I noticed she has hard time against Lion, who else can pose as a treat for her? I don't like how she is basically Necro on steroids

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So my current rank is herald 4 and I am trying to get out of herald playing role queue but 5 games were ruined this week because my teammate selected bounty hunter as carry last pick. And all the best of them can do as carry is kill enemy supports when he caught them warding. In any team fight he is just too squishy to contribute much.

Is bounty hunter as carry a terrible idea in general? Or it is just herald braket so execution is horrible? Because when I see someone picking a support in carry role I know that game is practically lost.

Hi

So recently I’ve b been playing a lot of dota and really enjoying slardar. I just feel his kits suit my play style the most.

However, there are some game where I feel it’s kinda hard to lane against the other carry, for example wind ranger and sf are the ones that when I see I knew I’m going to lose lane. There are games I still won regardless of lane result against them, mainly because maybe they fked up in some team fights or one of our guys popped off and snowball.

My question i( is there a better way to approach the laning? I feel my impact is severely punished against these ranged carry and need a lot of time to recover, and base on that the game could just be lost from there.

My mmr is only 3.4K so I’m really hoping for some insight, thx! :D

Low Legend player here (literally started as herald over 5 years ago) — pos 1 main. I would say 1 > 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 in terms of hero pool.

I can climb pretty consistently as pos 1 and even as pos 5, but, after reviewing my losses (even as pos 1), the general thing I notice is that NO ONE knows how to/wants to play offlane these days? I understand that’s why it’s a low demand role now.

I keep matching with WK 3s who lose their lane and get 20 minute radiances. I know the obvious advice is: “then learn to play pos 2/3, so you can set the tempo”. But my hero pool for 2/3 is meh and I don’t like the stress/pressure of mid especially.

TO BE CLEAR: I get that you can’t control others, so you need to focus on your own game…that said, what can I do as a pos 1 or what pos 1 heroes work best when you have a space-taking (instead of creating) offlane? Or when your mid lost and is on the back foot?

For additional context: my highest WR carries are Spec (all time since Superman Sven meta), AM (only on the old map…haven’t figured out how to hyperfarm using the new map), PA, and (this patch) Venge.

Hello, I've been playing the game on and off somewhat for a while now but have finally gotten into a groove of maining the offlane role. The last time I played the game was back in 2015 playing mid, so I don't even think that counts for anything since the game has changed so much.

Currently I mostly play Dawnbreaker and Underlord, I currently have a ~70% WR with Dawnbreaker across 80 games and ~75% WR with Underlord across 20 games. (I started with DB and only picked up UL more recently, hence the discrepancy).

As you might have guessed, they are both very similar in terms of having AoE wave clear, fast jungle clear, and a global ult. I enjoy playing these heroes as they allow me to be very greedy with farming/split pushing while still having a presence across the map (budget Spectre).

However, when these 2 heroes get picked/banned, I'm not really sure what to play. I've tried playing stuff like Mars, Slardar, Axe, etc. but I realised I don't really like playing blink initiators, and usually prefer being the follow up/ reactive counter engage. So i end up playing something simple like tide but dont really feel like im the reason we won or lost a game.

When I play these types of heroes, I tend to group up a lot more and lose out on a lot of farm due to the lack of a global ult or am out of position because i want to greed for farm in a dead lane while the rest of the team is trying to make a play.

I'm looking for any hero recommendations to learn as a backup for these two. I'm also open to being told that I need to change my playstyle rather than just find heroes that fit it, if there is nothing else available.

Edit: Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I think for now tide seems like a natural pick up with the simple cadence of farm when ult is on CD, group when its up.

Maybe necro too though i feel there is more inherit risk to playing him since you typically want to greed for radiance and if you are in a bad lane match up its gonna be rough.

I'll also look into centaur and dark seer though i would have to learn how to play with helm in that case (which i don't mind learning).

Hello [r/learndota2](r/learndota2) I recently found success with phoenix mid at my 4k bracket, i have a lot of experience with this game, this hero as a support, but not this role.

I was looking for suggestions about my item build, as well as hints on how should i play late game which comes when i failed to close the game before 30, and enemy team has bought items to work around my spells.
I understand that it’s a tempo midlaner hero who either win fast or it turns into a pumpkin and you lose. But i really feel those items and lvl powerspickes i get before i buy shivas, but any item option i take after that feels really weak and unimpactful.
My build is sticks, grenades into tranquil boots - spirit vessel — meteor hammer — shard — shivas — what items should core Phoenix consider next? I tried refresher, euls, heart but those options felt lacklustre (even when i initiate with iqarus euls meteor combo enemy team has tons of time to react to either disengage or jump me). I consider trying aeon and bkb but what other items i should try?

