DOTA: Ezalor Intelligence Hero

Ezalor Guide - By MaxQ (maxq626@gmail.com)

Ezalor is an Intelligence hero, whom needs a huge amount of intelligence and so mana, your spells will drain but if you reach a precise amount of intelligence you wont need more because you have spell that will replenish you so you can buy some strength items to so you will not be an easy target, because we don't want that... do we?

Your Primary spell must be Illuminate (T)"Channels a ball of positive energy, letting it build up 125 damage per second. When released, it damages all enemies in a line. The distance also improves with channeling time." At lvl 4 it builds up for 5 seconds has a range of 915 forward and 350 left and right the waves lane. This is very powerful and has only 10 seconds cooldown. But the con. is that it costs 150 mana to cast that's why i told you that you need mana and another annoying particularity is that it is channeled;

BUT if you don't want to channel and build up more damage just cast the spell then move your hero that will cancel channeling the spell and cast it instantly, of course with less damage. Another "must have early" spell is Chakra Magic (C)"Channels chakras through a friendly unit, creating a surge of mana. Increases hit point regeneration for 30 seconds."

Now at lvl 4 this spell will restore 360 mana and regenerate .6 hit points per second and gives an astonishing 28% damage increase. for the time being. It has only 10 seconds cooldown and a mana cost of 50, LOL. Check this out Illuminate, Chakra, Illuminate, Chakra .....huge damage, i don't have to say more. Mana Leak (E)"Casts a powerful inhibiting magic on another unit. Should they cast a spell, a portion of their remaining mana leaks away. Lasts 22 seconds." This is more a support spell which you can use occasionally on heroes with high damaging spells/ultimates to get rid of there mana pool. This cost 50 mana to cast again as the others and has 15 seconds cooldown. At lvl 4 80% of there mana leaks away, pfff... that's more than annoying to them.

Ignis Fatuus (F) This is your ULTIMATE, and has a huge power."Summons the Spirit of Light to assist the Sentinel. Can attack, liberate deceased units as allies, transport himself at will, and is difficult to hit. Lasts 90 seconds." So this summons a ball of light that can teleport at will anywhere on the map has phase shift so its hard to hit but the important thing beside that it attacks is that it raises "souls" from corpses that are able to heal. You can make an army of healers, this is useful. It costs 400 mana has 600 hp and 35-46 damage.

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DOTA: The Undying

After a long long holiday and busy work hours i am back again and bringing you the best tips you need for dota allstars heroes and items, all the strategies are top shelf, but you will most likely find out for your self so just read on and come back for more. Let me just say a Happy good year and GL and HF for all. I will give you some tips for - WELCOME BACK MAXQ - We missed you!

Dirge - The Undying

By MaxQ (maxq626@gmail.com)

This hero is very powerful and if you know the right strategy to play, most likely you will always be able to get 1 step ahead of your enemies, or when needed you will be able to disappear fast. As you know this is an Intelligence HERO but, i mean a huge BUT, this hero's strength resides in his STRENGTH and hp.

Of course you will need to buy intelligence items or combinations but you always should get some strength items or combine with intelligence for best effects. This hero is strong and has huge health. OK, now that we know about the items you should buy let's see the, abracadabra, the spells: I don't know if this is the most important spell in it's pocket but for me this is the primary spellHeartstopper Aura (T)"The Dirge's deathly air stills the hearts of his opponents, causing them to lose 1% of their max health over time."

In an 1000 AOE at lvl 4. And most importantly this spell is passive so it is always active, no mana needed. I just love it when they are in range and start loosing there health, sometimes when they flee a fight they will die while running. HAHAHA Another important spell is Raise Dead (D)"Calls the Undying' s fellow zombies out of the earth to fight. Once a zombie attacks six times, another one will rise alongside it. When a zombie dies, its reanimating life force returns to Dirge, healing him by 50 hp. Lasts 30 seconds."

