Troll Warlord – Dota 2 Hero Guide

Troll Warlord – Dota 2 Hero Guide

Troll Warlord, Dota 2 Guide and Preview. Troll Warlord (also known as Jah’Rakal in DotA) is a Radiant/Sentinel agility hero that can attack in both ranged and melee mode, made it’s way in Dota 2 in 24th January update. Troll Warlord is a hard carry hero with high DPS and disabling abilities. He has very fast attack rate thanks to passive skill and ultimate that makes him go rampage. His second ability is nuke which deals both slow and damage depending on his attack mode from 1st skill Berserker Rage. Troll Warlord has different playing styles and item builds but usually late game suits him better.

Troll Warlord Screenshots
   














Troll Warlord Abilities
1. Berserker Rage (Hotkey: G)
Allows the Warlord to use his throwing axes as melee weapons, gaining bonus damage, attack speed, movement speed, hitpoints, armor, and a chance to bash targets on attack. Berserker’s Rage also changes the functionality of Whirling Axes.


Active:

Allows the Warlord to use his throwing axes as melee weapons, gaining bonus damage, attack speed, movement speed, hitpoints, armor, and a chance to bash targets on attack. Berserker’s Rage also changes the functionality of Whirling Axes.

2. Whirling Axes – Ranged  (Hotkey:  E)

Troll hurls a fistful of five axes in a cone shape over 900 range, slowing and damaging enemy units.

Melee:

Troll unleashes a set of magical axes which whirl around him in a circle. Nearby enemies take damage and have a chance to miss on their attacks.

3. Fervor (Hotkey: F)

With each continuous blow on the same target, Troll gains increased attack speed. If Troll changes targets, the stacks drop to zero.




4. Battle Trance (Hotkey: R)

Troll’s presence on the battlefield increases the attack speed of himself and all allied heroes.

Troll Warlod Item Build
Recommended Items:

Power Treads / Boots of Travel
Buriza
Shadow Blade
Black King Bar
Monkey King Bar
Helm of Dominator / Satanic
Butterfly / Heart Of Terrasque
Linkin Sphere / Battlefury
Dota 2 Troll Warlod Video preview by Voice297


Troll Warlord Abilities Build/Guide
Level 1 – Berserker Rage/Whirling Axes
Level 2 – Whirling Axes/Berserker Rage
Level 3 – Whirling Axes
Level 4 – Fervor
Level 5 – Whirling Axes
Level 6 – Battle Trance
Level 7 – Whirling Axes
Level 8 – Fervor/ Stats
Level 9 – Fervor/ Stats
Level 10 – Fervor/ Stats
Level 11 – Battle Trance
Level 12 – Berserker Rage/Stats
Level 13 – Berserker Rage/Stats
Level 14 – Berserker Rage/Stats
Level 15 – Stats/Berserker Rage
Level 16 – Battle Trance
Level 17+ Stats/Berserker Rage
Troll Warlord Strategy Guide
Starting off:

First before anything, assess the other team. Are there a lot of nukes? Are there a lot of disables? Am I probably going to be in an aggressive lane? Do they have squishy heroes? Who are their carries? Figure out what your item build is going to be. It might change as the game goes on but try to get an idea of what you want for now. You also want to look at your own team. If your team has a lot of invis or you have teammates that can mass disable, you probably want to opt out of Lothar’s.
Grab your starting items, and if there is a disabler on your team, ask him to lane with you. You don’t want to lane with an ally carry because you want all the last hits you can get. Competing for last hits means you will get less money. Remember, bot lane for Sentinel and top lane for Scourge are recommended.

Laning Phase:

Try to get as many last hits without losing a lot of HP or getting killed. Also, remember to look at the minimap for missing heroes. The last thing you want to do is die, even worse if it’s by the enemy carry.
Buy your Boots and then build them into Phase Boots when you can. If against spammers like Batrider get a Magic Stick. If you are unable to gank or you know that you will farm for the next 15 minutes or so, get yourself a Hands of Midas.

vs. weak lane: If your opponents have low lane presence, feel free to stand next to the creep wave and farm away. When they get far away from their tower, try to get a kill. Use Whirling Axes and then use Whirling Axes. Let your lane mate know when you are going to attack so they are ready to throw their spells at the enemy too.

vs. strong lane: You probably won’t be able to do anything for a while. Try to get as many last hits possible without losing too much HP. Use ranged form to last hit and if they are denying or harassing, change to melee form. You gain more exp from denied creeps and less damage from the harassment in melee form. Call for a gank or switch lanes with a teammate. If your team doesn’t help, just stay alive. If harassment is really bad, just stay in experience range (1000 AoE) when the enemy creeps die.

