General DiscussionDiffusal Anti-Mage

nah just get a basher

basher has percentage chance, and doesnt give as much damage anymore. WHile diffusal u can use whenever u want and will give him more dmg. Maybe u cant cancel tps or channeling spells with diffusal but for that u can just use ulti

@Andro About that , is the build on anti-mage the same? Or do you now sacrifice some survivability by replacing heart for example with a damage item? Isn't his damage lacking otherwise?

try s&y then if you really want a slow, it's only a bit more and much better for am since the mana burn won't work

Manta is just better than s&y

Every hero with a damaging attack modifier should get manta i.g. Am and spec

mb situational when there is no other dif carrier vs certain lineups like 1/50 games but def not a core and def not for the slow
if u want a non-rng slow - get a skadi never seen someone buying it but hey, it gives stats :D

about diffusal being "better" than basher: you maybe right with your theorycraft but remember AM gets 6 slotted fast and basher can and has to be upgraded into abyssal since am is one of the best abyssal holders and you cant even compare abbysal vs diffusal...
If youre facing omni ye go ahead and build diffu if you want

i dont think skadi stacks with am's mana burn. You can get s&y and manta.

I'd prob just go basher though and count on team to do the slowing.

am's passive doesnt stack with any other uams, including skadi

@minglee the standard build was bf vlads manta abyssal butterfly, heart has been and still is pretty situational, probably even more so now that vanguard goes into abyssal.

sny + manta is pointless, just disassemble the sny and then sell halberd later when you can afford your next item.

y does diffusal's mana burn not stack with am's mana break? i thought diffusal is not UAM anymore? just asking

it's not, but mana burns don't stack, it says so on diffusal's description

okay thanks.. just read it

deffu not uam but not stack with am mana burn. Once ive played with am deffu cuz theres my annoying tinker and abbysal isnt enough XD

No one has ever tried diffusal blade on brewmaster.

I saw a sniper with abyssal blade before, if your hit every 0.3 secs, then abyssal gives 1 stun every 3 secs and with 2,3 secs cooldown, its actually pretty good
Edit:
If you hit 4 times every secs or faster, then you nullify "10% chance for range, 25% chance for meele"

Isnt it?
But vanguand on sniper is ridiculous :D nice patch :D

Indeed there were some pro games were ranged heroes went abyssal. But I mean isn't sniper the worse hero in dota now?

is there someone who called me?