Prioritizing Experiences Over Material Things: Making The Most Of Your Adventure Travel

Introduction:

Traveling on a budget doesn't mean compromising on the quality of your adventures. With the right planning and a sense of adventure, you can explore the world without breaking the bank. One exciting way to do this is by embarking on travel trekking with Universal Adventures.
By combining adventure activities and outdoor adventure travel, you can have an unforgettable experience while staying within your budget.

Planning and Research:

Before setting off on your journey, it's important to do thorough planning and research. Start by researching your destination and creating a detailed itinerary. Look for outdoor adventure travel opportunities and trekking routes that Universal Adventures offers. Identify budget-friendly accommodations and transportation options that align with your preferences and budget.

Traveling during Off-Peak Seasons:

Consider traveling during off-peak seasons when adventure travel destinations are less crowded. This not only allows you to enjoy a more authentic experience but also opens up opportunities for better deals and discounts. Universal Adventures can provide guidance on the best times to visit specific destinations for outdoor adventures.

Flexibility in Travel Dates:

Remaining flexible with your travel dates can help you score the best prices and deals. By being open to adjusting your travel plans, you can take advantage of last-minute offers and promotions. Universal Adventures can help you identify flexible options and recommend the most budget-friendly times to embark on explore travel trekking adventure.

Choosing Budget-Friendly Accommodations:

When it comes to accommodations, consider budget-friendly options such as guesthouses, hostels, adventure sports or camping. Universal Adventures may provide affordable accommodation packages specifically tailored for adventure travelers. These options not only save you money but also offer unique experiences and opportunities to connect with like-minded adventurers.

Packing Light:

One of the essential elements of traveling well on a budget is packing light. Minimize your luggage to save on baggage fees and make your journey more convenient. Universal Adventures can provide a recommended packing list for your trekking adventure, ensuring that you have the essentials without unnecessary weight.

Eating Like a Local:

To truly immerse yourself in the culture of your destination while sticking to your budget, explore local eateries and street food vendors. Universal Adventures can offer recommendations for authentic and affordable food options. Sampling local cuisine is an adventure in itself, allowing you to experience new flavors and culinary traditions.

Utilizing Public Transportation:

Instead of relying solely on private transportation, consider utilizing public transportation options such as buses or trains. Public transportation is often more cost-effective and allows you to experience the local way of life. Universal Adventures can provide guidance on navigating public transportation systems in your destination.

Seeking Free or Low-Cost Activities:

Research and identify free or low-cost activities and attractions at your destination. Universal Adventures can suggest budget-friendly adventure sports or outdoor activities, such as hiking trails or nature walks. Take advantage of these opportunities to explore the natural beauty and unique landscapes of your destination without breaking your budget.

Embracing Outdoor Activities:

Adventure travel is all about embracing outdoor activities. Engage in adventure sports, trekking, hiking, or other outdoor adventures that Universal Adventures offers. These activities not only provide thrilling experiences but also allow you to immerse yourself in the natural wonders of your destination.

Prioritizing Experiences over Material Things:

When traveling on a budget, prioritize experiences over material things. Rather than splurging on souvenirs, focus on creating meaningful memories. Take photos, journal your adventures, and engage with the local culture. Universal Adventures can support you in creating unforgettable experiences that will last a lifetime.

Conclusion:

Traveling well on a budget is entirely possible with the right approach. By embracing adventure activities, outdoor adventure travel, and adventure sports, you can explore travel destinations while staying within your financial means. Universal Adventures can be your trusted partner, providing guidance and support throughout your journey. So, pack your bags, embark on your travel trekking adventure, and create unforgettable memories without breaking the bank.

I don't know if i'm just thick, but its really difficult for me to understand colour in all forms. Whether its painting, picking colour palettes or getting colours to match, i don't seem to be improving or getting better at recognising what does and doesn't work.
So i thought after years of frustration, i'd bite the bullet and look for some criticism and advice.
Heres an example from a game project i'm working on.
And heres an example of a seperate piece. (Important note: The colours originally looked like this, but they looked dull so i added a shine layer. I want to be able to paint without using layer effects - it feels like a crutch to have to rely on a layer effect to make something pop. And here was a previous try at it)
There isn't much flow to the colours in my assets and they don't blend well or match together.
The most difficult part is choosing colours that work together.
For example, the background mushroom in the game. I originally coloured the stem a pale cream and a purple cap, but i ended up shifting the hues to blue/greens because the purple/cream just stood out way too much. But even now, it still stands out in an awful way. Frustrating.
I can see that theres issues with my colour, values, blending, brush consistency and lack of polish in my work, but not sure how to start fixing them.
Where do i go from here to improve?

Disclaimer: maybe no actual meaning but hope you enjoy like I did.
So this dream was pretty fun. First we were in a giant metal box but the sides were painted to look like a bright sunny day in a green field but like how children would do it with crayons. A tree at the centre too and strong white light at the top to mimic the sun.
We had a square game board with a circle at the middle that you could press for dice roll and 4 backward S lines for 4 players kinda like tentacles spreading from the centre.
Each roll let you move your piece but when you get to the curve, there was a border regardless of roll you stop and a draw two card. One purple and one orange. Which were up and down the dice circle ( like that kids game rage). The orange you keep and can use during your turn or opponents but purple determined if you got luck and passed the border. You could get cards like move up or down 2 but can't cross border or throw dice for opponent Or a bad one I suffered, knock opponent out for 3 turns.
If you failed to cross the border you went to start but you lost iq points and got dummer and dummer each time. So I kept getting 1 and 2 on dice and kept dragging my moves out. I never reached the border. Other people went crazy stupid at one point almost becoming feral. On the other hand, most were fine.
There were 6 boards in a rows of 6 x 6 and 4 people per game so it felt like a big box and it was bright with lights not claustrophobic. Anyway one guy got lucky and moved forward and some country girl I never seen used an orange card "happy ever after" that let her join a member of the opposite gender if they cross the border.
Game ended when that happened and a big congratulations message popped up saying free to leave. The box has one side go down and open up and when we left we were in a big but run down warehouse sort of with flickering white lights and each box was actually small but big inside. There were 3 x3 boxes in that format and many people came out.
So we left the warehouse and it was a post apocalyptic place like a fallout or metro environment. No proper standing structures and the sky was dark during the day. Just urban wastelands in sight and a whole list of people just watching shocked.
Dream end.

Do the majority of you guys who work at Starbucks or frequent Starbucks as customers even know what authentic coffee drinks are? The size and the ingredients, proportions etc?
The cup sizes are a discrace, you simply cannot make cappuccino in those large sizes. It doesn't work.
What's with all the creams and flavors and sugar. Do you even like the taste of coffee? Seems that all you want is to disguise the taste of the coffee and pay $15 for a huge cup of it.

