Hoodwink Beginners Guide | [Dota 2 Hero Guide]

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Thanks for watching! If you'd like to follow me on Twitch, you can find me here: www.twitch.tv/alexandercoccia Moreover, if you wish to use the guide in game, it is called "Beginners Guide | Hoodwink by Octavarium" and here is a direct link (subscribe to it to use it in the game): steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2545972165

[@ItsPhilH]

NEVER MISS A HOODWINK ULT: I didn't know this myself until last night, but while channelling Hoodwink's ult you can continuously right click and it will continuously re-aim the skill shot. Great for those pesky enemies who try to juke you :) Great guide. I've been only building Hoodwink as a carry myself, but I'll have to give this a spin when I have a core who can actually last hit lol

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Good tip!! Lol and I'm glad you liked the guide

[@BryceLeo]

Love this guide. Big extra tip is that you can cast your spells during your ult. So you can scurry into the forest, start charging your ult, then acorn shot into bushwhack and you've got a great setup for a high power ult.

[@AlexanderCoccia]

That's a great point! I should have mentioned that lol

[@dilanka_eikshana7266]

One of the reasons I like your videos is that you teaches every single part if guide. Thank you :)

[@AlexanderCoccia]

You're welcome!! I'm so happy to hear that my videos are clear and helpful!!

[@Maihoon_shaitaan]

thanks bro , your hero guides are really helpful to us ( new learner ) .

[@AlexanderCoccia]

You're welcome!! I'm so happy to help!

[@Bigbearbrett]

Wow, great video Alexander! Lots of good information, thanks so much!!! JUST subbed :)

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Thanks you for the kind words, I'm glad it helped! And welcome to the community :)

[@AlexisBlaine]

Watched this vid because I basically don't know what i'm doing with ny match with hoodwink earlier, and I'm confused on why does the opponent won't get stunned or how do I pop out a tree with my acorn shot. This vid answers all my question even with the stacking guide. Thank you so much

[@AlexanderCoccia]

That's great to hear! I'm so happy to help!

[@aliciamedina6181]

I've been wanting a comprehensible tutorial on this character! So excited to play it now. Thanks :D

[@AlexanderCoccia]

You're welcome!! I'm happy to help!

[@ericghaugenful]

Another awesome hero guide! Thank you Alex!!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Your welcome!

[@lia4667]

Your guide is very perfect from all aspect

[@AlexanderCoccia]

I'm glad you liked it!!!

[@lia4667]

@@AlexanderCoccia 😄

[@SnyderChips07]

Is there a downside to autocasting the tree? I'm failing to think of one lol

[@AlexanderCoccia]

You lose one of the bounces lol

[@SnyderChips07]

@@AlexanderCoccia ahhhh makes sense. great guide by the way!

[@Roscio360]

Didn’t say about the talents. But I hope to do better from now on

[@AlexanderCoccia]

My apologies!

[@Roscio360]

@@AlexanderCoccia don’t apologize. It’s fine, and it’s more than enough for the time being, as I’ve got to master the combo yet

[@kaibergmann8907]

Thanks now I’ll try out that little squirrel after holiday!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

That's the spirit!

[@ajitesh_ironcreed7257]

Commenting to help with the algorithm

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol thank you!

[@tekudiv]

Thanks for the guide, I will try her out!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

My pleasure!!

[@Aliisgoingsomewhere]

I really love this hero and of course this guide!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it!! Hoodwink is so fun. Great hero

[@LeonardoPostacchini]

Good stuff! I was flirting with the idea of playing woodwink and the info tha the acorn have independent props just convinced me. Thank you for the content.

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Hoodwink is a lot of fun, seriously lol I think you'll have a good time :)

[@LeonardoPostacchini]

@@AlexanderCoccia no doubt! I like mobile characters and I like nature themed characters as well. The thing is I am trying to learn how to play well with a few toons and I am bad enough with them that I am sometimes asked to delete my dota account. Adding one more is not going to help. ;-)

[@AlexanderCoccia]

LOL I've been playing for thousands of hours and get told to delete the game on the regular, just mute them and keep on going lol

[@LeonardoPostacchini]

@@AlexanderCoccia =) If you ever want to do a series where you coach people with awful mmr, I am game. =D

[@AlexanderCoccia]

I'm actually in the process of planning some community based content so keep an eye out for it and let me know!

[@KoonKlausGamer]

My question is...if i spam hoodwink and hoodwink get banned , what is secondary hero should i pick?

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Windranger is a natural pos 4 that has a similar playstyle!

[@KoonKlausGamer]

@@AlexanderCoccia thx mate

[@jaysonabante2982]

Please do an Earthshaker guide thanks!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

I'll see what I can do!

[@ChicoSouzaJr]

Awsome guides, do lion next PLS!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol I'm working on a Lion one soon! I don't think he's next but he's on my short list

[@cptghostnova75]

Amazing guide! would love to see a sven guide next

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol Sven is one of those heroes I hope to cover soon!

