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The Ogre Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:03am
Help me understand Linkens Sphere!
"Blocks most targetted abiltiies"

If Lion casts his Q, Earth Spike, it says "Blocked upon impact by everyone within range of the spikes."

What does this mean? If 3 heroes get hit by it, and 1 hero has Linkens, will they all be protected from it? Or only the hero with Linkens?

Its crazy that it blocks AOE abilities, since they arent --targetted-- like it says in the tooltip! Why doesnt it block Dragon Knights Flame Breath?


DK Flame Breath:
Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Lions Earth Spike:
Ability
Target Point / Target Unit
Last edited by The Ogre; Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:16am
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Lama051 Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:08am 
No, it means that all heroes with Linken's block the Earth Spike, those who do not have it get stunned normally.
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BlueLobster Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:09am 
Only the hero with the item will block the spell. Flame breath is not a target spell, you select the direction of the spell instead of a specific unit, same as Queen of Pains ultimate for example.
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The Ogre Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:11am 
Originally posted by BlueLobster:
Only the hero with the item will block the spell. Flame breath is not a target spell, you select the direction of the spell instead of a specific unit, same as Queen of Pains ultimate for example.

Same as Lions Earth Spike....

DK Flame Breath:
Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Lions Earth Spike:
Ability
Target Point / Target Unit
Last edited by The Ogre; Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:12am
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BlueLobster Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:13am 
Originally posted by Some sites are for dads:
Originally posted by BlueLobster:
Only the hero with the item will block the spell. Flame breath is not a target spell, you select the direction of the spell instead of a specific unit, same as Queen of Pains ultimate for example.

Same as Lions Earth Spike....
not quite, earth spike can target either a unit OR the ground where as flame breath is ground target only.
Edit: I didn't know that Flame breath supposedly was a unit target too, have to look into that.
However linkens does have a few exceptions as it blocks >most< targeted spells so maybe it's that.
Last edited by BlueLobster; Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:15am
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The Ogre Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:14am 
Originally posted by BlueLobster:
Originally posted by Some sites are for dads:

Same as Lions Earth Spike....
not quite, earth spike can target either a unit OR the ground where as flame breath is ground target only.
DK Flame Breath:
Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Lions Earth Spike:
Ability
Target Point / Target Uni
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The Ogre Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:47am 
Originally posted by BlueLobster:
Originally posted by Some sites are for dads:

Same as Lions Earth Spike....
not quite, earth spike can target either a unit OR the ground where as flame breath is ground target only.
Edit: I didn't know that Flame breath supposedly was a unit target too, have to look into that.
However linkens does have a few exceptions as it blocks >most< targeted spells so maybe it's that.

its arbitrary dota rules! fun!
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BlueLobster Jun 1, 2017 @ 9:53am 
Yeah but that's dota in a nutshell, keep playing and you'll learn it by heart eventually :steamhappy:
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