I’m really proud of myself so far. It’s been hard. I’ve never been one to crave sweets, but I’m wondering if I should go buy some ice cream to help with the alcohol cravings? Would that help you think? Last night I had a dream that I poured myself 2 drinks…. It was so really seeming. But I know it was only a dream as I have no alcohol in my house anymore.

So, today I decided I’ve had enough of being old, fat, ugly and weak. I can’t do much about old and ugly, and fat, well, I’ve been trying for 30 years to not be that and so far, not a lot of success there (damn you, Cheetos, wine and ice cream!) However, maybe I can do something about being weak because, in the last few years, I’ve become as weak as alcohol-free beer, and getting off the couch is becoming a 2-person job.
So, trusting Google to have my back (wrong!), I picked the first result for “beginner weight training” and came up with this one.
On first glance, it looks okay, although the girl in the video seems to be lifting her own weight with those giant barbells. No worries, I’ve got some 5 pound ones so I’ll just ignore the video, where those barbells are probably inflatable. You’re not fooling me, lady.
First exercise is chest presses on a bench - hey, I’ve got one of those which, years ago, I bought and studiously avoided using. First things first, lie on your back on the bench. Guess what I can’t figure out how to do? First of all, I’ve got my butt in the wrong spot and my head is dangling off the thing. And it actually took a lot of effort to even lie down on the thing, with non-existent ab muscles and trying to hold onto my weights at the same time. After a ridiculous amount of effort where I’m already sweating, I manage to get into place and it goes okay, I guess. Turns out I dragged that freaking heavy weight bench out of the back room for nothing - just one exercise. I should have read ahead. I could have done this one on the floor, although getting off the floor probably wouldn’t have gone much better.
Next is the row, which thankfully is standing up. I’m sure my posture is nothing like hers, but at least it didn’t seem too hard.
Next - shoulder press. I vaguely remember joining a gym and the machine for shoulder presses didn’t actually have a low enough weight for powerless me. I had to take all the weights off the machine and just raise the bar, and even that was tough. Sure enough, 5 pounds is too much for me, and next time, I’ll just wear a couple of bracelets for that exercise.
Next - weighted lunges. Here’s where it gets truly ugly. At least I was smart enough to realize that doing lunges with weights is going to be a no-go for my crappy knees, so I try the lunges without weights. Of course, this makes me think - hmmm, perhaps I should put some shoes on for this, so I go digging in the storage room for some old runners and find my ancient tennis shoes - so that’s where my orthotics went - score! So, after nearly putting out my back putting on the running shoes, I’m ready. I head into my first lunge and realize, hey, my legs aren’t strong enough to get me back up out of this position. I basically had to fall onto the ground to get out of my “lunge”. After that, I did a few very shallow lunges and realized is going to be a while before I’m doing anything that resembles what the girl in the video is doing.
Finally, we have squats. Having learned that shallow is the way to go when starting out with this stuff, I did a few shallow squats while proudly holding 5 pounds. I’m not going to say they were perfect, but I’m going to keep up with those, because that move will be very handy the next time I go to France or Italy. Like, come on, Europe - get with modern toilets! On the Amalfi coast (I’m not making this up), I went to a public bathroom once where they charged 2 Euros just to get in, and if you want a toilet with a seat, you could rent a seat for another 2 Euro. I shit you not (literally). And in France, what they called the public bathroom in Les Baux de Province was actually just a hole in the floor. I assume French ladies are wearing skirts with no underpants because otherwise, I have no idea how you’re supposed to protect your clothing from that operation.
Anyways, I made it through the little work-out and actually added some bicep and tricep curls because I was feeling pretty buff after all that. I’m going to try to do this 3 times a week. I expect my resolve will evaporate around the 3rd time but who knows? Maybe I’m on the road to be old, fat, ugly and strong!

i never thought i’d have to write a post like this. i thought he’d break records and live a few more years. Keegan had just turned 16 in March and he was in such good shape. he had some lipomas but nothing ever slowed him down. he loved food, sniffing, licking our hands and feet literally nonstop, licking dirty dishes in the dishwasher, and so much more.
he was also so mischievous and explored every square inch of our apartment, looking for a crumb lol.
we had an amazing Memorial Day weekend. him and his brother (11 year old coonhound, Clooney) went on a bunch of walks with us, we had a picnic, we went to a new park. it was so great. and we had no idea that’d be the last weekend we had together…
on May 31, right after feeding him dinner and going outside, Keegan started acting off. he was shaking. i assumed the AC was too low, so i increased the temp and wrapped him up. this didn’t do much to help.
after he wasn’t calming down, i called 2 local ER vets just to be safe. they both said as long as he can sleep and doesn’t progressively get worse, he should be OK until the morning to see his primary doc.
he didn’t get worse, but didn’t get better. his shaking did subside but he began breathing faster. i counted his BPMs and took his temp with a rectal thermometer. his breathing was faster than it should have been & his temp was slightly above what it should have been (103F). he also was "knuckling" his back left leg.
he was able to sleep through the night and woke us up @4AM on June 1. he went outside & he peed and pooped without assistance.
we brought him inside and got ready to feed him and his brother. he was interested in food, but when i put the bowl in front of him, he just stared. i had to hand feed what would be his last meal. at this time it was 6am and i didn't want to wait any longer for his primary doc to open.
we took him to the ER & explained what was going on. they admitted him and the ER doc suspected he may have arthritic flare up, along with a confirmed fever. she started him on fluids and took a chest X Ray to see if he aspirated fluid into his lungs potentially causing pneumonia.
after we dropped him off @7am, we got a call back around 11am. the chest x ray didn't show much significance in his lungs, and his blood work had some lowered white blood cells & some protein levels, but nothing off the charts.
ER doc said a neuro consult would be next and to spend the night to break his fever. we dropped off his medicine to them and about 30mins later, we get another call.
Keegan was declining. his fever was raising & he was deteriorating. we so desperately wanted an in home euthanasia, and the ER doc said we could, but after we see him, we might change our mind. the neuro consult suspected he had some sort of growth on his brain, due to some past issues of excess thirst and urination, which was at bay, which made it all the more confusing.
we thankfully brought his brother along for the ride. they rolled Keegan in and he was in rough shape. he was "not there" and didn't perk up when he saw us. he breathing was more labored than i've ever seen. we didn't want to risk taking him home and putting him through more. at around 3PM, Keegan was peacefully euthanized as his mom (my gf) held him in his arms and i next to her.
it hasn't even been 24hrs, but we are absolutely shocked and devastated. how could this happen so fast? he was in such amazing shape the day before. he didn't get into anything & he had a low key day.
i am feeling all sorts of feelings; guilt, regret, anger, confusion-- all normal i assume. but i never expected i'd lose our boy so fast without warning. they could've done an MRI to confirm a growth in his brain but even so, anesthesia would've been risky and radiology would've been hard on him.
i miss him so bad. i never cried this much in my life. i am hurting more than i ever have. i don't want to go on without him. he made our small family of 4 so lively, even at his old age. he was the best dog i've ever had the privilege of meeting and owning.
my gf had owned him since she was 9 and is turning 26 this year. he was her childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. my heart breaks even more for her.
we feel like a part of us died yesterday and our apartment isn't the same. it's too quiet. i miss his little nails hitting the floor and him licking my hands and feet until they were raw.
i'm likely going to need professional support to help me get through this. but, i wanted to post to ask if anyone else had a sudden death like this? i'm in such shock and pain. if you read this all, thank you. i have so much more to say about him, but i can’t see well through the tears. i want him to live on forever since he was the best.

