ALCHEMIST — Razzil Darkbrew | Item Build | DotA

Alchemist alway play the Hitter in every game. He always has the strength and toughness plus the attack speed. He can kill multiple heroes as he can also be the Tanker of the team. With better items you can make a monster on your team. The item build for Alchemist might be a lot of choice because he is a fast famer, he can build items really fast.

The early game item build of Alchemist can be the following:

Quelling Blade – This helps Alchemist to kill easily when creeping for better farming.

Ancient Tango of Essifation – This item helps Alchemist to regenerate when in mid health condition.

Healing Salve – This item helps Alchemist to regenerate more fast whenever he is in a low health condition.

Ironwood Branch – This item grants each attributes for Alchemist giving him more strength and toughness.

Magic Stick – This helps you to counter spell caster enemy heroes.

Stout Shield – This helps you to defend yourself against harassing enemy heroes.

Empty Bottle – This item keeps you to cast spell in constant giving you source of mana and health. Require to play with a courier.

The mid game item build for Alchemist can be the following:

Power Treads – This boots gives him strength and speed.

Vanguard – This item gives him Health Points and toughness during the game. This item can be maintained until the late game.

Radiance – As a fast farmer game he can easily built this item during the mid game. This item helps him in farming and grants him attack damage.

Maelstrom – This item gives him attack damage and speed plus helps him in killing enemies. This item can be upgraded to Mjollnir.

Hyperstone – This item helps him to do more attack speed. This can be upgraded to Assault Cuirass.

Black King Bar – This helps him to tank and hit more during clash preventing spells to cast on him.

Lothar’s Edge – This can help him to gank, escape and chase enemies.

Kelen’s Dagger – This can help him to gank, escape and chase enemies.

The late game item build for Alcemist can be the following:

Assault Cuirass – This item grants him attack speed and armor.

Basher – This item helps him to stop escaping heroes and grants him damage.

Heart of Tarrasque – This grants him massive strength adding more health points.

Divine Rapier – This can be one of the late game item for Alchemist if your team is near on winning the game.

Butterfly – This item gives Alchemist more attack speed and grants evasion that counters other melee enemy heroes.

ADMIRAL — Kunkka | Item Build | DotA

Admiral of Sentinel is very playful for each game. He plays a lot of roles especially for Tank, Hitter or Carry or he can be a Support also. Item build for Kunkka should support more his strength because his skills are just not that primes when building a powerful Kunkka in the game.

The starting item build for Kunkka can be the following:

Ring of Protection – This item should be improved in to Ring of Basilius for mana regeneration during his early game.

Ironwood Branch – I consider to buy 3 Ironwood Branch and that should be improved into Magic Wand.

Magic Stick – This is the best item when playing against a spell caster enemies or when you put Kunkka in to role with the “Trilane” play.

Ancient Tango of Essifation – This item is good for regeneration when in mid health condition. Since Kunkka is a melee hero, expect the long range enemy heroes to harass you during the early game.

Healing Salve – This item is best when Kunkka is in low health condition.

Gauntlets of Strength – Buying this item may increase your strength enhancing your damage, armor and health regeneration even in a very low attributes. Some buys only one of these but some are two. Can be upgrade to Bracer or Urn of Shadows.

Circlet of Nobility – This item adds all attributes to Kunkka and giving him the more power during the game. Some buys it just one because CoB is very expensive.

Stout Shield – This item is good for defending yourself against harassing enemy heroes. This is upgraded into Vanguard.

The mid game item build for Kunkka can be the following:

Phase Boots – This is a better choose in escaping and chasing enemies. Thus, it has an attack damage so it is good for Kunkka’s Tidebringer.

Power Treads – Kunkka might be tougher as he can. Choosing strength attribute for Power Treads might give him really good strength but has less chance of chasing and escaping.

Vanguard – This item gives a lot of toughness to Kunkka and can be carried until late game.

Perseverance – This item gives Kunkka a great both health and mana regeneration. This might be upgraded into Battlefury or Linken’s Sphere.

Lothar’s Edge – This item grants Kunkka a lot more chance in escaping and chasing heroes.

Ancient Janggo of Endurance – This might help Kunkka to kill with group, faster attack speed with high attack power is indeed for him.

