Overview Stuns will cause a victim to be unable to move or perform actions for a period of

Overview Hex is an active base ability that when used, transforms a unit into a random critter. Notes on Hex A Hexed unit: Has the same amount and type of armor, the same amount of Health, Mana and Regeneration and still have some passive skills. Can't attack or cast spells. Can't use items. Can't deactivate De/activate abilities such as Pudge's Rot or Armlet...

Overview Farming is doing nothing but killing a certain type of monster, Creeps and Neutrals in this case, for the express purpose of getting gold. Farming, along with ganking and pushing, is one of the main aspects of any DotA game. Put simply, killing creeps and neutrals repeatedly is the most common and effective means of amassing gold for items, far surpassing that received from Hero killing and Tower destruction. Since items in turn...

Overview A Disable is an action which allows a hero to temporarily incapacitate an enemy, incurring interruption. Disables are typically active hero spells, such as Storm Bolt, Ensnare, and Voodoo, although passive disables (Bash, Last Word) and Item disables (Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse, Eul's Scepter of Divinity) exist as well. The purpose of a disable to is stop an enemy from taking a certain action, ranging from silencing enemy spells to stopping...

Tank A Tank is a hero (typically a Strength based one), whose primary role is to absorb large amounts of damage from enemies and draw attention away from allies. To achieve this, they generally have several defensive abilities that grant armor, regeneration, or bonus damage (e.g. Dragon Knight's Dragon's Blood, Centaur Warchief's Great Fortitude, Bristleback's Bristleback, Tidehunter's Kraken Shell), as well as a high Strength gain. Also,...

A nuke generally refers to a spell that causes ranged magic damage. Nukes generally deal all or most of their damage immediately rather than Damage Over Time. As they cause proportionally high damage early game, they are generally the first skill to be leveled. Although their power normally diminishes late game, there are two notable exceptions: the Demon Witch's Finger of Death, and the Slayer's Laguna Blade. As most heroes with nukes...

G.A.N.K. is an acronym for Go Around N'(And) Kill. To gank, or to go on a gank (or gangbang) is to carry out a sudden attack on a disadvantaged enemy force for the purpose of killing one or more heroes. Ganks usually involve greater numbers of attackers and fewer of victims, but depending on the context a gank can involve any balance of attackers and victims as long as the intention was a fast hero-killing assault. The big difference...

Deny To deny means to kill an allied creep (normally one with low hit points left. Denying a creep reduces (or in the case of denying with a skill completely negates) experience gain for enemy heroes. A denied creep gives 66% of its normal experience value to the enemy hero if its a melee hero, and 33% if he is ranged. A creep must have below 50% life to be deniable. Buildings can also be denied; defense towers, for example, are often denied to...

Last Hitting Last Hit means doing the final blow to an enemy creep, in order to get the gold. It is an essential skill for every good player. Last Hitting is important for lane control. When you are last hitting and denying effectively, then you can keep creeps close to your tower, which is helpful when avoiding ganks. Strategy A good friend for any last hitter is the ALT key. By pressing the ALT key, the health bars of every unit...