By CrispyCreme
How to Use Pudge in DOTA
While we have spoken about Pudge before and given plenty of tips on superior hooks and mini ganks. Here in this DOTA video you will see raw Pudge pwnage as he screams around the DOTA map attacking anyone unsuspecting. Initially we questioned the game speed and felt some map hacking may have been used, but after checking with some DOTA experts such as Daniel Telford, aka Tubby and Matthew Hystek aka MatteR - they tend to feel this is just great usage of the hero Pudge. Check out the DOTA video below and give us your thoughts. Thanks to CrispyCreme for this article, and we encourage ALL our DOTA readers to send through their ideas, stories and DOTA tips to asutcliffe@gmail.com
How to use Pudge in DOTA
DOTA Tips Prize Draw
Well Christmas has just passed for another year and DOTA Tips has drawn the winner of the LCD Monitor Giveaway!
With so many DOTA lovers in the draw, it's a shame we can't give more of these monitors away. Firstly, thank you to our sponsors! Both NRL news and John Chow websites provided traffic and support to be able to giveaway this prize.
Without further delay; the 22" LCD Monitor goes to: Joel McQ alias 'Jigger'
Joel has been a supporter of DOTA tips for over 6 months now, he has supplied 'DOTA Artwork' and images that we use regularly for our articles. Once again we would like to thank everyone who was in the draw and we especially want to thank the following list of contributors in recent months:
- MatterR
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Of these posters, we are offering full time positions in 2008 to MatteR and MaxQ. Both are experienced in DOTA and will provide readers with great info, DOTA hints and advice.
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Dragon Knight Ownage in DOTA
Here at DOTA Tips we have been trying to get this guy to post on our site for several months. One of the true masters of DOTA and able to play almost any hero in the game, 'Matter' has been a player since DOTA Allstars were born a few years ago. Today, he has been kind enough to chat about Dragon Knight and send us a game reply for Christmas!
Dragon Knight Ownage in DOTA that MatteRz! :)
By MatteR
In todays game ladies and gents (yes ladies do play this game, more then you think...) we had an -arem game. Apparently in DOTA, 11% are female players in BattleNet.
During this game our team was on the winning side, until they got cocky and started to chase them when the opponent was on low HP - so where did the opponent run to? to there team mates of course, getting the chases to chase them into an ambush, therefore getting ganked. the 2 of the players in our team where agueing and calling each other "YOU F&%KING NOOB!", after a chase and unsuccessful kill, they both left at the same time, and the third player left has well.
Well it was an AR game but i was able to get one of my faverout characters, the one and only who can own all 5 players at once if the right items are bought. so using the 3 leaves items, i managed to get the battle fury, hyper stone, santanic, power treads and basher. let me tell you that we did eventually loose, not after i got a dominating set of kills :)here is the replay, and have a look at how the might dragon knight can own :) enjoy...
Download the replay here:
Even though its Christmas day, we have a stack of DOTA articles, replays and DOTA Videos coming up from the likes of MaxQ and more from the MatteR.
DOTA Guide: Lord of Avernus Abaddon
DOTA Guide: Abaddon - The Lorrd of Avernus
by MaxQ
A great DOTA hero he was my first hero with whom i could put fear in any other enemy hero, when they saw me they just ran always. I will tell you why they ran like little roaches. Aba is a strength hero but very fast and versatile so it's one to fear on the field. I always laugh when i see them running away. You can play different play stiles with this one you can either go on strength/agility/intelligence its our choice but i tell you this you will need MANA for sure whichever you choose.
The spell they fear, the spell that deal damage, the spell you should use is Aphotic Shield (T) Summons dark energies around an ally unit, creating a shield that absorbs a set amount of damage before expiring. When the shield is destroyed it will deal damage equal to the amount it absorbed to an area around it. If cast on self while using borrowed time, the damage you take will heal you. Removes certain types of negative buffs on cast. Lasts 20 seconds. At lvl 4 this will absorb and deal 275 damage in an area around itself, it costs 100 mana to cast and has 25 seconds cooldown. LVL this up fast.
VERY IMPORTANT USE THE SHIELD ALWAYS ON DOTA CREEPS only use it on yourself or your friendly heroes when needed. Creeps will be front line of battle and will absorb more damage in a lower time so you need the shield on the creeps at all times. When the enemy sees the shield he will retreat every time.
Death Coil (C) A coil of death that can damage an enemy unit or heal a friendly unit at the cost of his own life. Manacost decreases per level. This will heal or damage for 250 HP. Deals 125 HP to himself. This spell i always let to the endgame and lvl it up as last. I barely use it ever it wont do much healing or damage so you should leave this aside.
Frostmourne Abaddon strikes an enemy with Frostmourne' s chilling power on each attack, causing all units who attack the slowed enemy to gain 10% increased movement speed, along with faster attack speed, for a limited time. This is a passive spell and is very useful you can lvl this up alongside with the shield. You will slow the enemy and attack faster very good. At lvl 4 you will have 40% increased attack speed, and slow enemy by 20%. hahaha
Your ultimate spell Borrowed Time When activated, most negative buffs will be removed and you will no longer take damage for the duration of the ability. If the ability is not in cooldown, it will passively activate when your hit points drop below 400. This spell is good when you don't seem to have any more chance, no where to run, when it activates you can run fast and away, and when activated put shield on yourself that way the damage you take will actually heal you.
You can buy either strength intelligence and agility combinations, it depends on your play stile. Thanks for joining me, for the latest DOTA Allstars and DOTA Strategy Guide
DOTA: Crow Carrier
DOTA: The Updated Carrier Crow (DOTA Carrier Pigeon / Messenger)
by e s / JourneyManDeep
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS GATHER ROUND! Today and today only I will discuss with you the importance of the DOTA crow! Ever have that enemy get away with a mere 24 HP?
