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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Rushing strategy in Dota 2
If the enemy team consists of late game carrys it might be a good winning strategy to push as hard as you can to finish the game as soon as possible. However when the standard laning phase ends, teams ...
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How do you harass early game as Warlock
I often read that Warlock is a good early babysitter and harasser. Can anyone explain how to build and play a Warlock in early game to harass an enemy carry such as Anti-Mage ?
What skills/items ...
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What exactly does “Safe to leave” means?
When one of your team members disconnects at the beginning of the game and doesn't come back in certain amount of time, the game is set to "Safe to leave".
I did some research on that subject, and ...
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What dota 2 hero resembles StarCraft 2 Ghost the most? [closed]
What's a hero that has a long channeled "nuke", "emp" type of a spell and invisibility? Who's closest to that?
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Is Mask of Madness a viable item for Juggernaut?
I have seen many people advocating for Mask of Madness on Juggernaut saying that it helps the ultimate.
Since the ultimate attacks are not considered the same than normal attacks (the damage is not ...
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How do I counter Bloodseeker mid?
I've been playing Dota for at least a year and always seem to run into trouble laning mid against a good Bloodseeker (one that can last-hit/deny well). Even if I try to harass him, he will STILL ...
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How to move the cam with the mouse in dota2?
I have started playing dota 2 and I cant control camera with mouse, I have to use arows or to press scroll button on mouse..
I can change that and move it with mouse?
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Jungling Technique
When I jungle, I normally lag a few levels behind others, for example with lifestealer. I've seen people become very overpowered with lifestealer after jungling, while I lag behind.
My question is, ...
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How can you train for blind hooks with Pudge
I have witnessed a few games where a Pudge would manage to hit a non negligible numbers of blind hooks. At first I thought it was a bit of luck but then I noticed some players are quite good at blind ...
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Does Blade Mail really returns damage from all sources or are there some skills whose damage it wont return?
Does Blade Mail really returns all damage like in its description, or are there any skills whose damage wont be returned?
This is what i want to know:
Will it return:
magical damage from AoE ...
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Set 2 buttons to same action
I wanted to use two buttons for the same action (Stop - S and Mouse 4), but I cannot find any setting to do so.
Can someone point me on how to do so?
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How can I play Dota 2 Beta?
I know DotA 2 is still in its beta phase, but I see more and more streams from DotA 2 players. And I would like to play too, rather than only watching!
How can I get a DotA 2 Beta key?
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Does Urn of Shadows have a limit to charges, and what is it's radius on damage to enemies?
I bought Urn of Shadows for the first time in my last match, and i was surprised at how useful it is.
I want to know is there a limit on the charges you can get on it, or can i just stack them up ...
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DOTA2 keeps forgetting my region
When ever I launch DOTA2 I have to reset the region, however I didn't have to do this on my laptop?
Any ideas what maybe causing this?
(I don't use any autoexec options)
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Can you make steam not take dumps when Dota 2 crashes?
Everytime Dota 2 crashes steam makes memory dumps and they're placed in the C:\Program Files\Steam\dumps.
Now my problem is that my HDD space is pretty low now, and each "dump" file is a bit over 1 ...
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Can you make the game save regional match making setting?
Before you start your queue you can set up matchmaking settings. There you have Game Modes, Region and Language options.
Now I have set them all up to my liking, but I have a problem with regional ...
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Which heroes can backdoor easily?
Dota 2 has backdooring protection which makes it very hard to backdoor sometimes, unless you bring your whole team or best carries.
I did however see that some heroes can backdoor very easily, Meepo ...
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What are “Reliable Gold” and “Unreliable Gold” in Dota 2?
I noticed that when i hover my mouse over gold a pop-up comes up and in it there are:
"Reliable Gold", "Unreliable Gold" and of course the amount of gold it takes to revive if you're dead at that ...
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Getting two drops from a single match, how does it work?
When you play Dota 2, after each match there is a small chance you'll get a "drop". Basically you'll get an item if you're lucky. You also get an item everytime you level up (fill the battle points ...
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What do the settings mean?
I want to tweak my settings for DOTA2 but some of them are not clear to me. Others - such as "Animate Portrait" - are fairly obvious.
What effects do each of these settings have on the game ...
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What does killing Roshan do?
At the start of a game, I noticed that some of my team-mates were heading towards a spot on the map marked with a monster. I followed them to a monster which when I clicked was called "Roshan".
I ...
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Can I see Dota 2 game info online?
My brother just played Dota 2. For once hes done well, I want to see if the team carried him.
ID: 184114837
Can anyone show how to pull up match info based on the ID
Without the game. Aka, via ...
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How to Panic Buy in Dota 2?
Panic Buy means to quickly purchase an item right before death to use up gold held and therefore minimize or eliminate gold lost right before death. I often do this in HoN where I would quickly press ...
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Can you trade treasure boxes with other players?
I heard you can trade all kind of items with other players in dota 2. I haven't had a chance to check what and how can you do that, so here's a question:
Can players trade the treasure boxes they get ...
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How do you counter Tiny?
