Improving your Pub Game - Episode 1: Outpicked?

[KiWiDingDong]

the most important thing is calling everyone a fag and leave the game.

[mariwana18]

Nuuuuuu, I haven't played a pub in a while now x_x

[PakoPen]

in true pub, pick ES :D essential in teamfight, but wont steal too much farm

[Bballin773]

@PakoPen Very true. But don't rely on your teammates for properly placed fissures. Always assume the worst in pubs

[PakoPen]

@Bballin773 haha i meant pick ES yourself :D that way they have to rely on you and cant just tell you to gtfo

[PakoPen]

1st scourge has okay lanes because pugna can be effective in a trilane, sent should have grabbed a weaver instead of the magnus. better lineup with another ranged with insane survivability. :( sent outpicked

2nd lineup scourge, def outpicked. laning/farm split is terrible with 4/5 solo lane heroes sent has lanes that will work out

3= why didnt you pick up either cm/vs for yourself? gives you some of hte stuns you need to kill the wr. also, can double jungle ech/vs. also, doom bad ban. no lane

[Bballin773]

@PakoPen I'm relying on the fact that in Pub games, people don't know how to properly support and would qq-bitch if they had to ward. JK. I def got outpicked 3rd game.

[Bballin773]

@PakoPen What I lack in lanes in 2nd game I make up for in initiation. His lineup relies too heavily on a single hero so if it gets picked off w/ stronk initation I win the fight. Furthermore, he has 0 stuns except for dazzle's delayed stun. So I win in terms of surviving. Not all about lanes

[PakoPen]

@Bballin773 the problem is with dazzle+dirge heal, shallow grave, repel, purification, dusa actually won't die (4 protect 1 chinese strat)

though a less hardcore carry would have been better...maybe an ursa or balanar would have suited him better because theres no way he wins late with dusa unless its super late and he has a zsmj farmer

scourge was mostly about keeping that one hero alive, but needed a team who could win/gank before potm/doom/weaver get too farmed...

sent saved by the dusa :P

[Bballin773]

@PakoPen Their team is bad at counterganking cuz 0 stuns and only a couple of slows. If I can gank enough/ in teamfights doom one and lasso another I think I'd have a good shot. I still think 2nd game is a wash. Only the lanes would be holding my side back.

[PakoPen]

@Bballin773 haha i put a lot of emphasis on lanes cause against a level dependent team, earlygame is essential

if main hero doesnt die due to all the heals and shallow grave, theres no way your team will win

though if you do manage to completely screw over the main hero, you're good to go

also, scourge could have picked up doom instead of the dusa

scourge relies on survivability through heals and resistance, not so much initiation so being initiated on isnt that bad...

[Bballin773]

@PakoPen True enough. If you have mad heals being initiated on isn't that bad. I still think it's a wash though because he can't kill me due to 0 stuns and his mobility is ridiculously low. But overall in teamfights he has the advantage though.

[PakoPen]

all sent heroes need levels and no laning will give you that. fast push>late levels. sent outpicked

ok early/mid presence, but easily pushed down