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Hey all, I just recently got into Dota and I'm rather curious as to which heroes you think are good but not picked as often as they could/should be. I am trying to expand my repertoire of heroes that I can play well, so any recommendations would be cool.
The hero's that are extremely underrated are: Mirana,Beastmaster,Jakiro,Bristleback (somewhat),Disruptor, Goblin techies,Pugna, and pit lord.But that's entirely my opinion for I haven't seen them much in games of Dota 1 and 2.
To be honest, I think Mirana sucks monkey balls right now. Her base damage is incredibly low, and she can't light a candle to the carries picked today. Everything else is spot on, maybe except for that Techies.
Pugna has seen a LOT more play since Dragonus came out. And his win rate has shot up a couple percent. I've seen a Pugna go 30min refresher to use two Nether Wards, which basically zaps 3.5 health per 1 mana. Against a Shadow Shaman whose ultimate is 600 mana, 2100dmg instagib.
Hmm Mirana definitely has a place in a lot of line ups, she can solo, semi-carry and carry (to a point). Great range of skills, long stun, AOE nuke, escape and a great team fight/escape power. But yeah, her base damage is a bit poor, and she does need farm to be effective.
I haven't seen any Enigma from when I started playing dota, Chen is forgotten pick, Brewmaster players suck balls, no Lone Druid, Lycanthrope, Meepo (oh god), Treant Protector can easily win team fights, one of my favourite support/initiators, also people forgor about Visage and damage he can to during team fights. And worst support pick ever seen in pubs Io, generally feed machine.
"When game is going full ******, you can only go with it. If you start going against it, if you start going half ******, you´re ****ing done for. When Aloha decides to go middle rubick you let him, and you start buying orb of venom on invoker. That's how dota works" -n0tail
If you're looking to play a tanky support, I suggest Centaur Warrunner. I never seen him at all in pub matches unless someone randoms him or I play him myself. Really good hero, and not one to be underestimated. If you wanna use a ganker, Timbersaw is a fun one. His skills are very spammable and he has a a lot of mobility. You could try carrying with Lycan too. I have only seen him once in a pub match, and he can carry quite well. Meepo is quite a fun one to learn and play (even if you lose badly :3), so I suggest you try.
Don't forget to play more Weaver, though. It's good for you :D
Treant Protector's Living Armor is beast, he's definitely underplayed, just know that the lane he's in will have to be a passive one, beyond that, his other lanes can be so much more aggressive than usual
Outworld Devourer/Destroyer is personally my favorite. Not picked too often simply b/c he gets shutdown by magic immunity, and he's supposed to be a carry. Definitely not the greatest choice in competitive matches (unless you're one of the last players picking a hero and OD's a counter for someone) but he can actually do pretty well in pubs where teamwork/communication aren't as strong.
Thanks so much for all the response! I tried out a few of them, and they were pretty fun (mostly).
Jakiro was pretty chill (pun intended), his ice path is great and his ult is awesome. I will definitely play more of him.
I tried out Meepo... Emphasis on 'tried'. He's fun, but I just can't micro him well at all. Maybe someday I'll be good enough to play him.
Enigma... What do I even say about him? I mean, jeezes, black hole... He is a guy that I will be playing for sure.
My game with Wisp was... Interesting. I was with a bit of a noob team on the bot match, and our drow rushed a divine rapier. I picked it up because I was the only one near her when she died, and I ended up carrying the team. I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. :/ Anyway, Wisp was kind of weird. He's very support-focused, I might play him if I'm going for hard support and a bit of ganking with that TP of his.
Still to do: Treant Protector, Visage, Mirana, Outworld, Lycan, Chen
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