Hey! I have Autism, ADHD and BPD as a disclaimer, it's not something that defines me but it is something I struggle with-- I would like to find someone who can relate to me but also get to know better and perhaps eventually play games together or watch anime / series we both may like ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶
Here is some recent pictures of me + a bonus pics of my hammy🐹: https://imgur.com/a/Zt8fZv2
My past has been troubled and I don't really leave the house often so I figured reddit would be a nice way to reach out and find someone likeminded who desires the same thing as I do, I don't work atm so I have a lot of spare time to talk and be available, sometimes it's hard to find motivation to do anything when I feel empty inside half the time without being too depressing :<
I'd prefer if someone was located within the UK so it would be possible to meet some day, although I'm not opposed to something long distance if it meant finding someone compatible
I feel like I am an easy-going person with a lot of love to give and pretty clingy, I'm pretty shy and reserved at first but enjoy learning about other people! If someone messaged me it would be nice if we had some common ground and some info about yourself to help break the ice, I usually open up to people quickly just I'm not so good at knowing what to say at times c:
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Some general information about myself ----
I love creepy bizarre content on youtube, into crime crime or educational rabbit hole stuff and have a dark sense of humour
I enjoy watching anime sometimes ^^ some my favs were devilman crybaby (mainly for the ost), Berserk (Manga if that counts) jojos bizarre adventure, attack on titan, Junji Ito, Erased and Made in abyss & chainsaw man to name a few~
I enjoy listening to a bunch of music, I have a big ass playlist we could perhaps share stuff! But my favourite artists recently are: Panic! at the disco, The 1975, Hot chip, Gorillaz, Miami horror and Studio killers to name a few ^.^
Some of my fav games in general are dark souls borne + sekiro and elden ring stuff, god of war, league of legends, monster hunter, final fantasy series in general, resident evil, persona 5, Apex legends, Lost ark, Overwatch amongst other stuff, I'm also currently playing runescape (Rs3) as it is one of my fav childhood games! (bonus points if you are familiar with it, I used to play oldschool runescape too) If you are someone who likes games I'm sure we potentially could play something we both like and bond over that although I can be picky lmaoo
I enjoy art and creative stuff in general, mainly like colouring and line-art stuff so if you like to draw I'd love to talk about it and share stuff although I haven't had the motivation to draw for a while now
I sometimes watch TV series a few of the top of head I enjoyed are: Arcane, Love death robots, Game of thrones (the ending sucked tho lol), Vikings, The boys, Narcos, Castlevania, Breaking bad, Invincible + more but hard to remember atm c:
I consider myself atheist although I don't really care too much about inserting my beliefs on other people, I try and keep an open mind at least / I'm politically moderate but try and see things logically with a morale compass in mind, fairly balanced point of view although I know stuff like that tends to be a touchy subject with people so I try and avoid it if possible >.<
I feel like I'm a good listener and don't take myself too seriously or anything like that, I personally hate the feeling like I could be stepping on eggshells around people with strong opinions on stuff
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If we get on we could text each-other on Discord / Whatsapp as I much prefer that (reddit chat kinda sucks ass but I don't mind to start off with)

Hey! I have Autism, ADHD and BPD as a disclaimer, it's not something that defines me but it is something I struggle with-- I would like to find someone who can relate to me but also get to know better and perhaps eventually play games together or watch anime / series we both may like ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶
Here is some recent pictures of me + a bonus pics of my hammy🐹: https://imgur.com/a/Zt8fZv2
My past has been troubled and I don't really leave the house often so I figured reddit would be a nice way to reach out and find someone likeminded who desires the same thing as I do, I don't work atm so I have a lot of spare time to talk and be available, sometimes it's hard to find motivation to do anything when I feel empty inside half the time without being too depressing :<
I'd prefer if someone was located within the UK so it would be possible to meet some day, although I'm not opposed to something long distance if it meant finding someone compatible
I feel like I am an easy-going person with a lot of love to give and pretty clingy, I'm pretty shy and reserved at first but enjoy learning about other people! If someone messaged me it would be nice if we had some common ground and some info about yourself to help break the ice, I usually open up to people quickly just I'm not so good at knowing what to say at times c:
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Some general information about myself ----
I love creepy bizarre content on youtube, into crime crime or educational rabbit hole stuff and have a dark sense of humour
I enjoy watching anime sometimes ^^ some my favs were devilman crybaby (mainly for the ost), Berserk (Manga if that counts) jojos bizarre adventure, attack on titan, Junji Ito, Erased and Made in abyss & chainsaw man to name a few~
I enjoy listening to a bunch of music, I have a big ass playlist we could perhaps share stuff! But my favourite artists recently are: Panic! at the disco, The 1975, Hot chip, Gorillaz, Miami horror and Studio killers to name a few ^.^
Some of my fav games in general are dark souls borne + sekiro and elden ring stuff, god of war, league of legends, monster hunter, final fantasy series in general, resident evil, persona 5, Apex legends, Lost ark, Overwatch amongst other stuff, I'm also currently playing runescape (Rs3) as it is one of my fav childhood games! (bonus points if you are familiar with it, I used to play oldschool runescape too) If you are someone who likes games I'm sure we potentially could play something we both like and bond over that although I can be picky lmaoo
I enjoy art and creative stuff in general, mainly like colouring and line-art stuff so if you like to draw I'd love to talk about it and share stuff although I haven't had the motivation to draw for a while now
I sometimes watch TV series a few of the top of head I enjoyed are: Arcane, Love death robots, Game of thrones (the ending sucked tho lol), Vikings, The boys, Narcos, Castlevania, Breaking bad, Invincible + more but hard to remember atm c:
I consider myself atheist although I don't really care too much about inserting my beliefs on other people, I try and keep an open mind at least / I'm politically moderate but try and see things logically with a morale compass in mind, fairly balanced point of view although I know stuff like that tends to be a touchy subject with people so I try and avoid it if possible >.<
I feel like I'm a good listener and don't take myself too seriously or anything like that, I personally hate the feeling like I could be stepping on eggshells around people with strong opinions on stuff
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If we get on we could text each-other on Discord / Whatsapp as I much prefer that (reddit chat kinda sucks ass but I don't mind to start off with)

