When is the right time to look for a mentor?

So I started playing when ti3 was 2 days in, I have taken to the game and am trying to learn everything I can, I watch streams, youtube, read posts, watch pros, anything I can get my hands on that helps ill look at.

I love support and know what direction I what to go in, ultimately I want to get into a team. The heroes I want to learn is Chen, enchantress mainly taking on more once I am ready. I want to fill that 4/5 role in teams. At the moment I am 100% concentrating on Chen as he is my favorite, and getting him down is my goal no matter how long it takes, if you could only play one hero it would be Chen for me without thinking twice.

I posted about Chen on these very forums and met another player who has been playing for 6 months and we are going to play together as I asked him for some tips which is great!.

I don't think now is the right time but at the same time it is easy in a complicated game to pick up bad habits quickly even though I am reading everything I can, I actually spend more time learning about the game outside of Dota atm then playing it to combat learning the game the wrong way. I just wanted to get your guys opinion as apart from the guy I met I have no one to play with as none of my friends play Dota.

First of all, salute for a new player who actually wants to play Chen well.

There's no "right" time to start looking for a mentor. All the time you'll learn Dota. You'll learn faster if you have either friends to play or mentor to learn from. They have their own pros and cons, of course.

Learning the game outside the game is also important. Theorycraft and all that stuff noobs don't know (and don't bother). I've learned so many things from theorycraft alone, and when i put it in practice, it goes well. At least better compared to uneducated noobs.

I'll say, the best time to start looking for a mentor is when you're comfortable with the gameplay mechanics and want to improve yourself. That, or you're looking to play competitively.

I agree, it's good that you're motivated to improve and diligent enough to play a micro intensive hero like Chen, and enchantress. I also suggest Natures Prophet, microing the treants well that he calls out is one of the things that separates good NP players from mediocre ones, also practice with Lone Druid, it's much less intensive microing 2 units than the number of skills and creeps you'll have with Chen, it's decent practice. Also lycan can be a micro intensive with his wolves.
Looking for a mentor, or anyone that can help is good from the start because there are players that will walk you through things and explain stuff in game, as long as you're willing to listen.
Don't let the trolls in the community dissuade you from playing either there will be plenty in game that name call and generally talk ****, ignore them and learn the mechanics.
There are a plethora of resources available, obviously dotafire, but purge gamers and dota cinema have a lot of videos and purge has a solid amount of content where he explains the ins and outs of various heroes.
Always, good luck, and more importantly have fun

Thanks for the responses guys, I think your right once I feel comfortable with the gameplay I'll start to look, I still feel I need work on the simple stuff and its easy too improve by trying to stay on top of it and making mental notes, I also am going to watch my replays as i should be able to spot holes in my game a lot easier.

Thanks agian