ALRIGHT. DotA seems to be quiten down in the community until the announcement of CAPL. CAPL means Compaq AMD Pro-Gaming League. Judging by the name, one can tell that all prizes will be proudly sponser by Compaq and AMD.
CAPL occurs 4 times a year. Differentiate by 4 seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. For this season its the Winter season. There are 2 categories for DotA - Open and Elites. Open are for the weaker teams and Elites are for the stronger ones. In order to be promoted to Elites, teams must be in at least top 8 for the Open category. This will promote them to the Elites for the next season. Therefore, 8 teams that are knock out of the first round of Elites will be dropped out. It is a compulsory registration for the Elite teams, where as for the Open teams its based on first come first serve basis. Capacity for Open is 64 teams where as in Elites, its 16 teams.
Money is also an important factor to attract teams to join competition. For the Open category, 4th-8th position will receive $125. 3rd will receive $250. 2nd will receive $500 and 1st $1000. For the Elite category, as there are only 16 teams, there are only prizes catered the 1st four teams. 4th position will receive $250. 3rd will receive $500. 2nd will receive $1000 and 1st $2000.
I hereby wish good luck to all competitors and may games bring world peace. ^^
For more information go to: http://www.capl.com.sg/
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
I shall stop blogging about hero strategies. I think too much of that will bore users.
I will thus focus on competitive DotA. Competitive games and normal games have very huge difference. In a normal game, people normally play on their own and just try to obtain individual brilliance. However, it is different in competitive games. 5 to a team and these 5 have different roles from each other. Teamwork and teamplay is very important. Sometimes, individual skills is not really the factor to win games but without a doubt, it plays a part in winning. There are several roles in a competitive game - A power hero, supporting roles and heros that do lane control. These are the 3 main roles in a game.
Just by looking at the role name, a power hero is mainly a hero that has the most damage output. A fine example would be the Queen of Pain. It can really farm up really fast as it has Scream of Pain. Deals 300 damage to nearby units which makes farming much easier. It's ultimate is Sonic Wave which deals quite amount of damage in a huge area. Finally, it has the ability to blink out of danger, which reduces it possibility of dying.
Supporting roles are heros that support the power hero. A fine example will be the Warlock. This hero is one of the strongest hero in the early game. It has a very useful skill to support the power hero which is Shadow Word. It can be casted on allies as well as enemies. It will either heals of damages 40 hitpoints per second for 8 seconds. This is very useful if the power hero is low in hp, this skill can be use to heal the power hero. This increases the survivability of the power hero.
Lastly, the heros that are good in lane control. This type of heros have a similarity - huge spell damage. They can instantly deal easily up to 500+ damage within a few seconds at level 7. An example will be Slayer. It has 2 skills - Dragon Slave and Light Strike. When both are in level 4, it will deal 280 damage each. IF, it has around 300 mana left, a lighting will be send flying to the enemy. 450 damage of laguna blade will be casted. It will definitely crush enemies at the start.
There are other heros that fall under these 3 categories and to find go out more, go to:
http://intfatal.blogspot.com/
I will thus focus on competitive DotA. Competitive games and normal games have very huge difference. In a normal game, people normally play on their own and just try to obtain individual brilliance. However, it is different in competitive games. 5 to a team and these 5 have different roles from each other. Teamwork and teamplay is very important. Sometimes, individual skills is not really the factor to win games but without a doubt, it plays a part in winning. There are several roles in a competitive game - A power hero, supporting roles and heros that do lane control. These are the 3 main roles in a game.
Just by looking at the role name, a power hero is mainly a hero that has the most damage output. A fine example would be the Queen of Pain. It can really farm up really fast as it has Scream of Pain. Deals 300 damage to nearby units which makes farming much easier. It's ultimate is Sonic Wave which deals quite amount of damage in a huge area. Finally, it has the ability to blink out of danger, which reduces it possibility of dying.
Supporting roles are heros that support the power hero. A fine example will be the Warlock. This hero is one of the strongest hero in the early game. It has a very useful skill to support the power hero which is Shadow Word. It can be casted on allies as well as enemies. It will either heals of damages 40 hitpoints per second for 8 seconds. This is very useful if the power hero is low in hp, this skill can be use to heal the power hero. This increases the survivability of the power hero.
