The Only Io Guide You’ll Ever Need

[@beneaththeveil]

Of course I graduated :) been waiting for this video a long time now! Appreciate how many man hours went into this, might just be your Magnum Opus. Your depth of understanding with Wisp is on full display here. The clockwise vs. counter-clockwise spirit hits and Tether to recover a missed pull were 2k MMR delta tips alone. Beautifully executed video

[@zzadrianzz]

Thank you! Always appreciate your support! :]

[@kushalrahatkar4568]

Massive respect to my guy. Was waiting for this

[@zzadrianzz]

Thank you for waiting haha it took soo long.

[@kushalrahatkar4568]

@@zzadrianzz thank you for the content man.

[@aggzwell]

As a grandmaster IO with alooooot of games, even i learned a thing or two! Nice job buddy!

[@MrVaDelux]

Still cant believe they f***** us with that facet. Just lazy from valve. They made io worse

[@JC-nz6jy]

I certainly graduated. Great video! I wanted to play IO for a long time but had very little knowledge on how to play the hero properly so I only used it while stacking with friends in very few occasions. Now I feel a lot more confident to try the hero out and add it to my roster. This is the first video I see of yours and I certainly want to stick around.

[@zzadrianzz]

thanks a bunch! very appreciated 😄

[@zerxe7689]

I gratuated 👌 A really great guide! I usually have a hard time watching anything from start to finish without skipping 😅but i was locked in for the whole video 👍👍 Edit : forgot to add, Liked & Subscribed!

[@kr1co_]

Thank you soooo much for releasing this. There wasnt any good IO guide on youtube that I could find and you just made my life 10x easier. Getting this from someone that has your level of mastery on this hero for free is insane. Love you

[@alinawaz4034]

"I Graduated :)" 😀

[@nom9999]

I haven't played for a year now, and I am not even an Io main, but I still graduated lol. Great guide! Detailed and with supporting visuals as well. This makes me want to play Io instead of spamming CM, Earth Spirit and Oracle mindlessly.

[@waiterkmx1798]

ofc this come out the day after I spent all day doing the math for my IO item build

[@michaelbusmente5288]

Thanks! New subscriber here. I graduated IO. More of this ULTIMATE guides please. 😁

[@deathwatcher429]

Worth the wait! thanks a lot, please more in depth support videos. I graduated :)

[@DriftaholiC]

I graduated but was sad not to see any talk of core io with helm dom :)

[@QwerQwer-yo7hd]

people who play io core nowadays build aghs atos without helm dom

[@siblacknightpapamo]

​@@QwerQwer-yo7hdbut tether has damage.. Even purge discuss the importance of helm of domni for io. U can get neut even accient.. Tips: get the wind bird and get enemy behind using its skill.. Auto kill...

[@ImStevenJohnson]

Been waiting for this and was so excited to see it in my sub box! I have a 56% win rate over 36 games on him - I haven't finished the video yet, but I'm gonna try and increase that after watching the rest! Excited to see what I was doing wrong in all my games lol

[@zzadrianzz]

Ayy, thanks! appreciate your support, hopefully I can catch you playing Io on your stream 👀

[@bowenkeller1836]

I graduated :) Thank you for taking the time to teach us. Looks like I have to start practicing Io!

[@Nerfeon]

Woooo i'm graduated :)!!! Awesome work! Thanks you for taking the time for do this absolute masterclass

[@samuelgreen2443]

I graduated :) I haven't played in a long time, so it's been sad to see Overcharge isn't a Toggle anymore! I've always been scared off playing Io more because of team communication, I'm just a filthy pub casual, but I'm gonna just bite the bullet and see if I can make it work! Thanks for the tips :)

[@salihhaider348]

maybe this is the 5th time im watching it since its uploaded very happy to see this and wp bro

[@nicky592]

annnd i graduated! Great video, made io feel more accessible, thanks for the knowledge

[@мрачничаробњак]

I graduated :) I played this bad boy back in 2014/15 idk even when it came out. I got the arcana way back while I was still playing dota at net cafe for 15 hours a day with my friends. After all these years I was thinking of starting to grind Io back, and this video comes out. Yep. I'm spamming the shit out of it now.