Ever wish there was a Zeus on your DOTA team because that lucky hero just keeps getting away with practically no HP whatsoever?
Well I'm here to tell you wish no more! With the new and improved CROW Icefrog has added a carrier that is faster than most heroes and invulnerable for short periods of time. These bonuses are better than almost any hero has in the game. Whats even better is that this carrier has mana capacity enough to use the BKB, and even better the Dagon! So wish no more about killing pesky opponents who get out of your reach with no HP!
The process for using this skill is very easy! Get a crow or vulture carrier and equip it with a dagon! Keep this carrier near the enemies base out of sight and reach! When that lucky hero gets out of your reach with no HP send in the Airforce to Dagon Him/Her! It is will bring you unmeasurable joy when the opponent starts the trash talking about juked, being a pro, or being just plain lucky when you swoop in and Bam-Animality! Dagon Death!
So to all those people who continually get away with no HP and think they are Pros! This piece is for you! Beware of the BIRD! Your luck has run out!
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DOTA: Troll Warlord Video Replay
DOTA Allstars
Following on from yesterdays post and DOTA Strategy guide on Troll Warlord; our writer MaxQ has also uploaded a DOTA Video Game Replay of Troll in full swing. Its a W3G style replay. Simply click the link to download the full replay to hone your DOTA skills.
http://rapidshare.com/files/78189212/troll.w3g.html
DOTA Allstars: Troll Warlord Strategy
The second DOTA Allstars strategy for today is centered around 'Troll Warlord' a decent DOTA hero when used correctly, check out this latest info from MaxQ on how to play this guy in DOTA. We are soon drawing the winner of the LCD 22" monitor, so be sure and send us your DOTA articles, info and tips to asutcliffe@gmail.com
DOTA: Troll Warlord Strategy Guide
By MaxQ
In this guide we will discuss about Troll warlord a hero all about speed he es very fast all his spells are about attack speed and stun and so on.
Your primary spell i think will be: .... well in my opinion the most important of your spell will be the passive spell Fervor (F)Passively increases the attack speed of all nearby friendly units. This will increase the attack speed by 30% and if you will buy any other items for attack speed or agility then you will hit few times faster then any of them, so when they see you they are probably dead already just they don't know it yet or they know and will try to run, hehehe. You should lvl up this spell as soon as you can so that you have the plus 30% attack speed besides your items.
Blind (D) A searing light blinds the vision of a target enemy unit, making it miss on some attacks. This is a very useful spell because it can be set to auto cast :P that way your enemies will miss on 42% of attacks this cost only 20 mana and has 8 seconds cooldown so this wont be a problem.
Well the next spell is very good to but you must know when to use it Berserker Rage (G) Jah`rakal goes berserk, using his throwing axes as a melee weapon. He gains bonus damage, hit points, armor, and the Bash ability, but can only attack at melee range.This is good when you get close to the enemy hero or your just farming. This will give you 10% chance to bash and deal 50 bonus damage and stun for 2 seconds. Very good for close encounters with a melee hero, but use it wisely so u wont get caught.
And your ultimate this is what i like most Rampage (R) Jah`rakal goes into a feral rampage, increasing his attack and movement speeds. Lasts 30 seconds. This Increases your attack speed by 120% and movement speed by 11%. + your passive 30% from fervor and any other items and agility that will add you some more attack speed .... i don't have to say more i think.
The most important item you should always buy is Helm of The Dominator this will give you 15% life steal and with your speed and high damage you wont have trouble with your life for sure. You should try buying a Necronomicon to so you will receive the summoned archers boost to attack and movement speed to and truesite from the warriors. Here is the replay to so you can watch a troll in action i played Sven in this game i can say very poorly but i don't get Sven many times but.... i managed.
DOTA Naga Siren Strategy
By MaxQ
Today's DOTA Allstars post is another from our senior writer and serious DOTA tactician; MaxQ. He discusses the tactics for Slithice - Naga Siren. How are you DOTA skills going? Don't forget to send us your DOTA tips, info and stories - email: asutcliffe@gmail.com and get your article and name published!
Slithice - The Naga Siren
Have you ever got slitherin dota allstars? But you newer knew what to do with it and how to play this hero.. well just read on and find out all about this Naga Siren. She has damage she is fast but more important is that she can make mirror images of herself.
And this will be you primary spell Mirror Image (R) Confuses the enemy by summoning copies of Slithice, which can deal damage. Images take triple damage. Lasts 30 seconds. At lvl 4 you have 3 illusions of yourself that deal 45% damage. 150 mana cost and 60 seconds cooldown. You will need to lvl this up early so you can deal more damage and if needed escape more "elegantly".
IMPORTANT ITEM for this hero is MANTA STYLE and i think you know why i say this because you can make 3 mirror images with your spell and another 2 with this so you will have 5 illusion with you, you can try a Refresher Orb to but you will need a lot of mana.
You with your illusions will deal a lot of damage to your enemies, so we are going to the next spell that is Critical Strike You will need this to early in the game so lv it up fast to help yourself and your images to deal more damage. This will give you chance to do deal 1.5 times damage on an attack on 45% of each attack. So many illusions with crit.... should i say more?
If they want to escape just use your Ensnere (E) spell for 115 mana and 15 seconds cooldown, so you can catch them easly and assault them with your illusions to. Entraps an enemy unit in a net, rendering the unit unable to move for 5 seconds. He wont make it 5 seconds when you attack.