Early Mid-game:

If you at least have Boots and are level 5, then you can try to gank (much easier if you already have Phase Boots. Try to go for the squishy heroes or the enemy carry. You combo is:
Whirling Axes and let your allies throw their nukes and disables. Whirling Axes after all the disables are over (enemy will probably be dead by now) and continue to attack. Try to get the last hit.
If your ganks are unsuccessful, go back to farming. Try to get an empty lane that is close to your tower. Then try to keep creep equilibrium. If the other team is playing safe and you cannot gank them, go farm. Remember, you are still a carry and farm is important.

Finish your Phase Boots if you haven’t already and build a Bracer if you need some HP. Also, finish up your Magic Wand and go for a weapon to build up. If the enemy team has a lot of anti-invis or you don’t need Lothar’s, go for Crystalys. If they have an evasion hero or are going for Butterfly, go for MKB. If there are a lot of disables, go for BKB. Get the Ogre Axe first for some HP.

Mid Game:

Continue to gank when the opportunity arises and free farm when you aren’t ganking. Finish up your Lothar’s or Crystalys or whatever you’re making and your Janggo. After you get Lothar’s, you can even solo gank if you’re confident. Grab a Mask of Death If you got some extra money or want to take on Roshan. As always, try not to die and continue doing what you’re doing.
Roshan: If you want to take down Roshan for whatever reason, you can do it now because the IAS bonus from Battle Trance to the team and yourself makes it a piece of cake to kill him. Many people say that Troll should rush a Dominator, take an Ogre Magi and then solo Roshan but that limits your damage for ganks and it’s a lot faster when you have the help of your team and your Battle Trance.

Pushing: If you want some towers now is also a great time to push because of your Battle Trance and your team’s DPS.

Team Fights: This is the point in the game where team fights will be more common and push the game in either teams favor. Try to stay alive. Don’t be the one to lead your team into a fight, let your initiator do that. After the big disable goes down run in and use everything to get kills. Aim for their carry or most dangerous player. Never aim tanky heroes (unless they are close to death) because they take a lot of time to kill and are most likely not the most important person to kill. Always try to kill as many people as possible. If your team wins the fight, push.

If your farm is decent, you will probably finish your Buriza around this time and your DPS will skyrocket. Upgrade your Mask to Helm of the Dominator and dominate a Centaur Warchief or a Dark Troll for their disables or an Alpha Wolf for his Command Aura. If the game drags on, finish up your build with a Satanic.

Team Fights: These team fights are the most important. They can decide who will win the game. It is very important to stay alive in these fights. Tell your team to stay away from team fights when you aren’t there. When a team fight starts, do the same thing you did in the Mid-Game. Let someone else initiate and follow them after most of the disables are used. If you have an enemy carry that relies on autoattacks and doesn’t have MKB, save your Whirling Axes for them.

Buyback: After your build is complete, stop buying components of items because you probably won’t have inventory space to hold them. Only buy luxuries when you have enough money to complete the entire item. The rest of the money should be saved for buybacks.

Tusk – Dota 2 Hero Guide

Tusk – Dota 2 Hero Guide

Tusk also known as Tuskarr in DotA. As you all know that its the new increment in the DOTA 2 and he’s been serving the DOTA for about 12 months or so. Tusk in Dota 2 is a real difficult task to achieve. Tusk also has the ability to turn the battle upside down and guessing from his spells you can assume that there is Blizzard coming in the game-play of DOTA 2. You can check the complete guide below.


Dota 2 Tusk, Guide and Preview. Tusk (also known as Ymir, Tuskarr in DotA) is a Radiant/Sentinel strength hero. He’s is a mid-game hero with great ganking abilities for targeting single opponents  He can be played as a semi-carry and can be really effective against dominating/harassing carry heroes in against team. His first Spell is nuke and blocks Enemy path which doesn’t let anyone get away easily, the second skill Snowball does similar by rolling over and stunning the opponent. Tusk 3rd skill provides him a Snowstorm which slows down move and attack speed of opponents. Lastly, his ultimate Walrus punch provides critical hit and a massive slow. Tusk can be real pain if played rightly, his skills synergy make him a perfect ganker and fun-to-play hero.


