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| Shaddar January 10 2013 10:43. Posts 667 | Profile Blog # |
With Dota 2 invites being handed out by Valve with increasing regularity, there is a large influx or newer players. As someone who has pubbed in Dota 2 for some hundreds of games, I decided to write a general guide on how to play and behave in pub games. I hope that this will be useful to newer players in Dota 2, as well as providing some helpful tips for intermediate players to improve their game and pub experience.
Queuing for a game
The best game mode to queue for if you are new to the game is All Pick. This will allow you to choose a specific hero you want to play that you enjoy, or just randomly pick heroes to help you get used to all of the different heroes. As far as queueing for a server, simply pick the servers closest to you, in order to reduce the lag you will experience in game. The only time you should disregard this is if you are Russian or Brazilian, in which case make sure to queue for all servers.
Picking a hero
There are many types of heroes in Dota, but they all fall into two main categories: carries and supports. The job of a carry is to 'carry' your team to victory, to accumulate gold through killing creeps, get strong items and kill the enemy team. The job of a support is to 'support' the carry to do this. As the goal of Dota is to kill the enemy heroes in order to push and win, you can see that carries are by far the stronger heroes in the game. The rule is:
A good carry does not need supports on his team to play well. Supports are a crutch for bad players
Always pick a carry if you want to benefit your team. As many players still labour under the delusion that picking supports is beneficial, or that you should not have too many carries on one team, make sure you pick your hero as late as possible. This will make it more likely that your team mates pick carries instead of supports, as they see less carries on their team.
Starting the game
As you start the game, you will have to buy your starting items and choose which lane you want to go to. There are several main rules to this.
1. It is never your job to buy a courier. A courier is essential for your team to do well, but you need items to do well, and you need them more than your teammates do.
2. Calling a lane first means nothing, it's who gets there first. Many players will 'call' a lane they want to play in. If you are not fast enough, and someone else calls your chosen lane, simply walk into the lane before them. If they point out that they called the lane, acceptable responses are to deny this or say nothing. Make sure you do not leave even if they try and displace you in the lane. In rare situations they will come into the lane anyway and stay there. This is referred to in competitive play as a TRILANE
General gameplay tips
The following is a list of some useful gameplay tips and things to keep an eye out for while playing the game.
1. It is never your job to buy wards. Same reasoning as for the courier.
2. Any miss call is a late miss call if you die. A miss call is when a player calls that one of the heroes they have been laning against has left the lane. This can indicate that they are going to another lane for a gank. If you are ganked in your lane by a hero from another lane and die from the gank, then it is the fault of the person whose lane they came from not your own. If the miss call had been early enough clearly you would have lived.
3. Always autoattack the creeps. You get money for last-hitting creeps. You are more likely to get the last hit if you hit a creep more. Simple.
4. You always need last hits more than your lane partner
5. It is not your job to initiate. You are the most important person on your team. If you initiate, you die first. You can't fight if you're dead.
6. Farm while your team push. If your team is pushing, or engaging the enemy team, this is the perfect opportunity for you to farm unmolested. Take the time and use it well.
And finally the golden rule: Nothing is ever your fault
If you die, your allies did not call miss at all, early enough, or help you enough during the fight. If your allies die, it is because they misplayed, not because you didn't help them enough. Make sure you do not let your allies get away with these mistakes.
Harnessing your inner asshole: in-game communication in Dota 2
Communication is essential in a team game. Here are some ways that you can better communicate with your teammates in order to lead your team to victory.
1. Ping the map if you want your allies to do something. If they do not at first respond, ping more insistently, making sure to alternate between pinging on them and the map. Do not explain in chat what you want, pinging should always be clear enough.
2. Encourage your teammates who are not doing well to improve by flaming them in team chat. Acceptable ways to flame players who mess up are: "This [insert hero name here]", "First game [insert hero name here]?", 'Uninstall Dota 2 please", or the classic "gg, noob [insert hero name here]". If they do not start doing well, then you need to repeat these sentiments in all-chat.
3. Shame players for their cowardice. If you see a player running away from a teamfight after it has been lost, or worse a player who is on the other side of the map and not in the fight, make sure to ping continuously on their position on the minimap, so everyone can see what a coward they are.
4. Do not tolerate criticism. Even if you have a bad K/D it is because your teammates stole your kills and let you die. If any player on your team or the other team flames you, make sure to respond with 'stfu noob'. This will stop them from criticising you any further, and will make them realise that you know best.
5. Make sure the other team knows it is your teammates fault when you lose. This will make your teammates question their play and help them improve, as they will not want to be shamed in front of an opposing team again.
6. Report players who feed, whether intentionally or not. Would you wan to play with a feeder again? Would anyone else? I didn't think so.
7. Do not give a reason when you pause the game. It does not matter why you have to pause or how long for, Dota is a 5v5 game and should only be played as such. Everyone should wait for you.
