Monthly Archive for March, 2008

It’s a Sunday, the only day for us take a break… Yes, we have classes from Mon to Sat… How different is it from life in Malaysia… Haih…

Usually I’ll wake up late (earliest 12pm) and waste my time on my comp before taking my brunch (breakfast + lunch)… Which is usually some bread with tuna and a cup of Milo or Ipoh White Coffee (by Super – 我叫你试！！！LOL)… Then I’ll waste my time on comp again or maybe sleep back, LOL… And by the time it is night, I’ll have to prepare for Monday’s class… How boring… How unenjoyable… How insufficient is our resting day…

Today is no different day, woke up late because of DOTA till 4am yesterday, LOL… And realised how IMBA Broodmother is, in the latest version…

Still have no idea what’s so sentimental to talk about… Haha… OK then, let me talk about one of the favourite hero in DOTA – Silencer…

Many people never realise the full potential of a Silencer – a deadly DPS (Damage per second) machine, although not comparable to Razor, but still if he’s teamed up with suitable team mates, he is as deadly as Razor…

His high DPS comes from his 2nd skill – Glaives of Wisdom, which is an arrow-skill (auto-castable), which many people have failed to know the “painfulness” of this skill… It’s the bread and butter skill of Silencer, for him to get last hit easily and for him to harass with cheap mana cost… The additional damage might seem puny and laughable at first, but once he reaches lvl 7, basically no one will be able to deny creep from him, even more than that if the Silencer is using the skill fiercely to harass, he’ll be able to chase the enemy away…

Even if you are only having 2 circlets + 2 ironwood branches, by level 7 you’ll be having 66-88 physical damage +29 pure/unreduced damage per Glaives casted, i.e. around 100 damage per cast, which should be very useful in last hitting the creeps…

But anyhow there’s one very important point for one to be a good Silencer – use manual cast for last hitting creeps and harassing, so that you don’t waste your mana… And manual casting the skill on hero means no creep will target you, so if the hero is hesitating to back off you can just give them a few glaives to make them back off immediately, if they try to attack you back, they’ll draw the creeps attention and the condition get worse for them… And then there’s this animation cancelling regarding any arrow skill, it’s for you to land multiple blows of manual casting Glaives by casting and then quickly issue a command to move forward…

And furthermore on our item build, if you feel like playing more unsafely by not buying bracers, upgrade your 2 circlets into nulls and taadaa, your damage rises up to 74-96 physical damage +34 pure damage which means more than 100 damage per cast, which is perfect for last hitting creeps and harassing…

Even if you feel like playing safely by buying bracers, you still get 68-90 physical damage +30 pure damage, which is still ok… And mind you, the number will grow nicely when you level up, and the numbers I mentioned is at level 7 only…

In short, the power of Silencer lies in farming and lane control (by active harassing)… Anyway there’s this downside of Silencer – no escape mechanism… When the enemies are in place to gank you, there’s basically no escape for Silencer, which therefore, a Silencer should be well aware of ganks, missing heroes, etc…

Further item builds include Power Threads and Midas (if one can farm it within 20 minutes of game), then Guinsoo (before 6.50) or Orchid… Guinsoo was a nice item on him as hex is a very powerful disable, but as the change in new version doesn’t favor him so much, Orchid should be considered more if your team has certain disables already… After the first damage item, one should consider buying Hyperstone –> Cuirass or Skadi for its nice stats boost (the frost attack doesn’t stack)…

Of course, once you started getting 2 Oblivion staffs, you can turn on Autocast of the Glaives… And just for your information, your additional damage from Glaives will be around +60 during mid game, which is pretty obscene, and can go near +100 once everyone’s level is maxed (which is rare)… And that damage is UNREDUCED, even better than a sacred relic… Anyhow, you’ll have to farm properly and prevent unnecessary deaths…

One might consider Mekansm as an early game item as its heal is pretty useful when ganked, and the +stats and +armor is not bad as well, needless to mention the regen provided…

About the skill build, your primary aim is to max 2nd skill, 3rd skill is optional (or a must if you are laning against Sand king, or other heroes who can combo their spells), ulti is necessary for support or even an escape mechanism… Otherwise just up Stats all the way (which is crucial if you are getting Nulls and not Bracers)… And I have to stress this: First skill is totally useless and must be ignored, only sissy use 1st skill to harass…

That’s all I can say, if Silencer is allowed to grow undisturbed in a game, he’ll be a deadly DPS machine, anyhow the DPS is lost whenever someone use BKB or Repel, keep that in mind…

OK… Time to nap… Tata…

Not a post, but some lame jokes about DOTA stolen from yang’s blog…

Bradwarden and Pit lord had a child named Brad pit.

