EdgeOfChaos wrote:More likely you lose it really quick and now you're double screwed. Turtling hard and buying core items will almost always get you further than trying to pull off DR stuff.
However you're right that I did overlook two actual carriers of the item: arc warden and medusa
We're obviously talking about late game here, while barracks are either vulnerable or already dead. Everyone should have core items, dr obviously shouldn't be a 3rd or 4th item. If you defend barracks in your own base with dr and still die, you wouldn't have done better without it. People love "never giving up" hopeless games, but they're not willing to do what it takes to seize whatever small chance might still remain. They prefer doing the same thing that hasn't been working the entire game and get curb stomped for 15-20 minutes longer. Adding a major element of uncertainty in a game that's surely headed towards a loss can only favor the losing team.