2013-07-04, 06:56 PM
Malthe Wrote:Which? Just list some and i'll try to help out. There is nothing to be scared of.
Some basic mechanics:
Last hitting: This one will be obvious for you, just hit the creeps when their HP is lower than your auto attack damage, DotA is tricky though because your damage is the average damage you deal, your damage range like in warcraft 3 goes from a minimum to a maximum.
Denying: Reverse last-hitting, do it on your own creeps and no enemies, you can start denying when creeps are below 50%, this can be used for different things, keeping the lane still so the enemy can be kept away from farm instead of getting close to their tower, in a lane where you're even on levels and so on, you can also use it to deny the enemy of potential gold and 50% of the exp. Certain heroes can deny creeps at max hp with their abilities.
Orbs: Orb effects normally don't stack, so lifesteal does not stack with mana burn and so on. But, for ranged heroes eye of skadhi works with life-steal.
Unique attack modifiers(orbs) go like this in terms of priority:
1:Conditional Modifiers - Modifiers that only occur on some attacks and are not controlled by the player, such as Maelstrom (chance-based), Mjollnir (chance-based), and Geminate Attack (cooldown-based)
2:Ability Modifiers - Modifiers granted by Hero abilities*
3:Standard Modifiers - Modifiers granted by items, with the first acquired taking priority
Creeps in the jungle spawn at 0:30 seconds into the game and from there on at X:00 everytime, this can be used to stack creeps so you get more creepcamps at one spot(you can search up guides for this on youtube)
You can also pull creeps to the lane to deny your own creeps even more/let them help you get more exp and gold for your lane.
If there are more mechanics you want to know about, do just ask, i'll explain/help/whatever.
Also something fun if you hover over the shadow demon on the blog:
Also, this is great for new players:
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Malthe Wrote:You don't have to know how to last-hit with lich and crystal maiden though, same goes for most supports. They don't need the last-hits since someone else will be taking them to stack gold on one hero since items become increasingly more effective the more you have on one hero.
Other easy/noob friendly support heroes:
Tidehunter, venomancer, Ogre magi.
In DotA you usually split the 5 heroes into 5 positions.
It goes from first position to fifth position.
And it's about how much farm/gold you want on that hero.
1st position is usually a carry type hero, that ends up 'carrying' you to victory with enough gold.
2nd position are usually heroes that go mid because they need both exp and gold to be effective in the mid-game.
3rd positions are usually either going to be jungling or in the 'hard lane'.
4th positions are usually either going to be jungling or with the carry or roaming the map to attempt to get kills.
5th positions are usually with the first position protecting him in the early game.
What lanes they go to and who does what can change from game to game though, but these are very general guidelines.
lich and crystal maiden are very iconic 5th position heroes where wind-runner is great in the hard-lane and is a typical 3rd position although she has been seen utilized in the 4th position.
"Generic heroes" for the different positions:
1st:
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2nd:
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3rd:
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4th:
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5th:
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@Chew; hopefully this will help with some basics. These two posts helped me understand a lot about the basics, the rest is just practicing and practicing. The list of heroes in the second post might be insightful but I bolded some because I find them incredibly hard to play, especially after watching you struggle micro'ing the courier. Try them out (bolded ones) but be cautious and patient because sometimes they're too much to take on.
I swear there was another post that explained the basics of each lane but there are already 55 pages in this thread and I don't feel like checking
But you can find really helpful stuff if you google. There are also plenty youtube videos around that are very informative and in case you feel like those aren't enough you can always post your questions here and Malthe, Dusk, IllegallySane or even I will help out as much as we can.