How to start playing Dota 2 in 2019

Ultimate guide to the most popular MOBA game in Russia and the CIS

Dota 2 – Multiplayer strategy in the genre of multiplayer online battle arena. The game is a sequel to DotA ( Defense of the Ancients ), a custom modification map for Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos .

Each match is played by two teams of five players. Each controls one hero with a unique set of skills. To win, the team must destroy the rival’s Fortress – a fortified building, to which you still need to break through the defense of towers, ordinary enemies and heroes controlled by rival players.

Over the past six years since its release, many innovations and changes have been added to Dota 2, which further distinguish it from its predecessor. Thanks to them, the already variable game has become even more diverse, and its mastering is even more difficult.

If you started playing quite recently, but already managed to get lost in a variety of characters, objects, tactics and concepts, then this guide will help you quickly understand the game.

Where to begin?

1. Tune in to the game.

The average duration of a match in Dota is 40 minutes. Therefore, before you start looking for a match, make sure that nothing will distract you from the game for at least an hour. Otherwise, you risk letting your team down at the most crucial moment.

2. Decide on your task.

Each hero has a role to play on the battlefield. You, of course, can not follow it, and go, for example, to the forest as a support to farm gold, but this will bring much less benefit to your team than if you help the allied carry (more about local vocabulary is described in the next chapter). You can get acquainted with the strengths and weaknesses of the characters in the “Heroes” tab.

3. Work as a team.

Dota 2 is a team game. This means that you need to learn how to interact with your allies. Train yourself to communicate to the team everything important that you see or undertake using voice communication.

4. Change the language of the game to Russian.

If you are bad with English, then compliance with this point is simply necessary. First of all, you need to go to Steam, then find Dota 2 from the list of games, and right-click on it. Then you will get a submenu where you need to click on “Properties”:

Properties

Next, a new window will appear in which you need to click on the “Set launch parameters …”

Launch parameters

After that, a small window will appear in which you need to enter -language russian . We save the changes. Done. Now the language of the text and voice acting in the game will be in Russian.

5. Assemble a team.

It so happened that the Russian community is overflowing with aggressive players who are unable to cooperate. Of course, having reached a high rank, more adequate people will come across, but first you will have to win a considerable number of matches. Therefore, you should put together a team. If there are no volunteers among your friends, then you can search for people in the services to find teammates. It is important that all of your partners are realistic, willing to fail and learn from their mistakes. Girls also play Dota.

6. Learn to understand the game.

Your goal in the game is either to win quickly using well-thought-out tactics, or to counter the enemy’s tactics and then destroy his fortress. To get the most out of your team, pick a hero that can hold off multiple enemy heroes, or pick a hero perfect for combining with an ally. Next, focus on the actions of allies / opponents and the items they collect. For example, if there are a lot of magicians with all kinds of “disable” in the enemy team, then it makes sense to collect the Black King Bar . And if the enemy has something that increases his chance of dodging an attack, then take MCB ( Monkey King Bar ).

7. Watch replays of professional players.

See how people from the top of Europe play. Remember what, how and when they do. Also, review your games to see your mistakes and not repeat them again.

8. Save difficult characters for later.

Playing as supports and some carries requires a lot of experience and skill. As a rule, they have many more abilities that need to be applied in strictly defined moments. So, barely understanding the game and taking a support, you risk not only becoming a feeder, but also leaving your team without good support. Learn to play simpler characters first. Then, after a few dozen hours, move on to supports and carries. This way you will better understand what is required of you and when.

9. Learn to finish off creeps.

This is necessary for any character, as it is the main source of income at the beginning of the game. Do not send the hero to the creep, hoping that he will accidentally finish it off. It is better to stay close to the fighting minions and hit them only when you are sure that the blow will finish your target. If for some reason you still can’t finish off creeps, then buy an ax ( Quelling Blade ) at the beginning of the game . It will increase your damage, and therefore the chance to finish off the enemy.

10. Be more discreet.

Don’t take failure at play too seriously. And even more so, do not throw out your negativity on your allies. This will only aggravate the situation, and also risk getting a complaint from other players.

Game terms

Basic concepts:

• Ulta( ultimate ) – a hero’s ability that allows you to “ult” (inflict a lot of damage and most often to several opponents at once or to strengthen allied heroes).
• Creepsor mobs ( creeps, mobs ) are weak allied or enemy units. They are controlled by a computer.
• Mid( middle ) – the middle path on the map.
• Bot( bottom ) – the bottom path on the map. Easy line for the forces of light and Hard (hard line) for the forces of darkness.
• Top( top ) – the upper path on the map. Easy line for the forces of darkness and Hard line for the forces of light.