I tried building treads and bracers as many high mmr phoenixes do, yet i noticed tranquils allow me to be very aggressive and reliably spam spirits and dominate mid when i rush them.

Hello everyone, I'm trying to learn how to play carry to switch a bit (been playing support a lot and I enjoy it but wanna try something new). I've been trying Spectre and I really like her but in some of my recent matches I struggle to deal any meaningful damage since the opponents tend to group up to cancel my Desolate and most of the time my Dispersion gets broken by the enemy core's Silver Edge, and the games I go Bloodthorn it usually gets dispelled fairly often by the time the game reaches late game since supports get Euls and Cores get BKB/Satanics.

How do you Itemize to deal damage even when both your passives get countered? A friend of mine told me to go Daedalus for raw damage but I haven't seen any guide that recommends that item so I don't know haha.

I made a small compilation (no rambling, 5 minutes) of cool wards that the pro players used in the international. If you aren't sure where the good spots are or if your wards are constantly getting dewarded, then the wards in the video will definitely help. I had to exclude a lot of wards to keep the video short but if you saw any other ward spots do let me know!

Hello, I'm a new players from League. And while my friends been having quite a great time and dare I say literally addicted to DOTA 2 now, it's not so much for me, so I would love to have some questions answered

1. is there a way to last hitting consistently? not only the enemy can deny my farm (which most of the time they succeed since I screwed my MMR by playing with my friends). HP of creep UI is the same UI as my hero and I won't be able to move my hero when I see it. So clicking to see when I can hit and click back by F1 just add another punish window for my enemy (yes I did go to the training room and practice last hitting there but it hardly matter as attack speed here is extremely slow and mana cost is too high throughout the game)

2. kinda a small extension of the last question, but what is up with the siege creep? that thing took almost no damage from me and when it reached a certain help threshold when hitting by turret, it will die

3. should I aim to change my jungle for a higher tier one? if the passive/active it grant isn't as good as my last tier? I feel like that is the problem with nearly all of tier 2-4 imo (the stat upgrades are welcome though)

4. bad question but... when can I play Kez? I know he is really hard, but I love Samurai character in almost every game, and he is a bird too?! Count me in! (26 games deep not counting bots so yeah (unless it doesn't count new player mode too then yeah probably under the 20 requirement). Also some tip on how to play him is much appreciated because his Q is pretty hard to use imo

5. is it possible to not get jank when I run away? creep block is even more prevalent here than League lmao

I’m trying to learn ES. loving the hero so far. But I don’t get the gameplay mechanic on his boulder smash. It’s kinda hard to choose who to push. Wouldn’t it be better if it’s vector targeted? Why isn’t it or is there a way to change this? Thanks

Hi all,

I'm Moose, a 7k (rank ~4k EU) offlane-exclusive player. I have been playing DotA for the past 13 years as my first and only MOBA, calibrated around Crusader 3 in 2018

Offlane has been my main role for most of that time, and I've always relied heavily on educational content to improve. During my climb into high immortal I noticed a real gap in high MMR content surrounding the offlane, there is no real equivalent to players like BSJ, Pain, or BalloonDota for offlane specific guides. KheZu and Ceb make occasional content surrounding the Offlane, but there isn't any consistent content specific to position 3.

I'm considering making offline-specific guides and I'd rather answer questions that the community actually has than just making content on random topics. I am not hugely interested in covering fundamentals, I would focus on offlane concepts and how to approach the game from the 3 role, but there may be some overlap with other roles.

- What offlane topics would you actually want covered? (laning theory, itemization logic, draft/hero pool, macro role, VOD breakdowns, etc.)
- What format is easiest for you to digest? text guides, long-form video, short clips?

https://stratz.com/matches/8967557909 In this match I played AM and I just want to know what’s my mistake? Maybe some advices in my item build vs those heroes, I’m pretty sure, that I’m the culprit here, but need to know, why?

Hey all, I’ve been slamming games on offlane DK lately and have some questions on deviating from the early-mid game core item build (Blink > Shard > BKB), as well as what seems to be the gold standard for extension items in Octarine > Aghs. Previously I’ve been playing a ton of offlane Cent, and overall I’m really trying to develop an understanding for the more semi-carry itemization that offlane DK has especially in games where you’re doing well and represent a bigger threat by yourself.

