DotA2 - Original Thread

I thought I had a head start in playing LoL before Dota, but holy fuck I think it made me even more unprepared than the average person.

Skills I thought transferred over:
- When to split push
- When to group
- When to fight
- What to do in lane with regards to role
- Warding
- Map awareness

Skills that actually transferred over:
- Warding
- Map awareness (but not how to react to it)

BECAUSE GOD DAMMIT EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT

UGH

I have a few more questions/presumptions about how the things I thought I knew how to do based on LoL transfer over into here:

As a support in LoL, laning with a carry involves warding jungle exits, harassing the enemy duo lane, providing sustain (direct and/or in the form of CC), etc. to help the carry farm. Just based on the few games I've played, am I right when I assume that the support generally prioritizes making sure the other carry doesn't farm?

Is split pushing encouraged? In LoL it's an option in a lot of team comps, even if there isn't an ideal pusher on a team, since the carry can usually build an item to do so. It seems much more situational (and punishable, learned that the hard way) in Dota.

How often do you roam when you're in the side lanes and not a carry and when you're in mid?

I had more questions, but I think I'll hold back and just keep playing to learn. Just wanted to get the misconceptions out of the way.