Hey! I have Autism, ADHD and BPD as a disclaimer, it's not something that defines me but it is something I struggle with-- I would like to find someone who can relate to me but also get to know better and perhaps eventually play games together or watch anime / series we both may like ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶
Here is some recent pictures of me + a bonus pics of my hammy🐹: https://imgur.com/a/Zt8fZv2
My past has been troubled and I don't really leave the house often so I figured reddit would be a nice way to reach out and find someone likeminded who desires the same thing as I do, I don't work atm so I have a lot of spare time to talk and be available, sometimes it's hard to find motivation to do anything when I feel empty inside half the time without being too depressing :<
I'd prefer if someone was located within the UK so it would be possible to meet some day, although I'm not opposed to something long distance if it meant finding someone compatible
I feel like I am an easy-going person with a lot of love to give and pretty clingy, I'm pretty shy and reserved at first but enjoy learning about other people! If someone messaged me it would be nice if we had some common ground and some info about yourself to help break the ice, I usually open up to people quickly just I'm not so good at knowing what to say at times c:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Some general information about myself ----
I love creepy bizarre content on youtube, into crime crime or educational rabbit hole stuff and have a dark sense of humour
I enjoy watching anime sometimes ^^ some my favs were devilman crybaby (mainly for the ost), Berserk (Manga if that counts) jojos bizarre adventure, attack on titan, Junji Ito, Erased and Made in abyss & chainsaw man to name a few~
I enjoy listening to a bunch of music, I have a big ass playlist we could perhaps share stuff! But my favourite artists recently are: Panic! at the disco, The 1975, Hot chip, Gorillaz, Miami horror and Studio killers to name a few ^.^
Some of my fav games in general are dark souls borne + sekiro and elden ring stuff, god of war, league of legends, monster hunter, final fantasy series in general, resident evil, persona 5, Apex legends, Lost ark, Overwatch amongst other stuff, I'm also currently playing runescape (Rs3) as it is one of my fav childhood games! (bonus points if you are familiar with it, I used to play oldschool runescape too) If you are someone who likes games I'm sure we potentially could play something we both like and bond over that although I can be picky lmaoo
I enjoy art and creative stuff in general, mainly like colouring and line-art stuff so if you like to draw I'd love to talk about it and share stuff although I haven't had the motivation to draw for a while now
I sometimes watch TV series a few of the top of head I enjoyed are: Arcane, Love death robots, Game of thrones (the ending sucked tho lol), Vikings, The boys, Narcos, Castlevania, Breaking bad, Invincible + more but hard to remember atm c:
I consider myself atheist although I don't really care too much about inserting my beliefs on other people, I try and keep an open mind at least / I'm politically moderate but try and see things logically with a morale compass in mind, fairly balanced point of view although I know stuff like that tends to be a touchy subject with people so I try and avoid it if possible >.<
I feel like I'm a good listener and don't take myself too seriously or anything like that, I personally hate the feeling like I could be stepping on eggshells around people with strong opinions on stuff
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If we get on we could text each-other on Discord / Whatsapp as I much prefer that (reddit chat kinda sucks ass but I don't mind to start off with)

"Bluey and Bingo want a lick of each other's ice cream, but they are so focused on making sure each lick is fair, they don't notice their ice creams are melting." ***
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I've been looking into how I could write some platform code to query running GUI applications and manipulate them (show/hide/close/launch etc.) from code, in a specifically GNOME/KDE agnostic fashion.
The goal being to hook this into a Flutter application for a front-end "streamdeck" interface that could be useful on a Framework screen module.
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How do I get started with this? I'm not too concerned with x11 support, and nor am I personally against using any particular language (though something like python or rust would be easier to set up an environment for).
Researching what I know about WM and wayland etc. leads me towards writing my own managecompositor which is explicitly not what I want to do. I want to build this as an application that runs on top of the active desktop environment. I did get a slither of progress querying the running xOrg server, but with the pain that it was developing that solution I'd rather just stick to Wayland.

Disclaimer. I am currently master ranked offlane player who has been playing the game since launch competitively & casually, on all ranks between gold and GM. I took a bit of a break after the last guides but upon several requests to continue making these, I was inspired to continue making them again. This particular guide got extremely long due to concerning a fairly complex hero and I like being thorough with my explanations. Links to other guides can be found at the end.
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Dehaka is one of the ‘’big three’’ bruisers of high rank bruiser play (The unholy trinity of HoggeBlaze/Dehaka) and while other bruisers do also see play, its difficult to find a game where all of these 3 do not exist in either bans or picks. Dehaka, while not any weaker than the other two and situationally stronger, he does have a bit more counterplay to it than the others.

Drafting Dehaka

Synergistic heroes
Dehaka works really well with things that can quickly kill a drag target that often rely on short range. Some examples below;

• Greymane
• Tychus
• Jaina

Additionally, heroes that have high duration powerful AoE effects that Dehaka can reposition people into with his Drag and his level 4.

• Malf
• Stukov

Heroes Dehaka can struggle into
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• Junkrat Using steel traps in bushes near a fight makes for a miserable time to play Dehaka. You cannot really rely on Z flanks the same way you could otherwise since you might risk a 2.5 second silence + root.
• Lucio - Hard to drag with too many cleanses. The Q also interrupts drags and makes it much more hard to get to a position to drag. Lucio and Junkrat are by far the two worst partners in crime for the lizard to face.
• Brightwing - Cleanse and high range interrupt to a drag with polymorph. You usually have to bait out the poly on someone else before attempting to go for a Q.
• Ana - After 13, having a stun removal that gives 50 armor with a 2s CD is pretty nasty, and so is the ability to deny all healing from essence with a basic ability. Thankfully, Ana is fairly vulnerable to getting ran down herself by Dehaka by a good brushstalker. Just be ready to use E quickly to avoid the sleep.
• Deathwing - Not only is he immune to drags, but his massive hitbox is fairly efficient at blocking drags on everyone else either.
• Cho’gall - Dehaka doesn’t have the greatest single target damage to burn him down, and Gall can interrupt drags with his stunning orbs even as he is being dragged himself. On the flipside, Dehaka can focus more on macro and punish the inflexibility of chogall draft to deal with him.

Heroes Dehaka is good into
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Just to be clear, there are not many heroes that like being dragged for 2.25 seconds into bad positions. There are some standouts regardless that he is extremely effective against.

