Danidem's Icy morphling set texture pass.

Started this set a few days ago with an amazing concept from Danidem!
Already finished the textures just gotta do the technical stuff like skinning and lods :)

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Hero Abbreviations

Dota 2 Hero Abbreviations

Abaddon
Alch = Alchemist
AA = Ancient Apparition
AM = Anti-Mage
Axe
Bane
Bat = Batrider
BM = Beastmaster
BS = Bloodseeker
BH = Bounty Hunter
Brew = Brewmaster
Bristle or BB = Bristleback
Brood = Broodmother
Centaur = Centaur Warrunner
CK = Chaos Knight
Chen
Clinkz
Clock = Clockwerk
CM = Crystal Maiden
DS = Dark Seer
Dazzle
DP = Death Prophet
Disruptor
Doom
DK = Dragon Knight
Drow = Drow Ranger
ES = Earthshaker
Earth Spirit
ET or Elder = Elder Titan
EM or Ember = Ember Spirit
Enchantress
Enigma
FV or Faceless or Void = Faceless Void
Gandalf = Keeper of the Light
Gyro = Gyrocopter
Huskar
Invoker
Io = Wisp
Jak = Jakiro
Jugg = Juggernaut
KotL or Keeper = Keeper of the Light
Kunkka
LC = Legion Commander
Lesh = Leshrac
Lich
Naix = Lifestealer
Lina
Lion
LD = Lone Druid
Syllabear = Lone Druid
Luna
Lyncan = Lyncanthrope
Mag = Magnus
Medusa
Meepo
Mirana
Morph = Morphling
Naga = Naga Siren
NP = Nature's Prophet
Necro = Necrophos (formerly Necrolyte)
NS = Night Stalker
Nyx or NA = Nyx Assassin
OM or Ogre = Ogre Magi
Omni = Omniknight
OD = Outworld Devourer/Destroyer
PA = Phantom Assassin
PL = Phantom Lancer (also "Cancer Lancer")
Phoenix
Puck
Pudge
Pugna
QoP = Queen of Pain
Razor
Riki
Rubick
SK = Sand King
SD = Shadow Demon
SF = Shadow Fiend
SS = Shadow Shaman (or Storm Spirit)
Silencer
SM = Skywrath Mage
Slardar
Slark
Sniper
Spectre
SB = Spirit Breaker
Storm or SS = Storm Spirit
Sven
TA = Templar Assassin
TB = Terrorblade
Tide = Tidehunter
Timber = Timbersaw
Tinker
Treant = Treant Protector
Troll = Troll Warlord
Tusk
Undying
Ursa
VS or Venge = Vengeful Spirit
Veno = Venomancer
Viper
Visage
Warlock
Weaver
WR = Windranger (formerly Windrunner)
WD = Witch Doctor
WK = Wraith King (formerly Skeleton King, or Skellie)
Zeus (also known as Merlin)

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Flowchart: Hero Selection

This needs to be put in a flowchart, but it's a work-in-progress for now.

Dota 2 Flow Chart for Hero Selection:

Choose your strat:

1. Pushing (see pushing heroes to pick & anti-push heroes to ban)
   1. Choose pushing-supports as your first picks. Try to select heroes with good teamfight to obscure your choice of strategy, and to be able to win fights when you group up to push.
   2. Choose a semi-carry or early-effect carry who can push (Luna, CK, Gyro, Tiny, DK, Juggernaut, etc).
   3. Choose a mid with push (Tinker, QoP, Puck, Zeus, etc.)
   4. Know that you need to end the game early (before 30 mins if possible).
2. Teamfight (choose most flexible heroes first, then mid, then carry last)
3. Gank & Snowball
   1. No more than 1 invis hero (too easy to counter whole team if > 1)
   2. Mid should be ganker hero who can farm enemies at L6, and dominate mid.
   3. Consider aggressive tri-lane to shut down enemy carry
   4. Supports should have nukes/disables and some push to take towers after successful ganks.
   5. Good idea to ban the type of heroes that could counter-gank (Wisp, KotL, NP) or counter-push (KotL, Dazzle, Lina, Tinker)
4. Split Push / Global Strat (see mobile heroes and split-push heroes – ban gankers & supports with teleports such as Wisp, KotL, etc). First-pick NP if possible.

