Impossible to get out of herald.

[Knip]

I wouldnt say I'm the best player by any means but I play my ranked roles appropriately and i do well in them. The problem is you get stuck with people not playing properly since you are paired with people your own rank. I just had 3 games were either our mid chooses the wrong hero or our off lane chooses a support leaving the team with 3 supports. Inevitably losing the game there for keeping you stuck in herald. People say "If you're hard stuck on a certain rank that's the best you are" and that's simply ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. No matter how good a player you are if you have an ineffective player you will lose. And with no way to try calibrating again to possibly not get stuck with dim wits you are forever hoping for a decent team to come along and save you or stuck as a herald :(

[Knip]

Also, another cool feature would be to lock regions.. maybe atleast to the continent. Around 9 PM you have to hope that on us west servers you dont get stuck with chinese players who for some reason decide to bombard US servers. Nothing against chinese people or anyone in general just makes for bad ping and horrible communication in a very communication based game.

[Ulthwé]

You can calibrate again next season, best opportunity to improve, especially since bad players tend to rand down hard. If you are that good it may make a difference.

[barberboy21]

Welcome to Dota, want a large fry with that? That's literally every rank.

[76561198137891484]

im in 2.5 K mmr.. i was 3.3 K two weeks ago and i was 2.1K 3 weeks ago.. teammates makes hard to gain mmr but i remember when i was 1200 - 1800 it was harder. i realized that if i want to win a game i had to play mid or hc and pick high impact heros and not so farm dependig, so spam your best core and win 1 vs 5 ... try to focus in objectives, low mmr players trend to jungle farm and they dont care so much to defend, so buy your own smoke, call for teammates to gank someone in enemy jungle and take a tower

[Wasted_46]

When you play herald your opponents are also herald. Means they also pick the wrong hero etc. not just your teammates. If 9 players out of 10 are heralds only you deserve better you should be able to climb.

This one time I calibrated to Herald 5 or something. I was really rusty from not playing for over half a year. I'm not a herald player. I easily climbed up to Archon, that's where the grind began for me. From that I knew I'm an archon player.

You need to realize what your skill is, accept it, and figure out how to improve if you want to get better.

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDxquYfGk3M

[PMA]

That's dota, my advice:
-mute everyone
-focus on your performance

The idea when playing should be of thinking about your every next move judging the current situation (farm lvls, your teammates iq, the enemies iq, etc).
In some games that means never showing up in team fights, because no matter what you do, your team is so bad that they would manage to lose all the advantage that your presence might aid.

When you are paired with potatos don't stress pinging nor guiding them (assumed you've got the gamesense needed to do so), you won't be followed. Play the game as you were alone.

[Cross Over]

Originally posted by ALL MUTED:

That's dota, my advice:
-mute everyone
-focus on your performance

The idea when playing should be of thinking about your every next move judging the current situation (farm lvls, your teammates iq, the enemies iq, etc).
In some games that means never showing up in team fights, because no matter what you do, your team is so bad that they would manage to lose all the advantage that your presence might aid.

When you are paired with potatos don't stress pinging nor guiding them (assumed you've got the gamesense needed to do so), you won't be followed. Play the game as you were alone.

This

Especially now that US servers are under assault from non-US player bases. At this point just waiting for the next new whatever that can move me away from Dota, much like Dota took me away from WoW/Starcraft. All fairly boring now, but nothing else so far keeps me interested.

[Fistraiser]

If you can't get out of herald you belong there.

[Orilious]

I am a Herald player and I working on ranking up. I started to post videos about my Ideas and tips that I think help people like me to perform better and have a better chance of ranking up...
I'll be happy to have your thoughts and ideas as I am in the beginning. (feedbacks will be helpful)
https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCIQM1CglOvTFq7F4Bjxc2Bg

I think ranking up in Herald works so much different than in higher mmrs. And needs different work around it.

[fortepiano]

Focussing on your own impact definitely makes the most sense.
Recalibration is also a good idea.
Smokes, pinging (*once*) your next objective, and short voice chat are messages that everyone understands.
GL HF! :)

[fortepiano]

Originally posted by Orilious:

I am a Herald player and I working on ranking up. I started to post videos about my Ideas and tips that I think help people like me to perform better and have a better chance of ranking up...
I'll be happy to have your thoughts and ideas as I am in the beginning. (feedbacks will be helpful)
I think ranking up in Herald works so much different than in higher mmrs. And needs different work around it.

paste the link here, I'll check it out!

[Absche]

There is no promise with the game for an eternal climbing in rank. I think they could introduce a prestige badge for just playing, irrespective of winning, though.

[HighLanderPony]

Short answer, git gud.

[Nän00xMäx]

Originally posted by Wasted_46:

When you play herald your opponents are also herald.

Best one. Have you started playing Dota 2 a month ago? Or are you just trying to hide the blattant abusive system the majority of Dota 2 "players" are here for?