Of course I graduated :) been waiting for this video a long time now! Appreciate how many man hours went into this, might just be your Magnum Opus. Your depth of understanding with Wisp is on full display here. The clockwise vs. counter-clockwise spirit hits and Tether to recover a missed pull were 2k MMR delta tips alone. Beautifully executed video
Nice vid! I updated my Io build for League Of Legends players with some of the info from this video. I'm happy to see that the item and ability builds were very similar, i hadn't added glimmer cape before or seen the power of locket early. My favorite IO pairing is alchemist, since he's already hard to kill but now it's insane. Also, low base attack time pairs well with bonus attack speed.
Ayy, awesome to see you here! :D Thanks for the nice words! And yeah I used to do Alch + Io with a friend way back in the day and it used to be really fun.
Your idea for the innate for IO is great! I would add/describe it: IO can tether to any watcher, instantly, neutralizing or capturing it. Doing so will apply a 5 second True Sight and/or (?) Flying Sight to the watchers radius.
At first i thought something like this, but ill have ti disappoint you and tell you that he meant that the tether to be already present in lvl 1 like mischief on mk or alch greed
I graduated! Went from an abysmal 31% win rate last year, and now I'm at 44% winrate with IO on divine SEA pubs ever since watching your videos and streams. The guide is simple, easy to digest, and even the more experienced IO players will still learn a thing or two from your videos!
God, it was absolutely amazing, a lot of things to learn of and think, this freshes our way to build up our game and improves the way we play it. As indeed, another HUGE MARVEL, from you. Thanks a lot for giving us this little space of learning and improvement. Love this channel dude.
Thank you soooo much for releasing this. There wasnt any good IO guide on youtube that I could find and you just made my life 10x easier. Getting this from someone that has your level of mastery on this hero for free is insane. Love you
I certainly graduated. Great video! I wanted to play IO for a long time but had very little knowledge on how to play the hero properly so I only used it while stacking with friends in very few occasions. Now I feel a lot more confident to try the hero out and add it to my roster. This is the first video I see of yours and I certainly want to stick around.
I gratuated, thanks for putting in the effort to make this guide, I have two friends that really love IO and in conversation with them I learned a lot of what was talked in this video, it's very insightful.
I gratuated 👌 A really great guide! I usually have a hard time watching anything from start to finish without skipping 😅but i was locked in for the whole video 👍👍 Edit : forgot to add, Liked & Subscribed!
Been waiting for this and was so excited to see it in my sub box! I have a 56% win rate over 36 games on him - I haven't finished the video yet, but I'm gonna try and increase that after watching the rest! Excited to see what I was doing wrong in all my games lol
I haven't played for a year now, and I am not even an Io main, but I still graduated lol. Great guide! Detailed and with supporting visuals as well. This makes me want to play Io instead of spamming CM, Earth Spirit and Oracle mindlessly.
IO can follow Barathrun if the link is made after Bara runned through. At almost limit distance link to Bara, and you will be projected until bara stops.
i graduated :3 already a long time io player but i love seeing more information on my favorite heroes even if i already know most of it! definitely gonna spam io again for a little bit lol
I graduated! Also my starting items are almost always wand, tangos 2 observer and 1 sentry 1 observer for mid and possibly a sentry depending on the lane I play
Amazing video! 8:54 I feel like there is a little bit of confusion. I know that you know the correct mechanic as an IO player but you don't really mention it. The 275 Heal comes, because the AoE heal is applied to Gyro The 330 ist IO healing himself and transferring it via tether. Why do I mention this? IO can't be under negative buffs that reduce health amplification. It can turn out that Meka heals more by itself than via tether if you are focused with Skadi and vessel.
They're a lot of work, at least when done they way I did this one. I'm considering making similar guides for other heroes though. Any heroes specifically you'd want to see a full guide for?
Couple thousand IO games here - quick aggressive relocate tip. Don’t get into the habit of tethering right before you teleport into ganks. If possible, make sure your tether is off cooldown, so you can combo the aggressive teleport with a potential save on the port-back to the original cast. To rephrase, make sure you cast tether BEFORE casting relocate when using for ganks, your tether will be off cooldown right before your timer expires on the port back. Has resulted in a ton of extra saves for me, and a cherry on top of successful ganks to keep snowballing a winning game. This is of course the opposite for defensive relocates, usually want to hide and wait to tether as long as your allies health can afford it so you dont get stunned during channel.
