What are the top five things you think that distinguishes a very good player from an average one?

Like what differences do you see from say like a 1600 player and a 1800+ player?

Not saying at all that psr determines skill, just saying what distinguishes good players from average ones?

if i had to think of 5

1) knowing when to farm when you are a carry. lots of 1600s get one core item then go off trying to gank, losing alot of gold. good 1800 players know that you can never have enough farm, and always try to get CK whenever possible.

2) knowing when to ward as support. that means, buying more than just the starting set of wards. 1600s seem to buy one set then never buy again. good 1800s buy a new set at the 6 minute mark, etc..

3) knowing how to ward as support. 1600s tend to always ward the same spots, regardless of game situation/counterwarding. good 1800s ward in different spots depending on how aggressive the team wants to be, or depending on where they know there are counter wards.

4) knowing when to gank as mid solo. 1600s tend to try to gank even when they lane is pushed or when they don't have enough levels/items to do so. good 1800s know that even on heroes such as pebbles, you have to farm a bit and wait for a good opportunity to gank.

5) carrying tp scrolls and using them correctly. lots of 1600s either a) don't always have a tp or have one but don't use it at the right time to support allies. good 1800s with coordination know when to TP to save an ally, and know that always having a tp in their inventory is a must.

This post was edited by sMACKTRiCKz on Oct 25 2010 04:42am

There are different values to what ever role you play. You can't say that all need to be good at warding, because only supports need to ward. So seen from the support point of view, as if that is what i play the most:


1) Possitioning when ganging. Having a good vision and a good position means everything
2) Mapcontrole. Being able to ward.
3) Not suiciding for nothing. (Go protect rax when ur team is down, and die for no reason)
4) Able to stack, herass and give all farm to the carry
5) Being able to make a good lineup. Sometimes you lose just by getting outpicked :-/

First one is important for all role imo. Nothing worse that getting caught in bad possition, so you don't have any support, or someone initiates when the teams aint rdy.

This post was edited by Caws44 on Oct 25 2010 05:01am

anticipation

education

positioning in fights
juking
carrying tps

im sure there are more that stand out.

i cant think of 5 things but the one that stands out to me is not being homophobic! srsly everyone i see who is homophobic they suck

Kk they are all trollen you. The real differece is 1600 players try and carry with scout. 1800 play scout properly as support.

Its simple,

-Lane Control
-Teamwork
-good farmer over 250gpm per game , if you want to carry your team with bad player u need like 500gpm
-Intelligence (aka map awareness, harassing at the right time , backing at the right time , juking , countering)
-Enjoying the game and knowing basicly all hero and being able to play them all.