Pick heroes that come with their own mounts – like Abaddon, or Ezalor. These heroes move faster – and can jump over fallen trees and rocks. P/S : But for Chaos Knight he’s really running fast, LOL.

Why only get 1 boot? If 1 is good, 2 is better? Nerubian Assassin has 6 legs – he needs 6 boots.P/S : This is my own joke – poor Medusa, Naga Siren and Slardar buy boots also cannot wear…

Nortrom doesn’t get affected by silence – remember – he always has the Last Word.

If your hero is repeatedly exposed to fire and cold spells for a certain period of time, it will get a status effect called “FLU”. P/S : Notably the Twin Head Dragon can do this everytime. LOL.

If the game is not finished within 4 hours, two invulnerable GIANT ICEFROGs will spawn at the middle of the map. One Icefrog will aim for the throne while the other will target the tree. Their movements are synchronized making sure that both the tree and the throne will be destroyed at the same time. When this happens, it’s GG. Icefrog wins.

Easy way to win the game: Pick tiny, get bkb at level 16 and approach Roshan with avatar. Tell him that you’re his son.

P/S : More on DA forum in this thread.

Felt so sorry to abandon this blog, but life’s too busy over here, can’t be helped…

Watching my desktop having the draft for the last post, dated 8th August last year, where my 1st year theory exams have just finished, and now, I’m in the middle of 2nd year, counting the days for 2nd year finals…

2nd year is busier than 1st year, I didn’t really expect it to be this busy, really, because I’ve thought 1st year is busy enough already… Basically there’s classes everyday except Sundays, and that particular day passes quickly like nothing and before we realise it, it’s Monday again…

Maybe it’s my problem in time management, but the truth is: I’m not that kind of nerd (as most of you know) and I’m not having time to do my own things… Everyday we’re pressured with current assignments and upcoming tests (big and small), and even the practical works in dental college became more difficult because the lecturer in charge (ya the Vidya bitch) has become even bitchier…

Many things happened since the last post, I’ve been back to Malaysia twice in this period, which was eventful and I don’t know how to pour it out in words, thus I can only keep it inside my own memory…

Let’s talk about the subjects in my second year… Again it’s similar to last year, we’ve medical college subjects (Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacology) and dental college sujects (Preclinical Prosthodontics, Preclinical Conservative Dentistry, Oral Biology = Anatomy, Histology as well as Tooth morphology)… Fortunately we don’t have rubbish subject this year (last year it was Environmental Studies), but anyway it doesn’t really matter because this year’s subjects are hellish enough already…

Microbiology, a subject deals with microorganisms, where you’ll have to remember names like Corynbacterium diphtheriae or Clostridium perfringens or maybe a more famous one Mycobacterium tuberculosis, some even are not microorganisms and I don’t know why they are in the subject, e.g. round worm – Ascaris lumbricoides. Mainly in this subject, we have to study how they look like and how they produce diseases and finally how to diagnose and treat them…

Pathology is just the abnormal part of physiology (the study of how body functions), i.e. how body dysfunction, LOL. First we start of with cell injury and their abnormal conditions especially tissue death, then we enter inflammation, tumours, infectious disease (something to do with microbiology), vascular diseases etc. etc. etc.

Pharmacology is the study of drugs, which you’ll come across names not limited to Paracetamol and Penicillin, but also many other cute names like Bethanecol, Ipratropium, Atropine, Digitoxin, Pancuronium, Succinyl choline, Salbutamol, Theophylline, Zafirlukast, etc. etc. Which as you can expect, is CRAZZZYYYYYY…

Then prosthodontics we’ll have learn how to make dentures. And conservative dentistry we’ll have to learn how to do fillings to conserve a tooth.

And finally, as a continuation of anatomy last year, we’ll have oral biology. We’ve started carving teeth on wax block this year, I shall post the picture of the full teeth set I carved when they are ready…

I guess that’s it for this time… I hope I’ll have the mood to blog again soon…

And also some announcements:

1) I’ll be going back to Malaysia this coming May
2) DOTA is in my life now, LOL.