The latest changes to DOTA Allstars in version 6.50 are as follows:

DotA All-Stars Version 6.50 Hero Changes

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

From the change log: (Italics are my own comments)

• Removed manacost on Mana Shield activation - Medusa
• Changed Leap’s cooldown to scale with levels - Mirana
• Improved Juggernaut’s movement speed - LOL!
• Implemented a better silencing mechanism in the Black Hole area to prevent spell execution regardless of cast animation time - Enigma
• Lowered Drow Ranger’s Agility gain per level
• Changed Drow Ranger’s Marksmanship ultimate
• Increased Morphling’s base damage
• Macropyre’s cooldown no longer increases per level - Jakiro’s Ulti
• Added an extra bounce to Chain Frost - Lich… NOT NECESSARY!
• Reduced Sprint’s damage amplification - Slardar
• Increased Maledict’s area of effect by 15 - Witch Doctor
• Changed Spectre’s Dispersion
• Redesigned Visage

How to Play Dwarven Sniper
by MaxQ

Do you feel like being Rambo? Then you should choose Sniper be your hero. He is all about killing from a great distance with deadly accuracy. Headshots, criticals, you name it Sniper has it all. You just have to adopt the right play style and buy the adeqvate items and your suited for the massacre.

Kardel Sharpeye - The Dwarven Sniper

This hero is suited for damage dealing and killing many and fast. No chit chat they wont even see you coming or shooting but they will feel you in the game for sure when they start falling (apart :P).

He is all about agility, so more agility means more damage, more critical hits, and faster attack rate. This is just awesome.

Headshot “The shot deals bonus damage and stuns for a short period of time”, well i must this will be your primary spell that you will have to lvl up early in game at lvl 4 it will deal 50 bonus damage, “in 40% of time”, and 0.2 second stun. So this way you can easily disarm any opponent you may encounter. And if you have a Sange/Yasha and a Crystalis to aid you in critical and speed … then you wont have any problem at all. Don’t forget this is a passive skill.

Take Aim This is another passive spell which will enhance the range of Kardel`s rifle by 220 range at lvl 4, this way you can keep on shooting them from far back, but they wont be able to touch you lol, the noobs.

Scatter Shot (C) “Fires a ball full of shrapnel into the air, which promptly explodes, showering the target area in explosive pellets, each doing 10-25 physical damage in a 200 area of effect. Deals damage to buildings. Cast range of around 750. 1 second cast time.” Well this spell is very useful to if they are many heroes in one place because this deals damage in a huge area. This spell is most useful for farming, i must say. But you can experiment and see which spell works best for you. At lvl 4 there will be 20 Pellets and don’t forget these deal piercing damage. The cooldown is ok 12 seconds but mana cost is 120.

Now …..3…..2….1….. tadadada…!

Your Ultimate Assassinate (T) “Take time to aim, and then deal a large amount of damage to the target at a huge range. ” at level 3 this deals 655 damage at an astonishing 2500 range, it has 1.5 seconds casting time. Take care because this will need mana, 375 it is, but only 12 seconds cooldown, so you can hunt them down fast.

Try to get items that will give you critical and damage so you only need 1 shot to kill ‘em. You should constantly watch the battlefield and buy boots of travel, this way you can teleport fast near any low hp enemy hero and TAKE HIM DOWN. p.s. check back soon.

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How to play Death Prophet in DOTA, a mini-guide by MaxQ

This is one hero that i like very much playing with. Primary is intelligence but as i always say don’t forget to buy some strength so you have a little bit more health, that way you have few more seconds to deal damage or if necessary run away.

Silence (E) “Stops all enemies in a target area from casting spells.” This spell is very useful i must say but for me it ain’t worth spending point early in game, you can let it for the end. At lvl 4 silence lasts 6 seconds for a mana cost of 80 and only 15 seconds cooldown.

Carrion Swarm (R) “Sends a horde of bats to damage enemies.” Now this is what i must call a primary spell you will and must use this as many times as you can this is your damage dealing ability. At lvl 4 it deals 300 damage per unit, has 165 mana cost but only OMG 9 seconds cooldown. If you have mana, than you have kills :P.

Witchcraft (C) “Increases the potency of each of Krobelus’ s spells.” This is a passive spell which will reduce Carrion Swarm mana cost by 20, Cooldown by 4 seconds; Silence, mana cost reduced to 50; Exorcism +4 Spirit; Base movespeed becomes 302. You must lvl this one up early together with carrion swarm.

And finally Exorcism (X) Your ultimate spell. “Unleashes evil spirits to attack your enemies.” At lvl 3 it Summons 16 evil spirits. (+4 from witchcraft if you lvl it up) for 400 mana and has 120 seconds cooldown.

And if you buy at least Shiva’s Guard (i like this one) or either Orchid Malevolence you will be just fine through the game. You also should consider buying Bloodstone, because you will be killing lots of heroes.

