DOTAFire Blogs

Recently me and my team were ready to battle against another in Dota 2. Weve been waiting 10 minutes just to get into a team match, and then Dota 2 crashes. IT CRASHES. it was really upsetting for the team, and especially me too because I'm the team leader. Idk if it's fixed yet. Has this happened to anyone?
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Guys!
i just need some clarification about two builds of tinker (laser - rocket) & (march) builds
whats the difference? when do you choose march build? Is march build effective like the normal laser & rocket build? What is the skillbuild on march build?

Thanks
sorry for my english
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I fancied shaking things up a bit recently and chose to immediately random my hero most games, instead of waiting to see what gets picked and then grabbing a desperately needed hard support :).

This has been fun as I've got to play a bunch of heroes that I wouldn't normally get near, playing a lot more solo mid, and doing a lot more carrying. These are all things I've done a lot of in the past, but I'd got into the habit of playing support almost every game as it seemed to need doing.

The funny thing is it's shown up for me just how bad a lot of the support play in the "very high" (yeah right!) bracket is. Really simple things not done, totally ignored or "that's somebody else's job". This week's worst offender was a Crystal Maiden who bought an Animal Courier and then not a single utility item all game, not even Dust of Appearance with a Bounty Hunter on the other team. Constantly stole kills and farm, here are her final items:

Power Treads
Shadow Blade
Black King Bar
G…
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Hello All,

Yes I am new to DOTA 2 and Yes I suck. For all you noobs like me read Purges guide for new players.

Welcome to Dota, You Suck
http://www.purgegamers.com/welcome-to-dota-you-suck

I highly recommend and can't stress enough work you way through Purge's guide. I couldn't imagine going into this game cold with just the tutorial scenarios for guidance.

Now that you have read the articles and watch the videos, you read it all and watched it all right?, you too can start playing through the tutorial and realize you suck. At this point I have been playing for about a week. Never having played the genre before, I am going through a massive learning and re-adjustment of my set of game playing skills. I have yet to play against another human being as I feel like a new born babe just trying to walk while playing against the bots.

For the last week or so I have been gathering knowledge and then trying to translate that knowledge into game play. I have been finding out there is a big …
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Hey guys
what hero is a great overall hero (has a escape mechanism, a killer, strong in all stages, etc.)

thanks!
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Hey Guys
i have a question again heroes that should be played in mid lane
Thank you
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Recently I started playing Pugna and found him to be very interesting. I realized that with Black King Bar and Life Drain, he can suck up hit points as much as damage a carry would deal.

Any suggestions for a carry build for Pugna?
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Best build ever, WEAVER.
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I have a friend that just insists that he knows everything about dota and if you don't listen to what he says then you are an idiot and don't know how to play, even though clearly that is not the case, it has been a common problem and a lot of my friends have started to hate each other and say how bad everyone else is and thats why we lost the game, even though everyone has been playing for a long time and has a pretty good feel for the game. The worst part is this particular person that has a grudge against me gossips and spreads rumors that make people question my ability to play to the point if I make one little mistake, even if we win, they dig at that mistake like lifestealer digging into an open wound :P.

I have tried to tell the person flat out to please stop doing that, but now the person just tells all my friends not to invite me when they play because of how bad I play. Luckly I have some friends that recognize that they are making false accusations, but it is still really a…
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Hey guys
I want to know heroes that are strong in all stages in the game
(Early - Mid - Late)

Thank you guys
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