Dota 2
Fenrir_El May 18, 2019 @ 8:39am
Off-lane and mid-lane.
I've noticed that I am winning games more consistently, when I am playing offlane. Not only, I often manage the enemy carry, but if I pick heroes like Night stalker or Doom, I can royally ruin lanes for the other lanes too. And I am not sure if it's just luck or am I just bad mid-laner? Maybe I am doing something right in offlane that I am not doing on mid-lane. Or, perhaps, it's because I pick proper offlaners, whereas when I play mid, I get lifestealer or some squishy carry as offlane who often cries if left alone.

Is off-lane much easier than mid that I just find myself more impactful? Can't figure it out
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Duchess Minty May 18, 2019 @ 9:58am 
Doom is really good right now so theres that.
Fenrir_El May 18, 2019 @ 10:26am 
Originally posted by Lady Mint:
Doom is really good right now so theres that.
played him only couple of times. I mostly play night stalker/pangolier offlane.
Dark Sun Gwyndolin May 18, 2019 @ 10:37am 
The Offlane is woefully underestimated in pubs. A good ganking Offlaner (Night Stalker is a standout example) can shut down the enemy Carry and help other lanes without being dependent on farm.
Last edited by Dark Sun Gwyndolin; May 18, 2019 @ 10:38am
Zagryzaec May 18, 2019 @ 11:14am 
You make impact when you interact with enemy team, not when you farm. Also it's more profitable now to finish fast.
Also, the thing is that carry usually weakest most stupid link in any team, so playing against him is usually easier then against mider.
Naturally it's would be hard for offlaner to deal with higher level and better equipped midlaner, with great kill potential so technically midlaner able to have more impact, but in practice midlaners often don't even show for fights, or don't coordinate with a team, behaving as a second carry.

Going carry>midlaner>offlaner>support is kinda normal thing as you learn the game and getting tired from pointless creep fights.

Also I already wrote several times that offlaners and supports are most reliable guys in a team statistically.
Fenrir_El May 18, 2019 @ 6:31pm 
Originally posted by Civil Engineer Bunny:
The Offlane is woefully underestimated in pubs. A good ganking Offlaner (Night Stalker is a standout example) can shut down the enemy Carry and help other lanes without being dependent on farm.
seems like it. I just saw many matches on youtube how enemy midlaner helps so much, but I myself no matter how much imitate them, can't do that
Fenrir_El May 18, 2019 @ 6:34pm 
Originally posted by Zagryzaec:
You make impact when you interact with enemy team, not when you farm. Also it's more profitable now to finish fast.
Also, the thing is that carry usually weakest most stupid link in any team, so playing against him is usually easier then against mider.
Naturally it's would be hard for offlaner to deal with higher level and better equipped midlaner, with great kill potential so technically midlaner able to have more impact, but in practice midlaners often don't even show for fights, or don't coordinate with a team, behaving as a second carry.

Going carry>midlaner>offlaner>support is kinda normal thing as you learn the game and getting tired from pointless creep fights.

Also I already wrote several times that offlaners and supports are most reliable guys in a team statistically.

That's what I don't quite understand. When I play offlane, I focus mostly on enemy team, but when I play mid-lane I focus on objectives (gank -> take tower), yet I still feel like I do more as offlaner simply because I try to either chase enemy win-condition-hero or I just go wherever the fight is. Maybe, at higher level mid-lane becomes more impactful, since the team have much easier time to join with me to focus on objectives?
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Date Posted: May 18, 2019 @ 8:39am
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