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"Between 12-15 min he picks up a battlefury" hahaha Jenkins you are a real comedian. I'm happy if my anti mage gets his anytime before 25

Dude, these types of tutorials are literally what the community needs. We spent like 9 years watching play compilations and basic guides that don't break down what really goes on in a match of dota. I always told myself, how can I know so much about a game and still feel like I suck and I can never do anything of value. I think part of it is the practice time and other very important aspect is the knowledge out there about how the game works so thanks

I like how he fights when he builds battlefury but farms when he gets diffusal

My team has a brain spike where they throw the game. Really weird.

Does blademail count as a power spike? Ya know, Cuz it had spikes

the whole idea of power spike already beyond my grasp in playing dota

This is something that's been on my mind for a while. It's been winning me games, but the one issue I have with timings as a carry player is that if the enemy team has a superior late game than ours, my team (we are a 5 stack) get so antsy in wanting to finish the game as soon as possible, to the point where they don't want to wait for my item that's 500 gold away. I've won significantly more games than I've lost recently, but it's just difficult to stop them from fighting when you're not ready to fight yet.

1:33 Hoo nonono this is not me kind sir

seeing a new Jenkins vid on my KZfaq is always like a birthday gift, keep em coming!

This doesn't only apply in dota, it works on any other moba games as well thanks for this information and I learned something new again I already have this concept in mind but you helped me even more with visualization

This is crazy, I was just thinking about this. Jenkins you mind reader. Your videos are on point.

I have never played Dota and don't have the slightest clue what you are supposed to do in this game, yet i stayed and watched the entire video, because it is so well made.

For what it's worth I enjoy these videos with actual case studies or examples illustrating the concept more than just the "here are five things" type videos.

As a returning player, your videos are invaluable. You deserve the support!

Good video man. I play LoD (Legends of Dota) on RGC (Ranked Gaming Client). This is a mod of Dota 1 where you skill draft and pick 4 regular skills and two ults. The balance is a bit different than dota or dota 2 because of nasty combos but the game play is 90% the same. Your insight is true for us too. You gotta be aware of when your team has an advantage and make your move when you can. If only your entire team understood the advantage you have. All too often they want to finish farming the next item because they're only focused on themselves. If your experienced ally is feeling confident about a fight, it's not a bad idea to listen to them. You might be surprised with the outcome.

This is one of the best and most instructive videos on Dota I have ever watched

"In a professional DotA match, every decision that a pro player makes is based." Yeah thanks Jenkins like that's going to help.

I've been noticing some of the carry heroes' item timings and everytime I notice they're missing from the lanes, I try to tell the rest of the team to be more aggressive in pushing to maybe force the enemy carries to stop farming jungle and prematurely join the fight and hope that they choke. That or I rotate and bring another person to smoke gank anyone and potentially ward and deward somewhere.

Great guide! I really loved how the visual graphs make it so much easier to see the difference in timings and who is more powerful when. Absolutely agree also on the fact that its really hard to play early timings in pubs as it requires a lot of coordination vs just farming solo until the which is quite a common instinct.

We appreciate you appreciating us appreciating the videos! Thanks man!

1:32 "Chances are, you already knew all of this!" *Boi do I have news for YOU*

Jenkins, great content! Are you considering to make some scenario analysis with hypothetical 5vs5 and with their power spikes as a 5 man (contributions of each players to team power shown with separate colors) and compare with the enemy team? That would be amazing! That can be extended to real-world pro match analysis, where some teams should have won depending on their team power spikes, but still lost due to their inability to reach those timings, or the enemy team reaching their power spikes way before the normal(forecatsed) timings, Your fan from Mongolia! :))

"In a professional Dota match, every decision that a pro player makes is BASED"

Like the Charisma on command style thumbnail!

Great video! I think you’ve mentioned the AM vs Medusa matchup before with the manta divine Medusa on rtz I think it was and still holds up

Yeah timings are pretty lit, but have you tried diet soda?