Tusk Spell/Abilities Guide:
1. Ice Shards (Hotkey: E)


Tusk compresses 5 shards of ice into a ball of frozen energy that damages all enemies in comes in contact with. If the ball comes in contact with an enemy hero or reaches its maximum range the shards are released, creating a barrier that lasts for 5 seconds.



2. Snowball (Hotkey: W)
Tusk and any nearby allied heroes roll in a quickly growing snowball towards the target enemy unit. Any victims caught in the snowball’s path take damage and are briefly stunned; the final target takes 40 extra damage and 0.25 extra stun duration.




3. Frozen Sigil (Hotkey: G)
Tusk summons a Frozen Sigil by calling upon the deepest cold of winter. The Sigil creates a snowstorm which slows all enemy units within 600 range.






4. Walrus Punch (Horkey: R)
Tuskr prepares his mighty Walrus Punch; his next attack will do a critical strike and launch the victim into the air. The victim will be slowed upon landing and take damage.





Tusk Spell Build:
Level 1 – Snowball 1 Level 2 – Ice Shards 1
Level 3 – Ice Shards 2
Level 4 – Snowball 2
Level 5 – Ice Shards 3
Level 6 – Walrus Punch 1
Level 7 – Ice Shards 4
Level 8 – Snowball 3
Level 9 – Snowball 4
Level 10 – Frozen Sigil 1
Level 11 – Walrus Punch 2
Level 12 – Frozen Sigil 2
Level 13 – Frozen Sigil 3
Level 14 – Frozen Sigil 4
Level 15 – Stats 1
Level 16 – Walrus Punch 3
Level 17+ – Stats 2-10

Tusk Item Build:
As you may know, there’s is not a fixed item build for every hero in Dota, following are items that can be purchased on Tusk according to game situation.

Shoes for life: Power Treads / Phase Boots

Must have: Magic Stick / Magic Wand / Empty Bottle

Core: Armlet of Mordiggian  / Hood of Defiance

Attack & Damage: Stygian Desolater / Monkey King Bar / Assault Curiass

Survival: Heart of Tarrasque  / Black King Bar / Satanic

Tusk Strategy Guide:
Early Game:

Tusk shouldn’t start roaming at level 1. He is not a roamer like Vengeful Spirit or Tidehunter. He actually is item dependant, so he must also farm. In early game, try to have a strong lane control and last-hit creeps. With a well combo, you can dominate the lane with 2 melee heroes. DO NOT leave the lane. You shouldn’t start ganking for now. You should place wards to increase your teams map awareness. Check the hero synergy part for a strong lane combination.

Mid Game

This part is where you truly shine. (Shining Walrus. Kinda funny.) If you bought Boots, Bottle and Wand you should start ganking with your partner. You can also gank alone but it will not be very effective. Use Urn and Bottle to heal after ganks. Use Snowball to initiate and Ice Shards to prevent them from escaping. Finish with Walrus Punch. Your main role is not farming, but you can farm between ganks. It is important that you gank the enemy teams CARRYs. Killing Ezalor 10 times may make your score look good, but killing enemy Traxex 3 times will help your team more. Because Ezalor wont be a problem in late game, but Traxex will.

Late Game

In team clashes your main role will be to Area of Effect slow with Frozen Sigil and take a bit damage. Use Walrus Punch on the enemies carry to kill, or at least to disable them. If a clash is not going well, use Snowball to flee with your whole team (Target a neutral creep). This is an advanced technique, but if you can use Ice Shards to separate the team-mates of the opposite team, you will greatly increase your chance to win the clash. I will try to put an screenshot about that.

Nevermore vs Mirana - Warcraft 3 TFT Map

Nevermore vs Mirana - Warcraft 3 TFT Map

Nevermore vs Mirana is a a fun based Warcraft 3 custom map inspired from DotA. As title suggests, this map creates a battlefield between two DotA's all time favourite heroes. One team has control over Shadowfiend whereas the other control PotM. This map is entirely skill based, only the experienced players will survive!

Map Download:
Nevermore vs Mirana 7.6a.w3x
• Download the map file (.w3x) and place it in 'Warcraft 3\Maps\Download' folder.
Screenshots:

There are total 5 shops in this map which makes this it even more interesting. From there, you can purchase variety of other heroes spells, strength/agility upgrades (tomes) and other basic items. To get the fun started gather few players (preferably 3v3) and select the number of kills to win.

