Why do some people spam certain heroes? (More in description)

I spam void. Around the 4k bracket. Here's my yasp: https://yasp.co/players/342266307

I'm also apparently in the 99th percentile of void players (I was less than 1000 but lost some unfortunate games 200 ping 15% packet loss): https://yasp.co/players/342266307/rankings

The point though is not to brag but to say I'm still not done with void. Here's why:

  • Spamming void lets me get the mechanics of a single role (safelane carry) down well. Same lane, same creep block, same last hitting, same rotation, same pull timing, same pushing out lanes - first I can learn these, then I can practice these to be able to DO it perfectly WITHOUT thinking. ONE of the differences btw bad and good players is, bad ones KNOW the agro trick but do it once or twice in the lane while good ones do it all the time. If you can do it without thinking, you can think about other things like "I need to get X item in Y time so that we can take rs and get at least one lane mega by Z time. With my current farm I need to focus more on csing rather than participating in team fights. That means my playstyle is decided for the next X mins." You can begin to take strategic decisions rather than hero mechanic decisions.
  • Can learn hero matchups. No need to elaborate on this one. But at the same time, I'm also learning habits of those players who play those heroes, how much dmg can those heroes output, how well do they scale, how well can they comeback, how to shut them down, etc. Now when I play italics any other hero or say I play support, italics all those learnings hold true. So when now I play support, my skill cap and ability to judge situations, read situations, and make certain plays in order to shut down certain heroes, are above the level of a randomer playing a support.
  • Even though I play void, he can still be played in many ways. VG RAD / MOM DAEDALUS / VLADS DIFFUSAL / BLINK AGHS etc. By playing all those variations, I can gauge how much dps/utility a build has on void and extrapolate that to any other hero going those items or some of those items, what is the timing of those items (void doesn't have farming mechanisms so a hero who does, when will he get it will become easier to tell), what are the weaknesses of those items (yeah sure he's 6 slotted but he has no bkb I'll just disable him repeatedly and kill him - just cuz he's farmed doesn't mean he's god).

Also, if I may be so conceited or arrogant to say a few words regarding spamming heroes and being higher mmr: Play to win. Don't play to difficult heroes. Don't play to skill. Play to win. The game has its own rules and they don't say you cant spam spectre for 2000 games. Otherwise the game would LITERALLY NOT ALLOW YOU to pick spectre after 10 games. Don't add your own mental rules that the game doesn't know. These rules are what holds you back. I respect badman. THere's no rule to climbing the ladder that says you have to do it one way not the other. So don't add. If I ask the people who're complaining about badman spectre to pick spectre and get to 8k, you think they can? Play to win. Don't play to not gay/cheap heroes. IF a hero is OP, he will be nerfed. When he gets nerfed, you cant say, "oh see! He won cuz the hero was OP. That is the very reason the hero got nerfed." That's like saying Navi doesn't deserve to win TI 1 cuz the heores they played have gotten various nerfs since then.

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