Best Warding Spots with Quelling Blade/Iron Talon

[@imfinishedgrinding638]

I may be primarily a carry player but Zquixotic support role content is just too damn good to pass up.

[@Trqiz]

I am a pure midlaner and I enjoy watching these xd

[@soul_415]

it’s actually super useful, as a carry player i always watch them to both understand better what supports might do and because for example when he shows you these wards that are not so popular sometimes and your support does not deward them you can just do it yourself and know already the spots

[@hombrepollo8234]

Ew core players 🤮😂😂😘

[@imfinishedgrinding638]

Also as a carry player that sometimes get t4 Ninja Gear, these "secret" ward spots might come in handy in the late game. You're also far more survivable and can go on your own unlike a support who just get their ass blasted if spotted.

[@carlobunagan6681]

That 4:14 is so good, my goodness, that cutting trees helps you also to give a lot of vision

[@giancarloprado8206]

I would like to add to Zach's message that the purpose of the ward is as important, if not more so, than its placement. For instance, consider whether it's an offensive/gank ward or a defensive/anti-gank ward. How many objectives does it cover (runes, camps, TP locations)? Is it good for team fights, or is it primarily for scouting? Additionally, how likely is it to be dewarded? If you give each of your ward a different and distinct role, then, when you're in a game, you don't have to think over all the different possibilities; you already know exactly which one is the best according to game stage.

[@giancarloprado8206]

Hell! I have a .doc called: "The Bible of Supporting." Maybe someday, if I organize it properly, I'll share it with you all. I have some deep knowledge there that I've never heard anyone else talk about.

[@sandroserrano9186]

​@@giancarloprado8206Do it, who cares if it's organised

[@SONA7DO]

@@giancarloprado8206Dota subreddit sounds like the perfect place for it but then lots of players will see it so maybe not ideal if you want few people to know

[@giancarloprado8206]

@@SONA7DO Like a magician who doesnt reveal his tricks i wouldnt like to give for free stuff that took years for me to do.

[@giancarloprado8206]

I started doing that in a custom lobby, and I documented so far about 200 custom ward/sentry placements and different strategies for vision placement. Just by upgrading that aspect of my game I climbed ~1k mmr in 1 month. I encourage you guys to do the same.

[@Rastla]

As soon as I do that, Patch 7.38 will drop with a new map

[@MatthewHarper-t2y]

Thank you for your content, man. This is one of my favorites as a support--really appreciate you.

[@beneaththeveil]

Great video as always bro. Just a tip regarding setting up the map. If you use demo terrain through the armoury you can eliminate half the commands you’re using through chat. Plus you can swap to different heroes to try different skills and facets easily without having to jump out of the custom game each time. Having the Demo Hero menu on the left side is a game changer for doing this sort of stuff, plus easy and constant access to the shop too :)

[@zilosis3794]

Good Guide, I will now play support mars to place really good observer wards with my ultimate!

[@raychenbjjold]

This is like learning all the smokes and nade spots on CSGO...

[@quackcharge]

there are treeeeeees everywheeeeeeeeerrrrrrre

[@juaneduardoperezyabar4121]

Have been using light collector too, is a great item, specially for uphill wards with trees on it

[@aliirsyad534]

"a lot of low rank like divine" 6:12 :O

[@Leeeyyooow]

He said below like divine.

[@TheFourthDefender]

What do you think of playing with the cavern terrain? At times I feel it makes all tree positions much clearer to see and play around, other times I feel like it's adding clutter. Not sure what to think

[@biengiecamon7938]

From legend 1 to ancient 4 tnx to ur guides

[@uwupaksa8451]

When playing with mars i like placing ward on tree area cut by his ult and enemy often wont bother checking

[@voodoo192]

2:10 Damn i lost myself 😂

[@ikthranithul6000]

God i hope people actually stop relentlessly feeding wards on cliffs because of this but i doubt it, its so frustraiting watching the other support buy wards off cooldown just to march straight to a cliff that has already been dewarded roughly a billion times, often getting killed in the process. One of my favorite early game wards is behind the camp nearest the radiant mid tower, if you cut a couple of trees it gives you a lot of vision behind the tier 1 and also gives you vision of the bottom rune :D

[@cameron6861]

I would like to apologize to all my teammates in Legend on US West, guilty as charged. LOL.

[@sh3nnanigans79]

My favorite is when I put sentry obs on a cliff with just an enemy sentry. I then x ping it and yell in voice not to deward it. Lo and behold, my ward gets fed to the enemy 30 seconds later.

[@BoneHeadPlaysGames]

The absolute best place to ward on the ENTIRE GAME is the dire secret shop. There is the tiny peninsula on the hg with a few trees on the tip that gives Insane vision. Thank me later for all the courier kills 😀

[@deanoz3800]

Wtf. You can’t kill couriers. Noob.

[@UphillHook]

Mid player here these spots are awesome 👍

[@quackcharge]

yo nice thanks! I have a feeling my question in chat might have triggered this video :D

[@BGLoscar]

Very old tactic that easily gets forgotten because of information overload. I do this a lot while playing Beast Master or other heroes that cuts trees like NP.

[@absolution.]

Hi Zach can you make a video about the new spell block/ spell reflect interactions 7.37 thank you!

[@BuceGar]

NOBODY pays attention to cut trees.......great video, as a support main I appreciate your work!

[@nimpichu3711]

How did you instantly type "-killwards" at 3:58?

[@ZQuixotix]

Just copy and paste to save some time!

[@TankorSmash]

Hey what software do you use to edit your videos? I tried Hitfilms Express but it was so laggy and unpleasant to use, I'd like to use an alternative

[@ZQuixotix]

I'm currently using Adobe Premiere because I got it at a discount when I was a student and now I'm just used to using it

[@TankorSmash]

@@ZQuixotix That makes sense, thanks!

[@cameron6861]

I'm such a lazy warder, I'm going to force myself to use these spots.

[@regimiro4888]

I dont really see how any amount of limiting tree cuts is going to quell suspicion when theyre just going to check your items and see a quelling blade anyway

[@ZQuixotix]

You might have the Quelling Blade just to deal with a Nature's Prophet so it wouldn't be suspicious that you have it. Or you've taken Iron Talon as a farming item for a support so that wouldn't be too suspicious either

[@Ventell_]

Iron Talon and Shadow demon can farm ancient staks naked

[@BoneHeadPlaysGames]

If valve made iron talon a secret shop item for support I would be extremely happy

[@pmg-keyarulifer8931]

lol, just wish to switch its stats into +10 all attrib bonus

[@InvincibleDigress]

Topiary Talon

[@mahdifallah3863]

REGROW...REGROW...damn this word...it's so suspicious

[@gabenburger14]

even without locking then using ward will make it infinite like wut. lmao

[@giancarloprado8206]

just saving yourself from swapping the wards constantly

[@artyom8456]

can you make shorter vids

[@IrisSappington-s3c]

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[@rmac0101]

First, hell yea

[@qroof.youtube]

thanks buddy

[@Siroitin]

I usually start with -gottagofast command