Medallion of Courage – This helps him to take a lot more damage to enemies.

Yasha – This grants Kunkka speed with both his attack and movement. Can be upgrade into Manta Style or Sange and Yasha.

Force Staff – This can be an alternative item for Lothar’s Edge. It helps him more in escaping and chasing heroes.

Vladimir’s Offering – This life steal can be the best choice because it has different auras that helps Kunkka in damage and armor.

Eul’s Scepter of Divinity – This might help placing his Torrent skill on enemies.

The late game item build for Kunkka can be the following:

Battlefury – This helps Kunkka in farming, attack damage and HP regeneration.

Linken’s Sphere – This item is very helpful for any hero against spell casters.

Black King Bar – This is very helpful in playing against spell caster heroes.

Boots of Travel – This item is very helpful in pushing strategies and farming and for immediate response in clash.

Assault Cuirass – This grants Kunkka more toughness because of its armor and a better attack speed.

Stygian Desolator – This is very painful for enemies as it gives massive attack damage for Kunkka together with his Tidebringer skill.

Buriza De Kyanon – This also grants attack damage to Kunkka.

Satanic – This is very helpful in playing against more playful Hitter enemies. He can’t stand on them but his toughness plus life steal can lead him for a kill.

Radiance – This gives him attack damage and helps for better farming.

Heart of Tarrasque – This grants him more strength attribute and toughness.

HOW TO PLAY DOTA? – Tutorial: Begin the Game

In the beginning of the game in DotA of Defense of the Ancient, you are required to select a Hero. There are many heroes that you can select in 12 Taverns. These Taverns are divided into two groups the Sentinel and the Scourge. In these two groups, each Taverns are grouped into 3 namely strength, agility and intelligence. Each Tavern has unique heroes which has its own weaknesses and strengths against other heroes. Remember that you can only select one hero.

Furthermore, you can also type different game modes during the first 15 seconds of the game. You can check different game modes on the map info during the game or before selecting the map.

After selecting the Hero you desire, equip your Hero with different items you can buy in each shop provided. You can buy items with the gold provided in the start of the game. Golds are earned through killing enemies (Hero, Structures, Creeps and Neutral Creeps). You can also sell items if you don’t want them anymore. Remember that every Hero is has its own item build for the beginning of the game and for late game. Feel free to equip your Hero with different items and remember that each item deals better or enhances together with the Hero skills.

Just as you equip items to your Hero, you need to build your own skill. Every Hero has its own unique skills and remember that you must have the strategies and choose wisely the skill you need when upgrading them. One skillpoint is enough to upgrade one skill. Every skill has a requirement level to upgrade them. You can earn skillpoint when you level up or when the experience bar are full.

Spending your skillpoints wisely and equipping your Hero good items will ensure you to win so better select your best hero and defend and fight your side.

HOW TO PLAY DOTA? – Tutorial: Starting Game

DotA or Defense of the Ancient is easy to play though it is consist of lot more details in each feature but despite of these complicated features you can easily remember the parameters of the game sooner.

In this part of the tutorial we are starting the game. To start the game, open Warcraft. In the Menu screen of Warcraft, you can select Single Player for solo gaming with AI default enemies or teams and hosting itself and in Local Area Network you can play in LAN together with your friends with or without AI default enemies or teams.

In Single Player, select Custom Game and select the desired DotA Map. In selecting a DotA Map, remember to select an AI supported one if you want to play with AI default enemies or allies and remember that you can’t play with AIs if the DotA Map you selected is not supported with AI. You can download latest AI supported DotA Maps and latest DotA Maps in www.getdota.com. Select and set your allies and enemies and start the game!

In Local Area Network, select Create Game and select the desired DotA Map. Here, you can also select AI supported DotA Map if you wanted to play together with AI but remember that you are in a local area network so any other players can join your game (players can join if they are connected through LAN). You can also add observers and referees in the Advance Options in the selected DotA Map. After selecting the desired DotA Map, let your friends join your game, add AIs or just fill the 5v5 team with your friends and let the game begin!

