Hi everyone , MostHatedPlayer here
I will take a look at Defussion`s first points from the original topic and I think these 3 moments are quite obvious and shows the crystal clear image of this case
Moment Number 1 : 20:05 (Maphack)
Here we have low hp Storm ball lightning over remote mines and avoiding them totally. In the background we have Goblin Techies who is awaiting to unleash them , since on the Cliff he placed both Observer / Sentry Ward and entire Sentinels team sees Storm killing the small camp there and afterwards placing Observer Ward
Storm Spirit avoided perfectly the remote mines Techies placed there and there are only 2 explanations
- Storm Spirit knows where are Mines located (highly doubtful)
- Storm Spirit sees Techies placing Remote Mines and since they have short cooldown , long deployment duration with Goblin Techies facing up the Remote Mines , its simplier to know exact location where is he going to place these Mines. Remote Mines therefore dont have long deploy range even with Aether Lens in Inventory
As we see on the replay , Storm walked exactly to the mines and in the brink of time he used Ball Lightning to cover entire distance of the mines , passing them successfully (out of nowhere) and instead of dying , Storm survived and healed himself on his shrine. Sentinels team had vision , Storm didnt have any and Techies was ready to unleash these mines on Storm
Moment Number 2 : 30:03 (Maphack)
Here we have Rikimaru at top lane farming. Rikimaru sees that the Storm and Oracle are on the midlane and if he clicked on hero (probably did to check items and current mana points of Storm) , he saw Storm dangerous with Bloodstone , Orchid and Hex and around 600 mana which is not enough to reach Rikimaru wherever he decided to farm. Firstly we got Rikimaru going for the two Furbolgs in the furthest Scourge camp on the top and we see Storm walking on the midlane next to Oracle. Since having high mana regeneration through mentioned items above , Storm quickly got to 1500 current mana points which is (probably) enough for him to snipe whomever he sees on the map...so he decided its time to kill the invisible Rikimaru , hardest target of them all. Of course , again , Rikimaru had Sentry + Observer Ward (Techies placed it) on the Cliff in the Middle of the Scourge`s Forest and again same scenario , Storm had zero vision over Rikimaru , no wards / anything and with the empower of the Arcane Rune , he went to utilize his combos and in the straight line (under the upper Ancient camp of the Scourge) he went in straight line towards Rikimaru and he didnt manage to hit Rikimaru with upcoming damage from Ball Lightning and upon arrival Storm literally used Dust of Appearance + Orchid directly on the Rikimaru , killing him as Rikimaru had no chance of surviving this one.
The question here is : How does Storm exactly know where is an invisible hero heading and in which location is he farming exactly? Pretty obvious answer.
Moment Number 3 : 42:08 (Maphack)
Here we have a chase featuring Storm , who has vision on the Cliff from the Sentinels part of the Forest where Oracle placed both Sentry + Observer Ward. In this situation we got Oracle (who is far far away from Storm) who has 2 naked inventory slots and no blink dagger , so he cant do anything to Rikimaru or help Storm chase Rikimaru as he has no wards / dust and force staff provides short distance push which doesnt help much in this case. Storm has the vision for brief moment of time over Rikimaru, since he sees Rikimaru in front of him (direction of the Storm`s position) and Rikimaru tried to confuse Storm with Manta Style (went unsuccessfully) , but Rikimaru used Tricks of the Trade to give him slight edge so he has the chance to escape (for now). To mention , there was Pit Lord next to the Storm and Pit Lord`s ability , Pit of Malice can root Rikimaru and reveal his invisibility and hinder him using Blink Strike / Tricks of the Trade Abilities. That wasnt the case here as Pit Lord decided to go to Sentinels bottom lane and push (as everyone was dead except for Rikimaru). Later on we see that Storm Spirit and Rikimaru went in opposite directions , Storm followed Pit Lord for the brief time and Rikimaru decided to go into opposite direction , hoping that he can escape and teleport out as he had TP ready. Afterwards we got Storm Ball Lightning exactly into the place where Rikimaru was hiding , without any brink of a vision , since Storm was 6 slotted , Oracle / Pit Lord had no wards available and there wasnt anything placed by anyone (no Scan either). There we see Storm deciding to roll like a real panda towards exact location where was Rikimaru , killing him directly in the process.
For me personally , pretty obvious case , nothing much to add more or less , the chances are 90% > 10 % in terms of Maphack Scenario
The opinion is pretty non-biased as I played against this user so many games and I know this user for years now , the games which you can check are on both Admin Panel / Youtube
Thanks everyone!