Well to be fair I did <| sep |> I quite liked Alderamin , One Punch Man and Overlord . <| sep |> Witty Novelty Looking for uncommon gifts and accessories ? 40 % Black Friday Sale on entire store ! No code needed ! <| sep |> Do you have any specific advice on how to keep teammates objective focused ? Honestly , this is more about Psychology that DotA . Your team is not just a sum of it ' s parts cohesion and a clear gameplan can easily triumph over superior individual skill , networth , levels , etc . Macrolevel strategy can beat microlevel precision . Step 1 is have a game plan . Identify your path to victory . If you have Morphling , AntiMage , and OD . Your path to victory is don ' t lose T 3 towers until 50 minutes . If you have great pushing and ganking , your path to victory might be smoke gank their half of the map , aggro ward , take a tower , repeat . If you have HuskarDazzleWarlockDrow , your path to victory is probably deathball at the 1520 minute mark . Step 1 b is modify your game plan as the game unfolds . If your team is roflstomping the earlygame , advance your timelines and maybe itemize to secure Rosh or an early gem to shut out their map control . If your team is the roflstompee , figure out what you can do to a stop the bleeding and b figure out what has to happen in a teamfight to turn the tide do we need a surprise engagement ? do we need to kill a hero first , or blow someone up before they get their spells off , etc . # Without announcing anything , take the reigns as captain . Take this path to victory as your personal quest . Make it your job to do whatever it takes to win . If your core says I won ' t fight until CM sucks my dick , figure out how to get Rylei to suck some dick . Maybe you didn ' t want to be a babysitter but now you ' re playing DotA with 4 angsty emotional teenagers and if you want to win , well , babysitting it ' s going to have to be . Step 2 is get strangers on board . This is the hard part some people have very different plans , some people are receptive to ideas , some people need a lot of coddling , and others need to feel like they made the decision . Present clear , viable , shortterm plans that will help you accomplish your goal of winning . You can phrase them as statements , questions , or even actually ask if you ' re not sure . Let ' s smoke gank their jungle and then take that tower ? , teammate just finish item and ultimate is coming off cooldown , we should take a fight ? , or they have 4 heroes bottom , they might push that tower , I dodon ' t think we should defend , what do you guys think ? better to trade or fight ? Exactly how you present ideas is extremely importantpsychology . Used correctly , you can ask a question that insinuates a correct answer , and when your teammate gives you that answer , they think it was their idea . When they think they own the idea , you get way better buyin . If you say get the tower and back , they may be distracted by a shiny bait . If they think get the tower and back is their idea . They ' ll fall for that bait way less often .