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When starting to play a game, especially a strategy game like Dota, understanding the abbreviations and terminologies used by players in the match is essential. Therefore, Mytour will help you understand the basic terminologies and abbreviations when playing Dota 2.
Dota Terminology and Abbreviations
- Guardian of the Pit:- Marketplace:- Secure Lane:* For Team 1, the Secure Lane is the Bot lane.
* For Team 2, the Secure Lane is the Top lane.
- Off-lane: the perilous path where survival is a constant struggle, always under the threat of lurking adversaries.
* For team 1, Off-lane refers to the Top lane.
* Whereas for team 2, Off-lane is situated at the Bot lane.
2. Terminologies in Dota
- Hero: also known as champions, controlled by players. Each hero possesses 4 skills and varied Strength, Agility, and Intelligence attributes. One of these attributes determines the primary attack potency of the hero.
- Strength (Str): represents the might of a Hero. Each point in Str increases the corresponding health of the Hero.
- Agility (Agi): stands for the agility of a Hero. Each point in Agi enhances the attack speed of the Hero.
3. Some Actions Terminologies in the Game
- Harass: is the act of disturbing opponents, causing them to lose health while waiting for an opportunity to strike.
- Pull:means pulling own creeps to jungle camps to farm.
- Nuke (Nuker):refers to using skills or spells to deal damage to opponents.
- Block:an action to obstruct.
- Def (Defence): is the act of defending or defending the base before opponents advance.
- Back (B): is the action of calling everyone to retreat.
- Rs: organizes an attack on Roshan.
- Spam: is a form of continuously using a certain skill.
- CD (Cooldown):announces to teammates that the skill is cooling down.
- Focus:is to concentrate attacks on a specific target.
- BB (BuyBack):buying back after death.
- GGWP:automatically surrenders and acknowledges the opponent's good play.
- Deward:destroying opponent's wards.
- Roam:running around all lanes to support teammates in farming or killing enemy heroes.
4. Some Items in Dota
- Dragon: crimson staff, red scepter.
- Assault Cuirass:final armor, bone armor, AC.
- Aghanim's Scepter: green staff, green scepter, Scepter.
- Black King Bar:BKB, anti-spell when activated.
- Blink Dagger:jumping sword, rapid teleport.
- Boots of Travel:flying boots, teleportation boots.
- Courier/Flying Courier:chicken, bird, item transport animal.
- Divine Rapier:final sword.
- Scythe of Vyse: hex staff (transforms an object into a frog or a toad).
- Mask of Madness:bloodsucking and fast attacking mask, also known as MOM.
- Power Treads:wooden boots.
- Sange and Yasha:dual swords, cross swords.
- Arcane Boots:mana boots.
- Teleportation Scroll (Town Portal Scroll):instantly teleports to own towers.
- Tango:an item to eat trees for health regeneration.
- Ultimate:final move, also known as Ult or Hero's SS.
Above are the terminologies, abbreviations, and some items commonly used in the real-time strategy game Dota. Wishing new players will quickly familiarize themselves and remember to use them proficiently while playing this game. When playing Dota, gamers can use various Dota commands to make the game more interesting and overcome more levels. The list of Dota commands has been fully updated by Mytour, so stay tuned.
