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General DiscussionDoes anyone else get 2 rax syndrome?

Does anyone else get 2 rax syndrome? in General Discussion
frostychee

    Very often in games, I've noticed that when a team gets 2 rax, the game extends much longer than it once use to. I mean I understand the reasons behind everything, but I'm just curious if other people have been experiencing this as well.

    What once was pretty much gg (being up 2 rax), can now turn into a long chore. The team that is down 2 rax gets a steady supply of creeps down 2 lanes while the team that is up gets 1 lane of normal creeps, the jungle, and roshan to their disposal. While this is a huge advantage, if the team makes a mistake and can't take that high ground, especially with the comeback mechanic, they could easily lose. I usually try to let the other 2 lanes push and slow siege it until the other team is forced to d rax or lose t4/ancient, but this seems a lot more difficult than the past.

    The worst is when people think theyre up and start messing around which can easily turn the game around.

    Thoughts?

    Sup m8

      Basically the moral of the story in the patch is end the game when you can as fast as you can.

      nami

        The entire point of 2 rax is the opening it gives you to:

        1. take roshan then end game
        2. push the remaining lane and have the other waves pour in, if some of them go off to def, you jump the remaining few

        BenaoLifedancer

          what i notice more is the FUCK THIS GUY SYNDROM, the guy being me and the ones saying it my team. They don't play as a team (for me) ever and then complain xd.

          I just had a tide with 2 ravages, never used them when i was fighting
          had a troll picker, never ulti for when i was battling
          had a fucking lina, never used ulti on the ones focusing me
          had a fucking bh that would not track my targets ever and would just feed on the side cause he refused to go dagger

          THICC BABY SHUM

            ^ tide double gush
            XD

            Dire Wolf

              It's cus of all the damn sniper picks, that guy can D 1 rax for days.

              Really though it requires a bit of coordination to get that last rax down. Push the other lanes, wave clear em so the creeps are going in, then they have to back and D and you have to init the uphill fight 5 on 3 or 4 or whatever. But most teams won't all dive as 5 or will dick around waiting for the waves to push etc.

              tapir1

                http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1325930235

                JK threw on purpose
                Kept pinging courier item>ready so it looked like warlock spamming
                Warlock dc'd to "fix it" and i blew his 4x golems lol

                123

                  ^wow thats a sick strat

                  plz do

                    havin vision in their base w obs is usually a key strategy to stop their turtle, because intiation is ez suddenly.

                    but otherwise im totally agreeing that comeback is real.

                    frostychee

                      ok the long ass game is enough validiation for me rofl

                      Luxalpa, Tail of Devastation

                        People in my games just go afk as soon as they lose 1 rax.