The best strategy is a 1 strike policy. Sometimes you get helpful teammates. But anyone who flames, even once, is almost always worth muting.

@nanook6620

4 ай бұрын

I don't mute over simple flame like "don't do that again it's getting us killed". But if they are spam pinging and flaming and stuck on the issue and then they say something like "trash player" then muted because you offer nothing of value.

@2wheels2

4 ай бұрын

@@nanook6620 "don't do that again it's getting us killed" is not even flame, its valid criticism.

@nanook6620

4 ай бұрын

@@2wheels2 i think it's still considered flame. It's just valid flame presented in a reasonable tone.

@wankerflaps

4 ай бұрын

​@@nanook6620no, flaming is when you're actually hurtling insults or harmful words to the other player. if youre saying something productive without being rude or mean I dont think its flaming cos youre actually helping your team

@thenorthmen3148

4 ай бұрын

Yea asking someone to not do something isn’t flaming ha. Not being able to take criticism for your own mistakes is more flaming

I like how the tips are more centered around how to play MOBA games as general rather than a specific game. I mean let's face it, no matter if you say where this MOBA is better than this MOBA, you're still going to find some selfish and emotionally weak players in the game. It's kind of how realizing the fact that MOBA's are all designed as a team game, people make mistakes and what's best is to push forward and not indulge in full regret. The best way to summarize this is to _Push Yourself, But Know Your Limits._

@kayosensei

4 ай бұрын

Learning specific games/matchups/'the perfect combo' are all just mechanics that you can learn with enough practice/time in the game. Learning about ideas/concepts actually needs some thinking even without being in the game. Kinda like we dont really need to play the game itself when thinking of making the right item build.

@blocklirstuff

4 ай бұрын

in that sense, i feel like learning DOTA has translated into real life lessons on how to deal with societal issues

@maestromgx

4 ай бұрын

Ari was #1 HOTS player back in the day and climbed from new player to 11k MMR in less than a year. He is talented at MOBA

Man, this, right here, are REALLY good tips and I can see what he mean, really good ones will try to get those habits on my game.

Thanks for this summary!

for support player my self this is so open my perspective, thanks

You got yourself a new sub. This channel is pure gold... I followed Grubby on dota 2 journey on day 1 first ranked ever, stopped watching and my man is now immortal. Amazing player he is. Really enjoyed this video, I hope to see more of improvement tips (wheter grubby based or not) in the future!

Wow, this is such a valuable session. Thanks for the video.

When playing ranked I've been stunlocked for the longest time, struggling to choose between having chat on to try and communicate with my team or muting everyone and focusing on myself. I find it really hard to internalise results from particular scenarios because sometimes the matchup that comes up just doesn't happen that often, or I don't play enough matches to have it fully sink in. The aspect of trying to learn from losses and not get too down about them - I find it very difficult to move past because of how long the games take - I don't have that much time anymore to play lots of Dota and sometimes an evening will be all losses, which dissuades me from playing at all. I've played since 2014, and I have a deep love for the game and have made a lot of friends from playing it. But I truly hate the game sometimes too. I really want to get better, but it often feels like hitting my head against a brick wall over and over 😓 Great video, I've been watching your content for quite a while now and have learnt a lot, thanks so much! 🥳

@jamesdebenham7787

4 ай бұрын

im legit struggling with this right now. Hopefully i can move forward and change my mindset as i really want to hit immortal this year. your not alone brother it affects a lot of us this way, i relate to you so much

@ModaFaca

4 ай бұрын

Whats your mmr

if u mute your team mates , u will rely more on your self to get info, like my core's timings, middle being missing with or without six... muting all and relying on your self naturally makes u better, though it is harder. I have spammed IO for 40 games in a row, half the games, I muted at the start, the other half I muted when people were toxic. I found my self with an extremely good winrate when all were muted at the start, on a hero that is so reliant on communication like IO.

love this! thank you

i'm playing dotes for party que with my friends. I don't grind for rank. we're just playing competitively fun and all that's all matters. cheers everyone and happy new year 🎉

Thanks! This made the cogs start turning in my head

This is fantastic! I was really stuck, not able to make any progress on my MMR as a support player. Now I mute all, play a hero with high individual impact, and buy FF... Win rate is now up!

