brized used to run dual steam boots on tdl, 1450 gold for 35ias, 10 damage, and 1.3 armor is a really good value

http://replays.heroesofnewerth.com/match_replay.php?mid=4940383
http://replays.heroesofnewerth.com/match_replay.php?mid=4612309
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http://replays.heroesofnewerth.com/match_replay.php?mid=3998152

http://stats.maide.ca/players/view/brized/matches/

well if you know how to play you can go any item on any hero

stacking steamboots is actually underappreciated.

you get so much off them.

Getting level 4 riftshards gives you crits of over 2k damage. I go marchers / runed axe / phase boots / shield breaker / rift shards by late game. Nobody can kill you.

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steamboots->runed axe->shrunken head->whispering helm->luxury imo

If you are playing TDL without a bkb, you aren't playing TDL right.

You are a carry and usually when a team goes TDL, that is their only huge carry, so their TDL is their huge/only focus.

If you are playing against non-retards without a bkb on TDL, you will die the second a teamfight starts

I usually play her mid in 1700+ games, havent tried in 1800+ yet.
Get bottle, finish steamboots then get a runed axe.
After runed get bkb and maybe nullstone if they have any superior magic disables such as succubus.
Riftshards and fws after that :)

nn bottle, runed axe covers regen, and a teammate can get abyss for you
nullstone is a luxury that i would almost never get on tdl
i'd rather focus damage/evasion

edit:
i guess if you want to attempt rune control you could go for bottle, but it's likely the opponent in mid will have a blink/leap/stun advantage for runes.
2 mana pots is more than enough for me to ck until mana+life tube
shield is a nice starting item for any melee hero

This post was edited by samkxu on Aug 23 2010 11:43am

I dare to say this guy know how to play dl:

http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=656417