Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Eternal Envy PA set Highpoly

I managed to finish up the highpoly for Eternal Envy's PA set today. Making the low polies will be a fun challenge. I should be back to streaming it this we...

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Team Theme: Argh! Kill it!

This Dota 2 Team Theme focuses on heroes that spawn things that the enemy needs to deal with quickly.  Not killing them results in a bad situation for the enemy.  This team idea asks:  "what if the enemy was forced to choose between them, while getting hurt by the ones they were forced to ignore?"Heroes with Dangerous SpawnsPugna (Nether Ward)Undying (Tombstone)Phoenix (Supernova egg)Shadow Shaman (Serpent wards)Warlock (Infernal)Juggernaut (Healing Ward)Honourable Mentions: Tusk (Sigil) Heroes with Channeled AOE Ultimates:Witch...

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Gold-Efficient Items Greater than Their Parts

Many items have patterns that "create" the bonus feature of the item.  However, others are made up of individual components, and may have an effect greater than the sum of their parts.Efficient Dota 2 items:Boots:  Tranquil, Power Treads, ArcanesI won't get into these, but know that upgrading boots is always efficient.Oblivion Staff:Components:  Robe of Magi, Quarterstaff, Sage's MaskComponent total:  +6 Int, +50% mana regen, +10 Attack speed, +10 damageAssembled total:  +6 Int, +75% mana regen, +10 attack speed, +15 damageNet...

Monday, March 9, 2015

Dota 2 Patch Notes 6.83 - commentary

See the Dota2 Patch notes from 6.83.Significant hero changes this patch:Chen - further buffs to abilities and Ancient golemDisruptor - decreased cooldowns and mana costsGyrocopter - larger ult area, changes to Homing MissileLina - several decent damage buffsSniper - giant buff to ShrapnelHeroes that should see MORE play due to small changes:Chaos Knight (Rift buff)Crystal Maiden (Frostbite, Ult both buffed)Juggernaut (base Ag+, crit buff)Lion (+7 base dmg)Nightstalker (various small buffs)Shadowfiend (Raze dmg buff)Heroes that will see LESS play...