When you watch a competitive HoN games, the players obviously have a very thorough knowledge of every hero and item. They are excellent at last-hitting and denying. They can land their stuns accurately. But these are not skills that require an enormous time tax to master, or at least become proficient. The difference between a 1900 player and a 1600 player has less to do with their ability to last hit, or their knowledge of what hero does what, and more to do with their strategic decision making - when to use a given skill, when to farm, when to gank, where to gank, and so on.
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