[@ExpertPeeb]

I watched 15 minutes then queued up my first ever IO game and won. Blessed?

[@josephdiscavage2709]

I didn’t even know about that double spirit dmg from agh’s, that’s super neat

[@KVOTHE_33]

Couple thousand IO games here - quick aggressive relocate tip. Don’t get into the habit of tethering right before you teleport into ganks. If possible, make sure your tether is off cooldown, so you can combo the aggressive teleport with a potential save on the port-back to the original cast. To rephrase, make sure you cast tether BEFORE casting relocate when using for ganks, your tether will be off cooldown right before your timer expires on the port back. Has resulted in a ton of extra saves for me, and a cherry on top of successful ganks to keep snowballing a winning game. This is of course the opposite for defensive relocates, usually want to hide and wait to tether as long as your allies health can afford it so you dont get stunned during channel.

[@TZAR_POTATO]

Nice vid! I updated my Io build for League Of Legends players with some of the info from this video. I'm happy to see that the item and ability builds were very similar, i hadn't added glimmer cape before or seen the power of locket early. My favorite IO pairing is alchemist, since he's already hard to kill but now it's insane. Also, low base attack time pairs well with bonus attack speed.

[@jakeff-fm1gd]

the potato is here :o

[@TZAR_POTATO]

@@jakeff-fm1gd Yes!

[@zzadrianzz]

Ayy, awesome to see you here! :D Thanks for the nice words! And yeah I used to do Alch + Io with a friend way back in the day and it used to be really fun.

[@MelaziKamkazee]

I graduated from io school:) Please do another in depth hero guides for supports and carries ❤

[@happy-bb4ne]

i feel like the best hero to pair with io would be tiny because you can play volleyball with your enemy by using io as your ball

[@James.Just.James.]

Nope. Hed be dead already if you do that

[@mamalish1845]

Az a carry player that probably never play io,thank u for ur dedication

[@kungfuseadog]

Awesome awesome awesome. This must have been so much work, thanks so much

[@zzadrianzz]

It was a biiiig project for sure. Over 10k word script that went through many iterations. Thanks for watching and supporting! ❤

[@pcxxy]

Such a beautiful video with all the nuance on a hero, kudos

[@extraordinary-flux]

Just one more thing for the saving part of relocate of io If you have snapfire with aghanim in your team, snapfire can %100 save you from returning to the original point. Let's say u just used relocate in your base to save your teammate, then you as an io player immediately should go to the snapfire, and snapfire should use his "gobble up" spell on you when relocate comes to 2 seconds !

[@mrbarry5393]

My favorite pair for Io is Legion Commander Whenever you see an isolated hero, you can TP and farm a cheap damage. With LC I usually rush Solar, so the duel farming is more reliable

[@zzadrianzz]

Yeeah that's a fun and good combo for sure.

[@andreamarocco9133]

this guide really helped me going on io (never downloaded dota)

[@mahdinajafi-v3e]

I really appreciate it, helped me a lot I just wish you make more full hero guides Thanks

[@zzadrianzz]

They're a lot of work, at least when done they way I did this one. I'm considering making similar guides for other heroes though. Any heroes specifically you'd want to see a full guide for?

[@senhamat]

IO can follow Barathrun if the link is made after Bara runned through. At almost limit distance link to Bara, and you will be projected until bara stops.

[@mrlee9213]

No way! I legit Relowed to the subscribe button. GGWP! 😂

[@zzadrianzz]

ayy, lezgooo 😄

[@Novita4498]

Been waiting for this! (I graduated!)

