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General Discussionhow to deal with centaur tusk/centaur tiny combo?

how to deal with centaur tusk/centaur tiny combo? in General Discussion
Nile

    I've lost most games against those dual spamming counts. I just die, when I show in lane, unless I'm constantly monitored by 2 heroes, then other lane loses.
    I just lost my first core game on my low rank smurf(2k average games), I'm ashamed and very annoyed.
    https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3683577919
    I picked drow pretty early, just want a quick easy game, then this shit happened. During laning, I constantly faced the threat of death, and the help was very minimum. I basically had to jungle before level 6. After laning they wanted the entire map and roamed on me with 4 heroes, and sniper was comfortably farming in their jungle.
    Is it a viable strat to focus on fucking up one person? I know I'm ruining games in the first place, but I'm doing it for a great good(MONEY!). It be nice if you can answer the title, assuming there is no skill difference, I still need to deal with this kind of shit in my solo games.

    Shou

      U cud pick smth tankier or better at laning
      Lycan just keep regening and he is fairly tanky
      If u buy enough Regen and can survive the burst u shud be ok

      Talker

        If you pick between First 5 Picks you might get counterpicked. End of Story.

        Dunning-Kruger-Doto

          Soloque.

          This combo cant kill an antimage; if you are comfortable to find your farm, go am. Beside their burst they do not have the ability to harrass you out of the lane: Hard without mana.

          This combo can't kill void.

          This combo can't kill a lifestealer.

          Even doom might work against this. This combo is rly one of the oldest tricks out of the book. Just like bane/mirana. Hard shit back then was tree weaver. Everything has its counters.

          ywn

            well u can pick something magic immune like naix or jugger, or you can pick something tanky and buy a raindrop, or something wiht an escape that can get away before you get hit by snowball

            Dire Wolf

              Yeah if you counter with cm + jugger you can freeze and blade fury cent when tiny tosses him on you.

              Zemo-san

                the answer is positioning

                Nile

                  What if I already picked the wrong hero, sniper, lich, Luna, pa, tb for example?

                  Nile

                    Good positioning won’t save you either, since toss range is literally the entire screen. If you can’t tank it, they see you, you are dead.

                    Zemo-san

                      positioning doesn't mean "oh I am cought, how will I defend against it"
                      it means "oh they are here, I won't go there"

                      Nile

                        That’s reallly not an option during laning, as a hero who can’t jungle. When you try to swap lanes, they will instantly rotate. The only reason people pick those two heros is to fuck you in particular.

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                        Riguma Borusu

                          Get raindrops, get boots, and there's no way you die to just two of those heroes if you're a carry. Early on none of those heroes has a real kill potential, they need levels. Literally any carry will survive this. Unless you play enchantress pos 1 or tb, and die to less magic damage than a raindrop tanks because your hp pool is almost negative.

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                          Shou

                            its a lot of dmg but it requires a dual lane to get to lvl 2-3
                            this means u can either abuse them early with ur supports, or have enough space early to get some basic items to help u survive later

                            casual gamer

                              why would u pick a hero like drow in a low mmr game theres like 0 opportunity to style on people u just punch things so boring

                              Nile

                                Faster pusher, faster mmr, faster money?

                                Banskiie II

                                  Get an early force staff for your ranged agi heroes. If you see their combo from a distance, wait for the projectile to arrive then just force staff away. You will usually dodge the cent stun/get out from ice shards if you're quick enough to react.