Arc Warden Compendium - Electric Mesmer (by Culling)

Picking up Magic Wand will provide you restoration when you're pitted against a spell spammer. If you have more gold from Randoming as a middle laner, start with . Your shopping total should be either 590 or 825 Gold. If you're Randoming as a bottom laner, finish your .

You will want to rush Hand of Midas as your first core purchase, and Arcane Boots after that. By level 6, you'll be prepared to cast Tempest Double every time it's off cooldown and farm with BOTH transmutes and mana restores. Yasha will provide you with attack speed, movement speed, and damage. Oblivion Staff will give you mana regeneration and attack speed. The other two items will depend on your build emphasis:
(1) and if you're goingNuker.
(2) and if you're goingCarry.
You may even decide to use Phase Boots or Power Treads over Arcane Boots as aCarry.

Dagon
This build was the more commonly used one in the original DotA. It utilizes Zet's high intelligence gain and emphasizes unit production and magic burst, but it requires more micro-management than the other build. This is generally the build to go if there are a lot of fragile stealthers on the enemy team. You will find this build to be at its strongest in the mid-game. The acquired items are listed in importance/priority from left to right.

Boots Choice: Why do we prefer Arcane Boots over Boots of Travel or Power Treads? Your job is not necessarily to support your team, but YOURSELF with multiple successive casts of restore. It will be quite hard for you to go Out-Of-Mana if you choose these boots. Phase Boots are a decent alternative if you have trouble pathing around incarnations, Necronomicon summons, and your teammate forces. If you're feeling ballsy, you can instead use Eul's Scepter of Divinity as a substitute for boots (it only has 10 less movespeed than Power Treads) - it will give you the ability to CC a foe or render yourself invulnerable briefly.

Necronomicon will be your first important purchase for three basic reasons: (1) its attack/movement speed aura, (2) the true sight from its final upgrade, and (3) the incredible pushing capability it will provide you together with Tempest Double and Refresher Orb. It will cost a total of 2700, and you'll have to buy 2 more recipes for 1250 gold each to reach full potential. Since the summons have an innate mana burn, they are great for countering mana-intensive casters on the enemy side. You will have to be careful about purchasing this item when there's an enemy Enchantress or Chen around; they will be able to possess your summons for their own use (permanently if Chen). Dagon will be vital for nuking, since Flux only hits isolated enemies and Spark Wraith requires setup time. Next, you'll want to pick up Manta Style to grow your army larger. It has excellent synergy with the Necronomicon aura and Magnetic Field, giving you great attack/movement speed for a nuker. The more you play around using this item, you'll be able to master it's brief invulnerability during active use. The 5th and 6th item choices depend on where you are in the game - if there are plenty of initiators and disablers on the enemy team, you must prioritize Black King Bar over Refresher Orb. Once you obtain Refresher Orb, you'll become a monster. Your incarnations cannot use the item, so your main use with it will be to refresh Magnetic Field and more importantly Tempest Double. When combining both your ultimate with this item, your army will consist of Zet, 2 incarnations, 2 illusions of Zet, 4 illusions of the incarnations, 3 Necronomicon warriors, and 3 Necronomicon archers. That's a whopping total of 15 units at your control - all under Necronomicon aura and successive Magnetic Field. And with Black King Bar, you and your incarnations can become magic resistant and nuke stuff to the ground with 3 Dagon casts. Meepo envies you.

This build is the path less walked by many. While Zet's attack range is excellent (3rd highest), his base damage and agility gain are pretty bad. This build is less micro-intensive, but you won't find it effective until much later in the game. If you want to solo Roshan as Zet, I'd recommend this build. The acquired items are listed in importance/priority from left to right.

Boots Choice: Why do we prefer Power Treads over Phase Boots? Zet not only needs damage, but he needs attack speed from agility. You can also tread switch for clutch health or mana. Arcane Boots are your alternative if you want to cast more Flux and Spark Wraith, but the nuker build is reserved for that. You can switch to Boots of Travel once you've acquired most of your core items. If you're feeling ballsy, you can instead use Eul's Scepter of Divinity as a substitute for boots (it only has 10 less movespeed than Power Treads) - it will give you the ability to CC a foe or render yourself invulnerable briefly.