There are couple of commands you might want to know:
-ma (match up your hero with opponents)
-ms (for move speed)
-clear (clear the game log)
-damages (shows the damage count)

DotA IMBA 3.85 AI EN

DotA IMBA 3.85 AI EN Download 

DotA IMBA 3.85 AI EN Map is one more addition in the huge database of DotA based fun-mode maps. The term imba is derived from "Imbalance" word which is often used as online gaming slang. DotA IMBA is certainly an imbalance map, It has IMBA-fied abilities of every hero in DotA. Imagine meat hook with 3500 range and POTM's Elune arrow going through the whole map.


Features:
• Imba Hero Spells/Abilities
• More powerful items.
• Obtain a free random item (from Ancient of Wonders shop)
• Achievement Points
• Improved Visual effects
• Ported to latest version of DotA.
• New Heroes including Ice Phoenix
Screenshots: 

                                           DotA IMBA v3.85 AI EN Download:

Download the map and extract it in your "Warcraft 3\Maps\Download" folder.

The cool feature about this map is, You can play it offline against computer (AI bots) and have fun, This map has some extra items too for more fun which is pretty amusing. DotA IMBA was originally created by Chinese map developer(s) Mimya, later Harreke provided English translation of this map. Make sure you play this map with your friends, You won't regret!

DotA 6.77b AI v1.4 Map

DotA 6.77b AI v1.4 Map Download [Official]

Good news for all the AI players! DotA 6.77b AI Map v1.4 codenamed Doomsday has been officially released by the developer PleaseBugMeNot and Ciel. The new AI version brings countless improvement and tweaks to the in-game bots as compared to previous 6.77 AI. It brings a lot of features such as, AI's can build different items, new courier system, Winter Wyvern and Arc Warden AI and huge of number of fixes.

Download DotA 6.77b AI Map v1.4:

Download the The Frozen Throne (.w3x) map file and put it in (Warcraft III\Maps\Download) folder in order to play. You must have Warcraft v1.24e or v1.26a.

DotA 6.77b AI Features:
Ported to IceFrog's DotA 6.77b
AI owned private courier system.
Improved AI item builds for heroes
Cool Names mode, list updated [-CL mode]
Many Bug fixes including side-shop Teleport.

Thanks to all the members in DotA AI Team for bringing us a new update. This version will be receiving more tweaks and language translations once it's confirmed bug-free/stable. Keep visiting nepal-dota.tk for latest updates.

Warkey++ | Hotkeys for inventory

Warkey++ | Hotkeys for inventory

Warkey++  Hotkeys for inventory. Warkeys++  is a familiar tool for those who are interacted with DotA or some other strategy based games. Warkeys++ helps you to rearrange your keys without having changes in the game. You can easily determine what spell base you want to choose and there are some other attractive features which will make you gaming experience incredible.

Filesize: 55.8KB
Language: English

Warkey++ Version 6.6 Download:

More Features :

- Active/disable “hotkey function” hotkey [Home]
- Active/disable “AI block mouse” hotkey [End]
- (Alt+[) Hotkey: show ally's hp bar
- (Alt+]) Hotkey: show enemy’s hp bar
- (Alt+M) Hotkey: check current state of function
- (Alt+P) Hotkey: Pause/Resume “game”
- (Alt+F4) Hotkey: Quit Game

AucT Hotkeys Tool

AucT Hotkeys Tool Download

AucT Hotkeys Tool is yet another hotkey remapping program for Warcraft 3 Dota. It is bundled with a lot of advanced features that you will not find in other programs. It comes with built-in Autocast, Invoker, Scoreboard, Skill hotkeys (without editing CustomKeys.txt) and dozens of in-game configurations for easy management.

Download AucT Hotkey Tool (AHT):

AucT Hotkey Tool Feautres:

Inventory Tools - You can set your inventory to any key you want including Mouse buttons.

Skill Keys - Set hero spells to your desired keys, it clicks the spell when you press hotkey (comes handy when you're playing DotA LoD).

Autocast - Enables/disables autocast of spells (Frost Arrows, Searing Arrows, Surge) upon key press.

           



Messages - Send quick messages to allies or all. Good for saying miss/re/gg etc.

Invoker key bind - Let's you Invoke various spells by pressing a key.

Garena Auto Joiner - Upon activation, automatically joins the room after every 5 seconds (auto-clicker).

           

User Profiles - Every user can create its own profile settings.

Miscellaneous:
Macros support, Fix Warcraft 3 Registries (InstallPath), Change Resolutions, Set hotkeys for scoreboard, Windows mouse capture, Roshan notification, ignoring chat etc.

Note:
• You need to run this program as administrator if you are using Windows 8, 7 or Vista.
• This program does not interfere with in-game chat.
• You need to Reload hotkeys every time you make any changes.
• All credits goes to AucT for this program.

