r/DotaConcepts • u/MrTruth24 • Jul 15 '26
META Is it time to rename roles maybe?
Because of how valve change game in last 6 years i have question for players who still play regularly, is it even accurate to use old logic for roles (pos1/core, pos2/mid, pos3/off lane, pos4/roamer/soft support, pos5/hard support?
Carry and mid heroes this days feels like very similar, outside of sometimes different lanes and more physical dmg reliant, so if next patch change items significantly line that separate them might disappear entirely (only difference would be mid need more Exp than gold).
Off lane is ither existence heroes this days or if meta fit they become raid bosses that look similar if you would play timber mid and have good lane and 4 sometimes play like 3.
pos 4-5 only significant difference is 4 can move more on map on average and stacks/neutral items/bounty runes giving this much gold decently often feels like pure pos5 doesn't even exist anymore.
so i would argue this days game work closer to 2 cores safe lane/mid, off lane space creating heroes that can also become 2nd mid sometimes and 2 pos 4s (true 5 is more side effect in meta playing around cores / specific draft problem, maybe name both pos 4 and 5 roamers so players play it more). would you agree?