General tips for playing hots

So i tried to find a topic containing a list of usefull tips for hots, no luck. Decided to start one. Who knows maybe it will make our games better.

Lets do it like this, you would mark the usefull ones with likes and ill edit them into topics body. Or write your own

Ok, here goes:

Once hitting late game prioritize staying as 5 above else. This is the time a single teamfight can become either win or loss.

Dont do camps if you can’t do them reasonably fast. Remember that enemy can win that 4v5 fight and defend their buildings before mercs do any meaningful damage.

Always check your minimap for enemy positions. Sometimes you can win a race for objective or take their mercs only because enemy is too far away

Make sure your team has at least one tank and preferably a support. Don’t fear to pick one if teammates wont. Or youll get stucked in a loosing game.

Always prepick. Even if your team consists of 4 dps and you want to play Murky. Someone might like to build a better comp around you.

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Ok nice, I will add:

– If you captured the boss - in 99% of cases, go all together with him push one line. If you drop the boss and wander off to where - the effect will be zero.

– If the objective timer is turned on, drop all the small things and go to the point, even if you are a murloc or a specialist. Often a conquest teamfight begins before the objective appears.

– Never ignore allied signals. This is primarily a team game.

– Never go into fight 1v3, 1v4, 2v4, 2v5, the chance of such a victory is almost zero, most likely they will crush you all.

– Do not fight to the last. Usually, taking down 20% of enemy health and moving away, then coming up and taking down more health - is the best tactic. HoTS is not about madness, but about strategy and cunning.

– Do not be ashamed to run away from the enemy, if you have a better plan for victory.

– If you captured a controllable boss, you have three options to act. (1) - win in teamfight, smashing the enemies. (2) - push one line as far as possible, focusing exclusively on the destruction of structures. (3) - walk along all three lines, from edge to edge (not from center to edge, and then to the other edge), and destroy the first towers. If you do not act definitely, you will lose a strong advantage.

– If the objective timer is activated, do not run out to the other side of the map to take the camp.

– If you play for a tank, your task is to participate in all teamfights, and is always on the front line, covering allies behind your back.

– Always protect your healer. Save him - he will heal the whole team. always make sure your healer is protected

– If you play for the healer, stay behind in a safe place, do not meddle forward to spend mana or life on the attack.

– if you play as a long-range killer with a small stock of health, always stand behind your tank. Try to attack first of all the enemy healer or those enemies who do the most harm

– Never, hear, never attack an enemy tank, if there are more malicious opponents nearby. Most battles are defeated solely because heroes in a state of unawareness attack a enemy tank, instead of killing several killers or healer during this time. The task of the tank is to provoke you. Don’t be fooled by this. The tank has a lot of health, but a bit of damage. Go around him and attack the one you need.

– If you have taken the quest in talents, focus on its implementation. In the first 7-10 levels, teamfights solve almost nothing, but if you are still not fulfilling the task of level 1-4 to level 13-16, then it’s time to wake up earlier in the next game.

– Do not waste your abilities mindlessly just for cooldown. Especially if it’s a stun or ultimate. It is better to wait 5-10 seconds and thereby make the maximum profit.

– Camps on the map exist to increase the chance of your victory. Capture them as often as possible. If you play for a specialist - that is your task.

– If you want to learn how to play, watch the instructional videos.Watch the video about the mechanics of the game, and the mechanics of each map.

– Get in the habit of traveling by transport. I reassigned Z to F and F to Z. Firstly, transport saves a lot of time, and secondly, running to the other end of the map is nonsense.

– Discover the quick hover settings. Most attacking abilities are best assigned instantly in the direction of the mouse pointer. It saves time and the resources of your behavior.

– Feel free to B-teleport to the base. The sooner you figure it out, the sooner you will arrive back on the battlefield with full health.

– If you play a draft or a ranked, choose the character’s skin according to the color of the map. The more contrast you are with relative to the location, the higher the chance that you will be killed first.

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