Can(Will) Anyone Teach Me DotA?

[FannyShaver]

Since 7x% of heroes do stun, disable, immobilize or slow name Stunota is quite accurate.

 

[D.V.D]

Its simple, download the AI version and keep playing. Only problem is AI won't stop to steal kills so beware

 

[decored]

1.Hero Picking: This is most important for starters. Know who is your hero. There are ganker, Nukers ,DPs ,Pusher,...For startters hero like drow ranger(Simple point and click heroes no combos) comes in handy. If you are a low health agility heroes stay at the back and let other strength hero do the Tanking and avoid the single lane.
2.Farming: There is this thing called last hitting i.e. to last hit a creeps ally or enemy .To last hit your creeps you need to prees attack button A and click on your creeps
3.Item build:There are different ways of building a heroes. This is mostly based on your skills.If you have hight attack speed Buriza comes in handy and so on
4.Play your part:If your hero is a ganker like pudge, mirana..start ganking at an early game.If you are a fighter try to survive and farm alot for items for most fighter needs items. If you are pusher like prophet just push...
5. Know all the heroes well along with their spells-cooldown,mancost and how they work.
6.Know the mechanics well like range units at lower terrain have 25% to miss or dodging most projectile spells with Naga's split image or blink,Juking,Backdooring(attcking creeps and towers before a creeps arrive-This is for more balancing),etc
7.Download many tutorials, videos,replay
8.Avoid frequent 1v1 it can deprive you of ganking skills anf make some heroes completely unusable
9.To know the spells well there is this map called OMG dota where you have to choose a spell This can help you with the spell knowledge.
10.Know the items well which are orb Buff and their stacking problem
11Read the tooltip carefully you will have no problem. Practise using shortcut keys for buying stuffs.
12.No hero is useless and also a capable hero can become useless if given wrong skillbuild itembuildetc.
13.Some may call you noobs. Avoid them becoz in a aggresive game like dota even the mildest mind is blurred.Practise from you mistakes.Always play with people better then you.Never abandin your allies in battle unless ther is no hope.
14.Dota takes at the least 6 months to play fluently.It is the most addictive game I've played so far coz of frequent map release,balancing,new heoes and stuff.
15.I hope you enjoy the game bcoz many games like heroes of newerth,Leaagues of legends are based on it.

 

[Inflicted]

ES is fun to block creeps with. Fissure in the spawn and they are blocked all way.

your not allowed to block creeps at start with abilities anymore.. lol :/

EDIT: hmm actually is this on all servers now? i'm not sure, but its not allowed on the SA Twilight one atleast.

 

[Aedes]

i can teach you how to play. ... but if the price is right. hahaha! joke!

play with AIs. its the easiest way to learn. check on strategy guides for item builds. it depends on the type you want to play. can be a hitter, support, or ganker.

 

[nomadian]

download League of Legends and its an easier learning curve to learning dota.

 

[CrazedPyscho]

to seriously get better visit playdota.com go through the rules on the home page (including tips and stuff) check out guides on heroes you like 2 play, see skills + ways to synergize to the max, share your oppions wit other people on the site practise with ai 4 a while then play wit your friends or online on Garena...... simple right?

seriously thats how u get better but thats just with heroes..... you should also be aware of map awareness and teamwork...:banghead:

 

[Whitesock]

The biggest problem I see with most players (mind you I switched over to hon) is that people who feed don't assess situations properly. They run in without realizing they are going to get rolled. Important things to do are to see if you actual can kill your target or if you really should be alone trying to kill an enemy tower with every enemy hero all of a sudden missing from their lanes. This takes time to get your mind into the game a bit and be able to make judgement calls. Another big thing is CS (creep stats). Every kill matters! Missing 2 easy creepkills a wave can lead to a 40 cs differential in 10 minutes. That could easily be the difference between you having your BKB before that lion hits level 11 or not, a game changer really. To get better? You need to keep playing. Find some friends who will play with you and just think about your moves. Every time you die you should be thinking "why did that happen? Could I have prevented it or did they just make a good play?" Sadly I'm not playing DotA anymore so I can't really help you there, but if you ever transfer to HoN I can help you.

 

[FannyShaver]

It's still Stun, Slow, Disable, Immobilize based. One and the same process. Stun, Kill, Buy item, Get Stunned, Get killed, restart the process.

 

[13lade619]

we get it. stop spamming that.

that's why DotA topics are hardly allowed here. It attracts so much spam.

 

[FannyShaver]

Because Stunota is lot more direct name.

 

[Cheesy]

Oh look, someone doesn't like the game-mode. Let's all watch as he makes hilarious jokes about it.

In all seriousness, however, you don't need anyone to teach you. Just play with the ai / some friends / in noob games. Reading guides on some other Warcraft 3 sites doesn't hurt either.