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Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-26 05:17:09
March 26 2015 04:51 GMT
#1
Hello Liquiddota,

I am thinking of a weekly Blog that contains information about support game play in pubs, competitive dota and also drafting related stuff.

Some Ideas:
- Flavor of the Month Heroes
- Draft Analysis in competitive games
- Solo Supporting in Pubs
- Support Hero Guides for Pubs
- General Support Ideas
- Meta game shifts that are support related
... and much more

If you have other ideas what should be covered, let me know via the comments. I will read everything to make sure the weekly contains stuff that can help people.


Poll: Interested a Weekly?

Yes (104)
 
94%

I do notcare (4)
 
4%

No (3)
 
3%

111 total votes

Your vote: Interested a Weekly?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): I do notcare




My qualifications to make sure I will release high quality content :
http://www.liquiddota.com/forum/dota-2-strategy/465232-the-art-of-support-part-1
http://www.liquiddota.com/forum/dota-2-strategy/465496-the-art-of-support-part-2
http://www.liquiddota.com/forum/dota-2-strategy/466577-the-art-of-support-part-3
http://www.liquiddota.com/forum/dota-2-strategy/467403-the-art-of-support-part-4



Thanks for your answers!



Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
Buckyman
Profile Joined May 2014
1364 Posts
March 26 2015 07:09 GMT
#2
Looking forward to it! The topic I most want to see covered is detection vs. invis/shadow blade heroes, and the gold tradeoff between buying detection and having the items to survive an initiation from stealth.
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
March 26 2015 07:42 GMT
#3
On March 26 2015 16:09 Buckyman wrote:
Looking forward to it! The topic I most want to see covered is detection vs. invis/shadow blade heroes, and the gold tradeoff between buying detection and having the items to survive an initiation from stealth.



Oh boy - I got some super good example in mind for that from some of my teams official games
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
fixed_point
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany4891 Posts
March 26 2015 07:44 GMT
#4
Yes please! I would also like to learn more about itemisation in particular situations (any common or uncommon situation you can think of).
totalpigeon
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom162 Posts
March 26 2015 10:20 GMT
#5
Sounds like something I would be very interested in following. I would love to hear your thoughts about allocating farming space for supports, when and for how long it is appropriate and the best ways to go about it without sacrificing map control or putting cores at unnecessary risk of being caught out / falling behind.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
March 26 2015 13:37 GMT
#6
I really loved your first series on being a support and I would love more. I think it would be helpful for some low-mid tier players to really bore down on specific actions supports do, like ganking mid or stacking while still being a threat to lane. A lot of that stuff seems really simple, but really getting indepth on how to get the most out of the jungle in the first 10 minutes of the game would be awesome.

Also how to farm with supports without taking over a lane. That is one of the hardest parts when it comes to learning a new support is figuring out how to get farm without stealing it directly from my core. That might be to hear specific. But if you’re doing it weekly, it could be cool.
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Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
March 26 2015 15:21 GMT
#7
On March 26 2015 22:37 Plansix wrote:
I really loved your first series on being a support and I would love more. I think it would be helpful for some low-mid tier players to really bore down on specific actions supports do, like ganking mid or stacking while still being a threat to lane. A lot of that stuff seems really simple, but really getting indepth on how to get the most out of the jungle in the first 10 minutes of the game would be awesome.

Also how to farm with supports without taking over a lane. That is one of the hardest parts when it comes to learning a new support is figuring out how to get farm without stealing it directly from my core. That might be to hear specific. But if you’re doing it weekly, it could be cool.


Your points are all really solid. When I started to play with my current team, it was a long road for me to get efficient on the map. Where, when and what to farm at given game states. I will pick that up for sure.
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
schmitty9800
Profile Joined August 2010
United States390 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-26 17:28:43
March 26 2015 17:22 GMT
#8
Awesome. I'd love an article about how move as a pure 5 when the 4 position is a jungler. (if that's too newby a topic I understand though :D)
Names
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada328 Posts
March 26 2015 18:17 GMT
#9
I'd like seeing highlights of replay analysis. Like following the support's PoV and analysing his positioning, decision making, builds vs matchups, strategy vs lineups, etc!

Though it might be more appropriate in video format of five to ten minutes.
Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
March 26 2015 19:28 GMT
#10
On March 27 2015 03:17 Names wrote:
I'd like seeing highlights of replay analysis. Like following the support's PoV and analysing his positioning, decision making, builds vs matchups, strategy vs lineups, etc!

Though it might be more appropriate in video format of five to ten minutes.


I might cover it in both forms, as a video and in text.
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
StarMoon
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada682 Posts
March 27 2015 19:53 GMT
#11
Looks like some excellent content lined up.

I'll be sure to kick my support playing friends towards it so they can finally start stacking ancients for me.
Beirut
Profile Joined January 2011
United States673 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-27 20:43:41
March 27 2015 20:43 GMT
#12
I'm looking forward to whatever you write, as long as it's not accompanied by unnecessary numerical divisioning.
NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
March 27 2015 23:30 GMT
#13
A weekly will be very welcome
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SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
March 28 2015 07:13 GMT
#14
I'd actually love to see some math when necessary like when you wanna show how 2 builds differ in damage output. The thing that comes to my head immediately is when I try to do shorthand math on how to build my venge (3-2-0-1 vs 1-2-2-1) based on how my lane matchups and my lane partner and how the lane is "behaving".
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Ler
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Germany543 Posts
April 23 2015 04:17 GMT
#15
The first episode will be here shortly. It ll be all about the question "how can a support get farm" :=)
Twitter: @Ler_GG | Facebook: lergg | youtube: lerlolgg | Twitch.tv/gg_nore | #ArtOfSupport
Names
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada328 Posts
April 23 2015 13:09 GMT
#16
On April 23 2015 13:17 Ler wrote:
The first episode will be here shortly. It ll be all about the question "how can a support get farm" :=)

Nice, this is actually something i struggle alot with. Though I'm often stuck playing 6.
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