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General DiscussionPSA: rubick is not a lane support

PSA: rubick is not a lane support in General Discussion
Aethoeix

    Please, dont pick rubick if u have to support safe lane because hero has a miserable lane presence due to low dmg, sustain and lack of cc
    If u want to win your lane and secure farm for carry pick a strong LANE support, e.g. warlock, shadow shaman, lich.

    Thank you.

    Obamacare

      Depends on lane partner I'd say... If you have a kunkka or another hero that requires a little bit of a setup it can be devastating with coordination, then again, 2k speaking here

      ScottishJabz

        I beg to differ (slightly).

        Rubick does need a bit of farm to be relevant so why not pull the lane? Keep the safelane carry happy under tower and you can farm the side creeps?

        @Earth Spirit: Completely agree - Kunkka support is phenomenal and you can easily transition into damage if required and aether lens plus 'x marks the spot' is just funny watch the enemies attempt to run..

        Again: 2.5k carry scrub here.

        🍩🍪Cookie🍪🍩

          rubick is a pos 5 aka a lane support 4/5 games

          evy

            Dota is a dynamic game

            Stentorian

              he's no good roaming or dual-offlaning either, which makes safelaning (with stacked pulling) the best option for rubick.

              The thing is rubick is very situational. You should pick him only when there are valuable spells to steal. Rubick against heroes like BB is kind of bad. Spells like chrono, ravage, chain frost make him super good.

              🍩🍪Cookie🍪🍩

                nah rubick is quite common here

                Aethoeix

                  rubick is common because he is fun to play, not because he is good
                  he makes lane very weak and he cant zone an offlaner
                  i think his place is greedy roaming 4

                  Stentorian

                    It doesn't take much to zone an offlaner. He has range, has a nuke that reduces damage. If a distuptor or lich can zone out an offlaner, rubick can too (offlane player here).

                    A

                      What rubick can do as roaming pos 4 ? Im pretty sure he lose 4/5 game against proper roaming pos 4

                      evy






                        Spot the odd one out!

                        Totentanz to The King: M ...

                          Rubick is a shit laner in general. Weak spells early on, weak base damage and movespeed. Only good thing is his manapool, but the high cost of spells offsets that as well anyway. You can still do decent if you know how to play the hero though.

                          Aethoeix

                            ^ (yet 3ks dont know but still pick him every fucking time they dont get core role)

                            Stentorian

                              how's rubick as core pos 2?

                              can be good with sceptre and blink.

                              sisyphus

                                rubick's pretty dogshit as a lane support if he has to do it solo. in a game with 2 supports, no worries

                                imo these people pick rubick as a lone support is because they don't want to solo sup and they might as well pick a fun hero even though it guarantees a lost lane if the enemy's smart

                                Dire Wolf

                                  I just prefer pubs ignore rubick in general cus they suck ass at stealing spells.

                                  arin

                                    rubick pos 5 is ultrabad

                                    Shou

                                      Eh
                                      As rubick I don't find it that bad to zone cuz u have good range and a decent nuke
                                      U cant roam well either so idek wtf ur saying
                                      I think u start with boots if ur roaming and maybe it wud be possible
                                      But usually roamers provide some sort of dmg as well and rubick lacks that
                                      Rubick isn't that bad in lane, he gives a lot of carries kill potential, u don't just pick rubick to pair with a morphling in lane, u pick it with a jugg or Ursa or other carries who have kill potential but lack disable. He is a weak laner in a static lane but by lvl 2 he enables aggression for ur carry.

                                      one syllable anglo-saxon

                                        rubick is antimage of support pickers

                                        Dire Wolf

                                          Well said.

                                          Story Time

                                            rubick is antimage of support pickers

                                            lol, then: silencer is a legion commender of supports

                                            meteor hammer

                                              rubick is antimage of support pickers

                                              1000% fucking true

                                              silencer is a legion commender of supports

                                              silencer smashes teamfights if his allies picked any cc at all, lc has the opposite case where shes great for holding people in place but thats about it unless she snowballs

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                                              주 롄양

                                                kill enemy with their own spells is pretty statsifying

                                                Dire Wolf

                                                  silencer is a great support, zones like none other with an orb that does 11 pure dmg at level 1, plus 50 average attack dmg. Then his nuke does 250 dmg at level 5. He's very good at zoning and has great team fight.

                                                  basement :)

                                                    I am just saying, Rubick was first-pick material in 7.00. All they did was nerf his attack range and spell by 5 mana.

                                                    meteor hammer

                                                      pro scene != 5k shitlords who can barely click buttons on a hero like silencer

                                                      meteor hammer

                                                        not speaking of you, just in general theres a lack of good support play imo