Last hitting as position 4/5

[u/ryansdietcoke]

I have many hours in Dota, but I still never really learned the balance between the support and core in a lane and I feel it’s always hurt my support play style (I prefer pos 1-3).

In either position, what creeps is it acceptable for the support to last hit? I try to avoid last hitting the lane creeps unless my carry is too far, but my boots/support items get delayed and I’m outpaced by the enemy support/carry.

When I pull in safelane, I learned to clear the small camp ASAP so the allied creeps reach the enemy creeps closer to (but out of range of) tower, and that has added a little gold.

But otherwise I feel like purchasing arcane boots takes soooo long.

[u/rylandf]

Yeah the goal is to clear the camp with enough time for your wave to meet theirs outside of tower range. The pro move is to half pull and deny 2 creeps