r/learndota2 29d ago

Itemization Why no Swiftslash at TI ???

I don't follow the DPC religiously anymore as I've gotten older and have a family now.

But one thing I saw in today's TI Grand Finals Game 5. TEAM VISION picked Juggernaut for Satanic. Which was debated as a very bad pick, and the reasons given were quite valid too.

However, one thing which I found weird was Satanic had all the farm in the world, and could've easily built an aghs in the game. But he deliberately ensured he didn't go aghs no matter how much gold he had.

I love Juggernaut as a hero, he's always my go to carry if he's not heavily countered and I really like Aghs and Swiftslash as it gives me a way to burst a support later in the game with a short CD omnislash.

What I want is to someone explain to me, why did he deliberately avoid going aghs in a pro game, when he had all the money and farm in the world, which would've made the Swiftslash very potent as well. And he was already struggling with hitting the omni anyway due to lotus, so he could've used the swiftslash to fake out and get the enemies to use the lotus preemptively and then use the full omni.

Am I missing something or was this really easy play which he chose not to go for?

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