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General DiscussionStormspirit - Power Treads or Arcanes?

Stormspirit - Power Treads or Arcanes? in General Discussion
bruxxen

    What is your opinion about the boots. In which case (farming or early ganking) you prefer which boots.

    The point is that I want to start tread switching I'd you think that's PT are better than arcanes.

    casual gamer

      arcanes are better for farming i think

      Chewie ಠ_ಠ

        People go for arcanes if they want to go for bloodstone first, and treads if they want to rush orchid first usually.

        Adrian-the-Wallachian

          I usually go power treads, but to each their own

          Planeskeeper

            It really depends on you.If you are going to be farming creeps with remnants then arcanes is usually a good idea, the increased manapool and mana recharge helps you use a few more spells.
            Power treads give you attack speed to get off a few more right clicks in ganks whiicj combined with your passive and smart spell usage can mean devastating damage.
            Also making arcanes helps while rushing a bloodstone

            Trevor

              My Storm Spirit LOVES the "ARCADES". Always have lots of fun at the "ARCADES"!...

              DID I MENTION YOU WROTE < ARCADES > IN THE TITLE?!

              > pro tip: Get Threads for early combat, Arcanes if you're building for late game.

              LosT

                arcanes first then disasemble for bloodstone then treads

                Luxon

                  My Storm Spirit LOVES the "THREADS". Always have lots of fun at the "THREADS"!...
                  DID I MENTION YOU WROTE < THREADS > IN YOUR COMMENT?!

                  > pro tip: Get Threads for early combat, Arcades if you're building for late game.

                  Ekroymoht

                    ^ upvote

                    Pale Mannie

                      Arcades



                      bruxxen

                        At first thx for your comments. In most cases I more farm orientated.

                        And second I am sorry for the mistakes but please don't hate me... hate Siri!

                        Planeskeeper

                          ^then arcanes is probably better if u can stack a few jungle camps.
                          You can also farm pretty fast with treads but that's requires you to be very efficient with last hitting in lane to have good timing gin my humble opinion

                          arin

                            i cant imagine storm without treads first
                            some people go arc -> bloodstone but i think that some basic amount of attack speed is super important on storm

                            Welt aus Eis

                              go arcanes if you dont think you're gonna be trying to kill anyone, treads otherwise i'd say

                              D
                              D

                                Treads for everything.

                                twitch.tv/LuckyNumberXI

                                  Treads gives storm exactly the boost that he needs to not be too squishy and gives the mana boost (toggling between STR + INT).
                                  I feel that Storm is stronger by going PT.

                                  diox

                                    power thread but if your so mana dependant zapping everywhere in the map go for arcane boots.

                                    La Lumière

                                      Depends on how much farm you got mid. Or mana problems.

                                      La Lumière

                                        I personally prefer arcane because storm usually spends his time ganking or jungling after lvl 6.

                                        La Lumière

                                          Ironically though, I feel like I get my bloodstone done faster when I get PT than when I get arcane. Depends on how you play storm bro.

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                                          acid

                                            for me it depends on how hard the game is if I have good laning and shit i go arcane and fast bloodstone
                                            but if I struggle and get ganked a lot i guy treads

                                            Shou

                                              Arcanes for bloodstone rush, dissasemble for BoT's or treads depending, treads for orchid rush, tho bloodstone is the more common build. Arcanes helps u farm the bloodstone faster and dissasembles into it, while the fighting orchid build wants that bit of stats and attack speed for ganks. I like playing storm as a farming hero, only going for ganks with bloodstone and orchid, cuz late game storm is so insane.

                                              ywn

                                                orchid rush DansGame

                                                diox

                                                  bloodstone or orchid? orchid no need for more mana to kill until you ran out and die. orchid can half the mana cost of your ganking. and storm spirit should be at tier 3 ganking.

                                                  \\  VintageR  \\

                                                    daddy's comment right there makes me wanna comeback to dota to play with storm <3

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                                                    kr

                                                      if u wanna hit heros treads if u wanna hit creeps arcanes

                                                      with drow u should always go treads

                                                      if i think i can take over the game early on and get a few kills and join fights without fear of dying id go pt otherwise arcanes.

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                                                      arin

                                                        @kitrak
                                                        does aquila on storm make any sense

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                                                        Whoregasm

                                                          Just go treads, tread switch strength use soul ring switch to int you get way more mana and lose less hp at early stages of game. the trade off with treads is that treads offers slightly less mana when dropping arcs for soul ring in jungle and less mana pool (which doesnt matter that much if you are using ult to proc passive because it scales with Mana Pool) and you simply wont have a 900 gold start on blood stone. The trade off with Arcanes is that you cant tread switch to str when getting ganked for that quick 150 hp, you lose more hp when using soul ring (cuz you cant tread switch to str) and less attack speed (which is really important if you proc passive through ult).

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                                                          Karellen

                                                            They're both good, but treads is generally better. Arcanes gives no attack speed or damage, treads gives you both. With treads you can also switch to strength to tank up while escaping.

                                                            Arcanes or brown boots bloodstone (not orchid, that gives attack speed and damage so it's a different story) is generally much worse because you don't kill heroes nearly as easily early (and storm is a hero who wants to snowball).

                                                            Neither is a better build but arcanes are pretty weak. But every game/situation is different so don't lock yourself to one or the other.

                                                            casual gamer

                                                              i snowball by farming bs and then getting charges lolz?

