Pick School Game 1: Conclusion

The night has arrived, music is faintly playing in the background and my laptop is as annoying as usual... I've just been playing two Ardm games in Pride.dota! The first game was really entertaining with a lot of random stabs, fights and kills. My omni swept down anyone who challenged him with his satanic + cuirass nothing could stop him!!! The second game was booring -.- so nothing to add there :D Won both though!

Allright, you have had your say! Eight heroes banned, ten heroes picked and a lineup that would somewhat cry out cookiecutter in our faces. But this is a good match to start with, and I will give you all my view of how the game may have been played. But first I'll summerise the picks!

Sentinel: fnatic

Bans: Tauren chieftain, rhasta, Dark Seer, Clockwerk goblin


Picks: Bane, Potm, Sand King, Shadow Priest, Slardar


Scourge: Aeon


Bans: Morphling, Batrider, Enchantress. Undying

Picks: Abbadon, Viper, Kunka, Lion, Tide

I'm believe that the strat you picked for fnatic was strat that is really strong in the hands of those players ^^ This is the kind of lineup we could play vs any team and any strat and still be able to win. Every single player has hero that they can play to its fullest and the lanephase will go well. By sending potm SK top we can be sure that all lanes will be able to handle on their own. I believe the best way for both teams to lane would be:

Top: SK, Potm vs Viper, Abbadon

This is a really even lane tbh, and even if people tend to think that abbadon + orb > all it is easy to underestimate the dual stun power of SK and Potm. Both also have great ways of escaping, but I believe that both sent and scourge will exchange about the same amount of kills and deaths while Viper is the one with the most cs.

Mid: Bane vs kunka

This should be an easy win for Bane imo, if a solo bane knows what he's doing there are not many heroes that would stand a chance here. Possibly the kunka will survive on the lane but he should be underfarmed if the Bane stays on lane.

Bot: SP, Slardar vs Lion, Tide.

This is prolly the lane that could look the most even, but I would much rather play the Slardar, SP lane than scourges Tide, lion. But since Aeon usually play really aggressive they could prolly be able to grab a few kills on this lane, but they wouldn't come out without losses.

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Even if it may sound that I find fnatics lineup to be much better, this is due to the fact that the heroes suit the team and It's not often Aeon plays a game as their lineup would make them do. Even if they are good at executing these strats they would loose a lot being kept into playing in one way. Their strat is stronger if consider hero vs hero and in 5on5 aswell. But I just believe that if Slardar get bkb and SK gets dagger its not much that will stop this gang combo, but I'm not really a fair judge :D It would be a game around 45 min long where it would be really tight all the time up until around 35 where we would fight with a Aegis on slardar, push and win!

What I would to see more of, is if you guys could pick something innovative, like a push strat etc, even if you don't know eachother! If the bans are just right, you could pick much much more than what people tend to do. For a team with less individual skill you should actually concentrate on these a bit different strats that you execute perfectly. This has been a reoccuring thing in the DotA scene, where a team wins a whole tournament, much cause of the strenght of the strat and playstyle. It's very important to pick the right hero for the right person etc!

Secret tip of the day is to farm the lanes in swift manner, but still concentrate on landing almost all the creeps. This is the easiest with heroes like SF, Potm, Qop etc. Get all creeps down low enough so they will die from a juke and then push the lane. This is mostly used in mid-game where the outer towers have fallen, but it's mostly better to just push out and then move around the map, than getting stuck on your lane lasthitting every single creep!

now come with thoughts on my view of the game etc

Cheers