Dota 2: Mid game guide for new players

When the world is struggling with the virus, you sit alone in a quarantine room to pass the time.

It’s like the role of mid. Eight other players run around fighting, while you are alone against your opponent.

Mid aka position 2, can be considered the most important role of the game (however, you can see other roles as equally important).

Mid is important because if calculated by math, the game has three lanes. Safe lane is expected you must win. Offlane is expected to lose. That’s 1-1 already. So we are left with mid lane. If this lane is won, the team’s lane result becomes 2-1. If lane is lost then the math becomes 1-2. Simple as that.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Mid lane is usually one-on-one. Where you pit your team’s best player against the enemy’s best player, and try to gain the advantage in mid.

Mid lane is like Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. He fights alone and appears in the most difficult of times, with new powers, to destroy the enemy that is about to finish you, to increase team morale and make the enemy tremble.

This is your role if you choose to play mid. Players are expected to win their lane and then help the team with maneuvers around the map.

The mid lane is also often referred to as the tempo controller. The tempo controller is the strongest on the team and forces the tempo of the game to follow him every time he moves somewhere. This requires you to level up and item at the right time.

For example, Queen of Pain can buy Orchid Malovolence or reach level 6. With this item or her ultimate, QoP can join the team to gank opponents or force them to retreat, creating a chance to push towers.

Not every mid hero takes on that role. Some choose to play as position 1 or carry and farm the whole game, regardless of their teammates. This is not ideal because the mid opponent can join his team to ‘disturb the map’. You will be at a huge disadvantage because over time the team’s map will shrink, making it difficult for the team to find gameplay and farm.

HEAD OF GAME

The beginning of the game for mid gamers can be from 0-5 or 0-10 minutes. During this time, you’ll be playing one-on-one against your mid opponent. This is a very stressful time as every last hit or deny can create huge volatility.

During this phase, you should focus on maximizing your CS (Creep score). The team can die but there is nothing more you can do and should stay in the lane – this is the best option.

If everything goes well and you have great CS and kill enemies, that’s great, keep it up!

And if things don’t go well, it’s better to retreat to the jungle and farm in it. Even if your opponent gets full lane, at least you don’t waste lives or waste your time. You can still find a safe farm and one of the supports can rotate to mid for experience and CS>

BETWEEN GAME

Mid game can start from 5-20 or 10-30 minutes depending on the game. With mid, your mid role is similar to carry. You have to find a balance between farming and fighting.

You want to increase the farm but also want to have team plays because you have the advantage of being alone.

In some games, both teams can just farm and never fight. Some games can be continuously encountered. It’s really up to the heroes of both sides to decide the best way to end the match.

For example, your team lacks carry power late game but the opponent is strong on that point. In this situation, the best way for the team should be to force a fight to push the lane and take the opponent’s space. With opponents, they will want to farm the entire mid game to gain an advantage in the late game. If the team decides to let that happen and joins the farm, chances are high that you will lose in the late game.

END OF GAME

At this point, everyone is ready to end the game.

In the late game, position order is more important. If it’s position 2, your farming priority is basically just after position 1. So you have to keep farming and own a lot of items but more importantly, you need to coordinate with the team so that you don’t get ‘team-‘ wipe’ (kills the whole team) and makes winning moves.

The end of the game is the period where mid players, as well as carry, are expected to be “on the air”. Here, you are the star of the game, or at least that’s what mid gamers have to fight for.

HEROS GO MID

There are many heroes that can play many different positions, but here are a few that are designed to play mid:

Death Prophet, Queen of Pain, Invoker, Outworld Devourer, Storm Spirit, Shadow Fiend, Zeus.

Famous Midfielders

Following the mid proplayers always leaves you gasping for breath. You get to see two of the best players in the world play against each other in mid. Here are a few names for you to follow:

Topson, No[o]ne, Maybe, CCnC, Armel

EPILOGUE

The mid role is one of the most important roles on the team. If you win your lane, you’re 1 point ahead of your opponent in the laning phase.

This role needs to control the game and the tempo of the game. You should control the map and put your opponent in a difficult position, while farming for the late game.

Mid is also very difficult to play. You have to know how to catch last hits well because mid opponents always want to deny all your last hits, and you want to do the same with him.

So what are the qualities of a mid player? How does the new player become the second Topson?

According to dotabuff

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