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Learning the Ropes - A Beginner's Guide to DotA

June 27, 2013 by Atlas
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frogBomb | September 27, 2013 9:17pm
One more thing I'd add to your "difference from LoL" section is something about there being no recall spell, and how the courier serves as your main way to get items from the main shop.
Very helpful and insightful guide, thanks :)
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Atlas (117) | June 27, 2013 6:43am
FancyFish wrote:

Atlas, correct me if I'm wrong buy Matrix 1 was the best. Aside from that, I'd probably add DK to easy heroes, he's super tanky, and has no complicated spells, heck, the creators used him in their newb guide.

Matrix 1 is definitely the best. And yeah, DK is certainly an easy hero to play. Will add him!
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Atlas (117) | June 27, 2013 6:42am

wow great guide. new player here coming form LOL so this was a great read. now i saw another guide said that denying creeps not only deny's the gold, but only grants half XP to enemy laner. also i heard from another guide that orbs don't stack (i.e. HotD and mojier).

It's a bit less than half XP and depends on whether you're a melee or ranged hero. If you're ranged, a deny will give you less XP than if you are melee. It's weird, I know.

And most orbs don't. However, the only ones that do are Lifesteal + Skadi. Even on melee heroes, regardless of the faulty tooltip in the game. Test it yourself and see.
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FancyFish (1) | June 4, 2013 7:26pm
Atlas, correct me if I'm wrong buy Matrix 1 was the best. Aside from that, I'd probably add DK to easy heroes, he's super tanky, and has no complicated spells, heck, the creators used him in their newb guide.
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BohemianSoldier | June 4, 2013 4:34pm
wow great guide. new player here coming form LOL so this was a great read. now i saw another guide said that denying creeps not only deny's the gold, but only grants half XP to enemy laner. also i heard from another guide that orbs don't stack (i.e. HotD and mojier).
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holloway | June 1, 2013 7:22am
Thanks for this - since coming from lol, and dota beeing fairly more comlpex, this is exactly what I needed!
Especially the item section is genius - providing a good overview :)
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pk_bzodiac | May 23, 2013 7:52pm
Nice! Thnx for the Guide!
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Atlas (117) | May 23, 2013 8:54am
Fixing it now, thanks!
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Uberhenk (2) | May 23, 2013 8:53am
idcdammit wrote:

"The Side Shop

The items that can be bought here can be bought at the base as well (with the exception of Orb of Venom),"
And the Energy Booster =)


And the Ring of Health ^^
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idcdammit | March 5, 2013 9:12pm
"The Side Shop

The items that can be bought here can be bought at the base as well (with the exception of Orb of Venom),"
And the Energy Booster =)
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