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Hey fellow Dota 2 players. Today I'll be going over some basics on Lane Composition because in my lower ranked pub games I see a lot of mistakes and confusion over who should go to which lane. It took me a little while to figure this out so I figured I would share what I've learned and hopefully it will clarify somethings.


As you can see in the minimap above there are three lanes. These are commonly reffered to as 'Top' 'Mid' and 'Bot'(bottom), which is something you're probably familiar with. The image above also illustrates how the running distance to and from the lanes are different for each team. The mid, top and bot monikers are pretty obvious.

Less known to noobies, is that the top and bottom lanes are also referred to as the 'Easy' lane, 'Hard' or 'Suicide' lane. The reason for this is because of the length of the lane and the opportunities for ganking from the jungle is very different on either side. As Atlas kindly pointed out, this difference is different for both The Dire…
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Hey,
just had a great game with Morphling, in conclusion he be pro.
my problem is changing his morph ability. my Dota IQ isnt the best so i have trouble getting morph the kills he deserves. i only just realized what ive been doing, which is putting him on full strength and then getting my mana back with a clarity. that reduces my damage by a whole lot. i tried it the other way round and my damage was beast. i think using the morph agility is best at the beggining for early kills. but when it comes to gangks ( espesially ones involving chaos knight and huskar) having lots of health will be a larger benefit as if your being gangked it gives you more oppurtunity for escape.
secondly i found that your replicate can do mega damage if you replicate the right hero. i replicated chaos knight and sent him after lone druid and lone druid was killed one on one with my replicate.(maybe because he was AFK, but thats not the point) the point is in ganks or a chase your replicate and waveform are you…
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hey everyone just wanted to say hi.
I'm new to Dota fire, ill be making posts about the games, hero's and users i play with in my blog giving you details, tips and tricks that i learn along the way.
I will also be making a few guides along the way that may prove helpful.
Just for future reference i am really bad at English so my spelling and gramer may be shocking bad, don't hate me for it.
Piece Out
Black Jack
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Hi All,

As I'm sure most of you know, there has been a major update on the original dota1. Changes which WILL be implemented (once Dota1 is balanced and stable) into Dota2.

http://www.playdota.com/changelogs/6.75

We may find more changes in Dota1, before it joins us in Dota 2, but clearly some of the changes have been made for dota2 client - with some heroes getting heavily buffed for the faster pace of dota 2 compared to dota 1.

Let's have a look at some of the major changes we may find in the dota2 client, and it's major impact on the current meta. Your thoughts?

Some of the interesting changes are the debuffs -
anti mage, now has a slightly longer cast time to blink, with compared to other blinkers was very quick! he also has a reduced MS

Dark Seer as expected was heavily debuffed - particularly vacuum - longer cd, smaller AOE, and unfortuantely the naga sleep, vacuum combo will not work anymore! :D

pandaren - his ulti will now be affected by blackhole - a natural addition, …
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So if you haven't seen it yet I made a thread where I got all of your high scores on DotA 2! I decided to collect them all up and share them here and on my thread.

DOTAFIRE TOP SCORES!

Highest Kills: 45 (LiLPro - Viper & JarlPartey - Huskar)
Highest GPM: 1120 (metsubushi - skeleton king)
Highest Assists: 51 (PotMPlz - necrolyte)
Highest Last Hits: 794 (Xenasis - Nature's Prophet)
Highest Hero Damage: 55634 (Pu12e - Zeus)
Highest Hero Healing: 14615 (jaslam - Dazzle)
Highest Tower Damage: 11777 (JarlPartey - skeleton king)
Highest Denies: 71 (Allegiance - Morphling)
Longest Match Duration: 1:31:34 (Mirror - Phantom Lancer)

Have a score better than one of these? Post it here.

NOTE: PROVIDE YOUR DOTABUFF!
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Really conflicted at the moment if I should return to DOTA 2 or continue playing LoL with my friends.

I think I probably like the learning curve and feel of DOTA 2 more, but I also feel League receives more attention competitively so it's hard for me to decide.

We'll find out soon I think.
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when are they adding the all random ability mode in? does anyone know?
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Am I the only one that gets irritated when guides, posts ,etc. Says champs instead of heroes?
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The lane phase is my favorite part of each match. It's like a deadly dance, a terrifying tango filled with harassment, last-hits, sudden ganks, and death. Oh yes, death.

Despite laning being the most constant and predictable part of each match, I see a lot of mistakes that can probably be blamed on how experienced or focused players are in the skill area I'm playing right now. (which I'm guessing is with other fellow noobs) I'm guilty of screwing up in the laning phase too, and it's something I'm trying to correct. Below are a lot of the more common things I notice players doing, along with my own shortcomings.

TL;DR version: The Lane-phase is important. Focus on farming, smart play, and being a good lane partner so you can have a successful match.

Auto-Attacking Constantly

In just about every "New Player" guide that exists out there, there's a large portion explaining how you shouldn't auto-attack in the laning phase. It pushes the lane closer to the enemy tower making it harder t…
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Hi all,

Played a hilarious game of dota2 last night, that is worth watching. This is pub stomping at it's finest.
We pushed the first racks and all 2nd towers in 14 minutes - then went on to win by 19:30. ROFL

It's a fun prob 25 min watch (as there was a couple of pauses) - worth watching if you would like to see a solid push combo.

We were 4 friends playing, the 5th is the QOP who we didn't know, if you are 5, an alternate to Qop would be Leshrac, who can still play mid, to get some levels the push with edict.

I play dark seer in this lineup, prob my best hero, and generally dictated what we were doing using skype (so not too much in game..)

https://dotabuff.com/matches/40498813
well worth a watch, I did feel sorry for the enemy team :S
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