Talk:Swain/@comment-208.108.127.254-20110531154136/@comment-3358335-20110601162012

What Usiar is alluding to is that High Elo players do things with characters that sometimes defy common sense. It works, because it is original. But then it is posted in their game recordings and their unconventional tactics become the "it" tactic, and as a result it is less effective because people learn to counter it.

High Elo players can't play the same way everytime, because people will learn to beat it. When you watch people like HSGG / Elementz they don't build their characters the same way everytime, nor do they buy their gear in the same order, yet I see that people that try to mimic them go "HSGG had xxx so I need to buy that first." HSGG bought xxx first because he needed it, not because it was part of a script.

So, the best way to play is to come up with the tactics that work for you, not follow a premade plan from someone better than you. Ussually by having fun doing that, then you learn to play better.