Mjollnir is the best orb you can get on Arc Warden - it also fits his hero theme. Getting this item will cover your main weaknesses: (1) mobbing/AoE farming and (2) low attack speed. You will be able to use Static Charge on each of your incarnations as well. After this item, pick up Daedalus to make your damage skyrocket (incarnations can critically strike as well). Next, you'll want to pick up Manta Style to multiply your auto-attack potential and give you an invulnerability active. The 5th and 6th item choices depend on where you are in the game - if there aren't many initiators and disablers on the enemy team, you can purchase Refresher Orb over Black King Bar. Refresher Orb is usually picked up by casters who use spells, so you don't necessarily have to get it. Your incarnations cannot use the item, so your main use with it will be to refresh Magnetic Field and more importantly Tempest Double. When combining both your ultimate with this item, your army will consist of Zet, 2 incarnations, 2 illusions of Zet, and 4 illusions of the incarnations - a good total of 9 auto-attacking units. Finally, you can finish with Black King Bar, making your primary 3 units resilient to magic damage and disables. As general advice, you'll want to keep Zet behind his incarnations and illusions to make it harder for melee foes to close the gap.

Dagon


Pick 1 Seventh Item:

In the very rare case that you'll be 6 slotted with Refresher Orb and the other items in late-late game, you'll have the possibility of buying a personal Flying Courier to switch out your Refresher Orb for 160 seconds while you use another item to make use of your slots. I recommend picking any one of these 3 items, which are also listed down below in the 'Alternative Items' section. Pick Orchid Malevolence for Silence / Magic Amplification, Scythe of Vyse for Hex, or Eye of Skadi for Slowing Auto-Attacks.

Pick 1 Seventh Item:

In the very rare case that you'll be 6 slotted with Refresher Orb and the other items in late-late game, you'll have the possibility of buying a personal Flying Courier to switch out your Refresher Orb for 160 seconds while you use another item to make use of your slots. While many carry builds do not get this opportunity, I recommend picking any one of these 4 items, which are also listed down below in the 'Alternative Items' section. Pick Assault Cuirass for Armor / Attack Speed, Monkey King Bar for Guaranteed Attacks, Butterfly for Evasion, or Satanic for Lifesteal.

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Role:Support/Utility

Zet is pretty slow with a base movespeed of 295. Usually, the team'ssupport,initiator, organker will pick this item up. In most cases, you won't need this item since you might pick up Shadow Blade instead. The active is simple to use - the static 5% movespeed bonus doubles when charges are used.

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Role:Initiator/Utility

You won't need this on Zet in most cases. He's not the type of hero whoinitiates teamfights, but stays together with teammates and pushes with them. If your whole team is running Blink Dagger, maybe then I would take it. But I would probably only pick this up in 1 out of 50 games. As a nifty trick, you can use this item to hide among trees in the top or bottom lanes.

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Role:Support/Initiator

This item will have more uses than Blink Dagger. You can go over impassable terrain with this or help teammates do the same. If used offensively, Force Staff can push an enemy hero away from his team, allowing you to get the full duration of Flux off on them. If you're teaming together with a Bloodseeker, this item will amplify Rupture damage on an enemy hero. If used defensively, you can push one of your illusions during teamfights to trick opponents into focusing it.

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Role:Support/Utility

This is an item I would rarely get on Zet - the reason being that Mekansm applies a debuff to whoever it healed which prevents successive heal casts from working. If you face against an Undying or Legion Commander, they'll generally be able to counter your pushing armies. Mekansm is a possible counteraction to keep your incarnations and spawns healed. You just have to wait 25 seconds before you can use Mekansm again - tough luck for incarnations since they only last 20 seconds...

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Role:Nuker/Roamer

Zet can really benefit from this item, especially in the case of disengaging. If I had to pick, I would use this over Blink Dagger or Force Staff for ganking and escaping. Sentry Ward will counter your ganks that use Shadow Blade, so it is vital that yoursupport ward and counter-ward throughout the game. Don't buy this item if there's a Slardar or Bounty Hunter on the enemy roster.

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Role:Durable/Support

Usually, yoursupport orinitiator will include this in their build. The active will not stack on itself, but you may dovetail the effect for your army every 10 seconds for a 20 or 30 second spell shield. Against multiple spammers like Zeus, Death Prophet, or Necrophos, you may consider getting this. The stat bonuses are solely defensive, so I would formulate all offensive items around this item.