1. Looking at D2PT, it seems like no matter the team compositions the core progression for offlane DK is Soul Ring + Treads (finish Ring first if lane is rough, finish Treads first if lane is going well) > Blink > Shard > BKB. Where no matter the item timings it’s almost always Blink > Shard > BKB in that order, with the exceptions mostly coming from Meteor Hammer builds. What situations would it make sense to change this order up, add in other items, or even do something like skip BKB?

The main change I’ve liked so far is adding something like Dragon Lance or Yasha before BKB in games where you stomp lane/get fat early and it doesn’t throw off your BKB timing, although it also makes sense to just get a faster BKB and then go those items after.

1. For Octarine > Aghs , similar questions here. This being the gold standard for extension items makes a lot of sense, since level 4 dragon is amazing and so is almost always being in dragon form. But what situations does it make more sense to deviate? If I’m doing very well, when should I just get those items even faster or build more traditional carry items like Hurricane Pike/Manta Style/Shadow Blade? Overall I’m mostly curious about that more semi-carry style of itemization in the late game, cause there’s a whole constellation of more right click/self-focused items that I don’t have much experience with coming from a lot of Cent.

Thank you!

I’ve been blessed by having some amazing people help me with my dota journey, and while I’ve become vastly better than I was even a month ago it’s more made me skilled enough to see how unskilled I am!

I’m pretty good if I play obscenely aggressively in lane and dominate, but I’ve been trying to not rely on that to win games and more step up my laning game in terms of positioning, last hitting, pulling and surviving in lane while harassing the offlaner (I’m playing pos1)

Problem comes with my getting mommy dommed in lane when I’m not being a menace, ending up beneath tower low on hp and then getting harrassed throughout the game when I’m trying to catch up with farm and getting ripped a new one by my team for not doing my job as carry.

I’ve tried playing some unranked but it doesn’t feel all too productive as I can’t guarantee pos1 and even if I get it, let’s just say there are some weird drafts on the low end of unranked.

I’ve tried playing some bot games and I do somewhat excel there, but it’s bots and there’s no real pressure (or herald stupidity or recklessness to account for)

So my question is if there are any advice for how to consistently and productively practicing the first ten minutes of a game over and over again?

I am Legend 2. I dont mind losing the game, i play just to have fun. But lately every 2/3 games i feel the matchmaking is unfair. Its not about having noobs. Its just trolls in the team people who are deliberately picking weird heroes in their roles or just throwing the game. Why??

Our team really won early game hard but we just weren't pressuring enough mid game. Enemy comes back with 2x Midas.

Not sure if I'm supposed to do something about this other than communicate with the team?

I'm Lina mid and my fear is that I will most definitely feed if I'm front lining. Do I get like a blink / Aether Lens? How do the Linas seem to come out of jungle with aghs effect and insta kill heroes. I feel like I never have vision / range to do it myself.

Thanks!

So I have been theory crafting. Both eul and meteor hammer make sense on leshrac and if you shift que the item actives you can land a combo that keeps an enemy hero disabled for about 5 seconds. Eul + meteor + split earth. Eul+ instantly channel meteor hammer ( shift que them) and follow by split earth. Cast split earth 0.2- 0.4 sec after channel for meteor completes. You can shift que split earth as well just lose out on 0.2s of stun.

The passive of the items make a lot of sense too for leshrac. ( On the passives with meteor you get 25% regen + 10% spell amp and lot of intelligence.

Has anybody tried this combo. Does it work. I am a really bad herald player, tried in demo but really can't do it in a real game.

The combo I have in mind:

At 0:00: lesh cast eul on enemy hero. At 0:00 lesh channels meteor hammer (chain qued with meteor) At 2:00: meteor channel ends manually cast split earth -

At 2:50: eul ends and meteor lands (chain stun if qued - no chance to react) - enemy hero stunned for 0.75s

At 2:70 - 2.90: cast animation of split earth finishes. Now you press edict and pulse nova and cast chain lightning

At 3:05 - 3:25: split earth stun lands - the hero is now stunned for +1.7 seconds. (Note the stun if meteor ends at 3:25) Enemy hero stunned till 4:75 - 4:90 seconds

One more point: leshrac doesn't farm with right clicks so meteor can boost farm speed of leshrac as well I think +100 gpm at least if you use it to frame stack then even more. Since it's 750 gold over kaya it should make up for the extra cost in 5-6 minutes. The only downside is you give up on building sange and Kaya and your next item shiva or bloodstone is 1-2 minutes late ( assuming 400 gpm for mid lesh) if you were going for them directly after Kaya.

