2013-03-21, 01:14 PM
Magnus would not be played as a mid competitively if he wasn't able to bottlecrow. Bottlecrow changes the entire face of the mid lane. Mag would be stuck as a mana-starved offlaner or a 4 position like ES getting blink and arcanes if he wasn't able to salvage his subpar mid lane presence with bottlecrow. He can't deal with a difficult lane without constant bottle because he has no way to farm without spamming shockwave.
OD's problem isn't laning because a well played OD will pomegranate on just about every enemy mid. Bottle won't even be relevant because they'll have so small of a mana pool they won't be able to expend it. Literally no one performs well against him besides maybe Pugna and no one actually plays Pugna. He won't get a kill anytime soon without a gank but he'll make it so that the enemy mid can't do anything. He's a hard carry who is a lane bully.
OD's problem isn't laning because a well played OD will pomegranate on just about every enemy mid. Bottle won't even be relevant because they'll have so small of a mana pool they won't be able to expend it. Literally no one performs well against him besides maybe Pugna and no one actually plays Pugna. He won't get a kill anytime soon without a gank but he'll make it so that the enemy mid can't do anything. He's a hard carry who is a lane bully.