[@cptghostnova75]

@@AlexanderCoccia awesome! I started dota about 2 weeks ago and found your guides very beginner friendly! I currently main razor and your razor build has helped alot! Thank you

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Welcome to Dota, and I'm so happy to have been able to help you get started!!

[@kevinharris7144]

Do specter please 🙌🏻❤️

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Spec is on the list lol

[@tekudiv]

Hey Alex please do Spirit Breaker guide!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol I'm going to have to play Spirit Breaker first!!

[@Insul1n_]

Awesome gudie! BTW: Salve remained on TA due to her refraction being active, or at least that's what the replay showed. Peace!

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Good eye! I missed that!

[@sophiaanne4103]

can you do templar assassin next please?:)))

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol I'm not a particularly good TA player, gonna have to practice that one first LOL

[@Witafrikanerboerseun]

Thank you for this guide Alex. I hope you will make a video of how you play him in a game as well :)

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol I've been thinking about posting gameplay stuff but I'm not so sure what the best way to do it is. I don't want to just post unedited gameplay you know what I mean lol

[@Witafrikanerboerseun]

@@AlexanderCoccia lol fully understand. you referred to some snippets in this guide from a gameplay, would be cool to see the game :)

[@atharvaathalye]

Hey man, I love this series! Can you make one for the axe? And please help me with this, I play very well with axe in the beginning but later get stunned and everything way too often.What should be my build for not getting affected by stun Any solution for this? Thanks

[@nakagawaez]

black king bar my friend

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Axe coming soon!! Working on that one, it's one of the next few for sure. BKB grants Axe spell immunity, buts it's expensive but always worth getting once you're done your core items. Another option is to look out for the Minotaur Horn, a neutral item that grants a couple seconds of spell immunity

[@atharvaathalye]

@@nakagawaez thanks a lot

[@atharvaathalye]

@@AlexanderCoccia thanks a lot

[@dingbat2461]

Hey, Alex! It's dingbat (from twitch), I was curious, are you ever going to make a guide for legion commander? I feel like she's a great beginner hero and she's incredibly underrated in higher level play. Just think it could be cool. :)

[@AlexanderCoccia]

DINGBATTTT yeah! She's one of those heroes I haven't played much but she's on my TO MASTER list!! I'm working on it lol

[@dingbat2461]

@@AlexanderCoccia yay! It's always good to hear from you Alex ^^ sorry I haven't been on twitch lately I've been super busy

[@AlexanderCoccia]

I've been busy too, lucky I even manage to stream at all LOL

[@dingbat2461]

@@AlexanderCoccia it's kinda that time of year... Do you happen to have a discord or anything?

[@Drewface14]

In your guides within DotA 2, especially for supports, will you add smoke, tome, wards, dust, clarity, and salve to the bottom so they are easy for new players to find and remind them to buy them. :)

[@AlexanderCoccia]

I did that for the last one! Not sure what people think about it, I probably should just include them in all

[@kevinyudiutama4130]

I am not sure whether this was true at the time of recording, but I find that I can still do the bushwack -> acorn combo without aether lens, but you have to cancel the animation, and cast acorn shot at the edge of bushwack radius towards your hero. This way the acorn shot travel less distance then the bushwack. In the video you cast acorn shot at the same point as bushwack, so both projectile travel the same distance. The timing is pretty narrow, I still miss the combo from time to time. Another trick I find is that when you charge sharpshooter, you don't need to cancel the animation of bushwack, so you can just click bushwack then immediately drag your mouse toward your hero and click acorn shot. This combo I find is a lot easier to do.

[@li.6336]

Thanks for the guide bro...i hope u can make Skywrath Mage guide and im going subscribe now...Thank you 😄😄😄

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol thank you! Skywrath is on the list, I'm get to him eventually!!

[@Dlxxx159]

@@AlexanderCoccia Skywrath since theres not a lot of Skywrath guides out there esp as of late.

[@maxlundeen3933]

Thanks for the vid! Any big changes you'd make to your guide here regarding item progression with the latest update?

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Not currently making Dota 2 content anymore :C I would check out ZQuixotix on YT and Twitch!

[@Nthing9]

Here a guy how play it in mid having top damage and top farm

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol Hoodwink is pretty good mid, yeah lol

[@Nthing9]

Thanks Topson xD

[@leesin5168]

Do invoker please. I want to learn how to play invoker

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Damn Invoker is kinda nuts for a new player lol I'll get to him eventually

[@lia4667]

Imagine getting 5 man bushwhack 😱

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol it's basically a black hole at that point!

[@lia4667]

@@AlexanderCoccia Vacuum + Bushwhack

[@Delacrow_l_Chawngthu]

I hate this hero. Speciall skill 3

[@AlexanderCoccia]

Lol

[@kylekelley2778]

think you need to update your YT channel pick bud. you aint 20 anymore lol

[@SashLyrics]

decoy is great.