Suggested Items Are Brainwashing People!

I think this item suggestion thing is for beginners only. Experienced dota players choose items that best to counter the enemy heroes. Choosing wise items in late games is crucial every team fight it could turn the tide of battle. bobcat colombia

the bad thing about suggested items are they're not situational.

I am quite good with DotA. Then when I play DotA 2, the suggestion item help me to improve my self to the next level.

i buy drums on every hero............

It's not really brainwashing people, it's just giving new players a set of items that is decent on that hero for them to start off with. Later they will learn all the complexities and can experiment with their own builds.

I'm glad Valve added the Suggested Items bit, tho. Dota 2 would be too uninviting to new players without it.

There are definite limitations with suggested items (and a few rogue entries), but yeah for new players it's better they have the "default" cookie-cutter builds suggested than nothing. As they play more they'll understand when to build other stuff. To start with the number of items is overwhelming!

One that irks me the most is headdress as a starting item on LD and Battlefury as core for Bounty Hunter. Also I think aura items like Assault Cuirass and Vladmir's Offering should be placed in the situational category. Once was in a team with Ursa, Lycan, & LD and they all went for Vladmir's Offering as their first item even after I explained that the auras don't stack.

I'd say if you are new (like me), you should be looking up guides for the character you want to play anyway instead of just buying the suggested items. Seems obvious, to me at least. Though in my first match I did just buy the suggested items. (Ursa's seemed pretty solid) Then again, I had four of my mates with me who have been playing since forever, who just told me what to do. Of course, you could say just looking up builds for them limits your creativity. But once you've played a character a few times and tried numerous builds, you naturally just make a build that suits your play style and character.