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Hello again. During this 

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video, we'll be looking at and exploring
 the strategies and team cohesion

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that an athlete may use
 when competing in MOBAs.

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However, before we discuss that,
 some of you may be asking What is a MOBA?

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MOBA stands for multiplayer
 online battle arena.

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Primarily, players
 fight in two teams versus one another

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in an arena usually comprised of lanes.

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The aim is to work as a team to fight

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through the lanes
 and destroy the opposing team structure.

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Some of the most notable members. 

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League of Legends
 Dota 2 Heroes of Storm Smite

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Paladins MOBAs have typically been

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the most popular genre of game
 within the e-sports community,

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bringing in millions of prize pool money,
 but interestingly, fans

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can increase while playing the game
 just by buying in-game items.

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Now that we have an understanding
 of what MOBAs are and how they are

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played, we can begin to break down
 some strategies.

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As mentioned, MOBAs
 usually consist of lanes within the map.

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Some roles or classes
 perform better in those certain lanes.

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Our game of focus
 will be League of Legends,

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as it's currently
 the most popular within the genre. 

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There are so many playable characters
 in league too many to talk about.

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However, they all
 fit into particular roles.

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Let's get an understanding
 of those roles. Ranged.

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These are straightforward,
 for the most part. 

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They hit hard and from a distance,
 but usually have a low amount of health.

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If you've played a ranged class 

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in any other game
 before they follow the same theme.

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Melee, another simple class
 that follows the stereotypes

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hits hard usually in bursts
 more health than ranged less than tanks.

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But it needs to be up close and personal,
 putting the player at more risk. Tanks.

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a lot of health,
 a lot of armor, steady but low damage.

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Typically, these are melee
 classes as well, since they need to absorb

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the brunt of the enemy's attacks. Support.

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These are the toughest class to play. 

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Most of these characters have abilities
 that will aid their team,

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but this often leaves them
 with low attack, health or sometimes both.

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A good support player
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But unless you are playing on a team 

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of people, you know they can be nearly
 impossible to play well.

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Noqw, a side role
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can contribute towards is the jungler.

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These characters
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but instead will run through the map,
 killing some of the randomly generated

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jungle creeps that award
 the team gold or experience.

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These players will also gank champions
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or try to escape after a fight. 

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OK, so now we understand the roles. 

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Let's discuss the phases of the game. 

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The opening phase, the opening
 phase begins when the match starts

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and ends when the creeps or minions
 reach the middle of each lane.

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The phase consists of two
 main tasks buying

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your opening items
 and performing role allocation.

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Optionally, there may be pick offs,
 which are level one team fights or jungle

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invasions creeping behind the enemy team
 to catch them off guard early.

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However, this only typically happens
 in higher ranked games.

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The laning phase the laning phase starts
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the middle of each lane. 

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It consists of mostly staying in the lane,

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trying to collect the maximum number
 of resources as possible.

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These resources, come mainly from
 executing last hits on an enemy minion

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that come into your lane. 

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This is generally known as farming. 

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The mid-game this is where
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and it's also where players
 start to implement their strategy.

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There are three main strategies within
 MOBAS that are used to secure victory.

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These are the team fight strategy
 consist of focussing the game

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and getting strategic advantage
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in a series of group fights. 

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The team implementing
 this strategy usually have a team

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hero setup similar
 to that of a football formation.

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Players place heroes with strong traits
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to gain an advantage like high armor, high
 health hero at the front

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with a low health but very high damage
 ranged hero slightly behind.

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The idea is that the tank takes
 the brunt of the damage,

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allowing the ranged fighter to send
 waves of spells to defeat the enemy team .

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The pickoff strategy

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this is the action
 of selecting a vulnerable or weak hero

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and trying to kill it. 

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Normally, this strategy focused on

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defeating the enemy by picking
 important heroes and killing them

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to obtain an advantage
 or weakening the main hero in the group.

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That can grant an advantage in the team
 fights or lead to gank the enemy

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heroes one by one. 

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By doing this, this opens
 a way to the victory.

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Lastly, the lane push strategy
 the lane push strategy

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has the objective of picking a lane
 and pushing it as hard as possible,

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destroying all the structures on the path
 through the lane to the base.

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This kind of strategy
 has many smaller strategies within it.

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Three of the most common are split push,
 seiging and team push.

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In essence, your teams is to choose a lane
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the opposing team to retaliate,
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now weakened side. 

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By the time the mid-game is through,
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stronger, usually granting them
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However, that's not to say that teams
 have never come back from their defeat.

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Thank you for listening to our intro
 to MOBA strategy.

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Good luck in your next battle.