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Role:Disabler/Nuker

Using this item as anuker will require that you know how to output all your nukes ( Flux, Spark Wraith, and Dagon) within the 5 - 10 second period. This item is great against bursty mages like Lina or Tinker, regardless of whether you gonuker orcarry. The 150% mana regen from this item will allow Zet to cast Spark Wraith whenever it's off cooldown, without worry of exhausting mana.

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Role:Durable/Support

This item may be preferred over Black King Bar for its more beneficial attributes. If timed correctly and positioned well, Zet may use "Transfer Spellblock" from one or two of his incarnations on HIMSELF. This will effectively give him 2 - 3 successive spell block instances. If going against a pesky Rubick, Linken's Sphere will prevent him from stealing spells from you, particularly Tempest Double. This item will also block Orchid Malevolence or Scythe of Vyse effects from affecting you.

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Role:Disabler/Support

Seeing as some of Zet's playstyle is quite similar to Tinker, Scythe of Vyse is a great item to build. Together with Tempest Double and Refresher Orb, you can keep a target hexed for a whopping 14 seconds. The order of casting would be 1st hex, Tempest Double, 2nd hex, Refresher Orb, 1st hex again, Tempest Double, and 3rd hex. This combo also works with Orchid Malevolence, but I would only pick one of these items if you're looking for an extra disable. Scythe of Vyse is more on the defensive side than the offensive side, so it will keep Phantom Assassin or Tidehunter helpless for a whole teamfight.

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Role:Disabler

Eye of Skadi is a fine alternative to Mjollnir as a carry, especially if your team lacks CC. Together with Flux, you can keep an enemy target pinned down without having to stun them. It is quite redundant to buy this together with Rod of Atos or Shiva's Guard, so don't make the mistake. Eye of Skadi works excellently on kite-able heroes like Ursa or Wraith King, so reconsider if you're facing a ranged-only team. Keep in mind that the orb effects of this will stack together with Mjollnir and Satanic, but remember that you usually only need one orb.

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Role:Support/Nuker

This item is a cheaper alternative to Orchid Malevolence, but it will only amplify your magic damage. The duration is longer and it affects multiple enemies, but your auto-attacks won't deal extra damage. Zet will only use this item in tandem with Flux, Spark Wraith, and Dagon. I don't picture this item as being a keeper for the late game. Usually, strength or intelligence casters with AoE magic damage will pick up this item - this is probably an oddity for Zet.

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Role:Durable/Disabler

Bulky strength casters like Timbersaw or Undying will generally pick this item up instead of Zet. Using the AoE slow active feels very similar to using the active on Veil of Discord. Shiva's Guard will give you an awesome amount of armor, but the intelligence isn't too important. As a caster alternative to Eye of Skadi that gives armor, you'll generally pick this up against an Ursa or Wraith King.

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Role:Disabler/Nuker

There are upsides and downsides to getting this item. Since Ethereal Blade modifies any spell damage you deal based on Zet's agility, Zet must have a considerable amount of agility to make this item solid for him. But the reality is that his agility disappoints. The upside to this item is that not only will it fully disable an auto-attacker, but it will render you and your incarnations immune to physical damage. It's sort of like combining Eul's Scepter of Divinity on yourself and Scythe of Vyse on an enemy. If you have an allied Lina or Skywrath Mage going against an enemy Troll Warlord or Clinkz, this item is golden.

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Role:Durable

While more of an early game item, you'll generally make use of the active after level 6. This is because you want your Tempest Double incarnation to cast the debuff on your target, debuffing itself in the process. I recommend using this item against Sven, Dragon Knight, Timbersaw, or Visage to soften them up. You should replace Medallion of Courage later on however, perhaps with Desolator or Assault Cuirass.

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Role:Carry/Utility

If you plan on doing a bit of jungling mid-game, take this item together with Hand of Midas. The active attack speed synergizes very well with Magnetic Field, and the damage debuff is patched up with the field's evasion. The problem with this item is that it doesn't provide you with damage, so you should immediately build Crystalys after this. One thing to remember is that the lifesteal of Mask of Madness will stack with the slow from Eye of Skadi, if you plan on making that your primary orb later on.

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Role:Disabler/Durable

Heaven's Halberd is a very situational item on Zet for a couple reasons - his strength growth is not too bad and the evasion from Magnetic Field will override the item's evasion bonus. Typically, this will be more of a defensive purchase against hard-carry auto-attackers, like Faceless Void or Phantom Assassin. Come time for battle, use the active on this item to disarm them and disable their physical attacks.

