10 Secrets To Quickly Increasing Your DotA 2 Solo MMR: Page 8 of 10

10 Secrets To Quickly Increasing Your DotA 2 Solo MMR
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8. Positioning

Positioning is everything. Keeping tabs on the position of your character is one of the most important elements in Dota 2. Successful ganks are all about positioning. Team fights are all about positioning. Even last hitting is primarily about where you are in relation to your opponent.  

Just take a look at this:

Study this video. Watch it a hundred times if you have to. What unfolds in the video is directly related to positioning (and some serious skill).  

In more general terms, you always have to be aware of where you are on the map. A skilled opponent will punish you hard when they see you drifting out of position. No matter what role you play, where you are in a fight makes all the difference in the world.  

There's no point if having an Omniknight if he's too far away from the fight to use his lifesaving ultimate. There's no point in having an Enigma who gets stunned instantly and is unable to unleash his black hole because he was too far forward. There's no point in attempting a gank on an enemy hero who is out of position if you reveal yourself on the map to an enemy creep. Understand?  

Play smart, know where you are, and you will have success.

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