Replay Seeker v0.9

Replay Seeker v0.9

What's new:

Fixed some bugs related to detecting the replay

Now you don't need to press Enter to confirm the desired time entered in the textbox.

Added support for plugins.

Features:

You can change the speed of the replay from 1/32x to 31x or make it run "as fast as possible".

You can specify the position in the replay that you want to reach, and ReplaySeeker will quickly fast-forward replay to that position, pausing the replay when done and playing a sound (to notify you). Note that this works while Warcraft is minimized, which allows you to do something else during the process (like browsing the forums).

Rewinding is supported but by restarting the replay and then fast-forwarding to the specified position, so it's not an actual rewind. You can always check whether the replay will be restarted or not by looking at the "sync solution" field.

What's new:

Fixed some bugs related to detecting the replay

Now you don't need to press Enter to confirm the desired time entered in the textbox.

Added support for plugins.

Requirements:

Since this program is written in C#, you need to have .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your computer (see link below).

.Net Framework 2.0 download page (dotnetfx.exe - 22,4 mb)

Some programs install FW2.0 automatically in order for them to work, so you might already have it installed on your pc.

For Vista Users:

To run this tool in Vista without any errors you must right click the exe and from the dropdown menu select "Run as administrator".

Download Replay Seeker v0.9

Official Warcraft 1.26 Patch Download (Offline Upgrade)

Official Warcraft 1.26 Patch Download (Offline Upgrade)

Blizzard has recently issued official standalone & upgrade version file for Warcraft 1.26 Patch. The new update is now available on their FTP server. This patch file is intended for those who can not avail patch via Battle.net auto-update or version switcher. Check the guide for upgrading to Warcraft 1.26a patch from offline version installer.







Guide, How to Download & Install Warcraft 3 TFT 1.26 Patch:

1. Download the appropriate Warcraft 1.26 patch file executable from the links below:



• Standalone Upgrade (recommended):

If you are upgrading from an older version (1.20e, 1.21 etc), download this file.
War3TFT_126a_English.exe

• 1.25b (1.25.1.6397) to 1.26 (1.26.0.6401) Upgrade:

Download this short update if you are upgrading from 1.25b to 1.26a.

War3TFT_125b_126a_English.exe 

2. After downloading run the executable to install the patch.

3. Your Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne & Reign of Chaos version will be updated to v1.26a (1.26.0.6401).

Known Issues & Notes:

• If you experience Registry Error Loading Key "Warcraft/InstallPath" error. Please follow the steps carefully mentioned in this guide.
• If you are currently using v1.25b you can use Warcraft Version Switcher for 1.26 for easy upgrade.
• Older version games replays can not be watched/played in this patch.
• If you are facing any other issues, please post a comment with your problem!

iZONE continues their dominance on DotA

The hot streak of iZONE.GIGABYTE continues, as they won the first edition of GEST - IDC 2013.

Fresh from winning the first two editions of Philippine's DotA Gigabyte Mineski Pro Gaming League (GMPGL), iZONE claimed the March edition of Gigabyte E-Sports Tournament - International DotA Competition (GEST - IDC) by defeating MiTH.Trust in the finals.

iZONE finished the 8-team tournament undefeated, as they need not use their WB advantage in the finals to secure the title.

MiTH.Trust, also a very active Dota 2 team, was able to reach the finals after defeating the last GEST Champion, Pacififc. Revitalize, on the LB Finals.



With the win, iZONE has clearly established themselves as the the team-to-beat on DotA.

GEST - IDC is a monthly tournament between the winners of the offline GMPGL qualifiers. 

Prize:
iZONE.GIGABYTE - $700
MiTH.Trust - $500
Pacific.Revitalize - $300

6.77c nerfs Nyx, KotL and Drow

6.77c released

In the latest version of Warcraft 3 DotA, Nyx and Keeper of the Light receive a nerf; Tranquil Boots get changed as well. It is not known yet when this will be ported over to Dota 2.

