krob:

bottle
bloodstone
bot
hot

that's basically it

admiral:
2x bracer
battlefury
hot
threads/bot
assault

that's what i go for personally.

krob:

bottle phase bloodstone shiva heart .. if you're getting ganked and nuked really hard early consider a hood

pirate:

phase bkb bfury then depending on the matchup you can go heart buriza or buriza assault

Krob is easy

Skills(what i usually do, feel free to argue)
carrion
silence
carrion
witchcraft ( or w.e its called( the passive))
carrion
ult
carrion
witchcraft
witchcraft
witchcraft
silence
silence
silence
Stats till 25

i like the early point in silence cuz even tho its lvl 1, its AOE gets bigger from witchcraft so even when you're not lvling it up, it gets better

Items
bottle if u solo mid( you should be)
phase
bloodstone
shivas
heart
AC(if not gg already)

Butt Pirate is cookie cutter

Skills
Tidebringer
torrent
tidebringer
torrent
tidebringer
Ship
Tidebringer
Torrent
Torrent
X
X
X
X
Stats till 25

You might want to sub X in for a torrent somewhere if you find them running away a lot

Items

Phase
Armlet/BKB (depending on their team)
Bfury
HotD>satanic(not right away)
Heart

what i usually got when i played within clans, but that was a while ago

This post was edited by LEEROYxJENKINS on Jul 2 2009 08:18pm

i really hate anyone that goes bloodstone on dp. just go 2x bracers and guinsoo and play support like a real char.

Looks like you got no clue about the game... Krobe is not support. DP is like cast ur ulti and survive as long as possible = BS, HoT, Shivas, Phase etc. (TANK - EQUIP)


LEEROYxJENKINS said it all.

dp certainly should not be your main damage dealer. there are better classes for that. there are also better classes for tanking. just because dp has spells that deal damage doesn't mean you have to make her as tank as possible. her ult is better in 1v1 and pushing towers than 5v5. in 5v5 fights, her silence makes her useful. thus guinsoo is a better choice than bloodstone.

don't ever go shivas AND assault curiass on the same hero, it's a complete waste of money considering the armor doesn't stack.

Armor stacks, but its returns are diminishing the higher you go. You might be thinking of the auras not stacking from Vlaads and Assault.

But, typically you shouldn't get both. Mostly because they're both expensive and armor stacking doesn't help that much.

huh, i thought a changelog said shiva and AC armor does not stack anymore. .must of misread, but yeah, way too expensive to farm both of them in dota now, other items are more needed and games don't last long enough for you to sit ricing.