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Role:Disabler/Utility

For Zet, Sange and Yasha is kind of a mix between Heaven's Halberd and Manta Style. It gives a maiming chance as well as a percentage movement speed boost. Keep in mind that the movement speed bonus will NOT stack with Manta Style. If you're falling behind on farm in a game, you may consider this item as a cheap attack modifier with decent stat bonuses.

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Role:Carry

In the original DotA, many players preferred this item as the orb of choice. It gives a flat damage bonus of 60 plus an armor reduction debuff of 7. My issue with Desolator is the fact that successive auto-attacks (on an illusion hero like Zet) will not do much but refresh the same debuff. Mjollnir on the other hand, will fix your mobbing problems and have an RNG burst proc on every attack. Considering this, you may make your own decision.

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Role:Carry

Radiance is a somewhat good item for Zet, as his incarnations will generate a damaging aura of their own. Dealing 50 damage per second, an incarnation will generate a total damage output of 1000 area damage in its maximum period of 20 seconds. A common misconception of Radiance is that multiple auras will stack; this is only the case between different heroes. With Zet's incarnations, the goal will solely be to expand your Radiance effect area since this is true. Pick this item together with Mjollnir if you need to eliminate some Phantom Lancer illusions.

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Role:Durable/Utility

This is a common item for heroes who have tanky health pools. As Zet, you should purchase this item if (1) you face against many enemy auto-attackers, (2) your team has at least 1 or 2 auto-attackers who can benefit too, and (3) no one on your team will buy this. Assault Cuirass will work greatly together with Magnetic Field, also supplementing your low base armor. Many players tend to purchase this in tandem with Desolator, but you don't necessarily need to do the same on Zet.

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Role:Carry/Disabler

You will need this as a counter-item against dodgers like Brewmaster, Phantom Assassin, and Windranger OR blinders like Night Stalker, Riki, Troll Warlord, and Broodmother. Also make note of when your enemies buy this to counter your evasion ( Magnetic Field). 'True Strike' will also enable you to push more effectively against tier 3 towers, since they're uphill. Your incarnations will also make good use of the Mini-Bash, since you'll never take Abyssal Blade.

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Role:Carry/Durable

Satanic is most useful when facing enemies who lacks upfront burst damage. Certain heroes who display constant stable damage include Dragon Knight, Bristleback, or Abaddon. I would consider this item to to be the mature big brother to Mask of Madness - not only does it give you armor and strength, but also an active lifesteal boost which can be renewed by Refresher Orb. Using this active together with Magnetic Field will give you vital clutch heals to sustain you in a teamfight.

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Role:Carry/Durable

Although this item is usually picked up on ranged auto-attackers without defensive mechanisms, it is a bit redundant to get this on Zet because of successive Magnetic Field casting. A 100% evasion buff trumps a 35% evasion item, so you'll pretty much be getting 30 damage, attack speed, and agility. These are stats that you will always receive from Power Treads and Manta Style, so I wouldn't worry about getting Butterfly.

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I will not go in-depth into explaining why these items aren't good on Zet - they are pretty self-explanatory. I've divided these items into 5 groups individually ordered by pricing: UTILITY, MAGIC, DEFENSE, OFFENSE, and ATTACK MODIFIERS. DON'T buy these items:

As aGeneral Laner, your 6 most important tasks to perform are:
(1) FARMING - this is the best thing you can do to grow in power and overtake your enemy; you must master the art of last hitting everything, with a priority to catapults.
(2) PUSHING - once you reach level 6, this will become a vitally important task that will make it possible for you to benefit the whole team; if you have invisibility on hand, split pushing will frustrate the enemy and allow your teammates to claim other objectives.
(3) DEFENDING - since one of the skills in your kit allows for the defending of buildings, you must treat it importantly; you must defend your tower as a Treant Protector would his.
(4) HARASSING - you must do whatever you can to inconvenience and make your lane opponent fear you; keeping wraiths around narrow pathways will make opponents think before they step near your grounds.
(5) KILLING - even though farming is your ideal source of income, you must look for ways to gain the advantage by killing; as Zet, you can easily overpower enemy auto-attackers with great burst and smart counter-attacking.
(6) BUFFING - if you reside in middle lane, it is mandatory that you watch your clock every 2 minutes and steal the rune before your opponent can.