If at least 1 true support on our team take Lion (Tranq boots, Wand, Soul Ring, Eul’s)

If no supports, or only semi-supports Lich (try for Force Staff) or Shadow Shaman (Regen, Eul’s)

If no carry -> melee carry -> Lifestealer, Chaos Knight, Sven, Dragon Knight, Alchemist

If need jungler -> Lifestealer or Ursa, Enigma, Legion Commander

If need ranged carry -> Drow Ranger, Luna, Shadowfiend, Viper, Gyro, Medusa

If need ganker -> Nyx Assassin, QoP, Slardar, Storm Spirit, etc.

If need support pusher -> Shadow Shaman, KotL, Leshrac, Lina, Veno

If need split pusher -> Nature’s Prophet, Tinker, Lycan

Paired with gank-style carry:  Shadow Shaman, Keeper, Lion, Leshrac, Shadow Demon, Veno

Paired with weak melee carry:  Lich, Crystal Maiden, Lion

Support - If lots of melee on team -> Vengeful spirit, Beastmaster, Dazzle

Lots of mana-dependent enemies, with big ultimates -> Silencer, Nyx

Need to counter a melee carry -> Lifestealer, Viper, Ursa, Razor

Need AOE damage -> Earthshaker, Sand King, Venomancer, Gyrocopter, Ancient Apparition, Obsidian Destroyer (Int based), Tidehunter, Warlock

Need AOE disable/positioning -> Naga, Enigma, Magnus, Dark Seer, Clockwerk (cogs),Wyvern, Earthshaker.

Match an enemy hard carry -> Faceless Void, Phantom Assassin, Alchemist, Anti-mage, Sven

If your Hard Carry = Chaos Knight, Skeleton King or Tiny, then good pick = Wisp, Shadow Shaman, Lich, Dazzle

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How to Choose Supports

Dota 2:  How to Choose Supports:

This article is from another place on the web, which I copied, corrected for spelling/grammar, and pasted here for my own use.  I have since lost the original link, but until I find that again, know that it's not my work.

When to Choose Supports:

Supports can be categorized by their purpose and function:

Setup stun/slow/disable supports:
Force enemy to stay aware all the time and one second outposition is a kill. Also good roamers.
Shadow shaman, Shadow Demon, Venomancer, Rubick, Ogre magi, Lion, Lina, Bane, Sandking, even Sven (or Wraith King).

Good lane presence:
Stays in lane and protect carries by harassing and distracting opponents. Also very good duos with first group of heroes.
Windranger (WR), Lion, Lina, Shadow Demon(SD), Ancient Apparition(AA), Leshrac, Dazzle, Witch Doctor(WD), Jakiro, Crystal Maiden (CM)

Utility supports:
Generally picked for ultimates, team fight presence and mid-late game potential. Most of the time weak lane support.
Nyx, Io (Wisp), Tidehunter, Keeper of the Light (KotL), Distruptor, Sand King

Also you can pick by supports for specific purposes, such as stopping a late game monster (i.e. drafting Bane or Shadow Demon to counter Lifestealer (Naix)) or drafting a dual-roaming pair to pressure your opponents early on and/or to push (Leshrac and Venge, for example).

Highlights of Support Heroes

Disruptor: when the other team really wants to team fight
Jakiro: when my team needs a lot of early pressure and I can leave my carry alone bottom for a while
KotL: when I want the game to go as long as possible and keep lanes pushed
Rubick: lots of stealable spells and again I want that early pressure(his tele is amazing for early ganks with 3 heros)
Warlock: when my carry needs a bit of babysitting and I really want to drive the opposing heros out of the lane
Shadow Demon:Incredible setup for a carry who is decent in the early game and you want to give him some kills
Undying: when the other team is really going to try to pressure my carry with lots of heros (tombstone is the best!)
Bat Rider:Underrated support because people always think you have to have blink and force on him, but he is really fantastic even before he hits 6 by slowing heros and being able to jungle crazy fast

Silenceris a great support too. Best choice against void/magnus/enigma/sandking (large ultimates that are usually combo'ed with other big abilities, a.k.a. the "wombo combo")

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Team Idea: Drafting Around Faceless Void

This team idea focuses on choosing Faceless Void as your carry, and maximizes the damage that can be inflicted inside of Chronosphere.

