Played by tens of millions of people and touted as the biggest esport game on Earth does not make Dota 2 friendly for beginners. To be proficient, your commitment is needed. Learning the basics of Dota 2 is actually not difficult, but the complex formulation in it requires players to devote all their attention and sacrifice their time.
In fact, Dota 2 is a multiplayer battle arena game that pits two teams of five people. The game will end after one of the two Ancient buildings (yours or your opponent's) is destroyed. There you are tasked with guiding the chosen hero character to slowly level up, collect gold, help colleagues, and ultimately win the match. Sounds simple right? Of course not, according to the confession of gamers.
Below are tips on How to Play Dota 2, which I summarized from the internet based on the explanations of veterans, to help you get used to enjoying Dota 2.
Acknowledge that you are a beginner
There is no expertise without experience. If this is your first time playing Dota 2, it's only natural that your performance sucks. We can be sure that teammates will complain, even make unpleasant words ('noob' is still classified as very smooth). This will continue to occur until the 50th match later. The solution: You don't have to respond, because retaliating only hurts the team's cohesiveness. Use chat as needed, for example asking for help or giving info about the enemy.
Know the role of your character
Dota 2 has a large number of heroes, belonging to a number of different categories: carry, support, mid and ganker. Failing to understand the function of the characters, defeat is not far behind. Ganker is tasked with hunting down and disturbing opponents; mid plays in the middle lane alone, leveling quickly, helping when the opportunity arises; support functions similar to a courier, in charge of treating colleagues and sacrificing themselves when needed; the carry role is the most difficult because it is weak at the beginning but is very deadly so 'mature'.
Understand the functions of Town Portal Scroll, Rune, and boot items
Often underestimated, TP Scroll gives you at least two benefits. First he immediately takes you back to base when the health is at a dangerous point, then the TP Scroll also allows the player to carry out surprise attacks.
Runes offer you excellence in battle. He appears every two minutes. But you also have to always watch whether your opponent has captured it first. For example, when an enemy team character turns blue, you need to escape because the attack is twice as painful.
Boot itself is an important item, but not the most important. Status booster items are your top priority, for example Branches, Circlets or Gauntlets of Strength. If the number of character's HP is fairly small, don't hesitate buying potions. Then just focus on buying a boot.
Don't forget Ward and Courier
Without ward and courier, the threat of losing is huge. The tips, you don't need to go back to base to spawn it. While in lane, just right-click on courier and drop it from storage. Now anyone at headquarters can spawn it for you.
Ward has a count-down and should be changed constantly because you must always know what is happening in the river or the forest. These areas are dangerous blind spots. Without it, there is a large probability that you and your team will invade suddenly.
Another crucial tip
- Don't let the hero attack creeps automatically. Direct the attack to the creep that is closest to death. And do not rush to attack. Beginners usually storm the tower and only retreat after their health is critical. Imagine if the enemy came ambush ...
- Make the tower stop attacking you. How? Destroy immediately, or right-click on the team's own creeps to create the illusion that you are a member of an enemy group. The tower immediately deflected its attack. This method is not a bug, but a Dota 2 feature. A similar method can even be applied to your own friends.
- Don't deal with enemies who are higher than your position. The reason is, the character attack accuracy is reduced by 25 percent, and your vision zone is much smaller.
The above list is far from complete to make you adept at playing Dota 2, but it is quite a concern if you are really a beginner in this game. Frequently playing, looking for information to watching 'recorded' matches on YouTube are some ways you can do to increase your level of play.
Playing Dota2 games requires internet access to be reliable. This online game will not run smoothly without the fast internet. 😉