[@neilbilag4350]

I graduated :D Thx for the guide I just started maining io And i appreciated the explanation and tips

[@daraazartash2277]

I graduated :) Thanks for the videos.

[@samiulislam_live]

I graduated. Subscribed.

[@gustavo.acarneiro]

I graduated :) cant wait to try it out. thanks

[@MisterMigger]

OMG I love it so mutch. He is my favorite hero of all time

[@sosemiteyam562]

Beautiful pfp! 😂

[@I_play_io_cause_he_cute]

YAY IO GUIDE HATH BEEN GIFTED

[@zzadrianzz]

Nice name haha

[@geralseraabad1457]

Exelent Movie,i really enjoy it,lets see if i can make it better with io

[@brutalexis486]

well done thnonks

[@viniciusmartins9163]

I graduated :) great video tks for all tips

[@vv1se]

Huge work done! Respect! I graduated :)

[@lukthere2]

I was like, damn he will cover Io in 5 minutes and 20 second?! Then i saw it was 52 minutes 😅

[@LarssonOhman]

doesnt matter if creative or cringe, I followed your advice to sub and like

[@noraappelgren7302]

I graduated :) This was really helpfull!

[@Spectrum87]

I graduated :) was very helpful ♥

[@BreadAccountant]

im so hyped

[@jaapgerritsen84]

I save it for this weekend! 52 mins:)

[@jaapgerritsen84]

Great content. Like you i am a io lover, like 500 games with it. Very dependeble of the carry u play with. Any advice how u adjust to the different playstyles?

[@matmatbr7227]

I opened the video just to discover for what this guide is

[@nabstegd]

I graduated :) Thanks for your work

[@karnbrar555]

Great video, Earth spirit next please

[@kiupeka]

the Relocate to Sub button got me

[@zzadrianzz]

ayy, glad you liked it :)

[@afet-l9w]

i graduate:) And some ideas from my 4k turbo There is some interesting stuff for lining/early games, Like Blight Stone Raindrops And Ring of Basilius Also You can sometimes buy some offensive items in early/mid game Like Fast Desolator(for very easy games) Rod of Atos Diffusal Blade Nullifiere (after buying 1 or 2 support items) And Personally my favourite (my friend immortal always want me to buy it) Eul's Sceptre Very strong item Aditional 2.25 second of living and healing Counter of some heroes (like Axe or Slardar) Mana regeneration And opportunity cancel enemy TP Thx for amazing and interesting video

[@armorose]

I graduated :) Amazing guide!

[@frasermcaulay8]

Can't wait to watch

[@megaflup]

I graduated :) you did not notice that io is the only hero that has no turn rate, so it does not have to turn to attack

[@lanonymepaul5129]

After many try I still think medigun might be the better facet for low mmr pub I remember the time when overcharge gave damage reduction and it feels better to make survival a priority when u build mek + locket the jump in overcharge heal make even more sense

[@LonelyDayDreaming]

I graduated ;DDD 6.5k io main was here

[@zzadrianzz]

Hopefully you approve as a fellow Io main :3

[@munch4568]

good video :D

[@stefanzarneanu223]

I remeber when you could stun your enemy with tether...that was so op

[@1hpyeRiuzv]

very helpful guide. Never played IO maybe I start after this. I saw that u have a video about Oracle ult but i dont know if it is outdated. Can you also make a guide like this one for oracle. Thank u for this video. btw i graduated lol

[@MichaelAbramo]

9:20 I now realize wisp is broken. brb using all my double mmr tokens

[@12MYCRYL17]

I haven't graduated in school. FeelsBadMan Butt I graduated Io. (at least on this vid) KEKW time to go immortalwank!

[@amirulashraf3170]

lu memang power bro.

[@mickytananu5908]

jesus this is big

[@zzadrianzz]

😳

[@CompleteReview]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention Dagon for healing. I like to buy Dagon on Io, is it a bad item choice to go?

