Talk:Ancient Apparition

Initiator
I still don't understand why people put so much emphasis on AA's initiation abilities. His ulti might sound good on paper, but in real games during team clashes, hitting more that 1-2 heroes close-up is almost impossible. The damage is also not that great. He's just not in the same league as heroes like ES, Tidehunter, Enigma, Kunkka etc.--XRdR 00:54, 26 September 2011 (CDT)
 * We should choose what degree of precision we want when defining role. The way you say it is "only put it if it's his main role and he does it perfectly" but maybe it should be more like "he is able to do this and that". -ChocolateWaffle 01:23, 26 September 2011 (CDT)
 * The thing is: AA is a much better ganker and support than initiator. That's why I changed his role from initiator to ganker. But he can initiate nevertheless... under certain conditions. AA is a very complex hero it's hard to define all his roles in just one word. If a newbie player comes here and sees him as an initiator I don't know what's he's going to think. May be adding Primary roles/sub-roles/secondary roles will help. --XRdR 01:55, 26 September 2011 (CDT)
 * See, in Dota 2, each Hero has a given role that's pretty much just flavor text. It doesn't provide you with much more info than "he can do this." It shows up on the selection screen and it's relevant information. I'm not in beta and I can't just look up what each Hero's role is, so I end up guessing. -Lancey 11:58, 26 September 2011 (CDT)
 * Nevermind that apparently I can just look them up! -Lancey 13:05, 26 September 2011 (CDT)
 * Now that you mention it I noticed them too. I'm a bit disturbed though. Shadow Shaman - pusher? Double facepalm.--XRdR 09:11, 27 September 2011 (CDT)
 * It may be a beta thing though, and be subject to change, some of the roles aren't...ideal. -ChocolateWaffle 11:28, 27 September 2011 (CDT)