LORE
Anti-Mage
The monks of Turstarkuri watched the rugged valleys below their mountain monastery as wave after wave of invaders swept through the lower kingdoms. Ascetic and pragmatic, in their remote monastic eyrie they remained aloof from mundane strife, wrapped in meditation that knew no gods or elements of magic. Then came the Legion of the Dead God, crusaders with a sinister mandate to replace all local worship with their unliving lord's poisonous nihilosophy. From a landscape that had known nothing but blood and battle for a thousand years, they tore the souls and bones of countless fallen legions and pitched them against Turstarkuri. The monastery stood scarcely a fortnight against the assault, and the few monks who bothered to surface from their meditations believed the invaders were but demonic visions sent to distract them from meditation. They died where they sat on their silken cushions. Only one youth survived--a pilgrim who had come as an acolyte, seeking wisdom, but had yet to be admitted to the monastery. He watched in horror as the monks to whom he had served tea and nettles were first slaughtered, then raised to join the ranks of the Dead God's priesthood. With nothing but a few of Turstarkuri's prized dogmatic scrolls, he crept away to the comparative safety of other lands, swearing to obliterate not only the Dead God's magic users--but to put an end to magic altogether.
Crucial mistakes that led to the defeat:
Lion was in the Support 4 position (which rotates), when in fact, due to mobility, Rubick (who was in the Support 5 position) should have been there.
Lion built items to get kills (Shadowblade, Blink Dagger, Echo Sabre), which was his primary focus, being Support 4, thus hindering the Hard Carry.
Too many Blink Daggers on the team. There was already Anti-Mage, a hero with blink in his ability. So Support 4, Support 5, and Offlane built Blink Daggers. 2250 gold could have been used on other items, such as a Force Staff to help a teammate.
Offlane built mobility and support items, not items to withstand damage. Pudge built an Atos and a Blink Dagger, which is contradictory. Either he wants to use Atos to use the Hook or he wants to use Blink Dagger to use his Ultimate. If he uses one item, the other becomes useless within the first 3 or 4 seconds of battle. Which can often be crucial.
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