[@untoeternity9985]

Omg I will try that! Any excuse to buy dagon, such a funny item

[@CompleteReview]

@@untoeternity9985 reminder to only buy lv 1, because any more than that gives more damage than healing. Go next item is better.

[@zzadrianzz]

I considered it, but it's something I never really build and never see others build it. It can be good, but seems more of a meme type of choice, or something that's hard to get away with most of the time. Definitely something to consider though!

[@rexie8569]

honestly, i thought people only play IO when theyre eating and playing with one hand at the same time

[@sezr_9244]

Nice guide even tho I expected a shit talk over the overcharge talent since IMO it's the worst 20 talent in the game; +2 HP regen per 1k HP? At that point io has about 2.5k HP which gives him +5 HP regen when overcharge is active, for comparison bristle has +25 HP regen talent passively at his 20, not to mention that in terms of CD the left talent upgrades relocate 3 more levels. Also bullwhip is probably the best tier 2 neutral for io since it has double value(both HP/mana regen and movement speed boost for both io and it's partner). Fav partners: Marci, SB, Mars(his innate + armlet has gyga synergy with IO) Also the new dagon build for another heal burst worth mentioning.

[@nehcninakred]

How does the interaction between tethered IO and partners who can heal IO (eg. Necro and WD) work?

[@hegeliansours1312]

I graduated, slept through half the classes tho

[@M3sus]

Graduated :D

[@eipimuja]

I had an Io in my game yesterday that never bought mekansm. I didn't understand why and I wondered if the meta had changed or the heals got affected. Anyway, we lost.

[@TwitchTV.Enigma9Power]

"I graduated :)"

[@nehcninakred]

Do you think this hero is almost unviable in solo pubs (except pro level maybe)?

[@sanechiknn1442]

Of course I graduated :)😀

[@thegreymanwitharedhat4061]

18:38 I healed zuh man who vill kill you! -Io probrally

[@jamestaylor-vp8bj]

I graduated :), I still live a little bit in the past though. But how come no more early bottle? I still find the regen is good.

[@hoangbach9246]

holy fuck, that's huge

[@zzadrianzz]

Yeeeeah it's a big one. The script ended up being just over 10k words. Definitely my biggest video so far.

[@KashifAslamhunkyspunky]

FINALLY !!!!

[@theproblem6223]

I graduated. I like to play io but I dont know what to do when I am playing from behind. I usually try to speed carry's farm as best as I can. Can you tell me anything else I can do when playing from behind or I cant make plays with my team cause we dont have stuns or its hard to initiate?

[@sibu1234567]

I paused right after the intro to say cringe, not clever haha. But stoked to finally have the vid drop

[@davidtoiser6535]

Graduated !

[@ixaac6547]

I graduated :) nice video

[@lorvik]

Clever!

[@m136dalie]

I graduated but im gonna be real with you adrian, im probably still never gonna play io lol

[@Gilly999999]

I graduated! :) also, is io a viable pos4?

[@netzerzadok4375]

graduated!!

[@slickm8874]

Co ordinate your Mek timing with your level 4 tether timing

[@dutamulia]

I graduated, and I don't even play dota2. Used to play dota 1.

[@turquoisephoenix9931]

I tried maining this guy during my early dota 2 days.. but failing over and over again with relocate ability and being flamed for it discouraged me. Up until now i play io with little to no relocate plays.

[@suikarbus]

I graduated :)

[@Arthur-ez4pl]

i learned something in this video, i need sane teammate I Graduated :)

[@Yudoma_Jack]

I gradueted :)

[@fairy6818]

What if the innate allows IO to tether to a watcher? Much needed escape.

[@zzadrianzz]

That would definitely be interesting, but probably still not too great for most of the game.

[@An_Appi]

Should you play io in lower lobby?

[@mistadobalina415]

I graduated!

[@eliphasalvesramos3740]

Estou graduado! :)