2014-03-17, 08:49 AM
Tried out 2 more heroes. Naga Siren and Treant Protector. It went...uh...interestingly. Lost my first match because my entire team abandoned and there was no way I could carry against a Bloodseeker, Viper, Huskar, Bane and Dragon Knight as Treant. Second match went well! http://dotabuff.com/matches/565770004 Their Legion abandoned but our Troll Warlord did nothing but feed so...guess that kind of evens things out. Third game we lost because Sand King wouldn't let our Slardar get any Last Hits, our Shadow Fiend (who was our only carry) abandoned and their Anti Mage got super farmed by end game. (They also had Sven and Lich which didn't make things easier.) But all in all I think he's my favourite support hero in the entire game.
Naga Siren didn't go so well...I don't get her. Like I understand how her skills work but...I can't figure out how I'm supposed to build her. She's squishy but if you go for Vanguard you delay getting stuff like Manta Style. If you buy Treads instead of Arcane Boots then you miss out on the mana that you need. If you try to fight with how squishy you are then you get destroyed. You have no real escape outside of song into TP scroll, and if you have no TP scroll then song isn't going to get you away from something like Slardar who will just catch up and stun you to death or Pudge who will just hook you back. I heard from a friend she was really hard but I feel bad just giving up on her.
Naga Siren didn't go so well...I don't get her. Like I understand how her skills work but...I can't figure out how I'm supposed to build her. She's squishy but if you go for Vanguard you delay getting stuff like Manta Style. If you buy Treads instead of Arcane Boots then you miss out on the mana that you need. If you try to fight with how squishy you are then you get destroyed. You have no real escape outside of song into TP scroll, and if you have no TP scroll then song isn't going to get you away from something like Slardar who will just catch up and stun you to death or Pudge who will just hook you back. I heard from a friend she was really hard but I feel bad just giving up on her.