Dota 2 is an action strategy title for the PC and Mac. It is being developed by Valve Corporation, and is the stand-alone sequel to a popular mod created for WarCraft III, called Defence of the Ancients (Dota), which is itself loosely based on a custom map for the original StarCraft, called Aeon of Strife.
The game is being developed in collaboration with 'IceFrog' - the longest serving developer of the original mod - who has taken up the reins as the project's lead designer. Dota 2 was formally announced on Game Informer's website on October 13, 2010, was widely released in Beta form in late 2011, and was officially released on July 9, 2013 for Windows and July 18th for OS X and Linux.
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Gameplay
DotA 2 is an action strategy (or ARTS) game. It is often called a MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), a term coined for the game League of Legends, but use of the term is somewhat controversial within the Dota community.
Hero Build Guides
The fiollowing pages include all of our written skill, item and gameplay build guides for the heroes found in Dota 2. Each hero in the game has at least one Build Guide in the section below.
Creeps
Creeps are units in the game that players kill for experience and gold. Some heroes can also take control of creeps, such as Chen and Enchantress with their skills. Helm of Dominator is also an item which allows players who own it to 'dominate' a creep.
Buildings
Buildings play an important role in the game, especially during the early stages. Buildings are immune to most skills (the exceptions to this rule are listed below) but are all static, AI-controlled defensive structures.
Items
Items play a key role in each and every DotA 2 match. I n order to successfully defeat your opponents and destroy their ancient you will need to acquire both experience (in order to level up your character) and gold (in order to purchase items).
Media
The following pages cover the multiple different media coverage for this game, from concept art to game trailers.
- — Screenshots
- — Artwork
- — Videos
Cheats
Dota 2's cheats are available to be used in practice games against bots.
Characters
DOTA 2 Brainwaves
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Dota 2's upcoming The International 5 eSports competition today broke the record for the largest prize...
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In the Philippines a bill has just passed the hearing committee stage that will effectively ban computer...
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