Slow farm. How to farm faster in Dota 2: why your GPM is low
Slow farm means your income in a five-minute stretch spent mostly farming fell below about 60% of your best stretch in the same match.
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How to fix “slow farm”?
- 1Plan a route: the lane wave, then the nearest camp, then the next wave, with no empty walks.
- 2Stack camps at xx:53 in advance so you can clear them in one go later.
- 3Never idle: while waiting for a wave or your team, clear the nearest camp.
How common at each rank
share of matches with the mistake- Herald—
- Guardian19%
- Crusader8%
- Archon23%
- Legend12%
- Ancient14%
- Divine6%
- —Herald
- 19%Guardian
- 8%Crusader
- 23%Archon
- 12%Legend
- 14%Ancient
- 6%Divine
Most common on heroes
How the coach counts it
What is “slow farm” in Dota 2?
In a stretch of the game you were alive, free and not rushing anywhere, yet gold came in slowly: creeps were left unkilled, camps sat empty and you walked between them.
How does the coach find this mistake?
The coach splits the game into 5-minute windows and takes the ones where you mostly farmed. Income in each window is compared with your best window in the same match: below about 60% of it is slow. The threshold is checked against Immortal players. Windows where you were dead or fighting do not count.
Why does “slow farm” cost games?
For carries and mids slow farm pushes every timing back; for supports it delays wards and saves. Being 1000 gold behind at minute 20 almost always shows in the fight.
Norm by rank: GPM (gold per minute)
| Rank | Best 20% | Median | Worst 20% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian | 578 | 437 | 326 |
| Crusader | 615 | 457 | 328 |
| Archon | 622 | 461 | 333 |
| Legend | 623 | 472 | 342 |
| Ancient | 650 | 483 | 354 |
| Divine | 670 | 503 | 363 |
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
- Idle at base
Slow farm: you were farming, but income fell below about 60 % of your best stretch. Idle time: you spent a quarter of the stretch in base and bought nothing.