There are at all times enjoyable issues to strive in Dota. The sandbox nature of the sport leaves lots of room for efficient creativity. A few of the concepts offered in the present day is perhaps onerous to tug off, however with some work we consider they’ll work wonders to your occasion.
Shadow Demon is a good help for larger stage play. He’s a robust 
Ringmaster counter, has good saves and may be fairly intimidating in lane, in the correct fingers. The identical can’t be stated about Grimstroke.
The issue with the latter is that he’s fairly coordination-dependent and doesn’t have sturdy, speedy results. Until, in fact, you play the High-quality Artwork side, stack relentlessly in lane and land these 500+ harm Stroke of Destiny nukes.
However we aren’t right here to speak concerning the heroes individually, although we really feel like Grimstroke is usually underrated. We’re right here to speak concerning the completely ridiculous mixture of Grimstroke’s Soul Bind and Shadow Demon’s Disseminate.
Consider it’s as 
Warlock’s Deadly Bonds + Soul Bind combo, however higher. The idea is comparable: you get two targets, each of which now begin changing any single harm they obtain into AoE harm in a good radius. Targets themselves additionally take elevated harm and a common Harm Enhance is a really sturdy idea.
So long as enemies are comparatively near the 2 sure targets, any sneeze of their normal path will harm. And any AoE means will get tripled in its harm, or much more. With the extent 15 expertise on Grimstroke and a stage 20 expertise on Shadow Demon the values on fundamental spells can shortly spiral uncontrolled and should you even have sturdy Unit Goal AoE or Bounce-type spells in your crew, the fights will probably be over, earlier than they even begin.
Right here’s a fast instance of a single use of 
Leshrac’s Lightning Storm to persuade the non-believers:
Discover how even the non-targeted dummy takes a ton of harm, by simply being subsequent to the opposite two targets. Naturally it is going to be a lot tougher to tug off in a non-controlled surroundings, however the potential is certainly there.
Anybody following the skilled scene might be conscious of how sturdy the Recall KotL + 
Ember Spirit or 
Storm Spirit is. Much more international mobility, 20% MS improve, virtually infinite mana, lowered cooldowns, you identify it. However what if we push it a step additional?
Since Recall is taken into account a teleport spell, it procs the Invading Pressure innate from Underlord. The latter gives the teleported goal with a reasonably highly effective MS bonus and, generally extra importantly, with a Common Harm Discount buff.
Naturally, even with the extent 10 expertise the +15% Harm Discount may not seem to be quite a bit, however contemplate heroes like 
Luna or 
Gyrocopter who can abruptly run into 5 heroes at 550 MS, consuming spells and nonetheless residing to heal up? That is one thing that may flip any of your cores into an precise initiator, whereas permitting your Offlane to attend for one of the best second to leap in with AoE teamfight spells.
We consider that this mixture is significantly tougher to tug off, however, as soon as once more, the potential is certainly there. Furthermore, it’s one thing that may pressure the enemy crew to overcommit to a goal they abruptly can’t kill, as it’s too quick and sturdy for them. Give it a strive in a stack and tell us about your findings!
This help duo is, frankly, horrible. To your on a regular basis Solo MM we don’t suggest it in any respect, however when taking part in in a stack and when complementing them with cores who’ve precise onerous crowd management, it may well work wonders.
The concept is straightforward — Oracle has a really highly effective nuke on a low cooldown, but it surely has an enormous draw back, because it begins therapeutic the opponent. AA prevents all therapeutic results. The tip result’s a help duo who, due to the Clairvoyant Curse side and the Ice Vortex magic harm amplification can kill nearly anybody within the recreation.
Now, the query is — do you really need helps that kill in your on a regular basis pub? Most likely not in each recreation, however it’s a mixture that can soften any core. 
Black King Bar is a bit annoying to cope with, definitely, however in our testing we noticed a good quantity of harm even by BKB and with Fortune’s Finish the standard 
Glimmer Cape is basically a non-factor.
For considerably comparable causes, Oracle may also work wonders with 
Doom or 
Shadow Demon and the previous mixture is, in our opinion, usually sturdy in most drafts.
We don’t consider that the general meta is settled in the mean time. From what we’re seeing within the skilled scene, there are nonetheless tons of underexplored and overvalued heroes within the recreation. Meaning it’s nonetheless time to experiment and shock your enemies to realize MMR, versus sticking to “what works”.
Do you’ve got any combos that you just want to share? Or would you favor to maintain them a secret for now?
