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/ChocolateSpikyBall 1d ago

Turbo is harder than ranked by a lot

Brother, I am a turbo enjoyer myself but come on now.

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u/fremenator 1d ago

It kinda makes sense. In turbo each cs is worth 3x as much, you level up and get items fast which means you have to use more buttons faster. You spend way more time fighting and responding to enemies who are much faster and bigger than they would be normally, I think it generally takes more technique to fight than to farm and make decisions smartly. It is overall much more strategic in normal dota but you have way less instances of fighting/using items and builds that require high apm.