Dota 2 is an upcoming action RTS video game being developed by Valve Corporation. It is the stand-alone sequel to the popular Warcraft III mod "Defense of the Ancients" (aka DotA).
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Linken Sphere and Razor's Unstable Current
If Razor is wielding a Linken Sphere and a hero caster cast a targeted spell on him, will the caster still receive damage from Unstable Current?
Also, if it is the other way around. My hero is the ...
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Does the Orchid's Soul Burn amplifies magic damage?
Does casting magic damaging spells on a unit under Soul Burn of Orchid of Malevolence will add up on the amplified damage on the end of it's duration?
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Error when trying to reconnect to a Dota 2 game
Every now and then my game has a massive lagspike (I can run it at 60-70 FPS but it has lagspikes sometimes) and it says I timed out. Well, this happens in almost any game and when I try to reconnect ...
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Can I transfer my dota2 account invite to another account?
Now I have two steam account, bombess and bombless. I received a dota2 account invite email and click the link I received when I was using my steam account bombess. So now bombess got the gift. But I ...
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Why are items automatically purchased for me?
In every game items are automatically purchased for me throughout the game without me adding them to the quick buy area.
The behavior is as follows:
Game starts.
Items are automatically bought. ...
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Can you still use single-attacks in dota 2 to avoid creeps?
In DotA, you can avoid the aggro of the creeps by single-casing attack-based skills, e.g. Blades of Wisdom from Silencer or Frost Arrows from Drow. Can you still do that in DotA 2?
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What does a greevil egg contain?
What are the all of the different greevils that can hatch from a greevil egg? What essence combinations are required for each, and is it even possible to still get them after Diretide has ended?
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Is multiple Aegis of Immortal possible in Dota2?
In the Warcraft3 DotA, it is possible to have multiple Aegis of Immortality by having killed Roshan and nobody picking up the Aegis, thus when Roshan respawns after 10mins it will still be there and ...
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Is it possible to get Steam to continue downloading a game while I'm playing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I continue downloading a game in Steam while playing?
This question has been asked before, but it's outdated and the solution no longer applies: How do I continue ...
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Are there any heroes skills that can pass through fissure?
Taking blinks aside, are there any heroes skills that can pass through Earthshaker's *road block* from Fissure?
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Why do some heroes fit some lanes better than others?
What makes some heroes work better in a certain lane than any other? I've heard in some casts where the commentator predicts which lanes which heroes will pick even before the game has started.
I'm ...
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Does Rikimaru's backstab and critical damage from items stack?
Does Rikimaru's passive Backstab stack with critical damage?
Is there a chance that my damage will be equal to this
Normal attack + backstab + critical damage
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When does my hero get experience and when he does not?
Could you explain in detail when does my hero get experience and when not?
killing
I assume I get experience for everything I kill with my bare hands. Including global skills (like natures prophet)
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Is there an easy way to remember Invoker's spells?
I've begun to play Invoker more since he's fun to play (I'd probs get a bite to eat with him also). However, it takes some time to learn the combinations for his spells. I believe I will learn them ...
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What makes a good mid-lane hero?
Reading various guides and doing my first multiplayer bot games, I've seen that there are champions more suited to mid-laning(usually solo).
What characteristics should have a good mid-laner?
Is their ...
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What's the difference between a carry and a half-carry?
I understand what a carry does(being carried at first, then carry its team to victory).
What I don't understand is what a half-carry (or semy-carry) does. What are the main differences between the ...
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How to bring back the game in Dota 2?
In League of Legends if the early game is messed up and the enemy heroes are fed up, every additional kill costs less for them. Also killed heroes does not lose gold. This allows them to buy equipment ...
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Do Double Damage rune stack?
If I was able to bottle a rune of Double Damage at around 1:55 and after I waited in the same rune spot, another Double Damage rune appears and I took it and use also the rune in my bottle, will it ...
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What are some good heroes for a beginner?
I've played a bit of LOL here and there but not a lot, never any HoN or dota and was wondering if people could recommend any champions for my first few dota2 games.
Its hard to set in step in to a ...
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Does that Critical Damage you get from items, passive skills or DD also increase your lifesteal?
For example my hero currently does a 15% lifesteal from it's basic attack of 50.
When it trigger a critical strike doubling my damage to 100, does my lifesteal also doubles the amount?
Is it the same ...
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What is a “Respect-Ban”?
I was watching some replays from The International 2 and the caster used this word sometimes - especially when the teams have chosen their 4th and 5th ban.
What exactly is a "respect-ban"?
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How to counter Anti-Mage late game?
We just lost two times in a row because of an unstoppable Anti-Mage in the other team.
Both games were very long (50-70 minutes) and even though we paid attention to not feed him or his team nor let ...
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As Morphling, how do I decide when to morph?
One reason why I avoid Morphling is because I can never tell when (if at all) I should begin to use his morph ability to transfer stats between strength and agility. What are some typical situations ...
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How much gold can you gain for a kill/assist in DotA?
As stated in the title, how much gold can you gain for a kill or an assist in DotA/Dota 2?
And how much gold can you lose if you die?
