Whoever you are, you are amazing. I've played LoL for a long time and wanted to try Dota because I heard there were less trolls. I had no idea what I was doing, so I quit. I thought I might as well try it again as I got much better at other MOBA's. I still had no idea what I was doing. I cme here and it is so much better Thank you!
Lol, stopping at the first minute: This is EXACTLY what happened to me!! I played one game, got lost, and never played it again. At the same time I tried to play lol, got trough the tutorial, and now 1,5 years later I am platinum and I love the league
About 1-2 years ago: Downloaded Dota2 -> Hit the play-find match button -> mash buttons -> died/died/died -> uninstalled -> never played again :P It's the kind of game that need to come with a book and a test :) Thank you for the great tutorial! Greatly appreciated greetings and all the best
@@gamernbdy No i am better than that I am John Snow Lord of Winterfell King In The Noth and Warden of the norh you can join me in battle or be consumed by evil when winter comes.
I was looking for something new to play and came across this via web. I want to thank you for taking the time and doing a video from people like me that are way behind the learning curve. Thank You and wonderful explanations
Wow, this guide is very good. I have been playing for about 20 hours and thought I knew the basics, but the game failed to mention a lot of stuff, such as exp being shared between surrounding players. I can't even skip anything because I might miss more gems.
This is the perfect beginners' guide. Covering all basic necessities without touching on complex and confusing portions. Those can be learned while playing. Thanks! Appreciate it.
Hey Magicman Chris here, I wanna say thanks for the #USEFULL Dota2 Guide, WELLDONE and WELL NARRATED! I have only been playing "Smite" my 1st Moba for about 10 days give or take a 2! Dota2 seem'd harder to play! I find Smite easier'ish at first lol! I find it enjoying and fun, I never tried any games like SMite/Dota2 untill recently I have mostly played WoW (World of Warcraft) as a Pvp;Officer and raider for my guild for quite some years !! Took a break for 5 months now from the game! Anywho thanks for the Guide, Makes lots of since now.. Welldone and GG
I've put about 138 hours into it so far (which I know isn't much for a moba) and my main gripe is how sluggish heroes feel. They feel like they react really slow to a click or cast half the time. Not like lag slow, but more so you tell someone something then they take a second to process a though then proceed to do it. I guess after playing league for about 5 years I'm use to instant movement and reaction time
I was with my friend and his gaming friends i didn't know.....they were all guys and they were being so mean (minus my friend of course)..... I am getting better tho!
Interesting. I started programmeing from your videos in unity, and now I return to your videos 1.5 years later. I remembered your name because your name. Thanks for starting my hopeful future
You should have stopped at "...your team will yell at you" as to when you leave the game. Sorry, kiddies, games are meant to be fun- yelling at people and proving your immaturity ruins the experience for mature players who understand winning isn't fun- enjoying the game is, win or lose. The DOTA 2 community (as with all the MOBAs) have established their childlike reputation and hostile immaturity, and have driven away legions of possible players. Last thing I need is someone more than half my age screaming at me for *their* perceived "only way" to play the game- as if they never had a first game. Nope. As much as I like the game, the community drove me away with their poor attitude and incivility.
Watching the chat in the beginning of the video already made me not want to play this, game looks ok but I'm not willing to play with communities like this.
Jaym Esch You got a really good point there. I have been playing Dota 2 for the past 2 years (or ~1600 hours if you were to believe Steam) and so far the one thing that really drives me to stop playing for a couple days up to a month is the community. The game is fun, up to the point where two other people start yelling at you in russion while a third consistenly spams "report him" in the chat. It's gotten to the point where the first thing you learn in every guide about Dota 2 is how to ignore people when they annoy you. Thankfully there is a mute button, but this kinda thing being in guides shows how bad it really is. Dota suffers from what basically every team multiplayer game suffers. I call it the "Conceived Liability Effect". Your score and performance is not fully in your own hands, you are relying on the good will and hard work of four other people. If one of them fails, you score drops. You eventually start seeing other players as a liability. Every mistake they make is a dent in your score, every missed opportunity another 25 points loss of rating you have worked so hard for. If you think about playing this game, I suggest finding people who are also interested and then learn together. You not only don't get yelled at, your in-game performance increases tenfold because communication and coordination work a lot beter.
the community immaturity is a reflection of the mechanical design of the game. A single weak player can determine a one hour match in the first 5 mins by feeding. one decent hero getting a 2 level leg up in the first 5 mins will lead to an increasing level disparity and by time you hit level 10 he'll be level 15 or 20 and at that point a single hero with medium control will steam roll an entire team. For most players what you want is to right away approach this as a high level player else its not fun for you or others you play with, hense all the hate.
I am level 25 in LoL but im a fresh beginner in Dota 2. What starter hero (champion) do u think i should start off with? BTW: in LoL i main support champions like Sona ETC
If you are like me (I also support in LoL), then you might like: Lich (super lane sustain plus a killer ult), Venomancer (can play as support/ganker or as a carry), Shadow Shaman (wow so stun, much push!), Lion (wow so stun, much gank!).