Honestly really helpful unlike most dota videos these days, so thank u

Generally a channel uploaded a video and wait for lit comments but in this channel JENKINS GOD make comments lit on his own

Thanks for the video I didn't play for a long time and it feels so different now. You deserve more subs!

it is true. but in SEA server legend- bracket they want you to fight, no mater the time, items, they want you join. and when the hard carry get crushed in early game, they will blame you. SEA is a whole different level bro..

This is top level stuff Jenkins!!!

These are great! Best informative DotA videos available right now. I feel so learnt

Hey Jenkins, huge fan here! I stopped playing dotos long time ago but still follow that crazy game. Love your videos just keep it up!! Maybe do a vid on weird picks that worked out (axe POS 4/5 or smtg)

Boosting KZfaq algorithm is the only boosting I support

Burning the AM has cross-dressed once when he streamed lmao

Jenkins i love your channel man. Thank you for what you do.

I came here to learn and hate myself. No teacher is better.

Best video you've made so far

1:33 Chances are you already knew all of this SHOWS NAKED GUY.

very clear and concise content man keep it up

I really liked the video just wish you explained more on what was specifically making him make these choices, not just “for some reason he feels like he doesn’t need to fight”

Thank you! Would really like to have more details on power spike and timings

0:23 at some degree this is true but not entirely especially as a melee offlane against am with venom or corrosion its so hard to go near the wave

Instead of a battlefurry I suggest a malestrom to get against PL and then you can upgrade it later to get more attack speed and it will work for both range and melee

I agree with u about the mid saying go farm I was mid Visage and at obe point had no idea what to do And I just told my team to farm just farm

I love your videos jenkins! U always inspire me to play more dota!

geez the game changed since i last played. i honestly nvr expected dusa to become an early game hero in todays meta. I remember the fail of ppl trying to make armlet maelstrom a thing on dusa to make her early game viable and manta being an awful item on her but now manta is all dusa needs.

Jenkin with all respect from me, the power spike from AM is really hard to understand and put it in to work, the best BEST examples of power spike and easy to understand is : 1. Ursaa 2. Slark 3. Legion Commander 4. Huskar

You make the most useful guides

Thanks! for a crusader like me i managed to win both the mid and the late game, This video helped me a lot!

jenkins is a gentleman and a scholar

Glad I found this channel Im learning so much ty!

You have a big work to do Jenkins and Dota Alchemy. Dota just released a big update, like really big! Just now.

basiccaly, dota2 would have been great if there is no smurf. this is the current situation of dota. there is a new player of dota every single day. and there is also a pro thats making a new account almost every day. what had you expect a newbie vs pro? this what makes the community broken. im used to play at cyber cafem and frequently, when i taking a 5min break, that is cigarette puff, i usually take a look at the kids that playing dota. this kid, only been playing his first game of dota in his life. and that game was over 13 minutes when i take a peek of that kids monitor. yes as a newbie, i had expect no less from them. but, soon after there is this invoker, their enemy he landed a frickin fuckin good combo. im very surprise to see that kind of playskill of a newly created account. not only that, the tinker is pretty good. i myself is 5k, not to bragging or what. but i can tell, the invoker and the tinker playstyle is somewhat above 3k mmr. the kids didnt finish the game. they quit beforehanded. one thing i heard they talking, this game is sucks. and im not even mad or what. because its fucking true. i feel bad for them of course.

I once picked a Medusa into the anti-mage for the sole purpose of the aghs upgrade erasing illusions and stoning heroes. AM blinked on top of me and all of a sudden his illusions were gone and he was pummeled by me and the pos 3. It only needed to work once and we just pushed mid after that.

lets make dota 2 explode again

helpful a lot . Subscribed for this

Yeah we kinda know about this timing stuff but it does not work very well in reality I end up fighting because my team can't just stop fighting no matter what I say, but sometimes it works with good team coordination and it's very rare. But thanks, it was very useful to fully understand what it actually is.

this channel is so much better than gameleap imho

one important thing about Medusa and AM is that AM can't fight against medusa during ulti, making her decent against AM the whole game with similar farm. Also medusa mid outfarms and outlevels an AM early, making her be ahead most of the game.