Your ultimate is somewhat noobish i could say, i barely use this spell Song of the Siren (G) Slithice sings a tempting song. Enemy units near her are put to sleep for 8 seconds. Well it is useful only if you want to escape or if you want to immobilize your enemies until help arrives.... I don't like this spell.
Shortly it will be another great DOTA Allstars guide, about Troll so don't forget to visit us soon.
DOTA Replay: The Ultimate Video
By Matter (matter45@hotmail.com)
This recent DOTA Allstars video replay comes to us from a dear friend of DOTA Tips. Heavy hitter and DOTA old school star 'Matter' has sent in one of the killer 5 v 5 DOTA replays of 2007.
This is simply a DOTA video you just have to download and watch.
Follow this link to quickly download the DOTA replay free below: http://rapidshare.com/files/77821092/2007-12-19_10_13_00_PM_day-striker_Spizikes.w3g
Some more info on the DOTA Allstars discussion with Matter:
Matter says: in this replay at 12 minutes 15 seconds, it shows just how powerful enchantress really is, and all the items she has is power treads.
Matter says: As our DOTA group prepares to gank, it is infack entantress who goes in first she has the ability to slow the opponent down, and if you noitce that we all went for one hero 3vs3 gank at 12 minutes 15 seconds
DOTA Allstars says: wot DOTA heros were used?
Matter says: entantress spider preistess of the moon VS
Matter says: ganked tiny, dragon and vengeful spirit
DOTA Allstars says: I'm putting your DOTA reply online so we can share with the crowd at www.DOTAtips.info
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DOTA Allstars: Mogul Khan Guide
Here's a top quality DOTA Allstars post about: Mogul Khan. Our lead writer and DOTA expert MaxQ sheds his ideas on how to play Mogul Khan with the best success rate and get some major DOTA ownage and pwnage going. We've had a big response from all our readers, several have posted in their DOTA Allstars ideas this week, DOTA players including: e s / JourneyManDeep, niFFreY and of course MaxQ have all spread their tips on DOTA Allstars. (Simply scroll down to read all DOTA Articles) - so if you want to win a 22' LCD monitor we are giving away, simply send your DOTA story, idea or article to asutcliffe@gmail.com we'll put your story on the site and you get a chance to win the LCD monitor!
DOTA Allstars: Mogul Khan - The Axe Guide
By MaxQ
You cant Escape.
If u get this hero and you know how to play him they wont be able to escape your fierce battle hunger. He is a Strength hero so you can acquire a lot of Health and Damage to. This hero is built to kill, and if there are more attacking him the best he performs on his duty, if they outnumber you you will kill them faster. I saw many players with this hero and some of them were to be afraid of, they handled the spells and items like no other and they caught me always every time.
I should say the primary spell that you will need is Counter Helix "Mogul Kahn counters some blows made to him by taking the attacking unit and swinging it around violently, dealing damage to all nearby enemy units.15% chance to counter throughout all levels" you will have to lvl this spell early to gain advantage against the enemy hordes. This is a passive spell. So as i said before the more they are the often you will cast this counter spell. Very useful.
With Battle Hunger (R) you can really piss off the enemy heroes "Afflicts a target with a terrible killing hunger. The target will take damage per second until it kills a unit." Which means 25 damage/second, for 25 seconds at lvl 4 for 135 mana and 25 seconds cooldown.. You can cast this on a fleeing hero and he will die eventually. Or you can just cast it when you attack the hero so it takes damage from you and the spell when hes focusing on you and not on the killing of the creeps.
Berserker's Call (E) "Mogul Kahn focuses all of his enemy's hatred on him, causing them to attack him at all costs. 275 AOE." This is very useful considering the more they attack you the faster you counter them with damage. If they try to run just cast this spell so they MUST stay and attack you at all costs. It lasts 3 seconds and you get 20 bonus armor - very useful, it cost 110 mana and has 15 second cooldown.
The last spell, your ultimate Culling Blade (C) "Purges the weak from Mogul Kahn's sight. Deals moderate damage, but will kill a target that is low on life." Deals 300 damage, but will kill unit if its health is below 625. This will cost you 160 mana to cast and has a 90 seconds cooldown.
The most important item for this hero is Vanguard it costs 2275 4hp regen / second +250 Hit points and 65% to block 35 damage, you will need at least two of these. And after that any other good item is welcome. There you have it another fine product, check back soon.
Guide to Pudge in DOTA
Now Pudge is one of the more popular heros in DOTA Allstars, and talking about him today is one of our guest writers - going by the name of e s or JourneyManDeep, heres some DOTA Strategy info on Pudge that will help you farm the butt off your enemies.
DOTA Allstars: Pudge Tips and Strategy
by e s / JourneyManDeep
I have decided to write a post on Pudge! Always a hot topic with many, he is hated by just as many people that love him!
Pudge long revered for his sick Meathook and Rot+Dismember!
Many think he is a solo hero that goes hunting on his own and occasionally will throw a line to save a friend! I am going to tell the story that many don't know about this game winning team hero! So you are getting ready to play DOTA and you see a post for DOTA Undeafeated!
It's a bunch of friends that play together constantly andlove nothing more than to beat up on disorganized noobs! This is for all you out there who have been wondering how to defeat a team that are always together using DOTA ganking and DOTA raping they seem like a brick wall that is unpenetratable.
Well when most people start with Pudge they start with the stats about him like everyone doesn't know what he does and what he's got!Starting with team player Pudge: When game starts you will need 1 ring of regen, 1 circlet, and 2 ironwood branches. Start out in mid and level up till 6. When you get 6 go get some boots and start hunting!
point is by level 11 I want you to have a mek and an arcane ring! These are essential to keeping you and your team on top at all times. The rest is pretty obvious on how to break an unbeatable team. Keep you teammates close and break that wall down one hero at a time. Hook enemies in one at a time and WATCH THE CARNAGE AS A TEAM OF 5 DESTROYS ONE HERO!