I have been in two games now — one with Tiny on my team and one on the opposing team — where he has taken over the game.
In both games, he was the sole person in the middle lane and proceeded to gank ...
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Is there a way to use cvar via say command?
I am experimenting with Cvars.
Those are variables set in the server and or client.
List here: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/List_of_DOTA_2_Cvars
I want to export some of those via the ...
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Best way to Micro/split push with Phantom Lancer
So, if you're playing with a bunch of minions (Don't know what the term is) [i.e. treants, spiderlings, phantoms] in DOTA 2 and you have 4-5 you want to push up one lane while you go somewhere else, ...
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What item's effects or heroes' skills goes through Black King Bar?
Someone told me that Bane's ulti goes through Black King Bar. Are there other item effects or hero skills that goes thorough it and that can be use to counter heroes that heavily relies on this item?
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How do you counter Lina mid?
I faced Lina mid for the first time with Pudge and was amazed at how strong she is in mid. Her early nukes are absolutely devastating.
My question is how do you counter her early game in mid so she ...
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How do you say nothing in chat? (Hint: If I were a compiler I'd ignore you too) [closed]
Super complicated question, how do you say nothing in the text chat?
//Read the answer
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Controls list for noobs?
Can someone give a link to or explanation of the basic controls used in dota 2?
For example: push to talk key for microphone, team chat vs all chat, if there is a town portal hot key?
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How to use Dota 2 courier?
I am searching the internet for hours but I can't find a step by step guide on how to use the dota 2 courier.
All guides begin without showing its usage for a newcomer to the game.
Any ideas or links?
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Why Juggy's spin not damaging roshan or other ancients?
Spell Description
Damage type: magical
• This skill won't affect mechanical units.
If a unit is not being affected by Blade Fury, Yurnero can perform
normal attacks against this unit. - ...
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How to test mechanics
How can I test certain mechanics (for example whether Manta Style gets you out of Treant Protector's ultimate).
Currently what I do is host a game, get a friend to play the other side, set to ...
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How big is the area/radius that prevents neutral creep spawns?
It is a known fact that putting wards inside the neutral spawn camps prevents them from spawning but recently, I see our neutrals camps not spawning any creeps.
I checked the replay and saw that the ...
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How can I check my statistics in Dota 2
How can I get statistics in Dota 2 such as hit/loss ratio, what skill level do I have (not the Battle Points) and such figures.
One very interesting metric would be the win/loss ratio in function of ...
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Phantom Lancer illusions use auras?
Does Phantom Lancer's illusions use aura's, like from Vladamir's? Does the lifesteal contribute to PL's health? Do they use aura armor reduction? I'm also curious about Desolation armor reduction, or ...
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Where does a new DotA 2 player start?
I recently received DotA 2 as a gift from a friend. It was very generous of him, but I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. It seems like it is even harder than Team Fortress 2 (which is actually ...
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How are the Battle Points you earn calculated?
What in game events affect how many points I earn? Is there a cap to how many I can earn in one match? Do I get points regardless of winning or losing?
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Proper Trilane setup
After finally getting 4 friends on my team, we decided to go try those trilane setup commonly seen on tournament matches. After 3 consecutive loss using that setup, makes us wonder what is it that we ...
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Does Juggernaut's Blade Fury remove negative buffs?
It seems to me that Yurnero(Juggernaut)'s Blade Fury makes him magic immune since he couldn't be stunned but does it removes negatives buffs placed into him?
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Axe culling blades instant kill Damage?
I Read somewhere that axe does 100000000 physical damage (killing blow). So if someone uses blademail during the killing blow, Will it kill axe??
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What Dota 2 heroes are like LoL's Master Yi or Teemo?
I am starting to play Dota 2, and I play a lot of League. Which Dota 2 character is similar to either Master Yi or Teemo?
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How to use courier to refill bottle
I have seen people using the courier to replenish their bottle without having to leave their lane, how do I do this?
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How do dota 2 bots pick their heroes?
Since the game is in beta phase and I'm a total noob at the game I find it natural to play with bots. My bot match consists of 3 hard bots on my team and 4 easy bots on the opposite team, plus me of ...
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What does Unusual Essence in Dota 2 do?
I know its a bit late, but what does the Unusual Essence in Dota 2 do?
Unusual Essence
A ball of swirling magical energy, pulsing with power.
I understand that the 3 basic Essences - Quas, Wex, ...
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Blademail damage return by owned or summoned units
For example lycan.
His summoned wolves attack a target with active blademail,
Who will have the impact of the return damage, Lycan or the wolves?
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How does 'auto purchase items' work in dota 2?
There's an option in settings that toggles auto purchase items on and off.
How does it work?
Does it automatically buy the next item in my selected build when I have the gold? Does it buy whatever it ...
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Are there hidden costs to buying Dota 2?
I ask because I'm looking to get Dota 2, but I don't want to pay more than the upfront cost through micro-transactions in-game.
Is the game fully released yet? Is it possible to get for free?
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Why Huskar isn't popular in the competitive scene?
This hero along with Drow Ranger is very popular and strong in public matches.
How come this hero isn't being picked or even banned in tournament matches?
