Started this set a few days ago with an amazing concept from Danidem!Already finished the textures just gotta do the technical stuff like skinning and lods...
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Friday, June 6, 2014
Hero Abbreviations
Dota 2 Hero AbbreviationsAbaddonAlch = AlchemistAA = Ancient ApparitionAM = Anti-MageAxeBaneBat = BatriderBM = BeastmasterBS = BloodseekerBH = Bounty HunterBrew = Brewmaster Bristle or BB = BristlebackBrood = BroodmotherCentaur = Centaur WarrunnerCK = Chaos KnightChenClinkzClock = ClockwerkCM = Crystal MaidenDS = Dark SeerDazzleDP = Death ProphetDisruptorDoomDK = Dragon KnightDrow = Drow RangerES = EarthshakerEarth SpiritET or Elder = Elder TitanEM or Ember = Ember SpiritEnchantressEnigmaFV or Faceless or Void = Faceless VoidGandalf = Keeper of...
Flowchart: Hero Selection
This needs to be put in a flowchart, but it's a work-in-progress for now.Dota 2 Flow Chart for Hero Selection:Choose your strat:Pushing (see pushing heroes to pick & anti-push heroes to ban)Choose pushing-supports as your first picks. Try to select heroes with good teamfight to obscure your choice of strategy, and to be able to win fights when you group up to push.Choose a semi-carry or early-effect carry who can push (Luna, CK, Gyro, Tiny, DK, Juggernaut, etc).Choose a mid with push (Tinker, QoP, Puck, Zeus, etc.)Know that you...
How to Choose Supports
Dota 2: How to Choose Supports: This article is from another place on the web, which I copied, corrected for spelling/grammar, and pasted here for my own use. I have since lost the original link, but until I find that again, know that it's not my work.When to Choose Supports:Supports can be categorized by their purpose and function:Setup stun/slow/disable supports:Force enemy to stay aware all the time and one second outposition is a kill. Also good roamers. Shadow shaman, Shadow Demon, Venomancer, Rubick, Ogre magi, Lion, Lina, Bane,...
Team Idea: Drafting Around Faceless Void
This team idea focuses on choosing Faceless Void as your carry, and maximizes the damage that can be inflicted inside of Chronosphere.Faceless-centric line-ups:Dual Lanes:Veno+Drow, Face+Venge, Lesh mid (or Drow mid)Tri-Lane Team:Face+Veng+Lesh trilane Veno solo offlaneDrow midTri-Lane team #2:DarkSeer offlane, Shadow Fiend mid, Face+Lesh+Veng trilane Combo: Vacuum into Chrono/Lesh/SF ults, with Venge armor reduction for FaceAdvantages:+ Can get kills in trilane (Missle+Split+autoattacks w/Venge armor reduction)+Venge can go...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Big List of Team Themes
Dota 2 Team ThemesHere's some ideas for "theme teams"; fun groupings of heroes for your amusement:FireDragon Knight Jakiro Clinkz Batrider LinaMechanicals:Clockwerk Tinker Timbersaw Gyro GoblinTechies ICE: Ancient ApparitionDrow Crystal MaidenJakiroLich TuskWinter Wyvern Demon-likeDoom Shadow Fiend Shadow Demon Warlock?Lion Clinkz Dead things!NecrolyteUndying Lifestealer Bane Death Prophet Wraith King (Skeleton King)Visage ClinkzPudgeSpiders,...
Level 1 Roshan Line-Ups
Dota 2 - Early RoshanThis team liquid link to early Roshan is a great guide for non-obvious early Roshan drafting. List of Level 1 Roshan Heroes:NP (Treants)Enigma (Plague wards or Treants into Eidolons?)Beastmaster (attack speed aura)Luna (fixed damage aura)Wraith King (lifesteal aura)Naga (Riptide armor reduction)Venge (Wave armor reduction)Alchemist (Acid spray armor reduction)Lich (Frost Armor)Centaur (return, tanky)Ogre Magi (tanky, high armor, can remove Roshan Linkens)Spiritbreaker (tanky, high hp & armor)Nightstalker (tanky, high armor...
List of Physical Damage Spells & Heroes
List of Physical Damage Spells by HeroThe following heroes have abilities ("spells") that do physical damage, instead of the normally-expected magic damage:Dazzle: Poison/Wave do physical dmg; Weave ult for armor reductionAlchemist – Concoction = physical, Acid Spray = armor reductionWitch Doctor Death Ward = physicalSlardar – Bash & Crush are both physicalDeath Prophet – Exorcism ultimateJuggernaut – Omni slash ultimate (auto-attack slashes are physical)Axe - Counter Helix Bristleback - Quill Spray Elder Titan - Echo Stomp (self only,...
Effective Support Items
Effective Support ItemsCheap items:MedallionUrnAquilaSoul RingWandMost efficient/effective for cost, easiest to build:Rod of AtosVeil of DiscordForce StaffPhase BootsMekanismEul’sSoul BoosterInt Hero: Phase Boots (instead of Force Staff), Atos, Eul’s, TP scroll + wards/dust/smokeAgility Support: Arcane Boots*, Aquila, Wand, TP, 2 of Wards/Smoke/DustStrength Support: Arcane Boots*, Urn/Basilius, Sange into Heaven’s Halberd, TP, 2 of Wards/Smoke/Dust*for boosting mana poolUnderused Items: Necrobook, Diffusal, AtosGood Luxury...