Soon that unbeatable team will be crying like babies and custom kicking you so fast your head spins. That is the real Pudge. I have seen him many times in action and he will eat you so beware and watch your step! Last of all I want to dedicate this piece to all those sad sacks who use the CUSTOM KICK feature on WC3Banlist to kick players when they are getting Pawned! I still love you and I ain't mad at you, but watch it or you may be next!
So master Pudge now my fellow n00bs, and you can get your skills honed to become a decent DOTA Allstars Hero
DOTA Allstars - Team Strategy Guide
Today we talk about the ultimate DOTA Allstars 5 Man team strategy. One of our newest writers: niFFreY chats about which DOTA Heros to select in your super team and how to use these DOTA hero's properly to get the upperhand in defeating the enemy. niFFrey is one of our newest writers and word on the street is, this guy is a battlenet magician - regularly tearing up the enemy with his DOTA Allstars skills.
DOTA Allstars - Ultimate Team Build and Team Strategy Guide
By niFFreY
1. Queen of Pain (Dagon,Euls\Guinsoo)
2. Puck (Guinsoo, Heart of Tarasque)
3. Chen (Kelen's Dagger,Mekanism)
4. Lich (Kelen's Dagger)
5. Razor (Boots of Travel, Radiance, Life Steal(dominator or satanic), Butterfly)
Our team played this already and it works.All you need is good team work;
Chen and Lich must take control of the neuts, this will just be easy!XD
Queen of Pain and Puck can do all the ganks in the lanes and canback up the two in the neuts quickly because they got blink and illusory orb.
Razor will farm, his first item must be radiance because it will make the farming easieralong with his Storm seeker.In times of massive clash Queen of Pain can sweep the creeps, then Lich willuse his dagger and release his chain frost, and Puck will use his dream coil that willstun and silence the enemies in area, Chen will heal the team (hand of god and mekanism) and his creeps can also stun. Razor will do the PK!!
DOTA Allstars: Puck the Firey Dragon
"DOTA Allstars" Guide to Puck The Firey (Faerie) Dragon
By MaxQ
In this Dota Allstars guide we will discuss the power of Puck - The fiery Dragon. This hero is one of my loved ones, if i get this when i play in -arem or -dmarem -apem etc I'm always very happy and i know my team will probably win the game :P.
Few people like puck because of its low health and maybe they don't know what spells to use and in which way. I don't get this hero to often but when i get it i always kill kill and kill, sometimes i die 1 time in a game but that's OK when i kill 15 times in a game at least.
Anyway enough with the chit-chat let us see what this birdie can do for the team and against the other team. And hey, if you aren't a fan of this DOTA Allstars hero, then go stick to your little "Tower Defence mod" ok? Or maybe "Pudge Wars"! :)
First of all he is an intelligence hero and you will need a lot of intelligence and so a huge amount of mana that you can spend as the game advances. I say this because all of his spell have a very fast cooldown between 6-15 seconds without the ultimate that has 85 seconds cooldown. So you will need to buy many intelligence items, this is a must.
The strongest and the most useful spell is the Illusory Orb (R) "Sends a magic orb flying down a straight path damaging everything in its way. At any time during the life of the orb the Faerie Dragon may teleport up to it, taking its place. It has 1800 Range, that's allot and a 225 AOE damage. It costs you 125 mana to cast and has only 15 second cooldown so you can use this many times just your mana has to last. You can really annoy heroes with this spell as you can cast it from far away and still get them.
Or if you want to chase a hero just cast the orb let it fly and when its close to the hero just teleport in its place :P that's really great, and you can escape the same way to. Wanning Rift (W) is the next spell it is very useful to but i only use it when i think I'm in trouble, i gather and manage my mana so i can cast many illusory orbs. This spell releases Puck's mystical faerie dust around him dealing damage and silencing enemies in a 400 AOE Deals 240 damage and silences for 3 seconds, now this is useful don't u think?
The next spell will be Phase Shift (F) you can set this to auto cast, when used shifts the Faerie Dragon out of existence for a brief period, temporarily avoiding any further damage.Mana cost 20 Cooldown 6 seconds and up to 3 seconds out of existence. I write here only about the last i mean the max lvl of the spells, so you know. I don't really use this spell, although it's useful i let it always be the last to level.
And finally we get to the Ultimate Dream Coil (C) Puck's powerful imagination engulfs an area, creating coils of volatile magic that damages and stuns enemy units as it latches on to them. Stretching the coils beyond 600 range causes it to snap and deal additional damage and stun time. Which means it deals initially 200 damage and 0.5 seconds stun and when they run and the coil brakes they receive an additional 200 damage and 3 second stun. You can always kill or put them on the run with this one for sure.
As far as what items to buy i don't really have an idea of the best items for this hero just buy intelligence stuff and the other useful boots etc maybe Linken Sphere. Check back soon as i will write another "DOTA Allstars guide" in the next day or two days.
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DOTA Hacking Video
By StrongHold (chameleon181@hotmail.com)
Fresh from our last post on the general DOTA Hack, here we have a video of a DOTA Map Hacker. You can see plainly how he cheats the game of DOTA Allstars and ruins it for everyone else. So this is a warning to all DOTA players - the DOTA Hack is real and this video of a map hack is real. Check it out below:
DOTA Hack
Its a question we get alot here at DOTA Allstars Tips, the users say what about "DOTA Hack" - sadly, its not just a DOTA Hack because there are lots of cheats and map hacking techniques for DOTA. So forget just saying DOTA Hack because there are many and sadly many noobs are using them to get ahead in the game.
