DOTAFire Blogs

I’ve played over a 100 games, and all of them with Sniper. I believe I’ve developed a build and playing guide for him, not unique, but definitely very powerful. Play him right, and you surely will be the best player, not just on your team, but throughout the whole match.

Following are the items and skill building i would recommend for you, my fellow sniper:

Skill Build

Level one, four, five : Take Aim

I suggest this right away, as it can give you that advantage over your opponent by being able to keep a longer distance from them, and yet be able to damage them, while their range won’t suffice to damage you in return.

Level two & three : Headshot

This although wouldn’t give much of a bonus early game, it is still better than shrapnel. I wouldn’t suggest leveling up shrapnel till the last, when there’s nothing else. It’s not damaging enough and is a mana waste than you could spend on Assassinate instead. So level up Headshot second and third.

Level 6: No doubt here.

It…
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hey guys, im mighty cookie, i just wanted to leave you this guide to jungle ancients at lvl 1 with medusa. team liquid came up with this, navi made the video. served for you lilpro. without further introduction Play Video
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Hey Guys now im trying to use nevermore (shadowfiend) but about 5 games i cant get a good kill ratio and i remember yaphets, i was amazed how he use to its peak now i want to know what he use itembuilds, skill build and other things

thank u guys
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Bloodseeker and Lifestealer used to be part of a tribe called dohata 2. They where the best hunters of the tribe bringing in all types of food but mostly meat as it kept them healthy.Out f the tribe they were the only hunters so they where basically graded as the highest people in the tribe. One day bloodseeker took a break and decided not to go hunting while lifestealer decided to anyways. He looked around but had no luck without his buddy bloodseekers increased smell and thirst for blood. He looked and looked and found nothing until he heard a group of travelers behind him. He jumped into a bush and spotted two men traveling towards a crack in a mountain where the forbidden earth golems lived. Lifestealer saw that one was a weak fat man which he knew would surely fed his tribe. So he charged the man ripping him opn careing the other man away while dragging the fat man back to his tribe. When he arrived the tribe besides bloodseeker as he was in is tent where devastated to see what he…
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Here is a list of youtube videos that basically shaped the game up for me.

Hero Tributes

The Red Tide - Bloodseeker
Raigor Tribute - Earthshaker
The Sense of Shaker
The Dark Knight - Shadow Fiend
The Magical Kunkka

Series

The Way Of The Ninja - there are 3 seasons out there
The Art of Mindgames - there are a lot of videos like this made by that guy

Ganks/kills going wrong

The dota gank that went wrong. Really wrong.
Run Rhasta Run
When 3v1 ganks go wrong

And the rest

Tactical Exuberance
Audacity
Don't do that in dota
The Truth
Luck is no excuse
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One thing I've noticed a lot recently is the number of players insisting on a solo or jungle role before the teams have been picked, or when they have and it's completely inappropriate.

Why have Junglers?

The main purpose of having junglers is to increase the amount of farm and experience that the team receives overall. This is because two players (the solo and the jungler) each receive their own supply and if things go reasonably well, it means they gain an overall advantage.

However, you need a proper solo hero for this to work. Someone who can actively benefit from the experience and survive the lane. Sometimes you can run a safe lane solo instead, and this increases the number of heroes who can do it successfully.

Not having a proper solo can make your jungle/solo combo a disadvantage for your team. Also beware of especially unpleasant lanes from the opposition. For example, if the enemy hard carry is freefarming their safe lane - while your solo just has to hang around th…
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Howdy guys, it's been awhile since I've been on. Life's been keeping me busy. I have come across some Dota 2 invites. If there are any users who wish to have one of these, PM me and I'll send you one. Doesn't seem fair to have 11 invites sit in my inventory gathering dust. Cheers guys.
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I'm still quite new to Dota i've been trying to learn everything myself etc, but what do i really need to know that is important?

Any tips and tricks would be appreciated.



P.S i'm not looking for people to say "noob" "gtfo" if you're one of those please don't bother to post anything.




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MY Version of the story behind Tiny.


Tiny was a earth golem that was sworn to protect his and the rest of his herds side of the earth no known as north America. Before settlers came in the Golems lived happy lives working and spending time with there family even if they couldn't speak. Live was good even though Tiny was the smallest of the group he was still very happy even when taking twice as much as any other golem could. He was extremely happy until the day when one of the setler came close o him and looked very threatening. Tiny stood still not sure what to do and he had no choice especially when the man threw tiny into a bag and ran off with him to a lab where tiny was tested on. The tests were painful and Tiny didn't know how much more he could take until one of the tests failed and made Tiny stronger than ever before. Tiny was now able to talk and could grow up to 3x his size depending on his anger. Tiny was extremely mad so he grew and grew. Once he got to his full potential…
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When you hear the name Visage in dota 2 you usually think of a character you don't know about or a character you have looked at but dosen't look particularly amazing for your gaming type. Well im here to tell you that if you like durable disablers and would like to do more damage Visage is probably the one for you. From slowing while gaining speed and attack speed to summoning familiars that will do amazing damage to start off and can regenerate that strength and lost health from one ability Visage will destroy everyone who tries to take him on alone starting mid game. Visage has three things that people love to see in characters. Including ganking for the first kill at level five or six to destroying in team fights and he can also take on someone on by himself especially wen treated as a carry because he can certainly carry the team. If you play dota 2 for the enjoyment of winning almost every match possible then go and give Visage a chance.

-Thanks for reading guys!
Austin

p.s leav…
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