Dota (Art of War)

First thing you need to do in playing Dota;
* If your a beginner, always remember the attribute of your hero. Strength, Agility and intelligence are the three main type attributes of your hero. Actually you will know if your hero is a strength type or agility based on which stat is the highest.

* In 5v5 game your money will basically start at 600 gold make sure to buy basic items. Basic items include ironwood branch-it gives +1 to all stats, boots of speed-it increases the movement speed to +50 but i don't prefer buying boots of speed in 5v5 game since it cost 500 gold.

* Some items combined together make more powerful items. These combinations are called recipes. Later in the game you will start buying recipes, which are found at the other shops. To get these items, you must buy all the items listed in the description. If the recipe does not cost gold, it means that you just need to accumulate the items in the description, and you don't need to buy the recipe itself. A recipe's power is dictated by the shop it is found in. Going from weakest to strongest, these shops are: the Human Peasant shop, Orc Peon shop, Night Elf Wisp shop, and Undead Acolyte shop.

* Null talisman good for int hero as basic item.




* Bracer good for strength type hero as basic item.





* Wraith band for agi type basic item.

*Avoid wasting your abilities on creeps. Use your skills on heroes to weaken them, and then call for a gank, or gang kill, where your teammate(s) will come from behind them and you will both attack, and hopefully kill the enemy. When an enemy is killed, they lose gold, and you can gain it.

* You will gain experience point when you will able to kill a creeps or you are near a killed creeps.

* Experience point are necessary for your hero to level up. Once you level up you have the privilege to choose one skill every level.

*If your hero is still weak or does not have any strong items do not focus on killing opposing heros, thus focus on destroying towers and killing creeps

* Practice makes perfect. Be aware of the map , study the capabilities of your hero and its limitation.