Ano ba talaga ang DotA at paano maglaro at manalo? How to play Dota and win quickly

Clive Roxas
is a Banker in Australia

Ang Defense of the Ancients (DotA) ay isang strategy video game na kasama sa kategoryang "multiplayer online battle arena" (MOBA) mod (modification". Ginawa ito para sa video game na Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos at ang expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Ilinabas ang unang version ng DotA noong 2003 ng isang gumamit ng isang pangalang “Eul” (pseudonym).


Objective/ Layunin: Paano maglaro ng DotA?

Dalawang teams ang lumalaban sa isa’t isa sa DotA kung saan ang bawat player ay may hawak na isang character (o hero) na pwede niyang piliin. Ang layunin ng laro ay sirain ang “Ancient” ng kalaban o katunggali. Ang “Ancient” ay isang bantay sarado na gusali na nasa magkabilang dulo ng map (mapa). Nagtutulungan ang mga heroes ng team, at meron ding tumutulong na mga creeps (o Artificial Intelligence o computer controlled fighers) sa bawat team. Pwede rin i-level up ang mga heroes gamit ang gold upang bumili ng equipment.


Bakit sikat ang DotA sa pinoy, lalong lalo na sa mga kabataang Pilipino?

Ang batayan ng kasikatan ng isang laro ay kung gaano ay gaano kabilis ito makaakit ng bagong manlalaro at gano kagaling ito mapanatiling “hooked” sa laro ang player. Narito ang mga posibleng dahilan ng kasikatan ng DotA:

Una, mahilig ang mga pinoy na may kasama at mag-socialise o makihalubilo sa iba at magkaroon ng bagong mga kaibigan. Kaya’t gusto ng mga pinoy sa mga larong may kasamang ibang miyembro sa isang team. Isang multiplayer game ang Dota kung saan maaaring maglaro hanggang 10 players sa bawat laro. Kaya’t, tulad ng basketball, mayroong teamwork at pagtutulungan ang kailangan upang manalo.

Pangalawa, pwera sa masarap laruin ang DotaA, hindi mahirap laruin ang game. Kahit 10 taong gulang na bata ay pwedeng matuto at sa katunayan ay madaming bata ang makikitang naglalaro ng DotA sa mga computer shops.

Pangatlo, mahilig ang mga pinoy, lalo na ang mga lalake, sa mga action games at high quality visual effects. Maganda ang graphics ng laro, tulad ng mga heroes’ spells nina Venomancer (poisonous attack), at Lina Inverse (ice attacks), o ni Zeus (lightning attacks). Pwede rin pumili ng heroes na may iba’t ibang special abilities.

Pang-apat, mura lang maglaro ng game. Mula P10-30 lamang ang ibinabayad sa computer rental sa paglalaro (minsan mas mura pa kapag member ng computer shop o may off peak hours, o promo)

Kadalasan mga isang oras ang tagal ng bawat laro, ngunit kapag malakas ang isang team at mahina ang kalaban, maaaring mga kalahating oras o 30 minutes lang at tapos na ang laro. Sa mga naa-addict sa laro, mahigit 10 rounds minsan ang linalaro nila na minsan ay umaabot mula maghapon hanggang magdamag at madaling umaga. Karamihan sa mga na addict sa laro ay mga kabataan lalo na ang mga lalake.



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COMMON TERMS

Basic Terms
Farm – Farming up gold. Refers to the act of systematically killing creeps in order to earn gold. Even when you are virtually killing creeps all game long, you say that someone is "farming" when they are completely dedicated and concentrated on that.
Focus - Means to concentrate all attacks on a specific target (I.E "Focus Lina" means that Lina should be the primary objective and that all the team should have attacking her as a priority in team fights)
Harass - Relative to the act of putting pressure in your enemy by attacking him during the laning period. Basically, harassing is attacking the enemy in front of you in the lane, so as to make him an easy target for a gank or to prevent him from farming freely. Therefore, "harass Ezalor" means that you should try to damage Ezalor with your skills/attacks.
Juke - Juking, means to make deceptive maneuvers with your hero while moving, so as to delude your opponent and make it harder for him to predict where you will be heading. This is used mainly to escape while you are being chased, or to make your enemy miss/misuse a spell (for example Avalanche, which has to be targeted to the ground).
Pull - Creep Pulling. Getting creeps from a neutral camp to follow you into the path of your lane creeps.
Spam - Spamming your spells, refers to the act of repeatedly using a certain spell, a lot. "spam carrion swarm" means casting Carrion Swarm a lot, most generally as soon as the cool down is up.
Rosh - Roshan. Refers to Roshan, the big neutral creep next to the river just below the middle lane. Usually indicates the player's belief that either the enemy team is killing Roshan right now or that the player's team should kill Roshan now.
Gank - Bringing several heroes to gang up on a target to kill them. "Gank lina," is a request for you to come help kill her.
B – Back. If your allies start calling "b," get out immediately, it usually means that you're getting ganked. This is a more urgent warning than a miss or mia call.
TP – Teleport. A request for you to use a Scroll of Town Portal or Boots of Travel to come assist in a fight. "tp mid now"
Def – Defend. Self-explanitory, "tp to def mid"
Push – Traveling down a lane as a team in order to work together to fight and kill enemy buildings.
DD - The Double Damage rune.

