How to Play Support & WIN More Games - Dota 2 Guide

[00:00] Are there any any other support players

[00:02] here or are you guys like all core

[00:03] supports? I mean

[00:06] >> I'm a mid player but transition to

[00:08] playing a support.

[00:10] >> Oh.

[00:10] >> Every new patch, every new meta that

[00:12] comes

[00:13] >> First 5 minutes is all regen. Just like

[00:15] consumables. Like we need keep trying,

[00:16] keep trying, trading and sustain,

[00:18] sustain sustain.

[00:21] In fact, the moment you get like gold

[00:22] with the bounty, right? First courier

[00:24] sends out his ready tango. Tango and

[00:26] like mango or something.

[00:27] More.

[00:29] >> Yeah.

[00:31] >> First 5 minutes all on regen.

[00:33] Like tango, salve, mango. Even if you

[00:35] don't need buy it. Cuz you have to buy

[00:37] for your core also.

[00:39] If can't trade enemy, must pull. Don't

[00:42] try too hard.

[00:44] I mean like losing trades, um resources

[00:46] slow.

[00:47] Yeah, see bro? You see what I mean? Like

[00:48] already being stuck like this because

[00:49] you bought a boots. Versus if you send

[00:51] your courier earlier, you have like

[00:52] salve, tango, full health and then you

[00:53] kill them again, kill them again, kill

[00:54] them again. Plus your guy has no regen.

[00:56] One tango, you have to sponsor him.

[00:59] >> Yeah.

[01:00] >> You just go and watch this uh Liquid

[01:02] versus Falcon. Watch how they play the

[01:03] lane. The amount of regen they buy is

[01:05] like in 5 minutes they bought like each

[01:06] one of them bought like four sets of

[01:08] tango just to survive the lane.

[01:09] Just make sure the reason for losing

[01:11] health is not bad. Like Regen must be

[01:13] bought but you must not like lose health

[01:15] for no reason. Regen must be bought but

[01:17] don't lose health for no reason. Don't

[01:19] lose health for the wrong reasons.

[01:21] If you're spamming regen because of this

[01:23] then you need to understand what is

[01:24] causing you to buy regen. If you're

[01:27] trading and you need to trade to win the

[01:28] lane then regen must be bought.

[01:30] >> Yeah.

[01:33] But when I should consider to buy a

[01:35] tranquil boots so fast?

[01:37] Like do I Do Do I have that option if I

[01:40] play support? Or I need to spend like

[01:43] all golds on consumables?

[01:45] >> No, you see the items I turn close,

[01:47] right? They cost very little. The parts

[01:49] cost very little but boots is huge. So

[01:51] normally you buy these small items but

[01:52] you send them with like regen every time

[01:54] until you can afford the boots.

[01:56] Like don't just buy regen but buy regen

[01:58] with small items. Like, buy regen with

[01:59] stick, buy regen with uh sentry, buy

[02:02] regen with like, if you want to buy

[02:03] tranquils or urn or something, then buy

[02:05] it for circlet. Just don't save up your

[02:07] gold just to buy like one big item like

[02:08] this.

[02:09] You get what I mean?

[02:11] >> Yes.

[02:11] >> You can buy this. Like, buy ring for

[02:13] sure or windlace for sure. You need it.

[02:15] But, buy uh regen.

[02:19] This is actually crazy, bro. Like, this

[02:20] entire lane could have been different if

[02:21] you just had health.

[02:29] I even hear pull pull, must pull.

[02:32] Pull more. Pull more. Lane push can't do

[02:34] it. Pull.

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[03:13] >> So, main takeaways for you or for all of

[03:15] you uh supports, if can't contest

[03:18] or lane push up, must pull.

[03:20] If no regen in lane first 5 minutes,

[03:23] spam the hell out of regen.

[03:26] And if can't trade strong, just chill.

[03:29] Sit behind your partner, wait for pull.

[03:31] If 1 v 1 beside, I would not recommend

[03:33] like walking into two heroes and trading

[03:34] like this.