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Ladder website for creating brackets and tournaments [closed]
There was a really sweet free website that allowed me to create a tournament with brackets of a few types.
I can't remember it now. Can anyone recommend a good bracket/ladder creation site?
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Dota2 - Commands similar to legacy Dota (like -st to elune acuracy hook acuracy etc)
My question is: I wanted to see flesh heap stats and I typed -st to no avail, and then guessed that it would be -stats, but I could not find it. Is it available at all? Or it is already there exists ...
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What are the differences between Defense of the Ancients (DotA) and DOTA 2?
Seeing that The International tournament has finished (and therefore DOTA 2 previewed) are any DOTA users able to list the differences/similarities? -- I'm sure Valve wanted to stay true, but have ...
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What is the cause of so many people disconnecting at the beginning?
In nearly every game i play someone disconnects at the very beginning. Is this caused by someone leaving the game already? I would find that very hard to believe because it just happens too often.
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Is there a way to protect yourself against Naga Siren's ultimate?
Is there a way to prevent your hero from getting asleep from Song of the Siren?
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How are Battle Points calculated in Dota 2? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How are the Battle Points you earn calculated?
I know this is obviously similar to this question but i was wondering if there was any new information on it. I thought ...
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Is Urn of Shadows affected by Magic Resistance?
It's relevant to Maledict, I need to find out whether the damage from Urn is flat HP loss (true/pure damage or if it's reduced by 25% or more.
Thanks. =)
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Which Hero has the largest vision?
In Dota 1&2, Which heros have the largest vision at :
Night
Day
Both Combined
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Do mega creeps give less experience?
I know that when the creeps are mega they only give half the normal amount of gold. Is there a difference in the amount of experience gained by killing a normal creep vs a mega creep?
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How does drop system work in Dota 2?
Valve has recently launched a virtual store in Dota 2 where you can buy various items for your hero. But I heard that is possible to "drop" this items also for free, in game.
How does this system ...
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Does the enemy get experience when Enigma creates Eidelons from his own team's creep?
And if so, how much - it is a normal deny or a complete, zero-experience-to the-enemy deny?
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Is Quelling Blade's bonus damage stackable?
Is Quelling Blade's bonus damage to creeps and neutrals stackable?
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Countering Morphling in the mid to late game
I'm having problems winning a game if the opponent's team has a good morphling player. The problem starts as soon as their morphling acquires one of his core items, Linken Sphere.
The situation gets ...
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What heroes in the current DotA have been present since the old DotA versions? How have they changed? [closed]
Some sites and forums have mentioned old heroes in DotA, but they only mention those who were already removed from the game.
What heroes have existed way back when DotA was in the "Warcraft: Reign of ...
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How to check Win/Loss for each hero in Dota 2?
Before one of the last patches it was possible but after the introduction of "Performance Index" I don't see anymore the possibility to check the number of Wins and Losses for each hero.
Only 3 most ...
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Kicked out of dota 2 game after 30 seconds
I managed to get an invite to dota 2 on steam and everything downloaded successfully. But now when I start it up and enter a game, I get kicked out while waiting for the match to start. I just have ...
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Dota 2 character counters [closed]
As per the title, which characters in Dota 2 are considered to be hard counters to other characters?
This is in the sense that Slardar is considered to be a hard counter to Anti-Mage.
(This has the ...
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What items provide quick heals in dota 2?
I'm quite a beginner in dota 2, have gotten used to the game and I understand some basics of healing,I used to buy a bottle in every game because I always run out of mana/health or both very quickly ...
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General DOTA2 gameplay/strategy [closed]
I just recently started playing DOTA2 and am super confused at the gameplay.
So far all I've learned is to run away when I'm almost dead. Is there anything to it aside from that?
Do you become ...
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How does Sven Great Cleave interact with enemy armor?
I was looking at Sven's Greate Cleave on Dota 2 Wiki and its notes it is written:
Cleave damage is reduced by armor type but not by armor value.
Cleave damage goes through magic immunity.
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How do you get recipes or combine two items into 1 in dota 2?
I've noticed people buy certain started items in dota 2 to upgrade them later on after they earn the money, I've also read about recipes but I've never found out where you can get them or how to use ...
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How should couriers be used in dota2?
I've noticed dota 2 has a courier unit which I suppose is made for delivering items from the stash/backpack to the hero on the battlefield. My question is - how should they be used & in what ...
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Where can I get a high res terrain map for DotA 2?
I am trying to find high resolution DotA 2 terrain maps, but found nothing. Can somebody help me find some similar to this one?
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What causes the tower to target your hero?
I am playing dota2 (100h+) and I still do not get what are the circumstances which lead to be targeted by the enemy tower.
What causes the tower to attack the hero instead of the creeps?
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Do DotA 2 heroes have the same “fun” names as in WC3 DotA?
In WC3 DotA, you would occasionally (1 out of 10 times) get little fun nicknames for your hero instead of their actual name (for instance, Puck!! for Puck, Clinkz Eastwood for Clinkz, YaphetS for ...
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How does Furion's ult bounce?
It seems like whenever I will be farming and minding my own business, an enemy Furion's ult will come out of nowhere and hit me on the last bounce, taking a large chunk of my health.
When I play ...
