PLANET DOTA

Dota 6.61 b Release

2009-07-11T04:46:00.000-07:00

Okies folks im a bit late but heres the new link to Dota 6.61b enjoy!

6.61b Changelog:
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* Fixed some exploits and bugs

6.61 Changelog:
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## Heroes & Items ##
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* Batrider: Lowered Strength gain from 2.5 to 2.0
* Bloodskeer: Bloodbath no longer regenerates from images
* Bone Fletcher: Improved Searing Arrows damage from 10/20/30/40 to 20/30/40/50
* Bone Fletcher: Rebalanced Strafe from 20/40/60/80 IAS with 30 seconds cooldown to 50/60/70/80 IAS with 60/50/40/30 seconds cooldown
* Centaur: Reduced Double Edge cooldown (25->12 seconds)
* Faceless Void: Improved base Strength (17->23)
* Furion: Lowered Sprout cooldown from 11 seconds to 11/10/9/8 seconds and manacost from 115/140/165/205 to 100/120/140/160
* Magnataur: Reverse Polarity now pulls units slightly infront of you instead of all around you
* Medusa: Lowered Stone Gaze cooldown (70->35 seconds)
* Medusa: Minor improvements to Mystic Snake speed , cast range and cooldown
* Medusa: Improved Mystic Snake's damage from 60/100/140/180 to 80/120/160/200
* Meepo: Rescaled Geostrike from 4/8/12/16 to 5/10/15/20 damage per second
* Nerubian Weaver: Reworked Watchers [details below]
* Nerubian Weaver: Lowered Shukuchi cooldown from 13/11/9/7 to 12/10/8/6 seconds
* Night Stalker: Improved Intelligence growth from 1.25 to 1.6
* Ogre Magi: Reduced Multicast from 30%2x/45%2x+22.5%3x/60%2x+30%3x+15%4x ->25%2x/40%2x+20%3x/50%2x+25%3x+12.5%4x
* Pandaren Brewmaster: Increased Drunken Brawler critical from 1.8x to 2.0x
* Razor: Lowered Intelligence gain from 2.2 to 1.8
* Rooftrellen: Casting Nature's Guise on an allied unit (or other spells) will no longer take you out if you have it on you
* Silencer: Transferred Glaive of Wisdom's secondary effect of +1/-1 Intelligence from hero kills to Last Word. If an enemy hero dies under the Last Word effect, that hero will lose 1 intelligence and you will gain 1 intelligence.
* Silencer: Increased Last Word AoE from 700 to 900
* Rebalanced Curse of the Silent from 10/20/30/40 HP and 5/10/15/20 mana per second for 10 seconds to 50 HP and 25 mana for 2/4/6/8 seconds.
* Sniper: Increased Take Aim range from 55/110/165/220 to 65/130/195/260
* Spectre: Decreased Spectral Dagger cooldown from 25 to 16 seconds
* Tauren Chieftain: Lowered base damage by 10
* Tauren Chieftain: Lowered Strength gain from 2.7 to 2.3
* Tauren Chieftain: Decreased Natural Order percentages to 20/40/60/80%
* Vengeful Spirit: Improved base Agility (22->27)
* Viper: Nethertoxin now only works on enemy units
* Witch Doctor: Increased base Intelligence from 19 to 24 (base damage adjust to remain the same though)
* Aghanim's Scepter (Queen of Pain): Restored original cooldown improvement
* Aghanim's Scepter (Shadow Shaman): Undid part of the nerf on Mass Serpent Wards. It now gives +3 (up 1 from 6.60, down 1 from 6.59d)
* Buriza-Do Kyanon: Improved the critical value from 2.2x to 2.4x
* Helm of Dominator: Converted creeps now gain the Resistant Skin ability, making spells duration on them the same as heroes or Spirit Bear.
* Quelling Blade: Minor reduction to bonus damage (36->32)

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## Bugs ##
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* Fixed natural regeneration on rax
* Fixed an area where you could get stuck using TP scroll on the minimap.
* Fixed -ns mode
* Fixed a chance for duplicate heroes in -CD

* Batrider: Fixed Radiance from triggering Sticky Napalm
* Medusa: Fixed Splitshot triggering Essense Aura
* Razor: Fixed an error in the damage calculation method for Plasma Field that caused it to be slightly off sometimes
* Rooftrellen: Slightly increased Eyes in the Forest cast range (+25) to fix some order issue bugs
* Rooftrellen: Fixed Living Armor not regenerating structures properly
* Tauren Chieftan: Fixed bug with Natural Order sometimes instantly killing Forged Spirit summoned units

* Aghanim's: Fixed minor incorrect sell value on some versions of the item
* Khadgar's Pipe of Insight: No longer places the buff on units that already have it
* Bottle: Usage no longer removes Curse of the Silent.
* Linken Sphere: Fixed to properly block Mana Void and Nasal Goo
* Poor Man's Shield: Fixed bug with -swap
* Quelling Blade: Fixed bug with -swap
* Quelling Blade: Fixed triggering Curse of the Silent
* Rune: Fixed Regeneration sometimes not being removed when you are full if you use bottle at the same time
* Rune: Fixed Double Damage visual effect to properly show when the user is using low graphics mode

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## Gameplay & Cosmetics ##
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* Removed the int/agi/str distribution in -CD. It is now like RD in its hero distribution.
* Bottle: Now autorefills at fountain if it isn't fully used (2975)
* Reduced FPS drops when using Shiva's Guard and Plasma Field with some custom import files (PGRu-Unexpect3D)
* Sound Effects: Removed the "Allied hero has fallen" (heavily requested for removal due to annoyances)

* Invoker: Added a new Icon for Sun Strike (5312)
* Juggernaut: You no longer lose control while using Omnislash. You can use items like Dagger while Omnislashing (4938)
* Slardar: Added a new icon for his Bash (3587)
* Tidehunter: Added a new Anchor Smash visual effect (4393)
* Gem of Truesight: Changed hotkey from T to I to help against some common misbuys
* Increased the transparency a little more for the Circle Of Powers that aren't yours.
* Fixed -SP moving your camera away from taverns
* Fixed various minor inconcistences between sentinel and scourge units/buildings
* Fixed some very minor inconsistencies with acquire ranges on some heroes
* Observer Board colors now alternate between white and grey to make it a little more readable

Old Watcher's:
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Cooldown: 30/20/10/5 seconds
Movement Speed: 522
HP: 1
Bounty: 10-13
Vision: 1400/1400
Invisible

Urna Swarm:
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Summons scarabs from corpses. The Scarab can burrow and become invisible.
While it is unburrowed, it is visible to the enemy and has an Infestation
ability. Has collision when unburrowed.
Magic Immune.

Cooldown: 14/11/8/5
Movement Speed: 450
HP: 200
Armor: 6
Bounty: 26-38
Burrowed Vision: 400/400
Normal Vision: 1400/1400

Infestation: Can suicide to Silence enemy units 275 aoe around it for 3 seconds and deal 20 damage per second (non-stacking).

Download link
www.getdota.com

Dota 6.60 Beta a Leaked Map

2009-04-22T17:41:00.000-07:00

Warning! If you wanna dont wanna see the preview of Dota 6.60 then don't then don't contiune reading!

I've been browsing the net and stumbled with this leaked map and want to share it to you guys. Here the changelogs and some shots. enjoy!

Dota 6.60 Leak Beta 21 Map Changelogs:

Replace all the heroes tavern into top left of the map
Now there's 9 tavern:
Sentinel Strength Tavern, Sentinel Agility Tavern, Sentinel Intelligence Tavern
Neutrals Strength Tavern, Neutrals Agility Tavern, Neutrals Intelligence Tavern
Scourge Strength Tavern, Scourge Agility Tavern, Scourge Intelligence Tavern
Neutrals Hero can be picked by either Scourge or Sentinel
Add Tauren Chieftain to Sentinel Strength Tavern
Add Bat Rider to Neutrals Intelligence Tavern
Hero changes on Razor and Viper
Viper 2nd skill was remade
There are 2 new item.
One item is the upgrade item from magic stick + 2 x gg brach = Magic Wand

Screenshots:

New Heroes

Tauren Chief & Bat Rider

New Tavern Formation

Download Here

Dota 6.59d Bugs

2009-04-22T17:23:00.000-07:00

Got these videos from YouTube and It's telling me IceFrog fogrot these bugs afterall. So folks dont blame the man he is not making money out of these maps. If you want to view them heres the links.

Barathrum's charge rampage

Luna's Uncontrollable Bugs

DotA Allstars v6.59d Release

2009-03-27T01:53:00.000-07:00

Okies no 6.60 now but it is still in development.. You can download 6.59d as of now.

Change logs

* Fixed some item exploits
* Fixed a rare memory related bug
* Temporarily changed switch voting system. It requires 100% of the vote for now. There will be a better -switch implementation in the next version or two
* Fixed a few other misc bug/exploits 6.60 is still in very active development. I will try to post more updates about it when it gets closer to release. If you have any suggestions you'd like to offer for it, please email me and let me know.

Language:
English
Date:
2009-03-20
MD5:
23894a9c3a19291c03fc54a1852433c0
Filesize:
3.22 Mb

Download Here.

What's new on the Dota Allstars 6.60

2009-02-28T10:21:00.000-08:00

We all knew that in Dota Allstars 6.60 Tauren Chief will be introduce.. But do you know that on 25 March 2009 will be the release date of the new version. For more info read more below.

Here are the updates from IceFrog:

Thanks everyone for being so patient! Don't worry, DotA 6.60 is almost out, please continue waiting - I want this release to be very sucessful, and would hate to disappoint you guys :) Please give me your support, and understand the difficulties of balancing new heroes.

I feel really bad for keeping you guys waiting, but I don't really want to reveal anything about my release until the end - to me it's like a work of art :) Please visit www.icefrog.com for any future updates! I know I haven't been updating recently, but that's because I've been very busy, and I'm really trying to post something within the next few days to keep you guys updated.

Finally, here's a treat for you guys, in my apology for taking so long on this release, some things I can promise you'll see:
-MUCH more recoding and optimizations! You'll be running DotA at up to 25% higher frame rates! (As reported by some of my beta-testers)
-A new game mode :D
-Reworked rune system
-Some major gameplay changes regarding the laning phase, gold distribution, teamwork, etc - this will make the game faster paced, less farming, and more of the team battles we love DotA for! This is obviously one of the biggest changes that is causing many balance issues and delaying our release, but it's worth it!
-Minor terrain tweaks. Everyone loves more juke spots and cosmetics :)
-A few reworked hero abilities. Don't think I don't notice that many heroes have very similar playstyles! I will try to rework heroes one by one, as I have been doing the past couple of versions. Stay updated on the official dota forums, and you might get a hint on who these will be =D

Finally, know that no matter how long and hard my beta-testers work, we can't find all the bugs and balance issues alone - it will be up to you guys! Developing DotA is a community effort, which is why I love you guys so much. If you don't like our release, please be patient and give as much feedback as you can, so we can make DotA as enjoyable for everyone as we can!

