Can you help me become a better dota 2 player?

Spend 2k hours lol

How to to take leadership in dota:
Guys there can be one retard in team and thats me so pls concentrate.

Trust me im a legend.

If you are not playing premades all the time, its kinda RNG tbh

Play 100 games
Watch 100 dota pro players games
Read 100 guides and strategies at forums

Every single day.

Well, after spending 4.2k hours in it I still have a load of stuff to learn, if you just want to go for pubs, dont bother, just go with the flow, now if you really want to learn, watch pro games or pro streamings thats all I can say that may help, but spending time wont do the trick (even hard work wont do the trick IMO)

theres an old phrase pro ruskis say

drink votka play dotka glhf

Play, fail, then play and fail some more ... you'll get the rythm, how and when move and act, how to counter and shit.
Just watch other players when you have no idea how to do something, but the best experience is failing :c

Be creative. Think out of the box.

Stop playing Dota.

I have a student, now i dont teach anymore xD

Sorry, I can't even help myself :P

i can tell you to know how to counter every sigle hero and you will be a pro solo

I want to get better too, but with the new interface, I can't even find where to get a match anymore XD (I haven't played in a few months). Well, I found the place, but I don't know how to just get a normal random match with players on my level.
Also, I never understand what I'm supposed to do when others announce they're ganking something - does it mean they have it under control (skills high enough etc.?) and I should concentrate on something else or that they want everyone to come and join them? (I also haven't played much ^^)

Timing, zoning, hero,warding(good support which help you in lane that allow you to farm) and play style matters alot..... practically if you can get the right item to counter you will win the game and getting used to opponent movement, you will expect where they move and what they will cast immediately during the fight which will cause several differences towards the ending of the game(whether you win or lose).

u should watch what others pick (not just enemy, your team too, unless u r 4k mmr n lower where its a game 1vs9)
so nvm that, take a chill pill n start the game
go the way the team play, if they troll, u can just do it with them, no reason to try hard unless u think your team can come back
also u might consider playing heroes that can take care of themself n not relied on team too much
such as tiny, clock, timber, bb, tusk, doom, ursa, razor, clinkz, brood, meepo, slark, puck, ss, lina, om, bane, necro, qop, dp , lesh, ds, invoker, od, visage, etc
ps. its a game 1vs9
pss. i also have alternate id where im playing mostly (now) cz my friend want a 5k mmr account.

I learned a lot watching several Dota 2 channels at Twitch, you can follow many channels, especially to see tournaments, and you can also follow professionals players who make live broadcasts, you will learn techniques of farming, last hitting, and other stuff. Also follow Wagamama he loves share his secrets and is a nice guy. Hope this help you =)

watching pro gamers play on stream and yt videos ussualy helps a lot.

I've been playing Dota 2 since the closed beta.I spent a lot of time in this game,yet i'm still a 2k mmr player.
All my friends started a month before or after me.We were all bad except for one who used to teach us how to play this game properly because he played the original DOTA.All of them turned out to be really good in this game(4-5k MMR).......so how did they become better?

Well,First of all we didn't learn much from our friend that's why i'm against "coach" idea.They spent twice as much time as me in this game but that's not really the reason behind this.
Dota 2 is about trial and error.If you want to become good then the only possible way is to watch pro players on youtube/Twitch.You need to note down their tricks,movements,play style.techniques and start to ldo them in bot matches followed by live normal match.It'll take months at least in order to feel that you've accomplished something so patience is the key.I didn't have patience and that's why i'm way behind my friends.

Dota itself as a game is noob friendly.Sadly I can't say the same about the community but don't bother them.There're pretty neat ingame guides for leveling up and items so try as many as you can till you find the suitable strategy.Try to master farming and getting last hits.More importantly avoid picking super hard heroes as SF,Invoker,....etc till you watch enough gameplay and master them in bot matches.Also avoid spamming these easy heroes as sniper & rikki.You'll regret it later on when you find out that your best heroes are all soo easy which kinda ruin your profile and you might even change your account later on.The same thing goes for win/lose ration.

When you feel confident enough start playing ranked games in order to be matched with better players in normal games.Matches become longer and harder for sure but winning them will make you really satisfied plus you'll most likely gain some pro friends whom you can party with.

He's referring to rounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdh0TeGNsTw

Add me and I might give you some advices ;) 5k mmr and playing it for over a decade

Watch mini-map and learn to last hit(this is the main part of being good, when you have gold you can easily win), And buy tp scroll ^^ and wards. That's all you need, you will get better and understand the game in time.

think about every move u make.

i'm 5k mmr btw

How to get better in 3 steps:
1.Uninstal dota
2.???
3.Profit

Trust me

Find people who are willing to play seriously, but not too seriously. Funny companions who are like to do some thinking over the games they play together are the best way to practice in the beginning.
When by yourself, watch videos of pros playing and try to repeat some things they do, with time you will start doing some of those without even thinking about it.