Positioning near an ally to protect them or enable aggressive plays without being directly seen. This 18-second MOBA Trainer coach video explains the pattern, and its full transcript is below.
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Transcript
The video is in English. Switch the site language to read the transcript in 11 other languages.
- Shadowing is a mid to late concept that means covering your teammate without showing yourself on vision.
- It is most often used to impact volatile side lane matchups.
- Can you predict a fight happening on the side lane?
- If you do, move preemptively to surprise the enemy.
What the pattern means
Positioning near an ally to protect them or enable aggressive plays without being directly seen.
What it builds on
These patterns come before it on the Pattern Map. Their coach videos are a good place to start.
What builds on it
These patterns come after it on the Pattern Map.
More coach videos
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Practice it with puzzles
In MOBA Trainer you train each pattern with decision puzzles: you pick a play, then see why it works or why it fails. The daily puzzle and the first lesson are free. The full campaign is part of the Season Pass.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Shadowing video free to watch?
- Yes. You can watch the video and read its transcript on this page without an account.
- Where can I practice Shadowing?
- In MOBA Trainer: the Windows and macOS desktop app, the iPhone and Android apps, the web app and our Discord bot Moti. The daily puzzle and the first lesson are free, and the full campaign is part of the Season Pass ($9.99 a month or $69.99 a year, no free trial).
- Does the video have subtitles?
- The video is in English. The transcript on this page and the subtitles in the MOBA Trainer app come in 12 languages.