Faceless-centric line-ups:

Dual Lanes:
Veno+Drow, Face+Venge, Lesh mid (or Drow mid)
Tri-Lane Team:
Face+Veng+Lesh trilane
Veno solo offlane
Drow mid

Tri-Lane team #2:

DarkSeer offlane, 
Shadow Fiend mid, 
Face+Lesh+Veng trilane 
Combo:  Vacuum into Chrono/Lesh/SF ults, with Venge armor reduction for Face

Advantages:

+ Can get kills in trilane (Missle+Split+autoattacks w/Venge armor reduction)

+Venge can go gank mid to get advantage

+SF strong mid in pubs if not denied heavily

+DS very safe offlane w/ion shell spam (get Clarities)

+Lots of push

FacelessVoid trilane with 2 supports from this list:

WITCH DOCTOR (position 4 or 5)
CRYSTAL MAIDEN (4, pulls, phase boots + shadowblade),  
LICH (5, stays lane, Mek),
SHADOW SHAMAN (position 4)
SKYWRATH MAGE (position 4 or 5)

Offlane:  Jakiro (Position 3, Arcane Boots, Force Staff, Veil/Pipe)
Mid:  Magnus (Position 2, Boots, Wand, Upgraded Boots, Blink Dagger, Drums, BKB)

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Big List of Team Themes

Dota 2 Team Themes

Here's some ideas for "theme teams"; fun groupings of heroes for your amusement:

Fire

• Dragon Knight 
• Jakiro 
• Clinkz 
• Batrider 
• Lina

Mechanicals:

• Clockwerk 
• Tinker  
• Timbersaw  
• Gyro  
• Goblin
• Techies

ICE:

• Ancient Apparition
• Drow  
• Crystal Maiden
• Jakiro
• Lich  
• Tusk
• Winter Wyvern

 

Demon-like

• Doom 
• Shadow Fiend  
• Shadow Demon  
• Warlock?
• Lion  
• Clinkz

 

Dead things!

• Necrolyte
• Undying  
• Lifestealer  
• Bane  
• Death Prophet 
• Wraith King  (Skeleton King)
• Visage
•  Clinkz
• Pudge

Spiders, Crabs and Snakes

• Broodmother
• Nyx
•  Sand King  
• Venomancer
• Weaver
• Viper 

Mages, Priests and Shaman

• Keeper 
• Dazzle 
• Shadow Shaman
• Warlock?  
• Lich 
• Invoker
• Pugna
• Witch Doctor 
• Enchantress
•   Crystal Maiden 
•  Silencer  
• Skywrath 
•  Pugna 
•  Rubick 
•  Ogre Magi  
• Meepo

Rangers and Woodsy People:

• Drow 
• Windrunner
•  Enchantress
•  Beastmaster
•  Bristleback

Animals:

• Tusk 
• Tidehunter  
• Viper
•  Brewmaster  
• Magnus  
• Centaur  
• Ursa  
• Slark
• Slardar

 

Monsters:

• Medusa 
• Ogre magi  
• Outworld  
• Tiny  
• Tide  
• Bounty Hunter
• Troll Warlord
• Slardar

 

Rocks and Forest!

• Tiny
• Treant  
• Sand King  
• Nature's Prophet

Aliens!

• Slark  
• Puck  
• Leshrac  
• Dark Seer
• Earthshaker

Storms and Lightning

• Storm Spirit
• Zeus
• Tidehunter  
• Razor  
• Disruptor  

Water

• Kunkka 
• Morph  
• Tide  
• Slardar
• Slark

Spirits

• Spiritbreaker 
• Storm Spirit  
• Vengeful Spirit  
• Wisp / Io
• Spectre
• Earth Spirit
• Ember Spirit 

Knights & Warriors

• Omni 
• Chaos Knight  
• Troll Warlord  
• Centaur  
• Chen  
• Axe
• Sven
• Huskar

Assassins

RikiQoP Bounty Hunter Night Stalker PA Sniper TA
 

No Faces:

VoidEnigma Morph Spectre Wisp
 

Must fly (or float):

Lina OD Visage Batrider Bane Jakiro Lich Gyro Razor Death Prophet Skywrath Viper Wisp
 

Must have wings:

ODVisage Batrider Jakiro Night Stalker QoP? Doom Skywrath Viper
 

Must Ride:

BatriderChaos Knight Chen Alchemist Disruptor Keeper Mirana Luna
 

Must be COLOR:

PurpleRed Green Brown Blue, Must contain white
 

Humans Only!

PATA Windrunner Warlock Silencer Skywrath QoP Lone Druid? Mirana Invoker Keeper Kunkka Axe? Chen Crystal Lina Beastmaster
 

Must have a Charge / Leap Ability (could combine with or exclude Blink)

MagnusCentaur Morph Mirana Spirit Breaker Storm Spirit Tusk? Sand King Faceless Void Juggernaut (ult?)
 

