Defense of the Ancients (commonly known as DotA) is a custom scenario for the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the “Aeon of Strife” map for StarCraft. The objective of the scenario is for each team to destroy the opponents’ Ancients, heavily guarded structures at opposing corners of the map. Players use powerful units known as heroes, and are assisted by allied heroes and AI-controlled fighters called “creeps”. As in role-playing games, players level up their heroes and use gold to buy equipment during the mission.
The scenario was developed with the “World Editor” of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, and was updated upon the release of its expansion, The Frozen Throne. There have been many variations of the original concept; the most popular being DotA Allstars, which eventually was simplified to DotA.
GAMEPLAY
Defense of the Ancients pits two teams of players against each other: the Sentinel and the Scourge. Players on the Sentinel team are based at the southwest corner of the map, and those on the Scourge team are based at the northeast corner. Each base is defended by towers and waves of units which guard the main paths leading to their base. In the center of each base is the “Ancient”, a building that must be destroyed to win the game.Each human player controls one Hero, a powerful unit with unique abilities. In DotA, players on each side choose one of 104 heroes, each with different abilities and tactical advantages over other heroes. Not like FPS game, here you cannot go fight with the enemy heroes Alone!. Teamwork is the key to win the game.It’s too difficult to win the game without good teamwork.
Killing computer-controlled or neutral units earns the player experience points; when enough experience is accumulated, the player gains a level. Leveling up improves the hero’s toughness and the damage it can inflict, and allows players to upgrade their spells or skills.heroes earn gold by killing hostile units, base structures, and enemy heroes.This has caused emphasis on a technique called “last-hitting,” which is when the player attacks a hostile unit when “its hit points are low enough to kill it with one blow”. Using gold, players buy items to strengthen their hero and gain abilities; certain items can be combined with recipes to create more powerful items.
DotA TOOLS
