try playing P.A hes pretty simple all you needa do is farm.

why would people hate me 4 playing S.A.? also i like stealth characters like S.A. and is there any other characters like him?

gondar

Thats exactly what i meant... If you play easy mode games and get one of those lategame heros (Phantom Assassin, Stealth Asssassin, Gondar, Sniper, Void, Magina, Bloodseeker, Drow, Juggernaut) you will have easy success, because getting strong items on them is almost guaranteed in easy mode, you dont even have to work hard or play good for it. This will make you seem like youre good at dota, but it wont really teach you anything.

Play 5-10 games on easy mode just to learn the game, the itemscrolls etc., but then stop playing easy mode as SOON AS YOU CAN. Try playing heros that are strong, but require alot of skill and game knowledge. You will fail alot in the beginning, so it will seem like they are worse heros, but you will learn alot more by practicing those hard heros.

Hero Ideas:

• (Potm)
• Lina
• Leshrac
• Zeus
• Rhasta
• Invoker
• Tinker
• Bane
• Earthshaker
• (Krobelus)
• Lion
• Chen in the Jungle
• Kunkka
• (Dirge)
• (Nerubian Assassin)
• Naix (dont go for lifesteal)

Concepts you should learn

• Lasthitting / Denying
• Good lanes (double stun, carry + supporter etc.)
• How to jungle and which heros can jungle
• How to pull creeps. How to stack camps
• When to push and when NOT TO push a lane (stuff like overpushing your lane earlygame by getting basilius, which is really bad)
• A general item and skillbuild on every hero
• Experience with how risky you can go. Low hp vs low hp situations need alot of judgement to know wether you are going to get the kill and get out alive or not...
• Runecontrol
• Later on: Warding spots and which heros should be warding

lol at that list .. telling him to learn heroes that are top bans 95% of the time

Whats wrong with that... Hes not gonna be leaguing for atleast a year, so learning top heros is a bit better than just the typical easy mode crap. I put dirge and na in brackets because they are really easy to play aswell, despite being top tier heros, others are banned because of their POSSIBLE effectiveness, but not easy to play (see rhasta when you want to do it right or kunkka)

lol. im also horrible with items. >.>
ie: if i play an intel char, i usually dont know what to get.


This post was edited by FearTheMan on Jun 28 2009 06:41am

imo, clockwerk is also very nice to me.
easy play.

i think its more important to learn to game of dota rather than heros
if anything learn the easy nuking heros or click stuns and understand the game and how to play on a team
and another idea is to play only 1 hero for a few games rather than a new hero every game

id suggest: lich, vs, sven, sk, abaddon (cuz he is hard to kill)