If it's a DOTA Hack, DOTA Cheat or Map hack you are looking for try some of these sites as they are currently the ones publishing the illegal tactics for DOTA Allstars:
DOTA 6.39 Map Hacks at www.gamerzplanet.net/forums/latest-releases/
DOTA money and level hacks at
DOTA Map Hacks at http://hacks-dota.blogspot.com/
Beat Map Hackers at at http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/
Here at DOTA Tips, we don't agree with the theory of the DOTA Hack so only do it if you must. And make sure if you do it, you don't get caught.
Dota Allstars
Welcome everyone to our revamped DOTAtips.info - a site dedicated to the game DOTA Allstars. We have been chatting about DOTA for almost a year now, but more recently we have added some more skillful DOTA players to our team - such as: MaxQ, Shaitan, Tubby and Godfather.
All experienced DOTA Allstars players, we are updating more regularly and giving you more information and how to employ the best and newest DOTA Strategies and DOTA Tips; heck we even occasionally publish DOTA Cheats - but we don't advise anyone to cheat or maphack DOTA.
While DOTA Allstars has been around for a few years now, the numbers of DOTA players on Battlenet continue to grow and skill levels for all 'DOTA Allstars' players continues to grow too.
Here at DOTA Tips, we encourage ALL visitors to add their ideas, funny DOTA stories and information and send it into us. So if you want to write a DOTA article, send us a cool DOTA Strategies tip or simply just tell us a real funny story about some newb or farmer from your school we want to hear that too - email us at: asutcliffe@gmail.com and we will tell the world about your funny DOTA story or let everyone laugh at a funny n00b story.
Good to have you on board DOTA Allstars lovers!
DOTA: Storm Spirit Guide
The Storm is coming, time to seek protection, because in 'DOTA Storm Spirit' wont stop coming and wont stop building up its strength and finally it will catch you.
DOTA Strategy: Raijin Thunderkeg (Storm Spirit)
By MaxQ our resident DOTA expert!
This hero is very fast i mean very fast and HE will catch anyone who dares to run in seek of protection. He's main Strength is it's huge agility with which he can out battle any other hero on the field.
Your main spell here will be Overload (V) This is a passive skill which u MUST lvl up early in the game. "Each successful attack builds up a static charge, eventually releasing in the form for an electrical burst. The burst deals damage and does a minor Purge-like effect to the attacked foe and nearby area." At lvl 4 this build up will take place after 5 Attacks and the burst will deal an extra 75 Damage in a small aoe and purge them. With this skill high and a good attack speed so you can build up fast they will always be on the running when they see you, as the burst will slow them they will be easy target. You must use this (well it's a passive skill so you don't have to use it ("literally") in association with Electric Rave that i will discuss now.
Electric Rave (E) this skill "Transfers mana into pure electric current at a rapid rate, increasing the Storm Spirit's attack speed by 20% for 6 mana per second (at lvl 1) at lvl 4 this will be a 80% speed burst for 15 mana /second so you will need mana, and lots of it. This will be the secondary spell as you need to attack as fast as you can.
This is your Primary Objective to be as fast as you can.
The third spell i have to say i don't use it never, it is Barrier (R) it Shields a target with Raijin's discharged mana, resisting spell damage while under the effect. Lasts 20 seconds, Prevents 600 magical damage at lvl 4 and costs 75 mana to cast and it has only a 15 second cooldown. Well its probably useful sometimes but i didn't use it that much so you experiment with it.
You will use your Ultimate pretty often because its a very powerful spell with this spell you can catch anyone in 1200 range at lvl3 or you can just travel fast. Lightning Grapple (G) Creates an electrical attraction between the Storm Spirit and a target area, pulling him and all nearby units to that point. This is very useful if the enemy runs into base and you are near him just point outside and he will travel with you back into the battle, or you can travel with your nearby allies to a nearby enemy hero/tower. I like this Ulti allot and it's actually very funny to see all them around you as you travel to 1 point hehe.
You should but any item that gives you attack speed and/or agility Lothar's Edge would be a good choice to buy in any case and any item with hyperstone or agility is a must try buying only hyperstones see what happens.
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DOTA: Pugna Strategy Guide
Are you a fan of Pugna in DOTA? Wanted to get some tips on how to play Pugna? Well check out this DOTA Strategy Guide for Pugna from our lead reporter - MaxQ. Don't forget, we want to hear you ideas on DOTA - are you as good as MaxQ? Maybe you can join our team of reporters! Email: asutcliffe@gmail.com
Pugna Strategy: How to play Pugna in DOTA and WIN:
Today we will discuss about another hero that gets underestimated, he is a freakish little guy with a huge head lol just look at him and watch as He walks across the map u just cant stop laughing about him, well this little guy named Pugna -
The Oblivion is actually a very powerful hero, in fact i will demonstrate it to all of you just about now. If you like to solo or you just like to attack with the team or either be a support hero this guy has got packed all up in its stash of spells, and i mean "very powerful spells he has" and if you know the right items you will win and lead your team to that all time wanted victory. Well, some would say that your primary spell will be Nether Blast with Decrepify on heroes so you increase the spell damage dealt and your ultimate of course.
Well they are all wrong my friends, your main and most powerful spell is: .......... Nether Ward, if you lvl this up early the enemy heroes will be very annoyed and will all the time focus on destroying your ward not paying attention to the game and the map, you can really distract them with this, but if you know the right place where to put it and then use your other spells they will just end up dead for sure, you can easily get multi kill with Nether Ward.