DotA Hero Ranking

2009-02-28T09:44:00.000-08:00

Ever wonder who is the strongest hero? Or the fastest hero? How about the Smartest? well here are the answer.. But this not mean that if they are the toughest they are the strongest.. Its always been how you play the game that make the difference. These is for your guide only.

Toughest DOTA Hero

1. The Treant Protector (Tree)
2. The Doom Bringer (Doom)
3. Butcher (Hook)
4. Tidehunter (Big Foot)
5. Stone Giant (Tiny)
6. Pandaren Battlemaster (Roar)
7. Skeleton King (Bones)
8. Chaos Knight (Slash)
9. Night Stalker (Creep)
10. Dragon Knight (Flame)

Softest DOTA Hero (Weakness)

1. Silencer
2. Lifestealer
3. Oblivion
4. Holy Knight
5. Phantom Lancer
6. Nerubian Weaver
7. Tormented Soul
8. Slayer
9. Lich
10. Shadow Shaman

Smartest DOTA Hero

1. Oblivion
2. Enigma
3. Lich
4. Slayer
5. Shadow Shaman
6. Tormented Soul
7. Demon Witch
8. Death Prophet
9. Prophet
10. Crystal Maiden

Dumbest DOTA Hero

1. Phantom Assassin
2. Troll Warlord
3. Chaos Knight
4. Night Stalker
5. Pandaren Battlemaster
6. Stealth Assassin
7. Rogueknight
8. Juggernaut
9. Drow Ranger
10. Bounty Hunter

Quickest Attacker in DOTA

1. Lifestealer
2. Soul Keeper
3. Phantom Assassin
4. Bounty Hunter
5. Morphling
6. Bone Fletcher
7. Drow Ranger
8. Stealth Assassin
9. Juggernaut
10. Anti-Mage

Lowest Attack Pace in DOTA

1. Stone Giant
2. Doom Bringer
3. Enigma
4. Treant Protector
5. Oblivion
6. Tinker
7. Twin Head Dragon
8. Goblin Techies
9. Earthshaker
10. Death Prophet

Best Moving Speed in DOTA

1. Chaos Knight
2. Anti-Mage
3. Soul Keeper
4. Naga Siren
5. Moon Rider
6. Broodmother
7. Magnataur
8. Oblivion
9. Phantom Assassin
10. Bounty Hunter

Poorest Move Speed in DOTA

1. Goblin Techies
2. Shadow Shaman
3. Crystal Maiden
4. Demon Witch
5. Troll Warlord
6. Death Prophet
7. Stone Giant
8. Morphling
9. Necrolic
10. Butcher

DotA Allstars v6.59c 6v6 Ver.2 Release

2009-02-28T09:39:00.000-08:00

This is a modified map for the official DotA Allstars v6.59c. The feature of this is that you can now play 6v6 with this map. Note: This is not made by Icefrog.

There are two reasons why I wanted to get this release out there. The first is that I'm pretty sure I've fixed the last game mode that wasn't working with 6v6, and the second reason is that a small error seemed to be causing a lot more trouble than I thought it would.

Once again, the switch command is disabled until IceFrog makes a significant change to the way it's coded in the official version. I tried a few different things, but it's far more complicated for me to try and fix it than someone using a real copy of the map, so I'm leaving it as it is for now.

Fixed:
Captains Mode (-cm) gamemode now works
An incorrect map size that was causing various game glitches

Known Bugs:
The -switch command has been disabled until it's fixed
Endgame Scoreboard is too big to fit all 12 players.

Download the file here.

Dota T-Shirts and Cap for Sale

2009-02-28T05:17:00.000-08:00

Got problem with your girlfriend because you play too much DOTA? Give her a new gift.. Buy these T-shirt now and maybe who knows she will give you something in return.. girls tshirt is only $17.95, boys tshirt is only $22.90 and the cap is only$13.45.

Guide to Bloodstone

2009-02-27T18:46:00.000-08:00

Eozm's Guide to Bloodstone

Table of Contents:

Item cost/composition

Item stats

Basic mechanics

Analysis

Item synergies

Bloodstone users

Grade A

Grade B

Grade C

Grade D

Conclusion

N.B. Please note my tldr parts at the end of each section of the Analysis in quote boxes. I'm trying to help people that are scared/bored by my legendary walls of text ^^

Item cost/composition:

+ =

... wait that's not it.

+ = Perseverance - 1750g (875g + 875g)
+ + = Soul Booster - 3300g (1000g + 1200g + 1100g)

+ = Bloodstone - 5050g

Item stats:

+450 Hp
+400 Mana
+200% Mana regen
+6 Health/sec

It has 2 'abilities'. One is to accumulate charges. This is done through killing heroes. For every kill, you gain 1 charge (except when you have no charge, your first kill gives you 2). Each charge gives you a net +2 health/mana per second. While it's not much for health, it's actually HUGE for mana. You lose a charge every time you die.

It's second ability is called Redemption. It has a bunch of on death effects:

1) Restore 450 health and 400 mana to every allied unit in 1700 AOE around where you die
2) Gives you vision of 1800/1800 (actually nice at night, it's more vision than your allies get except for Nightstalker) around the area where you died
3) Gathers xp for you while you're dead in 1000 AOE around where you died
4) Makes you resurrect 10% faster if you have no charge, 20% faster if you have a charge
5) Makes you lose 20% less gold if you have no charge, 40% less gold if you have a charge

That's it! Lots of benefits for an item with no recipe, but ofc you have to die to use most of them, which is usually a bad idea.

Basic mechanics:

There isn't much to say about the item itself in terms of mechanics. Pretty much everything was said above in terms of AOE of each ability, and the base thing it does is simply give you health, mana and regen.

Just for the sake of mechanics, the red rune that appears on the ground when you die is actually a dummy hero unit and that's the one gathering xp for you and giving you vision of the area.

For charges, as i said it's +2 charges if you have no charge, and +1 for every other kill, so basically when you score a kill you're sure to have at least 2 charges, the only way to have 1 charge being by dying when you have 2.

The 'if you have a charge' condition for Redemption effects considers the charge you had before death. So if you had 1 charge and die, you will drop to 0, but you will have the 'if you have a charge' bonuses. As far as i know, there is no cap to charges (never went above 30 to test, but you shouldn't realistically get there in a game anyway =p).

Analysis:

Bloodstone should be considered as THE regen item. Be it for health regen or mana regen, it's the best item you can get simply because it's uncapped. With a single kill you have nearly as much health regen as Heart (+10, any further kill will make you surpass it) while a single kill gives you mana regen blowing away ANYTHING else by miles, even stuff like Orchid. +4 mana regen/second is simply huge, it's the same you would get from getting +100 Int (or say +50 Int if you have a Void Stone, or +25 Int if you have a Guinsoo). An Arcane Ring used on recharge gives you +3 mana/sec, and you're not even counting the +200% mana/sec that Bloodstone gives on top. When you're talking about mana regen, absolutely nothing compares if you have a single charge on the thing. If you have 4-5 charges, for nearly every hero it means infinite mana.

For people who dismissed the item as garbaged a long time ago, it's important to consider just how much it improved since it was introduced. It used to give +5 health/sec, +110% mana regen and +0.75 health/mana regen per charge. It's not even comparable to what you get now. While i agree that regen remains regen and is not THAT important, when you reach a certain amount and build around it it's actually very useful for some heroes.

The importance of charges for regen means that you should never look at Bloodstone as if it was an item you used 'if you plan to die' because of Redemption effects either. Quite the opposite, to have a truly efficient Bloodstone you must stack charges on it and NOT die. A Bloodstone with no charge is a pretty average item, but as i said if you can get a single kill for 2 charges then the regen starts being nuts, and a few more is just incredible.

It also means that in most cases a Bloodstone is a rushed item and the first thing you get on your hero. And i mean it's pretty logical too looking at what it gives : health, mana and regen, full of early game win. And the earlier you can get it, the earlier you can start stacking charges on it, and a highly charged Bloodstone can actually be pretty ridiculous when you're basically fighting as if you were in your fountain all the time (and if you get 7-8 charges, that's really how it feels).

That being said, the Redemption effects are actually very good should you die in a team battle. First, the heal is actually very, very big AND it restores a vast amount of mana (pretty much insures everyone else is full mana till the end of the fight). The AOE is so huge that you can be sure everything is affected if it was part of the fight at all. 450 health is the same as 600 spell damage negated, so it's as much as healing the damage of a level 3 Sonic Blast, nearly as much as 2 Mek shot at once. Assuming you have a charge, you rez 20% faster and lose 40% less gold, which is actually massive. Later in the game, dying can mean rezzing in 60+ second, and 20% faster rez means you save 10-18 seconds faster and this can actually make a significant difference, especially in the case where you die trying to push and the other team heals and counter pushes right after. Rezzing 10-15s faster can easily be the difference between being raxed or holding the boat while allies respawn. 40% less gold is nearly half, which means that instead of losing 300-500g when you die you will lose something like 180-300g, it really makes a good difference. The xp gain is really nice should you die early in a team fight, since it will allow you to share the xp on further hero kills, which can be a significant amount. It's not uncommon to die with Bloodstone and rez a level higher. The vision is rarely much useful, but it can have some advantage at times.

The important thing to consider about Bloodstone though is this : it gives NO active ability and NO damage. So if your hero is NOT able to do his job through his skills alone, then it's likely not the best thing to get. What it does is pretty much insures that if you can do what you need with your own skills, it will make sure you always have the mana for it and regens your health very fast so you can be active on the map pretty much at all time, either farming or ganking.

QUOTE(TLDR)

- Bloodstone is at its core a regen item, and you should play around it
- It's NOT an item for planning to die, but its bonuses are very good if you do
- Should be rushed since it covers for your early game better than any other item can and you should get started on the charges ASAP
- Keep in mind that by getting Bloodstone you sacrifice any kind of extra active ability or damage, so only get it if your hero is sufficient with his skills alone

The build up:

The build up of Bloodstone is possibly its biggest advantage. As i said above, it is full of early game win. Now that Bottle has been nerfed and is not the be-all-end-all of regen items (you'll likely want max 1 per team on some kind of permanent ganker like Beast, NA or PotM to control runes, but if you DON'T get runes regularly the regen you grab from fountain is severly lacking), along with Perseverance actually seriously buffed (basically +25% better at everything compared to 6.48 while being a bit cheaper), it becomes pretty much the best early game item for a hero that wants a mix of constant health/mana regen.

