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Thorup

How many different heroes do you play?

I just wondered how many different heroes you play? Do you just spam the same hero(es) over and over again or are you more into diversity?

For example myself; I have over 900 games and the hero I played the most is only 30. Compared to my friend who has the same amount of games but almost 400 games combined on only Elder Titan and Weaver.

Not that I'm generally against playing the same hero over and over, just thinks it would become very boring after a short while.

So how do you play?

Posted Dec 9, 2014, 7:16 PM UTC

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ez-R-ez-Gaem•

i only play doom and axe cuz they are the best and manliest heroes

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agnaramOmnicient take you!•

You dare deny the manhood of Sven!?

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Vanto•

THE ROGUE KNIGHT BECKONS

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rky1https://dotabuff.com/players/51812716•

there is nothing manly about axe and doom. all their spells are cowardly and require zero bravery. completely disabling your enemies = no impressive

the only truly manly hero in the game is sniper

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bcraig10488•

I have to disagree here. Sniper falls over from a gentle summer breeze, hardly manly.

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Jalapen0s•

He shoots people and calls them wankers, cmon

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hwanlvYou Can't Run From Heaven•

i random

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ArkhekeFear the Titan•

Are you part of the dumb people who random 4 or 5th pick ?

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LOVEandKappaARTS-LORD•

If people pick 4 cores and ask for support, then sure.

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Its0nlyFuN•

Always random first, then see people not adapting to my random and picking pure shit. Also I hate those fuckers that won't give up there lane if the lineup needs them to.

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d0op•

played since DoTA allstar, All heroes skillfully

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TheGlassface•

Random every single time. The way of the warrior.

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Ignignot•

please tell me you at least random before your team picks their heroes

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TheGlassface•

If you're not randoming as soon as you see the button, you're not doing it right.

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SackMeat•

Damn Straight

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Ignignot•

ur good then :P

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bhanukiran444•

been playing from 2008 i play all the heroes.

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boxhitEverything is Situational•

Small pool. Weaver when I'm feeling lucky, Ogre when I'm feeling skillful, and Rubick when they pick invoker.

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Skip2MyL00•

so you play Rubick 70% of the time.

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Panhead360It was your own damn fault•

If i am trying to grind out some mmr I play around 5 heroes I know I am capable of winning with even if my team sucks ass, Ember, Tinker, Shadowfiend, Pugna, and Legion commander.

You will notice they are primarily mid heroes. I do not trust anybody in my lane to not fuck up last hits/creep equilibrium. I would rather win mid and pick up the slack and help out my struggling teammates.

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gasparrr•

at first impression, you seem like somebody who wouldnt be fun to play with.

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Panhead360It was your own damn fault•

I am a fucking blast to play with. Unless I'm grinding out mmr. then i just rinse through games trying to win.

Dont make me break out a fucking dagon rush tusk on ye.

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420BlazeItF4gg0t•

lol Pugna

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Panhead360It was your own damn fault•

Aghs>blink pugna is so fucking legit.

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MrVonBullshit•

It really isnt, what are you going to do? blink in and use your channeled spell while they just stun you and run away?

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Panhead360It was your own damn fault•

No actually what you do is target heroes that are by themselves like morons, you run up to them, decrep them, then ult. then you blink after them for some more damage and continue the ult. it works out just fine when you get aghs cause 0 cd.

When your ult sucks with damage you can use your ult for healing teammates by blinking into trees/cliffs and keeping them alive or damage enemies from a safer distance. you may not be able to kill an enemy before they kill you but if your whole team is there you become more effective.

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Skip2MyL00•

Usually i have a small pool of 10-15 heroes and I change it every 2-3 weeks.

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MoikeeKABOOOM!•

Who's your favourite (or top 3) and why? I'm trying to find some new heroes to play that I think I'll like. I quite like ganking heroes so I just tried Nyx and really enjoyed it.

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Skip2MyL00•

I don't really have a favourite hero, but my top 3 most successful/played is Slark/Bristleback/Naix, hard to kill heroes that allow me to go aggressive. Nyx is a good one, I used to play him a lot a few months ago then I switched to Earth Spirit (he's not THAT hard to play decently) and Clock for my offlane picks.

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MoikeeKABOOOM!•

Yeah I've not even tried Earth spirit yet but he seems fairly complex.

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soma81•

Random first 10 seconds and do my best to learn every hero to a competent level.

I just dont understand how some people can play the same hero more than 2-3 times in a row (Except for some more advanced ones like Meepo/Invoker/Tinker). There are over 100 heroes, to only use 2-3 seems like a complete waste.

