[DotA] Back to Basics - Page 18

Count9

China10928 Posts

November 05 2011 19:03 GMT

#341

A lot of people underestimate how strong the creeps are, especially at early levels. If you have a strong creep advantage in lane (e.g. you have 6 melee creeps, 2 ranged creeps, and a catapult vs. 2 low health melee creeps on the opponent side) that's a great time to use your stuns, the creeps will kill the remaining creeps quickly and then pounce on the opponents and can do 200-300 dmg, especially if they get trapped by a tree or something. The fact that you can't run through creeps/heroes is huge early game in lane.

Kaluba

Germany21 Posts

November 05 2011 19:03 GMT

#342

Really nice guide! Hopefully you make a follow up about laning. Would love some advanced tactics!

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

November 05 2011 19:04 GMT

#343

Nice read, realy want a key =)

ribboo

Sweden1842 Posts

November 05 2011 19:04 GMT

#344

Very useful stuff. Hoping to get into Dota 2 whenever I get my hands on a key. Stuff like this will surely help a ton

Insignium

Germany3 Posts

November 05 2011 19:05 GMT

#345

Nice guide just a little correction for you:
Jungle
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not something for a level 1-3 hero. Most of them are also magic immune.

Other than that a good write-up for beginners though you leave the most important thing (imo) untouched:
getting to know every hero so you can judge the possibilities of your enemy.

shengdamista

1 Post

November 05 2011 19:05 GMT

#346

haven't played in a couple years, but super excited for this game!

Yurie

12178 Posts

November 05 2011 19:07 GMT

#347

It might be worth mentioning that you can use quelling blade to remove the trees if you are pulling with that item in your inventory. Instead of using a tango.

As for always wanting to double stack pulls, I can't agree with that. Using a single pull to get a dual creep wave is great if you have pushing heroes like chen or pugna on the lane. Usually means ~500 tower damage at a minimum.

Question, did they change cheese in Dota 2 or is it still 2000 hp and 500 mp? Since you said it restored full hp/mp.

rei

United States3594 Posts

November 05 2011 19:07 GMT

#348

Thx for the guide, looking forward to release.

Xinder

United States2269 Posts

November 05 2011 19:10 GMT

#349

Awesome guide. I'll pair this with your support guide for when I play some dota and be the best i can be!

billsz

United States7 Posts

November 05 2011 19:10 GMT

#350

i haven't really played dota too much but coming from a HoN pov (which is similar to dota) looks like a good guide for people who are starting into the game.

Knightlax

United States150 Posts

November 05 2011 19:14 GMT

#351

Thank you for this guide. I haven't played DotA in ages and your post reminded me of how awesome the game is. Please keep posting blog updates! It is my hope to see Techies in the game soon, my fondest memories are playing with my best friend in a Pudge/Techies combo.

cremson

1 Post

November 05 2011 19:14 GMT

#352

Good guide.

thirnaz

Sweden876 Posts

November 05 2011 19:14 GMT

#353

Awesome post, could you talk about how to jungle in the next one, which camps are best to stack, when to stack, when to pull and overall gameplay strats with the different jungle heroes? Thanks

oscar5india

1 Post

November 05 2011 19:16 GMT

#354

Good Guide For People That Basics is Everything

Plexternal

United States1 Post

November 05 2011 19:16 GMT

#355

Thanks so much this really helped! I Never played DoTA, only HoN, so this was a nice way for me to learn all of this. Really liked the pictures and videos too!

Xiriah

Germany64 Posts

November 05 2011 19:17 GMT

#356

really nice guide hope you continue with the good work should give some new players an idea about the game mechanics

benemann

Germany33 Posts

November 05 2011 19:17 GMT

#357

Winning a key would be great!

sour_eraser

Canada932 Posts