Raigor Stonehoof / Earthshaker (Kill a tonne of enemies in DOTA with a single wave)

Do you like strong heroes? Do you like having a lot of hp as well? Do you like dealing a lot of damage? Do you like stunning your enemies? … and so on. If you answered yes then this is your hero you must play with.

The earthshaker is one hack of a powerful hero, with strength being is primary attribute it will not only increase your damage but your health too. So keep in mind that you will deal damage and have plenty of life with it too.

A huge mistake that many players do is that they forget about intelligence, but you wont make that mistake because you will buy intelligence items to for this hero that way you can stun and cast powerful spells and after those you can still hit with that huge wooden totem from your back to finish your enemy off.

Let’s see what spells I’m talking about.

Fissure (F) “Slams the ground with the Raigor`s mighty totem, causing the ground of around 1000 range to crack in half in front of him, damaging opponents and leaving an impassible trail for 8 seconds.” Now this will be your most important spell, this is your primary spell, it will deal 275 damage and 1.75 second stun for a mana cost of 170 at lvl 4 and just 15 seconds cooldown. So you can cast this many times and within a huge range, just don’t forget you will need mana.

Enchant Totem (E) “Empowers the totem resting on Raigor` s back, causing it to deal extra damage on the next attack.” At lvl 4 you will deal 200% increased damage for a mana cost of 50 and has 8 seconds cooldown. This is a powerful spell to but i always lvl this one up in the end game, because i mostly use the spells.

Aftershock (A) “The power of Raigor casting a spell causes the earth to shake below him, dealing additional damage and stunning.” Now this is a good one to lvl up along side fissure because this spell is passive and will deal at lvl 4, 115 damage and 1.5 second stun after each spell, haha run if u can, not.

Echo Slam (C) Raigor’s Ultimate spell. “Raigor sends shockwaves shooting through the ground, dealing damage ricocheting to nearby targets for additional damage.” At lvl 3 it deals 350 initial damage and 65 echo damage. You must have 265 mana to cast this and it has 60 seconds cooldown.

Buy strength and intelligence items and maybe kelen’ s dagger of escape so you can get near your enemy faster.

By JiggerR

DOTA: When Ganks Go Wrong

In this video today, we see a DOTA noob trying he best to take down some kills on his own. What happens is a major gank! He ends up getting smashed by 3 hero’s as he is quickly taken down and pays the price for cruising the DOTA map alone.

Ezalor Guide - By MaxQ (maxq626@gmail.com)

Ezalor is an Intelligence hero, whom needs a huge amount of intelligence and so mana, your spells will drain but if you reach a precise amount of intelligence you wont need more because you have spell that will replenish you so you can buy some strength items to so you will not be an easy target, because we don’t want that… do we?

Your Primary spell must be Illuminate (T)”Channels a ball of positive energy, letting it build up 125 damage per second. When released, it damages all enemies in a line. The distance also improves with channeling time.” At lvl 4 it builds up for 5 seconds has a range of 915 forward and 350 left and right the waves lane. This is very powerful and has only 10 seconds cooldown. But the con. is that it costs 150 mana to cast that’s why i told you that you need mana and another annoying particularity is that it is channeled;

BUT if you don’t want to channel and build up more damage just cast the spell then move your hero that will cancel channeling the spell and cast it instantly, of course with less damage. Another “must have early” spell is Chakra Magic (C)”Channels chakras through a friendly unit, creating a surge of mana. Increases hit point regeneration for 30 seconds.”

Now at lvl 4 this spell will restore 360 mana and regenerate .6 hit points per second and gives an astonishing 28% damage increase. for the time being. It has only 10 seconds cooldown and a mana cost of 50, LOL. Check this out Illuminate, Chakra, Illuminate, Chakra …..huge damage, i don’t have to say more. Mana Leak (E)”Casts a powerful inhibiting magic on another unit. Should they cast a spell, a portion of their remaining mana leaks away. Lasts 22 seconds.” This is more a support spell which you can use occasionally on heroes with high damaging spells/ultimates to get rid of there mana pool. This cost 50 mana to cast again as the others and has 15 seconds cooldown. At lvl 4 80% of there mana leaks away, pfff… that’s more than annoying to them.

Ignis Fatuus (F) This is your ULTIMATE, and has a huge power.”Summons the Spirit of Light to assist the Sentinel. Can attack, liberate deceased units as allies, transport himself at will, and is difficult to hit. Lasts 90 seconds.” So this summons a ball of light that can teleport at will anywhere on the map has phase shift so its hard to hit but the important thing beside that it attacks is that it raises “souls” from corpses that are able to heal. You can make an army of healers, this is useful. It costs 400 mana has 600 hp and 35-46 damage.

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After a long long holiday and busy work hours i am back again and bringing you the best tips you need for dota allstars heroes and items, all the strategies are top shelf, but you will most likely find out for your self so just read on and come back for more. Let me just say a Happy good year and GL and HF for all. I will give you some tips for - WELCOME BACK MAXQ - We missed you!

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