This was incredibly well done and clear

Thanks for the guide more power and videos to come ^^

Timings is something that is not easy to understand Nice video though 👍

Nice, gonna share! Thx!

Thanks again for this genuine info, could help for safelane players. Again thumbs up

We appreciate you too, Jenkins.

In SEA. You need to learn to ignore without muting because your team will warn you an enemy is coming but they will flame you because you are farming.

A video about the powerspike of some popular heroes of the meta is a good idea I think 😉

We appreciate you too Jenks

Dora feels impossible when we have 5 carries and half the team still don’t understand carrying 4 neutrals doesn’t work, or even how to switch them out.

Hellyaes keep those vids coming, i like when you make macro game focused videos, would be cool to see one in this shape for sup 5 / 4 decision making

I'm a huge dota 2 lover but I don't play it, I just like to follow gameplay tutorials to understand the competitive scenario and have a better critical opinion on every game I watch. Love your videos bro, it looks like your always trying to get inside the pro player's mind and this fascinates me

Jenkins the only man in the universe who can make traffic lights in game

This is a very solid logic I am never ever going to apply.

I reach Immortal rank bcz of jenkinz, from archon wayback 2019.

Great video man

I appreciate you too Jenkins! ;)

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would be wonderful to have an index somewhere of power spikes. maybe hard to do since it's often matchup dependent

Jenkins the man that tells us how suck we are at dota! The good kind

3.5k and never new the meaning of timings. Ty

hey jenkins, thanks for the video, great content!

One additional thing why you lose games is, you know you have late game and farm your important items but your team fights every 2 minutes even tho they have late-game heroes and just die all the time instead of farming

On point content sir

I see Jenkins, I click.

I don't mean to bash on elevated but I'm subbed to dota alchemy becasue of you, not him. This channel is just a higher concentration of the content I'm looking for.

in Pub: go farming dude in minor: go farm, make it fast in major: solo farm is dangerous, go with allies and run from fighting scene quickly in TI: hey dude farming by killing heroes only.

in my bracket (cursader) i noticed lot of the games switch at either 20 or 30 minutes. this is some magic number i observed in dozens of my own games where either we did come back or enemies did.

i do this with timber, sometimes i'll pick it into od because i know that if i can get a fast blademail then there is potential to take a fight

a nice guy with an incredible guide

This guide is for rank > 6k. In my rank, there are just 10 individual heroes doing some random stuff. If your opponent has a smurf account, you auto lose. It doesn't matter if you respect power spikes. This is why I play ability draft. It's the same shit but more fun.

Pros can do so much more, because they trained and communicated to have a coherent strategy, asking amateurs to consider these things is impossible, not because of lack of trying or skill in some cases but just a gross underestimation of how hard it is to have a set game plan. Doto by nature is a team game, and individuals in pub matches simply lack the coordination needed to consistently preform. If you play a carry, you can adjust your build slightly depending on your "timing", but it doesn't matter if your team is feeding kills over and over again. If you play support, there is no game plan, but hope your carry has the map awareness to not die and jump-in when needed. You can preform consistently every game, but the outcome will still be largely dictated by the team and not by you as an individual. The nature of pub and pro games are so different, there is no point of drawing conclusions from them as a whole and think there is something to be learned.

Awesome video my bro

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My typical SEA game Enemy AM: 15 min BF Our AM :18 - 23 min BF then farms until 35 mins

Jenkins you forgot your address the titles of the video which is games can feel impossible if you missed your timings and your team does not have another timing to play for in the game anymore

worst in the late game when my team always choke, and feed. End up us losing even tho we got the mega creeps

can i have a huge impact as a support player? because im a little bit confuse what goal to achieve as a support player. i hope u can help people who enjoy playing support role like me. thanks for great contents man

Omg I never thought someone could explain this so logically!! I hope pub gamers can play better after this video..I see some ppl farm radiance no matter what as a first item even though it is more than 40mins into the game..they don’t consider the face that enemy team match up and items to counter at all..