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i need some advice b/c im getting my ass kicked every game
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I hear that green butter guy plays but he's banned now

Reis posted...

I hear that green butter guy plays but he's banned now

i miss that jreat JameFAQs.Jamespot.com poster
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I play League of Legends. Theyre basically the same thing right?
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Alpha218 posted...

I play League of Legends. Theyre basically the same thing right?

no, i have found the hard way that nearly none of my LoL skills are transferrable to dota 2
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As someone who was a top dawg badass in DotA and LoL, the games are almost nothing alike.

DotA skills carry over to LoL but not the other way around.

Learning to last hit and deny are priorities.

Spacing at all times is incredibly important. Avoiding damage in the laning phase is paramount because it leads to dying or getting bullied out of lane.

The best tip is 'try to avoid dying'. If you play in a way that ensures you minimize deaths while contributing to the game, you will improve immediately.
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@Ilishe

- for items should i be focusing more on their active/passives rather than the stat boosts they give my character (i.e. +10 agility)?

- should i be using my abilities to harass in lane or save them for making moves? i played last night and i had guys yelling at me to use abilities more but the CDs are so incredibly long and they use so much mana
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Honestly there are so many heroes with different playstyles that it's impossible to answer that question.

If you can spam, you spam. If you can't, you don't.

Let's take Iunno, Lina. Now bear in mind I haven't played DotA in a long ass time.

She used to have a shockwave ability and an aoe stun. You level them stun, wave, wave.

You try and get a stun out if it will mean landing a few hits on the enemy as well, or if your lane mate can chain with another stun, like Sven with his hammer.

You wave when it will catch a CS or two and one or two heroes. If you're playing support to a carry, you don't CS anything they can reasonably take.

If the enemy has some form of easy hp regen you don't play the long game whittling them down, instead focusing on a bit of harass before going in for the kill.

You're never at full mana because it's a waste of mana regen, but always have enough for at least one stun.

When I played a typical starting build was branches, tangos, maybe a courier or a plus 3 item.

For build, just consult a relevant guide, there's tons now.
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My pro strat was to take Io, ult a teammate on top of a mountain and then detach from them so theyd be stranded
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