Good beginner support dota 2

Good beginner support dota 2

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Here in our Dota 2 support guide, we discuss the basics of supporting, why you should start playing support and how to get good at it.

Why You Should Play Support

Dota 2 support players who actually know what they’re doing are pretty scarce. But, when you find one in pubs, you’re pretty much assured of a good win. No matter how good of a carry you are, if your enemy’s supports are great at leading their team and choking your vision, you’ll have very little room to farm and take over the time.

Below are a few pros and cons of playing as a Dota 2 support.

• You can come online starting from minute zero
• Your impact throughout the game, especially early to mid, is huge
• You’re pretty much the de-facto leader of your team and will actually be looked at to lead a five-man stack (almost every top-tier team’s captain plays support, just like at Alexei ‘Solo‘ Berezin, Peter ‘ppd‘ Dager, Clement ‘Puppey‘ Ivanov).

• Good luck making flashy plays
• Your farm will be well below the priority list, and most of your gold will be spent on Observer Wards, Sentry Wards, Smoke of Deceit, Dust of Appearance, and anything else that your team might need
• Your impact late in the game pretty much depends on how you space you can create by stalling and luring the enemy team to kill you
• You’re pretty much reliant on your carry to win the game for you if the game goes late
• Getting RAMPAGE on a support is nothing but a wet dream
• You will die. A LOT.

As you can see, there are a lot more cons to pros when it comes to playing as a Dota 2 support. So, you may ask yourself, why should I play support? Well, the answer really is, you don’t have to. It’s not everyone. The same goes for the carry role. Pick one that best suits your character and the way you want to play the game. Although it wouldn’t hurt to know how to play as a support.

Fun fact: With a base damage of 62-70 (and +25 from his Strength at Lvl 1), Treant Protector has the highest damage output early game. The hero can easily trade hits with anybody, making him very good at zoning enemy heroes out of the lane, especially melee offlaners.

Be a Dota 2 Support Player If You Want To

• Want to support other people
• Want to make an impact in the game with basic items and your own skill

Watching your carry destroy enemy team, knowing that it’s all happening because of your effort in the early game can be a very satisfying experience (works for me!)

But before we go into deeper things like warding, pulling, roaming, and so on, let’s define what a Dota 2 support player means.

The support role in Dota 2 is about giving your team every possible advantage. You see, in Dota 2, there are what we call macro games, which are all the flashy fights and moves that you see in highlight videos, and then there are the micro games, which are all the small things that add up throughout the game that gives a team an advantage against the other; a tower destroyed or defended gives gold to your cores, grants your team vision, prevents the enemy team from farming and gives you map control.

It is the job of a Dota 2 support player to provide the condition for his or her team to take down the enemy Ancient; your carry needs to get more space to farm more than the enemy carry, your mid must have an easier time during the laning phase, and your offlane needs to have a good game or at least not die a lot, and it’s your job to make sure that happens.