A Complete Dota 2 Guide for League Players and Beginners in 2025

[00:00] okay so this is a complete do two guide

[00:02] for league players and beginners

[00:04] starting from

[00:05] 2025 I'm using League of Legends as a

[00:08] reference because it is the closest game

[00:10] that comes to d 2 this is not a d 2

[00:13] versus League of Legends video I'm not

[00:15] here to tell you which game is better

[00:16] because there are two completely

[00:18] different games do 2 is an explosive 5v5

[00:22] mobile game you are going in playing as

[00:24] a character with four other teammates

[00:26] aiming to battle and take down your

[00:28] opponent's Throne unlike League of

[00:30] Legends where the game revolves around

[00:32] hitting skill shots doru offers

[00:34] overpowered characters with insane

[00:37] abilities this guy can stop time this

[00:40] guy can create cataclysm this guy can

[00:42] bomb your entire screen this guy can

[00:44] create thunderstorm globally around the

[00:46] map and this guy can AFK in your base

[00:49] and kill everyone when everyone is

[00:52] overpowered no one really is and this is

[00:55] Dora 2 also if you're wondering there

[00:57] are no standard surrender feature in

[00:59] Dora 2 The Comeback mechanic is pretty

[01:01] decent so no matter how far you are

[01:03] behind there is always a way back the

[01:05] games in Dota will tend to be a little

[01:07] bit longer than leak but I will say

[01:09] quality over quantity and if I mention

[01:11] don't care in this video it means that

[01:13] you probably learn it along the way and

[01:15] you shouldn't stress too much about it

[01:16] at the start of the game if I'm missing

[01:18] out anything um my viewers please just

[01:21] leave it in the comments and help the

[01:22] newer players thank you okay when you

[01:25] have downloaded and logged into the game

[01:27] you will be introduced to a short

[01:28] tutorial which I recommend you complete

[01:30] it this is for you to get used to

[01:32] clicking things once you have done that

[01:34] or even if you don't want to do it it's

[01:36] fine go to the top of your screen and

[01:38] click Heroes these are all the

[01:40] characters or we call them Heroes

[01:42] available in the game every hero can be

[01:44] counted by another hero every hero is

[01:47] free to play there are no pay to win

[01:49] mechanics in doar to and this is 100% a

[01:52] game of skills the only time you'll be

[01:55] spending money is when you're buying

[01:57] Cosmetics for your characters and I can

[01:59] tell you that it's very tempting to get

[02:01] these Cosmetics sometimes so uh just

[02:04] beware as far as I know the more complex

[02:06] Heroes will be locked until you play a

[02:08] certain amount of games you can click on

[02:10] any hero and press demo hero to try out

[02:13] their abilities okay time to play to

[02:15] find a game press play DotA under

[02:18] unranked select or pick and Quee for a

[02:21] game to play rank you will need to

[02:22] unlock it by playing for 100 hours and

[02:25] now you just wait for the bong

[02:30] once you have entered the game pick any

[02:32] character you want to play there will be

[02:34] heroes that are stronger than another

[02:35] hero there will be metas there will be

[02:37] strong combos that are available but at

[02:39] this point you don't care you play

[02:41] whatever you want press your abilities

[02:43] and have fun once everyone has picked

[02:45] their Heroes you are now in the strategy

[02:47] phase usually at this point people will

[02:50] plan on what they want to do in a game

[02:51] and here is what you're going to do

[02:53] you're going to go to guides and you're

[02:54] going to select any one of these guides

[02:57] and click select and once you get into

[02:59] the game there will be skills and items

[03:01] recommendation that you can simply

[03:03] follow they are not always the best

[03:05] because it is a very complex game but

[03:08] you don't care and you just follow then

[03:10] it is time to choose your facet most

[03:12] Heroes have two facets some Heroes have

[03:15] five facets but it doesn't matter you

[03:17] can just choose whatever basically what

[03:19] this does is it customizes your hero for

[03:22] different play Styles and the guide will

[03:24] usually tell you which facet to take

[03:26] okay once you're in the game look at

[03:28] your spells the highlight spells are the

[03:30] one that they recommend you to skill

[03:32] then open your shop these are the

[03:34] recommended items you just have to

[03:36] follow them then we're going to move on

[03:37] to the first objective of the game

[03:39] Bounty runes Bounty runes are these

[03:42] yellow color things once you take it

[03:44] everyone on your team will gain money

[03:46] Bounty runes will spawn on four

[03:48] different positions and your job is to

[03:50] collect as many Bounty runes as possible

[03:52] at minute zero starting from minute Zero

[03:55] The Bounty runes will spawn once every 4

[03:57] minutes then you're going to go back

[03:59] into your lanes there are three lanes in

[04:02] da 2 the Top Lane the Middle Lane and

[04:05] the bottom Lane every character in da

[04:07] have different rowes and depending on

[04:09] the row there is a farm priority but you