HOW TO PLAY DOTA? – Tutorial: Setting

DotA or Defense of the Ancient is a strategic game which is full of details and intricate features. Though this game has a lot of details it is very easy to understand. Before playing the game, it is very important to optimize and set your settings for the game. It is your choice on how you can play a better game by organizing your own settings in gameplay, video and sounds.

There are two menu settings that you can customize during the game. The first menu setting is when you open Warcraft. In the menu screen you can see the “Option” where you can optimize your gameplay, video and sound settings.

The “Gameplay” setting includes the following:

Mouse Scroll – This setting allows you to adjust your mouse scroll speed when cruising around the map. (Note: This is not a setting for mouse sensitivity)

Disable Mouse Scroll – This setting is a toggle box where you can disable and enable the use of Mouse Scroll.

Keyboard Scroll – This setting enables you to adjust the speed of your keyboard scroll using up, down, left, right arrow keys on your keyboard.

Enhanced Tooltips – This toggle setting enables and disables tool tips in the game.

Subgroup order modifier key – This toggle setting enables and disables the subgroup order modifier key.

Enable Formation Movement toggle – This toggle setting enables and disables the formation movement.

Custom Keyboard Shortcuts – This toggle setting enables and disables the custom keyboard shortcuts.

Always Show Health Bars – This toggle setting enables and disables to show health bars.

Automatically Save Replays – This toggle setting enables and disables the automatic saving of replays.

Game Port – This allows you to set the applicable game port for the game.

Chat Support – This allows you to set the language of the game. These includes Default (English), Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Hide Chat (by Danat).

The “Video” setting includes the following:

 Gamma – This setting allows you to adjust the lightness and darkness of the whole game.

Resolution – This allows you to customize the pixel dimensions to match your computer’s performance.

Model Detail – This allows you to set the model detail from Low, Medium and High.

Animation Quality – This allows you to set the animation quality from Low, Medium and High.

Texture Quality – This allows you to set the texture quality from Low, Medium and High.

Particles – This allows you to set the particles from Low, Medium and High.

Lights – This allows you to set the lights from Low, Medium and High.

Unit Shadows – This allows you to set the unit shadows On and Off.

Occlusion – This allows you to set the occlusion On and Off.

Spell Detail – This allows you to set the spell detail from Low, Medium and High.

The “Sound” setting includes the following:

 Sound Effects Volume – This toggle setting allows you to customize the sound effect volume. When enabled, you can adjust the volume from Low to High.

Music Volume – This toggle setting allows you to customize the music volume. When enabled, you can adjust the volume form Low to High.

Ambient Sounds – This toggle setting allows you to enable and disable the ambient sound during the game.

Movement Sounds – This toggle setting allows you to enable and disable the movement sound during the game.

Unit Reponses – This toggle setting allows you to enable and disable the unit response during the game.

Subtitles – This toggle setting you to enable and disable the subtitle during the game.

Sound Provider – This setting allows you to set the sound provider. This includes Miles Emulated 3D, Dolby Surround, Creative Labs EAX2 ™.

Environmental Effects – This toggle setting allows you to enable and disable the environmental sound effect during the game.

3D Positional Audio – This toggle setting allows you to enable and disable the 3D positional audio during the game.

When you forgot to set these settings on the menu screen, you can adjust these settings during the game this is the second way of customizing your own settings. During the game, click the Menu on the upper left or Press F10 and select Options. You have the access with these settings same as from the Menu Option Settings that you can optimize before the game.

Remember that a good setting will ensure a good game and best customize that fits your own desire in playing.

TRANQUIL BOOTS - DotA Item

Gold:                     1025

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +80 Movement

+3 HP Regeneration

+3 Armor

Rejuvenate (active)

Requirements:  Boots of Speed (500)

                                Ring of Regeneration(350)

                                Ring of Protection (175)

Notes:                  Movement speed bonus does not stack with other boots (Boots of Speed, Power Treads, Boots of Travel, Arcane Boots, Phase Boots, Tranquil Boots)

If you take more than 4 instances of damage (greater than 20) in the past 10 seconds, the item temporarily breaks and becomes basic boots (until the last 10 seconds don't have 3 instances). Same damage source rules as Blink Dagger.

Rejuvenate

                                Restores 170 HP over 10 seconds, non-combat only. Can only be casted on self.

