May 28, 2014

The pro pub player (2)

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Soon after the Riki incident, I reached the point in pubs where nobody plays the stupid invisible goat anymore. That has nothing to do with my story today, but I felt like mentioning it.


The Mirana
This one happened just today. Recently I had been using the community market in order to get items. Mostly for Omniknight and Invoker, so I decided to pick the former for this game.

This is how my team composition looked:
    -
Mirana
- Omniknight
- Phantom Assassin
- Spirit Breaker
- Puck


And this is how the enemy team looked:
    -
Viper
- Huskar
- Jakiro
- Legion Commander
- Vengeful Spirit


As you can probably guess, I wanted Omniknight In order to counter their three carries. The plan I had in my head was this: (Keep in mind I was on the Radiant team) Mirana and Spirit Breaker top, Puck mid. That would leave me and Phantom Assassin bottom.

As with the Riki tale, there were signs which showed me my game was going to go south quickly. The first of these was the Mirana's name.…
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