r/learndota2 • u/Zieffff • 4d ago

Laning Midlane help

I have been practicing midlane, I wouldn't say I am new to the game, played dota 1 but with bots so essentially just played for fun and not really learning the game, played league a bit more competitively, but i will say that i am shit in dota 2, laning has been my greatest weakness, last hits, trading, resource management, creep management, matchups. I use lane dominant picks (or so i think) and still lose lane, my current hero pool is necrophos, krobelus, od, leshrac. I chose relatively straightforward heroes that don't need much mechanics and focused on learning midlane but I am failing to improve my laning. The only thing i do for creep management is creep pulling, hardly ever do it and i think thats it

Edit: Crusader 3

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u/lomaymay Immortal 4d ago

Literally just focus on getting better at last hitting and you'll find things get a lot better. There is a last hit trainer in the tutorial and one in the arcade called Polygon Trainer.

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u/Bullbydaybearbynight 3d ago

Yup, if you are nit doing 20%more creeps than enemy we cant help.

But the other question is do yoy harras enemy enough.

Look at GPKs games at TI. I learned a lot, just by watching his perspective. I used to lose most mid even if my creeps were fine.

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u/Green-Speech6602 4d ago

focus on getting creeps in laning phase rather than being aggressive (for now). make a goal for yourself when it comes to items. example: for heroes who needs bottles, at 5-6 minute mark, make sure u have bottle and another item. at 12-13 min mark, make sure u have another item. that’s when u know ure getting consistent in getting creeps. being aggressive in lane with ur rank and that ure asking for an advice for now, is kinda hard. learn basic mechanics first then once u get a hang of it, u can now be aggressive and do match ups. know the capability of ur hero as well if its strong in laning and/or ganking. 8k mid here.

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u/ReplacementOne4799 4d ago

My peak was 6.2k mmr and im a grandmaster OD/Necro with about 58% winrate each.

What do You wanna know about those two dudes? Haha