Get better at Dota 2with a pro coach
Been playing for years and can't raise your rating?
I'll show you the mistakes that keep you from gaining MMR.
I'll teach you to think in pro-player patterns and to win even seemingly hopeless games.
Bounty Hunter · Position 4
Rage. The better picks for this game would have been 
Shadow Walk just for the move speed when resources are low. You'll waste mana for nothing and approach the rune with no resources.
T1 or went into the trio), there's a 90% chance a 
Diffusal
duel.
Your mistake is already broken down
Everything below opens with student status. Part of it is free — try it right now.
breakdowns from real lessons with students from 500 to 11,500 MMR.
Filters by hero, position and game stage.
What to do on your position — from draft to late game.
Five checklists you can print and pin next to your monitor. One position's checklist is free.
A mini-replay right in your browser — any match, yours or a pro's.
Two matches compared on one screen, plus a heatmap of the movement and the warding of any player.
Become a student
Student status is access to everything in the academy + group lessons.
Group lessons — I break down your games live
Lessons run in Discord; questions are collected in advance in the student dashboard.
When I break down your question — the answer lands in your dashboard with a timecode, even if you didn't show up.
The recording and the summary stay yours forever.
I can't get to everyone, so if your replay wasn't covered — you get priority at the next group lesson.
Hey, I'm Vladimir
My nickname is Common Sense (my previous nickname was Babitich).
I've been playing Dota 2 for over 15 years, and I've spent the last year coaching full-time.
I've played against tier-1 teams like: Team Secret, Shopify Rebellion, TSM and B8.
Pro player page on Liquipedia
My coaching experience
Over the past year I've run more than 100 lessons with students of every level:
from 500 to 11 500 MMR.
I know exactly what each bracket needs, and I won't load you up with high-MMR concepts you can't use if you're a beginner.
And I will not teach you the basics if you are already a high-MMR player. Tell me your rank and your role, and we will work out where to start.
How a lesson goes
Where do you start? Step by step
First we find the mistakes. Then we fix them.
Want your mistakes broken down personally — skipping the queue, one on one with me in Discord, with every question of yours answered — take an individual lesson.
I'll help you personally get to your goal faster.
I will go through any replay of yours and point out your mistakes; the recording and the takeaways arrive in your dashboard.
Each mistake gets a quick why and how to do it right.
Questions get a short reply in messages; want it in depth — take a lesson.
Diagnostic $35 | Lesson $70 | 4 lessons for the price of 3 $210 −25% · save $70 | 10 lessons for the price of 7 $490 −30% · save $210 | |
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| Working with me | ||||
| Lessons | — | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Diagnostics | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Student status as a gift | 30 days | 30 days | 2 months | 3 months |
| Your questions along the way | — | |||
| You can message me between lessons | — | |||
| It stays in your dashboard forever | ||||
| Lesson recording | ||||
| Takeaways | ||||
| Homework | — | |||
| Terms | ||||
| Course length | — | — | 90 days | 180 days |
| Freezes | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Crypto — USDT (TRC-20). Send the request — the payment opens right away. There are no hidden extras.
We haven't started — I refund everything. We have started — I give back half the price of every lesson not held, at your course price. You can read the refund policy here.
The lesson runs in Discord. Before it starts, get every question and replay you care about ready.
Your coach at Battle Cup
Want a good Saturday evening and a Battle Cup with your friends, with an experienced coach watching over you? You came to the right place.
Here is what I help you with:
- The draft: I put together a balanced draft around your hero pool and ban the counter-picks.
- Before the game I run a brief: what each position has to do and at which timings, when we play passive and when we play active, where we place the wards.
- During the game I lead you to the win: what to buy, where to play, when to use
smoke, when the enemy uses smoke, where to fight, when to take towers, when to take 
Roshan, when to go high ground. You can ask me any question right in the middle of the game.
You need a Battle Cup ticket or Dota Plus.
We gather in Discord 30 minutes before the games start.
In the private Discord channel I will be waiting for your hero pool — send it in advance so that I have time to prepare.
After the games these land in your dashboard:
- Battle Cup takeaways: the advice I gave you during the game. And if you ask questions while we play, you also get personal takeaways for exactly those questions, automatically.
- The Battle Cup recording through my eyes with timecodes: you can always rewatch your game and remember what I told you.
- Student status for 30 days as a gift
Terms and payment:
Cost $200 — $40 per person, or $200 from the captain.
The payment has to arrive within 24 hours of the booking, otherwise the booking is cancelled, so that another team can take the slot.
If every player wants the takeaways in their own dashboard — log in through Steam and send me your nickname on the website in the chat, so that I can connect the Battle Cup takeaways to your account and you get the bonus student status for 30 days.
To book, message me on Discord commonnsense.
What my students got
Heroes, items, mini-replay, counter-picks, draft analysis — up-to-date stats from pro matches and the Immortal ladder.
FAQ
01Do you guarantee I will climb MMR?
I promise what depends on me: you will know why you lost, what mistakes you made, what to think about during the game and which patterns to follow.
Theory without practice does not work: skip the homework and ignore my advice, and your MMR stays where it is. Put in the work and you grow, because you will have knowledge nobody at your rank has.
02What level of students do you work with?
As a pro player I see Dota as a whole: I know how the roles work with each other and what job every position does. Breakdowns for every position are on my YouTube channel and in the Knowledge Base.
03Do the lessons expire?
04How a lesson runs
The takeaways and the homework arrive in your dashboard within 2 minutes after the lesson. Between lessons ask me anything in DMs — I always answer.
05How to book and pay
Once I accept your request, you can book a lesson through the calendar in your student dashboard.
Student status renewal switches off in your profile in one click.
06Can I cancel or reschedule?
No-show: the first time, your lesson stays booked. After that, the lesson is lost. Something serious came up — message me in advance and we will sort it out.
07Can I get a refund?
The refund policy, with numbers and examples
08What student status gives and whether you need to buy a lesson for it
Group lessons run in Discord: you can leave your questions in your dashboard in advance and I go through them one by one; the recording and the takeaways stay in your dashboard even if you did not come.
You do not need to buy a lesson to get student status — you can get student status on its own.