Dota 2

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic that is ’ Force Staff or Hurricane Pike ’. This is same as before it needs to be decided on roles you are playing. First let’s discuss hurricane pike this is because it is an upgraded item and the basic item is dragon lancer whose passive is to increase the range of the ranged hero. So, if you are playing a carry hero like drow ranger, lina, arc warden etc. all these heroes need to participate in fight by staying farm from enemy. After some farm you can upgrade it to hurricane pike which is a good escaping tool. For example, melee hero attacks in close range so with the help of hurricane pike you can push enemy as well as you in opposite direction. It is a great item to disengage a fight or to avoid a gank. Remember hurricane pike can be used on yourself as well on allied heroes. Now let’s see what force staff does. So, as we know hurricane pike is a great item in fight. but what about support? They cannot afford s...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic that is ‘ Shadow Blade or Glimmer Cape ’. As we discussed some items are categories based on the roles like carry and support. As we first consider glimmer cape this is something a support player goes so that on ganking him he has something to escape. The good part of glimmer cape is that it cast during channeling which means spells like freezing field, black hole, death ward etc. Some time what happens is enemy hero does not have dust and when you cast your channeling spell that there are chances you might get a kill. So, in this way you can win a team fight. the best part of glimmer cape is that it can be casted on our friends which mean not only you but you can also help your core to escape a fight. Now let’s see shadow blade. As a personal experience I can tell this item is not good for core there are many reasons for it. As it was buffed in the recent patch it is good some hero like tiny, lina, drow ranger, sn...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic that is ‘ Eye of Skadi or Shivas Guard ’. This item is based on the roles you are playing so it might be different from the other comparison we had before. So, let’s discuss it in detail. Now when I said roles, I meant carry and all other roles. You guys might why the roles difference this is because one item has active while other active when you attack enemy. But both of their passive is same which reduces health regen, life steal, attack speed and slows the enemy. Let’s discuss Shivas guard. Now what happen is when you active it you get freezing field which damages unit in a radius now shivas gives you armor and intelligence which is good for low armor mid and support hero. But as we know carry hero tend to have armor and do not much rely on mana for fighting. They rely on items and levels for fighting. So, this is the reason shivas is recommended for all other roles except carry. Now when it comes to skadi wh...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a similar topic that is ‘ S&Y or Manta Style ’. As we discussed in earlier post I’ll be focusing on both condition where this choice arrives so let’s start. For this topic, I will be taking the same hero as before which is Phantom Lancer. Now let’s assume you are playing pl and the enemy heroes have silence, root, disarm etc. which will not allow you to use your spells but in case of root and disarm if you can master the second skill of pl than it is possible to dodge. Now when it comes to silence you cannot dispel it with spells. So, in that case you need a dispel like if your teammate has guardian greaves then it is good if not possible then you need to go for manta style. It is very efficient because your illusion also has your passive skill which is to create illusions. Now there is also another situation where there is no silence but there is slow and stun which is not good for pl as he is a low health hero which reli...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a topic that is ‘ Satanic or Heart of Tarrasque ’. The reason I selected this topic is because some time we need to decide either to go satanic or heart on a hero for example Phantom Lancer. Let me give you guys an example so consider you are against a match up which has burst damage but not enough to kill and also, they have limed stun and dispel in that case you need to consider satanic because after the burst of damage the enemy hero is weak and cannot fight you so with the satanic you can kill them easily. Satanic is also good against hero which life steal because then you can counter them but this condition appears then Sakadi is a good option. Satanic also gives you some damage as well as passive life steal. Now the condition comes for heart so assume that enemy cannot kill you in long drawn team fight because they don’t have damage which will kill you so at time you need to go heart so that you can sustain long fights a...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a series that is ‘ Item Selection ’. In this post we will discuss the summary and some examples which I will discussing in detail in upcoming post. First thing first player consider when a new patch comes pro players define a meta and everyone follows the build blindly so, please don’t do that they do it because they have a specific reason and logic behind it. So, try to know the logic behind it of when that build item is good and when it is not. As we know every match have different hero combination which cannot be predicted so a fixed build or item will not help. Try to improvise it with your logic. Believe me guys I have done it and then after losing a lot I realized it that same build and items won’t help me win so I improvised it and it has helped me a lot. Now as the topic is Item Selection what it means is sometimes, we get confused like do we need to go manta style or S&Y. SO, there is when you apply game knowled...