General DiscussionUnder and Overused Items

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wraith bands and power treads overused?

wut?

most used: blink dagger, magic wand, phase boots
least used: rod of atos, refresher orb, radiance

BKB is underused, can't tell how many games i have lost because people refuse to buy bkb's

underused: treads and helm of dominator
overused: phase+desolator

underused: veil, rod, eblade

underused: observer wards

:kappaface:

Hmm. Underused and Overused in 3k bracket?

Overused - Blink Dagger, Aghanims Scepter (i.e. Lich, Lion, Lina), Battlefury
Underused - Drums of Endurance, Veil of Discord, Black King Bar (situationally, people don't really get this item if they focus on their core 'damage' items)

I guess :D

Sange and yasha is underrated and underused. Crystalis might not be used that much but it's overrated.

In the 2K bracket:

[u]Overused[/u]

Shadow Blade

Crystalis

Aghanim's

[u]Underused[/u]

BKB (Often I'm the only one who builds one in the game)

Force Staff

Blink Dagger

http://dotabuff.com/items
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Underused:

After last game I decided it was............................ BRAINS! I swear nobody thinks before they do anything.

underused: veil of discord, rod of atos, medalion of courage
overused: (here i mean items that could be replaced better in many games)
1. radiance:
there were many games when we were losing and i ask my carry to go farm, and he comes out with a radi, and its still useless. people dont understand this is a luxury item, and they make it on the worst situations.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/806761262
here for example. bs farmed all the game and got vang,radi and tarasq instead of getting a fast bkb and a cuirass/mjolo, which would have been for usefull.
same with spec. i see many specs building radi, when they could get a more usefull diffusal/basher
2. bottle: 3 bottles/team ftw! and no wards or rune control.
3. magic wand: waste of gold. stick is more than enough.

radiance is shit on bloodseeker anyways. get mjollnir instead.

Over: Manta,
Under: Armlet, Medallion, Naked Boots without upgrades, Edit* Clarity pots as well

Im looking from the perspective of the overall utility of the item and with how often i see it in games.

under used:
necro (the nerf + micro units makes it pretty rare unless u are against a push strat)
Medallion (good item but rarely used)
mekanism (u see it built EVERY SINGLE pro game, but pubs games u see it on one team maybe 33% of the time)

most used:
boots, i see them every game
magic stick
dagger (everyone gets one to follow their favourite pros, even qop)

(From my games)

Most used:
Blink Dagger -by far-
Mekansm
Drums
Agha

Least used:
Satanic
Divine Rapier
Butterfly

Basically, heavy and expensive attack damage items are the ones I see the least.
Cheap, utility and stats items are those that I see the most.

Helm of dominator is also way overpurchased not because it's bad but because those who buy it never use it to stack or even use the creep to fight. Hell, I forgot to quite often myself.

Overused:

Hand of Midas (not really, it's a pretty rare sight now, but still wrong 80% of the times it is bought)
Dagon (because of Tinker)
Blink dagger (but I'm not complaining about this)

Underused:

Rod of Atos
Veil of Discord
Medallion of Courage - People don't like them small items :(
Special mention: Sheepstick (Some beleive this is exclusively a wealthy support item)

Most used:

Shadowblade (WD go farm my safe lane pls)
Hand of midas (go cm u can do it)
Dagon (go blink in to 5 people tinker)

Least used:

That map hack for 150 gold...

wraith bnad what mmr are u in

@Strawberly

Shit of the shit tier

Least:
-Veil of Discord
-Medallion Of Courage
-Rod of Atos
-Armlet

Most:
-Shadow Blade
-Hand of Midas - Stop mimicking Demon's Tide with Midas!!! @_@
-Force Staff & Blink Dagger - Not saying this is a bad thing though.

Yeah way too much shadow blades on shitty heroes for it like sniper. Had a game where sniper was on my team vs a lineup of lina, windranger, silencer, timber and AA and sniper builds shadow blade. Like why? They have no gankers, no one you need to run from, no right clickers unless you count silencer late. Just go bkb for 1k gold more.