The Soul Booster part is also full of early game win. It's raw health and mana, which is often what you need the most at this stage for any hero relying on their skills (nukers, etc.). It lets you survive the other team's nukes while throwing more of your own.

All parts are relatively easy to farm, 1200g for Point Booster being the highest but also giving a lot for its cost. Every part is a solid addition as you acquire it (RoH fixes your health regen, Void your mana regen, Perseverance gives you better last hitting in lane, Point + Vit Boosters fix your health and mana, and well Energy Booster gives you a completed Bloodstone ^^). Another small advantage over some other items is that everything can be bought out of the secret shop (and sideshop for RoH). If you're doing good in lane you can gradually buy everything without ever going back to base, and one the Bloodstone is done you're close to walking fountain so you won't need to visit base often at all during the game!

It also saves you from buying other early game items, which is a major advantage. When you look at the cost of a Bloodstone, you can't really say that it's 5050g. Because if you didn't get it, you would've need to get most of what it gives through a mix of other early game items. For example, say you go as cheap as possible, 2 Bracers and a Bottle (pretty standard in 6.48 on nearly any hero). That's 1600g invested (and a Bottle as i said is actually kinda sucky for real regen now, you might want still a Pers, or a Void Stone + HoIW, etc...). With a Bloodstone, you can grab 4 Branches at start with Tangoes and Clarities if needed, and go straight for it. No other item needed at all (well, boots but that's true for any build). So in the end, you pay 3400g more for a Bloodstone than you would have for buying 2 Bracers and Bottle, but you get infinitely better regen, twice the health and 5 times the mana. In terms of cost efficiency, it is actually pretty cheap when you consider what you DON'T buy because you're buying it.

Usually, a good build up order for rushing a Bloodstone would be:

4 Branches, 4-6 Tangoes, 0-2 Clarities (depends on hero for clarities)

- if you have less than 3 tangoes left when you have 875g, buy RoH, otherwise Void Stone (assuming again that your hero can use it to spam spell in lane, like Krob or Leshrac)
- complete your Perseverance for good lane regen + last hitting power
- buy Point Booster, Vit Booster and Energy Booster in that order

If you're in a lane against stuff like dual stun and you need a health boost fast, forget Void Stone before a while and do RoH-Point Booster (or even Vit Booster if you think it's needed) instead. Mana regen is never vital to laning, it just makes you better at farming and harassing, but survival comes first!

QUOTE(TLDR)

- Excellent build up for early game because all parts help you right away and are needed early (health, mana, and regen of both)
- All parts are fairly cheap so easy to farm
- Not as costy as it seems because if you didn't grab a Bloodstone, you'd still need health, mana and some regen of both for most heroes in one way or another, and grabbing a Bloodstone allows you to skip all those other items (Bracers and Bottle for example)

Disassembly:

Bloodstone is an item that disassembles quite well. You can grab Ring of Health, Void Stone and Soul Booster all separately from it. So for example if you buy a Bloodstone early and later on you got enough regen and you just want more effects, you could easily break it, use Soul Booster to make an Aghanim's, use Void Stone to make a Guinsoo and, well, keep or sell RoH.

It's also a really good starting item for a hero that would want to go Aghanim's-Refresher. There isn't all that many of those, but say you're planning for it on Zeus or Rhasta, grabbing a Bloodstone to settle your health, mana and give you big regen early in the game can be nice. Afterwards you can add a Mystic Staff and Obliv Staff whenever you can afford them, break it all and build Agh-Refresh straight from there. It makes the build up much smoother for most heroes aiming for an Aghanim's.

Although if you do well in the game and manage to get 7-8 charges, your Bloodstone is often worth more than what Aghanim's would do for you except maybe for Ogre Mage and Witch Doctor.

You could also do a full progression with the item for usefulness of items as the game progresses, doing something like Bloodstone->break in Aghanim's, and then buy an Ultimate Orb and break everything into Guinsoo + Soul Booster (because for most heroes, Aghanim's buff endgame is not worth a Guinsoo, but around the end of midgame it can make the difference).

QUOTE(TLDR)

- Can very well be used as a starting item for Aghanim's and possibly Refresher at the same time.
- Can use it for a 'gradual' build up from early to endgame of an Int hero of Bloodstone->Aghanim's->Guinsoo
- Gauge how much it's worth to break your Bloodstone though, cause a high charged Bloodstone can be worth more than Aghanim's and depending on your hero (for example Leshrac) even more than Guinsoo.

Learning to put Regen to good use:

That's really important when you buy an item like Bloodstone. Simply put, Bloodstone being an uncapped regen item has huge potential. But if you don't build and play around it, regen is not that good. It's not in the middle of a fight that regen kicks in most of the time, it's at the start of a fight, at the end of a fight and anywhere between. And your item build can influence this a lot too.

So, how do you play to maximize the use of regen?

First, for item build, there's something pretty simple : maximize damage reduction over health. The only exception being ofc if you face massive pure damage dealers like OD or Silencer, cause that won't work against them and the only thing working is raw health (at least Bloodstone gives quite a bit). But ok, ignore those fights against not-so-popular heroes. Why is damage reduction better? It's simple, it makes every hit point count for more, and thus regening +20-30 health/second becomes incredible. This leads to great item synergy with a few items that will be discussed below and what i now call my Int Tank build which is Bloodstone-Hood-Shiva. Maximize health regen and damage reduction against both spells and physical damage while having a decent health pool allowing you to take full advantage of regen.

Second, you have to consider pre-fight. Depending on the hero you have, it's not always possible, but pre-fight harassment when you have high regen can be really good. The best for that is Krob with her ridiculous range, 5s cooldown 300 damage nuke and high MS. If your team is about to push, or theirs is, or you see a hero farming in a lane, you can practically stay out of range and just throw Carrion over and over doing back and forth and still be full when the fight start. If you have something like Hood + Bloodstone, it can also be good to make them waste some nukes on you too. Sometimes just going ahead a bit in a fight and eating a few nukes for your allies and then backing can let you soak a lot of damage or make them waste some mana they can't regen as easily and you will quickly get your health back up. Ofc you have to use common sense and not suicide, but the speed at which you regen from nuking with Hood-Bloodstone is simply amazing and taking some nukes for your team can help a lot. But this part is pretty situational and depends a lot of the game and the hero, so it's not so important.

Midfight is a no-brainer, just spam everything as best as you can. Regen doesn't change much there. The big difference is only if you get really hurt. If you have high damage reduction and high regen (say just Bloodstone-Hood is enough), the important part when you get hurt is to back but not run far (unless being chased ofc). Often in about 5-10s you can have enough health/mana back to go back in the fight as it ends, either to help allies escape or to help finishing off the other team.

In the chasing part, either being chased or chasing, the mana/health regen improves your chances of escaping or finishing your target significantly.

And the most important part is to maximize your farming between fights. That's possibly THE biggest advantage of having high health/mana regen. You can quickly get your health back up just going through the jungle farming as it will just regen fast naturally. Your high mana regen means you can spam spells on creeps to clear them fast and take the least damage possible. With a hero like Leshrac, it means that you can pretty much go through the jungle doing Edict-Pulse Nova and a few Split Earth all over the place to clear mass creeps asap. This allows you to grab more gold between fights, and that's what regen is the best at.

QUOTE(TLDR)

- Maximize damage reduction over health
- Learn to harass before fights/pushes
- Maximize your farming by skipping fountain trips by simply regening through jungle/lane and spam your spells to farm as fast as possible, which makes you harder to gank since you're on the move constantly and lets you take part in fights more often.

Criterias to determine if your hero is good for a Bloodstone or not:

- Are your skills on their own sufficient to do your job, or do you require specific items for it (Dagger, BKB, extra damage, etc.)
- Do you have potential mana usage that benefits from very heavy mana regen (usually means that you can use spells to farm very fast if you have the mana for it and have a very heavy mana use in fight that requires high regen to save fountain trips)
- Will you have to tank to some extent. Bloodstone helps a lot for it, and if you die the extra effect is neat
- Do you have a good way to score kills. Getting charges is still pretty important, and having a good finisher can be nice to quickly charge up your bloodstone.

Note that you don't necessarily need a yes to all of those to buy a Bloodstone, but it's all good considerations to have.

Item synergy:

In order to maximize the effectiveness of your Bloodstone's regen, as i said damage reduction is the best. Therefore there are 2 items that are usually perfect with it:

Hood is possibly the item i buy most of the time i get a Bloodstone unless i'm in a pub full of carries. Not only does it help maximizing the effect of your health regen by reducing the damage taken, it also gives you a LOT of health regen on its own. With no charges, with Hood-Bloodstone you already have +14 health/sec regen and you only take a real 50% damage from spells. This means that you regen from a full 300 damage nuke in about 10 seconds. Makes you pretty much impossible to harass, and in 'siege' fights around towers there is no 'softening you' with long range AOE nukes. When you get charges, say 5, you go up to 24 health/sec which means that you regen the damage from a 300 nuke in 5s. It's extremely efficient.

Shiva's Guard also allows you to reduce the damage taken by tons, this time vs physical damage. And it gives a very nice AOE nuke that snares. Just a generally good addition, but not always necessary depending on the team compositions.

Mek is a cheaper way to get armor (around 6 and +2 when activated), some extra health and mostly a good heal. For some heroes the mana cost is sometimes too high along with their skills, but with Bloodstone that should never be a problem. The synergy with your heal on death is also really good if it happens. Activating Mek and then dying means that you healed everyone for 700 health, which is nearly 1k worth of AOE. It can practically erase the effect of a major AOE ultimate. But ofc you died, that part isn't good, but sometimes you just can't prevent it and if it makes your team win the fight, it's worth it!

The synergy isn't as clear here because Bloodstone and Dagon are in theory 2 items that should be rushed. But it can work well on a few heroes that do rush Dagon. Once you have a rushed Dagon, the main problem you face afterwards is that you have low health and it's EXTREMELY taxing on your mana pool (you usually empty all your mana doing your hero's skill combo + dagon). Following up with a Bloodstone can help a lot to use your Dagon without a worry regularly without ending up with big mana problem while covering for your health at the same time.

Bloodstone users:

Again, the part most are interested in. I will again classify the heroes that can use it by Grade, from A to D. Grade A means that it should be acquired as your main core item on them in most cases as it fits them very well. Grade B means that it's a solid alternative item on them but not an absolute core. Grade C means that it can be used for a fun build or is situational. Grade D means that it has some synergy but mostly as a fallback item or that i consider that there are nearly strictly superior builds.

