I watched your casts from last night today, and i am really impressed! Really well done everything! Keep it up.

For those who havent seen, its here http://www.twitch.tv/drzealottv/b/344828729

Yes I love watching the casts that he does with us! I also appreciate how he does not mention my terrible Bane playing during the AR game!

His voice kind of reminds me of the Dean from Community. Just makes it more entertaining for me.

I'd have to watch the replay (at work right now so can't ) but I only think you sapped me during the lane phase a couple times. As Bane mid you need to get that Soul Ring early and sap like crazy. At level 5 you can be sapping 230 health from your opponent every 30ish seconds.

Yeah ive been a huge fan ever since the dota insight games! hes great!

Thanks for the advice! I have only played Bane a few times, and I have enjoyed him every time. I didn't realize how good that brain sap was until to late into the game! My mid is pretty week though in general, i really need to work on it.

Soul Ring on Bane works the same as Omniknight, in so far as it makes one of your nukes "free". With Omniknight you would use Soul Ring ( -150hp, +150 mana ) then use the extra temporary mana for your heal. As it heals you for more than the HP you lost, the damage you cause with the heal in effect costs you nothing.

Similar with Bane. The mana cost for Sap is a bit higher ( Sap cost for each level: 125/150/175/200 ) but you're still getting an almost free nuke every 30 seconds. It's especially important for Bane as all his spells are so ridiculously expensive. As Bane mid you want to hold off on using your E unless you need to escape, get Soul Ring, use Sap to your heart's content to harass your opponent.

The temporary mana you get with Soul Ring is the first used when you cast spells. So be sure that your spell isn't on more than a 10 second cooldown when you use your ring else you'll lose the 150HP and the mana you gained with it. However in the case of Bane with a level 4 Q you'll do 300 damage, get 300 HP back and it'll only cost you 50 mana. Likewise a level 4 self heal with Omniknight will heal for 360, do the same damage to anything near him and only cost you 10 mana.

In our match yesterday (Viper vs Bane) you have a lower attack range than Viper (400 vs. 575) so it's going to be rough for you to harass much (I never pick up E as mid Viper before 8, Q and W are too awesome for keeping heroes in check and farming, but you still want to take care if you're laning vs Viper and trying to harass), but your Sap range is the same as his Q (600), and slightly higher than his R (500 unless Sceptre) and auto attack. Keep your Nightmare until you need it (if you've over-extended and Viper is chasing you with Q or if he ult'd you and is about to chase you down) and focus on what farm you can get, keeping lane close to you if possible (because Viper has 20% slow at level 2 Q, 30% at level 3 Q and he'll have those at levels 3 and 5 respectively). Viper is a beast at last hitting because of his W, so you're going to have a rough time either way. At least, until you get to 6. Then Viper is screwed (Fiend's Grip + Sap, maybe even a little Nightmare in there if you can).

Cast was very good quality, but I thought there was some misunderstanding of basic game mechanics on the part of Dr Zealot. (Shout and Doom both go through BKB, so acting like not getting a fast BKB was a "that's why we're here, to learn!" mistake was pretty misinformed, at best.)

Edit: Not to be a complete grump, some of the cast was interesting / insightful

His cast helped me a good bit. I am pretty novice though, so any cast helps really. Keep it up man.

Haha yeah that part was a bit.. Wrong. Bkb was pretty much useless since you had to catch them all anyway.