Late-game supports
The following supports can still be useful late game, especially with some farm:Supports that are good late-game (with some farm):AlchemistSvenVenomancer (Agility semi-carry)Vengeful Spirit (good stat gain)Ogre Magi (falls off sharply ultra-late game)SilencerGyrocopter (yes, he can be played as a greedy support)Naga SirenWindrangerWarlockNecrolyteAbaddonWraith King...
Playing the Odds: 4 Strength & 1 Int hero = Win
Based on some number crunching at one time, and for Dota2 pub games, it seemed that teams with 4 Strength Heroes and 1 Intelligence hero did surprisingly well.There's also a reddit post discussing the findings. Note that ranged heroes are generally preferred to melee heroes, so it stands to reason that ranged strength heroes would also be quite strong, but there's aren't very many of them:PhoenixIoHuskarDragonknight (Dragon Form only)Here are some team suggestions for "4 Strength, 1 Int" Teams.4 Str and 1 Int Hero: Play the Odds#1: Offlane...
Team Ideas: Global Presence
A sample of some teams with global presence or abilities.Global gank strats:#1: Global MobilityNP (solo offlane?)Wisp/(KotL/Chen) + Spiritbreaker + Lifestealer (bomb, Lifestealer jungles?)Tinker (mids/supports/semi-carries)#2: Global effectJungle: NProphetSafe Lane: AA, Gyro (get Aghs)Solo Offlane: Treant, Tinker, KotL, Centaur?Mid: Zeus/Spiritbreaker/Silencer/Invoker#3: Naix bombsSolo Offlane: Clockwerk (or Beastmaster for Hawk)Safelane: Lifestealer, Nyx, IoMid: Puck or Storm SpiritGlobal Presence (long range)Mid semi-carry: ...
Team Ideas: Lots of Escapes
The idea behind these teams are to deny your opponents kills that would otherwise be much easier, while still creating realistic teams.Team Full of Escapes:#1: Windrunner + Weaver + Treant tri-laneQoP midPuck solo lane (safe or offlane)#2:Bounty Hunter offlaneAnti-mage + Windrunner + Sand King/NyxQoP ...
Teamfight Heroes
Big teamfight heroes: Damage: Earthshaker, Leshrac, Sand King, Outworld Destroyer, Anti-Mage, Veno, Sfiend, QoP, Lich, Keeper, Crystal Maiden, Gyro, Shadow Shaman, Jakiro, Zeus, Tinker, Warlock, Witch Doctor, Death Prophet, DisruptorDisable: Magnus, Enigma, Sven, Centaur, Slardar, Faceless, Silencer, AA?, Puck, Jakiro, Brewmaster, Kunkka, Beastmaster, Tide, TreantPositioning: Dark Seer, ClockwerkBuff/Debuff: Dazzle, Venge, Necro, Shadow Demon, Invoker, Pugna, Undying, Chen, Drow, Beastmaster, Luna, Troll, KotL"Broken"...
Heroes by Role Position
Some thoughts on various roles and uses of various Dota2 heroes. Instead of defining heroes as "support, mid, or carry", I'm getting a bit more specific. This is not by any means a complete list.
Pick for:
Reliable Stun: Venge, Crystal Maiden (CM), Shadow Demon, Lion, Nyx, Sand King, Rubick, Sven, Alchemist
Lockdown: Bane, SS, Lion
Slow: Venomancer, Dazzle, Lich, Skywrath, Jakiro
Followup-Stun: Jakiro, Windranger, Lina, Disruptor, Leshrac, Lina
Zoning Heroes: Clockwerk, Disruptor
AOE Damage: Lich,...
Article: Winning by Losing
“Learning to lose means learning to win”.by: ZrogInspired by several articles, including SlashStrike’s blog, Purge’s recent interview on teaming up with Zephyr, and FluffNStuff’s blog at Complexity (http://www.complexitygaming.com/forums/blog.php?b=2033&goto=nextBlame yourself, not others, for every loss. There’s always something you could have done better, and done at the proper time, it may have tipped the game in your favour. Even the sheer fact of doing better may inspire your teammates to make better plays and play...
Drafting Exercise: Building a Team around a Carry
The following teams are based around Sven. This post illustrates a thought process where you figure out what a hero needs, and create a team around boosting that carry with appropriate picks. Sven needs:- Attack speed: Beastmaster, Troll, Ogre- Mana regen: Crystal Maiden (CM), Keeper of the Light (KotL)- Slowing/lockdown: Disruptor, Veno, Invoker, Magnus, Puck, Batrider- ...
Kill-Zone Teams
The following teams want to set up a "kill zone", trapping the enemy and then dishing out major damage, or moving the enemy team into favourable positions:#1: Set up the kill zoneOfflane: TimbersawMid: MagnusSafe: Anti-mage/Lifestealer/Sven + Disruptor + Sand KingCombo: Chakram + Field + EpiBans: Naga, Lycan, Batrider, Silencer, ODPick: Sandking, Timbersaw, Disruptor, Magnus, AM#2: Drag you placesMid: Pudge Offlane: MagnusSafe: Kunkka (or CK) + Venge + DisruptorBans: Silencer, Lycan, Naga,...