Grade A:

Leshrac is a hero that should imo rush a Bloodstone in every game. He has a yes to every consideration. He's totally fine with his skills alone, he doesn't need stuff like dagger or Eul's. A BKB is good, but not required to be rushed the way a CM or Enigma needs it. He can farm very fast with high mana regen and burns a LOT of mana in fights so he needs to get it back up between fights and saving fountain trips sure helps. He has to tank cause he needs to be in the middle of everything to hurt with his ulti, and if he dies doing it the heal will help your team for sure and save you gold/rez time. And he's good at scoring kills being an AOE nuke machine. If you want an Aghanim's later you can always break it, but hell i wouldn't most of the time if you got 3-4+ charges on your Bloodstone, cause the regen is just amazing to have. My standard build on Lesh now is BStone-BoT-Hood-Shiva, and if the game is still going after that (wtf?) Aghanim's.

Another hero that is a great Int tank. She sure has use for extra mana with a 5s cd huge AOE nuke. She needs to tank because of her ulti and even building as a tank she tends to die a lot because she's such a major threat in pushes destroying towers and raxes like they were nothing that everyone wants her down, and then the heal and faster rez/less gold lost is great. Her skills are really enough to do her job considering her job is pretty much surviving while her ulti rapes. And she can score kills out of her ulti and carrion pretty well. It's really incredible to have a completed Bloodstone on Krob early, it lets you be very aggressive with Carrion spam before the other team is high level to ignore it a bit more and can allow for some heavy pushing because they just can't hide behind a tower with you shooting carrions at them non-stop. A Bloodstone Krob is seriously nothing comparable to a non-Bloodstone Krob midgame.

Those are the only 2 that i believe fall in the A category of MUST GET a Bloodstone. But the B category have a lot of worthy candidate that can certainly grab one as a solid item, it's just not a 100% must get.

Grade B:

Invoker is a hero i would be tempted to put in Grade A. It's definitely an excellent item on him, covering for his heavy health and mana needs. The reason i don't is because i don't feel confident stating 'superior' item builds on Invoker. There's just too many ways to play him, and many items that can fit. But a Bloodstone is personally what i try to rush every time.

Zeus can certainly use heavy mana regen, is extremely good at scoring kills, and he needs mostly health and mana. If you don't need him to do something fancy like Eul's or Agh's, it fits him perfectly, and leads very well into an Aghanim's-Refresher build which can be worth it sometimes.

Bloodstone is SURPRISINGLY efficient on Enchantress. You have to try Bloodstone on Enchantress to see just how well it fits her. It makes you nearly unkillable, with very high health regen (she's good at farming a fast Bloodstone through ridiculous laning AND good at scoring kills with Impetus afterwards), actually very decent health, and a huge mana pool/mana regen to just spam Impetus, your heal and Charm non-stop. Enchantress is actually very mana dependant and needs high regen, and Bloodstone helps it a lot. It doesn't raise your damage much, but tbh you don't notice much of a difference since most of it comes from Impetus anyway. But it's mostly the survival that's ridiculous. An enchantress with 4-5 charges of Bloodstone and a Hood is one of the biggest tanks in the game. And the big advantage you have over other items is the towerdiving you can do by having a big health pool and crazy regen between your heal and Bloodstone. You can just chase people all over the place spamming Impetus. You have to try it to see how it can compete with stuff like Guinsoo, but it actually can.

If you go for a caster build, i personally consider Bloodstone superior to Arcane Ring since its recent buffs. Mostly because it also covers for your health regen (which you'd have to buy something for otherwise) and because once you have a full Bloodstone, it's superior to Arcane Ring + Soul Booster while you complete Aghanim's. Obviously when you have a Mystic Staff you just break your BStone and build it, and you can then turn your Pers into either Battle Fury or a Linken's. But all in all if you want to play caster Ogre Mage going for Aghanim's, a Bloodstone is a great stepping stone for it.

He's good at scoring kills, he can certainly use the mana regen, and he can even kill himself at will! Since it gives so much regen, it's actually a very decent item for techies to rush. Sure he doesn't need the health much, true, but the big regen and the heal that he can throw in a fight out of it is actually very good.

While in a competitive game you're extremely unlikely to finish it, in a pub game you can aim for Aghanim's-Refresher on him and Bloodstone is the perfect item to get early for it. It helps a lot with the mana to use Voodoo AND Lightning AND Net AND wards in a fight and actually regen for another one eventually without going to fount. Aghanim's-Refresher on Rhasta is simply game breaking and is close to an auto-win unless the other team has an extremely farmed tank, but it's pretty hard to hope farming it anywhere serious. But in any case, Bloodstone is still very good on him, but Eul's is also a good alternative that would likely be preferable in a competitive setup for its higher utility.

A bit of a controversial hero. Bloodstone is actually surprisingly good on Bristleback. It gives him huge mana to spam everything at will which helps farming significantly, but more importantly is the uncapped health regen. When you start getting charges, it's just stupid. BB is the epitome of damage reduction in the game and he makes regen extremely efficient, while being fairly decent at scoring kills. The regen you can get out of a Bloodstone if you get some charges wins games. A rushed Bloodstone followed by a Rad eventually can go very well.

While i personally try to aim for a Guinsoo with him, in some cases you just see that you won't get it, or your team has somehow enough disables that it's not truly needed, and a Bloodstone actually fits him well. Lion burns a damn lot of mana in a fight and is also a high priority target, so he can sure use the big mana pool, the big health and the regen between fights. Since he tends to die eventually in a fight too by being a high priority kill, the heal sure helps.

I put Pudge in B simply because it's so hard to farm it on him. But i do believe that like Lesh-Krob, Bloodstone-Hood-Shiva is pretty much the best build you can get on him. It gives him huge health regen which he definitely needs, he's pretty incredible at scoring kills, and Shiva if you ever get there adds a very nice slow to stack with Rot and big armor. But the big problem with Pudge has always been farming anything like that, so it's hard. Managing a rushed Bloodstone if somehow you have a particularly good early game can work out great though, and could very well replace a Bottle and Hood if you can manage it. But that part isn't all that easy.

Bloodstone Axe actually works very well. You have to make use of Hunger for it to be worth it (not necessary to max it right away, but max it by level 10 if possible), but Hunger spam is actually fairly powerful in many situations like chases or to screw up low health heroes retreating from a fight, and Axe is pretty good at scoring kills early-mid out of Culling and Hunger depending. It's a pretty surprising build but all in all does work very well, and since he's 'the' tank, having an ability to heal others if you die and less of a penalty if you die is nice.

He's another hero that can make good use of it as a stepping stone to Aghanim's. The way i build this is simply rush a Bloodstone, mass gank to charge it and cause you always have health/mana with charges, farm BKB, and then a Mystic Staff. Once you have Mystic Staff, break your Bloodstone and make an Aghanim's. It works very well as an overall build up on WD. Bloodstone also lets you use your Voodoo efficiently earlier in the game, which can help your allies a lot.

If you're not going for some pub carry Dazzle, Bloodstone is a pretty nice alternative. On Dazzle, i build it along with a Mek. Simply put, Dazzle is a guy that tends to just die every damn fight in competitive games because he's ridiculously frail. But he needs some mana regen and he needs a big health pool, and Bloodstone covers for it. A Dazzle with Mek + Bloodstone is actually not easy to kill, and this allows him to hang around and heal for a long time with Shadow Wave spam. And if you decide to kill him before the others, you're pretty sure that he will have healed for tons before, and Redemption for another 450 and refilling the mana of others, so basically if Dazzle dies first there's good chances that everyone else in your team afterwards is still nearly full out of all the heals he threw and also has the mana to keep going. This can really turn a fight and it also penalizes him less for dying while he puts Shallow Grave on others so they're not punished much for dying either. He's not that good at charging Bloodstone, but out of his very high Int and having a natural heal, on him the regen is actually not the main reason you get it but instead it's for the health pool and Redemption.

Necrolyte is another 'Int tank'. He tends to go frontline and soak a lot of damage. Bloodstone-Shiva works really good on him, with a Hood on top if needed. It lets him just hang out in the middle of everything spamming his nuke over and over, and the mana regen helps a lot since EVEN with Sadist he finds ways to run out of mana, with 500 on his Ulti and 185 every 5s out of Death Pulse. Not necessarily 'the' way to play him, but it does work out very well especially if you're expected to tank to some extent.

Grade C:

If you go for more of a 'pure tank' build, Bloodstone actually fits Panda well. He needs a decent amount of mana, and the health is a good addition too. He's actually mostly skill dependant, spending most of the important fights in his Ulti form, and Bloodstone can let him regen extremely fast while using Ulti to come out again full health/mana. If you don't need him to DPS, it can be an interesting alternative, something like rush a Bloodstone and then slowly farm a Radiance, a bit like Bristleback.

While i wouldn't consider it an optimal build on DK, it actually makes him one of the best early-midgame tank there is. It gives him lots of mana to spam his Breathe + Tail which are both powerful midgame, and high health + absolutely retarded health regen AND high armor can make him extremely hard to get rid of. For a team early pushing and requiring a tank for it, a Bloodstone DK could be a very interesting and original way to do it, with his EDF1 to damage towers and his Breathe-Tail spam out of Bloodstone. But if you plan to carry, it's not really what i'd go for, but you could still always follow it with something like Hyperstone-Burriza straight since your health/mana are already covered.

For a tank Omniknight this could work too. If your team badly lacks a tank, you could always just grab a Bloodstone. It gives you massive mana to spam your support spells and you can soak damage with the big health/regen. Add a Mek afterwards for more healing and you have a pretty nice tank/support hero. But you wouldn't be much of a threat out of your support spells, so the only way to 'tank' would be to play it a bit 'stupid' and rush in front of your allies to draw focus fire.

Bloodstone can be an interesting build for a Venomancer aiming for Aghanim's. It gives you massive mana regen and a decent health pool to just gank all over the place, and in team fight since what happens with Venomancer is nearly always 'rush in, Shadow Strike, ulti, die', at least you'd have the heal to offer others. And eventually you can complete that Mystic Staff and break your Bloodstone in Aghanim's which is actually pretty nice on him. And make your Pers into a Refresher for 2 x Poison Nova! No, that was a joke (unless they stack... but i doubt it!)

Bloodstone on Medusa is somewhat hilarious. It makes you a ridiculous tank. With huge regen of BOTH mana and health, and a good pool of both too, you're just so freaking hard to kill. And you can spam Purge/Chain Lightning all over without worrying about mana. A Bloodstone->BFly build on her makes her decent at DPS and extremely hard to take down, but there's likely other superior options (like Orchid for your mana and something else for your health). Still, not to be totally dismissed and i might even raise her to Grade B eventually.

If you aim for Aghanim's-Refresher it can be worth it. It could also be used to play tank and have your mana well covered. All in all though, it's not necessarily the best item for him, but if you wanna do caster Luci it can be nice. The nice thing is that he can farm it up extremely fast out of Devour early game, and grab charges quickly afterwards too with Doom.

If you actually aim for Aghanim's, it would be a very good item to start with to have the regen to gank non-stop all over the map and even level Shadow Strike since you'd have enough health/mana covered and enough mana to use all your spells. But you won't carry out of it.