• Diablo - Into Diablo he is amazing. He is the easiest target to hit with a drag in the game with his aggressive playstyle, and he is fairly easy to blow up in a drag if you have any of the heroes that Dehaka is typically great with. After level 4, Dehaka himself is practically immune to Diablo himself because of his stealth.
• Imperius - The level 4 talent destroys him in all the ways possible. No spears, no E, no nothing.
• Kerrigan - She is extremely easy to drag due to her telegraphed back to front movement, and you can use your E to protect any allies from her combos while avoiding those aimed towards you entirely.

Maps

To cut it short, what makes for a great Dehaka map:

• Lots of bushes
• Large size to utilize global
• Macro focused maps
• Camps that are easily defended with Drag
• Maps with split objectives

S tier maps

Dragon Shire
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So Dragon Shire is great for several reasons. The nature of the split objective is one such. The bottom shrine is positioned in such a way, where the only ‘safe’ way out of the shrine is usually by walking through a bush which is also known as the lizard territory. Another is the quantity of maps on the bottom side of the map that are relatively easy to invade for your team, and with burrow you can make it an easy 5v4. It has a lot of bushes for Dehaka to easily rotate and collect essence between lanes. Its great.The only downside for Dehaka on DS is that winning the shrine on top also matters quite a bit and while he is not bad in 1v1s, there are good amount of offlaners who can destroy him in a 1v1.
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Cursed Hollow
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Macro focus, siege giants, a lot of the same as in Dragon Shire. The objective does not split the team the same way as it does on DS but during curses having global is extremely valuable since your team can push very hard on a lane and threaten keep, while the quick rotation speed of Dehaka on sidelines means you are not losing xp and the global means your team isn’t left alone in a 4v5 if they commit everything to defending the push.
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Towers of Doom
Might be, in my opinion, Dehaka’s strongest map. The presence of global enables a solid amount of invasion plays on enemy sapper camps, and the split objective means that every time an altar spawns on two other sides of the map, Dehaka will be there to make the objective fight 5v4 way before the global-less enemy offlane can do anything about it.
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Sky Temple
Really, most of the things that can be fitted into DS can also be applied onto Sky Temple aswell. It is slightly worse on Sky because Dehaka struggles a bit on capping temples alone due to low single target damage and conditional sustain but his global is even more important since all structure damage matters on the map, and pushing out a lane can be just as valuable as getting an objective.
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Garden of TerrorMostly he is awesome here. Lots of bushes, large size, macro heavy gameplay etc. You just want to make sure you have another hero in team who is effective at taking camps because Dehaka is not one, and camps are what often decide Garden games. At least he is very good at clearing the enemy camps.

A tier maps

Infernal Shrines
The map has lots of bushes, 3 lanes to soak and moderate macro relevance. One thing that makes Dehaka still a star on the map is his ability to drag shaman camps into towers to instantly clear them. Just because I took him lower than on some others doesn’t mean he isn’t great here, the reason I didn’t put him in S was mostly because he is not the most effective in clearing the extremely impactful objective alone, nor is he very good at dealing with it if enemy gets it.
Where Dehaka really sucks is when he has to fight on an open lane with no bushes, to defend against a punisher or such.
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Tomb of the Spider Queen
Historically this is a bit controversial take due to the map’s small size. Which is true, it is against Dehaka’s global value. it doesn’t mean though it isn’t immensely relevant on the map, since it can be used to prevent the good old boss cap strategy of taking bot camp, and moving to boss as enemy has to deal with a siege camp.
Aside from that, due to its small size however Dehaka can stack essence extremely quickly, and the quantity of bushes makes him a danger everywhere on the map even without his global.
Dehaka is a very hard to gank offlane, which means gems collected by Dehaka are far more safe than on some other popular offlaners.

B tier maps

Battlefield of Eternity
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Not the best map for him, but playable. The objective sucks the same way as it does on IS and it is more early game heavy. The distance between lanes makes essence management much more difficult.Things he does do well on the map though is defending shaman camps, which is more valuable here than any other map in my opinion. The middle of the map is also riddled with bushes, giving him a ton of opportunities to position properly and getting good drags in. The distance between lanes does also mean the bottom part of the team can play much more aggressively for camps since the global does threaten a constant 5v4.
Alterac Pass
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I hate playing Dehaka on Alterac, but it could be worse. Little amount of bushes makes rotating extremely hard and dragging camps to towers is often of low value. Additionally, taking camps is of a high value and Dehaka really does not do it well on Alterac. The one thing Alterac has going for him is its large size, and the few bushes it has are around objectives so he can still sidepush and join for a fight.
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Braxis Holdout
Dehaka typically isn’t awesome due to the difficulties of gaining essence, relevance of winning point on top lane and lack of siege giant/shamans. The bonus is, if you do win the point its fairly easy to win the bottom point aswell due to using global after bullying the enemy offlaner away from point.

D tier maps

Volskaya Industries
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No bushes, small size, mostly item based camps. Unless Dehaka is the only hero you play, I’d not recommend picking him here.

Base Kit tips

Drag [Q]

• This ability is what most often will win games. Its the longest CC on a basic ability and it has a reposition to boot. Unfortunately, it is also one of the harder parts of playing the hero. Some tips regarding its use;
• While dragging someone, you can still auto attack even if it hurts your movement slightly. In 1v1 it is pretty much always worth it though since good part of your 1v1 damage does come from AAs.
• Drag cannot be cancelled, and you cannot cast E while dragging. Hence recommended to not do reckless drags on low hp while your E is still up.

Mercs
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As I eluded earlier, you don’t have to be the one to deal the actual damage to mercs. You can also drag them into towers and forts for a faster clear. The damage of the drag isn’t high, 160 at a base (159% of one AA), but it is big enough that if you know you are going to base to get mana or you won’t be needing it any time soon, using drag for damage on PvE does increase your clear speed. It is mana intensive, which is why I excluded its use to the two scenarios above.
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Landing drags on heroes

• You don’t have to fish for one. If you can start a fight with a clutch drag that is great. But usually if every other hero is just posturing, that drag is going to get interrupted quickly. It can be good to wait for a bit of chaos to happen so people are less focused on the Dehaka and will have harder time dodging it.
• In general, targets that are walking towards you are the ones that are easiest to hit. If someone is dancing sideways in front of me, I dont have to use it yet.
• Holding the drag: Sometimes not pressing Q when you have it up is more potent than pressing it. It happens quite often on offlane and in teamfights that people are so focused on dodging drag that they are walking in circles in awkward positions eating tons of damage. At some point, after they have taken enough they have to walk away in a straight line - which is when they are an easy grab.
• Use your E. I’ll go over more of this in talents, but you can set up an easy drag on anyone with the use of the level 4 talent ‘’Lurker Strain’’.
• While dragging someone, you can still auto attack even if it hurts your movement slightly. In 1v1 it is pretty much always worth it though since good part of your 1v1 damage does come from AAs.

