DOTA's Madness Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Lineup Selection

“Everyone, now that we're all here, let's discuss how to summon the soul of the heroes.”

Seeing that Zhao Dingguo also came over, the young man who had arrived first in the BG s.p.a.ce spoke. Although his expression looked bland, Zhao Dingguo could feel the confidence hidden under his appearance.

This guy is not weak!

Thinking of this, Zhao Dingguo took a look at his initial equipment through the function of the nameplate, and was surprised.

He only had three: Power Treads, Ring of Basilius, and a Magic Stick.

Needless to say, Magic Stick only worth 200 gold coins. But Power Treads was advanced equipment which was worth 1450 gold. Although Ring of Basilius was only equipment of early game, it's also worth 500 gold coins. In other words, the total value of his initial equipment added up has exceeded Old Li!

For Dawn rank BG users, this strength was definitely not weak!

In contrast, Zhao Dingguo was far worse!

The other three must have noticed his equipment and agreed with his strength, so they stepped forward and summoned their best hero's soul—not everyone knew the relations.h.i.+p between summoning the hero soul and future bloodlines, so they just acted by preference.

“Choose first, pay attention to heroes that had CC skill, don't pick late carry.”

The youth told them a few words and then prepared to complete the lineup by himself after the others selected.

Now that the strongest one has expressed his opinion, the other three were also happy to choose first. In the end, the three BG users summoned the soul of the Tidehunter, Huskar, and Leshrac. Probably after listening to this young man's suggestion, the three heroes selected had initiator, mage and DPS.

“It's your turn!”

The young man looked at the hero's soul of the three, and there was a hint of satisfaction in his eyes, then he signaled Zhao Dingguo to go up and choose.

What should I choose?

Zhao Dingguo looked at the statue of hundreds of heroes.

According to previous discussions with Lao Li, among the mage heroes, he likes Silencer and Obsidian Destroyer. If he used it well in the Death Match, he may inherit the bloodline of one of these two heroes. However, Zhao Dingguo has been lucky to get Kael's Oath of Inheritance. In other words, he could skip the early stages and directly contact the bloodline of Invoker …

This required careful consideration.

In DOTA, the Invoker was a very special hero. Because it's difficult to grasp, Zhao Dingguo has never used this hero before. But after coming into contact with the information of the Order of Light these days, Zhao Dingguo had a long understanding of the characteristics of this hero. It could be said that the Invoker was a very powerful and versatile hero, who could play many roles: late DPS, ganker, disabler, etc…!

Zhao Dingguo was naturally coveted by the bloodline of such a powerful mage.

Regarding future development, Zhao Dingguo did not easily change his mind. But after careful consideration for several nights, he finally made a decision. Now that he already had the chance in his hand, why bother to not use it?

From this perspective, from now on, he should use Invoker more to become as familiar with the hero's abilities as possible!

However, Zhao Dingguo has another level of concern.

Although the things in the BG platform were largely derived from DOTA, they were not the same after all. For BG users, even if they had the bloodline, as long as they have empty skill slots, they could learn the skills of other heroes in addition to form a complementary amplification effect. If a bloodline matched with a few suitable skills, it would undoubtedly allow him to multiply his combat power!

There was no doubt that there were several skills that Zhao Dingguo had previously favored for the Silencer and the Obsidian Destroyer, which were very useful.

Whether it's the strong orb effect attack of the two heroes, Silencer's Last Word, or Destroyer's Astral Imprisonment, it's extremely practical for any Intelligence hero. Now that the Invoker's Oath of Inheritance was in hand, Zhao Dingguo felt that he could consider continuing to use the Silencer and the Obsidian Destroyer in the Death Match!

Although a BG user could have only one bloodline, if he could obtain the skills of these two heroes, it would be enough to make him an expert in the later period!

“Hey, are you thinking?”

The young man next to him saw that Zhao Dingguo was still in a daze, and could not help being impatient. He urged him to speak.

“Quick, choose one!”

Zhao Dingguo came back to his sense, and with a little hesitation, he quickly summoned the hero's soul of Obsidian Destroyer.

After the choice was determined, the statue representing the Obsidian Destroyer lit up. A ray of light burst into the zenith from above, and then poured into Zhao Dingguo's body with a golden light. The phantom of the Obsidian Destroyer was attached to him, and every move was controlled by Zhao Dingguo!

“Obsidian Destroyer?”

Seeing the black ghost with flapping wings, the young man calmly said.

Although in their own lineup, Huskar could play the role of late carry, he was not very reliable. With such a late carry like Obsidian Destroyer, it should be safer.

After summing up his own lineup, he summoned the heroic soul of Dazzle.

This was also an Intelligence hero, and his supporting ability was quite good. In addition to the healing skill Shadow Wave, his skill Shallow Grave was a G.o.dly skill! Except when facing the skills of a few heroes, otherwise, no matter how much damage was taken, the hero would retain at least one HP, that was, immortality for five seconds!

“I'm leaving!”

Huskar was probably very confident in himself, and came to the middle lane first, occupying the position.

Tidehunter and Leshrac looked at the lineup and consciously went to the disadvantage lane. They had known each other, so it would be good to go in the same lane, as it would be easier to cooperate.

The young man who chose Dazzle came to the bottom lane with Zhao Dingguo. After all, the Obsidian Destroyer was the official late carry in the lineup. No one could say anything about Zhao Dingguo coming there. The only problem was that Dazzle has some doubts about Zhao Dingguo's strength.

Boots of Speed, three Ironwood Branches and a Circlet of n.o.bility. Although not a rookie, he's undoubtedly far worse than me.

    Can such a person take the responsibility of a late carry and lead our side to win this Death Match?

Despite suspicions, Dazzle did not immediately reveal such suspicions, which could easily cause tension in teammates. As for why he didn't play late carry by himself, the reason was simple. Many of the late carry heroes needed to be protected by their teammates until the later stages. In his previous Death Match, the situation he encountered was that his teammates had collapsed before the late stage. Although he killed his opponent seven or eight times in a row, he still failed to turn the table after all!

So, this time he chose a support hero!

From the perspective of the lineup alone, the Sentinel side was still very good. If he can play this Dazzle well, even if he was not the late carry, he could help the team to victory!

With such an idea, he and Zhao Dingguo started the battle!

Because the default terrain was the ruins of a city, the original green gra.s.s surface of the Sentinel has been replaced by marble and granite slabs, which made a sound when being stepped on. Perhaps because of the long abandonment, cracks and fragments could be seen everywhere in the slate, and there was some dry gra.s.s in the cracks that came from the ground. In the hazy sky, the weeds looked a little faint and a little yellow.

Although the terrain has hardly changed overall, the details have indeed changed a lot!

After seeing the constant scene of the DOTA map, the subtle changes in the Death Match made Zhao Dingguo more and more feel the reality of this world – even if this was just a small piece of s.p.a.ce created by the BG platform!

The horn blew!

Along with the treants soldiers, Zhao Dingguo and Dazzle came to the line. What surprised him was that the ghoul soldiers had arrived, but none of the Scourge heroes came to fight against him!

Looking ahead, the line from the Scourge was empty.