Today our junior DOTA Allstars guest is the returning E S - JourneyManDeep. He discussed his way of playing Phantom Lancer and how to build him for speed, regen and splits.
The Real Strategy Guide for Phantom Lancer!
Read this guide carefully for it will be the most important PL guide you have ever heard or thought of.Phantom Lancer a great hero by any means, with his ability to turn from one hero to several in a matter of seconds I am often confused why he is used so incorrectly! Many noobs will try to use PL as a fast attacking mana burning maniac! This is incorrect! let me say again this is incorrect!
When using PL it is necessary to understand that he doesn’t need much damage or attack speed because he has 10 of him attacking one hero. This is the same as when you have 4 Meepo’s attacking one hero, understand? You get the same results! So here we go this is the secret to PL it is quite easy are you listening? It is to make him the strongest meat shield in the game!
How do we do this? With HEARTS, get at least 2 of these then if you must get manta style. Trust me on this one and there will be no ends to noobs crying for mercy and dropping off like flies!!!!
In todays DOTA post, we look at a DOTA video featuring Priestess of the Moon. This player uses the hero so well - many believed it was a DOTA map hack, however this purely just someone ‘owning’ with DOTA.
Check out some of the kills and look at when used right, Priestess of the Moon can be one of the best hero’s in DOTA.
Unlock Invoker in DOTA by CrispyCreme (netandlan@gmail.com)
You want maximum speed and a nice 100% crit strike rate in DOTA? Maybe linken sphere with a zero cooldown reset? Booya? This is classed as a DOTA Cheat / DOTA Hack so if you don’t wish to know more, then don’t watch this video embedded below on how to Unlock Invoker in DOTA 6.49
Morphling Strategy / Ownage and DOTA Noobs By JiggeR
Here’s a top DOTA video I wanted to display, here we see someone using Morphling and going into overdrive as he owns all heros in the game. The question here, are DOTA noobs and their early leaving tactics ruining true DOTA Allstars gaming?
It’s a big problem, but on the other side, we need to see more people joining DOTA or it will simply die off. Check out the video below and make up your own mind, you’ll see that as Morphling uses good strategy and gets heaps of kills, several of the DOTA players killed will leave the game.
How to Use Pudge in DOTA While we have spoken about Pudge before and given plenty of tips on superior hooks and mini ganks. Here in this DOTA video you will see raw Pudge pwnage as he screams around the DOTA map attacking anyone unsuspecting. Initially we questioned the game speed and felt some map hacking may have been used, but after checking with some DOTA experts such as Daniel Telford, aka Tubby and Matthew Hystek aka MatteR - they tend to feel this is just great usage of the hero Pudge. Check out the DOTA video below and give us your thoughts. Thanks to CrispyCreme for this article, and we encourage ALL our DOTA readers to send through their ideas, stories and DOTA tips to asutcliffe@gmail.com
Well Christmas has just passed for another year and DOTA Tips has drawn the winner of the LCD Monitor Giveaway!
With so many DOTA lovers in the draw, it’s a shame we can’t give more of these monitors away. Firstly, thank you to our sponsors! Both NRL news and John Chow websites provided traffic and support to be able to giveaway this prize.
Without further delay; the 22″ LCD Monitor goes to: Joel McQ alias ‘Jigger’
Joel has been a supporter of DOTA tips for over 6 months now, he has supplied ‘DOTA Artwork’ and images that we use regularly for our articles. Once again we would like to thank everyone who was in the draw and we especially want to thank the following list of contributors in recent months:
- MatterR - MaxQ - JourneyManDeep / e s - StrongHold
Of these posters, we are offering full time positions in 2008 to MatteR and MaxQ. Both are experienced in DOTA and will provide readers with great info, DOTA hints and advice.
Stay tuned for new forums and additional DOTA sections in 2008.
Here at DOTA Tips we have been trying to get this guy to post on our site for several months. One of the true masters of DOTA and able to play almost any hero in the game, ‘Matter’ has been a player since DOTA Allstars were born a few years ago. Today, he has been kind enough to chat about Dragon Knight and send us a game reply for Christmas!
Dragon Knight Ownage in DOTA that MatteRz!
By MatteR
In todays game ladies and gents (yes ladies do play this game, more then you think…) we had an -arem game. Apparently in DOTA, 11% are female players in BattleNet.
During this game our team was on the winning side, until they got cocky and started to chase them when the opponent was on low HP - so where did the opponent run to? to there team mates of course, getting the chases to chase them into an ambush, therefore getting ganked. the 2 of the players in our team where agueing and calling each other “YOU F&%KING NOOB!”, after a chase and unsuccessful kill, they both left at the same time, and the third player left has well.
