Quick thought - Idea's for Aghanims, for heroes that don't have one.
Clearly some heroes will be useless with it - ie cent and traxex But who do you think would benefit from having an aganims upgrade?

Here's a quick example of what I mean -

Anti-Mage - my idea here would be to burn mana equal to damage dealt also in AOE. ie// if you did 600 dmg you would burn 600 mana from target, and anyone caught in the AOE - and reduce mana cost of cast.

Bat Rider - decrease CD? to 20 seconds or 15, with extra half second or second on lasso?

Bloodseeker - increase cast range, increase duration to 10 seconds, auto 'ON' for blood lust during the 10 seconds, MAYBE decrease cd slightly, but anything less than 45 seconds would be OP

Bristleback - pointless, can't really justify it, without being op - 1 extra stack longer duration?, but then it's not worth buying an aganims

Chaos Knight - +1 illusion (now 4) decrease cd to 100 seconds

ETC? Anyone have good idea's for the remaining heroes without ag…
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A quick blog on hero skills, and Item skill idea's?
You can post a particular hero, and change an existing skill - or just generally new skills/items.

Some existing idea's I have -

A passive hero skill similar to bash - but instead of bashing it will silence an enemy hero.
Hero would need to be melee (probably a carry)
level 1/2/3/4
10%/15%/20%/25% chance

Silence last 3 seconds, skill cd 5 seconds.

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Quater Staff upgrade. Afterall it is called a Quarter (1/4) staff?
4x quarter staffs, creates one staff. (total cost: 3600)
+40 dmg
+40 AS
Active - cast on self or allies to increase MS by 25% and AS by 50% for 5 seconds. CD 20 seconds. It CAN be purged. - I can see lots of uses for this item, especially ranged heroes.

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I've noted a LACK of agi based, mid price ranged items - Yasha, well and truey seems to be the only thing around the 2k mark. Everything else is low or high (diffusal, eaglesong etc)
This needs an update, a new agi-carry based item would be good.

Idea's welcome!
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Hi All,

I've had a few thoughts about the International - and some of the common issues was the 'repetitive use of heroes' at least 3, maybe 4 - sometimes 5 heroes, were re-used in the same lineup against the same team, throughout the tournement.
I'm not complaining AT ALL - I love a good competitive game, that's the beauty of Dota - same team, same heroes, different game every time..

However, some heroes saw 1 use, or 0 uses throughout the whole tournement. surprisingly Ogre Magi being one of them. Here are a list of heroes, that saw less than 3 games in the whole of the international - apart from the obvious, any thoughts as to why!?!?!

Ogre Magi - 0 games! wow.. becuase he's melee support perhaps?
Sven - 0 games, same issue, and he has a terrible win rate in the competitive scene.
Alchemist - 1 game, and lost - obv, he's ****
Axe - 1 game, 1 ban - surprisingly little use for Axe - I was expecting more - not sure why?
Bane - Shadow Demon Disruptor are better supports to do…
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Hi all,

I thought it would be a good idea to get a post running on the best heroes for Diretide. Clearly an aggresive faster game, where farming a lane is essentially pointless and forcing clashes around candies is the aim. As you get exp and money (for the whole team) with these fights.

So who are the best heroes? Please post your thoughts, and why below - particularly for those who haven't played it yet!!

so far high mobility is a must have - Nature's Prophet Io Tinker Batrider are all very good options for a quick smash and grab, and get back to base. blinkers as well, such as am and qop. invisibility is an advantage for the same reason, while getting lost during the fighting (the candy stashes have truesight for those who don't know.)
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