Anti-Mage can actually make good use of this. One of the main thing Anti-Mage need is health regen, and this can let him grab some nifty one. He won't have the damage reduction from Vanguard, but he'll have a much bigger health pool and the damage reduction can actually be covered easily by 2 Stouts if you want. Imo higher health is superior to a Hood on Anti-Mage for spell resistance too since his natural one is already very high, and having heavy mana regen is actually very nice to Blink non-stop and still have mana to ulti. It's not an item build that should be dismissed at all and PTreads->Bloodstone->BFly could be a really nice build overall. It's not like Bloodstone costs a lot more than Vanguard + Hood, and the mana you get on top can be very interesting.

If in a fun game you aim for Aghanim's, you could start with Bloodstone and split it in Agh-Linken's later. But i'm not saying this is how he should be played in a competitive game! However a Bloodstone still does good at covering his health and gives him excellent regen to spam his spells at will (which can be costy), so it's not entirely bad either and can certainly be a decent start up build for him.

Can be decent to cover her health, mana and regen and she's very good at scoring kills. However i nearly always prefer to have active items on Lina like Eul's, Shiva or Guinsoo to add to her utility since otherwise after you cast your 3 nukes you're kinda pointless in a fight, even though those 3 nukes are usually enough to do the job.

Grade D:

Now that you can actually spam Soul Rip and Plague, he can burn up mana very fast, and being able to tank some is nice for him too. It can be nice if you go for a Radiance first. However to have a mix of health and mana i prefer getting a Skadi, it's harder but a completed Skadi on Dirge is actually pretty scary cause Plague + Frost Orb lets you destroy people. But mostly i prefer to rush items with an effect, like Necro3, Dagon3, Guinsoo, Mek-Eul's or Radiance, and unless i pick Radiance i won't want a Bloodstone afterwards, and with Radiance i'd possibly try for a Skadi. But it could work as some fallback item if you have a hard time staying alive and farming well in a given game, covering all your basic needs to do your job of spamming Soul Rip and Plague and staying alive for your aura.

Pit Lord that wants to tank can use a Bloodstone to cover his mana at the same time, but i'd only do that if i'm going for a Rad. Rad-Bloodstone gives him very good health and excellent mana. However it's overkill overall for the mana, and i find that Shiva's Guard rush is by far the best build for him, and Shiva cover his mana enough. Not a bad item, but not a competitive one.

CM can sure use the health and the mana especially if she uses Freezing Field. But the main problem of CM is that she also need Dagger and BKB, so the chances you'll get that are kinda inexistant. But if freezing field changes in some way, she could make good use of it, but still there's possibly better core. Could always be used as a fallback item when all goes wrong though, at least by dying in the middle of your freezing field you'll heal others!

Dark Seer can actually burn up a damn lot of mana, and he can certainly need health if he wants to run in the middle of everything with Ion Shell. But in general, i find that there's better skill builds such as Shiva->Refresher, Necro3->Refresher, Eul's-Mek->Refresher or Guinsoo->Refresher. I think i like Refresher on him as a secondary big item...

If for some unknown reason someone still does Agh-Refresher on her, i'd very likely get that first. With the kills from eclipse you'd have insane regen out of that and it covers for your health, so afterwards you just farm everything else and eventually break it all in Agh-Refresher and do massive ulti damage in a fight, and just hope it's enough cause your damage will seriously suck.

Guide on every Hero's Skill/Spell damage type, Reduced by spell resistance, armor, or unreduced

2009-02-27T05:12:00.000-08:00

This is a guide made by Danat on Dota-All Stars Official Forum

Here is a list of damage types made by me. I have gathered all info about damage types from this forum and some cases were tested personally. Also, clogon helped me a lot in making this guide more accurate.
To simplify the understanding (which sometimes leads to less information about damage type details) I have divided damage types in 4 categories:
1. Normal, which is reduced by hero's Armor and can be blocked by Shield Block items/skills (Stout Shield, Vanguard...)
2. Magic, which is reduced by hero's Spell Resistance.
3. Mixed - which is reduced both by Spell Resistance and Armor - meaning this is most non-dangerous type of damage
4. Neutral - not reduced by anything - most dangerous type of damage

Note: Do not confuse 'Magic' damage type in my list with 'Damage type = Magic' that is widely used in changelog and some guides. Read my legend carefully to understand what I mean by saying 'Magic'.

Note2: Do not ask me for clarification on whether the information on some specific spell is correct. I see no point in this guide if users would still ask me to confirm info on every spell. If you have found out that the information is incorrect/outdated then provide a replay and I will update the guide. Otherwise I'm gonna ignore clarification requests.

Below there is a list of all heroes (version 6.58b) and their skills, colored accordingly to the damage-type list above. To make it easier to search for a specific hero, I have used a bold style on the most commonly used part of the hero name/class. Additionaly next formatting styles are applied to show how will the skill work against units with magic-immunity (Avatar):

Skill name - does not work (if it's an ulti, then there will be only cast animation without any effect... except lost mana for casting it )
Skill name - works, but without dealing any damage (some effects not related to damage - slow, stun, etc.)
Skill name - works as usual (don't care if he has Avatar )
~~Effect name~~ - this effect does not work on Avatared units. Used when skill is partially negated by magic-immunity to specify the exact effects that doesn't work.

The Sentinel

Shendelzare Silkwood (Vengeful Spirit) - Magic Missile, Terror, Command Aura, Nether Swap
Zeus (Lord of Olympia) - Arc Lightning, Lightning Bolt, Static Field, Thundergod's Wrath
Aiushtha (Enchantress) - Enchant, Untouchable, Nature's Attendants, Impetus
Morphling (Morphling) - Waveform, Adaptive Strike, Morph, Replicate
Rylai Crestfall (Crystal Maiden) - Frost Nova, Frostbite, Brilliance Aura, Freezing Field
Sven (Rogueknight) - Storm Bolt, Great Cleave, Toughness Aura, God's Strength
Slithice (Naga Siren) - Mirror Image, Ensnare, Critical Strike, Song of the Siren
Raigor Stonehoof (Earthshaker) - Fissure, Enchant Totem, Aftershock, Echo Slam(echo damage)
Rikimaru (Stealth Assassin) - Smoke Screen, Blink Strike, Backstab, Permanent Invisibility
Syllabear (Lone Druid) - Spirit Bear(Entangle, Demolish, damage on death), Rabid, Synergy, True Form (BattleCry, One¹)
Lina Inverse (Slayer) - Dragon Slave, Light Strike Array, Ultimate, Laguna Blade
Yurnero (Juggernaut) - Blade Fury, Healing Ward, Blade Dance, Omnislash

Nortrom (Silencer) - Curse of the Silent, Glaives of Wisdom, Last Word, Global Silence
Rooftrellan (Treant Protector) - Nature's Guise, Eyes in the Forest, Living Armor, Overgrowth
Darchrow (Enigma) - Malefice, Conversion, Midnight Pulse, Black Hole
Ezalor (Keeper of the Light) - Illuminate, Mana Leak, Chakra Magic, Spirit Form (Blinding Light)
Ulfsaar (Ursa Warrior) - Earthshock, Overpower, Fury Swipes, Enrage
Aggron Stonebreaker (Ogre Magi) - Fireblast, Ignite, Bloodlust, Multi Cast
Boush (Tinker) - Laser, Heat Seeking Missile, March of the Machines, Rearm
Furion (Prophet) - Sprout, Teleportation, Force of Nature, Wrath of Nature
Azwraith (Phantom Lancer) - Spirit Lance, Doppelwalk, Juxtapose, Phantom Edge
Tiny (Stone Giant) - Avalanche, Toss, Craggy Exterior, Grow
Squee Spleen and Spoon (Goblin Techies) - Land Mines, Stasis Trap, Suicide Squad, Attack!, Remote Mines
Chen (Holy Knight) - Penitence, Test of Faith, Holy Persuasion, Hand of God

Rexxar (Beastmaster) - Wild Axes, Call of the Wild: Quilbeast(Poison Attack), Beast Rage, Primal Roar(side damage and ~~slow~~)
Jakiro (Twin Head Dragon) - Dual Breath, Ice Path, Auto Fire(~~target selection~~), Macropyre
Razzil Darkbrew (Alchemist) - Acid Spray, Unstable Concoction, Goblin's Greed, Chemical Rage
Mirana Nightshade (Priestess of the Moon) - Starfall, Elune's Arrow, Leap, Moonlight Shadow
Raijin Thunderkeg (Storm Spirit) - Static Remnant, Electric Vortex, Overload(~~slow~~), Ball Lightning
Huskar (Sacred Warrior) - Inner Vitality, Burning Spear(hp cost), Berserker's Blood, Life Break(self damage, slow)
Lanaya (Templar Assassin) - Refraction, Meld, Psi Blades, Psionic Trap
Puck (Faerie Dragon) - Illusory Orb, Wanning Rift, Phase Shift, Dream Coil
Rattletrap (Clockwerk Goblin) - Battery Assault, Power Cog: Shock(damage, knock back, mana removal), Rocket Flare, Hookshot(Movement, ~~Stun~~, Pause)
Kunkka (Admiral) - Torrent, Tidebringer(Bonus Damage, Cleave), X Marks The Spot, Ghost Ship
Alleria (Windrunner) - Shackleshot, Powershot, Windrunner, Focus Fire

Luna Moonfang (Moon Rider) - Lucent Beam, Moon Glaive, Lunar Blessing, Eclipse
Kardal Sharpeye (Dwarven Sniper) - ScatterShot, Headshot(~~stun~~), Take Aim, Assassinate
Jah'rakal (Troll Warlord) - Berserker Rage(bash damage), Blind, Fervor, Rampage
Rhasta (Shadow Shaman) - Forked Lightning, Voodoo, Shackles, Mass Serpent Ward
Rigwarl (Bristleback) - Viscous Nasal Goo, Quill Spray, Bristleback(auto Quill Spray), Warpath
Magnix (Pandaren Brewmaster) - Thunder Clap, Drunken Haze, Drunken Brawler, Primal Split: Storm(WW dmg), Earth, And Fire
Bradwarden (Centaur Warchief) - Hoof Stomp, Double Edge(self-damage), Return, Great Fortitude
Gondar (Bounty Hunter) - Shuriken Toss, Jinada, Wind Walk (backstab damage), Track
Knight Davion (Dragon Knight) - Breathe Fire, Dragon Tail, Dragon Blood, Elder Dragon Form(Corrosive Breath, Splash, and Frost Breath)
Magina (Anti-Mage) - Mana Break, Blink, Spell Shield, Mana Void
Traxex (Drow Ranger) - Frost Arrows, Silence, Trueshot Aura, Marksmanship
Purist Thunderwrath (Omniknight) - Purification, Repel, Degen Aura, Guardian Angel