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a topic which you think is less important but you are wrong and that is ‘ Oder of Itemization ’. So, let’s straight dive into it. Now the initial items will be same as discussed before so we will skip that part and go to point where you decided either to complete the wand or go for boots component. Its simple if in a lane your enemy cast spells in order to stay even in lane then go for complete wand first. By doing that you will have complete sustainability in lane and then go for you boots. If the enemy hero doesn’t require spells to contest in lane and you face problem like slow or loss of attack speed then go for gloves of haste for attack speed or brown boots for speed it depends on lane. Now after wand and boots you go for some mid game items. While going mid games items you need to decide if you need basic dispel like manta or euls. Some player goes 3 rd item as BKB or something big like MKB which is wrong because in ...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic that is ‘ Objectives ’. Now some people consider towers as an only objective but there is more to it then you know. In a dota 2 game we know that we have different roles and each team has same amount of map control in the start of the game and during the match the situation changes. Now how that happens let’s see how. We know there are wards in game so if you manage to place the ward in an enemy jungle then you can kill some one or plan a gank if some one comes to farm there. Now how this works is that some time enemy doesn’t know you have placed a ward but once you kill them in their own jungle then they realize that their jungle is warded so they will be more cautious than before they some time even can bait themselves so that when you initiate on them, they counter initiate you. So, warding an enemy jungle can help you control their side of map. Now other scenario is when you kill enemy player then will back and...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought the last topic of series that is ‘ Position 5 Itemization ’. This is some what same as fir position 4 but with a twist. Let’s see how. As we discussed the pre-game item same as position 4 what matters is the boots which I can say can be same as position 4 but sometime if your team needs mana you need to go mana boots and if the requirement is dispel with some health and mana then guardian grieves is good option. For making those you need to update mana boots. Now warding is more important for pos 5 or hard support because you are obliged to do so. So, do and help your team to have more map control. Now a hard support doesn’t farm like core so don’t make items that make you a core hero otherwise you will be stealing farm form your carry hero and other core. So, please look into to it. To improve efficiency and make space for carry participate in kills with mid player or off laner. This can be done with the help of smoke gank. The most...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a topic in ongoing series that is ‘ Position 4 Itemization ’. In this post we will discuss how a soft support should itemize. As a soft support initial game item are same as discussed before but one of the main items is ward. Yes, guys it might seems less important but it is important because it can prevent your carry from getting ganked and also help you to gank enemy carry by smoking and warding their jungle. So, warding is one of the main roles of support. So, please do not get offended if you core say to ward jungle. Instead of arguing just do it if possible. Now the next question comes is which boots to make for a soft support so it is simple most of the hero who lack speed and health regen or max health go for tranquil boots. But there are some support heroes which need to you a lot of spells and run out of mana. For those you need to go mana boots. So, the boots are decided so now come what to make in mid game for thi...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic in series that is ‘ Position 3 Itemization ’. Itemization for this role is never fixed because not only it depends on enemy heroes but also on you own team hero how will it affect let’s discuss. Now the pre-game item will be same as discussed before. Now when it comes to boots the same logic as position 1 hero will come into picture for position 3 hero. So, select which boots you need according to the game. A pos 3 needs to stay in lane and try to make enemy teams carry hero laning stage bad. So, for a position 3 or Off-Laner his itemization is mostly based across aura item and getting tanky. This is because if you don’t have a good initiator in your team then position 3 players has to do it. For able to initiate a team fight a pos 3 needs to be tanky because he will be the first target who will be burst with all spells by enemy team. So, a pos 3 needs to be tanky.   When it comes to aura items it depends to ...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a topic in series that is ‘ Position 2 Itemization ’. In this mid lane player need to read this carefully. So, when it comes to position 2 player itemization is very tricky this is because the pace of the game is set by position 2 player as mentioned in previous post so if the pace is fast items needs to be cheap and if you want to take game to late then different approach is required. Now the pre-game items are same as mentioned before. The most difficult decision is which boots to buy so the answer is simple. Most of the player go phase boots because it gives armor and damage plus bonus movement speed for a particular amount of time. If in a game you realize that you team lacks lane clearing hero then you need to go boots of travel because it will help you clear the wave in all 3 lanes and also allow you to help team in fight. But keep in mind the cost of the boots of travel it is very high around 2.5K and phase boot is 1....

