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What does disliking a player do in DOTA 2?
Dota 2 Summer 2023 Patch notes state:
Additionally, we’ve added a “Dislike” button that will ensure players you’d prefer not to play with, for whatever reason, are less likely to show up in future ...
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Under what conditions is Monkey King visible when on a tree?
While perched on a tree, Monkey King is hidden from sight. He can only be seen with flying vision.
Flying vision gives unrestricted vision in an area, so it is not blocked by trees or obstacles and ...
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This can not be done in Dota 2 tournaments?
That's correct. In most Dota 2 game modes, duplicate hero selections are not allowed. This includes Captain's Mode, which is the the primary mode used in tournaments.
The exception is Mid Only mode, ...
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Can enemies hear Techies' Proximity Mine warning?
Yes, the enemies can hear the sound. In fact, the sound was added specifically to warn enemies entering the radius of a Proximity Mine, so they have a chance to react and turn around in time.
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Why do they say a hero is strong in a certain lane in DoTA 2?
Note: Some in-game terminologies have been used in this answer. If you are new to dota 2 then please check out Fodder's answer first.
What this means is that a certain hero's skills synchronize well ...
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How to remove Spin Web of Broodmother in DotA 2?
Destroy Spin Web can only be used by the web itself; each web has a unit box right in the middle: select it and use the skill from there.
Enemies cannot destroy Broodmother's webs in any way.
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What does 7 or 8-slotted hero in DoTA 2 mean?
In some really long matches (say more than an hour) you will have a lot of extra gold left over even after saving for buyback. Some ways you can be more than 6 slotted are:
Suppose your hero works ...
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Is DOTA 2 region-locked?
There has been an update to DotA 2's matchmaking, which does take region into consideration, though not strictly.
Based on this thread, it looks like this was implemented in mid-January.
It's worth ...
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How much experience does the enemy get when we deny a creep
Patch 7.07
Denied XP granted to the enemy (the player being denied) reduced from 70% to 25%.
Denied XP gained by the denier reduced from 30% to 25%.
Neutrals killing lane creeps is now considered the ...
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How do you make a Dota2 in-game guide?
The option you're looking for is located in game menu, you should navigate to Learn - Hero Guides and click 'Create' button. It will allow you to create your own in-game guide with an itembuild, ...
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What does the number below the clan-logo mean?
It is the fan level (as the Wiki calls it) of the team.
I found a few Reddits asking about this. This one states:
[The] Amount of pennants level equipped of spectators in Dota TV. Basically every ...
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What is the advantage of bottling a bounty rune?
Bottling a bounty rune automatically refills the bottle to 2 charges, making it a very useful way of refilling your bottle without going back to the fountain or sending it on a courier. This leads to ...
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What are 'units' in Dota 2?
A unit is any entity that can be selected and is not a building or a ward. Creeps are units, heroes are units, summons are units, illusions are units.
Note that this definition is not specific to ...
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Is number of abilities limited in dota 2?
As a general rule of thumb, each hero has 4 abilities - 3 basic abilities and 1 ultimate ability. Every hero has at least 3 basic abilities and 1 ultimate ability.
Some heroes, such as Shadow Fiend ...
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How do you make Invoker cast a Deafening Blast that comes out all around him?
The AoE upgrade to Deafening Blast is one of the two level 25 Talents for Invoker.
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What are the three bars under the kill counters for in Dota2
It's the number of match wins that are needed to become the winner of a series; lit up bars represent matches already won.
In your example, each team needs to win 3 matches to win the series, which is ...
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Can you complete the "BODY TRIPLE" 2017 International Battle Pass quest with self debuffs?
No.
These "self-effects" are generally good and are called buffs, not debuffs. Buff and debuff icons are shown above the character health bar. Buffs (friendly effects) are shown in green, and debuffs ...
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What happens when you target an active BKB user with Omnislash?
Omnislash completely ignores spell immunity and deals physical damage, so a Black King Bar would have no effect at all.
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Positions in Dota 2 - What do they mean?
These are called farming positions. In a nutshell, they rank how much farm (gold and XP) each player needs. Position 1 needs the most, so they usually play in the safelane (that's bottom for Radiant ...
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Is silencer's intelligence steal talent retroactive?
The talent is not retroactive, it will only steal more intelligence from the moment it is chosen.
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Which spells is Rubick unable to steal?
The wiki does talk about the limitations of Rubick's spell steal, and it does provide a list of spells Rubick cannot steal:
Cannot steal passive abilities, item abilities, or active attack modifiers (...
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What are fantasy points for?
From this article:
In Fantasy Dota, players on a team earn Dota Fantasy Points based on the statistics they generate in actual Dota games.
It's kind of like fantasy football or baseball. There is ...
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As Ember Spirit, is there a trick to reliably casting Chains during a single-target Sleight?
Use the Demo feature to practice mechanical skills like the sleight+chain combo.
Although I am not a pro(not even close) and have only played around 40 Ember Spirit games I can land most of my ...
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Bounty hunter's track purgeable?
Yes, it can be removed with basic dispels. I suggest you look at the Dota 2 wiki for information like this, for example the Dispel page.
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How often will an opponent be bashed?
Pseudo-Random
As it was commented the 25% isn't a constant in each attack but more an average of times it will proc from a bigger pool of attacks.
How does it work, the real chance to stun is 8% per ...
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Shortcut to select a character
It's Alt+Enter now.
Unnecessary example to bypass minimum character limit, type "invok" then Alt+Enter.
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What is the Red Triangle next to the Ulti Diamond at the top of the UI
That badge means the player has reached level 1 to 5 of that hero's progression system, part of Dota Plus subscription.
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Does aghanim scepter upgrade applies on already casted spells?
No. I tried a similar situation with Sniper. Cast ultimate, courier brought me Aghanim Scepter and my ulti was still without bonus. I don't see reason to apply bonus on already channeled/casted spells ...
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Its there anyway to set up a LAN game on DotA 2?
Apparently since the 7.22 patch the below method doesn't work anymore and a LAN game is now impossible
Yes, it's possible, but not that easy. It requires you to use steam offline mode and dota 2 ...
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Does Moment of Courage proc during Duel using Legion Commander?
Moment of Courage can proc during Duel
Duel applies the Taunted status to both Legion Commander and her target, which combines a Silence (cannot manually activate abilities), a Mute (cannot manually ...
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