With this patch, IceFrog decides to nerf two popular competitive heroes, Nyx Assassin and Keeper of the Light. Drow Ranger's ultimate Marksmanship is also reduced in power; since she is not in Captains Mode yet, this will only affect normal match making. Rooftrellen's Living Armor receives yet another change - read the full explanation below:

* Tranquil Boots disabled speed reduced from 50 to 25
* Tranquil Boots heal increased from 170 to 250
* Tranquil Boots cooldown increased from 40 to 60
* Tranquil Boots heal duration increased from 10 to 20
* Illuminate manacost increased from 150 to 150/160/170/180
* Illuminate AOE reduced from 400 to 350
* Spiked Carapace duration reduced from 2.75 to 2.25
* Spiked Carapace cooldown increased from 14 to 23/20/17/14
* Marksmanship bonus is removed when there are nearby enemy heroes (instead of just being halved)
* Reduced Marksmanship enemy detection aoe reduced from 400 to 375
* Heaven’s Halberd's Disarm is no longer dispelled by Manta
* Living Armor damage reduction is now done for all instances of damage that reduce its charges:

Previous Living Armor Behavior: It would eat up charges from all damage sources, but only absorb some damage from heroes physical attacks

New Living Armor Behavior: Still eats up charges from all sources (including magic), but absorbs some damage from them as well

Rizzrak, Goblin Shredder - DotA Hero Guide

Rizzrak, Goblin Shredder - DotA Hero Guide

Rizzrak, Goblin Shredder is a Sentinel Strength hero addded in DotA v6.73. Goblin Shredder was the most awaited Warcraft 3 model which was yet to be included. Now it's here. Check Goblin Shredder overview and skill guide.

Goblin Shredder Stats:

Primary Attribute: Strength

Affiliation: Sentinel

Range: Melee

Movespeed: 290

Strength: 22 + 2.4

Intelligence: 21 + 1.8

Agility: 16 + 1.3

Starting Damage: 48-52

Starting Armor: 0

Goblin Shredder Abilities Guide:

1. Whirling Death (Active, no target)

Goblin Shredder whirls extremely sharp edges dealing damage and reducing primary attribute of any unfortunate enemy hero who comes in a 300 AOE around him. Deals Pure damage if it cuts down trees in the process. Lowers primary attribute by 15% for 7 seconds.

Damage: 50/100/150/200

Manacost: 70/80/90/100

Cooldown: 8

Notes: Whirling Death deals magical damage by default. If it cuts down trees as well, it becomes pure damage.

2. Timber Chain (Active, targeted point)

Fires a chain that embeds itself in the first tree it hits, pulling you to it and cutting any enemy in your path for pure damage.

Damage AoE: 225

Range: 800/1000/1200/1400

Damage: 80/120/160/200

Cooldown: 4 seconds

Manacost: 60/70/80/90

Note: You will not be pulled in if you are stunned when the chain latches onto a tree

3. Reactive Armor (Passive)

What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger! Every physical attack made on Rizzrak increases his armor and gives him bonus hp regen. Each stack lasts for 16 seconds.

Bonus: 1 armor and 1 HP regen per stack

Stack Limit: 4/8/12/16

4. Chakram (Activatable, targeted point)

Fires your main saw blade at the target location, and once there the blade will spin, dealing damage in an AoE around it and slowing enemies by 5% for every 5% of health they are missing. The blade deals pure damage and cuts down trees in its path when fired and retracted. You lose the ability to attack while the blade is out.

Passthrough Damage: 100/140/180

DPS: 50/75/100

Cast Range: 1200

Manacost: 125/150/175

Manacost per second: 20/30/40

Cooldown: 8

Xin, Ember Spirit - DotA Hero Guide

                                   Xin, Ember Spirit - DotA Hero Guide

Xin, Ember Spirit is an agility hero based on Fire Panda theme which most of you have been waiting for. He has some high DPS nukes perfect for ganking and eyecandy spell effects making him a perfect Christmas present. Check Xin, Ember Spirit hero guide and introduction.





Ember Spirit Stats:
Primary Attribute: Agility
Affiliation: Sentinel

Movement: 310
Attack Range: 128 (melee)

Total starting damage: 52-56
Total starting armor: 3

Strength: 21 + 2.0
Agility: 22 + 1.8
Intelligence: 20 + 1.8

Ember Spirit Abilities Guide:

1. Searing Chains (Active, no target)

Xin unleashes up to 3 fiery bolas that wrap around nearby enemies, anchoring them in place and dealing damage each second.
AoE: 400 Duration: 2/2/3/3 seconds 
DPS: 40/60/80/100 
Cooldown: 14/12/10/8 
Manacost: 110 

Note: Selects 3 random enemies within the area. Does not affect magic immune or invisible heroes. Does not prevent attacks or spell casting.

2. Sleight of Fist (Active, ground target)

Xin dashes around with blazing speed, attacking all enemies in the targeted AoE and returns to where he was standing after. You deal 50% less damage to creeps.