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic in series that is ‘ Position 1 itemization ’. In this post we will learn how to itemize fir a carry hero. So, pre-game items are same as discussed before when it comes to early game carry heroes tend to make items that give them agility or attack speed. This is done because on mid game a carry hero needs to farm so damage and attack speed id must. Now when it comes to which boots carry should make there are mainly two types Power Threads and Phase boots. Now the question comes what to make on carry. The answer is it is different for different heroes. Hero like specter, drow ranger, phantom lancer makes power threads and heroes like juggernaut, ursa, troll war load makes phase boots. The decision is made upon their requirement like some carry hero have good base armor so they don’t need extra armor form phase boots so power threads are made on those hero. Some heroes have low armor but good attack speed and damage...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys an interesting topic which is ‘ Itemization ’. Just because it is interesting it doesn’t mean that it is not important. It is one of the most important part of game. If you do a wrong itemization then there are higher chances that you will lose that match so itemization is important. If you are a carry player then it is one of the most important post for you because right items can help you to win game. This is a general post on items because it is different for different roles so I will discuss the itemization of each role in further post so stay tune. So, first thing first when the game starts what all items you need to buy is discussed in previous post titled ‘ Pre-Game ’. As we progress to laning stage the most common item that all players make is Boots of speed which then upgraded. Which upgraded boots should each role buy will be discussed in further post. Then comes fighting items for core (position 1, position 2, pos...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today topic is ‘ Patches ’. It is something of dota 2 but not in game analysis it about knowing the new Meta or to be precise it is about heroes. Now when I say heroes it means that some time a hero with the combination of some times is over power which can unbalance the game and it will be difficult to win if that hero is in enemy team so in order it does not happen Valve who owns Dota 2 decides what to change of that hero in order to balance it. It is not only hero’s items and neutral items can also be over power so in a patch neutral item, hero and items receive good or bad updates in order to balance the game. It is after valve analysis our game and then decides what to do. Now what happens it when patch come the previous hero and combination are nerfed but in that what happens is some other hero or combination dominates so in order to prevent that mini patches or update are released to balance them. Sometime changes are also done to the map if one o...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today is the last topic of the series that is ‘ Late-Game ’. In this post we will discuss what all objective and how to transition from mid-game to late game. Late game is mostly same for every player because by that time all the cores and supports have farmed to fight. What is more important in late game is about team fight and who wins it. Now low MMR brackets team fights starts when some one sees some one on their side of map and just goes for the fight but this not how it should be implemented. The correct way to initiate the fight is to jump on that enemy hero that is important for that team which means if that hero is alive, you cannot win team fight. Sometime it might be carry some time it will be position 2 depends whose game was better early. So, now the question comes how to select that one hero it is simple you have focus on hero whose laning and mid game was very good. Killing that hero will weaken enemy team and they will have two option tha...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic in series that is ‘ Mid-Game ’. In this section we will discuss what all different roles players have to do in mid game. For instance, we will take carry player. For a carry player the most important phase is mid game there are two reasons for it one of them is that if a carry player has arrived from the bad laning stage then this is the best time for him to recover and com back in the game. The second reason is that is the laning stage was good then he has an opportunity to dominate mid game and close the game early so that enemy carry doesn’t dominate you. So, farming speed, farming pattern, laning pushing etc. are the skills required for the carry player in mid game. For a position 2 player it is simple because it is a 1 v 1 lane where it is quite equal and he can farm in mid game. For a position 2 player early game is very important because he can set the speed of the game for his team. But mid game is also an ...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic in ongoing series that is ‘ Early-Game ’. In this post we will discuss what all needs to be done so that you can enter smoothly in the mid game which is the most important phase. So, in Early game we have all the items which we buy in pre-game or at the start of the game. So, then the important part is that we need to upgrade those items or buy other items in order to fight. In order to do that we need to farm as we are very weak in early game because of less level and item we can’t straight go farming. That is when the most important parts in to be done that is to hit the creeps which spawns every 30 sec in every lane. As we know in every lane, we have enemy heroes so that is when we require last hitting skills in order to get farm and experience. Early game is also called as Laning stage and it is called that because we spend most of the time in lane hitting creeps. Now for every hero there is different time fr...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new series of topic that is ‘ Game Stages ’ and the first topic is ‘ Pre-Game ’. So, in this topic we will discuss what to do in the 2 minutes before the match starts. During the countdown of the match, we can buy early game or pre games items. Every player in game on both sides starts with 600 gold. So, it means there is equality in each player from start of the game. These are some of the basic items which every player buys in start of the game. 1. Tangos 2. Quelling Blade (For core hero) 3. Circlet 4. Iron Branch 5. Magic Stick 6. Slippers of Agility (For Agility Hero) 7. Gauntlets of Strength (For Strength Hero) 8. Mantle of Intelligence (For Intelligence Hero) So, the above items are just the summary of all the items there are many more items that players can buy but these one is the most popular. There is something which is very much popular in supports role or even carry can buy it sometimes and that i...

Hello Guys, I’m AKA and today is the last topic of the series roles that is ‘ Hard Support (Position 5) ’. It is some what same as soft support but have some difference. Let’s see how So, Hard support main difference is that it doesn’t farm anything which means if her is farming a camp and his team carry comes to hit that farm then he leaves that camp. In this way hard support has very less farm as compared to team and even less than his soft support. As hard support doesn’t farm so it makes it obvious that they go with carry in safe lane where his carry can hit creeps and he can harass the enemy off-lane and soft support. Hard support in the beginning of the game always buys regen item for his carry so that he can stand his ground and contest with enemy heroes. Hard support also ensures that he blocks the camp that the enemy can pull. He also sometimes stacks for his mid hero or of his carry. Also denies creeps s that enemy are deprived of gold and experience. If it comes to s...