How can I efficiently farm the jungle in public matches?
Currently, I am at a horrendous 950 MMR in Dota 2, although I do not consider myself bad in any way at the game. My main struggle is that because I enjoy playing safe lane (bot for Radiant, top for Dire) carry heroes such as Anti-Mage and Spectre, I must be able to effectively farm the jungle.
In professional Dota 2 games, there are supports who stack the jungle and roam around so that the carry player can focus on flash farming. However, in pubs, this is not the case, as most "supports" just sit in lane and do nothing except harass (or, at my MMR, steal CS from the carry).
How do I compensate for this? Should I be stacking the jungle myself and leave lane at the :47-48 mark to stack? Should I just let my farm be slightly slower because of incompetent supports? Is farming the jungle not worth it until I build a Battle Fury (Anti-Mage) or a Radiance (Spectre)?
P.S. Most supports at my MMR either do not know how to stack or will not stack the jungle.
Best Answer
The first thing to realize is that you can't do jungle rotations immediately.
First you really want the first 4 minutes of farm so you have basic items like quelling blade (core on every melee carry hero) perhaps stout shield or improved boots.
Then when you feel like you could clear a camp with easy (meaning quickly and not losing health) you start to push your line while still last hitting. For example kill enemy ranged creep first, insert few autoattacks between last hits.
This will push lane equilibrium towards enemy tower. And while they have to defend against your creeps, you'll slip into jungle and kill 1 or 2 closest camps and get back to lane - not to miss any creeps from normal wave.
Enemy tower will push the equilibrium back again, so you can rinse and repeat.
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Answer 2
If you want to constantly win the games at your MMR, don't play heroes like AM or Spec. These carries are just weak at the beginning of the game, and you need to farm a long time to get the items you need. As you mentioned, supports at your MMR don't know what to do, so it's better just change your own style.
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