@ramstab

4 ай бұрын

I am new to the game. What does “buy ff” mean?

@qaulanolan2624

4 ай бұрын

@@ramstab faerie fire

@ramstab

3 ай бұрын

@@qaulanolan2624 thank you!

I think the best advice that is being overlooked is Ari mentioning mentality. If you can't find a way to stable your emotions during the game you'll lose focus and you know things go from there. If you're a young online gamer, trust me, mastering your emotions is the key to improving in any game.

9 days since I muted all chat. I enjoy playing more now! Also got a few more wins. This might be the best tip so far since I'm enjoying the game now more than when chat's enabled.

NIce content, keep doing this for the sake of the supports Thanks!

@zzadrianzz

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! :D

This is great for teamwork in general.

Faerie Fire and Blood Grenade have given so much play potential to supports in the early game it's unreal.

Very right and informative video

@zzadrianzz

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Mental attitude can gain you so much mmr. Team morale is important late game and in every bracket, teams that have a lead will play greedy and feed. One good high ground defense can snowball into +25

I feel like trying to improve on chat and communication is like the only valuable skill you can obtain from dota. Like I aint gonna be a pro idgaf about mmr, but developing skills in being able to communicate effectively with even the least sociable people for sure will come in handy prolly.

Thank you for summarizing this, it was great

The real problem on low rank is that even if you try to explain or do higher rank things they won't understand it or they will say insane things like "go win" or "why a high rank need a teammate" which eventually leads to even worse situation. I still remember one game where I picked slardar as mid against pudge and there was a treant protector in my team which literally started toxic chat since 1:30 countdown before the horn, just because why I picked slardar. I told him I am good at slardar and I proved it by winning my lane and doing 3-0 against pudge also giving my team advantage of that. Treant couldn't resisted that because it was against his ego and started griefing and we end up losing because of 4v5. It happened to me many times, someone's ego gets hurt and they start griefing which always ends up losing the game. So you can't always play heroes out of the box whenever it is right. Sometime you do win but not always even if you give good performance.

I let my inner sociopath take over and it actually helps me win more games. Can't get pissed if you're emotionless.

@zzadrianzz

4 ай бұрын

I guess that's one way to go about it lol

@jamesdebenham7787

4 ай бұрын

tbh, Ari looks like he can flick the switch in a heartbeat LMAO

@shade4718

Ай бұрын

@@jamesdebenham7787itll backfire eventually

Best video, thanks

Truly groundbreaking

Thank you

1. Don’t listen teammates ( listening them will keep you at that particular rank you currently in ) 2. Watch pro player pro/pub games. Try to copy they patterns. 3. Different supp heroes, have different playstyle. Don’t autopilot. Be present and thoughtful, and play each hero around his strong sides. 4. Item build important.

playing pos 5 every game I mute everyone and disable chat. I can focus way more without idiots pinging my cooldowns every 5 seconds when they feed. My game sense has improved so much since doing so

I have been playing dota since 2014 with many breaks (Got around 6.5k houres in). At this moment got back after 1.5 year break. My peak was around 4.5k mmr (Ancient 4 back then). Never been focusing a lot on rankeds but playing normals is just like blank game not fun beacsue im always sweating and doing my best but not rewarding. I wish to change my way of playing dota and start learn the game and reach at least divine in next 2 monnths. I am unranked now. Gonna spam my strongest heroes to calibrate and update you here.

Hey Adrian, I got a new suggestion for a video. Can you explain silencer W and E combination? I don’t get it with „the effect is paused during silence“😅

@Silasftww

4 ай бұрын

If the duration is 3 sec and the target gets silenced for 5 sec and silence dosnt get dispelled or removed early the Q will still have 3 sec durarion after the 5 sec of silence. Any silence, not only 3 silence

this 13 minutes of video is more valuable than 100 hours of actual gameplay imo

I'm 3k mmr and I play pos5 mainly I love warlock and disruptor I never realized I should be hitting melee support more than carry.

