5 Man Pushing

Since the debut of LGD.Int, there has been a lot of focus on 5 man pushing strategies. Earlier today in G-league, LGD.Int would pick the Luna but ban Beastmaster.

Am I wrong in thinking these two have incredible synergy in a pushing strategy? Beastmaster in the offlane, Luna in the safelane, group up at 15 minutes with both auras maxed. An extra 40 attack speed plus 38 bonus damage seems bonkers.

Which game was this, was it vs DK?

On to the point, yes they have good synergy but they're most likely following a strategy and BM probably would of been a bad pick for them and a good counter to their strategy. I'll watch the game in a bit

They nerfed Shadow Shaman. He use to be a good pucher but he lacks in pushing power now :(

I hate "5 man dota".

It's a really lame strategy and it's not fun to play. Now everyone in pubs does it.

I love 5 man dota. It is a lot of fun!

With the right anti-push heroes it is containable, although for the pro's there aren't enough of them to avoid bans. My personal dislike is really drawn out farming games with 1 team fight that decides the whole thing (and you prob coulda predicted who'd win from the picks alone) - variety is the spice and all that.