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by Ntrails 2842 days ago
> n each of the poor utilization of skills, I could counter by saying there were other objectives in play. For example, you didn't mention that the "skill that does more damage for every point of missing health on targets" also happens to freeze the target for 1.5 seconds. Perhaps the goal of the bot was just to hold the enemy in place.

Using scythe to hold a Bkb'd target in place is a classic use of an immunity piercing stun acknowledging you'll get zero damage. This wasn't the case in the game I watched them play, it was just "a stun". Which is fine, honestly. But they prioritised the stun over the damage and the respawn time increase (which is actually just as important as the damage). I'm not sure I believe they understood all of the aspects of the spell based on how they used it.

The reality remains that the bots are just playing micro level incredible dota, and macro level mediocre dota. There are endless examples. Giving aegis to supports, never stacking creeps for carries, ganking low importance heros, using DP ult to farm jungle.

They're still better than me and probably anyone I'll ever play with. vOv