

If you have played Dota 2 before but are still fairly new to it, the forthcoming guides will likely be of more use. If you’ve never played Dota 2 before – hell, if you’ve never played a MOBA before – this is for you. Unfortunately, it’s a daunting game to actually get into, and it’s harder still to learn how to play it without being screamed at, which is why I’m writing this guide. I think Dota 2 is great, basically, and I’d like to introduce you to it. On the plus side, I’m good enough and confident enough that – at worst – I’m a generally competent player.

Yet this game contains such an unimaginably vast amount of content and variety that there’s still plenty of stuff I simply don’t know. I’ve played it for around 300 hours, and to give you some idea of how much I like it, the first draft of this was written when I was on 230. My name is Tim McDonald, and I really, really like Dota 2.
