New Team Names

POTATO NAME
Kanth Donos	French Fingerling
dotaninja	Purple Peruvian
Sanidin	Lady Balfour
NomadThree	German Butterball
ColoJoe	Irish Lumper
goblue255	Pink Eye
Sweep	Butte
Pork	Purple Viking

Stronk Hero Pairings

Name	Pairings		The Idea
Lane Dominator - Burn Over Time	riki	Warlock	lock ult, into riki slow, into lock slow- stun, silence, burn, slow
Lane Dominator - damage Over Time	clock	sniper	Shrapnel slow, into clock cogs, and battery assault. Lots of damage
Lane Dominator - Burn Over Time	Axe	Necro	EXTREMELY EFFECITVE! Battle Hunger and Heart stopper, plus necro heals axe to keep creep skipping
Lane Dominator - Sit 'N Spin	Jugg	Shaman	Shaman Shackles and hex, while Jugg spins. Once level 6, get the shaman ult on the tower
Lane Dominator - Prison Inception	Clockwerk	Shadow Demon/Shaman	Disruption/Shackle so clock can casually cog. Death for everyone but heroes with ability escapes (QoP/AM/PA/Riki/Mirana/Void)
Lane Dominator - Quill Sprays for days	Bristle	Keeper of the Light	Keeper pumps Bristle full of mana, mana leaks, Bristle cleans up.
Lane Dominator - Y u no die?	Ab	Kotl	kotl is mana battery for Ab shield and heals
Stuns and vision	Spirit Breaker / Bounty Hunter	Pudge hook, sniper ult and rt click, miranna arrow, clockwerk hook, spectre ult, zeus ult	SB charges from fountain to maintain a long vision on opponent. Teammate hero utilizes vision to make skill shot, or secure kill
Deceptive Tank	Templar Assasin	Treant Pro-tek-tah	synergy between refraction and living armor
More peeps, more heal bomb, more armor for all	CK or PL or TB	Dazzle	Spawn Illusions, get in there face, let the dazzle heal bomb hurt them, heal the carry. Dazzle ult gives all armor too.

OLD META STUFF / ARCHIVED
Name	Pairings		The Idea
GET OVER HERE	Gyro or Ursa	Venge or Pudge	Swap or hook an enemy right next to carry to take the full brunt of up close skills ( rocket barrage / overpower / etc )
Damage in yo face	Slardar or Ursa or Axe	Omni	get in their face, or taunt multiple heroes, and take a heal bomb, followed by a repel
Near Death Juggernaut	Huskar	Witch Doctor	WD's heal is not burst, stay next to huskar and let his health regen at a slow constant rate, to keep his health above half, so he can take advantage of the boost in attack speed and spell resistance he gets.

Team Ideas

Team Name	Hard Carry - 1	Mid - 2	Offlane - 3	Semi Support - 4	Hard Support - 5	Notes	Bans	Score
Wombo Combos 1	Z as CM	Nate as Magnus	Chiv as Monkey King	Chris as Underlord	Joe as Silencer	Silencer ult, Magnus RP, skewer back into all other ults, and then pit of malice.	Omni, Life stealer, Bristle, oracle	7 cherries out of 10 bananas
patch 7.06 d our best	Z as DK	Nate as Clinks	Chiv as WindRanger	Chris as Underlord	Joe as CM	Great mix of physical and magical, great push, decent team fight, hard to counter.	WK, Silencer, Dazzle	did not go well, got rocked, sun was in my eyes
Raging Bitches	Luna	Drow	Mirana	Venge	Lina/CM	Fear the range auras. Enchantress/CM/WR also options.	Ursa, WK, SK, Enigma, Sven, Tiny, Tide	Best cheese strat ever
Team Purple	Void	Enigma	Slardar	Witch Doctor	Disruptor	EVERY ONE IS PURPLE ZOMG. Setup for ults all around	Silencer, Omni	Not tired yet
Team Push	Lycan	DP	Beast Master	Pugna / Lesh	Shaman	Take every tower as fast as possible	Silencer, Treant Protector	not tried yet
Potato Mashers	Spectre	Zeus	Necro	Abbadon	Omni	Deathball!!!	Invoker, BH, Slardar, WK, Dusa, SB, Ursa, Lich, Undying, Sven	not tried yet
Lane Dominators 1	Gyro	SF, Viper, sniper	Silencer	Vengeful Spirit	Undying/Phoenix	Win all the lanes early.	A / SK / Brood / Lion / Sniper / Omni / Ursa / Troll ( keep that egg or tombstone alive )	not tried yet
Minus Armor	Weaver	Shadow Fiend	Slardar/Bristle	ElderTitan	Vengeful Spirit / Dazzle	massive right click damage, due to minus armor skills	Omni / Pugna / Dazzle / Oracle / Wraith King	Not Tried yet
Damage over time	Doom	Viper	Phoenix	Venomancer	Witch Doctor, Ancient Apparition, Warlock	Stack Dots, win game.	Dazzle / Wraith King / Silencer	7/8 arbitrary points
Chain Stuns	Sven / Alchemist / Wraith King / Tiny	Lina / Leshrac	Slardar / Nyx / Clockwerk / Centaur Warrunner	TideHunter / Elder Titan / Earth Shaker	Jakiro / Lion / With Doctor	STUNS. FOR. DAYS.	Silencer / Omni / Lich	not tried yet
ALL DA VISION	Spectre / Slark / blood seeker	Zeus	Slardar / Night Stalker (aghs) / Beast master / Clockwerk	Bounty Hunter	Ancient Apparition / Kepper (aghs)	All have great vision capabilities.	Silencer / techies	Not tried yet
EFF YO MANA	AM	Silencer	Nyx Asssasin	Lion	Keeper of the Light	Burn mana, all day, ery day	Life Stealer, CM	Not tried yet

