How to play IO | Patch 7.31 | Dota 2 Hero Guide

[@AnysuDota]

Which IO playstyle do you guys like more? The healing one or the spirits one?

[@slickm8874]

Maxing spirits is almost better every single game I play.. easy kills (in off lane as core or support) but first item soul ring but what do U think of new boots? Passive 15hp regen

[@JGushi87]

I do a healing one. Tried with a bat and it was bonkers!

[@slickm8874]

@jgushi try damage u won’t go back

[@AnysuDota]

Personally I also like the healing build way more:D I think the new boots are way to expensive:D

[@thepoisonkid2483]

I'm way more a Dazzle/Oracle position 5 guy, so yeah....sprites are not too much for me. But hey, everyone has their own kinks :)

[@tylerr7959]

Nice guides, straight to the point. See a future for you!

[@AnysuDota]

Oh nice, that means a lot to me :)

[@trevinrenaldi]

Subbed! Great content, straight to the point, good video quality. Waiting for the next upload!

[@AnysuDota]

thanks a lot!:)

[@Y0sh1no5am]

I wanna learn how to be a good Io so I can make some friends. A good Io makes good friends that can keep them safe. Thx for teaching! C:

[@AnysuDota]

Hahahaha 😂😂😂

[@TruePower44]

really interesting video. Would really appreciate an updated version of this!

[@chenji8070]

had a shard in a match where i sticked to the Axe... spell lifesteal in combination with his Counter Helix was just nuts.

[@AnysuDota]

oh yeah it is for sure!:D also it amps up his dmg aswell :)

[@EVEYT-h5p]

Your IO guids allays very nice and good. Thx to you i started to love this hero so mutch. ty for the update now im ready for 7.31 ^^ keep going!

[@AnysuDota]

Thank you very much :) yeah io is one of the most fun heroes for sure :D

[@arshiatavakoli7667]

Thx it was a great io guide very useful and understandable i always love so learn play io.

[@alwaysyukaz2761]

Your guides are so helpful and really easy to understand, I would be more than happy to sub you 😇

[@kylekelley2778]

skipping spirit and shard is a massive mistake if your a healer IO the hp return from spirit spell leech is higher than the tether heal rate at any given stage of the game and just in general why would you give up the supplemental healing even if it wasnt. makes very little sense. Also the same thing goes for attack tether target and life steal items. IF we are focused on healing and not on other stats that would be the optimal choice.

[@AnysuDota]

I just did the math again. Even with Holy locket to amp up the healing and shard, hitting 5 Spirits will heal your tethered partner for 57.915 hp which is not that much (assuming 25% magic resist on the enemy). Personally I like to be a little more survivable myself so i can position more aggressive. But also keep in mind, this guide is more than a year old. At this point spirits were higher in manacost and io doesn't buy to many items to provide mana (usually you want to keep the locket charges for healing... not to replenish your own mana). But in the end it is just an option and a prefered playstyle. I like to play without spirits myself and i still do it most games. Sometimes i grab them for vision.

[@kylekelley2778]

@@AnysuDota thanks for the reply. I suppose it matters how you build her as well. I do work in some dmg later game in some situations if we dont need the tank IO stats and it ends up translating into some pretty substantial heals with shard plus inherent spell amp. If we are talking no items aka locket for heal boost then your 100% correct. But boosting a non existent heal obvs isnt gonna do much but add in some dmg though and we have a different story. Plus your a bit more useful over all. Totally depends on match ups and comps though ill admit. There are matchs where I do things very similar to you.

[@TJ__23]

Super helpful guide thanks a lot

[@AnysuDota]

thank you

[@petterbuvarp7242]

Tiny seem too be a good hero now , pretty high winrate and alot of picks, and io and tiny is a pretty good comp. Would you go shard paired with tiny ?

[@AnysuDota]

Yeah at first I had tiny on the list but I wasn't sure if he will be a core or support this patch. But he is good with io for sure when he is playable as a core (right know he probably looks like pos 1 again) :D

[@freditraxler_]

very nice tips! i think this guide will help me a lot

[@AnysuDota]

i hope so

[@xoigel8106]

Very nice video. Thank you!

[@lionellee4216]

I know you love the slow from the tether. But remember when shard gave a stun to any opponent touching the tether? That was so good. The slow is still great but quite frankly a step down. I was sad when they revamped IO's shard.

[@AnysuDota]

Yeah that's true for sure, I also miss the stun :D

[@GN-ek9dt]

How do we take the io to fountain with keyboard shortcut? When we press ulti the io moves to the pointed position not into the fountain

[@sebastiantan7243]

what's lotus and mekanism for?

[@wayofMANI]

Nice ty bro i learn a lot 💖

[@cinoaz1243]

Here's my issue, I find leveling as Io extremely difficult, I'm often 8-10 levels below enemy heroes with support builds, I just can't seem to get my XP to stay relevant as the game transitions out of early mid-game and late game. Hoping for some help.

