lol i actually tried this with my friend. it worked but my CM died D:

WARNING:Using A Counter Gank may include a ton of pain,blood,ripped skin,or death

Poor riki, never saw it coming.

lol I also thought about this some times

Here's hoping we can see some Templar Assassin comics in the future, I love that chick. (Preemptive "Mine!")

Niax is op you should try him.

[url=#user_comment_277031]@shitstain[/url]: iknuwroight xD? comic is so funny XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

LEL another epic dota2 comic XDDDD

[url=#user_comment_276588]@zzzz[/url]: "smooth move joe." "joe" Why.

Assaulting with a tuning fork someone?

1st picture:
POMF =3 What are we gonna do on the mid?

No SPEECH BUBBLES!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~~!!!!!
...Nah. Seriously, its good. No worries. ;)

VOLVO DISBAND

Next, we need a comic which shows how lifestealer loves using spirit breaker as a taxi.

smooth move joe. getting prompted to draw CM's set and make it entirely irrelevant in the comic.

Fatality

[url=#user_comment_276440]@Meh[/url]: AoS was the irst game, but not the description of the style of the game.

[url=#user_comment_276272]@Cronos[/url]: Or activating BKB and killing the little shit ;)

@everyone arguing about MOBA v.s. ARTS as the acronym for dota, it's neither. That style of game is known as AoS (Aeons of Strife). Go google it.

Storm Spirit + N'aix = taxi of pwnage

Hehehehe, this is excellent, Jo.

Having no words is best, because it lets me put in my own.

Panel 1
Purple: "Death to the Noseless! You have no noses!"

Panel 2
Brown: "Don't be racist! We were born this way!"

Panel 3
Both: "Go Team Noseless!"

Oh my god, this is awesome, best (first?) no speech dota comic you have done, its awesome.

@Ambassador Pineapple: 7 more to go, the first comic is #4, not #1

Original Source(Hentai Foundry): http://www.hentai-foundry.com/pictures/user/DrGraevling/199427

this is the reason why dota 2 sucks

Speaking of which, lost a match yesterday as Invoker MVP because someone on my friendslist used "I'm a CoD player; you can't blame me for sucking at DoTA," who went Drow mid every game and got Power Treads, Shadow Blade and then went for Divine Rapier. They lost it to Riki and our ancient exploded.

[url=#user_comment_276166]@RatherRidiculouslyRandomRacistRacer[/url]: However a good Riki who plants a smoke bomb will cause someone who continues to attack Riki to miss most attacks. I've gotten away more just running.

The only Action RTS games I need are Brutal Legend and Airmech

What's even funnier is when lifestealer hides inside a Riki and then ganking lanes, double the ganking powaaaaaahhhh

4 more comics to go... 4 more comics to go...

I second the "Textless Comic + Annotation Explanation" style as the best way to handle this comic.

needs more Xzibit Yo Dawg meme

Seeing crystal maiden head exploded high-5'ing with lifestealer? Hilarious

I snorted, lol.

I was that one, who want CM in Snowdrop set :D

@von Boomslang:
I agree.
I mean, even most FPS are "Massive Online Battle Arenas".

[url=#user_comment_276073]@rice_in_a_bowl[/url]: Maybe Riki was low hp and just wanted to kill CM after he thought she was alone?

Nice to read Jo's explanation and even nicer to read the comments (finally people seems to accept Jo's love for DOTA 2).

Though I have to agree, the headless chick is really creepy!

@Nerf NOW!!: Jo confirmed not noob.
Many people blindly run away from Riki, not knowing that they will only die sooner that way.

[url=#user_comment_276129]@Chou[/url]: He still does damage to the surroundings and spread a huge mess of gore. I don't think it's gentle at all.

I understand when he infests the creep and taers it from the inside. But with allies he has to be gentle, so how exactly does he leave their bodies?

[url=#user_comment_276045]@Talcon[/url] MOBA is the single worst game genre acronym in existence, since it describes NOTHING about the game. It's the game type that DOTA, LoL, Awesomenauts and similar are.

[url=#user_comment_276073]@rice_in_a_bowl[/url]: Force Staff + Sentry Ward/Dust to see Riki is you answer.

Suuure... He came out of her head...

[url=#user_comment_276073]@rice_in_a_bowl[/url]: Yeah, but we don't know any of this guys levels. He may be low enough for CM to just face-tank him a bit (to take less damage) and use her spells (plus Naix bomb) when the smoke fades.

"Fun Fact, I never play either Crystal Maiden or Lifestealer."
you just saved yourself.

with how soft cm is, she could not be saved by a lifestealer if she's inside smoke, because she can't use her disable and naix can't rage for that 80IAS.

[url=#user_comment_276039]@Deleth[/url]: that is the reason why every MOBA needs something like this: http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130311

[url=#user_comment_276039]@Deleth[/url] What the fuck is a moba. It has nothing to do with Action RTS. It has to do with people needing a joke spelled out for them with speech bubbles. It ruins the joke for everyone else, they were never going to get it anyways. Inside jokes are fine. xkcd does it all the time.

[url=#user_comment_275989]@Talcon[/url], you aren't the most intelligent person around huh? Calling people "dumb shits" because they don't play MOBA or in this case Dota perfectly fits the image most people who don't have of Moba players though.

Thank you for the explanation in the description oh boy

Ahh I remember letting our Lifestealer hide inside me, rush in the middle of the enemy with an escape hero, let him pop out and nuke people while escape from the nukes with my life !

Good times ! Feels worse when you are on the otherside though.

I've encountered this tactic except the lifestealer hid in Riki and it was annoying as shit to have Riki come out of stealth and then have lifestealer slow you down so they both obliterate you.

It's better without text. Stop pandering to dumb shits who can't understand the joke.

Haha, hilarious!

Not that I need it since I'm an avid Dota 2 player, but the explanation you posted at the bottom of the comic is a good idea for those who don't know the game! Consider doing it for the other Dota comics too, and maybe people will complain less :)

Her lack of head is unsettling

Never encountered this tactic, good to know it :))