naga support! ameer ajar haha

IMHO an IH isnt the time to be learning a new hero, that's what bot matches are for until you are comfortable, guides on dotafire, playdota and MM. When you are pretty good with a hero, then you can consider playing it in an IH. Plus for IH you should at least know the basics of game mechanics and positioning (last hitting, denying, lane equilibrium, pulling/stacking, rotation, tp response, warding (defensive and aggressive), dewarding, smoke ganks etc).

I was the QOP, we also had no wards at the top river, Ogre rotated mid, but none of our supports rotated for mid gank. We still had walking courier at 5 mins etc..I think I was spending more time typing than playing.

FWIW I jumped straight into MM during my time in DoTA1 to learn the game... bots are too predictable (even with the AI+ maps back then)

EDIT: Point is, Dota2 bots are even more predictable/basic that it doesn't teach you about certain aspects of the game like map awareness, ganking, etc... you'd be too focused on playing the hero itself

This post has been edited by Ahmaz: Jun 21 2013, 04:32 PM

and I was the ogre got Quote to command me like a puppet on strings ~.~

sorry man, bane here from 2nd game ytd. wanted to rotate, but pl got harassed badly, so i had to focus deny and keeping pl alive, lol
and laning wise if bat and you swapped lane, outcome would be better imo.

Yah totally agree, we would have been better with bat mid and something else top offlane vs mag. Or even if we just swapped it probably would have been better. I played bad too tho, swings and roundabouts heh.

u know, when i draft, i usually check the dotabuff page for the people im drafting for. i just pick simply hero without the needs or outstanding combination. naga sleep mag walk and ulti, i always be the bait first so people will feel more comfortable going in.

maybe next time drafter should practice this. mati byk bukan salah pun.

and btw, i dont think bat can win ta at mid lane. skuller ta was good to beat even qop/bat at mid. take extra range and -armor, bat come dive and dying.

This post has been edited by am3rr: Jun 21 2013, 04:53 PM

Playing with bots doesn't really teach you much besides hero skills since their items and patterns are way too predictable. The skills you mention should definitely be learned from players better than themselves that guide them. Being in the normal bracket most of my teammates don't even carry tp scrolls. 135 gold gonna delay your dagon kotl for sure when you're stealing all the farm from the carry.

Ya I hate bots...always 5 man!

How to learn

That's why I mentioned using bots to learn new heroes..not to learn the game.

At least you get can comfortable with a heroes skill usage, ranges, combos etc. It won't teach you much about the game, but you can use it for basic drills (last hitting, pulling/stacking etc).

And yes, that's why I'm waiting for the rumoured DOTA2 mentor system, which should be implemented by volvo some time soon. The guild system will help too, giving new players more access to experienced players.

Then perhaps we can get more balanced IH games Like yesterdays game, in serious IH I play support only, sometimes utility - never mid. Because against a proper mid like SKuller, I'll get owned. I can stomp medium/high level players, but a proper mid player - no they will beat me.

So yah, we have a way to go.

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This post has been edited by am3rr: Jun 21 2013, 11:56 PM