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[Meril]

Hi,
i watched some live streams of great players and many of them seem to last hit with A + left click (you see a little cross a split second before the last hit, sometimes i see a white instead of a red sword -> don't know how that can happen). The reason i saw mentioned for this is that if you miss click you just attack your closest target instead of walking to the miss clicked point. However is that really the only reason, cause having to press an extra key seems like a huge extra effort (and e.g. i would have to change my whole last hit behavior). Maybe its kind of psychology that the subconscious might differentiate between last hitting (A-click) and just moving around (rightclick)?

[CHARLATON]

A + left click is more responsive for some reason...or at least it seems to be.

[SoupSoupMahGaa]

CHARLATON, on 20 December 2011 - 10:53 PM, said:

A + left click is more responsive for some reason...or at least it seems to be.

And for whatever reason, it makes me last hit better, probably because it feels good.

[ReversedAura]

Well, taken from Starcraft, you sort of get yourself warmed up for games by apm spamming. In a way, using a-click gives your left hand something to do, as in higher ELO games you tend to passively farm instead of exchanging skills at each other (unless you're Udyr or Ez who tend to use abilities constantly just for farming). But like, if you're playing Tryn, you really don't use your abilities very often. So to keep your hand warmed up, you use a-click.

Have you ever had one of those days where it's really cold in your house for some reason, and your fingers feel stiff? Giving them some motion to perform helps keep the blood flowing.

[Toastbrot]

ReversedAura, on 21 December 2011 - 12:21 AM, said:

Well, taken from Starcraft, you sort of get yourself warmed up for games by apm spamming. In a way, using a-click gives your left hand something to do, as in higher ELO games you tend to passively farm instead of exchanging skills at each other (unless you're Udyr or Ez who tend to use abilities constantly just for farming). But like, if you're playing Tryn, you really don't use your abilities very often. So to keep your hand warmed up, you use a-click.

Have you ever had one of those days where it's really cold in your house for some reason, and your fingers feel stiff? Giving them some motion to perform helps keep the blood flowing.

And some people still think this isn´t a competitive game.

[Sm0t_p0ker]

I started doing that in LoL when I got used to denying in HoN, just as a reflex, so maybe it's just a reflex left over from the Dota days? idk.

[ReversedAura]

Toastbrot, on 21 December 2011 - 01:59 AM, said:

And some people still think this isn´t a competitive game.

That and it just feels better to play with non-stiff joints. Cold fingers aren't really exciting or anything.

[MagnaKay]

ReversedAura, on 21 December 2011 - 12:46 PM, said:

That and it just feels better to play with non-stiff joints. Cold fingers aren't really exciting or anything.

I'm pretty sure that if you search hard enough in the dephts of the internet, you'll find someone who finds cold fingers exciting.

Spoiler

No wait, actually you're probably going to find a few forums, a fanfic hub, a social network, a few dozen blogs and some obscure japanese art exhibition all dedicated to cold fingers.

[Storm2344]

Cause deny in dota was A+LeftClick.

[Abominacion]

MagnaKay, on 21 December 2011 - 03:01 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure that if you search hard enough in the dephts of the internet, you'll find someone who finds cold fingers exciting.

Spoiler

No wait, actually you're probably going to find a few forums, a fanfic hub, a social network, a few dozen blogs and some obscure japanese art exhibition all dedicated to cold fingers.

lol'd.

[Daeron]

It makes things easier. If you want to lasthit, you can just attack move and the closest enemy to the cursor will be automatically targeted. This is useful if the minions are clumped together/you are lazy/simply bad at precise movements as you don't have to literally move your mouse on top of the target every time (which should reduce the amount of missclicks).

If different types of enemies are within range, they will be prioritized like this: champions/wards/minions (I assume monsters, towers and the different types of minions have their own ranks as well, but can't remember exactly). You can utilize this during lane ganks to only target champions when there are tons of minions around.

Another use is when you are running around with oracles, you will automatically attack any detected wards and only move forward when it's cleaned. Or not so long ago you could put a ward 'in' baron and the only way to clean it was to use attack move to attack the nearest unit as you couldn't directly target it.

Lastly, attack move will always keep you at max range, meaning even if you missclick your target you won't accidentally run into the enemy team and get raped as the carry. If you are kiting you can also switch between normal and and attack move (which makes you turn back and autottack if targets are around) without madly moving your mouse back and forth.

Personally I don't like A+Leftclick in LoL though, you can simply use Shift+Rightclick which is much more comfortable in my opinion.

Spoiler

I demand renaming it to SmartMove, by the way.

Edited by Daeron, 26 December 2011 - 03:11 AM.

[Gwynbradd]

Because that way you can press more buttons while doing pretty much the same!

[MagicalBaker]

Gwynbradd, on 27 December 2011 - 11:31 PM, said:

Because that way you can press more buttons while doing pretty much the same!

From the ingenious inventors of bottled water!

[MagnaKay]

Gwynbradd, on 27 December 2011 - 11:31 PM, said:

Because that way you can press more buttons while doing pretty much the same!

Except that way, people watching your stream know you're a pro!

[Kingoffools]

I do it because it just feels more fluent to me,mb because im also a former dota player
and since i started playing dota2 occasionally after getting my key i sometimes try to deny my minions after playing dota for 2-3 hours lol