[03:36] Uh that that's like bad start off health

[03:38] usage. Instead, you wait for people to

[03:40] be isolated because you pull, he come,

[03:42] then you trade. Then you like 2 v 1

[03:43] this.

[03:45] Or when you the support goes to pull

[03:46] this, then you 2 v 1 the core.

[03:48] Or if it's clearly you're stronger 2 v 2

[03:49] because of health and level, then you

[03:51] trade.

[03:52] Okay, let's move to the part where you

[03:53] start moving uh to other lanes. Cuz the

[03:55] entire lane is just the same. Pull more,

[03:57] pull more. Pull more and keep your

[03:58] allies still healthy. Lifestealer has no

[04:00] regen. You need to give him regen.

[04:02] See again, pull more, pull more.

[04:07] Oh. Haha. Oh. Okay. Huh.

[04:13] Uh what is this?

[04:14] Wait what?

[04:16] What is this, bro?

[04:17] I'm just I'm trying to keep the wave not

[04:19] pushing.

[04:20] And keeping it in the lane. Okay. That's

[04:22] what I thought.

[04:24] But yeah, I died, I think.

[04:25] >> [laughter]

[04:27] >> What the heck?

[04:31] The whole point of pulling is for the

[04:33] wave to come to you. I mean, why why why

[04:35] do you not want the wave to come to you?

[04:36] Uh

[04:37] they had catapults, so

[04:39] I thought not just to get the near

[04:41] tower, so Uh this this is like a feed,

[04:43] bro.

[04:44] Yeah.

[04:47] Okay, this is all mid for rune control.

[04:48] This is good, this is good. This is very

[04:49] good.

[04:50] I think in this time like I jump on my

[04:52] keyboard, so I

[04:55] Yeah, this is very good.

[04:56] This is the perfect rotation, very nice.

[05:00] We're down back to bottom. Okay, good.

[05:03] Also, another question about mid. If I

[05:05] play post five, if I see my mid laner

[05:07] not kill creeps and just leave mid like

[05:10] that and creeps dying, do I need to

[05:12] maybe go there to get experience? lane,

[05:14] right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. If if there's a

[05:16] free lane to take

[05:17] and you have no impact here, then you

[05:19] should go there to take.

[05:21] Again, before you think about the

[05:23] action, think about the consequences as

[05:25] in when I choose to go to this, what

[05:26] happens here? What will happen in like

[05:28] 10 more seconds, 20 more seconds?

[05:31] What will happen to my post one? Are we

[05:32] strong to play here? If you're strong,

[05:34] you shouldn't leave it to play a weaker

[05:35] position.

[05:36] It's the same thing like after I win off

[05:38] lane,

[05:39] I would expect my post four and myself

[05:41] to control this side

[05:42] for as long as we can.

[05:44] But if my post four decides to leave me

[05:45] to gang another lane, and now I'm the

[05:47] push tree that's uh that they gets left

[05:49] alone. Then now I'm like screwed.

[05:51] Uh because the guy give up the control

[05:53] to go help other lane.

[05:55] And then we let the enemy come back

[05:56] again.

[05:59] So here I'm mid lane now decides to come

[06:01] back for for some reason.

[06:03] Uh but he's going back to mid. And then

[06:05] you have nothing to do for life here, so

[06:06] you go to top. All right. All right.

[06:15] Okay, this this just turned out well, so

[06:16] that's good. I want to see more clarity,

[06:18] small mangoes, small mana, and

[06:20] consumables to keep playing the map.

[06:22] Because you're like low all the time you

[06:23] were in lane. Okay, let's see how how

[06:24] did it turn out to this? So you gang

[06:26] top, kill top, then you go plant some

[06:28] deep wards. That's fine.

[06:30] Uh but no health and mana to push tower

[06:33] but here he just died.

[06:34] But if you push you might die cuz you're

[06:35] low.

[06:36] If you have mana but Bristleback is

[06:38] playing strong, so you should be

[06:39] protecting Bristleback with wards, which

[06:41] is what you're doing. Okay.