In SEA region, not many accept this out of pure ego but the best way to climb ranks fast is to play a full party with higher ranks than you are. But that's just one piece of the puzzle. You have to be willing to learn new ways to up your game as well. And one thing I learned from experience is that you will learn more from your enemies than your allies. It's very counter intuitive but it works. I went from Guardian IV to Legend 3 in less than 5 months. I play as a support for Divine and Immortal players. Sure you can say they carried me and they sure did. But as you may know a carry cannot "CARRY" a game if a Support don't do shit to enable him, especially in the early stage.

I have chat on and I barely read it. It’s been ages since I learned how pointless it is to focus on other people’s mistakes. So I just focus on my own gameplay and write basic stuff like “back” or “x no bb”

I don't hesitate to mute, but I don't mute each time. Recently played a game versus a mid laner who flamed me for not building BKB on my drow. Never built the BKB, partly just to spite the guy insulting me, but also because I really felt that hurricane pike and butterfly would be way more utility and fighting power.

How should i troll when i mute all in ranked?

perfectly explained

I’ll always believe that muting your own team before the game even starts is always a terrible decision. Yes, if someone is being toxic and unhelpful then mute, but before you even know if they’re going to be helping the team and making calls, it just puts you immediately on the back foot in a game that’s so crucial to communicate and work togetehr

@HomeEditionxxx

4 ай бұрын

No, until high divine People domt know the Basic. Roshan only after 25 minutes, unnecessary dives, playing wrong side of map

@Taziod

4 ай бұрын

His argument is let's say you're 2k. What are the chances anyone in a 2k game knows the correct thing to do? It's unlikely because if they did know, they probably wouldn't be 2k. He says in the video, if you're emotionally equipped to handle the chat, then obviously you are better off listening. But the serenity and focus you achieve simply relying on pings and such is more valuable than the off chance you get a game with valuable teammates.

@torsti4791

4 ай бұрын

@@HomeEditionxxx have you ever heard of Ursa or Slardar? or Huskar? or Lone druid?

@slayeralmighty

4 ай бұрын

@@torsti4791have you ever heard that exceptions to the rules don’t define the rest of the rules?

@s.hazader6029

4 ай бұрын

Are u deaf or what? He basically said that its ok if u want to listen to your teammates but if you are low level chances are more likely that thing they command is wrong. You can be open minded by listen to them first and judge by yourself if you want to. Also, in lower rank 90% of time its people ranting.

i will practice this, use your core as bait.

Ari is brutally realistic, salute

This really demonstrates just how intelligent the top esports players are. This guys IQ is probably insane

I mute all once the game starts. I only have chat unmuted for the pick phase, lol.

Can you explain how io tether works? It has cooldown, but sometimes doesn't. I really don't understand it

@sp1n1n68

4 ай бұрын

It always has a cd. Cd starts when you tether, if you untether early you will see the cd, if you tethered for longer than a cd, you dont see it when untether.

@nikivgnip4862

4 ай бұрын

​@@sp1n1n68, thank you! I was always confused when i could use tether one more time after canceling it

Mute or if possible make the chat window so small you cannot read it or turn it off xD

He is so much mature and wise dota player for 20 y/o guy

Whoa Ari sounds more mature than his age

From which broadcast is this recorded?

@zzadrianzz

4 ай бұрын

Here's a link to a timestamp I used for this video. www.twitch.tv/videos/2005478297?t=7h20m27s It was a stream from 17 days ago.

Can you do a video on how Visage's gravekeeper's cloak work?

@zzadrianzz

4 ай бұрын

I actually did already make a video on this! kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6aFrtOKqtLAm9Y.htmlsi=VZbji-nAKe2oa9Te

Idk why but a 12k pos 4 gives me a scared feeling haha

Generally great tips. Problem is Dota is so hard to solo carry nowadays. On top of that playing "proper" Dota in soloQ is not even the most optimal thing to do most of the time. There's separate set of skills you need to win in soloQ than you need to win in Dota. If that makes sense. Also as highly theoretical as Dota is, I pretty much came to the conclusion that it's mechanical skill that will carry your pubs, more so than your macro knowledge. (unless you support, but then you are heavily relying on others again.) Bottom line is, even if you know exactly what and how things need to happen to win, you must also be able to translate that knowledge into gameplay. Think of all the Tinkers, Arc Wardens, Lone Druids etc. You gotta be able to outfarm and outplay everyone (up to 5-6k) Past that, it gets more complicated, but boils down to the same thing ultimately. If you don't possess that level of mechanical skill you either have to hone it or find somebody else who does so you can navigate him to "carry" your games.