So let's seeNether Ward (W) it costs 80 mana to cast at lvl 4 and has 30 seconds cooldown, has 400hp (not important at all), it reduces the enemies mana regeneration by 600% (this means that they wont regenerate any mana soon), and the most important ability: Mana Flare that is cast automatically when any enemy hero cast a spell and it deals 1.5damage / mana spent. Let me explain. If the enemy hero cast a spell that needs 300mana he will receive 300x1.5 damage, you do the math. So this is your primary spell the others can wait.
You just have to find the right spot where to put this "rod", i personally like to put it in the woods or near the tower or behind the tower, it has 1600 AOE so you can put it pretty far so they cant see/find it. Try this out and you will be amazed by the power. Nether Blast (B) it costs 145 mana to cast at lvl 4 and deals an astonishing 325 damage to units and 100 to buildings, well you say that's not that much and your right but don't forget that it has just 5 seconds cooldown so you can cast one after the other, now that will stack up.
You can destroy the enemy creeps and building pretty fast and farm as good to. Some will use only this spell along the Decrepify only and maybe never use the Nether Ward. Decrepify (C) (100mana 7s cooldown) with this spell you can put your enemies in an ethereal plane for a few seconds (3,5s at lvl 4)rendering them unable to attack and making there movement speed less with 50%, but the important factor is that they will receive an extra 40% damage from spells, OMG. And finally Your Ultimate, Life Drain (D) mana cost 225 at lvl 4, only 20 second cooldown lol, and it drains 185 hp / second or 300 hp / second with Aghanim's Scepter.....well that's allot.
If you like this spell and want to use it the most important thing to know that this spell is channeling over 9seconds so if u get stun or something like that it will stop. SO you just have to buy Black King Bar this will give you 10seconds avatar so you wont get interrupted maybe with 1 or 2 exceptions. So if this is your primary spell then BKB is a must.
You can buy any items that you think will be good for him, but you probably will need hp/armor/spell reduction. So you just buy some items that add to these and you ll be just fine. I like Linken Sphere, the other you will find out. Just keep it up and play dota more often.
DOTA: Are you Pro or n00b?
By MaxQ - maxq626@gmail.com
Do you play DOTA heaps? or do you rarely play DOTA?
What are you a pro or a noob?
DOTA games are very popular on BattleNet, and it's the most popular custom game ever, if you never played it you must try it out and you will find out that what I'm writing next, will probably fit you and your play stile precisely.
What are you a pro or a noob?
DOTA games are very popular on BattleNet, and it's the most popular custom game ever, if you never played it you must try it out and you will find out that what I'm writing next, will probably fit you and your play stile precisely.
If you are a pro player just bring back the memories and laugh, because you were a noob some day to don't you forget that, you were learning to, step by step, the game, the heroes and items ... and what this map is all about and finally you found the beauty and maybe you never loose a game now but what about the past when they were laughing at you? Then you cried and fought them back as you best could but senseless.
Probably he will buy an item that has a nice Icon or color or just one that looks good to him not knowing if that item helps or not at all. A noob will go and attack on one lane and probably end up dieing fast because he wont pay attention to its hp and will stay and attack till the end. HAHA. Yes, I'm laughing to now, but i was like that to so i know what this is all about. And you all know that we could say much more about the pros and the noobs to, but the important thing is to play fair don't talk rude and don't harass the other player this game is all about team play so let them be they will learn to. "My next guide will be full of action and heroes and gold so check back soon and let all your friend's know about me, this guide was only for chilling."
DOTA: Start of Game Tips
He is set to be the next legend of DOTA all across the internet. Our man MaxQ continues to give us and everyone at DOTAtips.info his expert tips on all things DOTA. At this rate, IceFrog and big bosses from Blizzard Games will be on the phone trying to steal his ideas. Based out of Romania, nestled away in the DOTA kingdom that is Europe - he spreads the best tips to the rest of us in Asia, Australia and USA.
Ok, in this post, MaxQ discusses early DOTA game strategy and how to keep yourself going in the lane, healthy and cashed up. Read on .... (Remember if you too want to help us out with DOTA Tips and Stories - email us at: asutcliffe@gmail.com)
DOTA: Starting the Game
Do you never know how to start a game? Are you in trouble deciding what to buy first in game? You will need to regenerate your mana and health all the way through out the game so think carefully.
Ring of Health is a good choice, it gives you 4hp/second regeneration and you can make some combinations with other items later in the game.You can buy either 2x Ring of Regeneration which can be used later on for some recipes to.
Do you need mana? Void Stone is a very popular choice but i must say Sobi mask is more frequently used and gives you a larger selection of recipes to. Later in game you can buy of course Mekansm and Arcane Ring, Mekansm gives you allot of attributes:+5 to all attributes, +5 armor, 3hp/sec regeneration aura, and if u activate it for 150 mana it gives 2 bonus armor for friendly units in an area around you and restores 250hp to.
Arcane ring is especially for casters it gives you 300 mana and +3 armor and if u use it it restores 135 mana in an area around you at the cost of 25 mana it has 33seconds cooldown. But the most useful things is: ...... "Empty Bottle" this is the most powerful regenerating item in the game, well yeah you could buy lesser clarity potions for just 50g but this regenerates 100 mana over 30 seconds that's a very long time that you must stay away from getting attacked, and for health you could buy Flask of Saphire Water that regenerates 400hp over 10 seconds this is still to slow and it cost you 100g, and there is Ancient Tango of Essifation that costs 80g and lets you eat trees for 100hp / tree eaten.
But, and most importantly these without the items of course are Consumables you use them and they disappear so you buy them you spend your gold and they get used up so that's not a good deal at all.Lets get back to the Empty Bottle! This bottle is very useful in all situations and more important is its very fast regenerating property, it regenerates 200 health and 75 mana over only 3 seconds, now you must admit that is fast 1 . 2 . 3 and your regenerated.
