Dota Underlords – Positioning Guide

Positioning is easy to ignore, but is incredibly important – you can win a round with good positioning, and it’s one of the factors that separates an average player from an Underlords pro.

There are a few basic rules you need to follow, which neatly trace the journey from early rounds to late-game.

• Line your melee, tank units up as far forward as you can – these guys can take a lot of damage and aggro, so they should be the central focus of a fight.

• Assassins at the back – these units will leap behind enemy lines at the start of the round so you want them far from harm’s way and out of the consideration of the enemy.

• Ranged units lined up at the side – a column of ranged units all lined up on one side will ensure they’re all firing at the same unit, which focuses all their DPS on one poor individual, this is the most efficient way to position archers and mages.

• Bodyguards – when you’ve got some tanks up front and some focus fire from your ranged units, you then need to invest in a bodyguard or two for the ranged units. This will counter any Assassin units with ease.

• Set up for AoE – this goes both ways. If you’re employing a lot of ranged DPS then you’ll want to eventually replace your weaker units with strong AoE spellcasters like Keeper of the Light, Disruptor, and Kunkka. While you can turtle a unit like Keeper of the Light, Kunkka and DIsruptor should actually be with your frontline in order to ensure their powerful abilities land on as many enemies as possible. You’ll want to buff their health and armour with any items you can, and upgrade them to at least two-star units, otherwise they’ll likely be swept aside before doing any damage.

• Countering turtle formation – upgraded mages camping in a corner and surrounded by tanks is the current meta, and there’s not a lot you can do to counter it. However, if you can recognise these players early on, then you can employ a few tactics to ruin their strategy. Firstly, if you can find a Blink Dagger, equip it to your most lethal unit and place them as far away from the enemy’s most deadly spellcaster – this will teleport them right next to the target, giving you a chance of slaying their key player early on. Alternatively, you can invest in upgraded crowd control units like Tidehunter and hope they’re able to break the turtle formation.

• Advanced positioning – this depends heavily on the specific units you’re using, so we can’t teach you this. Do your best to spot the units that are popping off for you and those who are underperforming, then analyse the board and your opponent’s setup to see if there are better ways to place them. Keeper of the Light, for example, should always be in a corner as it’s the safest spot, and works well with the deadly Illuminate spell, which fires diagonally in a cone formation.

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