UNLIKELY TEAM LINE UPS FOR THE LOLZ

	Hard Carry - 1	Mid - 2	Offlane - 3	Semi Support - 4	Hard Support - 5	Notes	Bans
Globals	Spectre	Zeus	Bloodseeker / Spirit Breaker	Nature's Prophet	Silencer / AA	All globals for team fight, and lolz. Start with Spectre Ult for vision, then NP, then Zeus.	Undying / SK / DK / ES / SF / Storm / Lycan / WK	8/10 2/2 WR
Shock & Awe	Spectre	Zeus	Kunkka	Nature's Prophet / Silencer	IO	Super Gobals strat. start with Spectre Ult for vision. IO tethers Kunkka and starts relocate to Spec, kunkka x's himself before tp. IO tethers Spec for trip home, everyone nukes before escaping.	Undying / SK / Luna / Storm / Enigma / DK / Viper / Huskar	not tried yet
Auras	Shadow Fiend / Luna / Wraith King	Outworld Devourer / Luna / Wraith King	Beastmaster / Elder Titan	Vengeful Spirit / Omniknight	Crystal Maiden	All Aura team for great team fight, gotta stick together, can go mostly offensive Auras, or defensive. Off = Luna/SF/BM/Venge/ET def = WK/OD/ET/Omni/CM	Lich / AA / Shaker	not tried yet
Y U Sux?	NP - Kanth (14%)	QoP - ninja (16%)	Axe - San (14%)	WD - Nomad (0%)	Lich - Colo (11%)	Let's remedy those terrible win rates... together! This will not backfire at all.	Undying / Drow / BH / SK / Storm / Kunkka / Dazzle / Pugna	not tried yet
Better Get Wards	Clinkz	TA / Slark	Riki	Techies	BH	lol... wtf... bbq	Zeus / Slardar / Slark / BS	not tried yet

ARCHIVED

Clone Wars	Terror blade	Phantom Lancer / Chaos Knight	Dark Seer	Shadow Demon	Dazzle	Clones every where	Shaker / DP / Ember / Sand King	Not Tried Yet

Team positions and Roles

	Current Hero focus	Hard Carry - 1	Mid - 2	Offlane - 3	Semi - 4	Hard Support - 5
iKanthWard	Gyro, AM, Naga, Ember	Ember, Gyro, Lesh, Naga, Alch, Drow, Lycan, Doom, Void	Lina, Zeus, Drow, DP		WD, Lion	WW
dotaninja	Sven, PL, Sladar, Jugg, Nyx	Sven, PL, Ursa, Lesh, Jugg, Void	Lina, Lesh, Kunnkka, Shadow Shaman	Axe, Nyx, Sladar, Dark Seer	Enigma, Shadow Shaman, OM, WD, SD
Sanidin	WK, Lion, Disruptor, Clock	Slark, Riki, PA, Jugg, Razor, Spec	SF, Sniper, Viper, Storm	WK, Bristle, Axe, Clock, Timber	Necro, BH, Techies, Abaddon	Disruptor, Phoenix, Lion, Rubick, Lich, Treant
NomadThree	CM, Dazzle, Kotl, Enigma, Necro	Tiny	DP, Silencer, Dragonknight	Slardar, Windranger	CM, Kotl, WD, Dazzle, Silencer, Enigma, Necro	CM, Kotl, WD, Dazzle, Omni
ColoJoe	Clock, Venge, WD, Nature's Prophet	Sniper, Void	OD, DP, Zeus, Lina	Clockwerk, WindRanger, Weaver, Slardar, Miranna, NP	WD, Dazzle, Lion, Undying, Venge, Ogre Magi, Elder Titan, Earth Shaker, Jakirio, Omniknight	WD, Dazzle, Lion, Undying, Venge, Jakirio, AA
goblue255	Silencer, DP, Tide, Zeus, Necro, BS, Warlock