/statsme TV HON: Volume 3 The basics of supporting

This is the 3rd episode of an educational HON video series. Today I have two shorter videos to show, instead of one game split into two parts.

Part 1: Intro to the basics of playing a support hero, taken from a high level pub game.
Replay: http://replays.heroesofnewerth.com/match_replay.php?mid=23122281

Part 2: How to play safely as a solo against two heroes.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiA-gkvJXAQ
Replay: http://replays.heroesofnewerth.com/match_replay.php?mid=25877186


My videos are not intended to be used as hero guides, with these videos the skill/item builds are not totally standard.

Here is a great short Plague Rider guide: http://www.dotallyrad.com/2010/09/11/plague-rider-hon-hero-quick-guide/
And here is one for Andromeda: http://www.hondb.com/?viewguide=68

Comments/feedback/requests for future episodes are welcome.

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• Heroes of Newerth
• Dota
• LoL
• League of Legends
• Defense of the Ancients
• Plague Rider
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[Caesarr7]

close the stat window in the top right. its not relevant to the tutorial and its distracting.

other than that, love it :)

speeding up the game in unimportant parts is a great idea, and can be used regardless of what the topic is (for example, you could speed through the early game if you were teaching us about mid/late game).

keep it up!

[kazeer1]

i like what your doing!

that being said, a few points i kinda disagree with. i always suggest extinguishing a creep the second the first wave spawns. then block creep wave and by the time the creeps clash ur almost able to exting. another one, which is huge.

also, awesome timers on creeps. but you missed last hit on both the big money neutrals because ur focusing on getting a "deny" popup on ur own creep. since none of their hero is in range, the "deny" hit doesnt mean anything, only the death

[DesMish]

keep up the good work, world needs more ppl like u :)

[derJOHO86]

@Defenestrationed Right, then wait at the creep spawn,

use it as soon as possible and you can deny a second creep before the enemy has a chance to hit it.

[mattmakescovers]

This video taught me the timers for creep stacking. So cool, thanks. :)

[Defenestrationed]

I thought most plague riders got extinguish first so you can deny a melee creep right at the start.

[xCheeseburgersx]

whats the mod that you have for the towers?

[YuVW]

how were you supposed to get a ward if they killed your courier?

[Shoutenkou]

@johnpootnose

No, but it was implemented and tweaked (As Scrouge(Hellbourne) mid you could pull neutrals, when opposite side couldnt), as it was good idea.

[johnpootnose]

Was creep pulling and stacking intentional for the first design of dota?