The Scourge

Terrorblade (Soul Keeper) - Soul Steal, Conjure Image, Metamorphosis, Sunder²
Kel'Thuzad (Lich) - Frost Nova, Frost Armor, Dark Ritual, Chain Frost(~~ms/as slow~~)
Krobelus (Death Prophet) - Carrion Swarm, Silence, Witchcraft, Exorcism
Lion (Demon Witch) - Impale, Voodoo, Mana Drain, Finger of Death
Lesale Deathbringer (Venomancer) - Venomous Gale, Poison Sting, Plague Ward, Poison Nova
Magnus (Magnataur) - Shockwave, Empower, Mighty Swing, Reverse Polarity
Visage (Necro'lic) - Grave Chill, Soul Assumption, Gravekeeper's Cloak, Raise Revenants
Nessaj (Chaos Knight) - Chaos Bolt, Blink Strike, Critical Strike, Phantasm
Banehallow (Lycanthrope) - Summon Wolves, Howl, Feral Heart, Shapeshift(Critical Strike)
Black Arachnia (Broodmother) - Spawn Spiderlings, Spin Web, Incapacitating Bite(~~slow~~), Insatiable Hunger
Mortred (Phantom Assassin) - Stifling Dagger, Blink Strike, Blur, Coup de Grace

Medusa (Gorgon) - Split Shot, Chain Lightning, Mana Shield, Purge
Balanar (Night Stalker) - Void, Crippling Fear, Hunter in the Night, Darkness
King Leoric (Skeleton King) - Storm Bolt, Vampiric Aura, Critical Strike, Reincarnation
Lucifer (Doom Bringer) - Devour, Scorched Earth, LVL? Death(bonus damage), Doom
Anub'arak (Nerubian Assassin) - Impale, Mana Burn, Spiked Carapace, Vendetta(backstab damage)
Slardar (Slithereen Guard) - Sprint(take more damage*¹), Slithereen Crush, Bash, Amplify Damage
Akasha (Queen of Pain) - Shadow Strike, Blink, Scream of Pain, Sonic Wave
Bone Clinkz (Bone Fletcher) - Strafe, Searing Arrows, Wind Walk, Death Pact
Darkterror (Faceless Void) - Time Walk, Backtrack, Time Lock, Chronosphere
Viper (Netherdrake) - Frenzy(take more damage*¹), Poison Attack, Corrosive Skin, Viper Strike
Razor (Lightning Revenant) - Frenzy(take more damage*¹), Chain Lightning, Unholy Fervor, Storm Seeker
N'aix (Lifestealer) - Rage, Feast, Open Wounds, Infest

Leshrac the Malicious (Tormented Soul) - Split Earth, Diabolic Edict, Lightning Storm, Pulse Nova
Pugna (Oblivion) - Nether Blast, Decrepify, Nether Ward, Life Drain
Leviathan (Tidehunter) - Gush, Kraken Shell, Anchor Smash, Ravage
Atropos (Bane Elemental) - Enfeeble, Brain Sap, Nightmare(killing blow*), Fiend's Grip
Rotund'jere (Necrolyte) - Death Pulse, Heartstopper Aura, Sadist, Reaper's Scythe
Pudge (Butcher) - Meat Hook(~~stun~~), Rot, Flesh Heap, Dismember
Barathrum (Spiritbreaker) - Charge of Darkness, Empowering Haste, Greater Bash, Nether Strike
Anub'seran (Nerubian Weaver) - Watcher, Shukuchi, Geminate Attack, Time Lapse
Nevermore (Shadow Fiend) - Shadowraze, Necromastery, Presence of the Dark Lord, Requiem of Souls
Crixalis (Sand King) - Burrowstrike, Sand Storm, Caustic Finale(AoE damage), Epicenter
Mogul Kahn (Axe) - Berserker's Call, Battle Hunger, Counter Helix, Culling Blade³(killing)/Culling Blade(non-killing)
Strygwyr (Bloodseeker) - Bloodrage(lose hp), Blood Bath, Strygwyr's Thirst, Rupture
Abaddon (Lord of Avernus) - Death Coil(self damage), Aphotic Shield, Frostmourne, Borrowed Time

Mercurial (Spectre) - Spectral Dagger, Desolate, Dispersion, Haunt
Vol'Jin (Witch Doctor) - Paralyzing Cask(~~stun~~), Voodoo Restoration, Maledict, Death Ward
Harbinger (Obsidian Destroyer) - Arcane Orb, Astral Imprisonment, Essence Aura, Sanity's Eclipse
Demnok Lannik (Warlock) - Fatal Bonds(~~target selection~~), Shadow Word, Upheaval, Rain of Chaos: Infernal(Immoliation, Pulverize)
Meepo (Geomancer) - Earthbind, Poof, Geostrike, Divided We Stand
Dazzle (Shadow Priest) - Poison Touch, Shallow Grave, Shadow Wave, Weave
Azgalor (Pit Lord) - Firestorm, Pit of Malice, Expulsion, Dark Rift
Dirge (Undying) - Decay, Soul Rip (drain damage), Tombstone (Deathstrike), Flesh Golem (Plague, slow)
Ish'kafel (Dark Seer) - Vacuum, Ion Shell, Surge, Wall of Replica
Kael (Invoker) - Quas, Wex, Exort, Invoke: EMP⁴, Ice Wall, Ghost Walk, others

¹ One makes you receive 10% of original damage (be it spell damage, normal or unreduced) and the rest 90% of that damage will be received as spell damage and splitted between you and your bear. So if both you and your bear are under the One effect, then you will receive 10% of original damage and 45% of original damage as spell damage. If only you have the One buff, then you will receive 10% of original damage and 90% of original damage as spell damage.

² Sunder - exchanges percentage of hp/max_hp between 2 heroes (one of which is you). If someone of them is magic-immune, then his hp will not change, while hp of his "partner" will change as usual.
This leads to simple conclusions:
1.Cast Sunder on enemy-Avatar - simply raise/lower your own hp to opponent's hp percentage.
2.Cast Sunder while being Avatar - no change in your own hp, and only your opponent will have his hp % changed to your hp %.
3.If both "partners" are magic-immune, then Sunder does no effect.

³ Culling Blade (killing) is actually reduced by armor, but it deals 100 million damage, so even with every amount of damage mitigation in the game, it will still kill anything that is below the HP threshold. The red color was chosen as more appropriate, so people wouldn't think they can buy armor to counter Axe's ulti.

⁴ EMP deals magic damage if it is about to kill a target, in other cases (where the enemy does not die) it uses direct HP removal.

* When you cast Nightmare on a target, you deal 5 damage. The target goes to sleep and is invulnurable for ~1 second. On the FIRST damage tic, if the target already has less than or equal to 20 HP, Nightmare is removed (The target wakes up and lives). Else, the target will lose 20 hp per tic (unreduced) untill they are at 20 hp or less. Then Nightmare will deal 50 damage (hence the 'killing blow'). This means that it is possible for a Hero to survive the killing blow if he has enough spell resistance (perhaps only Anti-Mage).

*¹ Extra damage taken will be of the same type as the incoming damage. For example, if you were hit by normal damage, then the extra damage will be normal too and will be reduced by armor (but not by shield blocking skills though, because they are only applied for the incoming damage). Since the type of this damage depends on the type of the source damage and is reduced/unreduced same as the source damage, no color was chosen to avoid confusion

If those who helped me with this list are not mistaking , the list now contains correct information about all skills.

Garena Skin for Friendster now Available

2009-02-25T09:12:00.000-08:00

eat news for DotA lovers out there! We just released our third Friendster skin featuring some cool DotA heroes.. Try them now!

Have your Friendster profile sport a cool and personal look! A look that is loud and clear telling everyone in your circle of peers, who you are and where you're from! Use the Garena Skin for Friendster now! We will be releasing more cool Garena Skin Designs for Friendster soon, giving you more choices to choose from!

Add Us Up -http://profiles.friendster.com/mygarena

Credits: Lolcano for designing the first Garena Friendster Skin.

Just follow these 4 easy steps to use the skin:

1) Download the zip file for the code, extract the file and copy the code inside.

Download Skin 1 Code here:
skin1.zip (255 Bytes)

Download Skin 2 Code here:
skin2.zip (257 Bytes)


Download Skin 3 Code here: skin3.zip (257 Bytes)

2) Log in to your Friendster account and go to "Edit Profile".

3) Paste the code in #1 in the "Describe Who You Want to Meet:" field. (NOTE: If your "Describe Who You Want to Meet:" field has an existing content, paste this code after the last character of the existing content.

4) Click on "Save" after pasting the code. Congratulations! You are now using the Garena Friendster Skin!

REMINDER: You need to remove any existing CSS in used, and revert to default.

If you have used the skin already, post your Friendster profile link here and you may be one of the lucky winners to be getting 1 week FREE premium membership!

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Warcraft Version Switcher Download

2009-02-24T19:21:00.000-08:00

Warcraft Version Switcher is a software which enables you to have both 2 versions of warcraft on 1 PC. It is created by Ugge. Pre saved 2 versions in the version switcher : 1.20 and 1.21.

How to use:

Click on the 1st icon: Switch Version.
Double Click to Select the version you want to use.
Click on Frozen Throne Icon to launch game.

Hope this software is useful for those gamers who need both 1.20 and 1.21 version.

Download Here

Guide To Viewing Replays on Dota

2009-02-24T18:45:00.001-08:00

Guide To Viewing Replays

How replay Works:

A Warcraft III replay is actually loading a map as you would do when you play. But instead of you controlling the game, the Warcraft III is actually reading a script (the replay file) and following it. This leads to a much smaller file size than if Blizzard made the replay to be like a video, because all that is in a replay file is the events that was played out in the game.

Limitations:

1) You can't rewind a replay.
2) Your WarCraft III versions should match with the version in which version game has been played.

What you Should Do Before Downloading a Replay:

1)Your version of Warcraft III must be same as the version the replay was saved in. Replays are not backward-compatible, (e.g: a 1.20 version replay cannot be played on a 1.21 version of Warcraft III.)

2)Put the Maps in X:\Program Files\Warcraft III\Maps\Download in Download Folder,If there is no Download Folder make yourself by right-clicking > New > Folder. Rename this Folder to Download (Case Sensitive) and get maps only from getdota.com. Where X is the letter of a Hard Drive name like C, D, E, F, .... in which your Warcraft III is installed.

3)Put the downloaded replays in X:\Program Files\Warcraft III\replay in replay folder.

Viewing Replays:

Go to Single Player

Click Option View Replay

Select Replay and Click View Replay Or Double-Click it to View Replay.

Saving a Replay:

1)Rename your LastReplay.w3g to some thing else (e.g; My_Tiny_11-4.w3g). LastReplay.w3g file is the last game you played.

