What is difference between Position 1,2,3,4,5?

[Psychotic Man]

Many people use this kind of system to define the roles in a team, but they kind of leave it very ambiguous as to what each position does.

• I know position 1 and 2 are carries, with 1 getting more farm. But, other than that, what is the other things 2 has to do different from 1, when does 2 come into play and when does 1 come into play?
  
  
• Position 4 and 5 are both supports, but is there any difference between them in terms of what 4 has to do different from 5?
  
  
• What makes certain heroes suitable for position 3, the mid, that is not there in heroes that go position 4 and 5?

Also, on another note, do guys like Juggernaut, RNGesus and Sven fall in category of position 1 or 2?

[Kameh]

2. Is a carry that get's less farm. 3. is more of an real semi-carry. 4. would be a support that gets mek, BKB, and other items. 5. Gets very few items and will mainly be warding and helping everyone out.

not 100% accurate, but gets the point across.

What makes heroes suitable for 2-3, etc is how dependent on farm they are. A hero that can do well without farm, Lina for one, would be 3. Sven would probably be 1 on most teams.

Largely this 1,2,3,4,5 position talk is really only useful in organized teams. a random pub match and it goes out the window.

[insert name here]

well, for 4 and 5, different supports need different levels of farm, and es needs far more farm than a kotl to be a max effectiveness, es needs his blink, kotl only really needs health regen and he would be alright not getting any more items apart from wards etc

[(TRC)Reaper]

tbh you look at pro's and they dont even bother with that :p
they just pick what they are meant to :p

[Yuriverse]

Originally posted by Blood God Khorne!:

tbh you look at pro's and they dont even bother with that :p
they just pick what they are meant to :p

yah they don't talk about this numbers or positions, they're just picking what's the best to counter enemies and create a great combo with their carries, also to save them

[achus93]

at the end of the day, the number system is simply farm priority. nothing more than that....

[darkshadow]

that position numbers are simply
1-carry
2-carry
3-semi carry
4-support
5-support

[Sixe史吏]

Honestly, the system is a bit outdated. The best pro teams now run closer to 2-2-3-4-4.

[Yozh]

Originally posted by Psychotic Man:

Many people use this kind of system to define the roles in a team, but they kind of leave it very ambiguous as to what each position does.

• I know position 1 and 2 are carries, with 1 getting more farm. But, other than that, what is the other things 2 has to do different from 1, when does 2 come into play and when does 1 come into play?
  
  
• Position 4 and 5 are both supports, but is there any difference between them in terms of what 4 has to do different from 5?
  
  
• What makes certain heroes suitable for position 3, the mid, that is not there in heroes that go position 4 and 5?

Also, on another note, do guys like Juggernaut, RNGesus and Sven fall in category of position 1 or 2?

It is the order of priority for gaining gold and experience (farm). A hero used to play the carry role tends to be more item dependent and a support tends to be item independent. It is a convention used by players. It is not absolute.