Thursday, July 29, 2010

Basic Tutorial to play DotA (Part 2 - Choose Hero)

Thank you for visiting Play DotA - A site dedicated to help DotA Allstar beginners.
Today, I will teach you guys how to pick a Hero in DotA Allstar game.

  1. You can see a few taverns within a enclosed area after the DotA Allstar map finishes loading. The current version is DotA Allstar v6.68b.Each tavern, total of 9, contains 12 unique heroes.
  2. Wait for host to enter the game mode. Some common modes are as follows -AP(Allpick) -AR(Allrandom)
  3. Each heroes has its own abilities and stats (strength/agility/intelligence)
  4. I would like to encourge new players to use Intelligence Hero first as they are easier to use and has more targeted spells.
  5. You can now click on one of the Hero icon to choose that Hero(use AP as example). I will cover other game mode in the future tutorial.
  6. After that you will probably see your chosen hero near your fountain.You have successfully chose your Hero. Congrats




    Release of DotA Allstar 6.68b

    DotA Allstar 6.68b has been released.

    Please check it out
    The changelogs are as follows:
    * Fixed a major bug with Techies Remote Mines
    * Fixed Geomancer clones restoring mana with Arcane Boots
    * Wisp can no longer teleport to the enemy fountain
    * Fixed a small bug with Flak Cannon against buildings when gyro has very low damage
    * Fixed a bug when casting tether from outside of range limit while being moved with Relocate
    * Fixed an issue with illusions and flak cannon
    * Fixed a few other minor things
    Download DotA Allstar 6.68b

    Wednesday, July 28, 2010

    Release of DotA Allstar 6.68

    DotA Allstar 6.68 has been released this afternoon around 1pm (GMT +8:00)


    There are 4 new heroes, 2 new items and many balances/fixes.
    You can download DotA Allstar 6.68 and views its DotA Allstar 6.68 changelog.

    You may also want to share your views on the new map using the comment function in this blog.

    There maybe a bugfix version very soon, come back to Play DotA to check it out.

    Wednesday, July 21, 2010

    Basic Tutorial to play DotA(Part 1b)

    This is a basic guide to teach you how to get dota working and play dota on Garena
    1. Install Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne on your computer.
    2. Download the DotA map at getdota.com or you can download the map from Play DotA as well
    3. Download Garena and Register
    4. Put the map into X:\Warcraft III\Maps\Download (if download folder does not exist, simply create one)
    5. Launch Garena by double clicking the shortcut on desktop
    6. Click Game/War3 RPG (top left hand corner)
    7. Search for your country and double click your country's room
    8. Go to Setting  and set the correct path for War3 RPG. (eg. X:\Warcraft III\war3.exe)
    9. Click Start Game
    10. Click Local Area Network
    11. Join a game. The title should be the name of the host + his latency in bars
    12. The host will start the game when all the players are ready
    Tune in again for next lesson of Basic Tutorial to play DotA

    Tuesday, July 20, 2010

    Basic Tutorial to play DotA(Part 1a)

    This is a basic guide to teach you how to get dota working and play dota on Battle.net
    1. Install Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne on your computer.
    2. Download the DotA map at getdota.com or you can download the map from Play DotA as well
    3. Put the map into X:\Warcraft III\Maps\Download (if download folder does not exist, simply create one)
    4. Launch Warcraft III by double clicking the shortcut on desktop
    5. Click Battle.net (It will download latest patch automatically from Battle.net)
    6. Login (create an account if you does not have one)
    7. Click Custom Game
    8. Join a game. The title should say DotA, then the version, and the various game modes/country of the host. (eg. DotA ap Sghost)
    9. The host will start the game when all the players are ready
    Tune in again for next lesson of Basic Tutorial to play DotA on Garena

    Friday, July 16, 2010

    Welcome to Play DotA

    Welcome to Play DotA. This site provides tips and techniques for beginning DotA players in order to improve their DotA skills. If you have questions not covered in Play DotA please feel free to email your question to hatr3d@live.cn