DOTA 101

What is Roshan? Roshan or what most of the player calls him "Rosh" is a powerful creature that lives alone in the pit which is located near the top of the river. He is the strongest neutral creep in DoTA2 and because of his high armor, high attack damage and is very tanky, It is not advisable to go and slay Roshan on your own, but instead, it is a team decision because killing it takes a lot of time and resources, so the best time to fight Roshan is when you think your team is safe like when all of the enemy team is dead or you have the observer ward in the area where you can see them and think that they cannot make to the pit in time. Outside of the Roshan's pit Inside of the Roshan's pit Roshan's Death When Roshan is dead he will grant bounty to the team that kills him of 150 gold for each player in that team. Roshan will randomly spawn again around 8-11 minutes after his death and there is no way to find the exact time of his next life. ...

In the game of DoTA2, "Vision" is really really important because you can observe what the enemies are doing right at that moment. Vision can be granted by many methods -Hero vision -Creeps vision -Some hero abilities and the most effective way to find vision is by using "Observer Ward" An observer ward is an item that can be placed on the ground and it will grant the vision around them. Enemies cannot detect the observer ward unless they carry gem of true sight or planting the sentry ward near them You should consider where to plant the observer ward based on the play style of your team. If your team is an offensive team you should try to go into enemies' jungle and plant the ward there and plan an ambush on them but if, on the other hand, your team is a defensive team. Try to plant the ward around your team jungle and enemies will hardly kill your team Before planting ward After planting ward In the picture, you can see the diffe...

Certain abilities and items can make heroes invisible and cannot be seen without special abilities. The special abilities to see the invisible unit is what we called "True Sight" What gives True Sight? Sentry ward Placing the Sentry ward will create true sight vision around the Sentry ward and allow to see the invisible unit Before placing the sentry ward After placing the sentry ward Dust of appearance  Using dust of appearance reveals the invisible unit nearby and slow their movement speed by 20% Before using the dust of appearance  After using the dust of appearance Gem of true sight Heroes that carry the gem of true sight will carry the true sight vision around them, Before carrying the gem of true sight After carrying the gem of true sight If the hero that carries the gem dies, the gem of true sight will drop on the ground. The dropped gem will still grant true sight to the team that originally carry it until being p...

Gold is one of the most important resources in DoTA2; it is a currency used to buy items and to revive your hero from its death instantly. Normally gold will be given to all players by 1 gold for every 0.66 seconds starting from 0.00 in the in-game clock. Gold can be gained in other several ways that are -From killing enemy heroes -From assisting in killing enemy heroes -From killing all types of creep -From destroying buildings Time to buy some items As I said before gold is used to buy items that help strengthen your hero. Each hero can carry and use up to 6 items at the same time these 6 slots are what we called "Inventory", moreover, 3 slots below the inventory are what we called "Backpack" if you put the item in there your item cannot be used Inventory and Backpack slots So, to buy the items you need to press the key "F4" to open to shop After you open the shop you inspect the item you want to buy by hovering the mouse over the i...

Hi guys! In this guide. I'll be talking about the attribute of the heroes. Let's begin! What is Attribute Attribute page of hero shown in the game Attributes are the stats of each hero. It can be categorized into 3 types  Strength , Agility,  and Intelligence. These attributes can be increased by level up, obtain items or from some unique abilities. Each hero will have their own primary attribute, which will increase that hero base attack damage by 1 point. Also, the primary attribute will be gain the most when leveling up. Strength Strength will identify how tough that hero is. Strength identify a hero's maximum health, HP regeneration, and magic resistance. Hero with plenty of Strength can be hard to kill and can tank damage for their teammates. Each point of Strength gains +Maximum health by 20 +HP regeneration by 0.1 +Magic resistance by 0.08% Picture of Strength attribute Agility Agility will identify how swift that hero is. A...

Hello guys!  Before we go any further in the game, I want to provide you guys with some useful tips in this game. In this guide, I will be talking about Rune    What are runes Runes are powerful boosters that can be found in DoTA2. They can be grouped into two types Bounty rune and power-up runes Bounty rune Bounty rune can be pickup by any hero and will grant gold to all their teammate heroes.  Bounty rune spawns every five minutes starting from 0:00 of the in-game clock and will spawn at the top and bottom of each team. Locations of all the bounty runes  You should pay attention to the time clock in the game because these bounty runes granted all the gold to your teammates which will boost your team economy Bounty rune as seen in the game Power-up runes Power-up runes give heroes various buffs and effects for a short time. These runes will spawn every 2 minutes in either top or down of the river starting from 2:00 of the in...

Hello guys! last time I left with a word Creep, and in this guide, I am going to explain it. Let's start! Creeps are the smallest units in DoTA2, it can belong to heroes or not. They can be categorized into two major groups A group of creep fighting in the river Lane creeps  As it says in the name, it is a creep that spawns for each lane and for each team every 30 seconds from the barracks. Lane creeps have 2 types, melee and ranged. Melee creeps tend to have more armor than the ranged, but ranged creeps have much higher attack Melee creep Ranged creep By the way, you can upgrade your creep by destroying your enemies' barracks. For example, if you destroy your enemies' top barracks, your top lane creeps will become a super creep that has more HP and damage than the regular one. Furthermore, if you can destroy all of the enemies barracks, all of your creeps will become a mega creep which gets a superb boost in HP and damage  Image by  ...