Well it was an AR game but i was able to get one of my faverout characters, the one and only who can own all 5 players at once if the right items are bought. so using the 3 leaves items, i managed to get the battle fury, hyper stone, santanic, power treads and basher. let me tell you that we did eventually loose, not after i got a dominating set of kills :)here is the replay, and have a look at how the might dragon knight can own enjoy…
DOTA Guide: Abaddon - The Lorrd of Avernus by MaxQ
A great DOTA hero he was my first hero with whom i could put fear in any other enemy hero, when they saw me they just ran always. I will tell you why they ran like little roaches. Aba is a strength hero but very fast and versatile so it’s one to fear on the field. I always laugh when i see them running away. You can play different play stiles with this one you can either go on strength/agility/intelligence its our choice but i tell you this you will need MANA for sure whichever you choose.
The spell they fear, the spell that deal damage, the spell you should use is Aphotic Shield (T) Summons dark energies around an ally unit, creating a shield that absorbs a set amount of damage before expiring. When the shield is destroyed it will deal damage equal to the amount it absorbed to an area around it. If cast on self while using borrowed time, the damage you take will heal you. Removes certain types of negative buffs on cast. Lasts 20 seconds. At lvl 4 this will absorb and deal 275 damage in an area around itself, it costs 100 mana to cast and has 25 seconds cooldown. LVL this up fast.
VERY IMPORTANT USE THE SHIELD ALWAYS ON DOTA CREEPS only use it on yourself or your friendly heroes when needed. Creeps will be front line of battle and will absorb more damage in a lower time so you need the shield on the creeps at all times. When the enemy sees the shield he will retreat every time.
Death Coil (C) A coil of death that can damage an enemy unit or heal a friendly unit at the cost of his own life. Manacost decreases per level. This will heal or damage for 250 HP. Deals 125 HP to himself. This spell i always let to the endgame and lvl it up as last. I barely use it ever it wont do much healing or damage so you should leave this aside.
Frostmourne Abaddon strikes an enemy with Frostmourne’ s chilling power on each attack, causing all units who attack the slowed enemy to gain 10% increased movement speed, along with faster attack speed, for a limited time. This is a passive spell and is very useful you can lvl this up alongside with the shield. You will slow the enemy and attack faster very good. At lvl 4 you will have 40% increased attack speed, and slow enemy by 20%. hahaha
Your ultimate spell Borrowed Time When activated, most negative buffs will be removed and you will no longer take damage for the duration of the ability. If the ability is not in cooldown, it will passively activate when your hit points drop below 400. This spell is good when you don’t seem to have any more chance, no where to run, when it activates you can run fast and away, and when activated put shield on yourself that way the damage you take will actually heal you.
You can buy either strength intelligence and agility combinations, it depends on your play stile. Thanks for joining me, for the latest DOTA Allstars and DOTA Strategy Guide
DOTA: The Updated Carrier Crow (DOTA Carrier Pigeon / Messenger) by e s / JourneyManDeep
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS GATHER ROUND! Today and today only I will discuss with you the importance of the DOTA crow! Ever have that enemy get away with a mere 24 HP?
Ever wish there was a Zeus on your DOTA team because that lucky hero just keeps getting away with practically no HP whatsoever?
Well I’m here to tell you wish no more! With the new and improved CROW Icefrog has added a carrier that is faster than most heroes and invulnerable for short periods of time. These bonuses are better than almost any hero has in the game. Whats even better is that this carrier has mana capacity enough to use the BKB, and even better the Dagon! So wish no more about killing pesky opponents who get out of your reach with no HP!
The process for using this skill is very easy! Get a crow or vulture carrier and equip it with a dagon! Keep this carrier near the enemies base out of sight and reach! When that lucky hero gets out of your reach with no HP send in the Airforce to Dagon Him/Her! It is will bring you unmeasurable joy when the opponent starts the trash talking about juked, being a pro, or being just plain lucky when you swoop in and Bam-Animality! Dagon Death!
So to all those people who continually get away with no HP and think they are Pros! This piece is for you! Beware of the BIRD! Your luck has run out!
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Following on from yesterdays post and DOTA Strategy guide on Troll Warlord; our writer MaxQ has also uploaded a DOTA Video Game Replay of Troll in full swing. Its a W3G style replay. Simply click the link to download the full replay to hone your DOTA skills.
by E S (JourneyManDeep)