Lastly, the heros that are good in lane control. This type of heros have a similarity - huge spell damage. They can instantly deal easily up to 500+ damage within a few seconds at level 7. An example will be Slayer. It has 2 skills - Dragon Slave and Light Strike. When both are in level 4, it will deal 280 damage each. IF, it has around 300 mana left, a lighting will be send flying to the enemy. 450 damage of laguna blade will be casted. It will definitely crush enemies at the start.
There are other heros that fall under these 3 categories and to find go out more, go to:
http://intfatal.blogspot.com/
Thursday, December 13, 2007
BOOM~~ EARTHSHAKING Fear
Another hero strategy coming up. Earthshaker(ES) is here this time. The name tells it all. It has the power to shake the earth. It skills are Fissure, Enchant Totem, Aftershock and ECHO SLAM. Its Aftershock is very useful to him as it enables ES to deal addition damage and stun whenever it casts a spell.
The item build for ES will be starting, ring of protection, 2 Ancient tango of essification and 2 ironwood branch. The ring will be useful later as it is an ingredient for a more powerful item. After earning some money and in DotA terms - farming, the 1st item the ES goes for will be the arcane ring. It basically replenishes certain amount of mana for the ES. It is essential as the mana capacity of ES is pretty low however, it skills cost a lot of mana. After some hero killing and more farming, the next item it gets will be the Kelen's Dagger of Escape'. This item allows the user to blink to a certain distance. ES can use this item to escape out of danger HOWEVER, this item has a much greater use. ES's ultimate - Echo Slam. ES sends shockwaves shooting through the ground, dealing damage ricocheting to nearby targets for addition damage. Such a scary skill but its difficult to execute. The targets must be pretty near ES to suffer such immense damage and people will not be so stupid to be caught into such mess. THUS, the dagger will allow ES to blink itself into the midst of preys and slams every to death.
Basically, this 2 items are very essential for ES. Subsequently, user can try to get Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse to boost ES's mana and mana regeneration greatly.
Thats all for Earthshaker. Users can also try a different item build and leave your comments here.
Here is also a website for hero strategy:
http://intfatal.blogspot.com/
The item build for ES will be starting, ring of protection, 2 Ancient tango of essification and 2 ironwood branch. The ring will be useful later as it is an ingredient for a more powerful item. After earning some money and in DotA terms - farming, the 1st item the ES goes for will be the arcane ring. It basically replenishes certain amount of mana for the ES. It is essential as the mana capacity of ES is pretty low however, it skills cost a lot of mana. After some hero killing and more farming, the next item it gets will be the Kelen's Dagger of Escape'. This item allows the user to blink to a certain distance. ES can use this item to escape out of danger HOWEVER, this item has a much greater use. ES's ultimate - Echo Slam. ES sends shockwaves shooting through the ground, dealing damage ricocheting to nearby targets for addition damage. Such a scary skill but its difficult to execute. The targets must be pretty near ES to suffer such immense damage and people will not be so stupid to be caught into such mess. THUS, the dagger will allow ES to blink itself into the midst of preys and slams every to death.
Basically, this 2 items are very essential for ES. Subsequently, user can try to get Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse to boost ES's mana and mana regeneration greatly.
Thats all for Earthshaker. Users can also try a different item build and leave your comments here.
Here is also a website for hero strategy:
http://intfatal.blogspot.com/
Thursday, December 6, 2007
The guide to Nevermore
For the 3rd post, I will be posting a strategy guide on a particular hero - Shadow Fiend
Shadow Fiend also known as SF is a hero that is suitable to be a late-game hero.. His skills are - Shadowraze, Necromastery, Presence of the Dark Lord and Requiem of Souls.. Shadowraze bascially damages the enemy in 3 different range using buttons 'z', 'x', 'c'.. Necromastery is a skill that allows SF to gain 2 bonus damage for every target kill.. Maximum of 60 damage.. However, when SF dies, this bonus damager will reduce by half.. Presence of the Dark Lord reduces the enemy's armour by a maximum of 4 within a small area.. Lastly his ultimate, Reguiem of Souls.. It releases the souls he has stored dealing damage to people around it.. Damage increases if the units are closer to him..