man its so difficult to do all these things, its like being asian and not eating rice

Pick am, farm, take good fights. Avoid bad fights. Mute all. Split push.

i noticed tis irl too, dont listen to every bs

what if i'1m 997 mmr? what do I do?

expecting to see dota guide. Left with life lesson instead

why i'll do agree with what ari said, I felt like this might have lead grubby down a bad path. towards the end Grubby got very very cocky about how to play the game when it was evident his team mates were much better than him.

Thats why u mute everyone until u mega ur enemy and are winning. Then u unmute everyone and flame them. 😂

What's up with randomly using World of Warcraft ambient music in the background of the video? Isn't bliz going to strike you?

@XxNiiCeBoYxX

4 күн бұрын

Cry more about it

i've been about 70% win rate with warlock :(

@zzadrianzz

4 ай бұрын

Keep it up then I guess!

Mute ENEMY* chat. Especially if you aren't winning because trash talk will HIGH KEY get in your head.

@XenomorphgamerBR

4 ай бұрын

I don't care about enemy chat at all, but to be honest when my allies are annoying it can be very unfortunate.

lol if "i literally live in my moms basement" was a person

@user-kv1kj9pn8p

4 ай бұрын

Not really

I don't really agree that you shouldn't listen to your teammates. Even if they're at the same rank as you, there's a 50/50 chance that they're better at making calls than you are. Furthermore, players at 'low' ranks make correct calls all the time, there are plenty of other reasons that they may be low rank, a player with 12k decision making won't be 12k if his mechanics are awful. You'll realise pretty quickly which players make good calls and which make bad calls anyway.

Welll that is working in lowker brackets from sure.. in My experience in low mmr is better to pick a tank support héroe cause u can sale much better early-mid games, and has str hero y can tank a few more hit as a support, but in high mmr is more about the skill of player wich Made the diferent and always as a support try to build a auras like Pipe or crimson + solar i don't remenber how Many pubs i win Even iff u don't have a decent cores un high mmr just cause i build 3 buffs + 2 ítems to scape or iniciation

Grubby didn't listen to this advice though. He quit Dota 2 because he refused to mute. 🤔

why would i even accept to do a "less optimal play" when from experience i know for sure going highround with no pushers at 18 min just cause the team is hyped about taking a t2, would result in taking a fight in the worst possible place (their ancient) and inevitable diving towers and dying 1 by 1? Or why should i accept to go with my teammates 4 vs 5 with no vision inside their jungle with a smoke and no wards, knowning it's just a nosense play just cause' ppl are bored and dont know what to do? Why my mmr is decided by which ppl i get in team? Y'all can all talk how much do you want but this "mmr system" is not right, MMR should be earned by an individual performance/contribution value which takes account of many factors...go check STRATZ impact system and what it is all about, you will understand what i mean.

@kjyu

4 ай бұрын

First you wanna persuade otherwise, if they still go, assist cautiously.

@user-kv1kj9pn8p

4 ай бұрын

Well it's either you go with them and maybe it works out, or they go alone with no support and it's basically guaranteed it doesn't work out. Use your brain

How can you coordinate anything in a team game if you have your team muted... you will only ever be able to make reactionary moves, no strategy is possible without planning with your team.

