Dota 2 (Game)

Dota 2

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The official free-to-play sequel to the Warcraft III custom scenario that originally popularized the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena sub-genre.

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These items can be bought in base.

Consumables	Attributes	Armaments	Arcane
Clarity (50g)	Iron Branch (50g)	Ring of Protection (175g)	Magic Stick (200g)
Tango (125g)	Gauntlets of Strength (150g)	Quelling Blade (200g)	Sage's Mask (325g)
Healing Salve (110g)	Slippers of Agility (150g)	Stout Shield (200g)	Ring of Regen (325g)
Smoke of Deceit (50g)	Mantle of Intelligence (150g)	Blades of Attack (420g)	Boots of Speed (400g)
Town Portal Scroll (50g)	Circlet (165g)	Chainmail (550g)	Gloves of Haste (500g)
Dust of Appearance (180g)	Belt of Strength (450g)	Helm of Iron Will (950g)	Cloak (550g)
Animal Courier (100g)	Band of Elvenskin (450g)	Broadsword (1200g)	Gem of True Sight (900g)
Flying Courier (150g)	Robe of the Magi (450g)	Quarterstaff (875g)	Morbid Mask (900g)
Observer Ward (65g)	Ogre Club (1000g)	Claymore (1400g)	Ghost Scepter (1500g)
Sentry Ward (200g)	Blade of Alacrity (1000g)	Javelin (1500g)	Shadow Amulet (1400g)
Bottle (660g)	Staff of Wizardry (1000g)	Platemail (1400g)	Talisman of Evasion (1800g)
	Ultimate Orb (2100g)	Mithril Hammer (1600g)	Blink Dagger (2250g)

These items are dropped in five tiers starting at seven minutes, and tier increasing by one around every fifteen minutes. Hero can only hold one neutral item a time in their neutral item slot.

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Arcane Ring	Clumsy Net	Craggy Coat	Flicker	Apex
Faded Broach	Dragon Scale	Enchanted Quiver	Havoc	Ballista
Ironwood Tree	Essence Ring	Greater Faerie Fire	Illusionist's Cape	Book of the Dead
Mango Tree	Grove Bow	Mind Breaker	Magic Lamp	Ex Machina
Poor Man's Shield	Imp Claw	Orb of Destruction	Minotaur Horn	Fallen Sky
Trusty Shovel	Nether Shawl	Paladin Sword	Ninja Gear	Force Boots
Broom Handle	Philosopher's Stone	Quickening Charm	Prince's Knife	Fusion Rune
Iron Talon	Pupil's Gift	Repair Kit	Spell Prism	Mirror Shield
Keen Optic	Ring of Aquila	Spider Legs	The Leveller	Phoenix Ash
Ocean Heart	Vambrace	Telescope	Timeless Relic	Pirate Hat
Royal Jelly	Vampire Fangs	Titan Sliver	Witless Shako	Seer Stone
				Stygian Desolator
				Woodland Striders
				Trident

The side shops could be found in each team safe lane. They sold several items found in the basic shop and the secret shop. This allowed heroes better access to several items in the early game, but the side shops were removed in Patch 7.23

These items are made by combining items and, often, recipes. Item recipes can only be bought in the base shops, although upgraded items can be assembled anywhere. Some items that do not require recipes to create, and some upgraded items can also be dissembled into their constituent items for further use. The cost shown here includes the cost of their constituent items and recipes (if needed).

