The Importance of Teammate Awareness | Archon Seven Review

[@c4veman]

hey man, watching and writing a GIANT comment for you with time stamps!! thanks a ton for this

[@Midknighttxt]

Of course!

[@c4veman]

NOTES: To start, I myself saw an insane amount of flaws in the gameplay and have definitely improved a lot since last week which is a nice sign. I play much more passively on seven bc of the lane and the fact he has 3 base regen rn so i try to play my sustain but i should have definitely been more aware of the pockets lane posture 5:55 the second melee totally unnecessary bc im so much closer anyway. 8:29 DISCLAIMER: IM A WEIRDOOOOO. I dont use builds, i look at them to get a feel for how most people build them and the core items they like but most of my item choices come straight from the shop as i dont always trust builds to update. I also used to play dota so im used to just navigating pages and it helps me to make conscious decisions about itemization. I actually bought rapid rounds on accident. i meant to go monster rounds bc it was looking like an early jungle lane which is why i also picked up extra charge a bit early too but I didnt end up fully transitioning as our lane improved. still like the extra recharge for the stats and lane shove to go jungle though. 12:26 I started box farming after they nerfed it and its helped me get ahead by a wide margin in my archon lobbies or resorting to it when i have a really bad lane match up and my wave isnt neutral or on my side 13:16 i had a match against grey talon as abrams where i had to go afk for the first four minutes and lost a 2.5k gold lead so i box farmed and gave up tower so i could freeze at my walker and i ended up back in the game at 10 minutes and we won but after i let the wave go the grey talon froze it at his walker as well. I would say freezing in archon is very rare. ik i can make it out of archon bc of small things like that but its just taking some time 14:51 i was watching an eternus game and saw this, i can replicate it about 80% of the time on the first try 17:03 i want to point out the restraint on the stun as well. im pretty selective with my fights when im focused 17:35 LMAO thats embarrassing 17:52 yeah, pretty inefficient use of the boost. it lasts for a long time 18:45 my pocket was silent this game except for one com in the beginning that he was buying, the geist was comming a lot. this death here was a misposition in tower range, i realized i over extended and ulted to zone the infernus but i flubbed it badly 19:55 yeah, i think im planning on pushing wave and taking sinnners then grabbing them but we will see and i'll update- looks like i did not and actually lost tower and the deniable souls as well. elaborated on this at the 21:30 marker 20:30 I bought it for the 20 extra spirit power (crazy amount for a 1250 item) and because i hate afterburn. bomb was an after thought tbh 21:30 ive since improved on this after realizing creeps are just a giant easy wave of medium creeps that roll in every 30 second. jungle farm is expendable, theyre a get ahead tool, lane creeps are renewable. would be better to take the lane creeps and hit jungle afterwards. thats a bad dota habit because of camp stacking mechanic making the jungle more valuable but i think ive nipped it now 23:00 great insight, definitely on autopilot there and also just totally not respecting the hook potential 24:20 i doubt i go basement or garage here. thats a more recent thing i started doing with seven ult 24:50 embarrassing but i just learned bridge buffs spawn at ten and then every 5 minutes lmao 25:00 the health bridge buff might be equivalent to a 4250 item. +400 health while colossus is 600 25:50 oh wow i guess this game is more recent than i thought 26:25 lemme guess, slide through the boxes? 26:36 yep, i have enough movespeed here to just slide without rolling too 28:25 OKAY I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THIS. So i leave one creep on the deeper jungle camps on enemy side so that the creep respawn is delayed and they get less gold for taking it but i have been flamed for leaving on creep alive on the loser camps or the walker camps. i feel like it delays their farm by a lot and creates a scarcity on their side of the map. that being said i just forgot i didnt have mystic reach and missed this creep but seven ball maxed kills medium jungles in one ball. 28:38 okay thank you 28:55 WHAT IS THIS PATHING LOL??? maybe i thought the boxes were up 32:35 this is where the limit testing you mentioned earlier comes in, but for farm, at this point in my deadlock play time, i thought it wasnt worth to take them if i couldnt do it fast enough as it was in a risky spot but looking at my items, i know with my current experience i can take them in probably 15-17 seconds for almost 1k gold so. misplay when i could have grabbed BOTH t3 camps after the successful kills and fights 33:03 okay i recognize this movement lmao. im trying to push wave back to safely take the farm and then realize i cant push it far enough back for it to matter so im gonna go tp and take the ones near my dynamo 35:19 this is something i still struggle with, when to pull out of fights and when not to or finding myself straying a bit to far and showing up late. probably will develop over time 35:37 LMAO i laughed when i saw this, this is so troll but i kind of love it "hold on dont fight urn i want this camp rq" but its troll bc i could have just placed it without staying there at all. i dont like bringing unsecured into team fights tho so i still disagree with the validity of the play 36:00 more bad boost usage. another dota habit with courier i need to break (and havent) its so mindless tbh 37:36 yeah no i feel like im totally checked out here, idk what this is and im betting i continue carrying this gold for another minute or maybe even 2 despite it being a lil less than half my net. thats something i do when im distracted but im assuming spending will become more habitual and it'll work itself out. 38:28 LMAO 11K IN MY BAG THATS EMBARRASSING. Alright so a bit before this, i got sight of the haze on top of the railing when my stun popped, realized i have 1k unsecured and immediately ran to subway before my insane dynamo popped that ult and fed me a 3k. i have a clip of me comming "oh thats a haze and im rich, im leaving" 38:45 Ik the part of the vid youre talking about, ive been utilizing it in my abrams games which is why i always ask to duo lane when i get solo on abrams. especially in bad match ups like ferny/mirage 38:50 I suggested mid boss here because we have kelvin ult and he can cheese reju with it but he said he didnt know how to do the tech 40:11 So this is a bit weird, initially, i wanted to save up for an EE and then when i noticed how much i had, i bought a 9k gold item for the bonus move speed and 300 health because i felt super squishy but today i would have bought improved spirit and an improved spirit armor. i think thats the better buy and then i have another 4k left over to either save for EE or buy mystic slow to get rid of the unsecured gold ~41:00 ish, yeah i panicked here and realized i was late for the base push because of my series of previous misplays and just totally over extended and ignored my team running past me. 41:25 i try to ask whoever closest to grab buffs or if i see a casting on like abrams i'll have someone else grab it if theyre close enough but if not i deny it Comment 1/2, KZbin getting laggy

