Chen The Holy Knight Newbie help.

thanks man, i play Aus too, ill definitely add you.

I love Chen, lone druid n natures prophet still deciding on Meepo though.

Yea I always buy wards, I sometimes lose track of the cd for buying so have to work on that but in any case that is pretty much how I go with buying stuff.

As far as Micro I set it up like below and feel very comfortable with it, have been practicing with bots just to make it second nature, gotten to the stage where I do not even think about it which of course is key.

Mouse4 - other units (everything but my hero)
Mouse5 - Hero

Control groups 1,2,3 are specific creeps for firing off there spells.
and 4 as select all.

With the mouse 4/5 I find it's so easy to keep my creeps ahead and maneuver, I simply keep switching with mouse 4/5 and always control the groups independently keeping Chen about casting distance away from the creeps, without losing anytime. I find the creeps in relation to me are always set up perfectly unless I get out maneuvered but that comes down to map awareness too.

If I have a troll I'll bind the skeletons to 5 as there great for pulling a incoming creep wave away from the tower I'm attacking leaving our creeps to stay on the tower for as long as possible.

Overall I love the way I have it set up as I feel I have total control being able to move any creep anytime without being bogged down with super heavy micromanagement.

EDIT: btw keep forgetting to ask, anyone know what sort of goal xp wise i should be aiming per min?

XP per minute is hard. I played a 40 minute game and ended on level 25 last night (silly Furion)I've played other games at 40 minutes and been 17.

XP per minute really fluctuates depending on the game. However, as a support, get in on all ganks, push lanes back, jungle as chen (quickly, you're better off pushing) and make sure you are there for team fights when needed. This will boost your xp per minute a lot and get you more gold.

Sweet as, like I said, add me on steam and we'll get some games in. I only just started on Meepo and I can see why he isn't played at higher levels much. But he really is fun to play

Yea just added you ill be a few days off yet from playing pubs again, want to get Chen down more and one thing bots have shown me is communication is key :P, so ordered a proper headset online as I mostly play with speakers.

Just been watching Akke play Chen from ti3 pretty damn helpful seeing how he does it, got all the ti3 games. only thing is even though I watch from players perspective you can't seem too see him select his creeps it only ever shows Chen selected, hard to tell sometimes how much he is or is not microing.