ty for advice in advance

for dota

This post was edited by Longball on Jan 28 2011 12:21am

there is no "best" hero or "best" item

it all depends on the game ur playing

1 hero can be good vs some heroes and be bad vs others, same with items

its like sorc vs sorc, if ur enemy is fire sorc u dont want to have cold res/sorb, but fire ofc, if ur vs a meele char u want to have dmg reduce and not Res

every hero is the best and every hero is the worst

if i was u, i would start with 1 hero i would like to play and learn more about, read a guide on it, understand its skills and how they work, get some knowledge of possible good items, and then just go practise it

its very hard to prepare for a dota cause u never know what will happend, its better to just get some gaming experience and take it as it comes

just check out the guides made by users of the playdota community
http://www.playdota.com/guides
as lulzz said, there is no best hero, although, there are "best" heros to counter other other specific heros

and if your really new, you should practice on AI maps located here:
http://www.playdota.com/forums/344796/step-2-dota-ai-bots/

hope this helps

crystal maiden, mekansm / vlads / wards / boots

This post was edited by t0W on Feb 9 2011 07:59pm

Well like many have said before me all heros are balanced somewhat. All can be played well and are able to become an asset to the game no matter what kind of hero.

If I were you I would start with a disabler, basically someone with stuns and such.
A pretty moderate caster to play is Lion. He's got impale which is just like the nerubian hero on the undead in campaign. Hex of course so that makes 2 diables. The third skill is mana drain. Last but definitely not least is his Ultimate Finger of death, it's a single bolt of lightning that has one of the highest burst damages in the game rivaled by Lina Inverse's Laguna Blade which is similar with the single burst action.

If you would like more then just shoot me a pm and maybe I can get in a game with you or channel and talk about whatever I know.

Sorry forgot to include items. Normally I start off with 2 mantles, tangoes, and rest branches. Usually i change them to nulls and get a magic wand, then from there boots. That's pretty much about mid game for me some games the gold you get varies. Anyways Aggy Scepter is used to upgrade your ult, and a guinsoo is nice to have for the extra sheep. Boots I usually upgrade them to BoT, or treads if I'm having trouble. Treads are flexible because Strength for Hp, and Intelligence for Mana and you can switch them to your situation. Usually by the time I get all those items games over but one time I got a refresher orb, and level 5 dagon so I was bursting well over 3k+ magic damage which is fun.

Invoker is one of the better ones for sure. Has great laning ability, easy last hit/denies, several disables/escape mechanisms and high dps/aoe. Also he has a great global for getting extra kills. For items I get urn, arcane boots, and sceptre which lets you use a spell every 2 seconds with maxed ulti. Not really for beginners or people with slow fingers though...