[04:11] don't care just go to any Lane you want

[04:14] usually mid lane is a 1 V one the Top

[04:17] Lane is a 2v2 and the bottom Lane is

[04:19] also a 2v2 so you just go wherever you

[04:22] want to go and just fill up any lanes

[04:24] that are empty don't overthink about

[04:25] roles and lanes and whatever you play

[04:27] just play the game it doesn't matter

[04:29] it's fun in in these Lanes there will be

[04:30] creeps by killing the creeps you will

[04:33] gain gold and experience experience help

[04:35] you level up and get more skills gold

[04:38] will help you buy items and become

[04:40] stronger in DOA everyone will be given a

[04:43] courier and you're going to use this

[04:44] Courier to deliver the items that you

[04:46] have purchased in base your career will

[04:48] be working to you until you hit level

[04:51] four and it will start flying uh that's

[04:54] kind of cute right I mean you are

[04:56] allowed to hold six items at a time you

[04:59] have six item slots three backpack slots

[05:02] one neutral item slot and one TP scroll

[05:05] slot the six item slots are your main

[05:08] item slots once your items are on these

[05:11] slots you are using these items if you

[05:13] play the game enough you will realize

[05:15] that six slots are not enough because

[05:18] you're going to buy a lot of items and

[05:20] when items are not in use you will place

[05:22] them in your backpack slot once you put

[05:24] it there your items are not in use until

[05:27] you switch them back I will explain

[05:28] neutral items later on but let's talk

[05:30] about TPS TP stands for teleport when

[05:33] you get into the game everyone is given

[05:35] one teleport scroll this will allow you

[05:38] to teleport to any Allied buildings

[05:40] around the map to help your teammates it

[05:42] is a onetime use so once you used it you

[05:45] have to buy another one if you die to an

[05:47] enemy you will gain a free TP scroll and

[05:50] if you click on your teammates and you

[05:51] see many many TP Scrolls this means that

[05:54] they are probably feeding damage type in

[05:56] Dota is very complicated when you're

[05:58] attacking it it is physical damage when

[06:01] you are casting a spell it is a spell

[06:03] damage some spell damage are physical

[06:05] damage some are magical damage and some

[06:07] are pure damage but at this point it

[06:10] doesn't matter you don't care just press

[06:12] your spell hit people and you'll be fine

[06:15] in legal Legends the map is pretty much

[06:17] flat there are no daytime there are no

[06:19] night time no High Ground low ground

[06:21] kind of thing but in Dota there is

[06:23] daytime that gives you more Vision there

[06:25] is night time that gives you lesser

[06:27] Vision certain Heroes have more VIs

[06:29] Vision in the night and lesser Vision in

[06:31] the day going into the trees doesn't

[06:33] make you invisible but there is fog of

[06:35] War which means that if your opponents

[06:37] are standing on this side of the tree

[06:39] and you're standing on the other side of

[06:40] the tree you cannot see them likewise

[06:43] they cannot see you unless there are

[06:45] vision from other sources You Are Not

[06:47] Invisible you are just in a fog when

[06:49] you're on The High Ground you can see

[06:50] the low ground and when you're on the

[06:52] low ground you cannot see The High

[06:54] Ground that is another for of War but

[06:56] for all of this you don't care you just

[06:58] run at people and try to kill people

[07:00] starting from 2 minutes the river Rune

[07:03] will spawn a water Rune there is this

[07:05] item in a shop called a bottle when you

[07:07] buy it you get to use it three times to

[07:10] refuel your bottle either you go back to

[07:12] base or you pick up one of these runes

[07:14] most of you will probably not buy a

[07:16] bottle so you don't get you just need to

[07:19] know that water Rune gives you HP and

[07:21] Mana water Rune will only spawn at 2

[07:24] minutes and 4 minutes 3 minutes if

[07:26] you're playing on the top lane or the

[07:28] bottom Lane you will notice this weird

[07:30] thing this is called the Lotus pool at 3

[07:32] minutes lotuses will spawn in the Lotus

[07:35] pool and will spawn in 3 minutes

[07:37] interval all you need to do is to walk

[07:39] into the Lotus pool and stand in there

[07:41] for a few seconds and the Lotus will go

[07:43] into your inventory when you click it

[07:45] you get to heal some health and Mana if

[07:47] there is an enemy in the pool no one

[07:49] will get it and you will have to fight

[07:51] to the death whoever walks out first the

[07:53] opposing team will get the Lotus but

[07:55] that is a cowed move most of the time we

[07:57] would rather die a warrior than to run

[07:59] away a coward so yeah fight to the death

[08:02] 5 minutes this is where the day turns

[08:04] into nights and people will start

[08:06] running around trying to kill one

[08:07] another because of poor visibility but

[08:10] you don't care all you need to do is

[08:12] First 5 minutes daytime second 5 minutes

[08:15] night time 3 5 minutes daytime so on and

[08:17] so forth okay you know what just don't

[08:20] care and ignore the at night time yeah

[08:22] just keep it simple 6 minutes this is

