What exactly means offlaning?
Generally refers to the player in a side lane that's not in the trilane.
- e.g. solo hard lane
Batrider - e.g. solo safelane
Clinkz
Some people also use it to refer to the "#3" role, which would expand it to primary farmer in the "hard lane" (i.e. Radiant Top, Dire Bottom)
- e.g. something like
Juggernaut in an aggressive trilane
NOTE: Suicide Lane is a special case of offlane, specifically referring to 1v3 matchups, usually in the hard lane
Which heroes are good for offlaning?
Depends on the situation.
Suicide Laners
Right now it's popular to have a hero that can either Jungle or Lane. Sometimes the lane is too rough and you need them to get farm.
Examples:
Dark Seer- Batrider
Nature's Prophet
Lone Druid
You might also pick up heroes that have some alternative way of farming or controlling the lane.
Examples:
Clockwerk - he can use cogs to trap creeps in the trees, pushing the lane back to his tower and allowing him to get farm and XP
Beastmaster - can stack ancients with 
Wild Axes or his 
Boar (NOTE: this isn't done much anymore because it's very easy to just push the tower and steal his stack)- Nature's Prophet/Lone Druid - can use their summons to kite the creep wave from between their T1 & T2 towers to his own and farm safely there
Windranger/
Mirana - can use 
Quelling Blade to cut a path and farm ancients (see: Funn1k); however this can easily be countered by Warding the ancients
Tinker - can stack ancients like Beastmaster, but it's rarely done and is easily countered
Bounty Hunter - can just mooch XP while invis. He's often pooled regen so he can buy an early 
Poor Man's Shield to survive (their supports would be retarded not to get Sentries against a Bounty Hunter)
1v1 Offlaners
When trilanes clash, then you'll get 1v1 matchups. Sometimes a team's carry will play in this position, but other times it's the #3 role player.
Often, you'll see heroes like:
Weaver
Viper- Clinkz (in safelane usually)
- Nature's Prophet
- Clockwerk
- Lone Druid
Lifestealer- Windranger
- Mirana
Elder Titan
Gyrocopter (in solo safe)
Alchemist (in solo safe)
Doom Bringer- Dark Seer
- Batrider
Aggro Trilane Farmers
Sometimes an offlane player will take up the farmer role in aggressive trilanes. Usually they'll be on a fairly aggressive carry or semi-carry.
Examples:
- Juggernaut
- Gyrocopter
- Lifestealer
- Weaver
- Windranger(very rarely)
Chaos Knight (usually when paired with 
Io, or in dual/tri core lineups)- Etc.
What's your goal when offlaning?
- Suicide Lane
- Get some farm
- Maximize XP
- Don't die
- Then depending on the hero...
- Rotate/Gank with your XP advantage (e.g. Bounty Hunter, Nature's Prophet)
- Push down towers when the supports rotate (e.g. Lone Druid)
- Fuck with supports/pulling (e.g. Bounty Hunter)
- 1v1 Lanes
- Basically same as a mid lane hero
- Can also be to get farm or shut down their farm
- Aggro Trilanes
- Get Kills
- Deny Farm
What to NOT do when offlaning?
Basically get caught out of position. You don't want to die there.
If you can jungle, you don't want to stay in lane if you're not getting anything out of it (e.g. you're level 1 at 3 mins in).
Always have an escape plane (e.g. cutting down certain trees), have an idea of where the supports are (i.e. map awareness), and you absolutely need to know your heroes limits.
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