gaming Dota 2 - the other MOBA

[Manman20x6 359]

I noticed we have a League of Legends thread, how about one for its rival game Dota 2?

 

What I like about Dota 2 is how it's one of the few truly 100% free to play games out there. You literally cannot gain an advantage over others by paying any amount of money, every single item that costs real money is purely cosmetic. I also love how everyone starts out with everything unlocked, which means that the only decisive factor is skill, not how long you grinded to get stronger.

 

Try to avoid turning this into a LoL vs Dota flamewar.

 

I'll try to kick off a discussion by asking what everyone's favorite heroes are.

 

• Venomancer has many great DoT abilities that can make laning with him hell as your health is slowly whittled away. His slows are also great for gank, he can easily ambush anyone and even if they get away, the poison damage will often kill them.
• Ogre Magi is a lot of fun too. He is 100% skill based and has zero luck influence on him. His Fireblast is a great skill. Don't think of it as a spell that only has a small chance of doing its full effect, think of it as a powerful nuke and stun that has a chance to become even stronger.
• When it comes to playing carry, Luna is one of my favorites. Her Lucent Beam has good damage and range, which allows her to catch fleeing enemies, but the coolest thing about her is how her Moon Glaives bounce around. You can clear a creep wave in three seconds! When you get Manta Style, there are a dozen of them flying around at the same time, wrecking everything in sight and looking badass.
• Centaur Warrunner is another one of my favorites. It can be hard to get enough gold for a Blink Dagger, but once you do get it, no one is safe. Blink in, stomp, then use your ultimate to let everyone rush in and massacre the enemies.

[yellowleaf 2]

Meepo is my favorite hero, possibly because he's one of the 2-3 heroes I can actually do half-way decent as , other than that, I find the XP gain fun, and there's nothing like being level 25 when your enemies are still level 12.

 

My second favorite is Visage! The familiars are fun to use, just because they're so overpowered, and playing as Visage is kind of like Meepo but with less experience gain and less micromanagement involved. 

Edited January 22, 2015 by yellowleaf

[VulpineTaco 525]

Love Dota, but I played mostly in the WC3 days. The balancing is actually really great, contrary to popular belief.

[Sceethe 704]

dota is pretty much the only video game i play nowadays, since it allows me to play 1-2 games, and then go off to do something else.

 

i don´t exactly have a favourite hero, but Tinker, Storm Spirit, Kunkka are a lot of fun( not that i am good with any of them)

 i can play pretty much every hero, except the "chen" kind of heroes, i can´t handle those stupid centaurs with their 2 micrometers range of stun.

[Manman20x6 359]

Meepo is my favorite hero, possibly because he's one of the 2-3 heroes I can actually do half-way decent as , other than that, I find the XP gain fun, and there's nothing like being level 25 when your enemies are still level 12.

 

My second favorite is Visage! The familiars are fun to use, just because they're so overpowered, and playing as Visage is kind of like Meepo but with less experience gain and less micromanagement involved. 

 

Holy crap, your two favorites are pretty much the most micro-intensive heroes in the game. Are you from bizarro-world, because practically everyone else considers Meepo and Visage to be the hardest to play since you have to control up to 5 heroes at the same time.

[yellowleaf 2]

I'm not crazy... Meepo is fun hit tab and he becomes a hero with a spammable disable and a nuke that can be used to clear jungle camps in around 1/2 a minute with 3 Meepos and max level Poof. Visage has a spammable nuke and two familiars that tear towers (and enemies) to shreds. I do struggle with gathering enough gold as Lone Druid to fill the bear though.

 

My friends find it strange how I failed as Riki >_< In my defense, wards are painful when your team's ranged hero doesn't help you get rid of them.

 

Meepo is like any other hero, but with 4-5 health bars and 4-5 sets of abilities. Solo roshing and stealing the aegis from Ursa is fun too.

 

Also... Morphling is harder than Meepo IMO.

Edited January 23, 2015 by yellowleaf