My favorite pair for Io is Legion Commander Whenever you see an isolated hero, you can TP and farm a cheap damage. With LC I usually rush Solar, so the duel farming is more reliable
I graduated :) I played this bad boy back in 2014/15 idk even when it came out. I got the arcana way back while I was still playing dota at net cafe for 15 hours a day with my friends. After all these years I was thinking of starting to grind Io back, and this video comes out. Yep. I'm spamming the shit out of it now.
Very cool! My tip is to wait some time before tethering when you relocate if you possible. You can sometimes tether at the very last moment and make it appear like the tether target just disappeared and the enemies will have a more difficult time finding you compared to obviously tethering in and then winding up the relocate. Also Kritzkrieg and Medigun are TF2 references- #fixTF2. Great guide.
I graduated :) I haven't played in a long time, so it's been sad to see Overcharge isn't a Toggle anymore! I've always been scared off playing Io more because of team communication, I'm just a filthy pub casual, but I'm gonna just bite the bullet and see if I can make it work! Thanks for the tips :)
Just one more thing for the saving part of relocate of io If you have snapfire with aghanim in your team, snapfire can %100 save you from returning to the original point. Let's say u just used relocate in your base to save your teammate, then you as an io player immediately should go to the snapfire, and snapfire should use his "gobble up" spell on you when relocate comes to 2 seconds !
Nice video. Only you forgot to mention about relocate that i hate sometimes is that intiating relocate will stop any movement or action you are doing. Sometimes i am following tethered unit and click elsewhere to relocate. If unit is not paying attention they can break link for that split second
i have more than 1500 game with this hero, the best thing with this hero is he's rarely get patched. but when they do, they just nerf him. best hero to play with friend! remember when no speed limit restriction ? io +spirit breaker combo.
@@QwerQwer-yo7hdbut tether has damage.. Even purge discuss the importance of helm of domni for io. U can get neut even accient.. Tips: get the wind bird and get enemy behind using its skill.. Auto kill...
Great content. Like you i am a io lover, like 500 games with it. Very dependeble of the carry u play with. Any advice how u adjust to the different playstyles?
i graduate:) And some ideas from my 4k turbo There is some interesting stuff for lining/early games, Like Blight Stone Raindrops And Ring of Basilius Also You can sometimes buy some offensive items in early/mid game Like Fast Desolator(for very easy games) Rod of Atos Diffusal Blade Nullifiere (after buying 1 or 2 support items) And Personally my favourite (my friend immortal always want me to buy it) Eul's Sceptre Very strong item Aditional 2.25 second of living and healing Counter of some heroes (like Axe or Slardar) Mana regeneration And opportunity cancel enemy TP Thx for amazing and interesting video
I have been experimenting with using Dagon on IO because of the 75% spell lifesteal with its blast. Since Dagon instantly kills creeps it means you can get some insane burst healing comperable to mecha. What are your thoughts on when Dagon would be useful to build, like what team comp is it good with or after which core items would you then build Dagon? Like I’m thinking you might use it for a bit of extra damage to confirm a kill or when you relocate to a safe spot in the fight you can Dagon a creep for some burst healing since you will probably use mecha to keep them alive before relocating
After many try I still think medigun might be the better facet for low mmr pub I remember the time when overcharge gave damage reduction and it feels better to make survival a priority when u build mek + locket the jump in overcharge heal make even more sense
Of course I graduated :) been waiting for this video a long time now!
Appreciate how many man hours went into this, might just be your Magnum Opus. Your depth of understanding with Wisp is on full display here. The clockwise vs. counter-clockwise spirit hits and Tether to recover a missed pull were 2k MMR delta tips alone. Beautifully executed video
Thank you! Always appreciate your support! :]
Tether to recover a missed pull? what min?
Been dota1&2 for 20yrs, I've never knew how to play IO. Kudos to the fantastic and well-prepared guide! Love it awesome!
wins?
Nice vid! I updated my Io build for League Of Legends players with some of the info from this video. I'm happy to see that the item and ability builds were very similar, i hadn't added glimmer cape before or seen the power of locket early.
