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For a certain period of time, Clinkz was viewed as a terrible hero. People saw his low hp and horrible attack animation as making him too weak of a carry and incapable as a ganker. Over time however, people found a way to take advantage of the extreme early damage he can output to make him into a quite capable pick. Currently it is not uncommon at all to see a Clinkz picked up or to see a Clinkz dominate as a team’s primary carry.
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I’m not sure what was in the water this week, but for whatever reason professional games seemed to be seeing an influx of the oft-maligned (and changed) Treant Protector. Apparently after the recent buff/fix to Living Armor, players just couldn't wait to try out their pocket tree-man strategies. Even after these changes however, everyone would agree that compared to the rest of the pool Treant Protector brings very little to the table. Teams who did choose to play him however all went for similar strategies with varying success.
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Famous for both being a hard hero to play and as the go to pick/ban for early game push strategies since TI1, stories of Chen’s difficulty and power are mostly accurate. In the hands of a novice or even some more experienced players, the addition of 3 creeps to move as well as cast abilities with becomes too much to handle at times. Yet if one is able to pull off this feat of micromanagement and decision making, Chen easily becomes one of the strongest heroes in the game for push strategies.
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This week’s match features two of the more active and skilled western teams in No Tide Hunter and Fnatic.EU. While we didn’t see the now somewhat less expected Meepo pickup by Fnatic.EU for NoTail, we did see the pickup of last year’s overpowered hero Lycanthrope. No Tide Hunter similarly opted for the previously feared Anti-mage as we saw these two gods of old battle it out for the winner of game 3 and ultimately the set.

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One of the current trends on the internet and in gaming culture is that more and more people are watching other people play games. The popularity and monetization of streaming gameplay has made it not only easy but accessible for just about anyone to set up a twitch.tv or YouTube account and simply broadcast or record themselves playing a video game. With this has come a growing movement towards trying to make the oft maligned “e-sports” market popular, and as a result, profitable.
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Chaos Knight is one of the most feared and powerful strength based carries in the game. Not only does he scale well into the later parts of the game, he also possesses a stun as one of his basic abilities that rivals other heroes’ ultimate abilities. In addition his own ultimate, Phantasm, provides massive right click dps and is also a potent pushing ability. Not to say the hero is without weaknesses, but if these weaknesses can be overcome, Chaos Knight becomes an unstoppable monster to face off against.
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