When you purchase it you will have two uses then the bottle is empty, but no worries you just go and capture a magical rune, one of the two that is constantly appearing on the two spots along the river. The funny part is that you can capture the rune for 2 minutes so u capture lets say invisibility or double damage or whatever and u use it when you want in the 2 minutes limit, and when u use it the flask will be filled up again.
These runes reappear every 2 minutes after the game starts so its plenty of them, and if u look at the game time in the right side drop down hero panel in dota game and pay attention to it you can even get 2 at a time just go lets say at "10:50" 10minutes and 50seconds to get a rune then move back so the other can reappear and then go get that one to lol.
Easier than that you can buy some observer,sentry wards and put them near the runes so you have 6 minutes of visibility of that location, that way you wont miss a rune. So its your choice what you buy and how you use it, maybe there are others to but these are the most important and frequently used.You should definitely try out Empty Bottle you wont regret it. Tell all your friends to come and read the guides more are coming.
DOTA: Geomancer Strategy Guide
Our new boy MaxQ returns today, as one of our newest DOTA team of writers - he gives us an insight into Geomancer. A difficult DOTA hero to play, but this beast creates a blizzard of force when used right as he attacks from all directions.
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Meepo: Geomancer's guide
By MaxQ (The Newest DOTA Strategist on DOTAtips.info)
Hit or Run that is the right question when u see this awk little blueish guy.
Well if u know the pros and cons of this hero you can't loose, never. Meepo is probably the best hero there is in dota, you ask why?, well because hes not just 1 hero, he is 4in1 you got 4 heroes with his ultimate spell.
Divided We Wtand"Meepo summons an imperfect, semi-autonomous duplicate of himself, which can gain gold and experience and abilities. However, the clones cannot wield any items but the boots that Meepo himself wears. If one clone dies, they all die.
Ok, let me explain:First of all your primary item will be Mekansm. You must focus on getting this as fast as you can, this will help you kill Roshan ALONE at lvl 12, well i did so you just try and you will see it works, just atack roshan with your 3 meepos now, and when 1 of them looses to much health just take it back and let roshan atack another one then you send all back atacking and so on.
When all of meepo's health are low just use Mekansm and your back in business again. Trust me it works. I killed roshan 3 times alone in one game having low lvl. OMG Earthbind (E) this is your catch and kill spell, all of your meepo's can use this spell so the enemy never escapes when you throw one net after the other as you attack. Level this skill early, you will need it.This costs 100 mana and has 10 seconds cooldown. On 1on1 they have no chance.
Geostrike, a passive spell/skill lvl up this one early to, it gives 20% slow and 15dmg/second for 2 seconds, this is more than enough if they manage to run somehow.
Poof (F), i personally let this skill be the last to put points in, you will probably find guides that tell you how to use and what powerfull this spell is but me, i don't like it but its your choice how you play this hero. With this spell Meepo can teleport to another Geomancer dealing 160 damage in a 400 AOE (range), it uses up 180 mana and has 30 seconds cooldown.
I have seen player's own the game with meepo with just two items Mekansm and Boots of Speed, you should buy these no matter what you buy next.Then you could buy Assault Cuirass or whatever items that have an aura that will help your team and your geomancers to.
You can always let a geomancer stand near the battle to gain xp, and farm with the others or vice versa, you will make as much money that you never imagined. The best player i have ever seen playing meepo was Stiflur on Europe server. This guide goes to his credit. Keep the dota games running and check back soon for another winning guide.
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DOTA Morphling Strategy
Morphling Strategy and Build for DOTA by "maxq maxq"
Our new DOTA tips guru - "maxq maxq" is back today with his view on the Morphling. Read this and weep, as you see how Morphling can be used as a strength or agility hero in any DOTA game. Look out Blizzard, "maxq maxq" is re-writing the way DOTA is played as he passes his advice on to the world - at www.DotaTIPS.info
Morphling is one of the best heroes in the game, it is very powerful if u know how to use it's abilities and buy the right items.
lets see:
It is very important! do not put more then 1 skill point into MORPH skill because it's more then enough. Morph (R) "The Morphling edits his physical being to fit the circumstances. He can, at will, lose some strength and gain agility, or vice versa. The process is reversible". HAHA here is the trick, the best strategy that i know of and seen it work is this: Buy many strength items Sange and Yasha is a good choice but u must use any strength combination you want. At this point you can/must morph your strength in agility and leave it that way. I saw that if u have enough strength !!!-from items-!!! u have at least 1000hp if your primary Strength is 1-2, but your agility will be very high and you will be fast and powerfull.
Waveform (W) (120 mana)"The Morphling dissolves into his components and surges forward, dealing damage to everything in his wake". This your primary kill and escape skill, this has high damage 325 at lvl 4 and OMG only 10 seconds cooldown, u can own them with this skill only, use it as many times as you can and you will make a lot of money to.
Think of these scenarios, if u buy Lothar' s Edge use it and you will be invisible go between the enemy creeps/heroes and waveform out so you will deal damage and they will not catch you, same thing with Kalen's Dagger of Escape, but you can do it the other way to.
Adaptive Strike (E) (100 mana) "Blasts a target with magical energy, dealing damage or disabling the target based on the Morphling's dominant attribute between Agility and Strength". i think i don't have to say much here, more agility more damage. It has 20 second cooldown and at lvl 4 it deals "120 + 2.6x Agility in damage or stuns the target 2.6 seconds and knocks back slightly".
