Of all the MOBAs that utilize an isometric view, Dota 2 has the highest skill gap. There are more micro-decisions that you make in a match in League of Legends and Dota 2 is far less forgiving. But have no fear, there are tutorials here. Newcomers will find that Dota 2 tutorial does a good job of preparing them for battling other people. The impossible heights Dota 2 can rise to also creates its greatest flaw. The game is often arcane, indecipherable, difficult, and actively hostile to new players. The wonderful variety in item builds which potions, weapons, armor, and trinkets you buy in which order and when you combine into what artifacts comes at the price of a store that takes up half the screen with three tabs worth of tiny grids full of unique items.

The aim for most players is to accumulate as much gold and experience as possible, with income being delivered mostly by scoring the killing blow on enemy creeps and players. It is almost always easier to gang up on stray enemies as a group, which is why it is rarely a good idea to run about on your own. Then it's a case of splashing all your hard earned money on some ultra powerful items from the s

Dota 2 is the beautiful game, the supreme form of the MOBA which everyone else working in the genre is trying to capture like lightning in a bottle. Slipped in among all of Dota 2 thousand lessons about which pairings of heroes make a heartbreakingly tough lane, or where to place Observer Wards is a more tender, emotional core than I have ever seen in a multiplayer game. You might have played 500 hours of Dota 2, but you might still suck because you can't resist a kill when it's in front of you.

Dota 2 learning curve is mountainous, but everybody has to start somewhere. You will start by picking a character you like and learning how to use their abilities effectively lining up stuns, dishing out damage, turning foes into frogs, being the best helicopter or bear or fishman that you can be. Then you will learn something about how to play that hero as part of a team, which stat boosting items to buy, and at what stage in the game you are at your most powerful.

Each player over the course of the match will have to buy Dota 2 Boosting in order to sustain them out in the world, and items that augment their hero basic skills with bonuses, or, as the game progresses, completely new abilities. The entire tutorial is a game in itself. It starts with one-on-one battles against an AI-controlled opponent, and progresses to 5 vs 5 fights with nine bots that stand in for real people. Finally, you play in real 5-against-5 matches with other newcomers, while you continue to hone your skills and gain the MOBA experience that only comes with time. You're rewarded with prizes for completing the tutorial, including a book that fleshes out the Dota 2 lore and the entire Gunslinger set.