Must have a speed ability:

Ogre Magi (Bloodlust?)Slardar Weaver Windrunner Sven Dark Seer Clinkz Nyx Nightstalker? Bounty Hunter (vs. Tracked Targets)
 

Must have Blink:

QoPPA Antimage Puck
 

Must throw a weapon as an ability (not base attack)

PAPudge QoP Troll warlord Timbersaw Silencer Beastmaster (Axes) Batrider Bounty Hunter Enchantress? Huskar? Drow?
 

Must throw an AOE weapon:

Batrider

Beastmaster Alchemist Brewmaster? Tiny?
 

Must have Illusions:

Naga

Chaos Knight PL Spectre Stormspirit? Shadow Demon Brewmaster?
 

Must summon Minions:

Enigma, NP Veno Meepo Broodmother, Chen Enchantress Beastmaster Lone Druid Lyncan SS Undying Visage Warlock Weaver/Tinker? 

Must Control or Eat Creeps: 
Chen, Enchantress Lich Doom Clinkz Broodmother Enigma
 

Must consume creeps:

Lich

Doom Clinkz Broodmother Enigma
 

Must shoot a gun or rocket or explosive:

SniperTinker Gyro Batrider Techies? Clockwerk
 

Must have a hard stun

Must have a disable (not stun, or including stun)

Must have a debuff

Must have a buff

Must have slowing

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Level 1 Roshan Line-Ups

Dota 2 - Early Roshan

This team liquid link to early Roshan is a great guide for non-obvious early Roshan drafting.

List of Level 1 Roshan Heroes:

NP (Treants)

Enigma (Plague wards or Treants into Eidolons?)

Beastmaster (attack speed aura)

Luna (fixed damage aura)

Wraith King (lifesteal aura)

Naga (Riptide armor reduction)

Venge (Wave armor reduction)

Alchemist (Acid spray armor reduction)

Lich (Frost Armor)

Centaur (return, tanky)

Ogre Magi (tanky, high armor, can remove Roshan Linkens)

Spiritbreaker (tanky, high hp & armor)
Nightstalker (tanky, high armor and base dmg)

Enchantress (Untouchable for tanking, Spirits for healing)

Viper (Tank w/Corrosive skin, or use Nethertoxin for extra dmg)

Treant (high base dmg, Living Armor)

Veno (plague wards)

Dark Seer (ion shell, tanky)

Leshrac (edict does extremely high amount of physical dmg level 1)

Templar Assassin (Refraction bonus dmg or tank 3 “free” hits)

Lifestealer (Feast does not work on Rosh)

Sample Teams:

#1: Luna (aura), Lich (ice armor), Ogre/NStalker (tank), DS (ion), Venge (wave)

Laned as: NStalker / Ogre mid, Luna+venge+lich Safelane, DS solo offlane

#2:  Axe (swipe), Fiend (aura), Beastmaster (aura), Enigma (Eidolons from treants), NP (treants)

Laned as:  Fiend Mid, Beastmaster / Axe / Enigma offlane (take tower), NP solo safe lane.

#3: Ursa + Lich + Skellie (vamp?) + Centaur (tank, return + ice armor) +

#4: Huskar (tank to low hp, then dps), Ogre (lust, tank), Leshrac (edict), Shadow Demon (dmg boost – make sure someone else hits him with a spell first!), Razor (ranged dps only)

Laned as: Razor mid, Huskar/Ogre/Lesh safe lane, SD offlane OR Huskar+Ogre & Lesh+SD offlane, Razor mid.
#5: Enigma, Veno, Luna, Centaur, Nightstalker

Notes:

• You want heroes that will take their “typical” laning abilities (i.e. failed Rosh won’t screw your laning).  For example, while SFiend with armor reduction aura sounds good, you NEED Necromastery for laning.  Failed Roshan = failed lane.
• You want 2 heroes who will tank – both will take Stout/Ring of Protection and 2xPotions each
• If you want to debuff Rosh, you need someone else to purge his Linken’s first with an active ability
• Armor reduction really, really helps (Venge / Naga / Alch )
• You want only 2 melee heroes, otherwise Roshan will use his AOE stomp, inflicting more damage, and stunning melee. 
• Ideally one hero should buy a Basilius for the armor aura.

Some other links:

DotaFire Guide to Early Roshan

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