On July 9, 2013, Dota 2 officially released on Steam for Windows, and on the 18th of the same month, the project was released for Mac OS and Linux. In November 2013, Valve added the Coaching system to the game, the ability to give tips to other players, watch Dota 2 matches live, conduct local competitions, and support the game through a local. Dota 2 Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. Browse the newest, top selling and discounted macOS supported games.
Dota 2 is an Action RTS game, developed by Valve Corporation. The title was formally announced on October 13, 2010; and was released as a Free to Play game on July 9th, 2013 for Windows, and July 18th, 2013 for Mac OS and Linux. It is the successor to the very popular Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients, which was based on the Aeon of Strife map for StarCraft.
Background story
Basic premise
Dota 2 is an RTS-styled MOBA-type competitive team game with RPG elements. Two competing teams (Radiant and Dire) consist of five players each. The main objective in Dota 2 is to destroy the enemy Ancient inside their stronghold. These strongholds are protected by multiple towers down 3 lanes. Instead of building armies of units like in classical RTS games, each player controls a single Hero, a strategically-powerful unit with unique abilities and characteristics which can be improved over the course of the game. Experience is earned when nearby creeps and heroes die, and once collecting enough experience, the hero gains a level, which increases the hero's stats, and at most levels the hero gains a skill point which can be spent to unlock or upgrade one of the hero's abilities. Alongside a hero's fixed abilities, each hero has 6 inventory slots which can be filled with Items which provide various benefits and abilities. To purchase these items, Gold is gained passively over time, by killing creeps, by killing enemy heroes and by destroying buildings.
Dota 2 has a heavy emphasis on tactics and team co-ordination, and a deep amount of strategy focused on building up strength as fast as possible, optimal itemization, and selecting what order to upgrade your hero's spells.
Development
IceFrog, the lead developer for the original Defense of the Ancients, was hired by Valve Software in 2009.
The beta began in 2010, officially ending in July 2013 just before The International 2013 when the Windows client was officially released to the public with a queue system to deal with high traffic. The Mac and Linux clients were released a week after the general release of the Windows client. Dota 2 runs on the Source 2 Engine and mimics some of the quirks that were present in the original DotA game in order to preserve gameplay.
Map
The Map is the playing field for all Dota 2 matches. It has two sides, one for the faction, and one for the faction. To win, players must destroy the opposing side's Ancient, an important building at the center of each team's base. The map is represented in the interface by the minimap. It is also important to note that the game only contains one map by default, however, custom games can feature new, community created maps.
Heroes
Heroes are each unique characters within Dota 2. At the start of each game, two teams of five are randomly assigned to Radiant and Dire, then sides take turns selecting a Hero from the Hero Pool. Each player controls a single Hero and any units that hero controls, such as summoned units like Eidolons. The selection of these 10 heroes is commonly referred to as that match's draft.
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Heroes will gain experience when enemy units are killed nearby. They start the game at level one, and as they earn experience, they eventually level up, and each level grants more increases to the hero's attributes and an ability point to spend on upgrading abilities or Talents.
In addition to a hero's abilities, each hero has a melee or rangedattack which does an amount of damage based on the primary attribute: strength, agility, or intelligence.
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Dota 2 has currently implemented 121 heroes. 112 of these heroes were based on heroes from DotA Allstars; and after porting all the DotA heroes, 8 more original heroes have been added.
Items
Items are used to give Heroes additional various abilities, attack modifiers, bonus attributes, as well as secondary stats such as armor, attack speed, or improved regeneration of health or mana. Items are sold at Shops, which can be found at the base, the side-lanes, or the more secluded Secret Shops. More powerful items can be constructed by combining weaker items in fixed combinations which require a specific set of items to be in the inventory together. Items take up space in the Hero's inventory, courier's inventory, or stash, all of which have 6 slots for storage and an additional 3 backup space where items are muted and can be switched with the main inventory items with the activation delay of 6 seconds.
Gold and experience
Gold is granted periodically, but is largely accumulated by killing hostile units, such as creeps, towers, or enemy Heroes. Depending on what unit you kill, gold may be rewarded solely to the killer (such as creep bounty), or distributed to the killer's team (such as towers, barracks, couriers and Roshan).
Changes from DotA
See also
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Dota 2 is an Action RTS game, developed by Valve Corporation. The title was formally announced on October 13, 2010; and was released in 2013 through Steam, for Windows, OS X and Linux. It is the successor to the very popular Warcraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients, which was based on Aeon of Strife map for StarCraft. It will be released as a Free to Play game.[1]
Gameplay[edit]
Dota 2 is a combination of RTS including perspective and a heavy requirement of tactics and team co-ordination and RPG including itemization and leveling up. The main objective in Dota 2 is to destroy the enemy Ancient Structure inside their stronghold, these strongholds are protected by multiple towers down 3 lanes. The player controls a Hero which fights for them and gains strength by leveling up by getting experience, which is given when creeps and heroes die, and by itemization by buying items with gold. Gold is gained passively over time, killing creeps, killing enemy heroes and buildings. You can prevent the enemy gaining as much gold and experience by denyingcreeps and buildings.
Heroes[edit]
Heroes are all unique characters within Dota 2. At the start of each game, players are split into two teams of 5 versus 5 and then select a Hero from the Hero Pool. Every player controls his own Hero and any units that Hero controls, such as a Neutral Creep under the effects of Chen's Holy Persuasion. Heroes will gain experience when enemy units are killed nearby. They start the game at level one, and as they earn experience, they eventually level up. Each level a Hero earns grants attributes and a skill point. Dota 2 currently has 117 playable heroes, all currently from DotA 1 (and 5 new hero). Heroes are split into 3 categories: strength, agility and intelligence; and into the 2 factions, The Radiant and The Dire.
Items[edit]
Items are used to give heroes additional abilities, bonus stats or provide health or mana regeneration. Items are sold at the shop, side-lane shop or the secret shop. More powerful items require several base items to be created as well as a recipe. Items take up space in the hero's inventory, courier's inventory, or stash, each of which have 6 slots.
Development[edit]
Icefrog was hired by Valve Software in 2009.
The beta began in 2010, officially ending in July 2013 just before The International 2013 when the Windows client was officially released to the public with a queue system to deal with high traffic. The Mac and Linux clients were released a week after the general release of the Windows client. Dota 2 runs on the Source Engine and mimics some of the quirks that were present in the original DotA game in order to preserve gameplay.
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