These zombies are just awesome, you can summon as many as 4 Zombies at lvl 4 for 160 mana cost, but as they fight they will be more and if you buy some aura giving items they will last for sure and you will have a huge army which will heal you when it dies so it's a good deal for sure. This has a 30 second cooldown to cast. Soul Rip (R)"Redirects the flow of living energy through a target friend or foe, damaging them or healing them depending on how many unites are near it." So at lvl 4 it damages or heals for 20 points x as many units the target has beside it. if there is a huge army then you can make the math...

This spell is very useful has 30 seconds cooldown and you can cast it for 125 mana at lvl 4, i don't use it that much coz it don't do much on 1on1 only if there allot of creeps/units. Your ultimate is Awesome i like this ultimate it is like poison every one gets infected.Plague (E)"Infects the target with a plague. Reduces movement speed by 30% and amplifies incoming damage. Infects other units that come within range of a plagued unit." Wow at lvl 3 it amplifies damage by 35% that is enough for any hero to die in that encounter well of course unless he's scared and manages to run away. This has only 45 seconds cooldown, and a mana cost of 150.

This is it for now, I'm back so feel free to write any question or request a guide from us - either email maxq626@gmail.com or asutcliffe@gmail.com

DOTA Ownage, More than Triple Kills!

Check out this latest DOTA video, featuring massive amounts of kills in quick succession - totalling 6 hooks in 4 minutes; this is another Pudge Video that just owns. If you like the DOTA hero Pudge or want to see how powerful he can be check out this video of DOTA Ownage.

Phantom Lancer Tips

by E S (JourneyManDeep)

Today our junior DOTA Allstars guest is the returning E S - JourneyManDeep. He discussed his way of playing Phantom Lancer and how to build him for speed, regen and splits.

The Real Strategy Guide for Phantom Lancer!

Read this guide carefully for it will be the most important PL guide you have ever heard or thought of.Phantom Lancer a great hero by any means, with his ability to turn from one hero to several in a matter of seconds I am often confused why he is used so incorrectly! Many noobs will try to use PL as a fast attacking mana burning maniac! This is incorrect! let me say again this is incorrect!

When using PL it is necessary to understand that he doesn't need much damage or attack speed because he has 10 of him attacking one hero. This is the same as when you have 4 Meepo's attacking one hero, understand? You get the same results! So here we go this is the secret to PL it is quite easy are you listening? It is to make him the strongest meat shield in the game!

How do we do this? With HEARTS, get at least 2 of these then if you must get manta style. Trust me on this one and there will be no ends to noobs crying for mercy and dropping off like flies!!!!

DOTA Priestess of the Moon

In todays DOTA post, we look at a DOTA video featuring Priestess of the Moon. This player uses the hero so well - many believed it was a DOTA map hack, however this purely just someone 'owning' with DOTA.

Check out some of the kills and look at when used right, Priestess of the Moon can be one of the best hero's in DOTA.

DOTA Unlock Invoker

Unlock Invoker in DOTA
by CrispyCreme (netandlan@gmail.com)

You want maximum speed and a nice 100% crit strike rate in DOTA? Maybe linken sphere with a zero cooldown reset? Booya? This is classed as a DOTA Cheat / DOTA Hack so if you don't wish to know more, then don't watch this video embedded below on how to Unlock Invoker in DOTA 6.49

DOTA Morphling: Video Ownage

Morphling Strategy / Ownage and DOTA Noobs
By JiggeR

Here's a top DOTA video I wanted to display, here we see someone using Morphling and going into overdrive as he owns all heros in the game. The question here, are DOTA noobs and their early leaving tactics ruining true DOTA Allstars gaming?

It's a big problem, but on the other side, we need to see more people joining DOTA or it will simply die off. Check out the video below and make up your own mind, you'll see that as Morphling uses good strategy and gets heaps of kills, several of the DOTA players killed will leave the game.