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{DAMAGE}

Role:Nuker 2X Damage for 45 Sec.

This is Zet's absolutely favorite rune as an auto-attacker. The rune is the only one in the game which will affect your incarnations and amplify their damage if they were around the 500 AoE radius of the rune spot. I highly recommend picking up a Bottle if your teammates will let you obtain this rune. Double Damage only enhances base damage and attribute increased damage for 45 seconds.

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{HEALING}

Role:Support 100 HP per Second and 67 MP per Second for 30 Sec.

This rune functions like Bottle healing. If you don't take any damage for the entire duration, you will be healed for 3000 Health and 2010 Mana. This rune will really give you an advantage against adversaries in lane - you can also bottle it for an excellent clutch heal. Regeneration lasts for 30 seconds.

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{ILLUSIONS}

Role:Support/Utility 2 Illusions for 75 Sec.

This rune doesn't only have one good use. It will spawn 2 illusions of yourself that deal 35% Damage and take 300% Damage. If you acquire this rune in the early game, it's best used as a tool of trickery against your opponents. Once you scale into the late game, you should use it offensively (since it essentially gives you a 70% Damage boost). Illusions last for 75 seconds.

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{HASTE}

Role:Roamer/Utility 522 MS for 30 Sec.

For Zet, this is a fine rune. When combined with Flux, no enemy can escape you without help. In the later stages of the game, I would recommend not getting this rune as it makes you stand out in front of your illusions. But you may use it as an escaping tool nonetheless. The rune will boost your movement speed from 295 (at the lowest) to 522 (the maximum) for 30 seconds.

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{STEALTH}

Role:Ganker/Utility Invisibility for 45 Sec.

Since Zet isn't necessarily a ganker with stuns, this might not benefit him too well. If you're cornered in the river, you should take it still. The fade time for this stealth is 1 second. You can consume 1 Bottle charge without breaking the invisibility. If you attack, use spells, or use items, the invisibility will expire. Stealth lasts for 45 seconds.

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When mainly observing the attribute types of DotA heroes, there are three distinct classes of heroes:

(1) Heroes who counter the next countered attribute, moving clockwise in the Combat Triangle (->->->) - examples include Huskar, Pudge, or Night Stalker for Strength; Zeus, Tinker, or Lion for Intelligence; and Drow Ranger, Troll Warlord, or Terrorblade for Agility.

(2) Heroes who counter the previous countering attribute, moving counter-clockwise in the Combat Triangle (->->->) - examples include Tiny, Legion Commander, or Axe for Strength; Enigma, Necrophos, or Death Prophet for Intelligence; and Anti-Mage, Riki, or Nyx Assassin for Agility.

(3) Heroes who counter the exact same attribute as them, countering their own respective teams in the Combat Triangle (->,->,->) - examples include Phoenix, Lifestealer, or Undying for Strength; Silencer, Rubick, or Pugna for Intelligence; and Bounty Hunter, Faceless Void, or Phantom Assassin for Agility.

Zet counters certainCarries and certainGankers who are vulnerable to invisibility homing, magical damage over time, and small rapid barrages of physical attacks. He also wrecks enemies who can only focus 1 target, enemies who have inherent orb effects, and melee enemies who can be easily kited around. He can destroy enemy shields from a safe distance with Flux and set up Spark Wraith traps for those who like to gank from inconspicuous angles. Here's the list:







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There are many heroes who Zet doesn't counter or isn't necessarily countered by. The matchup outcome then depends on items and individual player skill. Here's the list:

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Zet can be countered by heroes who have tremendous unit control, heroes who deal more damage around more units, and heroes who can kill illusions easily. He is quite vulnerable to burst magical damage and focused AoE nukes. Certain heroes who can possess his incarnations and summons will also have an advantage against him. Here's the list:











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Aggro - short for "Aggravation" or "Aggression", which is the aggressive interest or attention of an enemy creep, hero, or tower towards you. In some cases, spells or abilities which taunt these units to attack you are said to generate 'Aggro'.

AoE - the abbreviation of "Area of Effect", which describes spells that affect more than 1 target within a determined fixed or dynamic radius.

B - the abbreviation of "Back", which is used to signal the team to retreat and fall back to a safer position.

BD - the abbreviation of "Backdoor", which is the act of sneaking around an enemy area and attacking the enemy's structures without the support of allied lane creeps.