You are invulnerable during this process. Takes 0.2 seconds to attack per unit.
Bonus Hero Damage: +30/60/90/120

AoE: 250/350/450/550
Cast Range: 700

Manacost: 50
Cooldown: 30/22/14/6

3. Flame Guard (active, no target)

Xin surrounds himself with a ring of fire that consumes incoming magic damage, leaving him unharmed. Deals dps in a 400 aoe. If the shield is dispelled, the dps buff goes away.
DPS: 30/35/40/45
Magic Shell: 150/300/450/600

Duration: 8/12/16/20 (or when the barrier dies)

Manacost: 80/90/100/110
Cooldown: 35

4. Fire Remnant (Active, ground target)

Xin charges himself with the energy to create a Fire Remnant every 30 seconds, with a max of 3 charges. Releasing a charge, sends a Fire Remnant that runs to the targeted point at 2.5 times your speed. Xin can use his secondary ability to dash out to each remnant's location, detonating them for AoE damage, and arriving at the one he targeted last. Remnants last 45 seconds or until you fuse with them. The remnant placing ability is limited by charges and not cooldown or manacost.

Remnant Charges: 3
Remnant Charge Replenish Time: 30 seconds
Remnant Duration: 45 seconds
Remnant Cast Range: 1500

The secondary ability lets you target a location closest to whichever Remnant you want to choose. Xin will then dash out going through each remnant, arriving at the selected remnant last. Each Remnant you go through causes it to detonate, dealing damage in the area around it.

Damage: 140/180/220
AOE: 450
Activate Remnant Manacost: 100

Zet, Arc Warden - DotA Hero Guide

               Zet, Arc Warden - DotA Hero Guide
Auroth, The Winter Wyvern Guide/Strategy. Winter Wvyern is Scourge (Dire) intelligence hero inspired from Frost Wyrm model of Warcraft 3 campaign. He was added in DotA 6.75 map patch. Auroth has a unique skillset with great disabling/nuking abilities good for team support.
Zet, Arc Warden Overview:

Affiliation: Scourge

Primary Attribute: Agility

Movement speed: 295

Starting Armor: 0

Attack Damage: 40-50

Attack Range: 625

Intelligence: 24 + 2.1

Strength: 24 + 1.9

Agility: 15 + 1.8

Winter Wvyern Spell/Abilities Guide:

Arctic Burn (Hotkey: R)
Imbues you with a deathly chill, causing you to gain bonus attack range and flying movement for 6 seconds. Your attacks place an arctic burn on enemies that slows them and burns a portion of their health away.

Debuff cannot be refreshed on enemies that it hits.

Duration: 6 seconds
Attack Range: 700/800/900/1000
Slow: 25/30/35/40% for 4 seconds
HP Burn: drains 6% of current HP per second (not lethal, does not count as damage)

Cooldown: 60/50/40/30
Manacost: 120/110/100/90

Ability Code: A2NE

Splinter Blast (Hotkey: T):
Fires a passive shard of ice at an enemy unit. Upon impact, it gains new life and splits off into active shards that deal heavy damage and slow to all other enemy units. Initial target is unaffected.


Split AoE: 500
Secondary Target Damage: 100/180/260/340
Secondary Target Slow: 25% for 4 seconds
Projectile Speed: Takes 1.5 seconds to arrive at the destination

Cast Range: 1200
Cooldown: 8
Manacost: 120/130/140/150

Ability Code: A2LA


Cold Embrace (Hotkey: E)
Reduces an allied hero's body temperature by encasing him in ice, sending him into a deep sleep and regenerating a percentage of max HP for 4 seconds, in addition to blocking all physical damage for its duration.


Duration: 4
HP Regeneration: 20 + 3/4/5/6% of Max HP per second

Cast Range: 1000
Cooldown: 14
Manacost: 75

Note: The allied hero is disabled for the duration of the buff.

Ability Code: A2LB

Winter's Curse (Hotkey W):
Winter Wyvern strikes the battlefield with a maddening chill, cursing a targeted enemy unit and freezing it in place. All of the target's nearby allied units will go into an uncontrollable frenzy, attacking the frozen ally for a short duration.

Duration: 2.5/2.75/3
AOE: 350

Cast Range: 800
Manacost: 250
Cooldown: 90

Note: You get credit for kills done this way. Does not affect target's magic immune allies.