My favorite IO pairing is alchemist, since he's already hard to kill but now it's insane. Also, low base attack time pairs well with bonus attack speed.
the potato is here :o
@@jakeff-fm1gd Yes!
Ayy, awesome to see you here! :D Thanks for the nice words!
And yeah I used to do Alch + Io with a friend way back in the day and it used to be really fun.
Your idea for the innate for IO is great!
I would add/describe it: IO can tether to any watcher, instantly, neutralizing or capturing it. Doing so will apply a 5 second True Sight and/or (?) Flying Sight to the watchers radius.
At first i thought something like this, but ill have ti disappoint you and tell you that he meant that the tether to be already present in lvl 1 like mischief on mk or alch greed
I graduated! Went from an abysmal 31% win rate last year, and now I'm at 44% winrate with IO on divine SEA pubs ever since watching your videos and streams. The guide is simple, easy to digest, and even the more experienced IO players will still learn a thing or two from your videos!
God, it was absolutely amazing, a lot of things to learn of and think, this freshes our way to build up our game and improves the way we play it. As indeed, another HUGE MARVEL, from you. Thanks a lot for giving us this little space of learning and improvement.
Love this channel dude.
Massive respect to my guy. Was waiting for this
Thank you for waiting haha it took soo long.
@@zzadrianzz thank you for the content man.
0:15 Ah, Bulba and Storm. A match made in heaven.
Thank you soooo much for releasing this. There wasnt any good IO guide on youtube that I could find and you just made my life 10x easier. Getting this from someone that has your level of mastery on this hero for free is insane. Love you
I certainly graduated. Great video! I wanted to play IO for a long time but had very little knowledge on how to play the hero properly so I only used it while stacking with friends in very few occasions. Now I feel a lot more confident to try the hero out and add it to my roster. This is the first video I see of yours and I certainly want to stick around.
thanks a bunch! very appreciated 😄
I gratuated, thanks for putting in the effort to make this guide, I have two friends that really love IO and in conversation with them I learned a lot of what was talked in this video, it's very insightful.
Fantastic guide. Very detailed and thorough. Well done!
As a grandmaster IO with alooooot of games, even i learned a thing or two! Nice job buddy!
Still cant believe they f***** us with that facet. Just lazy from valve. They made io worse
what a nice guide a rare amount of quaility and wisdom... just thank you for being awsome adrian
Thank YOU. I appreciate it :>
incredible guide, I might just try IO now
I gratuated 👌
A really great guide! I usually have a hard time watching anything from start to finish without skipping 😅but i was locked in for the whole video 👍👍
Edit : forgot to add, Liked & Subscribed!
Woooo i'm graduated :)!!! Awesome work! Thanks you for taking the time for do this absolute masterclass
I graduated!! Thanks for this, i really love playing IO and this video improved my perception of playing the Wisp.
Been waiting for this and was so excited to see it in my sub box! I have a 56% win rate over 36 games on him - I haven't finished the video yet, but I'm gonna try and increase that after watching the rest! Excited to see what I was doing wrong in all my games lol
Ayy, thanks! appreciate your support, hopefully I can catch you playing Io on your stream 👀
I haven't played for a year now, and I am not even an Io main, but I still graduated lol. Great guide! Detailed and with supporting visuals as well. This makes me want to play Io instead of spamming CM, Earth Spirit and Oracle mindlessly.
Just watched this video and play Io as support for first time, 2/4/19 in turbo . Thank you!
I graduated :)
Thank you for taking the time to teach us. Looks like I have to start practicing Io!
Such a beautiful video with all the nuance on a hero, kudos
Worth the wait! thanks a lot, please more in depth support videos.
I graduated :)
Graduated!!! I love baiting heros and using last min healing mek combo especially against necro ulti or axe cull in the early game.
I graduated :) An excellent tutorial from an obviously experienced player. Thank you!
thank youuu! ❤
IO can follow Barathrun if the link is made after Bara runned through. At almost limit distance link to Bara, and you will be projected until bara stops.
