DOTA: Dwarven Sniper Tips and Guide

How to Play Dwarven Sniper
by MaxQ

Do you feel like being Rambo? Then you should choose Sniper be your hero. He is all about killing from a great distance with deadly accuracy. Headshots, criticals, you name it Sniper has it all. You just have to adopt the right play style and buy the adeqvate items and your suited for the massacre.

Kardel Sharpeye - The Dwarven Sniper

This hero is suited for damage dealing and killing many and fast. No chit chat they wont even see you coming or shooting but they will feel you in the game for sure when they start falling (apart :P).

He is all about agility, so more agility means more damage, more critical hits, and faster attack rate. This is just awesome.

Headshot "The shot deals bonus damage and stuns for a short period of time", well i must this will be your primary spell that you will have to lvl up early in game at lvl 4 it will deal 50 bonus damage, "in 40% of time", and 0.2 second stun. So this way you can easily disarm any opponent you may encounter. And if you have a Sange/Yasha and a Crystalis to aid you in critical and speed ... then you wont have any problem at all. Don't forget this is a passive skill.

Take Aim This is another passive spell which will enhance the range of Kardel`s rifle by 220 range at lvl 4, this way you can keep on shooting them from far back, but they wont be able to touch you lol, the noobs.

Scatter Shot (C) "Fires a ball full of shrapnel into the air, which promptly explodes, showering the target area in explosive pellets, each doing 10-25 physical damage in a 200 area of effect. Deals damage to buildings. Cast range of around 750. 1 second cast time." Well this spell is very useful to if they are many heroes in one place because this deals damage in a huge area. This spell is most useful for farming, i must say. But you can experiment and see which spell works best for you. At lvl 4 there will be 20 Pellets and don't forget these deal piercing damage. The cooldown is ok 12 seconds but mana cost is 120.

Now .....3.....2....1..... tadadada...!

Your Ultimate Assassinate (T) "Take time to aim, and then deal a large amount of damage to the target at a huge range. " at level 3 this deals 655 damage at an astonishing 2500 range, it has 1.5 seconds casting time. Take care because this will need mana, 375 it is, but only 12 seconds cooldown, so you can hunt them down fast.

Try to get items that will give you critical and damage so you only need 1 shot to kill 'em. You should constantly watch the battlefield and buy boots of travel, this way you can teleport fast near any low hp enemy hero and TAKE HIM DOWN. p.s. check back soon.

DOTA: Chickens and Animal Carriers Work!

The Value of Animal Carriers in DOTA

- Use mobile carriers in DOTA to do your dirty work

by MaxQ

Hello again, in this guide i will teach you the basics of staying alive leveling up and earning gold in dota allstars First of all, when you start the game and select your hero, no matter what you should buy an animal carrier,

That way you can stay in front for lvl ing and earning money, not having to go back all the time. Always watch your health and know your enemies, that way you will now when you must retreat from battle so you wont die.

Don't stay there and hit as much as you can, when you start losing hp just go back a bit so you can regenerate. Watch the critters hp and attack those with very low hp so you get the kill (xp) and the money, you should also wonder inside the forest and kill those neutral critters that always respawn that's your best way of leveling up, and earning gold.

Blizzard NO-CD patch Warcraft3 - DOTA

Blizzard have officially released a NO-CD patch for the Warcraft 3 game; which inlcudes the DOTA mod.

See the information below;

Rock, Paper, Shotgun notes that in Blizzard's never-ending quest for perfect balance, they've added a handy feature for still-dedicated Warcraft players. Players will no longer need to have the disc in the drive in order to conquer Azeroth.

This kicks off a discussion by blogger Alec Meer about the role of copy protection and anti-piracy in PC gaming: "I don't need the Paint Shop Pro disc in my DVD drive whenever I want to butcher my holiday photos, after all. It was always doubly unnecessary for a game like W3, which also employs serial number checks if you want to play it online. Having the CD check as well seems like leaving a polite post-it note on the windscreen of a driver prone to double-parking. Don't bother. Just wheel-clamp the bastard.

While there're still some reasons to be circumspect about online distribution systems, they do spell an end to miserably sorting through quivering towers of plastic discs or popup-heavy crack websites. This brave new world, in which the data already installed upon my hard drive is all that's required to play a game I've paid for, is one I know I want to live in."