Dark Swarm
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• Mostly used for waveclear, but it does have a few other applications. Post 13 it also becomes your damage and your slow, and you have to use E less for drag setups.
• Against certain heroes like Leoric for instance being able to pass through heir hitbox has some significant advantages. The downside is, you cannot bodyblock while using the ability.

Burrow [E]

• A good bit of this one’s utility comes from the level 4 talent.
• If playing without the level 4, this is mostly the panic button to use in order to dodge a skill shot, or to buy time for your trait to regenerate you to higher health. Your W does deal damage while you are burrowed, so you can use it while clearing waves in order to dodge spell power reductions from Blaze Qs and such.

Essence Collection [D]
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• Easily the most overlooked and most screwed up part about playing Dehaka. Using 50 essence restores about 61% of Dehaka’s max health. Going to fight without it is like entering one with 40% hp and the healer cannot even patch it up.
• One should never look to enter a fight unless absolutely necessary without essence. If an objective is on its way, it's better to not just directly trade into the enemy offlane just so you are not forced to use your trait before a fight. If I am low on health, I rather use HS and then burrow to the objective (or waddle back to lane first to force the enemy to play aggro on the objective).
• One minion wave gives 14 essence. Even if forced to use essence, if the map is small enough there is a shot you can collect it back before it's too late. Three waves are usually sufficient, getting you to 42 essence. If you are not double soaking in the early game (often due to having a bad lane match up or having to clear camps on a big map), around 1:30 you can use your essence and then unbind the ability until the next objective.

Brushstalker [Z]

• The other easily screwed up part about the hero is the use of global. It is not often correct to use it to get to a lane in order to soak, you have your movement speed for that. When used aggressively though, you can use it to start a teamfight from a position where your drags are much harder to deal with.
• Even when not used, it provides value. As long as your Z is up, the enemy cannot reliably invade your camps (or well, it isn’t smart), you can force the enemy to play objectives more aggressively than they would want to by remaining on side soak before burrowing.
• Situationally it can be used like this if there is a large wave and you know there won’t be an objective coming in the next 70s and the camps are down (especially relevant on ToD) but generally I’d advice learning to save burrows for aggressive usage, and shifting rest of the playstyle to be more macro focused.
• Using Z does remove you from the game for 1.5 seconds allowing you to cleanse most debuffs and avoid Chromie loop if your E is off CD.
• There is an odd interaction that allows Dehaka to clear Chromie loops and avoiding Dots without committing: If you self cast Brushstalker while in a bush, or click the bush location within your own unit radius, the ability is not put on cooldown when used but it still puts you in stasis / removes harmful effects. This is a fairly niche trick but useful when it comes up. I am not sure at this point if this borders bug abuse since blizzard is fairly unclear on what are intended interactions and part of the balance, looking at you Samuro and hearthstone teleport tricks.

Talents / Builds breakdown
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To start off, different builds have different values on different levels of play. The build I pick most of the time is immensely powerful in diamond, master and GM SL aswell as competitive. It is equally powerful in lower ones, but some other builds also become better there (Such as the W build). The % mentions are just my rough estimates on how often I pick a certain talent.
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The builds:
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Standard/Recommended build: 3/1/1/1/1/2/1
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BeginneLow SL build:1/3/3/2/2/2
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Situational Braxis/Alterac build: 2/X/X/1/3/2/1
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Level 1
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Enduring Swarm - 2%

• This is a good talent. It does make Dehaka a lot more durable, it gives him extra duration on W which has some synergy with Hero Stalker.
• The downside is that it cripples his rotations and lethality of his burrow flanks somewhat substantially in comparison to Enhanced Agility. As it is, Dehaka is extremely durable already and while extra sustain never hurts, there is a point where other aspects should be considered.

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Enhance Agility - 96%

• On every map where Dehaka is great, this is awesome. It enables all the rotations between lanes for easy essence gathering, it has great synergy with the 13 talent due to increased duration. In teamfights, this is what allows Dehaka to easily get into positions where drags are easy to land.
• Completing it early is nice, but it isn’t something to be too fussed about since the baseline version of it is already great.

Tissue Regeneration - 2%

• Technically the best for pure 1v1
• I consider this a bit of a training wheels talent, since it does make gaining essence much more easier and the increased. I do pick it still on Braxis just for the increased lane sustain to cover for lack of essence from double soaking. It is not bad on BoE either but Enhanced Agility is also really good on it for the amount of bushes.
• Has synergy with Primal Rage due to increased cap on essence.

Level 4
Lurker Strain - 95%

• This might be the most powerful talent on Dehaka, bar none. Not just the level 4. To paint a comparison, imagine getting E.T.C W with a massive slow, greater knockback, higher damage and stealth from just a level 4 talent. However, it is also the hardest talent to play since it helps you in no way in essence management and it is more complex in its use than the others
• Works extremely well against heroes that are weak against displacements and is very insufferable for several tanks such as Diablo and Varian. If there is ever a moment when Diablo sees a good wall stun, Dehaka can use E preemptively and just stay hidden for your team to reposition to a better spot. If Diablo charges, his Q (or if you miss it, his E) gets interrupted and he will be slowed with no mobility in a bad spot, ready to be dragged to his death. Into Diablo it has extra value since the stealth makes it so he cannot use Q on you.
• Onto heroes like Imperius and Thrall, it's good to use whenever they press their limited time window damage abilities (E’s on both of them). The displacement tends to ruin their effective teamfight window. Even getting a spear through to anyone as Imperius gets complicated. To Yrel, you can use it to interrupt jumps easily even if she is positioning behind minions. This is also one of the few ways to somewhat reliably get drags on the more elusive divers.
• The other good thing about it is that it really makes your kill pressure less reliant on drags. If you have Enhanced Agility you can often position yourself in places easily where you can knock one target towards your team while moving everyone else away. It is extremely potent with heroes like Stukov and Malfurion with powerful consistent AoE effects you can knock them into. On BoE, immortal stuns become your best friend.
• Akin to Mighty Gust, the daze duration as the opponent has no control over their character is always the same regardless of the distance travelled. It is not terribly long duration knockback, and characters have a few frames to press a button that would move them from the drag. However, if Dehaka does push them against the wall, even the slow missile speed of drag is fast enough to confirm a drag to land on any target before they can teleport away.