And now your ultimate skill:REPLICATE (D) (200 mana 120 seconds cooldown) well this skill is the best there is."The Morphling has the unique ability to replicate any target friendly or enemy hero. Although it only deals 50% damage, the hero can morph into his replication, instantly taking its position."JUST find the best hero on the other side replicate him and there u have it, another hero like that but it's your to control for 60 seconds at lvl 3, let him battle with himself, haha. Don't forget to buy items like Hyperstone, and boot's of speed or travel, that way u can catch them for sure.
DOTA Leavers: Your Time is Up
Leavers in DotA games – their time is gone and will never return.
By Andrei Starchenko (andrei.s@veeam.com)
Today, Andrei one of our newest DOTA writers - tells us the true story about DOTA leavers, the folks that ruin the game. Its a topic that Blizzard and IceFrog are working hard to fix - until then, Andrei says:
Ok, guys seems that’s it. Leavers at DotA games started to die out like dinosaurs. I am talking about open DotA games at battle.net of course. I have started DotA very, very long time ago – 4 or 5 years ago. And I really can see the difference. Especially I remember those times, when DotA was loading for about 10 minutes. Leavers were hated so much that I even can’t express.
So while time was passing by I noticed that there became more leaverless games. Why is this happening? I think that we got one main factor here. Some people got pissed off leaves so much, that they just created some programs to prevent leavers from joining their games. The first steps, who made DotA games more clean was Knarf with his Wc3Banlist program. That was a revolution that time. People got like crazy about possibility to ban a leaver and never ever see him in the game again. Banlist was a musthave tool for all DotA players for several years, until suddenly everyone realized that it’s not working anymore. Actually it never worked. People took Banlist like placebo – they just believed in it. The thing was is that by banning people you really will not see him again, but nothing stopped people to create new battle.net account within just a minute. So people got hundreds of thousands of banned people. But they almost never seen them again.
Recently a new team stepped in this battle. A team of guys that presented DotArank program to the DotA world. Actually no one believed in it. Their idea was absolutely opposite from banlist’s. Instead of penalizing bad, they honored good. Also they have created a ladder for DotA players, the thing that was just unbelievable to ever exist. DotArank is much younger than Banlist now, they started about 6-8 months ago, but got very impressive results. Personally I switched from banlist to dotarank couple of months ago and wonder happened. Every game I see lots of ranked people. And I can view how many games each of them played, left, won or lost. I can decide who will play in my game. And if I nthe game all 10 players are ranked I rarely have anybody leave. Really very rare.
So what I can say in the end – DotA lives. With so much efforts put by the DotA community to make games more fun and interesting, I believe DotA is almost ready for it’s next battle. I hope everyone understand that I am talking about Starcraft 2. Really there are tons of speculations about this. Will DotA survive SC2 release or not – the time will show. But the one thing you can be sure - that DotA is ready!
DOTA Noob Guide: Run and Survive
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DOTA SURVIVAL AND GETAWAY
by maxq (maxq626@gmail.com)
This guide should help all you noobs out there, who want to get better and dont leave the game as soon as it starts or as soon as you get ganked or killed. As we all know most important for surviveing in dota first of all is your HP, when its starting to fall to fast u have 3 choices: to die, to suicide (if you can),or to get away as fast as you can. I wont talk about the first two only about the third. First of all you should buy Ring of Health or Ring of Regen as soon as the game starts, this is a must have, to counter the effects of dmg when u lvl up near your tower. Try staying near the tower for first few levels and just atack, if you get damaged your ring of health/regen will help you get back in shape. If u have enough money go back and spend it on whatever suits you and your hero. Now the Getaway partWell probably most important for getting away is to pay attention all the time to the minimap. If you are alone or you are maybe with 1 hero on the lane but all the enemy heroes or some disappeared from the minimap/map more than probably they are on there way to gank you, this is the best time for you to get back near a tower for protection (wont work every time if they catch you so go further back), and signal your team whats happening. There are a few items u could use that will most likely save you and put you in advantage.First of all is Boots of Travel, this is my personal best. It has 60s cooldown and teleports you fast 3-5s anywhere near your units,or buildings on the map and gives you +90 move speed.If you feel in danger you just teleport away then you can go back as fast as u left. Kelens Dagger of Escape is a good choice to, for short distances blink 200-1000 range. But this is for more experienced players to use who know the map really good and now where you can hide but it has only 25s cooldown so u can blink run blink. And the last you can try is Lothar's Edge that gives you damage agility but the important factos is wind walk which means 9 seconds invisibility and 15% move speed for that fast getaway. Buy Ring of HP/Regen, watch the map, know the map and play carefully.
Thanks again maxq - we look forward to hearing more from you soon.
DOTA and Roshan Gold Earning
By Sasuke Uchiha (blazt_knight@hotmail.com)
(Today's article is brought to you by Sasuke! a DOTA kiddie with lots of experience. He is a regular Battle.Net player and is the first public DOTA lover to write for DOTAtips.info - So if you want to see your name and story up here - send an email to; asutcliffe@gmail.com)
So many DOTA people are asking me this, "How can you gain 5000 gold during a DOTA game in only 3 minutes?"
So I asked around the DOTA community, talking to DOTA legends and Blizzard Fan Boys, and I also asked the best players at our school about this, and the response I always got was "That's Impossible!".
I didn't believe what I was hearing! (And this DOTA guy is the smartest in our class, and he's a Valedictorian too! (Look it up on Google if you don't know what that is)
So I asked some other Battle.Net people and this is what they said, "Definitely neutral-farming is the best way to get gold quickly in DOTA" others said that "I think start creating mayhem early in the game, and some said that "Just don't let others destroy towers so you can get the money".
I am really confused in what will I believe because, their advice can really help you in the game (some peoples can) and I don't know how to judge the suggestions!
But for me, I always remembe this - create your own strategy, believe in yourself, never give up, and don't cheat; this words will help you be the strongest.
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