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Machado98 #xatubaking

    What can I do as an offlaner when the enemy safelane is just impossible to contest? (jugg+shaman+tusk, ck+clock+shaman, etc)

    Jungle? Supports come kill me

    Gank? Supports rotate

    Sometimes I feel all I can do is wait until enemy carry is lvl 8 and take down my T1 so I can get some xp

    Please note that in my bracket opressive trilanes are common but support rotations to the offlane are non-existant

    TLDR: What can I do >BY MYSELF< to survive and get xp in an agressive opressive dangerous cancerous trilane?

    Muhammad Sumbul

      1)Request for rotations
      2)Pray that your safe lane is also impossible to contest for the offlaner
      3)Gank their mid or offlaner

      Thats what i think ,it's the same for me too offlanes are hell but i get some rotations and rotate myself too

      Rocket

        if you are keeping their two supports in your lane, you have done your job. its a team game and you have to trust your team mates to exploit the space.

        FleurDeLys

          You can attempt to pull ur lane so u can take some xp and last hits under tower
          Get a quelling blade, head to jungle instead of just watching the enemy carry go level 5 while ur still level 1 and doing nothing, keep a tp scroll with you at all times, when u see their support rotating u can tp back to ur lane to try to contest
          Some lanes are just unwinable

          ROAD TO HERALD 0

            https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3820179291

            https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3837640430

            https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3836133848

            These are just some of the games I won even though i had to lane solo against typical cancer supports.

            Download any of these games, watch what i do in the first 10 minutes to find farm and xp despite the enemy supports' aggressive moves.

            With the changes to xp in the recent patches, being passive in the offlane is the worst thing you can do besides endless chain feeding to whatever the enemy tri-lane's combo is.

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            Nisher

              Lol its your job to keep them occupied, if they are all zoning you, that means you are creating space for ur mid and carry

              ROAD TO HERALD 0

                Keeping them occupied ≠ chain feeding.

                As a 3-position, you still need to find farm somewhere on the map be it thru stacks, rotations, etc. or you will fall behind at the point of the game when your team needs the offlaner to have the necessary utility, whether it's damage, survivability, or cc items like halberd.