                                Cooldown: 40

                                Manacost: 25

ANCIENT JANGGO OF ENDURANCE - DotA Item

Gold:                     1725

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +9 All Attributes

+9 damage

Endurance Aura (passive)

Endurance (active)

Requirements:  Bracer (525)

                                Robe of the Magi (450)

                                Ancient Janggo of Endurance (750)

Notes:                  Comes with 4 charges.

The charges can be replenished by buying the recipe again.

                                Endurance Aura

                                +5 attack speed

                                +5% movement speed

                                900 AoE

                                Endurance

                                Gives +10 attack speed and +10% movement speed during 6 seconds to all allied player-controlled units in a 900 AoE

                                Has a 30 second cooldown

MEDALLION OF COURAGE - DotA Item

Gold:                     1075

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +6 armor

+50% mana regeneration

Valor (active)

Requirements:  Chain Mail (550)

                                Sobi Mask (325)

                                Medallion of Courage(200)

Notes:                  Valor

                                Target enemy and you lose 6 armor

                                Lasts 7 seconds, has a 7 second cooldown, and a 800 cast range

HEADDRESS OF REJUVENATION - DotA Item

Creates a soothing aura that restores hit points for nearby units.

Gold:                     603

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +2 Strength

+2 Agility

+2 Intelligence

Regeneration Aura (passive)

Requirements:  Ring of Regeneration(350)

                                Ironwood Branch (53)

Headdress of Rejuvenation (200)

Use in:                  Khadgar's Pipe of Insight (3628)

                                Mekansm (2306)

Notes:                  Regeneration Aura

                                +3 HP regeneration

                                500 AoE

URN OF SHADOWS - DotA Item

Gold: 875

Bought From: Supportive Vestments

Usage: +50% mana regeneration
                        +6 Strength
                        Soul Release (active)

Requirements: Sobi Mask (325)
  2 X Gauntlets of Ogre Strength (150)
  Urn of Shadows (250)

Notes: Whenever an enemy hero dies within 1400 AoE, gains 2 charges if it has 0 charges, else gains 1 charge (each death can only charge one of these items, if two or more heroes in the AoE have this item, only one will be charged)

  Soul Release
  Can expend one charge to target an allied or enemy hero
  If an ally is targeted, it is healed for 400 HP over 8 seconds (this effect ends if the hero takes damage from a source other than Sentinel, Scourge or neutral creeps)
  If an enemy is targeted, it loses 150 HP over 8 seconds
  Has a 10 second cooldown, and 950 cast range

KHADGAR’S PIPE OF INSIGHT - DotA Item

A powerful artifact of mysterious origin, this pipe gives the bearer the insight to summon fields of null energy which envelop nearby allies.

Gold:                     3628

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +11 HP/sec regeneration

+30% magic resistance

Barrier (active)

 Requirements: Hood of Defiance (2125)

                                Headdress of Rejuvenation (603)

                                Khadgar's Pipe of Insight (900)

Notes:                  Barrier

                                Gives allied units within 500 range a shield that blocks 400 spell damage

                                Lasts 10 seconds, costs 100 mana, and has a 60 second cooldown

                                Does not affect units that have been affected by Barrier in the last 50 seconds

RING OF BASILIUS - DotA Item

Ring given as a reward to the greatest Mages of the Alliance during the Second War.

Gold:                     500

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +6 damage

+1 armor

Mana Aura (passive)

Armor Aura (passive)

Requirements:  Sobi Mask (325)

                                Ring of Protection (175)

Use in:                  Ring of Aquila (985)

                                Vladmir's Offering (2050)

Notes:                  Clicking the item will toggle whether Armor Aura affects heroes and units, or just heroes

Can be disassembled

                                Mana Aura

                                +0.65 mana regeneration

                                900 AoE

                                Does not stack with mana auras from Ring of Basilius or Ring of Aquila

                                Armor Aura

                                +2 armor

                                900 AoE

                                Does not stack with armor auras from Assault Cuirass, Ring of Basilius, or Vladmir's Offering

NATHREZIM BUCKLER - DotA Item

A powerful shield that imbues the bearer with the strength of heroes past.

