Originally posted by Gazette05:
haha i m a fellow noob here. my friends can't stand my
noobness, but these are what i do anyway.
[b]Learn to farm. hold down alt to see the life of enemy
creeps. try to get the timing of your hero's attack speed right so
that you strike it just before your own creeps kill it. it requires
some practise but after a few times using that hero it should be
rather okay.
Know your own strengths and weakness and specialise a hero
accordingly. For example, I know I am rather weak in melee
heroes so during -ap games i will just choose ranged heroes. try to
play a particular a few times to know its own weakness. for
example, my fav demon witch is rather paper, so i know that i can't
be too garang with it.
Learn to deny. Well, if farming is helping you
grow, then denying is preventing your enemy from growing.
Basically, denying is when killing your own creeps when it has less
than half of its hp left. Press A to manually attack it. Denying
not only denies your enemy money, but also deny him the exp he
needs to lvl up. However, learn to farm before learning to deny.
Denying takes a lot of practise.
Experiment with and read up on different item
builds. Try to read up on the items on
www.dota-allstars.com. Rather useful as it gives you a general idea
on how much money you need to get stronger. If you are playing -ap,
get a ring of regeneration + clarity potion + sapphire water first.
It reduces your need to keep shuttling back to the fountain to
replenish hp and mana. Also, try to get items that are useful to
your hero type. For intelligence heroes, get stuffs like euls, soul
booster, dagon. For agility get sange and yasha etc. Ask more
experienced players for advice on item builds. There's no best item
build. It all depends on how you use the item.
Participate in team play. It does not matter if
you do not get kills in your first few games. Try to help your
teammates get kill like softening up your potential enemies. Also
do remember to report which heroes are missing from your lane if
they are not seen for some time (eg for 1 min+). If they ask you
move back, listen as they have a good reason to suspect that
backstabbing may occur.
Do not be too gung-ho. When chasing a hero, if he
goes past his tower, do not chase a lot further as his teammates
may be waiting there for you to walk into their trap. Do not try to
tank (ie allow creeps to whack you and diminish your life) creeps
or enemy heroes unless you have a good tanking hero (eg Skeleton
King). Wait for the best time to strike and then strike swift and
finish the enemy heroes off.
That's all I think. I am also just learning the ropes of the game
now. It takes time to get better.[/b]
YOu sound like a Dota professor. 
