http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1200378678

*******it.

Alright, so a few weeks ago there was the whole discussion about a fan-see newfangled meta for good ol' Anti-Mage, with Maelstrom instead of Battlefury. So I decided to start a blog on testing alternative metas for heroes.

Well those are the results.

Let me give you a brief play by play.

Me and Dazzle (My friend) go safelane. And for whatever reason, DK went mid and OD and Bounty Hunter went offlane.

Me and Dazzle started out strong, he died once early to Broodmother and Nyx but eh. Once he bought wards it was no longer a problem.

I was doing my job, farming, staying out of fights as Anti-Mage.

I got a 13 minute Maelstrom, and a 16 minute Vlad's. So clearly, the Maelstrom sped the farm up quite a bit. It wasn't the same as a Battlefury, but the effect was much earlier than if I had bought Battlefury, which probably would have ended up a 20 minute buy. Mjolnir with Vlad's felt about the same though.

The real issue was Kunk…
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Hey everybody.

Whew it's been several months since I last posted here. I don't know, I guess I just drifted away from the community. I have been lurking a bit, trying to soak up as much knowledge as I can on DotA.

My dotobuff

Whew I have come a looooooooong *** way from a 35% winrate.



Then again maybe not so long since I've only got ~400 games played.

This isn't too much of a NYR thing, but then again maybe it is. The goal is to just climb and climb MMR until I'm as high up as I can possibly be, bearing my constraints in mind.

This has been a year of discovery for me. Lots of **** IRL. A weight gain of 30 pounds.

I've also come to terms with just how ****ing terrible at DotA I am, but I think I've made some progress there as well.

To do list:
1. High Skill Bracket on dotabuff
2. Begin solo ranked to determine exact MMR
3. 5,000 MMR
4. 10,000 MMR

So far I've just been trying to get better at a few heroes I really enjoy, but most often I've ended up picking support after 4 tea…
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