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novabossa
United States350 Posts
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O3
Singapore99 Posts
1. Juking 2. Vision 3. Basic mechanics 1. Juking There are several areas where due to the fog, you will be able to escape from enemy's vision in close range when you are in the midst of trees. I don't have a Dota2 account, but based on DotA experience, there are many spots in sentinel jungle where you can experiment and escape their sight. 2. Vision Vision is important. While unlike SC2 where blink to fogged areas are forbidden, blinking to fogged areas are totally legal in Dota. However, a blind blink might have unintended results especially when trying to engage. Hence, there is a rise of tree-destruction tactics in order to obtain greater vision. Notably, beastmaster's axes are used to obtain vision of the level ground in nearly all patches of trees next to all 3 lanes. This greatly helps in preventing ganks as well as to obtain vision on jukers or on enemies intending to use the trees to aid in their escape. 3. Basic mechanics - Minimap As a beginner, you might be focusing on the main vision too much. However, it is very very important to check the minimap every 5 to 10s so that you can get information on the situation. Several things to note: Number of dots on the screen, proximity of the dots. When you glance, do a quick count of number of enemies on screen. Enabling different colors will allow you to find out which enemies are actually missing. If you check every 5 to 10s, you will be able to tell the position of the enemy you last saw and second-guess the direction of movement. The downside is, unless they TP, you would be guessing their movement based on last seen position. This would take abit more experience, but one will get better over time. Proximity of dots will show you how close your team mates will be to engaging. If you see that they are getting dangerously close, quickly click on the map and have a glance before deciding if you'd be using your tp scroll to support. In addition, do a quick count of the dots first. The enemy team might not have fully revealed their heroes and are waiting to take extra kills from ambitious support heroes. Do remember this point. It's like driving and checking your mirrors every once in a while to get a hang of the situation. Hope that helps beginners (and nets me a dota2 key). glhf. | ||
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Khelz
106 Posts
I'm looking forward to the dynamic Day/Night mechanic that DoTA has over it's clones/brethren through the use of vision ranges and Night Stalker's unique game play. Gonna be fun. | ||
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d0n
Germany143 Posts
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bigmooz
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blodiainc
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Otherwise, great guide! | ||
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piechjd
United States7 Posts
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Bowdy
United States232 Posts
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Oreuck
10 Posts
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empty.bottle
685 Posts
Also On November 06 2011 00:09 Bumblebee wrote: Interested in getting access to the DotA2 beta? I've been handing out keys for a while now and the amount of keys, I have left is closing in. Actually the bottle was empty! But then IceFrog wrote to me and handed me a few more keys, so I'll be giving out some in this blog too. Just for you guys. The contest will be the same as last time. Reply to this blog and you'll have a shot of winning; bad posts will be removed from the contest, but I will draw randomly at some point by just taking a random post number (like #183). Good luck to all of you. Indeed it was =) | ||
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Son of Gnome
United States777 Posts
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Mr.Loki
Germany136 Posts
For those new to dota, check out http://www.dotacommentaries.com/ . I especially like Luminous, who also has a DotA-Channel on Youtube (LuminouStudios). He and Nebu1a do quite a bit of analysis and stuff, you really can learn from, too... | ||
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Drolla
United Kingdom389 Posts
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CynanMachae
Canada1459 Posts
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Talav
2 Posts
Also hoping for that betakey to use the knowledge ingame:D | ||
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Frosties
United States1 Post
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Wormster
United Kingdom53 Posts
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Goshawk.
United Kingdom5338 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8245 Posts
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cody1024d
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