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General Discussionwhy do teams pick pl?

why do teams pick pl? in General Discussion
Dire Wolf

    I don't get it, I thought pl wasn't good in this meta? OG 2nd picks him, leaving 3 picks to counter, plus the had magnus. Pl doesn't cleave very well. Why not just go jug there? Or sven?

    https://www.dotabuff.com/esports/series/255865

    ywn

      why dont u ask fly on twitter im sure he cares

      Filthy

        Well with pl base armour damage and hp regen he doesn't need baby sitter in lane as much so maybe that was there thinking but I agree he was countered pretty hard .

        Filthy

          That game was epic as hell by the way , I was in a building with shitty service so I was contorting my body just right to stay connected enough to watch it lol .

          BenaoLifedancer

            OG looks dead. That's not good if they are going to turn it around

            Totentanz to The King: M ...

              PL actually cleaves really well. At least for farming it's really good. He has like 123213 agility. I don't think Ember was a good pick. They needed more burst damage, something like Invoker would have done better imo.

              Shou

                but ember has burst dmg

                meteor hammer

                  he is good

                  meteor hammer

                    52% winrate in 4k and 5k on a carry is amazing

                    nojzeR

                      cuz he is annoying with good low cd nuke... and he is a good laner vs bat

                      arin

                        is safelane getting buff next patch

                        evy

                          Safelane buff = me playing again

                          Dire Wolf

                            Welp they ran exactly what I wanted second game and still got crushed. Incoming sven nerf. I thought their draft was amazing but the entire panel was like jug is weak. I guess maybe he is. I think with all that space if OG had just farmed up more they could've done it.

                            Also that was a pretty big fuck up at that rosh fight where they bunched, whiffed a curse and then entire team got hit by kunkka boat.

                            And idk how well winter actually counters sven in pro play. They aren't stupid enough to bunch around him for a curse and just look at the picks, only kunkka was melee and he stood in the back and threw out torrents. They just pick around the wyvern. Same thing with egs picks vs sven, wyvern sucked ass.

                            meteor hammer

                              is safelane getting buff next patch

                              nerf sven buff safelane kreygasm

                              UnSure

                                Because people have a great plan to win dota games untill it fails and they see that their was was so great.

                                Cheap Laugh Guy

                                  A late game PL is unstoppable, he can be so tanky Echo Slam doesn't even bother him, but he takes quite the time to come online.

                                  Shou

                                    ^not rlly
                                    He rekts supports but his dmg is lacking with heart skadi against high armor carries and if he does something like multiple butterfly then he dies to aoe nukes easy
                                    He is more of a mid-lategame carry that relies on snowballing and having good matchups. In super late game pl starts to struggle.

                                    Filthy

                                      I think he's plenty strong game although i have noticed that even when 6 slotted his burst is pretty low so sometimes his team can get wiped out before he can kill enough heros and then it's pl against the world .

                                      meteor hammer

                                        if u go heart skadi when you need to do damage ur a big ol retard though