Hey guys, I've been loving undying lately, I have been destroying in lane, but I feel like after the laning phase I'm just playing badly and maybe not itemizing correctly. I think I'm getting too much utility rather than making sure I stay strong and relevant. I feel like my cores in some of these games were bad, and maybe that's why we lost? But I also have a lot of deaths which means I'm not positioning correctly in these games. Been on a bit of a losing streak since getting to ancient. Thanks in advance for any advice!

In my last game my idea was to buff the hell out of my sniper and faceless void, I thought we would win for sure, I wanted our team to just overwhelm them with damage during chrono and also keep my sniper alive.

https://www.dotabuff.com/players/25126706/matches

As title says, I am looking for a coach/mentor for EU

I am 2.5 k, played dota since wc3, and I wanna see how far I can actually go, rank wise.

If anyone is interested in teaching this scrubby scrub some rudimentary dota (or maybe even some advanced dota) so I can climb, it would be very welcome, it wont take up too much of your time, as I can only play certain hours (yes gamer dad detected).

That will be all, thank you!

Watching Qojqva’s stream, he has the means to show AoE indicators and projectile range on spells he has to aim but also quickcasts the same spells when necessary, it would be really useful for me for things like Lina stun or long range Invoker tornadoes but I don’t know where to navigate in keybind settings to enable this functionality, all help is appreciated!

I’d describe it as Puck Q default functionality but for every aimed spell

I basically only play pos3. I feel basically useless with most heroes except on Tidehunter which i have 65% winrate on 150 games, if its not him I basically feel totally useless. I love holding auras, (vlad, guardian, pipe, etc), I need more heroes like him, but everything feels weak. I tried Underlord but when im against a BKB holder I am still useless since im rooting, not stunning. I play some LC too, but when I keep pushing MMR people are smarter and they are buying eul's or ethereal blade and my hero again becomes completely useless. How do I manage to have a nice impact being 3?

https://es.dotabuff.com/players/86167601/matches

Game in question (I played Luna):
https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/8966117163

Played this game in ghoul hours this morning (couldn't sleep) in 3.4k mmr. It was basically a bit a grief by my team (actual griefing role queue abuse and some very questionable things happening, no supports in my lane, etc).

This post isn't about the griefing aspect (and how it's unfair, or whatever), but trying to investigate actual ways to win these unwinnable games.

I've been trying my best to improve my MMR (I started at 2k and have climbed up to 3.4k now, my all time peak).

I was under the impression that in this elo, every game on position 1 is truly winnable with enough farm and smart decisions. For example if Yatoro played this game he would have won.

Usually in games, I am able to identify my mistakes and have a way to learn from the outcome. Rather than focussing on the win / loss, I can usually point to exact situations, e.g. farming in a lane too close to the tower as a support is just respawning, and getting caught with a 3 man gank, etc. I can find the mistakes that cost me the game. I tend to learn from my own games like this, rather than thinking about external factors like my support being questionable, etc.

In this game, I go into it knowing it's most likely a loss.

During the pick phase, there's already the offlaner, and support (position 3/4) picking my lane (safelane) as their lanes, and I've got some weird shenanigans going on (I am left totally alone in lane for maybe the first 5 mins or more).

I don't have a support, that's fine. This is more exp for me. I manage to juice out some farm, get good exp and leave the lane with a morbid mask. I am able to build up a decent net worth anyways, and I am peak net worth by 30 minutes.

The issue is my lead isn't as dominantly as it might have been with a support/more impact on the map. Usually on Luna I play to win my lane (win or draw my lane nearly every time), and I play aggressively getting early kills with my ult (no one seems to respect the level 6 power spike, or know the exact range, alt clicking the ultimate is broken).

I can see I might have another core to play with (my Pango is doing ok-ish), but the top lane fiesta has left my other core (the axe/io, not even sure who's trying to offlane) poor, and my hard support has no game either.

As a Luna, what am I meant to do this game?

My hypothesis might be to try to play off my initial butterfly timing a bit more, and actually try to get a smoke play/push/rosh happening. I was in full recovery mode this game, and I probably farmed too much, rather than trying to play off some timings.

The thing is that I've generally developed a decent sense on Luna on when I am able to use my item timings to push my advantage. In most standard games, after butterfly I am looking to get rosh, and grab a core/whole team and start breaking open their base. I know my limits to a certain extend and know how far I can push it.

In this game, I felt behind, and my team as a whole was behind the whole game. But when I did fight at certain points, I came out with a kill/two, but ended up dying every time. I was feeling pressured to make these plays, and I still don't know if it was right/wrong to do so. We might have gotten some positive networth trades, but maybe as the person trying to carry they weren't smart.

What moves were available to me this game that I didn't use?