DOTA's Madness Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Faster Rhythm

The interchange of Leshrac and the Lich was just a microcosm of the fierce battle on the lane.

Because Sentinel had only Tidehunter left on the top lane, Anti-Mage and Vengeful Spirit began to push the line forward to push off one tower of Sentinel as much as possible. By the time Leshrac rushed over after resurrection, the durability of a tower had dropped by a third.

The middle road was also not in peace!

Both Huskar and Alleria were ranged heroes, and the ability to suppress the enemy on the line was also good. However, Huskar seemed to be slightly better than his opponent, as his overall pressure was slightly lower. Although neither side could make a kill, the scene was quite intense. The supply quickly depleted, and because no one had money to buy an Animal Courier, soon both sides had to go home because of the low HP.

At this time, the resurrected Axe also came to the bottom.

When confronted in the front, as a melee hero, he couldn't fight two ranged heroes anyway. Therefore, there was only one way he can choose, and that was to continue his creep cut. Moreover, after one death, Axe was obviously more cautious, and he ran into the jungle even with the slightest sign of danger!

“I'll go and face him alone!”

Knowing that with Axe's caution, it's difficult to kill him, so Dazzle volunteered to drive him out.

The effect of Shadow Wave made Axe did not dare to resist him. But this guy was so determined to play guerrilla warfare, it could be regarded as firmly holding Dazzle down. However, this situation was undoubtedly what Zhao Dingguo hoped to see. It's almost equivalent to let him farm alone!

Without any hero to interfere with, Zhao Dingguo could focus all his energy on making money!

Such a golden development time was rare!

In the next few waves, Zhao Dingguo seized the opportunity and his economy quickly improved. Soon, he synthesized Power Treads with his own Boots of Speed, and bought himself a Scroll of Town Portal!

At this time, the two heroes in the middle lane have reached level 6!

Having the ultimate skill, Huskar began to aim for Alleria's head. When Alleria made a mistake in moving, he stepped forward two steps to activate Life Break and rushed forward. This ultimate instantly reduced Alleria's HP by 50%. The next moment, he added Inner Vitality to himself and began to attack!

However, Alleria didn't go panic.

Facing this sudden a.s.sault, she stood still against Huskar for a few seconds. Seeing that her HP reached a dangerous point, she turned on her skill Windrunner instantly, which increased the movement speed by 50% for the duration, while granting her 100% evasion.

Huskar was a typical physical DPS hero, so although level 1 Windrunner only lasted for three seconds, it rendered him useless. Seeing Alleria only had a little HP left, he was not willing to leave and chased all the way under the tower!

“Powershot!”

At this time, Alleria's killer move came!

Powershot was a popular skill. It fired a powerful arrow that had a far range. Even if it's only level 3, it already has 280 initial damage, which was quite amazing. Alleria believed that after such an arrow, plus the attack of the tower, Huskar would surely die before her!

However, although Huskar miscalculated Alleria's DPS, she also miscalculated Huskar's HP.

Before rushing under the tower, Huskar had already activated Inner Vitality, and he had a Magic Stick on his body. After using the Magic Stick's recharge points, Huskar instantly recovered more than 100 HP, plus the recovery effect of Inner Vitality, he successfully killed Alleria and retreated with a little HP.

At that moment, Vengeful Spirit suddenly rushed out of the river and threw out a Magic Missile!

Huskar was killed by Vengeful Spirit!

He did kill his opponent, but died right after. Although Huskar got the killing experience of the other party, it's hard to say it's a gain or loss.

At the same time, after finding that Vengeful Spirit sneakily roaming into the middle lane, Leshrac and Tidehunter took the initiative to attack. With the combo Gush plus Split Earth, they successfully killed the Lich!

In just a few minutes, killing prompts appeared on the battlefield statistics in the nameplate, giving people a feeling of unrest.

Zhao Dingguo obviously felt that the rhythm of this Death Match was faster than the one he played before! Therefore, he must also play better in order to win. For the victory of this battle, Zhao Dingguo attached great importance to it. Not only to bring the equipment to reality but also to not deduct those precious winning points!

After several waves of soldiers came down, Zhao Dingguo rose to level 5.

Because of having Ring of Basilius, which could speed up the mana recovery, Dazzle firmly gained the upper hand in the guerrilla battle with Axe. After repeated creep cut several times, Axe's HP fell low, forcing him to retreat. The line on the lower lane was emptied again. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dazzle finally got a gap to make up his own economy.

Although he played the support role, he also needed a certain amount of level and equipment.

“I'll do creep pulling!”

Saying that to Zhao Dingguo, he turned around and went into the jungle.

The so-called “creep pulling” was to calculate the timing of the sp.a.w.ns of the lane creeps, and then “pulled” a group of Neutral Creeps into the lane, causing them to attack lane creeps automatically, and eventually the hero would only need to last hit to gain experience and money. In this way, not only heroes could avoid damage from Neutral Creeps, but also denying friendly Creeps and preventing the enemy from earning Experience and let the front line pushed forward temporarily.

This was a very useful technique!

For Death Matches with average AP 1000 or more, this was very common. But newbies who haven't got a Dawn rank nameplate could hardly think of doing so. Although Zhao Dingguo knew this technique, he didn't use it. First, it was due to Axe's creep cut. Second, he played the late carry, so he could collect money on the line. Dazzle was obviously a good player, knowing support should deliberately avoid stealing money with the late carry. He couldn't go jungling by himself, so he chose this tactic.

After pulling two or three waves of creeps one after another, Dazzle's economy that has already lagged behind has gradually begun to make up, and the level has also been raised by one.

As for Zhao Dingguo, he was the only one who enjoyed the experience of the soldiers on the lane, rising to level 6 in one fell swoop!

With the ultimate, his ganking ability has undoubtedly been greatly improved!

Obsidian Destroyer's ultimate was called Sanity's Eclipse. This was an AoE skill with unfixable damage and great potential for improvement. For enemies within range, it would deal damage equal to 8 times the difference between heroes intelligence and Destroyer's intelligence (10 times at level 3)! At the later period, Destroyer's Intelligence could reach nearly two hundred. Facing a Strength or Agility hero with only more than 10 or 20 Intelligence, it could easily deal huge damage!

It's for this reason that Zhao Dingguo would consider choosing Obsidian Destroyer as his future bloodline before!

However, although Zhao Dingguo was developing well, Anti-Mage of the Scourge was also not bad. After buying a Ring of Health which worth 875 gold, he TP to the middle lane and took another wave of soldiers. Moreover, his second skill was Blink, which only had a 6 seconds cooldown after rising to level 4. Relying on the excellent battlefield cut-in and escape capabilities, he is quite fierce when equipped.

We still have to find a way to restrict him!

Due to having Blink, it's quite difficult to kill Anti-Mage, but at least they must not let him farm comfortably. After the situation on the top lane slightly eased, Leshrac rushed to the middle with Huskar. The two had a good idea, first Huskar would drive Anti-Mage away, and then Leshrac would use Diabolic Edict to quickly push down the tower!

This strategy was certainly good, but for the Scourge heroes who disappearing on the top lane, where did they go?

After Anti-Mage left, Axe who developed poorly in the bottom lane went to the top lane to fill up s.p.a.ce. Lich and Alleria arrived at the bot lane, seemingly preparing for ganking Zhao Dingguo.

“Want to kill me?”

When he found that two TP lit up, Zhao Dingguo stepped back cautiously and reached a safe distance. But at this moment, behind him, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air, throwing a Magic Missile at him!