Thanks for all the tips fellas!
I've been trying to raise my solo MMR up
Pick KOTL
This low in MMR, I noticed a lot of people run back to base and heal even when there is a KOTL or a individual with heals.
One thing I have learned from watching professionals play is mana boots, mek, greeves, urn, is a must. However, players constantly go back to base to grab their items and heal (sometimes they are full health and just go to heal mana). Even when I say politely on the mic that I have a heal (mana boots or health), the individual chooses to run back to base or be really inefficient with their time.
I've been trying to raise my solo MMR up.... (I am currently at 2.8k)
Does anyone have some tips? I have about 1500 hours in the game. I was around 3.2k-3.5k for a long time, had a time period where I took a break and when I came back I didn't care too much about MMR so I random and played whatever I like, including support (I've learned that carries can't really carry at this low of an MMR).
I also learned ember in Ranked (I know, I'm stupid) and lost 10 continuous games in a row, one after another. Looking at Dotabuff, I typically have the highest GPM each game and farm exceptionally well (avg >=50 creeps per minute for majority of early game). Ever since I started trying to raise my MMR, I tend to play mid-lane with Lina, Shadow Fiend, and dominate my lane but doesn't always work out (feeders, carries who cant carry, supports who try to build carry). I can also play safelane carry (Gyrocopter, PA, Jugg) but have noticed that if I'm not in the mid lane, a lot of the times the other mid will snowball and completely win their team the game.
Seem stuck in the trench here (2.8k-3k). When I was around the 3.2k-3.5k range, everyone seemed to care about MMR, supports would do their job, and team was just more coordinated in general, didn't feed or throw tantrums, fight for mid, and cared about the game. People would draft well instead of randoming or picking a jungler and greedy lineups (4-5 carries). Beginning to get annoyed with the game...
if you're playing with uncooperative teammates, I tend to pick heroes who split push well, and continuously force rotations as to avoid fights and allow teammates to farm. For some reason in low mmr trench people are obsessed with fighting even if they have lost the last 3 fights, are one man down, and have 0 items. You really have to drill it into their skulls that pushing wins the game, not jungling until 45min and getting ganked by the anti-mage who's had free farm because you never pressured lanes and then complaining about your ****ty supports.
I've been trying to raise my solo MMR up
Pick KOTL
I really need to watch/learn how to play him, tips?
I know I'm not trenzafeeds, but the way I've seen him play successfully is to NOT go illuminate (if you do go illuminate just use it enough so that your carries can get creep kills or help secure kills for your carry). More often that not, pub KOTL's usually steal all the farm in the lane and as a result of blasting all the creeps, usually push out the lane.
So as a result, mana leak + chakra (maybe 1 to illuminate).
For items, I've seen tranquils or mana boots, mek, and guardian greaves. Urn is good too!