By DaekinHO on 24 Jan, 2010 at 1:25 PM

DotA Replay of the Week: DIPS vs TeG

From the GosuCup Tourney: the Swedish powerhouse, DIPS vs the Romanian Devils, TeG (The Elder Gods).

Introduction

An interesting tourney as all matches are to be played in -CD mode (Captain’s Draft).

For those of you who do not know what -CD mode is all about:

Captains Draft. 24 random heroes are selected. Then Blue and Pink take turns banning heroes, then picking heroes. Then the players on each team pick from their team’s heroes.

This brings about pro’s and con’s to the DotA game as teams have to adapt and the strategies and teamwork of each side will be tested thoroughly in their DotA knowledge.

Pro’s for me are that heroes that are forgotten or rarely used are brought into the frame as teams can only choose from the pool of 24.

Con’s are that sometimes the pool is a bit unlucky and bad so it will make for an unexciting game.

The Game

Download the replay here.

Game Length: 48:40

Map: DotA Allstars v6.66.w3x

The Bans/Picks

TEG BANS (1st)

DIPS BANS

Scourge: TEG

The Scourge

TeG-Ly0n^ (Top) [DP]
freezer1905- (Mid) [Panda]
TeG-S0ny4ce (Bot) [Jugger]
TeG-Coco (Bot) [WD]
TeG-RMP (Jungle) [CM]

Sentinel: DIPS

The Sentinel

DIPS|Sword_777 (Top) [Puck]
DIPS|Spear_666 (Mid) [Bane]
DIPS|BeNTZER (Bot) [Riki]
DIPS|Daegosaur (Bot) [Lich]
DIPS|pepp3 (Jungle) [Tiny]

The Squeeze

87 Kills overall, so this game brings a lot of high action and fast ganking and movement. Just over 2 kills per minute on average :D
DIPS and TeG are quite an evenly matched side in terms of skill so its quite a fairly even match.
Trilane vs Trilane interesting to see which 3 heroes win

What To Look or Look Out For

In the first few seconds of the game, take a look at bot lane and the warding position of TeG. This position is becoming very overused if not always used when tri-laning. So as you can see DIPS is countering by already not going to the lane but hanging in the bush together so they do not get caught out with their pants down.

Interesting to see at the 10min mark is what items the carry heroes are … carrying. Rikimaru has a stout shield for tank/survivability, boots of elevinskin and finally boots of speed. The reason for the elevinskin is to increase his damage for last hitting. Remember the more damage you can do the better your last hitting will be, and in the case of agility — it does increase his armour slightly (but maybe some would say insignificantly).

Juggernaut on the other hand has increased his last hitting and damage output dramatically. This was obtained by going phase boots, accompanied with slippers and branches (every little bit of stats increases your output). Stats are very important in the early game so you can farm/damage. Remember if you do very well early game, your late game could be made a lot easier in terms of items, so this is very important to get a good start by getting the right items.

Regen is almost important, but in these lanes sentinel are obviously the ones getting harassed more (with cm aura scourge are having a lot of fun) so that is why maybe Jugger could relax on the regen items. Later both heroes do buy poor man shield’s as well as healing salves.

Watch at the 8:30 min mark! pepp3 get away from S0ny4ce with 9HP!!!