[@kwonone1540]

Try being more greedy supports tend to not farm enough for example stack early and when your carry takes stack take the lane for solo xp

[@anti2117]

love your guides! But have a question. Why do you use soul ring when not using spirits? also do you have a guide on how to play more "impact style" with spirits?

[@AnysuDota]

i rarely ever buy the soulring without the spirits build. The game in the video we had a Storm and i just wanted to enable him with the soulring with some early boosted mana :) your tethered partner will also gain the mana. If i happen to play a game with the spirits build thats worth watching i can upload that. Right now i don't have footage available because i don't really like that build :D

[@anti2117]

Nice, i never thought about using this as a mana battery for other hero's. Smart! Another question I have is. You said that winning the lane phase is important. Do you have any clips showing how to deal with landing phase? Im very locked to io and want to play him every game, this is obvious suboptimal as not every game have good heroes to team with. Therefore my landing phase is somewhat mixed and not consistent. (Obv playing with someone who don't know IO and how it can support is not helpful) do you have any tips for improving on the laning phase regardless of who you play with(skilled or not)

[@nathanwance2833]

nice , gonna try IO now hahaha .!

[@daotran5707]

I've been seeing a lot of pro games playing io storm, and was wondering what kind of build or approach on io would best fit that kind of playtyle? Thanks. Also, fantastic vid!

[@AnysuDota]

Hey man, with storm you usually build more items for mana sustain. Like soulring and locket and probably basilius if you plan on building vlads at some point :)

[@daotran5707]

@@AnysuDota thanks for the quick response! subbed

[@VanessaWestemeier]

very good guide :) thanks!

[@AnysuDota]

thanks

[@Papa_Samson]

Yaaas! Thabk you very much o7

[@AnysuDota]

No problem:D

[@regannealephotography]

Hey Anysu! I was wondering if you could give me some Hero suggestions. I want to learn the Position 4 role and want to spam a Hero while doing so. Do you have any suggestions? Reason being that I will be totally familiar with the Hero and concrete on learning the Position 4 role. I have just over 500 games so still relatively new to Dota. Thanks!

[@AnysuDota]

Hey man, honestly... i don't like giving any suggestions for heroes. I think you should play the heroes that you like and that you have fun playing, not the ones that others like to play. Just go over ever hero in the game and write down the ones you like the most. If you just play heroes that other people tell you to play, you will probably lose interesst in them pretty quickly :D If you want, i can give you some of MY personal favourite pos 4s, but most of them are not meta. I just like to play them :)

[@regannealephotography]

@@AnysuDota That is great advice and very true. I will make a list and play a few games with each and see which I enjoy the most. I would be interested to know your favourites though. It’s always good to know what others find enjoyment with.

[@AnysuDota]

@@regannealephotography right now it is probably treant, dawn, io, phoenix and oracle I would say:D

[@omranbounour4037]

Great video thanks

[@AnysuDota]

Ty :)

[@gxbrielsb7834]

nice guide

[@AnysuDota]

ty

[@yinduren449]

nice guide ty

[@AnysuDota]

thank you :)

[@WhateverWhateverwtghvh]

I have a question, what happens when you have a poussay team?

[@AnysuDota]

What kind of question is that lol

[@Schrogs]

Grab the biggest poussay and relocate them into the middle of their team. Then relocate yourself back and leave them there

[@WhateverWhateverwtghvh]

@@Schrogs das it mane.

[@TheHammockProduction]

could you make a newer guide for io?

[@AnysuDota]

I will, but I probably want ti wait for the next big patch to drop in about one month. I expect a lot of changes there

[@TheHammockProduction]

@@AnysuDota thanks! i've been mostly keeping with holy locket starter and then going greaves if no one else is but considering going new boots of bearing if we have a greaves. the no charges nor mana cost and the regen it gives looks perfect.

[@AnysuDota]

@@TheHammockProduction I would never ever buy greaves on io. Locket into mek is fine, but after that, better go for glimmer or halberd or any other support item. Greaves is nearly useless on io to be honest.

[@TheHammockProduction]

@@AnysuDota i wouldnt think it's useless. i found myself getting soul ring to play with mana hungry cores and then took mana boots for that purpose and figured i can safe inventory space with greaves and the mana cost.

[@EDINXY]

is io core working?

[@AnysuDota]

Yeah sure :)

[@KADIYA]

Hi will you be able to do one for treant?

[@AnysuDota]

hey man, i already got a guide for treant: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5Kkm3Zjhqdrrs0 basic playstyle is still the same :)

[@markuskoitka4800]

Why is the 0.2% max HP talent good? This is only like 6hp/sec if you have 3k hp.

[@AnysuDota]

you rarely ever need less cd on relocate. Also, 6hp with locket bonus and tether bonus heals around 10 hp per sec. Also your tethered target will get the bonus percentage from his own hp too. So this is around 15-20hps more, which is probably better than the relocate cd unless you really need to relocate all the time. But as i said, both talents are viable for sure :D so pick which one you need for the game

[@marcelo_gfc5n]

the stun with shard was very good :(

[@AnysuDota]

I like both :)

[@meltingRN]

I alwaya called Io as "ten"