I put on my SS cap. So begins a new age of concentration... camps.

This strip is possibly a reference to a fact that one of the upcoming heroes from DotA 1, Legion Commander, was male in DotA 1 and will be (very likely, at least from unreleased material) female in DOTA 2.

Mantress

btw enchantress can serve as their semi-carry if tiny is their 5th teammate. she's not too bad at it.
or wisp himself can be the carry if desperately needed.
or tiny could go carry build.

Okay, if the joke is that Ench is a man in the comic, wisp should have been made to realise it whilst not talking to another character. I thought that the joke had something to do with DS or their team composition.
It appears I was mistaken.

I trolled my own path, you followed your rage, but maybe we're both the same. The comics have turned, and so many have ragequit, but nobody is to blame.

It's tearing across this colorful paper, I think new love will be drawn, on this rage stained page!

DEAR DOTAFAGS,

Standing here, I realize, you were just like me, trying to advertise your game. But who's to judge the good from bad, when our guard is down, I think we'll both agree, that hating breeds hating, but in the end, it has to be this way!

Still one of my top 10 comics in a list of hundreds :3

I love wisp as a Sergeant. ^^

where's jo? last time he was here he deleted negative comments because he got butthurt. so much for Troll NOW!!. don't call it that if you can't handle it.

I still don't play DOTA and I still get it. Maybe I'm just smarter. lol

I didn't get it. And as usual, I came to the comments to have the joke explained to me. By this point, it's not funny anymore.

I'm not sure what would have made this funny tho...I mean, practically every character on NerfNOW has been R63'd by this point.

Its a simple joke, Enchantress is male instead of female, so Rule 63 or some shit, i figured that out after i saw panel 3 and looked up, i get it but this is real... sad... anyone else think jo should take a break from comics.. seriously its been over 1000 so i think Jo needs a vacation from this

@I dont get it/my name here: She is a man. That's the whole joke. @no rly: It's not funny, that's the problem. [url=#user_comment_285157] @FuzzyRedHood[/url]/Vulpis/Hobby: The joke is just bad, it has nothing to do with "Dota or not Dota". The fact that it's about Dota makes bad AND cryptic.

I don't get it

i think the joke is wisp just realised that enchantress was man mid conversation

the joke is that the girl enchantress is now a guy?

how is this funny?

The comic isn't bad! Also not expecting to understand every comic that comes out. You're doing a great job Jo for releasing these everyday.

(Though I don't understand the joke here. Oh well always another day.)

STOP MAKING OVERLY COMPLEX JOKES!!! ONLY A THIRD OF US ACTUALLY PLAY STUFF ON STEAM THAT ISN'T TEAM FORTRESS 2!!!

[url=#user_comment_285049]@Ninj77[/url]: Umm... Another suggests that you think dota2 is not that... Sorry, but it is. It's JUST as much a sequel of a sequel of a sequel as TF2 or pretty much anything... As with movies, there's only so many diffrent basic stories or concepts one can actually use and the dota concept, is OLD...

[url=#user_comment_285099]@Kethrian[/url]: That

And it's really sad when the 'Mine' photo-note idiots are actually more clueful than the commentors.

[url=#user_comment_285097]@Hobby[/url]: Indeed--you could have had Original Soldier (as opposed to Nerf Now Soldier) walking down the line, addressing Original Scout, Sniper-tan, and then about to say something to Original Heavy before the penny drops.. same joke, and the TF2 fans would be applauding while the non-fans whine.

Honestly, are people really *that* stupid that they can't get the joke here? Jo, if you change *anything* around here, it might be to label the commenting button something other than 'Troll'..because that seems to be nearly *all* you get these days.

I know that Enchantress is a girl, but I dont get the joke (or it isnt funny). She's a guy in panel 2, so what? where's the joke?

Omg, I cant handle more Dota strips...

I think he is cute!

Stretching my legs.

The biggest problem here is not that the joke was hard to get (which was, not everyone knows lamb-lady is called "Echantress"), but even after you get it, it's not funny at all.

OMG RULE 63 ON A CHARACTER; THAT'S FUNNY RIGHT?...
Not really, not unless there is some pun, like Fem!TideHunter.

Even here on Nerf Now!! F.O.E.!

I think he should do a story time with crystal maiden ... she's the main coatrack to hang the jokes on, but for now that's all she is.

Panel 1 - "Floaty thing says MOBA stuff."

Panel 2 - "Must be a male skin or something. Floaty thing still says gibberish."

Panel 3 - "Floaty thing seems confused about why it's giving 'hard lane' to purple thing. Purple must be bad at that but people try to use it for that anyway."

This joke could have been aa TF2 joke, that everyone would say "lol good one jo".

But since this about Dota 2, everyone keeps complaining and whining.

By the time any of the TF2 characters had been in as many comics as the blonde here they were actual characters.

If all the TF2 comics had been about stuff like "dispenser here" and similar in game references with no characterization at all they would have been just as bad.

I have absolutely no idea what this comic is about.