8. Always ask for a commendation at the end of every game. You've earned it.
Conclusion
I can't pretend that this guide is remotely comprehensive, but I hope that at least some of the tips contained here will help some people to get the most out of their Dota 2 pub experience. |
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| beachbeachy United States. January 10 2013 11:29. Posts 456 | Profile Blog # |
| That was great, but maybe some people will take this seriously eh? |
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| MrRbto January 10 2013 11:51. Posts 5 | Profile # |
hahahaha come on, its just totally true and the reason why playing pubs on your own just simply sucks. Get a team, play with friends, have fun  . |
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| Arcadia92 January 10 2013 12:20. Posts 79 | Profile # |
Lost it at the part about trilanes
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| Eeeegor Australia. January 10 2013 12:32. Posts 628 | Profile # |
On January 10 2013 12:20 Arcadia92 wrote:
Lost it at the part about trilanes
Same, hahahahaha
Love it!~ |
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| trifecta United States. January 10 2013 12:45. Posts 833 | Profile # |
| Gotta love it when troll teammates/opponents ask for the commend |
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| Zariel Australia. January 10 2013 14:53. Posts 969 | Profile Blog # |
| You missed the part where you need to buy as many boots as to how many feet/legs your character has. |
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| Discarder Philippines. January 10 2013 14:54. Posts 227 | Profile # |
| lol the way this is written has a tone of seriousness and I was actually an idiot to raise my eyebrows while reading. |
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| Vaelone Finland. January 10 2013 15:24. Posts 1937 | Profile # |
| Are you sure you didn't steal this from somewhere since I see so many people loyally following this guide. |
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 TheEmulator Canada. January 10 2013 15:27. Posts 5185 | Profile Blog # |
This is pretty hilarious  |
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| BoZiffer United States. January 10 2013 15:52. Posts 668 | Profile # |
| Since I still haven't pub'd yet and am learning items and heros against the bots, I thought I'd come here and learn...this is better though. |
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| akatama Romania. January 10 2013 15:55. Posts 410 | Profile Blog # |
Wow, as I started reading the first couple paragraphs I thought it would be a real guide with some jokes mixed in here and there. Alas, I was wrong!
Some more stuff you might want to add:
Whenever a hero hits you with a skillshot (Hook, Clock's rocket, Arrow, "random" dust that finds you out somehow, etc.), there are 2 possible reasons for it:
1. Yell for wards or sentries to counterward. If your appointed "support" has more than basic brown boots, point out that he is supposed to ward before getting anything else. If he doesn't have that, then he is certainly a feeder. Actually, who has just basic boots 25 mins in if he is not a feeder???
2. Someone on your team must be streaming and a guy from the other team is sniping him! Find out who is and blame everything on him. Even those creeps you missed at the start of the game, despite him being in another lane.
Mid must gank both side lanes at once starting from minute 2. No exceptions!
If mid asks for a gank, then he is bad.
If some hero kills you, then he must be fed since otherwise you would have killed him instead. Guess who fed him? No clear answer? FIND THE FEEDER AND REPORT PLOX!
Edit: forgot the most important tip: INVISIBILITY = INVINCIBILITY! They can't kill what they can't target right?
Regardless, good read. You sir made my day. Last edit: 2013-01-10 15:56:02 |
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| Chewits United Kingdom. January 10 2013 16:48. Posts 811 | Profile # |
| Should really add a spoiler disclaimer at bottom. New players WILL take this seriously lol. |
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| Jinsho United Kingdom. January 10 2013 16:52. Posts 3028 | Profile # |
| Dumb and boring. Nothing original, just tired nonsense. Did you get owned on ladder and came here to whine about it? |
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| Eriksen Indonesia. January 10 2013 17:18. Posts 87 | Profile # |
On January 10 2013 16:52 Jinsho wrote:
Dumb and boring. Nothing original, just tired nonsense. Did you get owned on ladder and came here to whine about it?
And we found someone who took it seriously. |
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| TheRidd January 10 2013 17:21. Posts 546 | Profile # |
On January 10 2013 16:52 Jinsho wrote:
Dumb and boring. Nothing original, just tired nonsense. Did you get owned on ladder and came here to whine about it?
I disagree. I tried this guide and it works perfectly! Follow it and you will be the best player on you're team. |
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| eu.exodus South Africa. January 10 2013 18:11. Posts 943 | Profile Blog # |
You forgot a few things!
daedalus and dagon 5 are the best items in the game. They are suitable for any hero regardless of their role.
If anyone on you team doesn't have any kills or items they are feeders. Doesn't matter how many wards (vorts) or consumable items they bought for the team.
The best thing to say to someone when they give you advice is something along the lines of "I fuck your mowder noop Leon" (roughly translated to I fornicated with your mother, terrible lion) over voice chat.
always pick bounty hunter or Riki. They are the best heroes in the game to run around undetected and steal kills with. They are very passive heroes that don't need you to make any contribution to your team whatsoever. If these heroes are already taken, get drow or sniper.
A common fallacy is that dazzle and omniknight are support heroes. They are carries. ONLY USE YOUR SPELLS ON YOURSELF OR ALLIES IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF KILLING AN ENEMY HERO OR SAVE YOURSELF!Last edit: 2013-01-10 18:19:56 |
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 ControlMonkey Australia. January 10 2013 18:34. Posts 1508 | Profile Blog # | |
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| BurningSera United Kingdom. January 10 2013 18:57. Posts 5553 | Profile Blog # |
bahahaha i lol'ed. At first the AP part was weird and then OP gave in too soon by saying that Rus/Bra should queue on all servers xD
Good guide and for whatever reason 98.98% of players follow your newly released guide religiously in such a short time lolLast edit: 2013-01-10 18:58:11 |
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| FetTerBender Germany. January 10 2013 19:50. Posts 951 | Profile Blog # |
| A great guide, i shall try this (: |
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