[08:24] where power runes are spawning on the

[08:25] river instead of water runes these power

[08:28] runes will spawn at 2 minutes interval

[08:30] starting from 6 minutes they will spawn

[08:33] randomly between top and bottom usually

[08:35] everyone will GA me to fight for these

[08:37] runes because they are quite overpowered

[08:39] there are six power runes in a game

[08:41] amplify damage it amplifies your right

[08:43] click damage and your spell damage

[08:45] Arcane Rune this will reduce your

[08:47] cooldown and Mana cost for your spells

[08:49] haste Rune allows the user to run at Max

[08:52] movement speed illusion Rune gives you

[08:54] two illusions of yourself invisibility

[08:56] turns you invisible until the effects

[08:58] run off and Bo invisible you are very

[09:01] tanky regeneration Rune heals you up

[09:03] back to full HP and mana and shield Rune

[09:06] it gives you a damage barrier basically

[09:08] it's a very op Rune wait there's like

[09:10] seven runes wait what the 1 2 3 4 5 6 oh

[09:13] there's seven runes okay yeah there's

[09:15] seven runes next Twin Gates if you're

[09:17] unable to kill in your lane and you want

[09:18] to go for kills across the map instead

[09:21] of using TP scroll you want to use the

[09:22] twin gate they are located at the corner

[09:25] of the map that will teleport you across

[09:27] the map and basically save you time 7

[09:29] minutes is wisdom time this is important

[09:32] because it gives you a lot of experience

[09:34] and helps you level up and get to your

[09:36] ultimate quickly to get it you just need

[09:37] to stand in the wisdom pool and wait and

[09:40] you'll get it this wisdom will spawn

[09:43] once every 7 Minutes similar to the

[09:45] Lotus pool if you have a player from

[09:47] each team standing in there nothing will

[09:49] happen whoever leaves the opposing team

[09:51] will get the Rune so yes another fight

[09:54] to the death 15 minutes it's usually

[09:56] tormenta time tormenta is this shiny

[09:58] building if you kill it one person on

[10:00] your team will gain an item that

[10:02] improves their spell the item will be

[10:04] randomly given to one of the poorest

[10:05] player on your team that is to balance

[10:08] the rich and the poor but at this point

[10:10] I don't recommend you try to kill it

[10:12] there is a specific way to kill it and I

[10:14] don't recommend you try because you are

[10:16] likely going to kill yourself before you

[10:18] get to kill this thing I mean even Pros

[10:19] kill themselves when they try to kill

[10:21] this thing so you just ignore it you

[10:22] don't get next Roshan Roshan is like the

[10:25] boss of the map he's the strongest creep

[10:27] on the map if you kill Roshan you will

[10:29] will gain agis AIS will grant the user

[10:31] an extra life after a few minutes either

[10:33] use the AIS or the agis will expire and

[10:36] then Roshan will spawn and you get to

[10:38] kill Roshan again there are two Roshan

[10:39] Pits on the map the top and the bottom

[10:42] initially Roshan will only spawn at the

[10:44] bottom side and starting from 15 minutes

[10:47] Roshan will start walking top when it's

[10:49] night time and walk back to bottom when

[10:51] it's daytime and if you stand in his

[10:52] path he will grab you and he will throw

[10:54] you away it does a lot of damage and

[10:57] it's fun I don't know like me and my

[10:58] friends we like to just intentionally

[11:00] get thrown around cuz it was fun you

[11:01] know you can try you're probably going

[11:03] to die but you should try it there are

[11:06] four types of towers in D tier one Tower

[11:09] tier 2 Tower tier three Tower tier four

[11:12] Towers in the lane you have to break the

[11:14] tier one Tower before the tier two Tower

[11:17] likewise you have to kill the tier two

[11:18] Tower before you can touch the tier

[11:20] three Tower once you kill the tier three

[11:22] Tower you are allowed to take the

[11:23] enemy's Barracks killing this Rex makes

[11:26] your creps really strong and by killing

[11:28] rex on all three G usually secures the

[11:30] win there is another popular way to win

[11:33] which is to just ignore the Rex and go

[11:36] straight for the throne but there is a

[11:38] story for another day you don't get you

[11:40] just try to take all the rexes and win

[11:42] the game wait I forgot about something

[11:45] oh oh neutral items okay so when you

[11:48] clear a jungle Camp you will gain this

[11:51] thingy I don't really know what this is

[11:52] called but once you collect enough you

[11:54] will get a neutral item so on the left

[11:57] side is to select the effect of the item

[11:59] and the right side is to select the

[12:00] stats that you want to gain from the

[12:02] item so just mix and match but honestly

[12:04] it doesn't really matter you don't care

[12:06] you just pick whatever you know and if

[12:07] you ever walk past this thing this thing

[12:09] is called a watcher and if you click on

[12:11] it this thing will give you Vision but

[12:13] if you walk into one that is red in

[12:15] color it means that it belongs to the

[12:17] enemy and you want to click it to remove

[12:19] their Vision so yeah good luck on your

[12:22] road to rank one

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