ItвЂ™s clichГ©, but donвЂ™t let an early lost battle dishearten you: it will typically take ten altar captures to destroy an enemy core, youвЂ™ll have a lot of time to come back. Remember your possible game winning moves: the Headless Horseman, capturing altars, and escorting Sappers. If youвЂ™ve got a lead on core health, taking objectives equally is a surefire way to win. Instead, if youвЂ™re ahead, control the centre of the map and trade objectives equally. Unless you do have a massive advantage, itвЂ™s not worth trying to capture all of the enemy castles, as, while they act as a forward defense, itвЂ™s incredibly difficult to maintain control of four, let alone all six.

Even if your core is on five health while the enemyвЂ™s is at forty, the map doesnвЂ™t lend itself towards huge experience advantages, and thereвЂ™s always a way back if you know when to retreat. The Headless Horseman is similar, and will often be best used as a final burst of damage. ItвЂ™s not much, but defending a march of Sappers can be a game-winning play. On top of that, if a Sapper makes it all the way to the other end of the map, it will launch itself at the enemy core, each Sapper dealing a single point of damage. Even the strongest of heroes can struggle against him, make sure your team fights him together.ДonвЂ™t forget to use the mercenaries where possible: unlike other mercenaries, the Sappers donвЂ™t need time to do chunks of damage to structures, and are often best guarded when they approach a lane. The Headless Horseman deals damage equal to a percentage of your max health, and then some more. DonвЂ™t use this unless you have vision of the enemy team and itвЂ™s a safe area - itвЂ™s easy to get caught out by your opponents as you jump through. Twelve minutes into the game, a one-way shortcut will open up for each team to transport themselves from their base into the centre of the battlefield. Never commit to a last stand at an objective unless the enemyвЂ™s success would mean the destruction of your core. Even if your core is brought to a single hitpoint, itвЂ™s still possible to come back. Knowing when to back off is important - youвЂ™re not losing any experience by not capturing an objective, and the experienced gained by ignoring them can give your team a fighting chance next time. With each wave of altars, youвЂ™ll have opportunities to capture them and whittle away the enemy core.

You wonвЂ™t be put far behind, and you wonвЂ™t risk the enemy snowballing into a lead.

If not, cut your losses, and take your own altar. If you have a hero with a global range or incredibly fast mount - Dehaka, Falstad, Brightwing - try to take your top altar with them and have them join the fight at the middle altar for a numbers advantage. If you have a strong teamfight advantage, consider contesting the middle altar. There are two main choices to make here: do you take the top altar on your side of the map safely, committing as little as possible to the objective in favour of lane experience, or do you take both your top altar and contest the middle altar, to get another four hits on the opponentвЂ™s core? ItвЂ™s nigh impossible to capture all three, and attacking the top altar on the enemyвЂ™s side without a significant lead is risky.

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