Common	Support	Caster	Weapons	Armor	Artifacts
<p>Null Talisman (470g)</p>	<p>Ring of Basilius (525g)</p>	<p>Force Staff (2250g)</p>	<p>Crystalys (2150g)</p>	<p>Hood of Defiance (2125g)</p>	<p>Helm of the Dominator (1850g)</p>
<p>Wraith Band (485g)</p>	<p>Headdress (600g)</p>	<p>Veil of Discort (2670g)</p>	<p>Armlet of Mordiggian (2500g)</p>	<p>Blade Mail (2200g)</p>	<p>Mask of Madness (1800g)</p>
<p>Magic Wand (500g)</p>	<p>Buckler (800g)</p>	<p>Eul's Scepter of Divinity (2700g)</p>	<p>Skull Basher (2950g)</p>	<p>Vanguard (2225g)</p>	<p>Sange (2050g)</p>
<p>Bracer (525g)</p>	<p>Urn of Shadows (875g)</p>	<p>Necronomicon (2700g)</p>	<p>Shadow Blade (3000g)</p>	<p>Soul Booster (3300g)</p>	<p>Yasha (2050g)</p>
<p>Poor Man's Shield (550g)</p>	<p>Tranquil Boots (1000g)</p>	<p>Dagon (2720g)</p>	<p>Battle Fury (4350g)</p>	<p>Crimson Guard (3850)</p>\|\|<p>Maelstrom (2800g)</p>
<p>Soul Ring (800g)</p>	<p>Ring of Aquila (1010g)</p>	<p>Rod of Atos (3100g)</p>	<p>Ethereal Blade (4900g)</p>	<p>Black King Bar (3975g)</p>	<p>Diffusal Blade (3150g)</p>
<p>Phase Boots (1350g)</p>	<p>Medallion of Courage (1075g)</p>	<p>Orchid Malevolence (4125g)</p>	<p>Radiance (5150g)</p>	<p>Shiva's Guard (4700g)</p>	<p>Heaven's Halberd (3850g)</p>
<p>Power Threads (1400g)</p>	<p>Arcane Boots (1450g)</p>	<p>Aghanim's Scepter (4200g)</p>	<p>Monkey King Bar (5400g)</p>	<p>Manta Style (4950g)</p>	<p>Desolator (4100g)</p>
<p>Oblivion Staff (1675g)</p>	<p>Drums of Endurance (1850g)</p>	<p>Refresher Orb (5225g)</p>	<p>Daedalus (5550g)</p>	<p>Bloodstone (4900g)</p>	<p>Sange and Yasha (4100g)</p>
Perseverance (1750g)	<p>Vladmir's Offering (2075g)</p>	<p>Scythe of Vyse (5675g)</p>	<p>Butterfly (6000g)</p>	<p>Linken's Sphere (5175g)</p>	<p>Eye of Skadi (5675)</p>
<p>Hand of Midas (2050g)</p>	<p>Mekansm (2300g)</p>	<p>---</p>	<p>Divine Rapier (6200g)</p>	<p>Assault Cuirass (5250g)</p>	<p>Mjollnir (5700)</p>
<p>Boots of Travel (2450g)</p>	<p>Pipe of Insight (3625g)</p>	---	<p>Abyssal Blade (6750g)</p>	Heart of Tarrasque (5500g)	<p>Satanic (6150g)</p>

The (not-so-secret) secret shop can be found on the map, on both sides of the river. Items sold in the secret shop are often more powerful then basic items found in normal shops, and are essential in making most of the more expensive upgraded items. They are also more expensive than basic items due to their power.

Orb of Venom (275g)
Ring of Health (875g)
Void Stone (875g)
Energy Booster (1000g)
Vitality Booster (1100g)
Point Booster (1200g)
Hyperstone (2000g)
Demon Edge (2400g)
Mystic Staff (2700g)
Reaver (3200g)
Eaglesong (3300g)
Sacred Relic (3800g)

Spoils of War

On May 31, 2012, Valve announced that Dota 2 will be free to play, with an in-game item store and drop system similar to Team Fortress 2 (Game). All heroes will be unlocked from the start, and players do not have to pay to play any hero in their game, unlike League of Legends (Game).

Players can purchase customizable items for their heroes with money through the in-game item store. The store also sells courier skins, announcer voice packs, and name and description tags to rename items. All purchasable items can also be found for free. At the end of a match, players will sometimes receive a free item drop or locked chest. All purchasable items in Dota 2 are cosmetic only, and will not affect gameplay in any manner. Items received or purchased in the beta will not be wiped, and will carry over to the game's official launch.

