Dota 2 Gameplay

Dota 2 Gameplay

Dota 2 Heroes

Gameplay

Purchasing items is essential to the course of the game, as items provide necessary benefits that improve the effectiveness of both Heroes and their team. Heroes without items, or with poor item choices, suffer greatly compared to Heroes with items that synergise well with them.

Items provide addition benefits to Heroes that levelling up cannot. These include attribute bonuses, additional movement speed, auras, active abilities, and passive effects that aren't included in the Hero's innate abilities. Because of this, a Hero will want good items in order to improve the effectiveness of their team.

Item choices, the amount of items, and the speed at which items are obtained determine how effective a Hero's team can be. A support Hero wouldn't want to spend too much money on damage-dealing items, because they don't benefit as much from it as a carry would. A carry hero would want to gain as much gold as they can in order to buy better items than their enemies, which is why farming is important to carries.

The amount of items a hero needs to be effective varies greatly depending on role. A support hero doesn't need many items at all to be effective, which is why they often buy support items like like Observer Wards. A semi-carry or initiator only needs one or two items to be effective, such as a Blink Dagger or Aghanim's Scepter. A hard carry requires many powerful, expensive items to reach their potential - and as such gain the most benefit from items.







Dota 2 Gameplay