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General DiscussionHow few heroes to go pro

How few heroes to go pro in General Discussion
ETd

    This thought kinda stuck with me because of the thread about Topson. How few heroes can a high-level pro get away with knowing how to play at a specialist level? Like Topson, for example. He only plays 6-7 heroes(MK, Zeus, Pugna, Voker, Ember, Arc, Pango) with that "specialist", comfort-pick level, with a few other heroes played depending on meta and matchup.
    I feel like carries need just 7 to 8 comfort picks, but need to know all the meta carries. Mids can get away with 5-6 comfort pick characters, with enough of a few other midlane meta picks, maybe a further 6 or so. Then for pos 3,4,5, comfort picks would have to be at least 10, then knowledge of at least 20 or more.

    Anna Teza

      Topson has more than 6-7 heropool to be honest. much more

      pain

        to be fair, many pro players dont have even 3 heroes on that "specialist" lvl, they are just very good players and so they can make anything work

        pain

          for example matu ld, yapzor rubick, topson mk, miracle voker, fy shaker or w33 wr are just these specialities which are much better than other players on the same heroes (even tho they might not me generally the best players)

          Sygma zxc ghoul 2y.o dead...

            Miracle's "specialist pool" is not only invoker, his slark was his MMR grinding hero and he popularized the doppelganger juke on PL.

            ETd

              @lilith search Topson's esports profile match history. Shit you not, he's played only 32 characters for OG since joining them. It's been about 1 1/2 years since he's joined them. Many of these were one-off picks.

              ETd

                Maybe you consider that number a lot, but it's almost always a selection among MK, Ember, Invo, Pugna, with these other characters thrown in here and there. Makes sense of course, you're never going to be able to ban all of them. That's the reason why I posed the question

                pain

                  I was not saying miracle's only rly good hero is voker, it was just an example

                  pain

                    and to your original question: in my opinion pos4 players actually don't need big hero pool at all. 3 heroes or something can be enough, since the position is much more about skill and being comfortable than playing meta heroes

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                    kowareta

                      All your non blue star opinions matters boys

                      LeHowl James

                        ^
                        your 4k opinion matters

                        kowareta

                          haha too many ppl said 2k to me in this forum, where are they now? struggling in archon? sad
                          take your time and enjoy these days, soon your reign is over too

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                          RedRuby

                            Wow all u lowbie dogs with ur lowbie opinion. Including you kowareta

                            kowareta

                              xD
                              Man i didnt said anything related btw

                              Jack__Attack

                                I think your opinion is pretty on point etd.

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                                arin

                                  it has nothing to do with heroes
                                  any pro will play any hero infinitely better than any of the low-mid immortals

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                                  ReHa

                                    This Kowareta picking fights with everyone in this forum .
                                    Get a life loser and stop posting on every fucking forum post.

                                    Justin Weaver
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                                      kowareta

                                        ^
                                        0 brain to get any jokes
                                        building good human relations on internet forum
                                        a true face of weeb shit with anime girl profile

                                        didnt you start doing this ever since you got to divine bracket?

                                        did i called stupid ppl, braindead, after i got divine? well for your concerns im calling divines braindead too and NO. i did the same when i was legend/anshit too.

                                        call them low mmr or you've less mmr than number of matches played or whatever.

                                        thats a fucking fact. what should i use as data in a fucking gaming forum? fucking braindead weeb shit

                                        kowareta

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                                          yikes, before hitting post comment make sure you are in stable mode weeb shitoo

                                          free mmr wen

                                            pros can play any hero yet they will build their strats around their comfort heroes and the heroes best in the meta thats why uw ill see them playing a rather limited hero pool

                                            Vaikiss`742.

                                              every high lvl player can play on any hero at a pretty high lvl