Awesome awesome awesome. This must have been so much work, thanks so much
It was a biiiig project for sure. Over 10k word script that went through many iterations. Thanks for watching and supporting! ❤
annnd i graduated! Great video, made io feel more accessible, thanks for the knowledge
I graduated :) after more then 1200 io games i'm glad i didn't learned too much with this video, great content anyways
i graduated :3
already a long time io player but i love seeing more information on my favorite heroes even if i already know most of it! definitely gonna spam io again for a little bit lol
maybe this is the 5th time im watching it since its uploaded very happy to see this and wp bro
I graduated!
Also my starting items are almost always wand, tangos 2 observer and 1 sentry 1 observer for mid and possibly a sentry depending on the lane I play
Thanks! New subscriber here. I graduated IO. More of this ULTIMATE guides please. 😁
Amazing video!
8:54 I feel like there is a little bit of confusion. I know that you know the correct mechanic as an IO player but you don't really mention it.
The 275 Heal comes, because the AoE heal is applied to Gyro
The 330 ist IO healing himself and transferring it via tether.
Why do I mention this? IO can't be under negative buffs that reduce health amplification. It can turn out that Meka heals more by itself than via tether if you are focused with Skadi and vessel.
I really appreciate it, helped me a lot
I just wish you make more full hero guides
Thanks
They're a lot of work, at least when done they way I did this one. I'm considering making similar guides for other heroes though. Any heroes specifically you'd want to see a full guide for?
Couple thousand IO games here - quick aggressive relocate tip. Don’t get into the habit of tethering right before you teleport into ganks. If possible, make sure your tether is off cooldown, so you can combo the aggressive teleport with a potential save on the port-back to the original cast. To rephrase, make sure you cast tether BEFORE casting relocate when using for ganks, your tether will be off cooldown right before your timer expires on the port back. Has resulted in a ton of extra saves for me, and a cherry on top of successful ganks to keep snowballing a winning game.
This is of course the opposite for defensive relocates, usually want to hide and wait to tether as long as your allies health can afford it so you dont get stunned during channel.
I graduated :) thanks for an awesome and informative video! - a new subscriber
I graduated. Amazing video, good job!
My favorite pair for Io is Legion Commander
Whenever you see an isolated hero, you can TP and farm a cheap damage. With LC I usually rush Solar, so the duel farming is more reliable
Yeeah that's a fun and good combo for sure.
I graduated :)
I played this bad boy back in 2014/15 idk even when it came out. I got the arcana way back while I was still playing dota at net cafe for 15 hours a day with my friends. After all these years I was thinking of starting to grind Io back, and this video comes out. Yep. I'm spamming the shit out of it now.
Pro Tip: bind scroll wheel up and scroll wheel down to spirits in/out. Makes it much more fluid as it leaves your left hand for other items and spells
OMG I love it so mutch. He is my favorite hero of all time
Beautiful pfp!
😂
Very cool! My tip is to wait some time before tethering when you relocate if you possible. You can sometimes tether at the very last moment and make it appear like the tether target just disappeared and the enemies will have a more difficult time finding you compared to obviously tethering in and then winding up the relocate. Also Kritzkrieg and Medigun are TF2 references- #fixTF2. Great guide.
Thank you!
Az a carry player that probably never play io,thank u for ur dedication
I graduated :) I haven't played in a long time, so it's been sad to see Overcharge isn't a Toggle anymore!
I've always been scared off playing Io more because of team communication, I'm just a filthy pub casual, but I'm gonna just bite the bullet and see if I can make it work! Thanks for the tips :)
I graduated :) cant wait to try it out. thanks
"I Graduated :)" 😀
Io and oracle are the true essence of a pos5 for me atleast. So underated heroes.
Just one more thing for the saving part of relocate of io
If you have snapfire with aghanim in your team, snapfire can %100 save you from returning to the original point. Let's say u just used relocate in your base to save your teammate, then you as an io player immediately should go to the snapfire, and snapfire should use his "gobble up" spell on you when relocate comes to 2 seconds !
I Graduated! it aint called ultimate guide for nothing. Noice content!
I didn’t even know about that double spirit dmg from agh’s, that’s super neat
I graduated :D
Thx for the guide
I just started maining io
And i appreciated the explanation and tips
this guide really helped me going on io (never downloaded dota)
Been waiting for this! (I graduated!)