Gold:                     803

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +5 armor

+2 All Attributes

Armor Bonus (active)

Requirements:  Chain Mail (550)

                                Ironwood Branch (53)

                                Nathrezim Buckler (200)

Use in:                  Mekansm (2306)

Notes:                  Armor Bonus

                                Gives +2 armor to allied units in a 700 AoE

                                Lasts 25 seconds on heroes, 30 seconds on units, costs 10 mana, and has a 25 second cooldown

RING OF AQUILA - DotA Item

Gold:                     985

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +9 Damage

+3 All Stats

+3 Agility

+1 Armor

+2 Armor Aura

+0.65 Mana Regeneration Aura

Requirements:  Ring of Basilius (500)

                                Wraith Band (485)

Notes:                  Clicking the item will toggle whether Armor Aura affects heroes and units, or just heroes

Can be disassembled

                                Mana Aura

                                +0.65 mana regeneration

                                900 AoE

                                Does not stack with mana auras from Ring of Basilius or Ring of Aquila

                                Armor Aura

                                +2 armor

                                900 AoE

                                Does not stack with armor auras from Assault Cuirass, Ring of Basilius, or Vladmir's Offering

ARCANE BOOTS - DotA Item

Gold:                     1500

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +65 movement speed

+250 Mana

Requirements:  Energy Booster (1000)

                                Boots of Speed (500)

Notes:                  Movement speed bonus does not stack with other boots (Boots of Speed, Power Treads, Boots of Travel, Arcane Boots, Phase Boots, Tranquil Boots)

                                Replenish Mana

                                Restores 135 Mana to allies in 600 AoE

                                Costs 25 Mana

                                Does not work on Meepo clones

                                Has a 45 second cooldown

VLADMIR’S OFFERING - DotA Item

An eerie mask that is haunted with the malice of a fallen vampire.

Gold:                     2050

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +2 HP/sec regeneration

Vampiric Aura (passive)

Damage Aura (passive)

Armor Aura (passive)

Mana Regeneration Aura (passive)

Requirements:  Mask of Death (900)

                                Ring of Basilius (500)

                                Ring of Regeneration(350)

                                Vladmir's Offering (300)

Notes:                  Vampiric Aura

                                +16% Lifesteal

                                Only affects melee units

                                900 AoE

                                Damage Aura

                                +15% damage

                                Bonus damage is based off of base damage and damage from attribute points

                                900 AoE

                                Armor Aura

                                +5 armor

                                Does not stack with armor auras from Assault Cuirass, Ring of Basilius, or Vladmir's Offering

                                900 AoE

                                Mana Regeneration Aura

                                +0.8 mana regeneration

                                900 AoE

MEKANSM - DotA Item

A glowing jewel formed out of assorted parts that somehow fit together perfectly, Mekansm protects its bearer from danger.

Gold:                     2306

Bought From:    Supportive Vestments

Usage:                  +5 All Attributes

+5 armor

Mekansm Aura (passive)

Heal (active)

Requirements:  Nathrezim Buckler (803)

                                Headdress of Rejuvenation (603)

                                Mekansm (900)

Notes:                  Mekansm Aura

                                +4 HP regeneration

500 AoE

                                Restore

                                Heals 250 HP and gives +2 armor in 750 AoE

                                Armor bonus lasts 25 seconds

                                Heal does not affect units that have been healed by any Restore in the last 25 seconds

                                Costs 150 mana, and has a 45 second cooldown

ULTIMATE ORB - DotA Item

A mystical orb containing the essence of life

Gold:                     2100

Bought From:    Sena The Accesorizer

Usage:                  +10 All Attributes

Use in:                  Eye of Skadi (5750)

                                Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse (5675)

                                Linken's Sphere (5175)

                                Manta Style (4900)

Notes:                  Buyable from Goblin Merchant

STAFF OF WIZARDRY - DotA Item

You shall not pass!

Gold:                     1000

Bought From:    Sena The Accesorizer

Usage:                  +10 Intelligence

Use in:                  Aghanim's Scepter(4200)

                                Dagon (2805)

                                Eul's Scepter of Divinity(2800)

                                Force Staff (2200)

                                Necronomicon (2700)

                                Rod of Atos (3100)