A support life is equivalent to a single mother's life 😂

The tip about muting all chat is *objectively wrong* . DOTA is a team game. As with any team game, part of your skill base is to learn how to communicate effectively with your team. Obviously, if you are getting flamed and is having a hard time coping with other players, then you might benefit from muting them. However, many players (probably a majority of us) would benefit from practicing their communication in a more conscious and active manner. Systematically muting your teammates is just plain stupid i.m.o. Practicing how to engage in effective communication is a vital skill for DOTA, just like lasthitting, item-builds, ward-spots or strategic timings. You have to practice this guys, it is the intellectual way to go. Communication in DOTA is actually a really interesting topic in and of itself. One of my most important observations on the subject is that people often tend to start communicating when they start feeling pressured and stressed. Many people are silent for 15-25 minutes and then when they start realising that the game is not progressing as they had hoped, and then they will star to communicate (voicing their frustrations). What you do as an effective leader is that you *engage in communication directly in the beginning* ; ask how people want to play the 00:00 minute runes, encourage your supports to ward at a certain spot or to remember the 03:00 minute lotus/rune, ask a support to help you secure the 06:00 minute power-rune etc. That way, you get the positive communication going - a normal conversation between normal people. Muting your teammates is definitely not the way if you want to learn how to perform on a high level in a team-game.

Actually, this is a good tip but should not be abused. This is an online game. If you are not strong enough to face emotional problems in the game, how bad will it be when you encounter them in life? For a normal game player and a certain age, I feel that the problems in the game are too light compared to real life.

@jamesdebenham7787

4 ай бұрын

Disagree. for me anyway, life is easy to deal with. Most things that have come and gone in my life have been expected and are easier to deal with. Aside from a few unexpected situations when ive pushed myself out of my comfort zone or some random life shit. But you just take it for what it is because what else can i do about it? its life. Now dota not so much. its a game of compiled pressure designed to make you make mistakes. its a competition between two teams(Play club sport and its the same). Very stressful and hard environment to deal with.

Honestly grinding mmr as support feels a lot worse every since tome of knowledge was removed. I used to have like 70+% winrate on bane in immortal and I'd do the same thing every game, win my lane, get tome and smoke mid with fiends grip, ward enemy jungle, follow my midlaners rotations and tilt the hell out of the enemy carry. now you're not guarenteed to get your ult before 10min if your wisdom gets stolen and it feels especially terrible if you're playing a support hero that does not have a stun to contest wisdom rune with

Hola, a veces siento que el emparejamiento esta arreglado. Gano 3 partidas muy faci, pero pierdo contra un smurf enemigo y suele ser muy dificil, sino imposible ganar. me gustaria un dia que subas un video explicando el emparejamiento. estoy estancado en arconte. gracias

About rosh and high ground tbingy. I disagree with him. If you follow your team knowing they are doing the wrong thing, doesnt matter how good you are, how your game knowledge is , you die with them like 4k. The enemy will kill you and take the rosh and entire map. What works for most of the time for me is, I just push the lane creeps to t3 tower and say tp bot or top guys depedning on where rosh is and at least 2 guys follow me. Because usually I am mid or offlaner - most farmed man in the game. The other 2 guy may die, but who cares. They will come back and you will have aegis

1:20 and after that all think that they are not 4-5-6k noobs, and everybody dont listen anybody in your team. the true is,just, if you know better about your hero, dont change your gameplay, (but sometimes you really do shit and must change)

I reached rank 1500 all muted. 80% of Immortal players are clueless. And core players are especially bad at making strategic choices and their egos are just the worst.

And dont forget buy midas everygame, then ceb give him only magnus so he cant buy midas (esl KL qualifier)

ari is such a well spoken person. Nigma sign this man up and go win some tournaments.

@zzadrianzz

4 ай бұрын

Yeah after watching this stream I like Ari a lot more now. I didn't know much about him before.

Grubby the boosted man

I don't play only to win, I also play to have fun and for me that is not possible without All chat shinnanrgans😂 And let me say ari, grout or whoever is this That playing a game without having fun is bad, really bad.

Who is grubby?

@XxNiiCeBoYxX

4 күн бұрын

Your father

Mute all chat in every game (including ur teammates) is so toxic behavior imo Who knows if teammates wana tell u some good calls/ advices and communication

I mean 6k is not bad it’s not pro but not everyone wants or cares to be a pro

well you can be right about everything but still lack skill...

i'd choose Dendi over this guy to play with. mmr is just a number. enjoy the game and communicate, be kind.

@undo7711

4 ай бұрын

nah.. ari is just being objective here. There’s a reason why he 12k mmr and mmr matters since that is the basis on how good the player is.