                                                              you dont run around ganking people as storm pre-bs unless you have haste dd or want to be poor af when you die/fail 1 gank

                                                              Karellen

                                                                I don't think you properly read my post jd. I said they're both good but treads is what you're going to be getting in the majority of games. Storm is a hero that can tp to a lane and snag a free kill when he's 6+ generally, and you also usually can kill the enemy mid but not really if you got arcanes since you're weaker then.

                                                                It can be legit to just go arcane bloodstone but I wouldn't say you would want to do that in every match. Being able to get a clutch kill or more early with treads can be really important.

                                                                But again it depends on the situation. If you're really snowballing already you probably don't even need to get treads, if you can get the bloodstone very early like let's say in 11 or 12 minutes and you already have kills then obviously you really don't require treads since you have a lot of kill potential already with your level/gold advantage anyways..

                                                                My point is dota is very situational. You can't just say "get this, get that" because that's not how this game is played correctly.

                                                                Shou

                                                                  Tbh the extra dmg or as doesnt matter on storm wtf. Mana = dmg for that hero the extra mana from arcanes cud be another overload proc. i like just going arcanes then dissasemble into BoT and bloodstone

                                                                  Shou

                                                                    Also wtf does that mean
                                                                    @BlackGoku

                                                                    Whoregasm

                                                                      ^^ the extra mana is practically non existent, PT give 151 Mana vs arcanes that give 250, the dmg doesnt matter but attack speed is huge, the less att time the quicker the succesion of ult to proc passive is. Early game you want attack speed, late game regen. The trick is to have sustain for jungle at level 5 while maintaining solid farm without getting ganked. Which is where PT's come in handa for quickly gaining up to 180 HP in ganks, utilizing soul ring to minimize health lost and maximize mana gained in jungle, and sometimes you may even see higher level players switch to agility for 9 attack speed for quicker ult passive procs (making a higher dps).

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                                                                      Shou

                                                                        Dude arcanes have an active portion granting 150 mana to the user. "Treads gives more mana"

                                                                        Whoregasm

                                                                          ^^you do realize thats like one q every minute or an in place ult every minute right?

                                                                          Shou

                                                                            It still results in farming with more mana, meaning if u see a kill its more likely that ull have more mana to get the kill. Storm will almost bever have full mana while farming, but arcanes makes sure he has more and for can keep filling up for longer.

                                                                            casual gamer

                                                                              arcane isnt much mana in fights because ball is % based

                                                                              i guarantee arcane gives a million times more mana than treads though between the drop arcane for soul ring and the arc active

                                                                              earlier bs is so huge imo idk im not a mid player

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                                                                              casual gamer

                                                                                http://www.dotabuff.com/heroes/storm-spirit/guides you see how 6k go both builds its almost like shit is situational

                                                                                Shou

                                                                                  I see treads being built after bloodstone. Meaning they had arcanes and disassembled and built treads after. Which i agree with.

                                                                                  Shou

                                                                                    I dont mean arcanes mana in fights, i mean when u join a fight, ull have more mana, cuz arcanes and soul ring and bottle give more sustain than treads.

                                                                                    casual gamer

                                                                                      they do both

                                                                                      Whoregasm

                                                                                        ^^ yeah u right, but i do know sumail in his last two tourney storm games he went Orchid rush and then the next game he went bs rush, i just havent seen him go for arcanes before (probably because he is pretty aggressive in lane) but i guess if it suits you go for it.

                                                                                        Shou

                                                                                          Tbh i was only looking first page. Lol.

                                                                                          Shou

                                                                                            Tbh i was only looking first page. Lol.

                                                                                            casual gamer

                                                                                              kung pao chicken

                                                                                                arcanes = faster bloodstone

                                                                                                power treads = better fight

                                                                                                it's not that hard of a concept. and you guys seem to forget you can still buy treads after bloodstone.

                                                                                                if you're planning on fighting from min 5-15 then buy treads.

                                                                                                if you're planning on fighting after min 15 then buy arcs.

                                                                                                Whoregasm

                                                                                                  its not just about that though, treads give you better sustain in jungle.

                                                                                                  casual gamer

                                                                                                    i go vitbooster after arcanes and it offsets the damage from soul ring a bit at least

                                                                                                    Whoregasm

                                                                                                      ^i want to try that now

                                                                                                      arin

                                                                                                        I don't think you properly read my post jd. I said they're both good but treads is what you're going to be getting in the majority of games. Storm is a hero that can tp to a lane and snag a free kill when he's 6+ generally, and you also usually can kill the enemy mid but not really if you got arcanes since you're weaker then.
                                                                                                        It can be legit to just go arcane bloodstone but I wouldn't say you would want to do that in every match. Being able to get a clutch kill or more early with treads can be really important.
                                                                                                        But again it depends on the situation. If you're really snowballing already you probably don't even need to get treads, if you can get the bloodstone very early like let's say in 11 or 12 minutes and you already have kills then obviously you really don't require treads since you have a lot of kill potential already with your level/gold advantage anyways..
                                                                                                        My point is dota is very situational. You can't just say "get this, get that" because that's not how this game is played correctly.

                                                                                                        reason to that is that in 4k you can usually get shitton of kills because everyone is retarded (and if you dont join the fights ur team just starts running 1 by 1 into enemy team until the game is unsalvageable), so treads are really worth it imo