BKB - the abbreviation of Black King Bar, an item which provides 'Avatar'.

Buff (in-game) - the term used to describe a positive status effect acquired by the player through means of using a skill, obtaining a power-up, or leveling up.

Buff (out-of-game) - the act of changing the game to increase the desirability or impact of a selected game element, generally if it is imbalanced (this only refers to the action performed by game developers).

Carry - the term used to describe heroes or avatars who start out very weak in the early game stage and later obtain the greatest attributes as the game progresses.

CC - the abbreviation of "Crowd Control", which refers to the skill effect of limiting the opposition's fighting activity in battle. Examples of this would be a Slow, Ensnare, Stun, Knockback, Polymorph, or Sleep.

CD - the abbreviation of "Cooldown", which refers to the wait time before an item or spell can be used again.

Comp - short for "Team Composition", which is the combined roster of enemy heroes and avatars on the opposing team. "Matchup" is also a common synonym for the individual or combined relationships between allies and foes.

DD - the abbreviation of "Double Damage", which is generally used to signal the team when a player acquires a damage rune or uses a buff.

Deny - the act of preventing enemy heroes from killing an allied creep by killing them yourself when they are below 50% health.

DoT - the abbreviation of "Damage over Time", which describes spells that distribute damage over a period of time rather than in an instant case.

Farm - the act of killing monsters/creeps for gold, experience, and other resources.

FB - the abbreviation of "First Blood", which is the first hero kill of a game.

Feed - the act of playing carelessly and dying repeatedly to benefit the enemy team in receiving gold, experience, and other resources.

Gank - the act of setting an ambush or moving around the map to kill enemies who are at a numbers disadvantage.

GG - the abbreviation of "Good Game", which is typically used at the end of a game to display good sportsmanship, acknowledge defeat, or praise others for their skills.

HoT - the abbreviation of "Healing over Time", which describes spells that restore health over a period of time rather than in an instant case.

Juke - the act of faking out an enemy to dodge or disjoint an incoming attack or spell.

Kite - the act of dealing damage to an enemy while keeping a safe distance through disabling them or using other methods.

KS - the abbreviation of "Kill Stealing", which is the act of disrupting a fight and claiming the last hit on an enemy kill that would have been another player's kill.

Micro - short for "Micromanagement", which is the act of handling numerous minor gameplay elements in addition to the primary one; the most common form of DotA micromanagement is the act of controlling multiple units at once.

MKB - the abbreviation of Monkey King Bar, an item which provides 'Mini-Bash' and 'True Strike'.

Nerf - the act of changing the game to reduce the desirability or impact of a selected game element, generally if it is imbalanced (this only refers to the action performed by game developers).

OMW - the abbreviation of "On My Way" which is used by a player to signal their movement toward an individual player, the team, or an objective.

OoM - the abbreviation of "Out of Mana", which is used to signal the team about a player's inability to cast spells that require the mana resource.

OP - the abbreviation of "Overpowered", which generally denotes when a game element is too strong and imbalanced.

Orb - another term for special modifiers which alter the attacks of the player's hero or avatar.

Peel - the act of intercepting, disabling, and removing an enemy player or creep off of an ally (usually when they play as a squishy character).

Ping - the term used to describe the network latency between the game server and the player's computer.

Port - short for "Teleport", which is the act of transferring either to the base or a different location on the map.

Proc - short for "Procedure" and "Programmed Random OCcurrence", which refers to an item or ability which will grant a chance for a certain effect, such as a slow or a stun.

Pub - short for "Public Game", which is a casual randomly-assembled game where players often do not know each other.

Pull - the act of luring a jungle creep to start combat or to distract your allied creeps from proceeding.

Push - the act of aggressively killing enemy creep waves while rallying your allied creep waves together to clear towers and enemy buildings.

Rax - short for "Barracks", which refers to the building that is responsible for imbuing power to lane creeps.

Salt - the term used to describe the expressed feelings of bitterness, rage, hostility, or loss of a player or team in a mocking or demeaning way. The adjective "Salty" may be used synonymously with the meme insult You Mad?.

Tank - the term used to describe a hero or unit who can absorb large amounts of damage through mitigation, evasion, misdirection, or health regeneration.

UP - the abbreviation of "Underpowered", which generally denotes when a game element is too weak and imbalanced.

Wipe - the term used to describe the situation when a whole team is killed and forced to wait on the respawn timer simultaneously.

