View Full Version : Some Good 2v2 Hero Pairs?
MasterXC
04-07-2010, 12:07 PM
So me and a few friends are having a little "HoN Tournament" if you will, and the rules call for 2v2, probably on the first map. I'm unsure about the type of draft, but it will probably be a banning draft (hence heroes like :chro::zeph::elec: will likely be banned...). Any advice on a hero pair that would work well together?
Vagina
04-07-2010, 12:16 PM
my favorite is Pestilence & Scout
oh god trust me
Pest should get shieldbreaker & daemonic
Scout should get brutalizer, wingbow, savagemace, y'know. damage items.
-25 armor + scout flurry = retarded
you will literally 4 shot people.
Succubus Panda is good for control.
Armadon Jerry is also very fun, armadon should go for
nomes, dsham should go for stormspirit & astrolabe.
Devourer Jerry is also very good if the devourer can hook. While laning, you can mostly just walk up to the enemy (most of the time, even if they're ranged) and use your fog and THEN go for a hook as they try to escape. It's pretty hard to land hooks when laning because they are really obvious, unless you waste time going to the woods hopefully getting a hook off, although it's obvious to your laning partner what you're doing.
Hammerstorm Pyro is also very good for team fights, hammer stuns > pyro stuns > pyro waves = both people at very low red hp, and pyro still has his ult and hammerstorm will charge your ass with ghost marchers & galvanize, making it very hard for the enemy to get away.
If it's not banned, glacius & zephyr are very strong together in team fights. Lots of control, plus using glacius' freeze inside Zephyr's ult is awesome.
From my experience in 2's, unless you have stupidly amazing hero's, it's generally better to have ranged, as if you shut down their early game, it is likely their late game will be awful as well. So ranged agi carries, CD, Arachna, etc are good. Just go with your opponents weaknesses if you can. If they have invis or melee without stuns, go arachna, etc.
Corrupted Disciple + a stunner like elec is retarded, you can corrupted conduit the person being stunned and have +200 damage when you should already be hitting for like 180 by midgame. 2's comps are really OP... I can't think of many more though. but I'm sure there are some, just experiment.
also sorry for the bad sentence structure but i'm sure most of it is understandable
Quickfix
04-07-2010, 12:31 PM
Accursed and Soul Reaper to counter early-kill lanes like Swift + (insert stunner here) or Magmus and Pyro
KissMyHook
04-07-2010, 12:46 PM
hellbringer and blacksmith.1 multicast and ure a gonner
AsianGirl
04-07-2010, 02:53 PM
Succubus + Witch
Ult one, sleep the other, kill ulted one, when the other wakes up, sheep him, if he still isn't dead, sleep him again / stun, then kill him.
/Win
Marylinn
04-07-2010, 03:17 PM
my favorite is Pestilence & Scout
oh god trust me
Pest should get shieldbreaker & daemonic
Scout should get brutalizer, wingbow, savagemace, y'know. damage items.
-25 armor + scout flurry = retarded
A better way to do this is have Scout get the Shieldbreaker, have Pestilence get Insanitarius, and then move on to Daemonic. Shieldbreaker just synergizes a lot better with Scout than it does Pestilence, and there is no reason to get Brutalizer at all in a 2v2 since Pestilence pretty much is a Brutalizer.
Have Pestilence open with a stun and mark someone with ult, scout silences as the stun wears off, and you both focus fire the debuffed target. 99% of the time you will kill them within a single flurry, without them being able to fight back whatsoever. Pestilence is also excellent at catching runners, so it's a pretty easy genocide.
Tarias
04-07-2010, 03:19 PM
Succubus + Panda is the way to go, just disable everything.
cancermon
04-07-2010, 03:43 PM
Succubus + Anything
Ubuntu
04-07-2010, 03:52 PM
Succubus + Anything
This.
Honestly I can't say how many games I've played 2v2 with my brother where the enemy concedes at 15 min because the score is 6-0 or something.
I usually play :succ: and my brother plays :madm: :hamm: :chro: :bloo: :pest: :warb:
MasterXC
04-07-2010, 04:43 PM
Thanks for the tips all. I'll be trying out some of the heroes (Succubus especially) and see how it works out. :)
GGreenBass
04-07-2010, 05:48 PM
Succubus/Pollywog
A mock will fix DPS issues and a Frostfield + Sacstone will fix survivability XD
Oh, and a Puzzlebox would probably rape too. (Maybe even a Geo if for some reason you're building auto-attack)
D3DM4N
04-07-2010, 08:08 PM
swift and elec. Elec grabs, swift spins around and sits right behind the guy, elec nukes at the end of his grab. basically a death, and swift is magic immune the whole time.
Cleansing shock also works well if you need to chase or escape
This Depends on quite a lot of things.