[@Midknighttxt]

This is insane brother, great work. You seem to be pretty good at reviewing yourself so I'm glad this helped!

[@c4veman]

42:20 close quarters also has a crazy 25% gun buff for 500. 500s are crazy. this videos definitely putting into perspective how much ive improved recently in the last week. 43:02, i lost 2k just now, i wouldve had 23k 43:24 yeah my bad, bad itemization because of the giant influx of gold i was trying to get rid of. at least i didnt cherry pick a perfect game? (im mortified) 45:00 discord call abrams gameplay review when? yeah sorry the first coaching vid is 70% farming. thinking back to this era, i actually think i farmed too much later game and didnt participate in fights enough but this game IS an 11 death game so im sure i fought a lot more and had a lot more horrifying blunders soon 46:00 bad macro play here, agreed. 46:51 this, exactly that. i want to form habits and make plays that would work at much higher levels of paly rather than depending on someone else messing up 48:10 ANSWER TO LOSER CAMP QUESTION: i usually take them a lot, idk whats up this game. i feel like theyre more easily accessible since they moved them too. I see a lot of people take them as well. this is an older game so i might be misremembering my progression but i think i frequented those camps at the time. i call them loser camps bc i farm them when i lose a solo lane 55:04 no clue why or how im alive here. also i have enough damage items and should be looking at metal skin for haze and the melee shiv 55:45 i play mediator for my teams so thanks for this, i think a "when to midboss" video that looks more in depth about match timing and stealing strats would be cool. great breakdown, i appreciate this immensely and im excited for the discord and helping others there as i climb up the deluxe badges

[@Midknighttxt]

It feels great that you took it so seriously and used it to improve so much! I'll look into a "when to mid boss" video but honestly I don't know if I'm qualified enough right now to talk about it, if you want a good video like that @Deathy has a great one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJfZgK2laM1lnKc

[@Midknighttxt]

also just got the server up discord.gg/HTtrSddgjr

[@desender]

48:00 oracle iv I've noticed that too those camps aren't prioritized as much

[@Midknighttxt]

Thank you for letting me know, I apricate it!

[@SOJACjac]

Orc and below awareness is extraordinarily low. It's kinda crazy

[@Midknighttxt]

all the ranks are pretty weird right now

[@c4veman]

ISTG IM GIVING YOU A SHORTER GAME NEXT BTW LOL

[@Midknighttxt]

lol no worries, since it's the weekend I didn't mind. Also I didn't even make it that deep, I just kept pausing

[@W0lf_w10]

Hey could you get a discord forming? i wouldn't mind starting one up for ya ! need a community alike woohoojins for deadlock

[@Midknighttxt]

Yeah I had one awhile ago but I'm planning to bring it back soon

[@Midknighttxt]

Just finished making it discord.gg/HTtrSddgjr

[@W0lf_w10]

@@Midknighttxt just joined and said hi ! good luck brother!

[@neagudavid2955]

26432306 I'm the bebop (name is Doot mEn)

[@Midknighttxt]

I got wayyy more demand for this then I expected so we've switched to a discord raffle (just because the queue was getting so long I might make a review and then someone would forget about the channel) so if you're interested we have one going on right now and they'll start being daily this weekend :) discord.gg/keD2Qj3x

[@JADOW28]

Hey I’m trying to learn pocket as a second character I am currently only ritualist 1. My last ranked game was a win with pocket the id is 25911946

[@Midknighttxt]

I'll give it a look! We have a little bit of a queue forming but assuming I can keep daily uploads up I should be able to get the review out by Thursday

[@JADOW28]

@ awesome thank you

[@deanwinchester5411]

26353850 GOD DAMN not sure if i need to do better with picking which cards to get or what just any help thanks its kelvin

[@Midknighttxt]

For sure, we have a decent queue forming but I can get yours out by Saturday! (assuming I can keep daily uploads up)

[@deanwinchester5411]

@@Midknighttxt awesome i put a more updated one i edited the message thanks for this im trying to improve as much as i can to join my higher buddies this isnt a ranked game but i would still like help anything i can get

[@Midknighttxt]

@@deanwinchester5411 for sure I'm happy to help!