Zone - the act of controlling the positions of your allies and enemies by pushing or intimidating enemies away.

Also refer to Curse-Gamepedia's Glossary if you'd like to know more about these terms.

Clarity, Tango, and Bottle will lose their restoration effects if you are attacked for more than 20 damage. HP removal spells will not remove restoration effects from you. These spells are Urn of Shadows, Soul Rip, Wave of Terror, Rupture, Sunder, Nightmare, Fatal Bonds, and Heartstopper Aura.

Urn of Shadows will lose its healing effect if you are attacked by any hero or tower for any amount of damage.

Bottle pumping is a unique trick which will allow you to heal much faster at your fountain. Since the Bottle refills automatically when you stand in fountain range, you'll never lose charges there and you can spam its active use.

Smoke of Deceit gives 15% movement speed and invisibility, as long as you don't attack or move within 1025 range of an enemy hero or tower. You can still cast Flux, Magnetic Field, Spark Wraith, or Dagon without breaking the effects.

While you aren't necessarily aroamer, it is still a good idea to carry a Town Portal Scroll on you in the early game, just in case you need to assist your allies. On a side note, Town Portal Scroll will break the Ghost Form of Ghost Scepter or Ethereal Blade.

Quelling Blade is a useful item to buy if you face off against an enemy Nature's Prophet or Timbersaw. This will allow you to break free from Sprout or cut nearby lone trees to prevent Timbersaw from chasing you with Timber Chain. Additionally, the active component of Quelling Blade can be used to destroy Observer Ward.

Ghost Scepter, Ethereal Blade, and Eul's Scepter of Divinity can be used to provide physical invulnerability (even at the enemy fountain). Since they prevent you from getting hit by auto-attackers, you can combo their use together with Blink Dagger after 3 seconds of taking no damage. You can still cast spells or use other items while in this form.

Boots of Travel shares a cooldown with Town Portal Scroll. If you double-click the item, you'll automatically teleport to your fountain. Using Shadow Blade during channeling will not cancel the teleportation.

Try not to buy Mekansm if there are already 2 of them in your allied team's inventories. Whenever you or another teammate heals allies with this item, there will be a 25 second debuff that will not allow you to heal them again until it expires.

The active cast of Force Staff will break channeling spells such as Town Portal Scroll, Echo Stomp, Epicenter, Freezing Field, Powershot, Shackles, Rearm, Teleportation, Illuminate, Fiend's Grip, Mana Drain, Death Ward, Black Hole, Upheaval, or Life Drain. It will also break an ally out of Telekinesis if used on them.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity can either be used on yourself or enemy heroes. You can utilize this active to reset tower aggro, interrupt spells, or avoid disables.

Refresher Orb works similarly to Tinker's Rearm in that it will not refresh the following active items: Bottle, Arcane Boots, Helm of the Dominator, Hand of Midas, Necronomicon, Black King Bar, and Linken's Sphere.

Scythe of Vyse will not only hex a target, but it will disable damage block, evasion, and experience gain for 3.5 seconds. It will also destroy illusions instantly.

Creep Blocking is a technique used to make the pushing equilibrium of a lane lean towards your allied side. It is performed by physically blocking the path of your creeps so that they are stalled from reaching the middle of the lane.

If you aggro an enemy tower when pushing, attack an allied creep with 50% or less health to reset the enemy tower's target.

There are certain heroes who can avoid the damage from Spark Wraith by using a magic immunity skill, illusion skill, or a skill which hides them for a period of time. These heroes are: Omniknight, Huskar, Brewmaster, Tusk, Earth Spirit, Phoenix, Lifestealer, Chaos Knight, Anti-Mage, Juggernaut, Morphling, Naga Siren, Ember Spirit, Faceless Void, Puck, Storm Spirit, Queen of Pain, Dazzle, Outworld Devourer, or Shadow Demon.

While Spark Wraith works similarly to Homing Missile, it does one thing that Homing Missile cannot do: hit invisible units. This makes it more similar to traps like Static Remnant and Land Mines. This means Spark Wraith will still damage and home in on heroes such as Brewmaster, Treant Protector, Sand King, Mirana, Phantom Lancer, Riki, Templar Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Clinkz, Broodmother, Weaver, Nyx Assassin, or Invoker when invisible. It is currently unknown if Spark Wraith can hit a Slark in Shadow Dance.