Too few wards. How many wards a support should place in Dota 2
Too few wards means that playing position 4 or 5 you placed fewer than 1.5 observer wards per 10 minutes of the match.
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How to fix “too few wards”?
- 1Buy wards whenever they are in stock and do not keep them in your inventory.
- 2Ward where your team will be in a minute, not where it already stands.
- 3Change ward spots if they get dewarded: a predictable ward does not live long.
How common at each rank
share of matches with the mistake- Herald—
- Guardian21%
- Crusader14%
- Archon19%
- Legend23%
- Ancient38%
- Divine8%
- —Herald
- 21%Guardian
- 14%Crusader
- 19%Archon
- 23%Legend
- 38%Ancient
- 8%Divine
Most common on heroes
How the coach counts it
What is “too few wards” in Dota 2?
Playing support (position 4 or 5), you placed observer wards less often than one and a half per 10 minutes. Your team looked at a dark map for most of the game.
How does the coach find this mistake?
The coach counts your observer wards and divides by match length. For positions 4 and 5, fewer than 1.5 wards per 10 minutes is too few.
Why does “too few wards” cost games?
Vision is a support's main resource. Without wards your carry farms blind and your team learns about the enemy only when the fight has started.
Norm by rank: Observer wards per match
| Rank | Best 20% | Median | Worst 20% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Crusader | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Archon | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Legend | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Ancient | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Divine | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
All 10 players of every reviewed match; matches shorter than 10 minutes are excluded. Rank is the match's average rank.
How it differs from similar mistakes
- Wards dewarded fast
Few wards: you placed fewer than 1.5 observer wards per 10 minutes. Wards dewarded: you placed enough, but enemies removed half or more, so change the spots.