You sir just explained this game SO well. I come from League (basically cause it sucks now, at least for me) and this actually helped me a lot. Thank you +1 subscriber
Amazing guide, I'm a League player and this game really is quite different, just by looking at the tutorial it's more complicated then LoL and definitely requires better gold management.
this is very very helpful, i used to play LoL and was new to the courier and killing our own minions and statch and stuff. god bless you dude it was very very very helpful
To all people out there who are seeing this video: This video is form 04 - 2012, now DotA is even more balance (slightly more balanced, but it was nearly perfectly balanced before) now has more heroes (constantly being changed in order to balance the game), looks 2.8 times better than in this video (better interface, better client, better item apareance, heroes some got reworked) and has more tutorials. It even has a feature now called "COACH", a player can group up with you and accompany you through the game helping you in decisions like "what should I buy?" "where should I go now?" "should I level up what skill?". Ask for a friendly hand and progress :) Good Luck and Have Fun.
dude seriously? why u have to play with bots until 10 lvl? what the hell is wrong with you people? you can start playing with real players after 3-5 lvl... and untill to get 5 lvl its 10-12 games... and you know why is that happening? because of they noobs joining the game and they dont know how to use a good flash to escape... they feed or doing any shit and ruin our games... that's why.. so deal with it
I was afk for 4min 20sec (yes I timed myself) because a tech from my ISP was at my door to fix my modem up so I would no longer have high PING issues. At the end of the match even though I was easily the best contributor to the win, I must of "ruined someones gaming experience". Someone must of reported me afk and I got banned. It's ok I have moved on to DOTA 2. In that game you can learn fighting bots and not get banned.
so you randomly afk for 5 minutes in a game like this and are surprised people have a problem with it? it's vs easy bots so i personally wouldnt care in the least, i've played long enough i can easily win a 1v5 vs easy bots, but newer players wont have such an easy time of it. the game goes on while you're afk, enemy bots (or more importantly players in a real match) will gain levels and gold and do nasty things to your teammates and buildings while you're afk. so how about you try something crazy and do the random shit u need to do before or after you decide to join a game, not while it's ongoing? also i'll let you in on a not-so-secret secret about LoL: reports dont mean a damn thing. if you actually got banned, it was most likely that the automated "leaver buster" system caught you being afk or leaving several games in a row. a dozen idiots reporting you for "unskilled player" or flaming or whatever wont actually matter. (maybe, and i do mean maybe, if you get reported for flaming in like 5 games in a row, and you really were flaming like mad, you *might* actually get banned, otherwise.. nope.) so if you actually got banned i'd bet that wasnt the only game you afk'd in, and if you're just going to afk in every game you play then no LoL is not for you and DOTA2 probably isnt either. In fact most live team games are probably not for you. try something with single player that you can pause. or you know, try sitting down for a game when you actually have the time to carry that game through and not randomly afk through it.
"So you randomly afk for 5min" - It wasn't 5min , it was 4min 20sec. "Do the random shit before joining a game" - I can't control the time my ISP tech shows up they give an appointment window of about 4hours. "If your just going to afk every game" - You assume a lot, most the time I just carry the team because the vast majority of gamers nowadays are terrible. Also trying to play with 2000ms or higher is just going to do more damage to the outcome of the game then being in your spawn for 4min 20sec. I now have a steady under 100ms connection at all times. "a dozen idiots reporting your for 'unskilled player' - Although I question your ability to read a post and respond to it. You did get one thing right. You would have to be an idiot to think I am unskilled.
Hey thanks dude! You just taught me how to play and now I won't embarrass myself in front of my husband and his friends who have just installed the game for me!! I'll show 'em up ;)
Finally, a good guide. Until then i was only playing LoL , and didn't expect dota to be that hard to understand x) I'm still struggling with the last hits
Well... after watching FreeToPlay I wanted to start out with Dota2 - and this is a really good guide! After playing some LOL over the past years it's time for something new ;)
I just tried dota 2 and it was terrible. It almost made me feel mentally ill because of how illogical it was made. The first thing I notice in game is: WHY DON'T ESCAPE BUTTON DO ANYTHING??? The second thing I notice is: WHY DON'T ABILITIES SHOW CAST RANGE???? Some many small things about this game makes me wanna puke. Pressing tab to see score? NOPE. Pressing Space to follow your character? NOPE, but let me show you random places around the map. Poor graphics but still my cooling fan goes nuts = Bad optimization of game I loved the original dota from Warcraft 3 and almost wanna install it again but Dota 2 is infuriating crapfest I have ever seen. Maybe if I played a thousand games I would learn to live with the short commings but whats the point if I can just go play League of legends???
uroš lekše To be honest I am starting to enjoy the game. It is just illogical at first. Do you mind recommending some changes you have made to the game to make it better?
