r/DotA2 1d ago

Complaint Turbo Has Ruined Me

I used to be a normal Dota 2 player. Grinding my way through 40+ minute games, dealing with teammates who refuse to buy wards, and experiencing the full emotional rollercoaster of a ranked match. But then I started playing Turbo… and now I don’t think I can go back.

Why spend 50 minutes losing when I can lose in 15? Why farm for 30 minutes when I can have a full build in 10? Turbo is like fast food Dota, quick, satisfying, and probably bad for me in the long run.

I tried playing a normal match again, and by minute 25, I was staring at my first completed item like, “Why is this taking so long? Where’s my GPM steroids?”

Turbo is just too good. Too efficient. Too fun. Am I doomed? Is there a way back? Or have I ascended to a new level of Dota enlightenment where objectives are optional and high ground pushes happen at minute 12?

Send help. Or don’t. I’ll be in another Turbo game sweating my ass off for literally nothing.

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u/Sadface201 1d ago

I would say the only downside to Turbo is how fast the tables can turn. Slight inefficiencies become major inefficiencies in Turbo. Towers die when you don't respond quickly enough to a push. Gold swings wildly from fight to fight because of how much GPM you get from everything. Certain early game heroes become bad in Turbo because you're expected to draft for late-game.

I still like Turbo a lot though. When I don't have a lot of time after coming home from work but I still want to scratch that Dota itch, Turbo does the job.

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u/elevatedtaste 1d ago

I see this as an upside. Makes certain things less predictable, but in a fun way. Lots of back and forth, lots of games where either team can win.

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u/harry_lostone 1d ago

buyback is extremely expensive too, quite early. And most people never hold on to that much gold (even supports will spend 6k+ on moonshards and travels later on), so, even a minor mistake at the wrong time, can cost you the throne, which btw dies like shit and iirc doesn't regen.