What is the build this patch? Most guides say kaya blink aghs and shard as core to get in that very order? Butthe progression feels slow and farming aghs at that point of time makes your impact in teamfights underwhelming for how far ahead tinker usually is at min 11 with kaya and blink. Do tell me if I am missing something!

Trying to learn Enchantress as a pos 5 for when Bane is banned. When should I (in solo pubs) go for the Impetus spam ability build? I understand most of the time the Enchant maxing is more impactful and nets more EXP, but I feel like against double melee it's warranted to go for 1 or 2 levels of Impetus.

Also, what does Enchantress really bring in a game? Is it a waste of the hero's potential to try babysitting for a potent late game pos 1? I feel like pros play their pos 5 Ench usually far from their lane, TPing to help in case of a gank, but that may anger Ancient pos 1 players.

I'm 4k MMR and spamming nyx to mixed success. It feels like 80% of the game depends on the enemy draft, especially if the enemy team has bounty hunter + tanks then I find winning basically impossible. And can't really counter pick since I usually pick first.

What do you build on this hero? I see such a wide variety of builds on dotabuff, and I'm not sure in which scenario we want which build

- rush shard asap or don't get it at all?

- rush phylctery? Has good Regen but seems to fall off fast

- how to deal with early game shitty Laning phase if pos5 can prevent you from cutting wave (i.e. dazzle, bh, bane)?

-when to get agha vs blink vs euls?

- is meteor hammer viable? Why does nobody pick it? It lets nyx insta clear waves, push towers and chain stun enemies. Also provides amazing stats, spell amp, Mana regen and is fairly cheap. Maybe more of a pick for nyx mid?

- do you usually get Greedy neutral enhancement?

Reposting here because I’m looking for a more technical explanation of how hidden MMR / calibration behaves on old accounts.

My account is from 2012 with almost 7,000 hours. My ranked confidence is very low, yet ranked matchmaking still often falls back to Guardian/Crusader-heavy games.

At the same time, my normal unranked matchmaking has moved much higher. I mostly solo queue there and repeatedly see Ancient, Divine and occasionally Immortal players, while still performing competitively.

I’ve also tried recalibration/MMR reset before and it did not seem to genuinely reset the underlying estimate.

Has anyone tested this on an old account or seen a large ranked/unranked matchmaking gap eventually correct itself?

Looking for a sylvan vedette of crimson witness.

Its not about dota players. Its about humans. Being able to keep your attention on two things at once without losing concentration on one or the other, is called multitasking. The reason its known as multitasking and not just "not retarded" is because it really is a learned skill that some people just cannot reach.

Unfortunately in dota, the amount of information gained from the map is insanely high. Like almost more than the rest of the screen including other UI and the actual game.

Valve has tried to introduce an optional full screen overlay map. This did not catch on I think. Ive never seen anyone talk about it or use it on stream.

My solution: Create center screen UI elements that rely on available information the map has.

Here are some examples:

1. A sort of bobble head that appears near the center of the player pointing in the direction visible enemies on the map. Getting smaller and larger with distance. E.G. Terraria boss cursor
2. A lingering ghost of wards that were visible before going into fog of war. (much like trees, can remain even if it times out or is denied. Just a last known position)
3. An alert that triggers when a smoke of deceit is visibly used on your map
4. A visibly growing red screen edge effect when a large group of enemy heroes are converging on your location. This one is really pushing it, but I think when the map shows a group of 3 or more heroes moving towards you, you are basically dead and throwing by not noticing. This needs to be solved for the lesser humans.

Yatoro showing once again why he's considered one of the greatest carries in Dota 2. His Lone Druid mechanics and teamfight execution in this game were crazy.

What do you guys think — is Yatoro the GOAT carry?

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt2tAe-kJz4