Enjoy the new patch from Blizzard which allows NO-CD gaming for DOTA and other WC3 / Mods.

DOTA: The Death Prophet

How to play Death Prophet in DOTA, a mini-guide by MaxQ

This is one hero that i like very much playing with. Primary is intelligence but as i always say don't forget to buy some strength so you have a little bit more health, that way you have few more seconds to deal damage or if necessary run away.

Silence (E) "Stops all enemies in a target area from casting spells." This spell is very useful i must say but for me it ain't worth spending point early in game, you can let it for the end. At lvl 4 silence lasts 6 seconds for a mana cost of 80 and only 15 seconds cooldown.

Carrion Swarm (R) "Sends a horde of bats to damage enemies." Now this is what i must call a primary spell you will and must use this as many times as you can this is your damage dealing ability. At lvl 4 it deals 300 damage per unit, has 165 mana cost but only OMG 9 seconds cooldown. If you have mana, than you have kills :P.

Witchcraft (C) "Increases the potency of each of Krobelus' s spells." This is a passive spell which will reduce Carrion Swarm mana cost by 20, Cooldown by 4 seconds; Silence, mana cost reduced to 50; Exorcism +4 Spirit; Base movespeed becomes 302. You must lvl this one up early together with carrion swarm.

And finally Exorcism (X) Your ultimate spell. "Unleashes evil spirits to attack your enemies." At lvl 3 it Summons 16 evil spirits. (+4 from witchcraft if you lvl it up) for 400 mana and has 120 seconds cooldown.

And if you buy at least Shiva's Guard (i like this one) or either Orchid Malevolence you will be just fine through the game. You also should consider buying Bloodstone, because you will be killing lots of heroes.

DOTA: Raigor Stonehoof

Raigor Stonehoof / Earthshaker (Kill a tonne of enemies in DOTA with a single wave)

Do you like strong heroes? Do you like having a lot of hp as well? Do you like dealing a lot of damage? Do you like stunning your enemies? ... and so on. If you answered yes then this is your hero you must play with.

The earthshaker is one hack of a powerful hero, with strength being is primary attribute it will not only increase your damage but your health too. So keep in mind that you will deal damage and have plenty of life with it too.

A huge mistake that many players do is that they forget about intelligence, but you wont make that mistake because you will buy intelligence items to for this hero that way you can stun and cast powerful spells and after those you can still hit with that huge wooden totem from your back to finish your enemy off.

Let's see what spells I'm talking about.

Fissure (F) "Slams the ground with the Raigor`s mighty totem, causing the ground of around 1000 range to crack in half in front of him, damaging opponents and leaving an impassible trail for 8 seconds." Now this will be your most important spell, this is your primary spell, it will deal 275 damage and 1.75 second stun for a mana cost of 170 at lvl 4 and just 15 seconds cooldown. So you can cast this many times and within a huge range, just don't forget you will need mana.

Enchant Totem (E) "Empowers the totem resting on Raigor` s back, causing it to deal extra damage on the next attack." At lvl 4 you will deal 200% increased damage for a mana cost of 50 and has 8 seconds cooldown. This is a powerful spell to but i always lvl this one up in the end game, because i mostly use the spells.

Aftershock (A) "The power of Raigor casting a spell causes the earth to shake below him, dealing additional damage and stunning." Now this is a good one to lvl up along side fissure because this spell is passive and will deal at lvl 4, 115 damage and 1.5 second stun after each spell, haha run if u can, not.

Echo Slam (C) Raigor's Ultimate spell. "Raigor sends shockwaves shooting through the ground, dealing damage ricocheting to nearby targets for additional damage." At lvl 3 it deals 350 initial damage and 65 echo damage. You must have 265 mana to cast this and it has 60 seconds cooldown.

Buy strength and intelligence items and maybe kelen' s dagger of escape so you can get near your enemy faster.

DOTA: When ganks go wrong

By JiggerR

DOTA: When Ganks Go Wrong

In this video today, we see a DOTA noob trying he best to take down some kills on his own. What happens is a major gank! He ends up getting smashed by 3 hero's as he is quickly taken down and pays the price for cruising the DOTA map alone.