Player abbreviations
OJ - Orange
LB - Light Blue
DG - Dark Green

Areas on the Map
Mid - Middle lane. The line travelled by the creeps through the center of the map.
Top – Top lane. The line travelled by the creeps through the webst and top portions of the map.
Bot - Bot lane. The line travelled by the creeps through the bottom and east portions of the map.
Woods – The areas in between lanes where neutral creeps are found.
Jungle – Same as woods

Item abbreviations
AC - Assault Cuirass
Aghs of Agha Aghanim’s Scepter
BKB Black King Bar
Blink - Kelen’s Dagger
BoT - Boots of Travel
Crow – Flying courier
Deso – Stygian Desolator
DR – Divine Rapier
Hex – Guinsoo’s Scythe of Vyse
HotD – Helm of the Dominator
ToT – Heart of Tarrasque
Mek – Mekansm
MoM – Mask of Madness
Phase – Phase Boots
PT – Power Treads
RoB – Ring of Basillus
RoR – Ring of Regeneration
RoH – Ring of Health
Sheepstick or Sheep – Guinsoo’s Scythe of Vyse
SnY – Sange and Yasha
Vlads – Vladimir’s Offering

Hero Missing/ Returning Calls
Miss - Missing. A warning that enemy heroes have gone out of view and might be ganking, so be careful. Usually said with a hero name, such as, "Lina miss."
Mia - Missing in action. Same thing as miss, such as, "Lina mia."
Re - Returned. The opposite of a miss/mia call, "Lina re" means that she's back in the lane she came from and you don't have to worry about her.

Hero descriptions
Nuke - A generic term for any spell that does damage. "Nuke him" just means throw your damage spell, pretty much no matter what hero you have.
Ult - Ultimate. Any hero's level 6 ability is refered to as their ultimate
Oom - Out of mana. Don't expect any more spells from this player during the fight.
Mana - Just saying "mana" usually means the same thing as oom
CD - Cooldown.Should usually be interpreted as, "Hold on, the spell I need isn't up yet." Also, you might see something like, "ult cd 30" which means, "My ultimate is still cooling for about 30 more seconds."
Stacked or farmed - Stacked of items, means that a hero has gotten many and powerful items, therefore making him really hard to take down. "Nevermore is stacked" means that Nevermore has many and good items.
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Paano mag install ng dota?
Clive Roxas
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How to install - Installing Dota
1. Make sure you have Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, along with a Battle.net account.
• You can virtually purchase Warcraft III from Blizzard by visiting The Blizzard Store or by purchasing it from a retail supplier.
• Connect to Battle.net and create an account. You will need this to play DotA Try to make your account name distinctive and memorable.

2. Download the DotA map. Visit Get DotA and click on "Download" on the "Latest Map" half of the screen. Save the file someplace you have access to it easily.

3. Copy and paste the file in your maps folder. The maps folder is located in your game's directory.
Clive Roxas
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Know your position in the team battle. The main problem for beginners in DotA is that they are bit confused about what to do during team battle. There are many playing styles but these are the the most important and commonly known. Other styles will come with the gaming experience.
• Ganker. These types of heroes usually have with high HP (hit points) and powerful area spells. They can take a lot of hits and do a lot of damage too. A hero like Axe is one of them.
• Carry. These types of heroes are supposed to get killed for the team. They are usually active from the mid game to the end. These heroes have a lot of damaging spells and attacks. Heroes like Phantom Lancer are Carries.
• Supportive. These types of heroes are very important in a game. They support the team-mate (especially the Carry) to get kills and not to get killed. Dazzle is an example of a Supportive hero.
• Baby sitter. This type of playing style is usually required when the Carry is having trouble getting kills. Hence, a Baby sitter's duty is to help the Carry get kills until he is able to farm by him.
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