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Added a new recipe item (Shiva’s Guard).Added a new recipe item (Orchid Malevolence).Added a new recipe item (Armlet of Mordiggian).See our Items section for a breakdown of each item and its effects and uses. Once you start getting gold, the items that you choose to buy can greatly affect the outcome of the game and the Strength (or Agility, or Intelligence!) of your hero. These creeps won't attack unless you get near them, but they will give a gold bonus upon being last-hit. Also there are neutral creeps scattered throughout the woods of the map. Towers can be denied for a reduced reward, but this is a very risky maneuver. If an allied hero gets the last hit on an allied creed the gold is 'denied' to the enemy.Your team also can get a gold bonus from killing enemy structures. Denying is a way to stop the enenmy team from getting gold. This is called 'last hitting' and is very important in a successful Dota 2 team. It is recommended to try to get the killing blow on as many creeps as possible to gain as much gold as possible. If you get the last hit on a creep you will gain a gold bonus. If a hero dies that hero will lose a portion of their in-game gold. Heroes get gold for asissting killing enemy heroes. You can get extra gold by killing creeps and enemy heroes. The point of the game is to die as little as possible, level up, buy items, and kill enemy players when possible.Įach hero slowly gains gold (5 gold per second) as the game goes on. This is something to be mindful of as a new player. Enemy players will also try to team up with other heroes or 'gank' you to gain gold and experience and set you back. While near the creeps, heroes will try to scare or 'harass' other players away from the creeps so they don't get as much experience. You will be at a significant disadvantage if the enemy hero is multiple levels higher than you.

This means you want to stay in one of the 3 lanes where the creeps are fighting as often as possible so as to keep leveling up. You gain experience by being near creeps or enemy heroes that die. The more buildings that you can destroy at an enemy base the stronger your creeps will become and eventually overpower them.Įach hero starts at level 1.

You and your team's job is to fight the enemy team and eventually destroy their throne.īy destroying the buildings that spawn the creeps (also called 'Barracks'), your team's creeps will get stronger in that lane and overpower then enemy. Each base has two structures for each lane that spawns ' creeps' or monsters at regular intervals to send to attack the enemy structures. The objective of the game is to destroy all the enemy towers and ultimately their throne. The two thrones are also defended by additional surrounding towers. The Dire Safe lane is their top lane and their Suicide lane is on the bottom. The river is not a straight diagonal, making a longer 'safe' lane and a shorter 'suicide' lane for each team. Each lane is lined with 6 towers (3 for each team) that will attack enemy players or units that approach. The map is broken up into 3 lanes, with interconnecting rivers and forests, leading to the opposing base. This is the last building, and situated the deepest in each base. The ultimate object of any game of Dota 2 is to destroy the 'Throne' of the opposing team. Each player controls one hero for the length of the match. Each team starts on opposite corners of the map. The 2 sides are named 'Radiant' and 'Dire'. Dota 2 is played with 10 players (bots can be enabled for practice mode) and pits 5 players on one side versus 5 on the other.
