DOTA's Madness Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Luck-Based Mage

"The system detected that the Beyond G.o.dlike user with ID 037205 has experienced at least one Regular Match and automatically entered the normal game!"

"Beyond G.o.dlike platform matching system is open, evaluating AP…"

"The automatic match has been completed. The new game E04538 in the Regular Match mode is about to begin!"

"Game mode: All Random, Random Side!"

"Because it is a normal battle, after the defeat, the WP reward will be reduced by 10%, a certain amount of AP will be deduced. The victory players will get 100 WP (basic amount based on the current rank)."

Soon, with the familiar DOTA loading screen ending, Zhao Dingguo entered his first Regular Match in October!

This was a brand new start!

With a jingle, the pictures he saw many times in the past few months reappeared in front of him. A little nervous, Zhao Dingguo swallowed his saliva and held his mouse tightly, waiting for the BG platform to randomly a.s.sign heroes.

The mode of this game is the same as the mode of the novice game.

Although there was no way to choose a hero, sometimes it's not necessarily a bad thing, at least Zhao Dingguo did not have to bother to consider which hero to choose.

“I must win this game!”

In the Death Match, senior users could bring in equipment and skills, so a newcomer like him must rely on the hero to play. The Regular Matches were different. Every Regular Match was a separate battle, and there was no more senior users and newcomers. As long as being skillful enough, anyone could be the main force. Therefore, Zhao Dingguo was also very valued for this Regular Match!

What hero will I get this time?

After a moment, the BG platform randomly selected a hero for Zhao Dingguo. It's a bit surprise for him that the hero of this election was still an Intelligence hero. Moreover, !

Ogre Magi!

He was a double-headed ogre with a thick stick in his hand. The voice of the shouting is rough, and the skin was blue. Therefore, this hero has a nickname “Blue Fat Guy”.

Zhao Dingguo used this hero before and was familiar with his skills.

The first skill of the Ogre Magi was Fireblast: Blasts an enemy unit with a wave of fire. Deals intense damage and stuns for 1.5 seconds.

The second skill was called Ignite: Drenches a target in volatile chemicals, causing it to burst into flames. The target is in immense pain, taking damage and moving more slowly.

The third skill was Bloodl.u.s.t: Incites a frenzy in a friendly unit, increasing its movement speed and attack speed.

As for the ultimate skill of the Ogre Magi, this was probably the most wonderful and most strange skill in the whole DOTA game. Its name was Multi Cast and it's a pa.s.sive skill. After learning, it reduced Fireblast's cooldown by 2 seconds per level, reduced Bloodl.u.s.t's cooldown by 5 seconds per level and increased Ignite's area of effect and cast range by 150 per level. The most powerful thing was that it enabled the Ogre Magi to rapidly cast his spells, giving a chance to cast a spell multiple times in one cast!

Think about it, once Multi Cast reached level 3, Ogre Magi could have 4x Multicast !

Putting a skill, four times the damage, how amazing this effect!

Facing a low-HP mage, a four-fold damage could make an instant kill!

If there were many triple and quadruple spells in succession, Ogre Magi was definitely one of the most powerful wizards. However, if the BG user who controlled this hero was not lucky and rarely made multiple spellcasting, it's a tragedy. So, this was a hero who relied on luck very much!

Zhao Dingguo was not sure about his luck today, but since he has arrived, he had to try his best.

Because this hero had three active skills, and his the ultimate had a negative effect of increasing the skill's mana consumption, so he was very short of mana. Based on this shortcoming, it's easier to choose the equipment for him to go out.

After looking at the initial 800 gold coins, Zhao Dingguo first bought a Mantle of Intelligence, then two Ironwood Branches, and finally a Healing Salve and a Ancient Tango of Essifation. In order to prevent the lack of mana at the crucial moment, he brought two Clarity Potions, which could slowly restore 100 MP. After buying this, he still had some gold coins left, but he has not bought anything else.

He decided to save money to quickly make Arcane Boots!

Unlike Phase Boots that have an active acceleration skill, the active skills of Arcane Boots was to restore 135 Mana. For a hero who was in short of MP, this was undoubtedly a very important item!

After getting out of the base, Zhao Dingguo was distracted to pay attention to his teammates lineup.

He was still affiliated with Sentinel in this game. The bot lane already had two heroes, Lycanthrope and Warlock. A Strength melee carry and an Intelligence ranged mage, it's quite a good match. The hero who walked to the middle lane was Lich who had a strong on-lane suppression ability and a very useful ultimate in group battle. Zhao Dingguo's lane has actually been determined, he could only choose to come on the top lane!

Although Ogre Magi was an Intelligence hero, but the Strength attribute was very high, barely counted as a small tanker. Coupled with CC skills, so even if he was in a disadvantaged lane, it would not be too difficult to stay in lane.

What's more, he had a ranged teammate – Clinkz!

This hero's output ability was very good, but the disadvantage was that he had no CC skill, and the body was very fragile, so once he was targeted, it's easy to die. But with Zhao Dingguo's CC and tanking, the situation of Clinkz would be much better!

After a rough look, Zhao Dingguo found that the matchup of this lineup was quite good. Especially in a random situation, it's rare to have such a lineup. This also made Zhao Dingguo a little more confidence in the victory, a good lineup will undoubtedly add a few chips to the final victory!

"Is there any newcomer among you? If you are one, report it quickly, and I take care of you more later."

The man who controlled Lycan had a loud voice, while the battle has not yet begun, he took the chance to shout in the built-in chat channel.

“I'm not!”

“I have been playing for half a year in reality!”

“Partic.i.p.ated in two Death Matches!”

Several teammates answered one after another, including Zhao Dingguo. None of them was a newcomer.

Lycanthrope also seemed to have a lot of confidence. He laughed a few times and shouted “That's great. In the two precious game I was more or less dragged by the newbie. It seems that this is good, since everyone is experienced users, then let's play well. I'll say this once: In the name of the winning points, Sentinel will win!”

Although this guy's words were simple, it's very effective.

With such a shout, the morale of the Sentinel heroes suddenly rose. This was what Zhao Dingguo also eager to see!

“In the name of the winning points!”

After silently shouting in his heart, Zhao Dingguo's Orge Magi and Clinkz stood on their own high ground, waiting for the official start of this battle.

Soon, the sound of the horn came from the sky!

The treant soldiers of the Sentinel came out of the barracks and marched in three directions to the Scourge. The two heroes on the lane also followed the soldiers and started the expedition of this game!

The soldiers of the two sides met roughly a short distance before the corner of the Scourge. This position is very beneficial to the Scourge. And the east side is the forest in the wild area, covered by the fog of war. Once the other heroes of the Scourge began to roam, it is easy to rush out of the woods and then smash them back and forth!

Therefore, Zhao Dingguo's Orge Magi and Clinkz were very cautious and did not immediately rush to the front.

The heroes of Scourge were backed by one tower of their own, of course they were less worried. Soon, Zhao Dingguo saw the two heroes on the other side of the lane – Medusa and Magnus.

Medusa was a very late hero, she needed a lot of equipments. If you gave her enough time to farm, then the late team battle would be very scary. But her shortcomings were also very obvious, that was, the middle and early period was relatively weak. Coincidentally, Lycanthrope was a late hero who could be strong in the middle period. As long as Sentinel have taken the initiative and avoid dragging the match to the late stage, Medusa on the opposite side would not play much role!