Tips on how to play DotA

Over the past 10 years, e-sports has changed a lot. If earlier all was limited to a pair of strategies, today the variety of games can not fail to impress. One such example is Dota. In this article, I will teach you how to play DotA.

DotA is an abbreviation, in English it is written as DotA. It stands for Defense of the Ancients, which means "defense of the ancients". Initially, the game is in addition to the original WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne. Made it some kind of IceFrog, whose identity is still a mystery. He does not give interviews, and there is very little information about him.

Let's return to the question of how to play DotA. Everything is very simple. To do this, you need to install Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne of the latest version. If you bought the old version, then please update it to the newest version. Then download the DotA card itself and drop it into the Maps folder at the root of the game. When all this is done, make sure that Warcraft has not been blocked by your firewall. If everything is fine, then run the game. In the main menu, click Battle.net, register there and look for rivals.

There are other ways of how to play DotA. You can download Garena or iCCup. Both clients are quite popular around the world, and finding a game there is a bit easier than battlnet. The procedure is the same - register and play. Only now there will be rooms and experience. You can go into the room to professionals only when you gain enough experience. And every month a calculation is made, according to which a list of the best players is created.

But Dota is a game for children and oldfagers. For a beginner it will be easier to play Dotu-2. DotA-2 is relatively new and is free. Let me remind you that the first Dota requires the purchase of Warcraft. The connection requires Steam. But here a little more complicated. In order to play, you need to either buy a key or get an invite (invitation). The game is quite expensive, so it's better to use the second option. And you can do this in two ways: fill out the application and wait for the fate to point your finger at you, or find a friend who can invite you.

If you are lucky, and the cherished key you have, then I'll tell you how to play Dotu-2. Everything is much simpler here. There are special modes for beginners. Here you are given tasks, and you must fulfill them. Also you can play against the bots. If you decide to fight with other players, then keep in mind that each character has a small tutor. In this tutor it is written what skills to take and what items to buy. The main thing is to figure out how to play DotA, and everything will be simple.

Directly in the game itself you need to choose the region and mode of the game. There are four mods in total: ap, sd, ar, cm. AP - you are given a choice of all the characters from the game, SD - you can choose from three available, AR - absolutely random character, CM - you will choose the captain of the team. The last mod is used, as a rule, at competitions.

In DotA a huge number of heroes. All of them are divided into 3 types depending on the characteristics - strength, agility and intelligence. The former have more health, but they are slower; The second - a high attack speed and hard-to-break protection; And the latter have a larger reserve of mana and skills, aimed at destroying the opponent. What kind of character to play, choose you.

The main problem of the game is that in your team there are usually those who do not know how to "keep a mouse in their hand", but always in the team of an opponent are professionals.

We reviewed several rules on how to play DotA online. Never forget that Dota is a team battle. That is, your actions will depend on its outcome.