Players earn some Battle Points at the end of every match, which goes towards their Battle Level. Every player is given a present which they can open every five levels. The in-game store sells point boosters which increase the rate of Battle Point generation for several days. To encourage users not to leave matches early, these point boosters benefit not just the buyer of the item, but all players in game and spectating. Players can also trade items with other people using the Steam (Concept) trading interface, and can trade with items and vouchers from outside of Dota 2.

Dota 2 also uses the Steam Workshop (Concept), the third Valve game to do so. The community can contribute their items similar to Team Fortress 2, and vote on their favorites. Valve picks highly rated items to sell in their in-game store, and contributors earn a cut from sales of their items. Valve have stated that over 80% of items in the store are from the community.

Spectating and Tournaments

From its first showing at The International, Dota 2 was always aimed at the competitive eSports (Concept) arena, and comes with a inbuilt game spectating and broadcasting system, DotaTV. All matchmaking games are automatically sent to a DotaTV spectating server, and any players can spectate these games (with a two-minute time gap) at any time. Spectators can move their camera freely, view hero skills and items, and check graphs that show how each team is performing. They can also use an automatic director, which focuses on any major action happening at that time. Games are saved after it is over, and players can download to view them at a later time.

DotaTV also serves as an in-game broadcasting system, and broadcasters can use it to stream and commentate on tournament matches. It will not replace existing web-based streaming services like joinDOTA, but gives them another way to stream their games. On June 19, 2012, Valve added the "Tournaments" tab to the game client, where players can follow any current tournaments, check upcoming matches with the in-game calender, and view the games with added commentary from the broadcasters. Valve also sells tickets via the in-game store to unlock tournament viewing in-game, giving tournament organizers a way to make money off spectators. Team pennants were also sold as part of the The International 2, which allowed players to support their favorite teams financially. Supporters also get a chance of receiving a rare drop when watching live games of their teams in DotaTV. The International 2 and The Defense are the first tournaments to use the DotaTV system.

On August 17, 2012, Valve released the Dota 2 Spectator Client to all Steam users. It allows anyone with a Steam account to download and watch any match of Dota 2 (including tournament matches), and comes with all the inbuilt spectator features of the normal game client. It will upgrade to the full client when the game is officially released to the public.

Events

The International 2012

The 2nd International tournament, held in Seattle between August 31 and September 2, was the first major event in Dota 2. Free spectator clients were distributed to all Steam users, and players could participate in the event by buying pennants to support their favorite teams. Matches could be viewed in-game via DotaTV, and spectators had a chance to receive a rare drop when a special play occured. The winners, Invictus Gaming, won against the former champions, Natus Vincere, to win $1 million and the Aegis of Champions Trophy, displayed at the Fountain at both the Radiant and Dire bases.

The International 2013

The third International tournament was held in Seattle between August 7th and the 11th. This year an interactive compendium was introduced which allowed players to keep up to date with the tournament, predict the result of matches, participate in community polls and be eligible for special item drops throughout the tournament. For every compendium sold $2.5 was added to the prize pool to a sum total of over $2.8 million. In the end, Alliance won the tournament over last year's runner-up Natus Vincere after a dramatic best of five series that went the distance.

The International 2014

The fourth International tournament was held in the KeyArena in Seattle and had a prize pool of $11 million with Valve seeding the initial $1.6 million and the rest coming from the interactive Compendium sales. The winners, Newbee won against Vici Gaming winning a total prize of $5,028,308.

Diretide

Diretide was the first Dota 2 event to introduce an entirely new game mode, Diretide. Held during Halloweens 2012 and 2013, players must battle to gain the most Greevil Taffys, while dodging Roshan (Character), who is also hunting for these sweets. Players then have to take down a powered-up Sugar Rush Roshan in the shortest time possible. Players can play this separate mode to gain new items and essences, which are used to power up Greevil Eggs. Each player gets a Greevil Egg for free, and can buy extra ones in the in-game store. The eggs can eventually be hatch to give a Greevil courier, customized based on the essences it received while it was an egg.