Ability Code: A0Z0
Winter Wyvern Build Guide:

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DotA 6.77c Map Download & Changelogs [Official]

DotA 6.77c Map Download & Changelogs [Official]

number of changes from DotA 6.78. 
This patch is mainly focused on balance changes, no bug fixes are mentioned in the patch notes. Tranquil boots item has been been reworked, Keeper of the Light and Drow Ranger nerfed and Living Armor has also received changes. You can check details below!

Official DotA 6.77c Map Download:

Download the WarCraft 3 TFT map file (.w3x) from the link above and paste it in "Warcraft III\Maps\Download\" folder. You must have patch 1.24e or 1.26a to play this map.

DotA 6.77c Changelogs (Patch Notes):
  Tranquil Boots disabled speed reduced from 50 to 25
  Tranquil Boots heal increased from 170 to 250
  Tranquil Boots cooldown increased from 40 to 60
  Tranquil Boots heal duration increased from 10 to 20
  Illuminate manacost increased from 150 to 150/160/170/180
  Illuminate AOE reduced from 400 to 350
  Spiked Carapace duration reduced from 2.75 to 2.25
  Spiked Carapace cooldown increased from 14 to 23/20/17/14
  Marksmanship bonus is removed when there are nearby enemy heroes (instead of just being halved)
  Reduced Marksmanship enemy detection aoe reduced from 400 to 375
  Heaven’s Halberd's Disarm is no longer dispelled by Manta
  Living Armor damage reduction is now done for all instances of damage that reduce its charges

It's surprising that there are no bug fixes done in this update or may be IceFrog forgot to put them in the changelogs. Anyway, you can now play the balanced new map. Also, the new series v6.78 will be arriving soon, keep checking Nepal-dota.tk for updates.

Auroth, the Winter Wyvern - DotA Hero Guide

Auroth, the Winter Wyvern - DotA Hero Guide

Auroth, The Winter Wyvern Guide/Strategy. Winter Wvyern is Scourge (Dire) intelligence hero inspired from Frost Wyrm model of Warcraft 3 campaign. He was added in DotA 6.75 map patch. Auroth has a unique skillset with great disabling/nuking abilities good for team support.

Winter Wyvern Overview:

Affiliation: Scourge

Primary Attribute: Intelligence

Movement speed: 285

Starting Armor: 1

Attack Damage: 38-45

Attack Range: 425

Intelligence: 25 + 2.4

Strength: 24 + 2.1

Agility: 16 + 1.9

Winter Wvyern Spell/Abilities Guide:

Arctic Burn (Hotkey: R)

Imbues you with a deathly chill, causing you to gain bonus attack range and flying movement for 6 seconds. Your attacks place an arctic burn on enemies that slows them and burns a portion of their health away.

Debuff cannot be refreshed on enemies that it hits.

Duration: 6 seconds

Attack Range: 700/800/900/1000

Slow: 25/30/35/40% for 4 seconds

HP Burn: drains 6% of current HP per second (not lethal, does not count as damage)

Cooldown: 60/50/40/30

Manacost: 120/110/100/90

Ability Code: A2NE

Splinter Blast (Hotkey: T):

Fires a passive shard of ice at an enemy unit. Upon impact, it gains new life and splits off into active shards that deal heavy damage and slow to all other enemy units. Initial target is unaffected.

Split AoE: 500

Secondary Target Damage: 100/180/260/340

Secondary Target Slow: 25% for 4 seconds

Projectile Speed: Takes 1.5 seconds to arrive at the destination

Cast Range: 1200

Cooldown: 8

Manacost: 120/130/140/150

Ability Code: A2LA

Cold Embrace (Hotkey: E)

Reduces an allied hero's body temperature by encasing him in ice, sending him into a deep sleep and regenerating a percentage of max HP for 4 seconds, in addition to blocking all physical damage for its duration.

Duration: 4

HP Regeneration: 20 + 3/4/5/6% of Max HP per second

Cast Range: 1000

Cooldown: 14

Manacost: 75

Note: The allied hero is disabled for the duration of the buff.

Ability Code: A2LB

Winter's Curse (Hotkey W):

Winter Wyvern strikes the battlefield with a maddening chill, cursing a targeted enemy unit and freezing it in place. All of the target's nearby allied units will go into an uncontrollable frenzy, attacking the frozen ally for a short duration.

Duration: 2.5/2.75/3

AOE: 350

Cast Range: 800

Manacost: 250

Cooldown: 90

Note: You get credit for kills done this way. Does not affect target's magic immune allies.

Ability Code: A0Z0

Winter Wyvern Build Guide:

There is no item build available for this hero, why don't you share your own?