DOTA 2 player from Kazakhstan, namely Alimzhan ‘watson’ Islambekov, who is the Carry or Post 1 role of the Entity Gaming esports team, responded to the criticism that occurred when he played as Terrorblade against Azure Ray. The skill build used by Watson is completely at odds with the conditions, which makes the audience a little uncomfortable.
Having effective teamfights as well as more offensive push sessions, Terrorblade has various skills that are suitable for various conditions. Including Reflection which is very effective when fighting enemies who focus on flanking and disappearing attacks such as Weaver and Dragon Knight. However, for Watson, this skill is very ineffective and there are several items that are prioritized to be able to counter this hero, such as Manta Style and Black King Bar.
The match in the Elite League against Azure Ray involving Lu ‘Somnus’ Yao, and Yang ‘Chalice’ Shenyi also sparked controversy because not a single skill point was awarded for Reflection from Watson’s Terrorblade. Even negative criticism was thrown at Watson, such as not having insight into playing DOTA 2, as well as playing DOTA 2 more in public and focusing only on increasing MMR.
Refuting this criticism, Watson also provided an explanation regarding his experience in Terrorblade, and even only increased his Reflection skill to fight heroes like Luna, Morphling, and Alchemist. On the other hand, he will focus on increasing his stats rather than his skills. In fact, Reflection is Terrorblade’s skill which is Weaver’s nightmare, considering that this skill can easily expose Weaver when he attacks Terrorblade.
“Why don’t I give points to Reflection against Weaver and Dragon Knight? It doesn’t have any effect against Weaver, in fact the skill will only show where Weaver is running. As for DK, I only use Manta Style when fighting him with Black King Bar which will block the skill coming,” explained Watson.
There is a clear reason, Watson is a DOTA 2 player with a very high MMR in Europe, namely 13.5 thousand MMR. However, this strange build is not intended for all players. Although on the other hand, Entity Gaming only managed to draw against Azure Ray in the tournament.