[06:43] Bristleback is playing top, so you

[06:44] should see he's top lane. Be like, "Ping

[06:46] tower. Ping tower. Don't move, Freddy.

[06:47] Ping tower."

[06:49] Uh see that's the randomness. This is

[06:50] randomness.

[06:52] This is randomness. This is not

[06:53] objective. Objective is I gang top, I

[06:55] win top, I stay top for more potential

[06:57] gangs.

[06:58] After a gang, stick around for more

[07:00] gangs. You know, just protect your core.

[07:03] Uh ward the area around for him and sit

[07:05] behind him. Like literally just watch

[07:07] him like do his stuff. Cuz eventually

[07:09] when people start coming to this area,

[07:11] you have to kill the heroes with this

[07:13] guy cuz he's so strong.

[07:15] >> I think I saw the draw bot and Pangolier

[07:18] also TP top, so I

[07:20] thought it might not be anyway anyone

[07:23] top anymore, but yeah.

[07:25] >> It's okay. Even if there's no one top

[07:27] now, they might come later in like 10 20

[07:29] seconds. That's when you have to help

[07:30] this guy turn it around. Yeah.

[07:32] Plus you're open now without health and

[07:34] mana makes no sense. So the only play

[07:35] you can make now is to protect the core.

[07:37] Supports only have two actions, man.

[07:39] Number one, pick a free lane and hold

[07:41] the lane.

[07:42] Which is what uh someone was asking

[07:45] earlier to free lane uh Kuka was asking

[07:46] earlier free lane. Or play behind a

[07:49] strong core

[07:50] and control the area. Most of the time

[07:52] in high MMR it's always going to be

[07:53] this.

[07:54] In low MMR it's always going to be free

[07:56] lane. So, that's like free lanes all

[07:57] around the map cuz it's like five people

[07:59] fighting down here and it's like two

[08:01] lanes for free that can be pushed.

[08:03] But, the higher MMR you go the better

[08:05] the cores, the more lanes are going to

[08:06] be occupied.

[08:08] That's why in US the support have to

[08:09] pick which lane should I play with that

[08:11] I can do something at.

[08:13] So, that's why you find the strongest

[08:14] player. Normally, it's the off laner or

[08:16] the mid laner. The person will just be

[08:17] free farming.

[08:19] Now, you watch here since I'm clarity

[08:21] spamming go sit top, ping the tower.

[08:23] Push, push, push, push. And you sit

[08:24] here. And then you wait for people to

[08:26] come. Then you go kill him with the

[08:28] Magnus.

[08:30] You see what I mean, bro? Your job is to

[08:31] prevent this. See this? You have to

[08:32] prevent this.

[08:36] Even the Bristleback earlier like see

[08:37] how this Bristleback decides to move

[08:39] around the map.

[08:41] This guy was strong top. He should have

[08:42] stayed top to push top.

[08:44] And Magnus came top as well. So, you

[08:45] guys should be like, "Let's push this

[08:47] tower down now." So, you just go sit

[08:48] behind them and two of these will push.

[08:50] For this Bristleback to understand this

[08:52] action, you needed to ping him to be

[08:54] like, "Push top. I protect." Something

[08:55] like that. Then he will go. He will try

[08:57] and go.

[09:02] See and then because of that now like

[09:04] you move to this and there's no

[09:05] intention. Now, you get caught in some

[09:06] random stuff that you don't want to be

[09:08] in where there's no information

[09:09] whatsoever. Versus if you just sit top

[09:11] and you warded this entire area, this is

[09:13] where people will come to you. Now, it's

[09:15] more like you're going to them and they

[09:16] just react to you and then they kill

[09:18] you.

[09:26] Okay, I think that's good enough for the

[09:28] support ready. Uh

[09:29] do do you understand, bro?

[09:30] >> Yeah.

[09:31] >> I think there's more than enough for you

[09:32] to work on here like regen, trading,

[09:34] pulling, rotations, why, uh the meaning

[09:36] behind each actions.