Creep blocking is an essential skill to
learn to gain an advantage over the
opponent from the very start of the game.
In this video I'll show you what creep
blocking is why it's important and also
show you how to do it. I creep block in
every single game and it really helps to
relieve some pressure in the lane so
follow along and soon you'll be able to
do it too. Now if you find this video
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Alright no more video blocking let's get
started. Alright now creep blocking is
basically the practice of slowing down
the creeps by blocking them with your
hero. The main reason for doing this is
so that you shift the point where
your creeps meet the enemy creeps
towards your tower. This relieves some
pressure off you making last-hitting
easier, reducing the chance that you'll
take harass or be ganked and also gives
you more opportunity to gank your
enemies. No doubt your enemies will also
be trying to creep block the creeps to
bring them closer to their tower making
it harder for you and also making you
vulnerable so it's very important that
you creep block to keep the creeps near
your tower. Be careful not to overdo it
though because creep blocking too much
causes the enemy creeps to be under your
tower pushing out the lane and making it
harder for you to last hit. Each lane is
slightly different and also varies
between dire and ancient so I'll show
you how to do it in various lanes so
that you can replicate it in your own
games. Alright now the trick to
blocking is to constantly move in a
zigzag while pressing stop repeatedly so
the creeps hit you and try to run
around. The creeps will often spread out
at this point so you will need to zigzag
to stop them from going past you. When
the creeps spread out you might also
need to run forward a little bit so that
when the creeps come back together it's
easier to stop blocking them again. There
are also two methods of camera control
when you creep block. The first method is
to move your camera with your mouse by
either dragging it or edge panning I
mainly do it this way but it's probably
a little bit harder and causes you to
make more errors as you need to move the
mouse more. The second, easier way, is to
lock your camera to your hero while you
move so all you need to concentrate on
is moving and stopping. To lock your
camera double press your select hero
button and then hold it down after the
second press. Now when you move the
camera should follow your hero without
you moving it. A good way to practice creep
blocking is to open up a custom lobby,
choose the team you want to be on and
enable cheats. The cheats will allow you
to teleport around the map at free will
and also spawn creeps to every lane
whenever you want. Now I've put a link to
a list of cheats in the description so
make sure you check them out. Alright so
once you're in game select your hero and
then just start practicing your creep
blocks to whichever lanes you like. I also
suggest trying out different heroes as
each hero has a different movement speed,
different turn rate and different sized
player models which all affect how
difficult it might be to creep block. Alright
in the mid lane on radiant side you want
to start just next to your tower and
then start moving forwards once the
creeps spawn. One creep will usually
split away from the pack and you can
either try to block whichever creep is
in front and then move across to the
other creeps but usually I find that
it's easier just to run in front of the
creeps near the tier 2 tower and start
the block from there. Once you get better
at it you can start the block earlier.
For the radiant safe lane I'll usually
start the block around where you would
get your easy pull. Blocking earlier may
cause you to miss one of the creeps and
then potentially miss a last hit. Also
it's really easy to over block the
creeps here especially if the offlaner
doesn't block at all so it's best to
just start just before your tier 1 tower.
Now when you're the offlaner on the radiant side you're usually contesting the
enemy's rune or just picking up your own.
So from here I'll try to block the
creeps from around the tier 1 or tier 2
towers. Earlier is better here though
because this is the hardest lane and you
want the creeps to be as close to your
tower as possible. For dire mid start in
the middle of the bottom of the stairs
to your high ground the creeps will
spawn in front of the tower and you want
to start moving forward as soon as they
spawn. From here the block is pretty
straightforward; you just want to zigzag
back and forth and press the stop button
to block the creeps. Now on the dire safe
lane I find that blocking this lane
earlier than the radiant safe lane is
usually okay because people block the
radiant off lane slightly more than the
dire offlane. Here, after getting the
rune, I'll run up past the easy camp and
then towards the tier 2 Tower to then
start my block as normal. Now for some
reason I find the dire offlane harder
to block than the other lanes because
just after the tier 1 tower
the creeps start to do this weird zigzag
which often catches me off guard
now I'll usually start this creep block
around the tier 1 tower but if you can
do it earlier that's better. For me
though I just seem to screw this one up
all the time so if you can do this one
that's really good. Now as a bonus tip
you can also use abilities to block
creeps and stop them from moving forward
and this works especially well in the
offlane. Now I find the best hero for
this is Earthshaker
as you can just block them in with a
fissure but you can also use clockwork
cogs but it's a little bit harder to
pull off and the creeps need to be
closer together so you can catch them in
your cogs. Congratulations guys you're
now professional creep blockers. Alright
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comment below on your favorite lane.
Mine's probably mid lane but I also play
the safe lane quite a lot because I like
to play the carry role. Thanks everyone
I'm Blake Unlively and happy gaming!
