Guide and Tips for Dota 2 / GAMER

This guide is suitable for everyone: from beginners who have no idea what Dota is, to enthusiasts who have spent many hours in the game. I wrote all this over about a week, during which I was constantly distracted by lawn mowing, trips to unknown places, and other matters. I hope this post will be helpful to you. Many already have Dota 2, but they either do not play it or have only played a little, not understanding all its charm.

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Dictionary of terms and abbreviations

Although I tried not to use abbreviations and terms characteristic of Dota (or described them in parentheses), some things may still be unclear. You may also encounter unfamiliar words while playing and in various guides. Some will say that some of these words are just English words, but imagine: a newbie is playing, and in chat they use a word like "taver". So, what is tavern? Is it an abbreviation or something else? They come here and see that it is a regular Tower. After all, reading Tower as "taver" is even incorrect, yet people often write it that way.

To find something specific, it’s better to use Ctrl+F.

**AFK/Away from the keyboard (afk)** - away from the keyboard/computer. Used when a player has stepped away (wants to step away) for a short time.

Aggro (aggro) - Abbreviation for aggression. Towers and creeps are AI-controlled in the game. They can switch from one hostile unit to another - "reaggro"; the phrase "I have aggro" means enemy units have switched to you and are attacking.

AoE - area spells. 500 AoE means a spell with a radius of 500.

Armor (armor) - armor, defense.

B (B) - back. Means a command to retreat. Also used to signify "I’m retreating/returning" (for example, when a hero leaves the lane to respawn).

BB/bye bye (bb) - bye-bye.

Bash (bash) - strike with a stun effect for a short time.

BD (BD, backdoor) - abbreviation for "Backdooring". This is an attempt to destroy enemy structures without allied creeps within 500 units. Many structures have protection against backdoor.

BG/Boring game/Bad game - boring/bad game. Usually said at the end of the game.

BKB (BKB) - abbreviation for the item Black King Bar, granting spell immunity (the same effect occurs as when using glyph).

Bot/Bottom (bot) - means the side (bottom) lane of the map.

Buff (buff) - positive spell cast on a unit.

Carry (carry) - a type of hero who can defeat the enemy team in the late stages of the game. These heroes need a lot of time, gold, and experience to be useful.

Cast (cast) - casting a spell.

CD/Cooldown (CD) - the period of time before a spell, ability, or item can be reused.

Chanelling Spell (chanelling spell) - a continuously casting spell. Interrupted by a stun or death.

Creeps (creeps) - monsters that come out from the base to meet other creeps.

CriticalStrike (crit) - a critical hit that deals damage greater than normal.

CW/Clan war (cw) - game against clans/teams.

DD/Damage Dealer (DD) - a type of hero with the potential to deal high damage.

Debuff (debuff) - a negative effect or one that causes damage to a unit. The opposite of Buff.

Def/Defend - to defend. For example: Def mid tower - defend the central tower.

Deny/Denying (deny) - killing an allied creep, tower, or hero, preventing the enemy hero from gaining gold and experience.

Dire - the dark side, whose base is located in the upper right corner of the map.

Disable (disable) - an effect that prevents the hero from moving, using abilities, or attacking, making them useless for a short period of time.

DoT (dot/dots) - damage over time, meaning damage done repeatedly over a certain period of time (for example, a poison).

DPS/Damage per second (DPS) - an abbreviation denoting damage per second. A measure of the damage a unit deals in one second.

Easy lane (easy lane) - a lane that is easier to play on. For Radiance it is the bot, and for Dire - the top.

EXP/Experience (exp) - experience.

Farm/Farming (farm/farming) - the process of gaining money and experience by killing enemy creeps.

Feeder (feeder) - a player who 'feeds' the enemy team with gold and experience, often dying to enemy heroes.

FFS/For fk's sake** - expresses something like "What the hell!" in indignation. For example: "ffs, will you stop autoattacking creeps?" - "What the hell, how long will you stop hitting creeps with auto-attack?"

Frag (frag) - a point awarded for a kill.

Frag Stealing/Kill Stealing (frag/kill stealing) - finishing an enemy hero with the clear intention of stealing a frag from an ally who has the chance to kill that same hero.

Gank (gank) - an abbreviation for Gang Kill. A strategy where a group of heroes bands together to ambush and kill one or more enemy heroes unexpectedly.

GG/Good game - [good game](/games?search=хорошая игра). The opposite of BG.

GJ/Good job - good job.

GL/Good luck - wish of good luck.

Gosu - professional players of the highest league.

H/Help - help. Usually used to mean "HELP, A-A-A-A-A~"

Harassment/Harass (harass) - the process of dealing damage to an enemy, primarily aimed at keeping the enemy under constant pressure and complicating their farming. It is also needed so that the enemy hero quickly uses all their healing items and returns to respawn. In short, it is dealing hits to an enemy who is standing with you on the same lane.

Hard lane (hard lane) - a lane that is somewhat harder to play on. For Radiance it is the top, and for Dire - the bot.

HF/Have fun - a standard wish to have fun while playing.

Hosu - a mid-league player with average skill level.

HP/Hit points (HP) - health points.

Imba (imba) - a very strong player that is extremely difficult to defeat and/or shows high mastery of the game. Get imba (become imba) is the slogan of Razor's company.

IRL/In real life - in real life.

Jungling (jungling) - the process of farming creeps in the forest.

K/Ok - a standard form of agreement.

Lane/Line (lane) - denotes one of the three paths connecting two strongholds, along which creeps move.

Lasthit (lasthit) - dealing the fatal (last) blow.

Late/Late game (late) - late stage of the game. Hero levels 16 and higher.

Leaver (leaver) - a player who leaves the game before it ends.

LOL/Laughing out loud/Lots of laugh (lol) - a text expression of laughter.

Low (low) - low level. For example: low HP/MP.

LVL (lvl) - level. For example, the hero's level.

Mid/Middle/Mid lane (mid) - the central lane.

Miss/MIA/SS (miss/mia/ss) - a message that a hero has disappeared from the field of view (from the lane), likely to Gank. For example, "Earthshaker ss" or "Earthshaker miss" tells us that Earthshaker has disappeared and has not been seen for a while. If the hero that left has returned, they write "re". If two heroes have left, it is written ss2. If you are not on the lane, you need to specify which lane the hero left. For example: "SS mid".

MP/Mana points (MP) - Mana Points.

Nerf (nerf) - usually stated when something has been made weaker (nerfed). For example, if developers have weakened a hero's ability.

Noob/Newbie (noob) - a newcomer to the game. Also used as an insult denoting extremely low gameplay skill. The word

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