General DiscussionWho would YOU first pick?

I would mark mid on map, pick dazzle, rush bottle , treads, armlet => feed => play 16 games in LP => quit dota

i would first pick earth spirit, winter wyvern and bh while still being a safe pick.

es preemptively counters most heroes with his skillset, ez ganker and shit etc etc.

wyrm already is an annoying hero and counters shit with aoe stun bkb piercing and imba heal.

and bh preemptively counters any woodson heroes and is a good courier killer and mid ganker.

i could think of more mb but im too lazy

forgot to add = these heroes don't really get countered themselves cuz they don't take the 1 2 positions , mb bh countered by abbadon but thats about it imo

Venge or Wyvern.

but if you mean what i really do = if my team doesn't pick heroes ill just first pick any hero sometimes

those 3 i listed are like "for the win" picks

random/sb/bh/leshrac/rubick

i would actually say leshrac, but when someon1 fp lesh its insta antimage just waiting in trees to ulti your ass kappa

Probably Lifestealer, because even when he is easy to counter, I play well under pressure and I can just say fuck it and go offlane.

Shadow Fiend, because I'm really comfortable when playing him mid, 2 weeks ago I was spamming SF first picking hoping enemy team would counter pick me so I would have a hard time mid so I could learn from that and become better at the hero.

I have no idea, everything I pick these days gets countered. Pick bloodseekr they go all strength disabler team like sladar + spirit breaker + pudge + centuar and shit like that.

Maybe necro, his only super strong opposition is AA and people don't play him much. Wraith king is solid too but just asking for an enemy AM pick. Viper possibly, silencer is an annoying counter since he has no cast for curse, but you can just skill skin and eat his lunch. Nothing really counters viper, he counters a lot of picks, but he's not that great of a hero. Outside of his lane dominance he contributes little.

I have never played storm spirit but he is solid. The heroes who counter him can be dealt with, like if enemy team loads up on sky and silecner you just get bloodseeker and spirit breaker on your team and go to town.

Gyro maybe. Good carry without as many hard counters as other squishy carries like sniper.

zeusss
can play pos 2/3/4 and overall broken hero

Zues and Shadow fiend are like the best mids to pick if you HAVE to pick first, they're just too good in most situations, and you can't do a thing about that. SF is the most first picked mid i have ever seen.

Wraith king. If I feel confident.

Alchemist to make opponents overconfident.

@Yorkey
that's true for SF, but zeus is very, very weak against some common mid heroes like qop, ss and leshrac. I dont even know what shall be the skill gap between players to let zeus win any of these matchups.

If mid I would first pick lesh and maybe lina.

separate but also related

who wins 1v1 mid, SF or storm? because i'm surprised nobody has said storm yet

visage. no one counters and doesn't really have a counter any more anyway.

or warlock mid.

I'll take Lina. Good versatile, all-around pick. Can support and nuke. Very straight-forward item build.

Chaos Knight. I don't know anyone at my mmr that plays that hero much better than me

also I don't think I can lose with that hero if I really try

Way too easy I'd pick tusk.

Random OFC

Jakiro , zeus offlane

sure i'll choose venge then say "dont worry, i'll supp" and continued with "pick something crazy guys" or "pick ur best hero guys" xD

I would say maybe invoker as he is very versatile in any situation.
Need mana burn? Quas Wex.
Need more damage? Quas Exort.
Need a semi support who can also push? Necro Book with forge spirit.

Or you can pick Techies

Probably a ginger like Windranger or Lina because of the multiple positions each can play.

Spirit Breaker. The fucker's annoying and there's not really anything you can do about it except for ward the map and assist those in need. And pray to RNGesus he won't bash you 3 times in a row under your own tower and kill you.

i first pick any hero. when i am ready to throw and i am ready to countered

press random, heff fun

u so casual these days blunt

its pub, who gives a shit? LoL

cuz i rdm

not a single "your mom" response
sigh

nah fuck off tirple nobody cares about u tahnks

#rekt, GGnoRE

^^i wish there was some sort of face control on this forum so that some rly dogshit players wouldnt be allowed to post shit
your daddies gotta be proud of you, rainbow guy

face control?
That seems well thought out Kappa.

It's not like you could upload a pic from some random guy in teh internetz.

not the actual face control

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Suddently everything makes sense

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ME?

if nobody has picked and it reaches 0 i just random

usually turns out terribly tbh

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1763496281
got storm (never played it)
guy trades me clock (never played that either lol)

ARDM matches explained