What's the point of a trilane? First of all to try and secure freefarm for a carry, then to go get kills, or to stop the enemy carry getting farm.

Safe-lane trilanes either need kills, or at least a carry worth putting all your eggs in one basket for, ideally both.

Lately I've seen a lot of failed tri-lanes - either massively flawed execution (you wonder how they failed to get kills with the skills they had available), or really poor decisions to make one in the first place.

Case in point, I've just played two games as Slark, who I'm trying to learn. He's a good hero, capable of surviving a tough lone solo, although much better with a support who can help him gank.

The first game, the enemy team picked a Phantom Lancer (groan), one of my team picked Axe to jungle, leaving me a long lane solo. As it turned out PL had Nyx Assassin for support (well I suppose it could have been Keeper of the Light!).

The second game, my team decided to tri-lane a Sven (!), when the oppositio…
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Hey guys,

Another quick video guide, this time for a 3v3 lane that developed unexpectedly in a recent ranked game. The sides were a bit unorthodox due to some slightly odd picks, but here we go:

Wraith King
Shadow Shaman
Jakiro

Vs

Slardar
Nyx Assassin
Tidehunter

Both teams have plenty of early stuns and nukes, but the Dire team has two ranged heroes which should help if the lane becomes drawn out. Take a look at the video - there are various mistakes and misplays in there, but it's only by looking back that you sometimes take these into account. It's obviously a way off pro level 3v3 lanes, big skill difference, and also that the players involved don't know each other or have proper comms.
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