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1/18/13 at 6:50am
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...'Least Played Mode' disables each player's top 20 heroes with the most wins so they have to pick a character they don't play very often, or at least are not very good at. "Having an even playing field for everyone in the match will hopefully encourage players to break out of their comfort zone and try new heroes," Valve said in a blog post....

http://www.shacknews.com/article/77442/dota-2-adds-least-played-mode

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1/18/13 at 6:52am
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Doesn't matter i always random anyway , as long as i get bonus gold i'll keep randoming tongue.gif
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1/18/13 at 7:09am
If they put Techies in the game I probably won't use this mode as there are more people who are even worse at that hero than Invoker,Chen, Wisp and Ezalor which when poorly played is bad enough.
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Originally Posted by DoktorCreepy View Post

If they put Techies in the game I probably won't use this mode as there are more people who are even worse at that hero than Invoker,Chen, Wisp and Ezalor which when poorly played is bad enough.

Wisp and Eza aint that hard to play well tongue.gifwink.gif
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1/18/13 at 7:34am
I can see that this mode will also be the least played. tongue.gif
Edited by dave1991 - 1/18/13 at 9:17am
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I can see that this mode will also be the most least played. tongue.gif
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1/18/13 at 7:47am
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Wisp and Eza aint that hard to play well tongue.gifwink.gif

Yeah maybe you play them well most do not though I can still remember people playing Ezalor, Invoker, and Techies in Dota Allstars for Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne it was a nightmare back then and while its improved somewhat it still is now.

Although back during the Dota Allstar days there were a bunch of Chens with unbelievable micro skill that would just destroy any single hero one on one with a bunch of those Ursa creeps that had chaos damage, stomp, and a lot of hp.
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1/18/13 at 8:12am
Pretty cool, but i still want all random!thumb.gif
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1/18/13 at 8:51am
Sounds like fun, just cannot leave HoN though biggrin.gif Dota 2 seemed slower paced than HoN to me.
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1/18/13 at 3:58pm
The problem with this is like any game mode, though. Certain heroes are always useful in any line up. Others less useful, and then you have the ones where you have to build a team around that hero to be good.

See the problem here?
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