Item Question: Why boots of Speed? (BEGINNER)

[sharan1997]

I see in a lot of gameplay that people buy the "Boots of Speed", it's just a +50 to my movespeed, which seems insignificant to my already 350 or so basespeed. Why waste around 450 bucks for it?

[Phantom Assassin]

Originally posted by sharan1997:

I see in a lot of gameplay that people buy the "Boots of Speed", it's just a +50 to my movespeed, which seems insignificant to my already 350 or so basespeed. Why waste around 450 bucks for it?

Try to make few games without boots. You will realise how much those +50 to your ms matter.

[noname]

They're pretty essential for escaping and positioning. If your enemy is chasing you and they have boots and you don't, you're probably not getting away. Plus, you can then turn Boots of Speed into other useful boots: Arcane Boots, Power Treads, Phase Boots, Tranquil Boots, and Boots of Travel, all with nice abilities.

[ChemicalBacon]

Originally posted by sharan1997:

I see in a lot of gameplay that people buy the "Boots of Speed", it's just a +50 to my movespeed, which seems insignificant to my already 350 or so basespeed. Why waste around 450 bucks for it?

It isn't just the speed its what you build them into mid/early game.
Also some heroes have a movespeed of 290 or even less - which makes boots vital for them because they are easily run down and killed by faster enemies

Very few heroes like Razor and DP can skip the boots until midgame

[JVteam]

They are the item from which all the fancy boots come from.

[jay jay the dank planezinho]

What hero posseses 350 of base speed? I think the fastest one is Luna and she has 330.
Btw, is this a serious question?

[Woody]

I remember the days of bootless sniper, I was adamant that boots were a waste of an item slot in him for a while but when you start playing against normal people and not just other newbies you realise how important movement speed is, it gets very important when people start ganking other lanes and things like that.

[Woody]

Originally posted by Rick_is_Life:

What hero posseses 350 of base speed? I think the fastest one is Luna and she has 330.
Btw, is this a serious question?

Yeah luna is max base speed with 330.

[Barack Obama]

"which seems insignificant to my already 350 or so basespeed"

Incorrect, your base movement speed is not enough to give you enough mobility throughout the game. Maybe you wont need boots in the laning stage (Assuming you never get ganked), but after laning phase is over it really IS needed

Trust me, not getting boots is not a smart choice

[mad rad rat lad]

It helps you keep up with your opponents, helps you run away, and you upgrade them later to things like the phase boots or power treads.

[zZzooey.exe]

Originally posted by sharan1997:

I see in a lot of gameplay that people buy the "Boots of Speed", it's just a +50 to my movespeed, which seems insignificant to my already 350 or so basespeed. Why waste around 450 bucks for it?

450 gold brown boots should be in first items you buy in first 5 minutes.
They then upgrade to other, more important boots.
Which upgrade you do is up to hero you play, although, it may wary.