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Peekaboo

    Hello family,

    Longtime player who's spent some time out of the meta (auto chessing)

    What seems strong right now.

    5 man deathballs- splitpush - gank heavy - 4 prot 1 etc.

    Also: Heros i seem to enjoy

    Pos 1: I like monkey king, weaver, ursa and illusion heros

    Mid heros: - Generally i enjoy clinkz, pugna, zues, veno and other 'glass cannons'

    Pos 3: Dank seer, axe and non standard offlaners (my worst role)

    pos 4: - Earth spirit, chen, willow, rubick (roamers with early map impact)

    pos 5: - Jakiro, disrupter, doctor, WW

    I'd appreciate some insight into what people are finding strong right now and why?

    Also would love some insight into what heros people are using in various positions
    Regards,

    also i'm currently 4.9, haven't played since calibration and lost a bunch leading up to it. generally sit low 5k's and peaked low 6k at my best. So in the low Divine range.

    LucaManny

      >Currently 4.9
      >Ancient 5

      Peekaboo

        haven't played ranked since day one calibration..

        so i assume if i play one game of rank i'll get boosted a bunch of medals right?

        rank 1 AML mafia player

          tempo setting heros are good as long as your team can work with you

          also @despeimtoolazytospellurname, why even comment if ur not gonna say anyhting constructive

          you lose a game and you take it out on lower mmr players LUL

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          Peekaboo

            i hear DP is good right?
            Tempo controllers are my fave,
            Played against Og.ANA stack last night and he picked Pugna.. was even till i dced and we lost in 3mins XD.
            Kinda re motivated me to play ranked again.

            https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/4917968070

            Any good examples of 2-4-5 tempo controllers that you find in this meta?
            The timings seemed to have changed for my go too heros now that theres all this mjol aghs on every hero.

            And @des, legit.. i play one game and i'm higher rank than you.. probably...
            Irrelivant though, i'm pleb and asking for opinions on what people are finding strong and why.. not here to flex or get flex'd on.

            LucaManny

              Ummm no, you probably get div 3 because my mmr is 5k rn

              HartzFear

                Come back next Patch, all your heros Suck right now, Maybe wd could work tho.

                Peekaboo

                  @take What do you find works this patch?

                  I like summons, eg. Lycan and such for pos1, although generally i mid or support.

                  from the qualifiers it appears ember/DP are hot picks..

                  rank 1 AML mafia player

                    fighting heros that can survive are the best

                    like you said, ember/dp are good bc they constantly fight and are relatively hard to kill

                    heros that dont take a year to coem online are good too, soul ring on pos 1 has become popular (thanks ee)

                    Sheep

                      Daul mid is very strong, while safe lane is solo since you want your pos 1 to get levels faster.

                      The added support in the mid harreses the enemy midlaner and helps you defend from ganks.

                      And just try to drag the game since comebacks are very strong and to push hg you need 20k net worth adventage. So if your team wants to push tell them to st.fu and keep jungling.

                      HartzFear

                        Well for pos 1 i think best heros are jugg Sven naga

                        Pos 2 ember Dp od

                        Pos 3 ench pango Cent

                        Pos 4 bara grim

                        Pos 5 wd ss cm Oger lion wl

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                        Murranji

                          Juggernaut is kinda popularish atm don’t know why cause he hasn’t really been buffed. Slark is returning to popularity a bit. Spirit breaker and pudge and earth shaker very popular so roaming pos 4 returning a bit more. Wind runner is top pos 3 atm, Axe also a bit too. ,
                          Grimstroke, warlock, CM are popular supports. Quite a lot of pos 1 wraith king who is very strong now with skeletons, MK a fair amount too. Invoker a perennial pick as well.