@RabiRabii-fp1ft

4 ай бұрын

Mmr is not just number lmfao, if we talked 8Years ago yeah it was but now it's not. Every team look for a pub star for being invited to their team and high mmr shows that the player have dedication to the game and keep learning

For Warlock in low level pubs? Play him mid. I'm a low level pubber (3k flat). I'm a mid only main (for years). My success with Warlock mid is... rather dumb to be honest for it to keep working this long (57% WR over 120 games). I think it shows how substantial the power creep to the position where he is now. Edit: Owh, this video is support focused. Welp, never mind then. I thought this was about a general advice.

@youtubewatcher5500

4 ай бұрын

"I'm a mid only main" - are you smurfing?

@FahmiZFX

4 ай бұрын

@@youtubewatcher5500 Is 7000 lifetime games and 3.5k plateau smurfing? I don't know, could be just I'm stuck here like anyone else. Or could be that I prefer to play unranked with my dota buddies that are composed of aged adults (some are almost 40) who wants to end their day with some good old Dota before heading to bed.

Toxic as fk

well muting team chat is just a horrible take tbh

so let me get this a game who his designe to pla has a team 5 vs 5 u advice to mute all no thanks this game sucks move on

why to wast time on a game that his dead xd

"mute all chat every game" what an ego cancer of community people like this are extremely dangerous for the Dota community

@yusufal-hussien5996

4 ай бұрын

Even saksa said the same thing. What's behind to gain more mmr? He said: Mute all chat and pretend you are playing BOT. That's why he gained mmr 12K

@Mayhamsdead

4 ай бұрын

There are two sides to this: 1) On the one hand, I agree with "Ari" - if your only goal is to watch "numba go bigger", then the ends justify the means - a.k.a. - you mute everyone so you can focus on your own gameplay and not get distracted. 2) On the other hand: while doing this can be less stressful for you, since you don't have to hear any negativity/toxicity from your team-mates, it also means that you are too mentally and emotionally weak to take any criticism; it also indirectly shows that you think you are better than everyone on your team, by not allowing them to speak, despite you being able to communicate with them (calling shots and such). Both these are related to ego and maturity levels and I think the DotA 2 community is not in a very healthy state right now, especially since the new behavior and communication score system is extremely flawed and unoptimized. It severely punishes people when it detects "bad behavior", but only ever so slightly nudges you up if it HASN'T detected the same markers for "bad behavior". This doesn't encourage positive reinforcement, which is destructive. Moreover, if you have been reported for communication abuse (whether rightfully so or not) and you go below a certain threshold, this same system will mute all forms of communication. Despite this, you can STILL get reported for communication abuse...while not being able to communicate...and your behavior/communication score goes lower... Maybe this makes more sense to Valve, or there's something I'm missing, but I don't like the most recent changes. The game might still have its players, but if this keeps up, nobody will be happy and people will just get fed up and leave.

@VictorrineAurum

4 ай бұрын

did you even watch the video? you probably looked at the thumbnail and commented. Ari makes a good point where say you're a 6k mmr player, you will be listening to 6k mmr advice/calls, you will be stuck there cause that's all you're gonna do every game. However if you mute and just focus on yourself with the advice from anyone over 6k, chances are you're gonna get the best improvement in that bracket cause you're not doing things repetitively.

@NoobMicesters

4 ай бұрын

People take shit so literally, he even talks about calls made a bracket. Pings can still be seen chat lines can still be heard, not to mention he directly afterwards talks about listening and making calls. Mute all chat just means don't listen ot talk to anyone, just play the damn game. You don't have to have them literally muted, if they're making calls etc good great, if they aren't and are just flaming etc mute and play. In the video he even says, if they make a call you disagree with do it with them, and if it goes bad, take the fall for it, say its your bad to take mental stress off your allies, despite you being against the play. Way better than you normally see pos 1 carries do. Which is go off do their own thing coz they disagree, you all die because your split and then he blames you for the fuck up... like no shit Sherlock you weren't here. Maybe watch and understand the video next time

@vesae2676

4 ай бұрын

Yeah because 90% of chat is totally not useless garbage...

ari sucks we will see it in pro games

Dude is immortal and got lecture like he was a beginner LMAO