Next, I will be talking about the item build.. Firstly, get a chick to transport items and get 2 tango of essification and 2 ironwood branch.. After farming enough money, get an empty bottle and transform your chick to a bird for easy transportation.. Reason for getting bottle is because it can regenerate your hp and mana by 200 and 100 respectively each charge.. The bottle when full has 3 charges.. When your bottle runs out, the bird comes in handy as it can replenish the bottle..
Basically, SF can go on a farming spree now as he can Shadowraze freely to farm for money.. The next item I would recommend is the Kelen's Dagger of Escape'.. This item allows the hero to blink.. Which is a useful tool for the SF to escape out of danger..
The 3rd item will be Boots of Travel.. This item allows SF to teleport to an ally unit.. This allows SF to teleport to a desirable place in a very fast time.. This will also enhance his farming..
As SF is low in hp and has 60 bonus damage, I will prefer to go for item that will boost his health greatly.. The item which does the job is the Heart of Tarrasque(HoT).. This item has the effect of adding 800 hp which is greatly benefical to SF..
We are almost done here but not to forget this item.. This is my favourite item when I am playing SF.. The Butterfly.. The effect of The Butterfly is - Adds 30 damage, adds 30 to agility, increases 30% to evasion and increases 30% to attack speed.. As SF is an agility based hero, The Butterfly adds a total of 60 damage.. Even after the addition 800 hp from HoT, it is still quite weak thus the 30% evasion is useful here.. Enemies will tend to miss their attacks more.. Needless to say, what is high damage when your attacks are slow.. The 30% increase to attack speed will input more fear into your enemies..
From here on, it is free for all.. Means that the user can play around with items and try different combination but dun forget, each hero can only carry 6 items so choose your items carefully..
Another website which provides strategies is http://intfatal.blogspot.com/
Shadow Fiend also known as SF is a hero that is suitable to be a late-game hero.. His skills are - Shadowraze, Necromastery, Presence of the Dark Lord and Requiem of Souls.. Shadowraze bascially damages the enemy in 3 different range using buttons 'z', 'x', 'c'.. Necromastery is a skill that allows SF to gain 2 bonus damage for every target kill.. Maximum of 60 damage.. However, when SF dies, this bonus damager will reduce by half.. Presence of the Dark Lord reduces the enemy's armour by a maximum of 4 within a small area.. Lastly his ultimate, Reguiem of Souls.. It releases the souls he has stored dealing damage to people around it.. Damage increases if the units are closer to him..
Next, I will be talking about the item build.. Firstly, get a chick to transport items and get 2 tango of essification and 2 ironwood branch.. After farming enough money, get an empty bottle and transform your chick to a bird for easy transportation.. Reason for getting bottle is because it can regenerate your hp and mana by 200 and 100 respectively each charge.. The bottle when full has 3 charges.. When your bottle runs out, the bird comes in handy as it can replenish the bottle..
Basically, SF can go on a farming spree now as he can Shadowraze freely to farm for money.. The next item I would recommend is the Kelen's Dagger of Escape'.. This item allows the hero to blink.. Which is a useful tool for the SF to escape out of danger..
The 3rd item will be Boots of Travel.. This item allows SF to teleport to an ally unit.. This allows SF to teleport to a desirable place in a very fast time.. This will also enhance his farming..
As SF is low in hp and has 60 bonus damage, I will prefer to go for item that will boost his health greatly.. The item which does the job is the Heart of Tarrasque(HoT).. This item has the effect of adding 800 hp which is greatly benefical to SF..
We are almost done here but not to forget this item.. This is my favourite item when I am playing SF.. The Butterfly.. The effect of The Butterfly is - Adds 30 damage, adds 30 to agility, increases 30% to evasion and increases 30% to attack speed.. As SF is an agility based hero, The Butterfly adds a total of 60 damage.. Even after the addition 800 hp from HoT, it is still quite weak thus the 30% evasion is useful here.. Enemies will tend to miss their attacks more.. Needless to say, what is high damage when your attacks are slow.. The 30% increase to attack speed will input more fear into your enemies..
From here on, it is free for all.. Means that the user can play around with items and try different combination but dun forget, each hero can only carry 6 items so choose your items carefully..
Another website which provides strategies is http://intfatal.blogspot.com/
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