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I play Smite. Never realized how simple Smite is compared to other Mobas. I'm sure some would even say Smite isn't a real Moba because it's so simple. This game gives you a lot to take in. This video was helpful.
Found this very helpful indeed, im yet to actually play yet thought i would use some initiative and take a glance at a guide. Now going to try honing my skills, or lack of, taking on some bots! Thanks for the vid dude
Thanks for posting this! I'm trying to learn Dota after playing LoL, and this really helped me wrap my head around some of the new concepts. Very useful.
NICE GUIDE sir, i play League of Legends but do to its LONG down time for maintaince today i have decided to dry Dota 2. but i dont want to noob it up bad so i looked up videos of the game. you have the best beginner guide out there NICE job. thanks for the info i am going into game now
haha thats so funny i did the exact same thing the 4.20 patch took 24 hours so yeah. i wonder how many league loss to dota 2 today. Riot na servers fail again!
I started dota 2 about 4-6 months ago before i started the game i saw this video its really helpful to me. At first it was hard dying a lot and less kills but i got use to it now even thou some players are really rude still i enjoy dota 2 For some tips for players who are new if you arent confident on playing public match and you feel your not ready and still play bot match try to practice the hero you are good at and if your ready play it in public match.(i was like that when i was a newbie) Thanks for the video it help me in dota 2 :)
BallisticMouse uhh.... they are both just MOBA games... they are not similar at gameplay or whatever.... DOTA is a lot slower in gameplay than League if you are a league player and Vice versa. but you cant say its noob friendly since you it isn't easier... that depends on the player.. not the game. so don't be that guy....
DOTA 2 Just finished downloading here and I don't know how to play. Can someone please explain to me what are the controls and how to play it? Thanks in advance. 2016 November 24 HERE!!!!
Lol is easyer to play thats why its more fun (To me) to me dota is hard and most things dont make sence so Im more then 500x better in lol then dota XD
Gabu - San Even braindeads can play it and thats why they are in bronze division. Lol its easy i agree but since u r playing against other players its the same thing.
Great work Quill18 very nice tutorial (I have played league of legends but when i started dota2 i didnt know what it was happening i was just moving my hero- champion what ever and i was dieing all the time). Thank you for this awesome friendly to noobs video . thank you man i recommend this video to all bigginers out there that don't know how to play dota(like me). Ty again :)
I've played LoL for 2 years or so Gold 2 rank atm so pretty decent at the game but I don't know what dota 2 guide I should watch because I can understand this is for the absolute noobs to the game.
Look, If you'te interested in a learning boost just add me on steam, I have almost 500 hours of Dota 2 gameplay, so I should be able to give you some really cool tips, and maybe we can play sometime. Steam: Sobreiro12 [PT]
Nick Cardarelle My mind wasn't made up. I'm used to great action games such as Quake, Street Fighter and Starcraft. When I watched DOTA or LOL it was just a bunch of forest trolls running in straight corridors spamming fireballs at Towers. I thought, I must be missing something and decided to watch this guide to understand what's going on. Well this guide has made it even more clear to me that this stupid gameplay is basically all it is. The only reason I can think this would be so popular is that you can basically start playing your first ever game online and participate to a team. Try do do that in the aformentioned games and you are TOAST because those games are SKILL-BASED, WHICH IS WHAT ESPORTS SHOULD BE ABOUT
Thank you so much for this video! It helped soooo much...this is so much better than just starting off the game with zero knowledge. It was very very helpful :)
This is the best video I have seen .....EVER... for a beginners guide. Great vid and brilliant explanation. Hahaha however iam still scared shitless going into this game thinking , my god what have I let myself in for! Thanks fella..
Great video. I played DOTA back when it was still on Warcraft III servers. It's nice to see that it is still basically the same game. I like your commentary and your explanations were easy to follow.
Thanks so much that helps a lot! I'm, literally right now, downloading Dota 2 and my friends love it so I want to get into it and I've heard about competitions blah blah blah... and that's helped loads so thanks!
The thing you said at the beginning is EXACTLY what my first experience with DOTA 2 was like. I decided to give it another chance, I have to redownload it though, because I deleted the local files ç_ç
Very helpfull video. It explained throughly in detail why i should stay lightyears away from this game. Although i might just watch others play. Much like i watch you play Civ5.
Thank you for this video. Really, thanks a lot. There's so much information & intricacy to this game that your intel has helped me to not re-invent the wheel a few times. This will give me a head-start, and I appreciate your effort that you put to build this video.
Well I found this to be a damn useful guide even coming from being a moba player, I have played lol for a long time as well as smite for less time, but this has different mechanics with the stats and it was very nice to have an easy guide to watch.
I'm watching this pretty late now and know almost all of the stuff you showed us but it was still fun watching and its easy to understand. I don't know if you posted a more recent version of this video coz you are probably much better at dota now then you were then and you could probably show us more. I'm gonna look that up right now. If you didn't, it would be a great idea and i would like that a lot and probably i won't be the only one who's gonna like that... good work.. ;D
