General DiscussionChinese meta infecting pub games

I don't have many of these issues in my bracket, and secondly sometimes early game using a chrono/ravage etc. to get a kill is really worth it rather than holding it waiting for that "big" team fight 20 minutes into a game.

overkill > missing kills

Fuck yeah, overkill and play safe!! XD

Much rather have them secure kill that hold out forever waiting for the perfect 4-5 man chrono/ravage/whatever. Those abilities are team fight initiators, not for saving to get entire team in them.

Also maledict over heal is not always a good choice, the first 2 heal levels are not mana-intensive and can be useful in lane if facing heavy harrass, its more like a defensive skillbuild, and it can be a godsent in the very early tfs.

Of course if the enemy is mostly melee and/or not agressive, maledict is the way to go.

"overkill > missing kills"

not if the enemy have buyback

then again its pubs and people dont even know the difference between reliable/unreliable gold

How the fuck is using a spell on an single enemy hero "Chinese meta"? It's a perfectly legit thing in certain situations such as:
- it's a key enemy hero that u need to shut down
- will create a fight 5v4 or 4v3 or XvX-1
- that hero has a streak (getting a big bounty)
- hero has a gem or rapier
- hero has no buyback
- forces a hero to buyback
- it's early game and you don't need your Ravage/RP/Scream for 5 ppl
- gazillion other situations

How is it a regional thing again?

Maledict is a pretty shitty spell for wd in teamfight, max regen > maledict anytime unless you are a skillful wd that knows how to use it efficiently to get solo kills.

But maledict is amazing in lane, don't even have to chase sometimes just let maledict finish them.

@Timberwolf, you're way stronger in lane with heal. Maledict has shit cast range, shit aoe and shit CD. Most of the time it's better to go cask-heal then cask-maledict, tho maledict is legit sometimes.