Map

• Taver( tower ) – one of eleven towers. Three for each path and two more near the sanctuary.
• Barracks( barracks ) – Built on the basis of which are responsible for the power allied creeps. By destroying all the enemy barracks, you will strengthen your creeps.
• Neutrals( neutrals ) – neutral monsters in the forest, for the killing of which you get money and experience.
• Jungleor forest ( Jungle ) – the place where neutrals appear.
• Dzhangling( jungling ) – to gain experience and gold at the expense of neutrals murder.
• Enshenty( The ancients ) – the main building of both teams. The game ends after the destruction of one of them.
• Roshan( Roshan ) – a powerful monster, from which the object falls Aegis of the Immortal.
• Bounty( bounty ) – Rune giving gold.
• Hasta( haste ) – a rune that increases movement speed.
• Regen( regeneration ) – a rune that fully restores health and mana.
• Double Damageor DD ( double damage ) is a rune that doubles damage.
• Shrine( shrine ) – shrine of healing. It opens five minutes after the start of the match. After use, you must wait another five minutes before the shrine can be used again.
• Gank( ganking ) – a temporary retreat to an adjacent line to help allies.
• Backdoor( a backdoor ) – attack the enemy towers without allied creeps nearby (tower without causing damage to the hero).
• Wards( ward ) – magic staves, stuck in the ground and revealing the invisible heroes of the enemy.
• Dewarding( deward ) – destruction of other people’s wards.
• Glyph( glyph of fortification ) – fortification of allied buildings.
• Erligame( early game ) – the beginning of the game. 0-10 minutes of play (also – “Debut” ).
• Midgame( mid game ) – the middle of the game. 10-30 minutes of the game.
• Leytgeym( late game ) – the late stage of the game. 30-60 minutes of play.
• Carry( carry ) is a hero who unleashes his potential in late game.
• Farmila( farm ) – a hero with the ability to quickly mine gold. If he does his job well, he can help other heroes with consumable items like wards.
• A support( support ) – Support the hero. Most often it helps the allied carry develop.
• Caster( caster ) – a hero-sorcerer with a lot of spells, like Invoker. In the right hands, it turns into a real killing machine.
• Roameror Ganker ( roamer ) – a hero who sometimes leaves his lane to help allies kill enemy heroes.
• Courieror Kura ( courier ) – a courier for delivering purchased items from the base (in the original Dota it looked like a chicken).
• Stats( the stats ) – characteristics of the hero: strength, agility and intelligence.
• Talents( talents ) – unique to each hero’s bonuses, which you can choose every 5 levels starting from the 10th.
• Armor( armor ) – the armor of the hero. Increases protection against physical attacks.
• Attack speed( attack speed ) – the speed of the character’s attack.
• Disable( disable ) – limiting the capabilities of the enemy hero through the effects of slowing down, stunning, rooted, etc.
• Stan( stun ) – stunning (the most effective dizeybl).
• Slow( slow ) – slowdown.
• Silenceor lard ( silence ) – the effect of silence (prevents the casting of spells).
• AoE( area of ​​effect ) – area spell.
• Stack( stack ) – accumulation of effects from one spell.
• DPS( damage per second ) – damage per second.
• To bomb, tilt, etc.– get mad, become aggressive.
• Livnut( a leave ) – get out of the game early.
• Throw a report( report ) – write a complaint about an ally (for some time now it is impossible to write about an enemy ).
• Cancer, bottom, noob, hp, etc. – inexperienced or poorly trained player.
• Voice( voice ) – voice chat.
• Fidit( feed ) – constantly dying at the hands of enemy heroes, bringing them thus gold and experience.
• Push( the push ) – the attack on one of the lines (MFA, stamp or bot).
• Denai( deny ) – finishing off your creeps or destroying allied towers so that the enemy does not receive gold and experience for them.
• Kiting( kite ) – attack enemy heroes melee from a safe distance.
• MP( mana point ) – mana reserve.
• Borstor Nook ( burst, nuke ) – rapid drawing a large amount of damage.
• Comeback( a comeback ) – Returns the advantages of the match in their favor.
• An item( items ) – to buy items in the store during the match.
• FB( First blood ) – the very first kill in the match.
• Buff( buff ) – any enhancing effect or spell.
• Debuff( debuff ) – any negative effect or spell.
• Haras( harassment ) – long damage done to the heroes on the line.
• Teammate Killsor timvayp ( teamkill ) – a situation when you kill all the enemy team.
• Triple( triple ) – a strategy in which three heroes are simultaneously on the same line on one side. Used for defense or fast pushing, as all heroes on the lane will receive less experience and gold.

Items:

• Aghanim– Aghanim’s Scepter .
• Armlet– Armlet of Mordiggian.
• Breastplateor Bones – Assault Cuirass.
• BF– Battle
• BKB– Black King Bar.
• Blink Dagger– Blink Bagger.
• Clarityor flask –
• Dustor Enlightenment – Dust of Appearance.
• Aegis– Aegis of the Immortal.
• Gem– Gem of True Sight.
• Midas– Hand of Midas.
• Salvaor Ointment – Healing Salve.
• Tarasque– Heart of Tarrasque.
• Stick– Magic Stick.
• MoMor Momchik – Mask of Madness.
• Phases– Phase Boots .
• Ward– Observer Ward.
• Sentry– Sentry Ward.
• Crutchor threads – Power Treads.
• TPor Scroll – Town Portal Scroll.
• Windwalkor SB – Shadow Blade.
• MKB– Monkey King Bar.
• Vladimir– Vladmir’s Offering.
• Ax– Quelling Blade.

Heroes:

• Apparatus– Ancient Apparition.
• Magina– Anti-Mage.
• Gondar, bx, bounty– Bounty Hunter.
• CMka– Crystal Maiden.
• Dragon– Dragon Knight.
• Drow– Drow Ranger.
• Shaker–
• Cauldron, cauldron– Keeper of the Light.
• Stalker, Balanar– Night Stalker.
• Phantom, Mortred, Morta– Phantom Assassin.
• Potma, Mirana–
• Kvopa, Akasha– Queen of Pain.
• Baratrum– Spirit Breaker.
• Cf, Nevermore– Shadow Fiend.
• Templark– Templar Assassin.
• Doctor– Witch Doctor.

Dota is a team and situational game. You will not be able to always win playing for the same characters, collecting the same items, since the opposing team and yours will always consist of different heroes. And even more so, you will not win without cooperation with your team.

Do not forget about all this, learn from your mistakes and it will become much easier to play.