carry only to have the last person pick Night Stalker.

-Any initiator not buying blink.

-Abaddon who doesn't cast a shield at any point during the Legion Commander's duel.

-Omniknights who only use their Q if they can get a kill or some lasthits with it.

-Carry Venomancer

-Kill sniping supports. I'm looking at you Shadow Shaman.

-Jakiros who max Ice Path first.

-Faceless Voids who max their passives before taking any points in Timewalk.

-Solo offlane Windrangers who take Powershot first then give up first blood.

-Being the only person who buys a TP scroll the whole game.

thats actually a solid thing to do in a aggro tri.

defensive, not so much... but aggro always skill it first.

Actually, silencing them can be a good thing in certain situations. Stops AM blinks Pa daggers and Alch chemical rages. It's all about situation.

Also, buying gem in certain situations can make the game a whole lot easier for you. Nothing like pwning Rikis and Shadow Blade Snipers cause they rely so heavily on being invisible.

I'd argue that maxing one level is enough.

SS ks-er checking in. Greedy supports will very often make better better use of that gold in early game than a carry, for whom it's just another creepwave.



Huge AOE 2.2 second stun is bad? If you're playing as a #5 you don't have mana for dual breath and it's rarely worth it to max liquid fire first.

I wouldn't say it's bad for Supports to take Kills, they need that Gold more than Cores do.

@Always skill first not max it.