Hero Stalker - 3%

• A great talent, shame about its tier. This is often what wins games in lower ranks where teamfights last for a long time and using this alongside Symbiosis can grant Dehaka several health bars in a fight. This talent makes the hero a lot easier to play.
• While it is great in lower ranks, there is a bit of an unfortunate side effects to this; Very often when I see Dehaka’s play with this talent the idea that they can get essence without soaking leads them into not soaking. You still should not arrive to fights with no essence because they can still do a blow up before you can get enough of it, and you should still make use of your global presence and soak sidelines. The talent makes some bad habits far less punished creating the illusion that the other options are worse when they are tried.
• Great into Samuro for fairly obvious reasons

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One-Who-Collects - 2%
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• Used to be my go-to until Lurker Strain was buffed. The effect makes gaining essence much easier and allows making trades on offlane. I do recommend this one if you are learning to play the hero and managing essence isn’t yet your strong suit. It teaches less bad habits than Hero Stalker and gives him some extra merc clear which is nice.
• On Alterac I listed this as a situational pick since you are doing a lot of offsoaking and potentially have to be the one to split to defend the camps as an objective spawns. Enhanced Agility is not recommended on the map so its much harder to get into good positions for your E knockbacks in the early game. Lurker Strain is still very good on the map.

Level 7
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Feeding Frenzy - 98%

• Drag is insanely powerful as it is, and this makes it so it becomes even stronger and more spammable. The extra 0.5 second duration is a long time to suffer when you are being dragged into a worse position. The CD starts immediately after landing a drag so you can already prep your next drag during the old one with AAs.
• If you miss a drag, you can hit walls and minions to get it back up faster. Without this talent I’d recommend skipping trying to do fish kills with a drag entirely since missing it gets heavily punished and confines you to being a standing duck for 14 seconds. This also applies to playing several lanes, you should always look to AA whatever you can safely to reset drag CD as quickly as possible.

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Symbiosis - 2%
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• The core talent of the W build. It makes your W spammable which has natural synergy with all the other W talents. Downside is, it doesn’t actually reduce the W’s mana cost and spamming W can quickly drain your mana bar.
• The upside of this build is that it gives Dehaka great damage numbers in games where focus fire is less precedent, it gives him much greater sustain which also matters more in games with less focus fire and it makes him reasonably useful with little skill involved. Its great into melee comps but…in order for it to be really good you need Hero Stalker and Lurker Strain also happens to be extremely powerful into melee comps. I do recommend this for beginners and plat and below SL.
• Into Samuro it is almost a necessity in order to be able to sustain the pressure, which is where I still lock it.

Paralyzing Enzymes - 0%
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• This is terrible. Dehaka has reasonably good shot at holding on to gambit stacks but the damage over time in team fights is rarely more useful than the extra duration & fishing potential of Feeding Frenzy and less impactful in 1v1s than the CDR.

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Level 10
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Isolation - 100%

• High skill high reward skill shot.
• 3s silence and slow is often as good as a kill when used in a right spot. One easy way to land one is right after landing a drag when they are close and have to run away, but into some heroes I’d recommend the opposite. Especially into brightwing. If she doesn’t die during the drag she won’t die at all due to blinking away. While the drag stun and silence will mostly overlap, the isolation’s vision removal does have a side effect of being unable to press Z or Blink Heal for 6 seconds. The 30% slow on the isolation also makes drags a lot easier to land if you do manage to secure an isolation.
• The ability does have a high delay and moderate travel speed, which is why its often great as a follow up. Alternatively if you have trust on your aim, using Z to join a fight as your team is engaging and going straight for the Rehgar from flank for instance to put him of a 6s timer of no Ancestral is fairly effective if your team lacks the tools to kill a target before an ancestral would land.

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Adaptation - 0%
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• Too slow of an effect just to add more sustain to already a very high sustain hero.
• Low ranks and for beginners this can be great since the focus fire will often be more forgiving, allowing this to trigger on time.

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Level 13
Ferocious Stalker - 93%

• Massive power spike.
• This allows your W to instantly clear waves. It allows you to do big enough damage to threaten a solo kill on a flank, and it gives you access to very easy slow so you don’t have to use other tools to confirm drags. If you are clearing waves, this it is almost always worth the detour to move to a bush and trigger this. Assuming you have Enhanced Agility that is. The talent isn’t worthless and sometimes even worth picking without it, but it becomes much more consistent with it.

Primal Swarm - 4 %

• If I am playing the hero stalker build , I might consider this. But on top of Samuro, it gains a bit of extra value against heroes that naturally have armor like Deathwing. It sucks enough to play Dehaka into DW but this makes it a bit more tolerable.

Primal Rage - 3%

• Need to still win point on Braxis? This is awesome. If you are in BoE and your team decided once again to draft 0 race and you don’t have enhanced agility? Great. But it is often the option to pick when you are in a situation you should not be in to begin with.
• Has synergy with Tissue Regen due to having a higher cap on the AA damage

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Level 16
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Elongated Tongue - 0%

• Potentially good,
• Most of the value of this talent comes from the fact it is not meta and people misjudge the drag range. The issue is that Drag has fairly slow missile speed and usually isn’t very reliable on max range to begin with - and it is even more unreliable on a higher range. Drag is still a powerful enough ability that this talent cannot be called bad.

Pack Leader - 0%

• A fairly worthless option.
• Has synergies with the AA build but it does also have some issues. You need to use bushes to get value out of this, and if you are able to do so you often want Enhanced Agility. Meanwhile the AA build is fairly reliant on Primal Rage that kind of wants Tissue Regen instead of agility to function. The temporary AA speed increase is fairly low, and while the armor is nice we don’t need to pump the hero’s sustain upwards much more.

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Tunneling Claws - 100%

• An insane talent. It makes Dehaka much harder to kill and near impossible to gank (especially when combined with Lurker Strain). But on top of the defensive elements, the kill potential of being always able to move to a position where the knockback effect of E is just perfect is the greatest draw. My usual sequence when killing a frontliner post 16 often is Drag -> move back -> E to their other side -> knock the kill target back to allies and push everyone else away from helping.

Level 20
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Contagion - 99%

• If Isolation is good, up to 5 isolations is also good. Tanks get a nasty habit of trying to peel for their backliners from isolations by blocking them and this puts a stop to that. You don’t need to hit many targets for it to be great, a single isolation effectively puts 1 person out of a fight for 6 seconds. If you hit it on even 2, you are likely to win the fight if you do it early and they cannot all just back away.

Change is Survival - 0%

• If you pick Adaptation, this is reasonably good.

Essence Claws - 1%

• The effect is nice, but usually just nice isn’t enough to compete with a threat to silence an entire enemy team.
• You do have other slows as it is, and requiring the AA targets to be heroes makes it fairly inconsistent to use. I pick this mostly if we are ending the game and Isolation happens to be on cooldown.

