Coaching

In-Game Coaching was introduced in the Three Spirits patch to give players the ability to provide guidance to other players in their party.

''Teach a friend to play Dota, or invite your more experienced friend to teach you. Warm up in a one-on-one training session, and then get your entire team together for a session with a professional player. Whether you're training in matchmaking, using private lobbies, or simply helping a new player through their first bot games, we've got you covered.''

Patch Notes

 * Anyone in a matchmaking party can specify that they'd like to coach the party instead of play. In lobbies, players can choose to coach a team instead of play or spectate. Coaches cannot be used in Team Matchmaking, or Tournament lobbies.
 * Increased maximum matchmaking party size to 6, to allow a coach to teach an entire team of students (but you can't Find Match if you have 6 players with no coach)
 * Coaches are able to use in-player perspective views and broadcaster tools like line drawing to teach their students. They are able to ping on the ground, the minimap, and anywhere in the HUD itself.
 * Coaches are considered to be on the same team as their students, so they cannot see anything in the game that their students can't see.
 * Coaches and students have private voice and text communication channels.
 * Coaches can hit their 'Hero Select' key to cycle through their students.
 * Coaches see spectator-style item purchase popups for their students.
 * In-perspective player view now shows the correct state of more HUD elements (Shop Quickbuy, KDA/Last Hits/Denies, Buyback). These improvements apply the the in-perspective view in live games and replays, as well as coaches.