2)When game finishes, there is an option Save Replay, Click it and Name this file.

Replay files should be saved at your X:\Program Files\Warcraft III\Replays folder, where X is the letter of the drive where Warcraft III is installed.

Errors:

1)The map file associated with the replay could not be found.

Please Make sure the map file 'Maps\Download\DotA Allstars vX.xx' used by the recorded exists and try again.

Do as the RED line indicates.
Solution:
You need to download the required DotA Allstars vX.xx (say v6.37) and put the downloaded map into your Warcraft III\Maps\Download Folder (As the screen shot above suggested).

Actually, the location / folder depends on wherever the replay saver had kept the particular map. In "most" cases, people place this inside the download folder, but it does vary from person to person.

Links to Maps:

2)This replay data is for different version of Warcraft III

Solution:
You have to patch your version of WarCraft III: TFT to the latest patch (1.21) ether by:
A: Clicking on the Battle.net button on the main menu of WarCraft.
or
B: Going to the following link and downloading the patch.
Battle.Net Patch/The Frozen Throne Patch Information.

To view Old patch Replays, Check this link Viewing old patch replays

3) The replay file could not be loaded

Solution:
The replay file is incomplete, corrupt, or was a game that was played over GGClient/ListChecker/Hamachi.
A: Download the replay again, but instead of saving it to your computer. Just open it directly.

B: Download the replay with a download manager.
Note: Compare the size of the downloaded replay with the uploaded file. It needs to exactly match with the uploaded one.

UseFul Links:

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Index.php Issue

When you download the replay with a Download Manager, It's default that it will save the replay in index.php as shown in the screen shots:

Better Rename (Save As:) the index.php to ReplayName.w3g when you start downloading. If you forgot to rename the index.php to ReplayName.w3g, When the file finished Downloading rename the file to ReplyName.w3g. Download manager's also auto rename the file.

To rename the file from index.php to ReplyName.w3g, changing the extension. First of all, you got to make sure that your windows shows the extensions. Do this by going to Tools > Folder Options from My Computer. Then select the 'View' Tab and make sure that the 'Hide Extensions to know File Types' Box is unchecked.

Common abbreviations in DotA Allstars

2009-02-23T20:33:00.000-08:00

Items - Item: Other names

Aegis of the Immortal: Aegis
Aghanim's Scepter: Scepter, Aghanim's
Ancient Tango of Essifation: Tango, tree eater
Animal Courier: Chicken
Arcane Ring:
Battle Fury: BF
Belt of Giant Strength:
Black King Bar: BKB
Blade Mail:
Blades of Alacrity:
Blades of Attack:
Boots of Elvenskin:
Boots of Speed: Boots, BoS
Boots of Travel: BoT
Bracer:
Broadsword:
Buriza-do Kyanon: Buriza
Chain Mail: Chain
Circlet of Nobility: Circlet
Clarity Potion: clarity, mana pot
Claymore:
Cranium Basher: Basher
Crow Courier: Crow
Crystalys: Crys
Dagon:
Demon Edge: DE
Diffusal Blade: Diffusal
Divine Rapier: Divine, Rapier, DR
Eaglehorn: Eagle
Empty Bottle: Bottle
Energy Booster:
Eul's Scepter of Divinity: Eul's
Eye of Skadi: EoS, Skadi
Flask of Sapphire Water: Flask, Water
Gem of True Sight: Gem
Gauntlets of Ogre Strength: Gauntlets
Gloves of Haste: Gloves
Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse: Guinsoo's, sheepstick
Hand of Midas: HoM, Midas
Headdress of Rejuvination: Headdress
Heart of Tarrasque: HoT, Heart
Helm of Iron Will: Helm
Helm of the Dominator: HotD, HoD
Hyperstone: Hyper
Ironwood Branch: branch, gg branch, ironwoods
Kelen's Dagger of Escape: Dagger, blink dagger, DoE
Linken's Sphere: Linken's
Lothar's Edge: Lothar's
Maelstrom: Mael
Manta Style: Manta
Mantle of Intelligence: Mantle
Mask of Death: Mask
Mask of Madness: MoM
Mekansm: Mek, Meka
Messerschmidt's Reaver: Reaver, messer, messerschmidt
Mithril Hammer: Hammer
Mjollnir:
Monkey King Bar: MKB
Mystic Staff:
Necronomicon: Book, necro book, nomicon
Netherezim Buckler: Buckler
Null Talisman: Null
Oblivion Staff: Oblivion
Observer Wards: obs wards
Ogre Axe:
Perseverance: Pers
Planeswalker's Cloak: Cloak
Plate Mail:
Point Booster:
Power Treads: Treads
Quarterstaff:
Radiance:
Refresher Orb: Refresher
Ring of Basilius: RoB
Ring of Health: RoH
Ring of Protection:
Ring of Regeneration: RoR
Robe of the Magi: Robe
Sacred Relic: relic, sacred
Sange:
Sange and Yasha: S&Y, SnY, S+Y
Satanic:
Scroll of Town Portal: scroll, tp scroll
Sentry Wards: wards
Slippers of Agility:
Sobi Mask: Sobi
Soul Booster:
Staff of Wizardry:
Stout Shield: Stout
Stygian Desolator: Deso, Desolator, Styg, Stygian
The Butterfly: Butterfly, Butter
Ultimate Orb: Ulti orb, Orb
Vanguard:
Vitality Booster:
Vladmir's Offering:
Void Stone: Void
Wraith Band: Wraith
Yasha:

Heroes - Proper name, class, commonly refered to as.

Abaddon, the Lord of Avernus: LoA, Abaddon, Avernus
Aggron Stonebreaker, the Ogre Magi: Ogre Magi, Ogre
Aiushtha, the Enchantress: Enchantress, Enchant
Akasha, the Queen of Pain: QoP, Queen
Anub'arak, the Nerubian Assassin: Nerub, NA
Anub'seran, the Nerubian Weaver: Nerub, Weaver
Atropos, the Bane Elemental: Bane
Azwraith, the Phantom Lancer: PL, Lancer, Azwraith
Balanar, the Night Stalker: NS
Banehallow, the Lycanthrope: Lycan, Bane, Wolf
Barathrum, the Spiritbreaker: SB, Cow
Black Arachnia, the Broodmother: Spider, Brood, BM
Bone Clinkz, the Bone Fletcher: Clinkz, Bone, Fletcher
Boush, the Tinker: Tinker
Bradwarden, the Centaur Warchief: Centaur, Brad, Cent
Chen, the Holy Knight: Chen
Crixalis, the Sand King: Sand King, SK
Darchrow, the Enigma: Enigma, Nigma
Darkterror, the Faceless Void: Void, Faceless, Darkterror, FV
Demnok Lennik, the Warlock: Warlock
Ezalor, the Keeper of the Light: KotL, Keeper
Furion, the Prophet: Furion, Prophet
Gondar, the Bounty Hunter: BH, Bounty
Harbinger, the Obsidian Destroyer: Harbinger, OD, Obs
Jah'rakal, the Troll Warlord: Troll
Jakiro, the Twin Head Dragon: Jakiro
Kardel Sharpeye, the Dwarven Sniper: Sniper
Kel'Thuzad, the Lich: Lich
King Leoric, the Skeleton King: SK, Leo
Knight Davion, the Dragon Knight: DK
Krobelus, the Death Prophet: DP
Lesale Deathbringer, the Venomancer: Veno, Venom
Leshrac the Malicious, the Tormented Soul: Leshrac, Lesh
Leviathan, the Tidehunter: TH, Levi, Tide
Lina Inverse, the Slayer: Lina, Slayer
Lion, the Demon Witch:Lion
Lucifer, the Doom Bringer: Doom, Lucy
Luna Moonfang, the Moon Rider: Luna
Magina, the Anti-Mage: AM, Magina
Magnus, the Magnataur:Magnus
Mangix, the Pandaren Battlemaster: Panda
Medusa, the Gorgon: Dusa, Medusa
Mercurial, the Spectre: Spectre, Spec, (also, residing from older versions: Vengeance, Avatar, AoV)
Mogul Kahn, the Axe: Axe
Morphling, the Morphling: Morphling, Morph
Mortred, the Phantom Assassin: PA, Mortred, Mort
N'aix, the Lifestealer: Naix
Nessaj, the Chaos Knight: CK, Chaos
Nevermore, the Shadow Fiend: Nevermore, Fiend
Nortrom, the Silencer: Silencer
Pudge, the Butcher: Pudge, Butcher
Pugna, the Oblivion: Pugna
Purist Thunderwrath, the Omniknight: Omni, Omniknight
Raigor Stonehoof, the Earthshaker: Earthshaker, ES
Razor, the Lightning Revenant: Razor
Razzil Darkbrew, the Alchemist: Alch
Rexxar, the Beast Master: Rexxar, BM
Rhasta, the Shadow Shaman: Rhasta
Rigwarl, the Bristleback: Bristle, BB, Rigwarl
Rikimaru, the Stealth Assassin: Riki, SA
Rooftrellen, the Treant Protector: Roof, Tree
Rotund'Jere, the Necrolyte: Necrolyte
Rylai Crestfall, the Crystal Maiden: CM, Rylai, Crystal
Shandelzare Silkwood, the Vengeful Spirit: VS, Venge
Slardar, the Slithereen Guard: Slardar
Slithice, the Naga Siren: Siren
Squee and Spleen, the Goblin Techies: Techies
Strygwyr, the Bloodseeker: BS, Strygwyr, Blood, Seeker
Sven, the Rogue Knight: Sven
Syllabear, the Lone Druid: Sylla
Terrorblade, the Soul Keeper: TB, SK
Tiny, the Mountain Giant: Tiny
Traxex, the Drow Ranger: Drow
Ulfsaar, the Ursa Warrior: Ulfsaar, Ursa, Fuzzy-Wuzzy
Viper, the Netherdrake: Viper
Visage, the Necro'lic: Visage, Necrolic
Vol'Jin, the Witch Doctor: Witch Doctor, WD
Yurnero, the Juggernaut: Jug, Jugger
Zeus, the Lord of Olympia: Zeus

Other abbreviations in DotA Allstars:

Area of Effect: AoE
Backstab: bs
Barracks: rax (the buildings, that if lost, enhances the opponents' team's creeps)
Bullshit: bs
Damage over time: dot
Double Damage: dd
Forfeit: ff
Good game: gg
Gang bang: gb
Invisible: Invis
Kill steal: ks
Maphack: mh
Missing in action: mia
Public game: pub, pubbie
Regeneration: regen
Retreat, back: b
Rematch: re, rm
Remake: re, rmk, rm
Shadow Strike: ss
Ultimate ability: ulti
Wind Walk: ww

Other lingo in DotA Allstars:

Backdoor: Attacking the opponents buildings while none of your team's creeps (Sentinel / Scourge) are there.
Buff: Buff can refer to either an in-game ability which gives positive bonuses to the target, or a WC3 feature called buffs (seen in the status bar of the hero) or the act of making someone or something stronger.
Creeps: Any unit not controlledby a player, be it neutral creeps or Sentinel and Scourge creeps.
Creep denying: Killing your own creeps, when they have low enough health, so that your opponents do not get any expereince or money from them.
Farm: Kill creeps quickly to gain a lot of money and experience.
Feeder: Someone who dies a lot to the other team, so that they gain experience and money.
Gang bang: Going multiple heroes on a single opponent, so you surely will kill him easily.
Gank: Synonymous to gangbang.
Griefer: Someone who on purpose destroys for his own team.
Imba: Abbreviation of imbalanced, commonly used to describe something that is overpowered, but can also be used as describing something that is too weak.
Inhouse: A clan game, or a game with arranged teams.
Leaver: Someone who leaves a game (synonymous to quitter)
Missing in action: Used to note that a hero has gone missing from the lane he was in, possibly to attack another hero.
Newbie: Someone who is new to the game. Sometimes used as a derogatory term.
Nerf: The act of making someone or something weaker.
Nuke: An ability which is mainly used to deal damage, and generally has a relatively low cooldown. Can also be the imperative form of "to nuke". Ex Nuke him!
Noob: Can be someone who is new to the game, someone who is stubborn and does not listen to advice, or someone who just plays very very bad. Often used as a derogatory term.
Pooling: Giving items to another player, for him to keep.
Push: To focus on helping your creeps advance in one lane, as well as taking down enemy heroes and towers.
Roshan: The strong, giant, purple golem that can be found southeast of the "secret" shop on the Scourge side.
Secret shop: The two shops that are located outside of the normal bases.
Slow: An ability which reduces the target's movement speed.
Stun: An ability which is mainly used to stun an opponent. Can also be the imperative form of "to stun". Ex: Stun him!
Tank: Either someone who has a lot of health and armour, so he can take a lot of damage, or the act of taking a lot of damage for the team.
Quitter: Someone who quits the game (synonymous to leaver)

Dota Beta Signup

2009-02-23T00:31:00.000-08:00

Ever wanted to play new version of Dota? Time to for you to apply for Beta Tester. IceFrog need more dedicated beta testers with free time and experience in DotA. If you signed up before, feel free to submit another application (there were some lost applications at one point).

Sing Up Here

8th DotA Hero Guide Contest on Garena

2009-02-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

Make yourself known as one of the gurus of DotA and get a chance to win great prizes!

Contest Prizes:

Champion: 40 Shells 2 months Premium Membership + 10,000 EXP!
1st Runner-up: 20 Shells 45 days Premium Membership + 8,000 EXP!
2nd Runner-up:10 Shells 1 month Premium Membership + 5,000 EXP!
*All participants who fulfill the basic requirements will be awarded 2,000 EXP

HERO SELECTION:

Participants may create a guide on any of the following:

Hero Guide for Tidehunter
Hero Guide for Sandking
Hero Guide for Earthshaker

Participants are allowed to send more than one entry. Judges will choose which guide has a better chance of winning. If in any case both guides have winning placement, the one with the higher rank will be chosen to qualify. The top winners of each hero will automatically qualify their guides in our very own premium hero guide section.

The organizer of the HGC have decided 3 heroes with great stun skills as the choices for this contest. So, what are you guys waiting for ? Make your choice and go for it..

CONTENT:

Only complete guides will be chosen to qualify in the contest. Entries should have the following requirements to qualify:

Hero Details

-A short introduction about the hero.
-Basic details, description, story behind.
-Stat growth, technical stuff
-Role in the team

Skill Build

-Walk through of your proposed skill placement from levels 1 to 25.
-Explanations and reasons why it was placed that way.
-Alternate build

Item Build

-Proposed items to buy.
-Basic order of buying, from early to late game.
-Alternate and other advisable items during end game.

Strategy

-Basic walk through from early to late game.
-Team play and basic skill techniques

Replay

- At least two replays should be included in your guide, one which is originally yours where the player using the hero or item is the creator of the guide and one where a player from a competitive team is using the specified hero or item in any major tournaments in or out side Garena.
- All replays sent should have been played using DotA Version 6.58b or 6.59 ONLY. The patch would be 1.22 ONLY

Map

- All entries must use Dota Version 6.58b or 6.59 ONLY. Any other maps used will result in disqualification.

Entries that do not have the following requirements will be disqualified. Entries should also be original and self composition. Any form of plagiarism of any vital parts of the guide will result to disqualification. You can add other sections if you want but these are the core content that your guides need to have.

ENTRY SUBMISSION:

Post your guides in the [Strategy Zone] of Dota Allstars Category, put the title in the following format
[HGC8 Entry]Title of your guide.

Deadline for submission is 15th March 2009 [You have 1 month to do the guide].

Click here to go to the entry submission forum

Source: Garena Forum

New Video Ads From Planet DotA

2009-02-14T22:32:00.000-08:00

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DotA Launcher Beta v0.9

2009-02-14T18:05:00.000-08:00

What is DotA Launcher?

DotA Launcher is an application designed to automate the sometimes-technical process of downloading and installing new, updated versions of the DotA Allstars map. DotA Launcher is also designed to simplify the process of changing the resolution of WarcraftIII via manipulation of its registry entries, providing for easy configuration of widescreen or windowed mode, with value-added enhancements for both. Best of all, it's all presented in a simple and easy to use interface.

Does it have any special requirements?

The only thing you need to run DotA Launcher is Microsoft's .Net framework 2.0 or later (for the cursor locking feature). By now, chances are good you already have it. If not, you can download the .Net Framework 2.0 using the following links:

.Net Framework 2.0 (x86) (Most likely the one you'll need.)
.Net Framework 2.0 (x64)

Notes:

Tested on Windows XP and Windows Vista x64.
With some tests, I've noticed the OnTop code to be slightly buggy on a single test system.
For those of you who would like to use this app, please give me any feedback about your experiences.
Source code to come with a 1.0 release.
DotA Launcher is written in AutoIt.
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Download:

You can use DotA Launcher in one of two different ways. The first is an MSI, designed to make using DotA Launcher as easy as possible. A non-installer version is also available for those who don't like/want an installer.

DotA Launcher v0.9 Beta (MSI) (Recommended)
DotA Launcher v0.9 Beta (ZIP)

Enjoy!

-Ralkom

Dota Sounds And Audio

2009-02-14T17:23:00.000-08:00

Ever wish you want a ringtone of Dota sounds in you cellphones? Here, You can Download the Sounds of DotA like First Blood, Killing Spree, ...

DotA_Audio.zip ( 102.1k )

DotA Allstars v6.59c Release

2009-02-13T18:09:00.000-08:00

Icefrog just release a fix for .59, now its 6.59c.

changelogs:
* Fix a couple of recently discovered exploits

Language:	English
Date:	2009-02-13
MD5:	3c26dc9e5a6465bda0174bc928be30d9
Filesize:	3.22 Mb

www.getdota.com

Priestess of the Moon: What Orb Effect to have?

2009-02-13T17:50:00.000-08:00

In my experience of using Priestess of the Moon Mirana, at first, I spam her skill Starfall to farm and target to buy first some useful items like Vanguard for much life and later replace it with better items. Now, the question is, what orb effect item is very suitable for Mirana? Here is the following list and description on how it effects Mirana in the game:

Skadi - As we all know, having Skadi on the item slot gives such great aura on the hero when it has one. If Mirana has Skadi, it is very beneficial on her because it affects her offensively and defensively in the game. The Frost Attack is very useful for taking down enemies. At the same time, Skadi gives her lots of life and mana to spam all her useful skills.

Sange & Yasha - This item on her gives just a medium positive effect. Maiming enemies is great but its only by chance, unlike the Frost Attack which is per hit. She will acquire attack speed, movement speed, life, and some damage. Well, as one of the user of Mirana, Skadi and Sange & Yasha are stocking with range heroes. Obtaining both items is surely very beneficial on Mirana. Imagine the convenience on having both items on her.

Maelstrom/Mjolnir - Ok, lets talk about Mjolnir in here. Having this item gives only a very offensive effect on Mirana. This item gives huge additional damage, a good passive chain lightning on enemies only by chance, some armor, and attack speed of course. In my opinion, the purpose of having this item is purely through farming.

Desolator - Now, isn't this the cheapest among my list of orb effect here? Having Desolator on her is such a waste of time and money. This has nothing to do with her and even help to win in the battle. This is purely a self-fish item for me. This is just an item that increases your attack damage, that's all. I bet you can't kill enemy hero with this item on her.

That is all my opinion on such orb effect item possible Mirana might have in the game. Its up to us of course what item is more suitable with her. Also it all depends on the flow of the game, so better check the environment first before doing such act.

Posted by Corlock
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Dagger of Escape

2009-02-13T17:46:00.000-08:00

The item that lets the bearer teleports a short distance. Perfect for escaping or chasing an enemy. Having this item makes a lot of advantage against your opponents. Now, who are the heroes that best fit for this item? Here is the list of heroes that, in my opinion, got to have Dagger of Escape:
Earthshaker - perfect for his ultimate skill Echo Slam. Blink-in in the middle of the mob then cast it.
Sand King - casting Epi Center first then blink-in to the enemies. Definitely need to do some practice on this for better result.
Crystal Maiden - teleporting in the middle of the mob then cast Freezing Field. The same as Earthshaker.
Enigma - perfect for his ultimate Black Hole. Same procedure as Earthshaker and Crystal Maiden.
Magnataur - same as Enigma, Earthshaker, and Crystal Maiden. Perfect for Reverse Polarity.
Bradwarden - good for his Hoof Stomp to stun enemies more accurately when used strategically.
Slardar - same as Bradwarden. For better result in his Slithereen Crush.

Posted by Corlock
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Rise of the Invoker

2009-02-13T03:28:00.000-08:00

Short vid about the great Invoker. (not a trailer).

High Quality Rapidshare Download - 74 MB:
http://rapidshare.com/files/109424559...

High Quality Filefront Download - 74 MB:
http://files.filefront.com/riseofthei...

Music Used:
1- Liberation Choir - Immediate Music
2- Redrum 3.0 Choir - Immediate Music
3- Fatal Vision - Immediate Music

Rikimaru's Precious

2009-02-13T03:11:00.000-08:00

Is this funny or what??

The Final Hour

2009-02-13T01:43:00.000-08:00

High Quality Version: http://rapidshare.com/files/94097989/...

Music:
- First Part -
Steve Jablonsky - Transformers (Expanded Score) "autobots to the rescue"

- Second Part -
X Ray Dog "Timeline"

by PizzaSlice111