The overcharge heal talent is barley noticeable but should always be picked up if your new to io because you’ll probably forget to use relocate
Huge work done! Respect!
I graduated :)
Exelent Movie,i really enjoy it,lets see if i can make it better with io
I watched 15 minutes then queued up my first ever IO game and won. Blessed?
doesnt matter if creative or cringe, I followed your advice to sub and like
i feel like the best hero to pair with io would be tiny because you can play volleyball with your enemy by using io as your ball
Nope. Hed be dead already if you do that
Nice video. Only you forgot to mention about relocate that i hate sometimes is that intiating relocate will stop any movement or action you are doing. Sometimes i am following tethered unit and click elsewhere to relocate. If unit is not paying attention they can break link for that split second
Nice guide ❤
i have more than 1500 game with this hero, the best thing with this hero is he's rarely get patched. but when they do, they just nerf him. best hero to play with friend!
remember when no speed limit restriction ? io +spirit breaker combo.
I graduated from io school:)
Please do another in depth hero guides for supports and carries ❤
I graduated :) Thanks for the videos.
ofc this come out the day after I spent all day doing the math for my IO item build
I graduated but was sad not to see any talk of core io with helm dom :)
people who play io core nowadays build aghs atos without helm dom
@@QwerQwer-yo7hdbut tether has damage.. Even purge discuss the importance of helm of domni for io. U can get neut even accient..
Tips: get the wind bird and get enemy behind using its skill.. Auto kill...
I graduated :) great video
tks for all tips
I save it for this weekend! 52 mins:)
Great content. Like you i am a io lover, like 500 games with it. Very dependeble of the carry u play with. Any advice how u adjust to the different playstyles?
honestly, i thought people only play IO when theyre eating and playing with one hand at the same time
YAY IO GUIDE HATH BEEN GIFTED
Nice name haha
Nice video thx❤
i graduated :)
I graduated :) This was really helpfull!
No way! I legit Relowed to the subscribe button. GGWP! 😂
ayy, lezgooo 😄
it's finally here!
i graduated! hope my io wr will be increased with this one)
I graduated. Subscribed.
i graduate:)
And some ideas from my 4k turbo
There is some interesting stuff for lining/early games, Like
Blight Stone
Raindrops
And Ring of Basilius
Also
You can sometimes buy some offensive items in early/mid game
Like
Fast Desolator(for very easy games)
Rod of Atos
Diffusal Blade
Nullifiere (after buying 1 or 2 support items)
And Personally my favourite (my friend immortal always want me to buy it)
Eul's Sceptre
Very strong item
Aditional 2.25 second of living and healing
Counter of some heroes (like Axe or Slardar)
Mana regeneration
And opportunity cancel enemy TP
Thx for amazing and interesting video
I graduated :) was very helpful ♥
lu memang power bro.
Great video, Earth spirit next please
I graduated :)
great video bro
man if i gave a shit and looked at my studies like i watch dota guides i would be something right now
well done thnonks
I graduated :)
Thanks for your work
Can't wait to watch
Finally Io gods Io build
I really like medusa with IO
SHe happy when i increase her attack and movement speed and mana regen is really good with her innate
I graduated :)
Amazing guide!
Graduated :) Epic Guide
Thank you! I graduated.
I was like, damn he will cover Io in 5 minutes and 20 second?! Then i saw it was 52 minutes 😅
I have been experimenting with using Dagon on IO because of the 75% spell lifesteal with its blast. Since Dagon instantly kills creeps it means you can get some insane burst healing comperable to mecha. What are your thoughts on when Dagon would be useful to build, like what team comp is it good with or after which core items would you then build Dagon?
Like I’m thinking you might use it for a bit of extra damage to confirm a kill or when you relocate to a safe spot in the fight you can Dagon a creep for some burst healing since you will probably use mecha to keep them alive before relocating
I graduated :) amazing
I graduated ;DDD 6.5k io main was here
Hopefully you approve as a fellow Io main :3
I graduated...but I barely made it through the finals...I cheated...I'm sorry mom
After many try I still think medigun might be the better facet for low mmr pub I remember the time when overcharge gave damage reduction and it feels better to make survival a priority when u build mek + locket the jump in overcharge heal make even more sense