The Greeviling

The Greeviling was held during Christmas 2012, where players play a new mode to see who can kill 11 camps of Greevils first. The river is now frozen and hinders movement, and no normal creeps spawn during the duration of the game. Players start with only a set of items (a flute, a pair of random boots, and a recovery item), and only gain additional items through presents dropped by the Greevil camps after clearing it. Players can also change to their Greevil form using the flute, which gives them an additional set of stats and abilities based on the type of Greevil. Finishing the game gives all players a present, a good one if they won, and a bad one if they lost.

Wraith Night

Wraith Night replaced the Greeviling for Christmas 2013, and introduced a waved-based Survival mode to Dota 2. Unlike the other modes, players pit their skills against 12 waves of AI-controlled creeps and heroes, protecting the Wraith King's throne from their relentless attacks. Finally, they have to go up against the Wraith King himself, reborn from the souls of his enemies. Players are rewarded Phantom and Shining Fragments for completing waves, which can be used to redeem gifts of recipes and items.

A limited amount of heroes were available in Wraith Night, and many heroes feature different skills from their normal counterparts. Some items were also added for this mode, and others removed. Gold is gained by picking up sacks dropped by fallen enemies, but they will disappear if not collected fast enough.

New Bloom

The New Bloom Festival was a special game mode that began on January 29th 2014. This game mode had 5 players team up and try to inflict as much damage as possible on the "Year Beast". The more damage dealt, the greater the reward was. Various items were introduced specifically for the event designed to help fight the boss.

Development

The longest serving and current DotA: Allstars developer, IceFrog (Person), announced on his blog in October 2009 that he had "great news for DotA fans" and that he had been hired by Valve. A year later, Dota 2 was formally announced in a Game Informer article. In an August 2011 interview with Gamasutra, Gabe Newell (Person) and project lead Erik Johnson (Person) revealed that the game has been in development for two years. Erik and a few other Valve employees' passion for DotA: Allstars was cited as the project's genesis. Gabe has stated that Dota 2 will be free to play, but with a "twist", and the free to play system was introduced in the end of May 2012.

In August 2010, Valve trademarked the word "Dota", rather than the title acronym "DotA". This means the "Dota" in Dota 2's title is a word and does not technically stand for Defense of the Ancients, a term that has links to many people and Blizzard itself. This trademark was the cause of a legal dispute between Valve and Blizzard that was finally settled in May 2012.

Beta

Dota 2 ran an invite-only beta that started in early November 2011 and ended in July 2013. It updated almost every Thursday, and Valve normally added new heroes every week. On February 24, 2012, Valve added a Dota 2 test client that updates a day before the actual beta, to limit bugs affecting the actual beta (which is also used for tournaments). Players could get an invite by signing up for one, or by purchasing an Dota 2 early access pack in Steam, which included an invite. Valve also periodically gave out additional invites to players that were already in the beta, allowing players to gift these invites to anyone they wanted.

The Launch

Dota 2 officially launched July 9, 2013. As a result the beta invites were retired and new training features were added to ease new players into the game. To avoid the problems that often face releases of popular multiplayer games, Valve started letting new players in to the game in waves. People could sign up to be added to the game from it's official website. Signing up would add you to a launch queue, from which you would eventually be granted access to the game. By December 16, however, Valve has removed all restrictions to entry, and signups are no longer required to play the game.

System Requirements

PC

Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Mac

Minimum Requirements

OS: OS X Lion 10.7
Processor: Dual core from Intel
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia 320M or higher, or Radeon 7000 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space

Linux

Minimum Requirements

OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

Useful Links

[http:/blog.dota2.com Official Valve Blog]
[http:/dev.dota2.com Official Developer's Forums]
[http:/www.playdota.com Official DotA: Allstars Website]
Dota 2 Wiki

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