Attack Move

Animation canceling and attack moving are the same thing. It just means canceling your attack animation JUST AFTER your attack hits and the damage is dealt. Or just after your projectile is launched in the case of a ranged attack.

So yes you click to move just after your attack hits/your projectile is sent.

What this does is that it allows you to use this time to move instead of just standing there doing a useless animation. Actually it does NOT increase your DPS, your attack speed isn't increased by this in any way, it only allows you to reposition yourself better between hits.

For example you need to do this when chasing a hero because this way you take minimal time to perform your attack and you can spend more time moving to chase, resulting in more hits in the end.

However it doesn't increase your DPS in any way so people who do this when farming jungle camps or hitting a tower are just control freaks, it may make you look pro and stuff but it achieves nothing.

Example : you play Juggernaut and you're chasing a guy, as soon as you hear the "ching" of your blade hitting, immediately issue a move command to get nearer your target. Or you're playing Windranger and you issue your move command as soon as your arrow is fired. And if you're playing Lone Druid you need to animation cancel on your *bear* when chasing to get more roots.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that it completely cancelled the backswing therefore issuing an attack command earlier than it would with an autoattack. This would increase your farm speed.
But, from what you said (which i am not questioning btw) this doesn't seem the case.

Thank you both. Got that completely wrong then!

So in that case, when i do it and my hero doesn't move it is a case of me mistiming it i assume? I'll work on that!