@Dota 2 > Tf2: NOPE

Spronko

Comics

@Explain anyone?: Rule 63 on Enchantress.

@Explain anyone?

Enchantress (The faun) has, up until this point, been only female. Heck, its in the name.
This faun is male.
It takes to the last panel for the worn veteran to realize this.
That's the joke.
Now until I get my account working, I'll just do this here... *Grabs Faun* MINE!

Nice joke, Jo. Keep it up, pal!

And to all my fellows readers, come on guys! Don't blame the artist, blame the medium. Sure tf2 may be old now and DOTA 2 is all the rage, but can you name another NEW game that isn't a sequel of a sequel of a sequel...?

What else can Jo play? Or draw about it?

I really wish he'd explain his inside jokes in his commet a bit more for those of us who don't play DOTA.

I can't help put think that's a zerg unit instead of a person.

It's not the fact it's DOTA I dislike, it's the type of joke.
With TF2, there were a lot of jokes that were only USING the characters, and those were the ones I preferred.
With DOTA, the furthest he goes from the core game is obvious references to one of their traits.

Jo depends on those AD's to continue, so it's the best way of showing that you dislike them.

Joe is just cattering to what is popular atm. Tf2 has had its day....... Its over 3 years day. But now 4 times as many people play dota on a daily basis. Also with the number of characters in dota (as compared to 9 plus a few) alot more scope for comic material. It is sad but tf2 is on its way out.

Not that I hate dota, but the joke itself and execution was flat out awful.

Carry wisp its a thing!!!

[url=#user_comment_285006]@Clueless[/url]: Enchantress is female.

I don't get it.

Solo mid wisp is a thing, I swear.

You get a fast level 6, and then you gank the sidelanes with your ult.

Okay, I think I get the joke now. It would have been more understandable with another frame showing that there wasn't a carry on the team.

I play Dota2, but I don't find this especially funny or creative.

Jo, try making something not related to the majority of old comics. Popular games are nice, but people like variety

New arcana, right here.

haha game bashing haha different is always worse haha
Deal with it nerds.

As always amazed on how people think they can tell an artist what he has to draw and what not.

Also, Wisp is going middle? D :

Why do Jo focus so much on shitty games like Dota 2 over good games like TF2?

I had to go back to the second panel and see lol

it's a joke from Jo the übertr0ll to get 300 comments like "I dont understand"

garbage

dark seer 'hard lane' implying that its hard to solo dark seer

Hey Jo, if you are reading this I think you should put a link to a pic of Enchantress like you did in the morphling "hot springs" one :P
Keep them coming!

If we're getting rule 63 Enchantress, can we at least also have a moe rule 63 Nightstalker? :3c

wait arent the joke is about enchantress is a female part name while jo's drawing a male figure?

Oh, whew, that's the joke- since I'm not a DOTA player, I thought maybe there was a male skin for a hero called "enchantress" and the joke was something about that dark seed guy, 'cause he looks suspicious (expecting someone taller)

To the people thinking it's about them all being support:
wisp and CM are supports
enchantress is a jungler/disabler/semi carry
dark seer is a initiator/disabler/anti carry

So they only got 2 supports.

Has almost nothing to do with Dota 2.. This same joke could work even if "Echantress" was switched to Bayonetta or something.

This is pretty much going to the same path as when the TF2 comics stopped talking about TF2 and went to just general laughter.

@Nekometa I play dota2 and I personally dont see the joke, or whats supposed to be funny.

Rule 63, anyone?

I didn't get the joke, and i have no idea who these characters even are O.o

[url=#user_comment_284894]@UcklyDuglin[/url]:It should be Enchant-"ress", not Enchant-"or". Joke's about the gender.

I really don't get this one Jo, is it because crystal maiden, wisp and enchantress are all support?

[url=#user_comment_284891]@Torchman[/url]: Panel 2, look at the "Enchantress"

wut

I don't get it... someone explain please?

Why did Jo make enchantress look like a man? @.@

[url=#user_comment_284832]@BWolf[/url]: Yes, yes we were. But we were not whining about it.

So does that mean Io is solo??

Keep them coming, when you were doing tf2 comics i liked them even without knowing tf2, now i LOVE the dota 2 comics cause i play it and get your great sense of humour, keep them coming!

Check out Papers, Please!, Jo!

It's funny and I don't even play DotA. Ignore the haters, Jo.

I'm a fan of Dota 2 but the excessive number of Dota 2 comics over the last few months are starting to get tiring. Don't get me wrong you do a lot of other comics but so far it is Jo/Engie and Dota2, a bit more variety would be fantastic! :)

I wonder if non-TF2 players were just as lost reading those comics as I currently am reading the DOTA2 comics.

I don't get it.

S... S... Sproink?

The joke is that anyone is paying attention to Wisp.

THEY NEVER LISTEN TO THE HARD SUPPORTS ;_____________________;

Huh. I don't play Dota and I got it immediately.

Ok, ya got me. I had to go back and look. Well played dood.

Is the joke that ench is manly? I don't get it.