Apex Predator - 0%
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• Just a worse version of Epic Mount of Falstad, and even that has fallen off the meta. The reason why Epic Mount is still situationally viable at places is that the talent is on a hero that is not vulnerable when threatening a core with no bushes around, one that has solid siege damage on structures and the global can be used to go to core aswell as for moving out of there.
• Meanwhile Dehaka cannot really do the same shenanigans as Falstad to the same extent even with this talent. He can move only away from the core, and he is extremely vulnerable to getting rotated there if the enemy has any interrupts to Z.

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Laning tips
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Do note that these estimations expect two equally skilled players, and playing with the talents listed above. Most of them do not directly improve the 1v1, so experiences may vary.Favored match ups

• Blaze
• Malthael (post 7)
• Chen (post 7)
• Thrall*
• Illidan*
• Gazlowe*
• Imperius (Post 4)

Fairly even match ups

• Leoric*
• Artanis*
• Yrel*
• Sonya*

Unfavored match ups

• Murky*
• Rexxar
• Samuro (Can be made into even with adjustments)
• Hogger
• Deathwing (No chance)

Thrall

• Thrall does not have really high clear, and his damage window is heavily limited by his windfury. If you use E and knock him back when he does windfury, or drag him, he will often be forced to tank minions while trading negatively against you.

Imperius

• Once again, the key is the use of E. His damage window is often limited to his Q + E window. If you knock him back as soon as he uses E, he loses his sustain. After 7 it gets much easier since you don’t just have to rely on your burrow to deny it.

Illidan

• For all his mobility, Illidan is fairly easy to drag. And I am not saying to try to drag him as he is attacking and jumping about, save it for when he uses Q. The windup on the ability is long enough that you can land if by aiming it on your other side as soon as he uses it.
• If he does not use Q, you can make the drags easier to land by backing off and forcing him to run into you for an easier target.

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Leoric

• Every second drain can be canceled with E and you just need to dodge half of them to come out ahead. Leo E has 10s CD while Burrow has 17s post level 4 so the time window is also limited for Leo to land the drain.
• As I alluded to earlier, using Swarm during this timer to stack with his hitbox makes it hard for Leo to land a drain, but admittedly it is not the easiest thing to pull off as Dehaka either.

Artanis

• Artanis' shields and Dehaka's low single target damage do not go well together. In order for Dehaka to do well on the lane, they need to count the CD left on Artanis shield and aim drags to land when he cannot get a shield up.
• Artanis cannot really recover from taking big hits due to lack of self healing mechanics, so while Dehaka is outtraded in the short run over longer period he can be taken down. Just don't trade with him right after his shields reset.

Yrel

• This is a match up where both need to play smart. Yrel can deny Dehaka’s clear by timing a D + W as soon as Dehaka presses Dark Swarm, and Dehaka can deny Yrel’s clear by using E and Q to interrupt jumps and Q casts
• E does have a mini stun to it so it does interrupt all the casts. The match up really comes down to who bothers the other more on the clear. Both of the two have fairly scuffed single target damage so the wave management is usually what makes the difference in clear

Sonya

• You can technically deny all her healing and clear if you are good enough with drags.
• Her hitbox is fairly small on bruiser standards (only 0.75 - for sake of comparison, Dehaka’s is 1.0 and Leoric's is 0.81) with extra movement speed and she can do the same to your drags as you can do to Leoric by spinning on top of your hitbox. In a pinch the E also does interrupt her spin.
• If she picks Wrath you are done 1v1’ing.

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Murky

• I am not trolling when I say this but a good murky is the bane of Dehaka on lane. Dehaka is very prone to getting kited by slows and his low single target damage doesn’t really put a dent on Murky’s hp regen, and he clears the wave slower than a murky does.

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As per usual, hopefully someone got something out of this. It has been a while since I written my last write up on bruisers. If there are any other particular bruisers people would want to see me make a write up on, do mention it. (I had to repost this due to reddit markdown acting stupid).

So I made a Desecrator Champion for a Blood Lords game I'll be playing in but I was struggling with the feeling that the evil Champions did not get the same level of care as the good aligned ones. Their abilities didn't feel as good and my GM agreed to let me take some cues from the Redeemer to make my Desecrator feel better.
I'm pretty happy with what I've come up with and my GM has ok'd it but it'd still like some feedback on it. Neither of us have huge amount of experience with the system so maybe there's something about it we're missing that is broken or overpowered.
Some notes:

1. We don't use alignment damage. We are using force for the reaction damage specifically because it won't get resisted or trigger weaknesses.
2. I know my naming and flavor text are not particularly inspired. I'm ok with it. I might fancy it up later.
3. I'll be using the reaction feats for Glimpse of Redemption but otherwise sticking to the evil Champion feats unless I've missed some incompatibility

Desecrator

You always take what pleases you, no matter who it hurts, and you spread the influence of evil across all you touch. You gain the Glimpse of Corruption champion's reaction and the Touch of Corruption devotion spell. After the tenets of evil, add this tenet.

• Subvert or corrupt everything in your path that is pure and good, and sow doubt among those upholding such ideals.

Champion's Reaction

Glimpse of Corruption

Trigger An enemy within 15 feet damages you
Your foe hesitates as visions of their corruption play in their mind's eye. The foe must choose one of the following options:

• You are unharmed by the triggering damage.
• You gain resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 2 + your level. After the damaging effect is applied, the enemy becomes Enfeebled 2 until the end of its next turn.

Divine Smite

Level 9

Life drains from those who reject your Glimpse of Corruption. A foe that responds to your Glimpse of Corruption by dealing damage takes Persistent Negative Damage equal to your Charisma modifier.

Exalt

Level 11

When you use Glimpse Of Corruption, each enemy within 15 feet of you takes a -1 status penalty to attack rolls against you until the start of your next turn.
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Thoughts?

30M,Netherlandsdrink: no,smoke: no,weight: 83kg,height: 182cm,
6 weeks ago i had some trauma to the wrist, first I thought it was just a sprain but after some time passed i kept having pain and issues.I experience a sharp pain when I put my hand in push up position or when I hold something underhand palm up. Also some clicking on top is my wrist.
I went to an orthopedic surgeon to get a good look at it. They made an x-ray video and an MRI but without any real diagnosis.He told me I might have some ganglion and that he found no signs of torn ligaments. I still experience a lot of pain at the top of my hand/wrist specifically when i put my hand in push up position and can't use my right wrist.
I really need to find the cause of the issues because I need my wrists for work. I need to start at my new job, but can only do so when my wrist issue is resolved.
I have a video of my wrist MRI and was wondering on here could take a look on it just to get some additional feedback.
MRI video: Wrist MRI link
Is there someone with knowledge about wrists that could take a look at the MRI?Would really appreciate it.

At the start of Judgment Day there's somewhere between 1-2 million Arakkis, then Uranos wipes out 99% of them or something. Does this get undone by the Celestial and I missed it? The weight of X-men Red feels practically nonexistent now if the population they're dealing with is the size of a small city.