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MrGestore•

I go on phases, sometimes I like better a hero or a role and play that, then I change preference and play other heroes. For example in ~3k games my most played hero is Sand King with only a 104 games played

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phoenystp•

Clinkz, Beastmaster, Brood, Timber, Bristle, nyx and Tidehunter ofc

Sometimes offlane/support drow and offlane treant

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MoikeeKABOOOM!•

Seriously, how do you play Bristle? I've tried a few times but I struggle to get stacks of Quill and not sure how his Ulti is best used.

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phoenystp•

Well... I always try to go solo in the offlane... So i get levels faster than them... Get basi for regen... Only use quills to lasthit... When you hit an enemy its good, when not its not that bad but that doenst mean you should not try... But dont use quills to harras... Bristle does not have that much mana...

For starting items get: tango, ring of protection, clarity, salve, Branches.. Leave 1 slot empty... If they are rightclicking you get stoutshied before sages mask...

As soon you get a manapool you can keep spamming quills, before fights and pushes, every 4 secs to get warpath charges.. Keep spaming those quills until you are back in safety

You only can get 3 warpath charges from quills for 1 sec... To get more (max.5) you need to goo enemys... Warpath gives you up to 150 dmg and movespeed... Use it...

You always have keep in mind... If you go solo offlane your goal is to get lvls... If you want farm you should have gone safe...

But if you go dual offlane harras the enemy out of lane... Punish him for even thinking about lasthits

And always block the pullcamp... Even if you have to purchase the wards yourself

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MoikeeKABOOOM!•

Really appreciate the response! I'll definitely try this and see how I get on :)

What sort of role does he have late game? I guess he'll be very tanky so can soak a lot of damage.

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phoenystp•

Late you should have tons of armor + heart ...

tank everything ... Bristle should be at the front lines and tank every hitponit he can tank so your carrys dont have to... when you see a nuke incomming turn your back to them ...

If you die before they are dieing get blademail .. it should fix that for you ...

in teamfights spam everything you have ... quills do a massive ammount of damage ... up to 400 dmg each ... but you need to tank (( (400-80) / 30 ) *250) = 2750 dmg to reach that cap ... if you keep spaming W you need only tank 2000 dmg to reach the cap...

Only dmg you took with the back (not the sides) (if the back is 6 oclock and the front is 12, the back is from 5 to 7) get counted for bristleback (E)...

Btw ... dont get lvl 4 goo (Q) the slow is not worth the skillpoint ... skill lvl 4 goo at lvl 25

Late items i go for are: treads, Heart, shiva, vlads, bkb, radiance, blademail, but that always depends on the game

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6camelsandahorse•

i used to random every game for like 1500 games then i realised i was godawful at every hero so i started focusing on mastering a couple of heroes i liked at a time then moving on when i got bored

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AlienManaBananaALL DED BibleThump•

In ranked i play about 4 and over all i play about 10-15 consistently every week. http://www.dotabuff.com/players/79922175

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MikeyhRS•

Mainly supports/utility heroes.

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bramper•

i have played about 230 games. i started playing 2.25 years ago and picked Sven each game to figure shit out. DotA 2 is my first MOBA and getting into the game was pretty complicated for me.

now i queue solo for un-ranked in: all pick, captains mode, captains draft, single draft, random draft, and all random. if it's all pick i either pick random or choose the hero in my hero challenge. in CM, CD, SD, and RD, i try to pick heroes which go well with team composition and which i feel more comfortable with.

i've only played 16 ranked games and think my MMR is something like 2400. dotabuff: http://www.dotabuff.com/players/958803

i feel i'm pretty sub par overall, but this may be because i'm generally out of the comfort zone playing a new hero. this probably contributes to my below average win rate.

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4o4Hellfire•

2.4k is above average with that many games.

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TyphoonBlueSpectre is mai spookfu.•

I did the all hero challenge and after that, I decided it was a good idea to consolidate my hero pool and focus on a small group of 20. These 20 heroes are strictly placed in roles and lanes to prevent overlap or difference in strategies (i.e. Mirana is only a roaming support and not an offlane/safelane carry). I couldn't be happier. Life is so simple.

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Roxas146The secret is out!•

I only play 20 heroes basically

Bat, TA, Timber, Clock, Invoker, Furion, ehhhhhh I forget the rest.

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420BlazeItF4gg0t•

Necrophos/Vengeful 24/7

No tears, only swaps.

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MistahMoose•

I random a lot, but my MMR with any hero is pretty easy. I'll support or carry depending on the random

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