First you have to realize that heroes that are not very viable/mediocre in 5v5 can become much better.
For example, KotF gets a hell of a lot better: his armor+regen and his high base damage alow you to sit in a lane and last hit everything against pretty much every ranged.
Also, certain items become much better. If you play elec (great pick in 2v2) and out harass the lane and farm up a null stone, it's much more effective because the other team is probably only going to have 1 disable per hero, so you can grip freely.
It really does take experience though, 2v2 is much different from 5v5.
My personal combos are: SS + reliable stun (insta gib is much more valuable when it's half the team), any combo wiht zephyr, defiler + support mega push team.
This is all input for the 3v3 map, tell me if you are playing the other one.
Also, forgot to mention how good succ is, she usually gets banned when I play 2v2 however.
Edit: Also, if you can have lane control, that's pretty dominating as well.
Togashi
04-08-2010, 03:16 PM
Succubus/Pollywog
A mock will fix DPS issues and a Frostfield + Sacstone will fix survivability XD
Oh, and a Puzzlebox would probably rape too. (Maybe even a Geo if for some reason you're building auto-attack)
Wait, puzzlebox is good? Especially in 2v2? NOWAI!
But seriously, Pollwog is one of my favorite 2v2 heroes. Puzzlebox is just retarded in 2v2, it wrecks the game. IMO you guys should ban it from your "tournament" if you want it to be more about playing well. Haha. But if not, build it, build it, build it. It counters people with low str gain, people with low int gain, stealth, and synergizes with slows, stuns, and holds. GFG
JilaX
04-08-2010, 04:27 PM
Pollywog Priest + Swiftblade can work very well.
Or Corrupted Disciple, if you want someone who won't need a lot of help.
If you pick Bindings first on polly, and team up with a Swift spin (Coming from the forest) you've got a guaranteed Bloodlust, if you don't mess it up.
ArnoldRimmer
04-08-2010, 04:45 PM
pestilence and rampage are quite novel together
Daisyduke
04-08-2010, 06:32 PM
succubus, valkyrie.
pestilence, dsham/lich
swiftblade, any sure stun/grip
Andycrapped
04-08-2010, 08:18 PM
Andro + smith.
Smith + SS (EWW that is a gross team).
laserblade
04-08-2010, 08:37 PM
Yeah, Succubus and Panda is hex. :O
Tweak
04-10-2010, 04:26 PM
Swift + Demented Shaman
no one can beat polly+slither
etspaceman
04-10-2010, 05:59 PM
1) Pick :succ::pand:
2) ????
3) Profit
Tanubis
04-10-2010, 07:19 PM
Blood Hunter + Maliken is an amazing combo for 2v2.
-They both have excellent early game staying power due to healing from auto attacks.
-Blood Hunter's silence destroys casting combo heroes in 2v2, rapes succubus/ws/etc.
-Both have the potential to hold up in endgame.
-Portal key on malik for blink/ult without sword is an instant kill on just about everyone if blood hunter just ulted them.
-If a carry (either of them) can at any point get good farm, 2v2 it is unlikely that the other team will be able to win a teamfight.
Khrrck
04-10-2010, 08:57 PM
:legi: and :jera: or :nymp:. Legio initiates with taunt, then use the other hero's heal/nuke to keep Legio alive while bringing the pain on the other hero. I prefer :nymp: personally because of the utility (teleport, no mana issues, stun, DPS if you landed your stun) but Jereziah is better for heals (or magic immunity if you need it)
Rokur
04-11-2010, 11:32 PM
If you are playing darkwood vale. then get the best "mid" heroes. Bloodhunter, Corrupted Disciple, Forsaken Archer, Arachna, Pyro, Deadwood, etc. Even pushers like Dsham, Nymph, hellbringer and polly work well too.
If you are playing Caldavar. and its middle lane only. Then stunner and carry is an excellent choice. Like Succ+Panda. Elec + swift. Blacksmith + puppet. Pyro + Magebane. Also imba ultis are nice as well like Chronos, Plague, Hellbringer, Swift. etc.
Xibanga
04-12-2010, 04:50 AM
:deme:+:pest: all their damage is physical and both have armor reductions. you are going to play BP so :succ: and :pand: are prolly insta bans.
Mccormack
04-12-2010, 05:12 AM
:thun:/:poll:/:defi:+:nymp: are just devistating lanes. Using your Nuke on heroes every time its up always will easily end the game fast.
Thehummel
04-12-2010, 06:41 AM
Well, a new favorite of my own is the :devo: & :bloo: combo.
A devo and completly own early/mid game, and when trying to take a enemy out. The Hook + Hemorrhage is always a sure win.
JellySmelly
04-12-2010, 06:46 AM
Succubus + Anything
Tempest + almost anything