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There are a lot of factors that help you win DotA games. This is the reason of its excitement and suspense. After every DotA game there are just too much to talk about. But the most discussed is how the team won or lost. Among all of these things that made them won the game, what are the most important factors to be able to win Competitive DotA Games? Here they are ranked according to importance...


8th: AOE Spell Casters


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People often want to know how to farm gold fast in DotA, which is a lot different from me. I am thirsty for blood when I'm playing that I tend to roam a lot. Roaming is fun for me, but then, I expect the carry heroes of our team to be equipped with their needed items as soon as possible so that we can take advantage and destroy towers easily. However, some players want to show off their mad farming skills by farming the whole game. This is not fun at all for me. I don't find self-esteem in having 5 divine rapiers but having 0 kills. I better play 4 v 5 than have a Greedy Gold Farmer team mate. However, farming is also essential in winning games. Here are some guides in getting more gold in less time.


Don't Die

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Stop being fan boys/girls because your team can't be just like those Pro Dota Teams you are watching.

After observing a lot of Dota teams, I discovered that the most successful teams have 6 things in common. These are like the ingredients that complete a dish. Without one of these, they won't be where they are now.


Ingredient #1: An Experienced and Creative Captain

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I am sick of Dota vs Girlfriend issue. Why don't people realize that being a good dota player corresponds to being a good partner? Dota is a training in having a good decision making and this can be applied in any aspect of life. I'll prove that in this article.

Playing Dota and Dating Traits You Should have:


Spontaneity

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So Cyborgmatt unveils Techies, no 1 posted it yet so I thought i'd bring it to every's attention. Enjoy pushing, killing and suicides like never before :D
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Well as most people have that extremely unlucky hero that when they play, for one reason or the other they lose with mine was Invoker.

Everytime I would be stuck with a bunch of losers.

I'm extremely happy to say that after around 14 consecutive matches with 12 wins and 2 losses I just raised my winrate from if i remember correctly 30 something pathetic % to a full 50% .

New Goal is now 60%, I'll keep you people updated :D

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So i was happy as hell on a 6 game win streak with invoker, was gonna make it go all the way, then this ******* comes up to ruin my day, in the end he told the enemy team to commend him, that his team was noob, and he also started feeding intentionally.

All i wanna say is , WHY ME, WHY MY INVOKER, I WAS FRIKIN 5-0 THIS GAME, Who can't play a hero as simple as Lone Druid, the Guy is Tanky, Can farm easily, Scales very well, Has monstrous Disabling Power and a good stat growth.

Before this win streak i lost another one to feeders, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE *******S.

Somebody save me, or m gonna create a terrorist cell to find these people and kill them.

Also I am going to start the search for the dragon balls, WHO IS WITH ME? All willing to serve Lord Abaddon on his unholy mission please line-up.

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looking at how games play out in pubs i find that there are 3 things that stand out to me.

1. as much as its a team game, if you have a hero that can snowball and they do so, they can carry a horribly drafted team to victory. i.e. Storm Spirit the ball of electric snow

2.it only takes one player to ruin the game for the rest.

3. searching in anything less then a 5 stack usually means your going to get stuck with an idiot....90% of the time.

tales from the Pub...(credit to threadsoffate)

the scene:

4 stack captains mode SEA servers

the one player who isnt in our stack seems to be decent he chats (read:Types) he communicates that he would like to support, ohhhh lordy what a great stroke of luck this is a player that WANTS to support of praise be Lord Gabe...... ohhhh what a cruel trick that was.

i draft a decent line up bristle solo off, invoker mid, sladar hard carry tri with a AA and then it comes round to ...lets call him "Jimmy" , Jimmy says he plays a great venomancer, well …
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Seeing ThreadOfFate's blog post, i thought i'd share a common experience of every good player in these harsh times,

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Game starts, I random Alchemist, call the safelane, a few seconds later a Weaver and antimage are picked, I say all is well , ill support and go for a mid alchemist and call the guys to get a support.

Lightning strikes as the pro noob picks up an Ember Spirit, i tell him i called mid 2 min ago, he says "i go mid kill pudge" , i hear the victory bells ringin already, still i think maybe we can pull through.

Next up enigma pick, i think its nice, guy picks a support, maybe he is good. I buy courier and tell him to get wards, he says flat out no. I sadly buy the wards and head offlane as AM called solo top(we were dire) expecting weaver to follow me, they both take safelane together.

News Flash! First mid lane Pudge kills ember. I solo kill bot against a dual but its not enough, i die to gank, i cant stop PA from farming.

Fights start, AM feed…
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