The draft has added another dimension of skill to the game. It forces players who truly want to rank up and truly be good at the game to be flexible with several different heroes. If you're a player that is pretty good with only one hero, then you're missing out on a lot of fun with this game. The game actually begins at the draft and good teams will get a huge advantage before the game even begins due to the quality (and timing) of their hero picks. The soft picking really helps in solo Q....

Love the draft mode! That's where the game actually begins. A team that can win the draft has a big advantage right out of the gate. Hopefully when you are playing with friends, you draft the most desirable heroes first, even if you don't plan on using them. Thats what the swap feature is for after the draft before you go IG.

Glaive is crazy strong as a burst hero this time round. His passive ability, built with Tyrants Monacle, Tension Bow and either Tornado Trigger or Bonesaw (depending on enemy team build) makes him able to burn down enemies pretty quick. Thats probably all the offensive items you'll need throughout the whole game. As long as you save your Afterburn till near the end of the fight to either catch a fleeing enemy of retreat in hurry, you should do just fine. I'm very happy with where he is at...

Part of the 1.10 update. It is a good idea to read through the update notes to keep current with the changes in gameplay.

Im not sure if there is a delay in the application of up or down votes. What I mean is that I don't know if when you receive a vote it immediately applies to your account. If there was a delay of a couple hours or so, it would explain why people seem to get randomly moved up or down in the Karma system.

I don't question your math at all. I'm not even saying that this is a bad strategy. What I meant by the enemy team letting you hang around with this is that your build is strong late game, but would take a very long time to get all those items. I can see this build in a real game taking forever, especially if the enemy team is watching your build path. I would definitely be invading your jungle and racking up kills early on, since you would be extremely weak early - mid game. It would be...

This proves my point. Any decent team would've recognized this wasn't a tank build and should've focused on you early. But if the enemy team lets you stay in the game with this, no reason not to go this route then. Congrats!

Giving a thumbs up or down vote has absolutely no influence on skill tiers. That is why I am so confused as to why people don't use thumbs up more often. Up or down votes ONLY apply to that players Karma rank, nothing at all to do with skill tier regardless of what the reason you give for your vote.

People have been trying to make Catherine more of a offensive threat recently it seems, going with CR or WP builds instead of just pure tank. I don't know if it's because she doesn't seem like the pure support of choice anymore beside Ardan, Phinn or even Glaive for that matter? Anyway, a high CR Catherine will be VERY pesky enemy if you allow her to hang around. I suggest checking her build as you play against her, to see if the player is going more offensive than defensive. If Catherine is...

1.9 update reset the tier rankings to go along with the new season, usually a full tier lower than where you were previously at. I assume this happened to you within the last week?