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Dota 2 Horde Mode *UPDATED*
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FreeMe 3 Jul, 2021 @ 11:26am
Any tips for this mod?
Which heroes are good, which builds work, which items should be bought, etc.

The heroes really don't seem to be balanced:

- Magical damage might as well not exist mid to late game
- Shadow demon's Q / Disruption doesn't work on enemy creeps or enemy creep heroes
- Earth shaker's stuns and ulti do massive damage and make the game pretty easy
- Chen is weak af
- Slardar's bash of the deep is single target so he still needs to buy ataraxia or something
- AA's ulti can kill entire waves just like Pangolier while other heroes struggle to kill one enemy creep hero

How do you guys work around it? Always pick the same heroes? Drow, Sniper, Earth, AA, Pangolier, Axe?
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FreeMe 10 Aug, 2021 @ 9:58am 
Finally figured out a build for my boy Pudge (work in medium):

- Horde Wand
- Orb of Venom
- Voodoo Mask
- Heart of Tarrasque
- Radiance
- Heart of the infested
- Brilliant Radiance
- Hallowed Chest Guard (does radiance damage based on strength)

If you get Apex, then it stacks really well with the Books of Strenght
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FreeMe 14 Aug, 2021 @ 11:16am 
Jakiro just needs a cooldown build to be annoying in Medium difficulty:

- Horde Wand
- Bloodstone
- Octarine Core
- Deathstone
- Kris of Eternity
- Arcane/Exalted/Hallowed Octarine Core
- Arcane Blink

If you're lucky with neutral items a Spell Prism, Quickening Charm or that amulet with cooldown reduction will help a lot.
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☆ Abuleil ☆ 14 Aug, 2021 @ 12:37pm 
I mean literally all heroes can do good if you build them correctly... sven is strong as an example (really so strong)
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FreeMe 18 Aug, 2021 @ 9:33am 
Yeah, I'm looking for the "correct" builds.
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DaFiestyBanana 25 Aug, 2021 @ 12:21pm 
yeah idk played monkey king and he seemed really underwhelming since jingu takes 4 hits and monkey clones have capped atk speed
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FreeMe 4 Sep, 2021 @ 12:55pm 
Alright, Leshrac is great defender.

For medium I go:

- Horde Wand
- Death Stone
- Aghs shard
- Shiva's Armaments
- Aghanims
- Arcane Blink
- Hallowed Chestguard
- Tome of Knowledge and Tome of Intelligence

You can stand around in your Split Earth and when you get low health either blink out or cast Nihilism.

With the Tomes you get more magic damage and mana regen + the hallowed chestguard will do lots of additional damage since it scales with strength.
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Agony of Agonies 7 Oct, 2021 @ 9:56pm 
Originally posted by FreeMe:
Alright, Leshrac is great defender.

For medium I go:

- Horde Wand
- Death Stone
- Aghs shard
- Shiva's Armaments
- Aghanims
- Arcane Blink
- Hallowed Chestguard
- Tome of Knowledge and Tome of Intelligence

You can stand around in your Split Earth and when you get low health either blink out or cast Nihilism.

With the Tomes you get more magic damage and mana regen + the hallowed chestguard will do lots of additional damage since it scales with strength.

Hallowed Scepter is the best item in the game for magic damage/mages. Far better than Shiva's.
Otherwise, I'd say your build is solid.
Last edited by Agony of Agonies; 7 Oct, 2021 @ 9:57pm
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