DOTA103 - Advance Guide

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Roaming happens early-game and involves moving between lanes,
hopefully unseen, and focusing your efforts on killing and hence
keeping down enemy heroes and allowing your allies an advantage in
their lanes. Clearly some heroes roam better than others, and these are
often those with some kind of skill which can be casted often (low
CD/manacost/both), and gets a lot of its power without levelling it to
max (as you want it to be powerful from the get-go).
To
successfully gang you need allies, the runes can also be very helpful,
and seeing as how you'll not often be tied down to a specific lane,
they'll often be at your disposal. A successful gank requires allies
and good timing. As a rule, wait until your gankee is overextended and
then strike, use your primary attack first to chip them down, then
throw a slow/stun as they start to run away to maximise the usage of
your spell. This is important as these early-game ganks can often come
down to whiskers of remaining HP so you have to squeeze every last
amount of use out of yoru spells.
Finally, manaregen, hp regen and
small advantages over your opponents in terms of items are hugely
important to all roaming heroes. As such, empty bottle is pretty much a
no-brainer, giving you the means to use yoru spells more frequently and
get the most out of any runes you discover, and in many cases early
boots of speed, perhaps even as first item, will let you get kills you
might not have otherwise gotten.

Roaming Heroes

Venomancer
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Veno is an excellent roaming hero from the very beginning of the game,
his Venomous Gale allows him amazing ganking power due to the strong
damage and the exceedingly powerful slow. Without runes Venomancer is
nasty, with runes he is often fatal. Try to wait for the opponent to
overextend themself in the lane and then strike with an ally. As you
level up you obtain an additional slow in the form of poison sting, and
more sources of damage in the levelled up Gale and Poison Nova so
veno's roaming remains potent for the most-part of the early game.


Vengeful Spirit
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Venge is another excellent roaming hero, although less powerful than
veno on the first couple of levels in general, venge's roaming power
really takes off after you obtain some more levels in stun and later
swap as well. THe fact that missile is instant damage, rather than
damage over time, and that it is a stun rather than a slow combined
with the possibility to use your stun twice in one gank because of its
low cooldown mean that venge becomes one of the most powerful
mid-earlygame roamers around. With some good warding for nether swap,
and some timely ganks, a well-played venge can devastate what might
otherwise have been powerful lanes.


Tidehunter
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Tide is very similar to venge and veno in how his roaming actually
plays out, he approaches from the back and uses gush to slow them etc.
However, he is far tougher than either of the above, and this allows
him a certain amount of leeway in his ganks. ON top of that, unlike
veno, his spell takes away armour from the opponents, and when this is
combined with the possibility of an anchor smash, tide can do and aid
in the doing of some especially potent damage. Furthermore, when Tide
hits level 6 his ultimate means that, with enough mana, you can often
ensure a kill every time it is cooled down. Mana, however, is a problem
for tide, his low intelligence mean that he struggles to regenerate
(and have a decent-sized pool of) mana, so bottle and hence runes are
very important to him. However, if you fix these flaws along with a
small amount of HP, tide can survive like this for the whole game,
meaning that once you have these problems solved you can cause havoc
all over the map.


Rogue Knight and Skeleton King
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Sven & Leoric are both similar roamers, stormbolt is used as
your ganging spell, and the main power of these heroes comes from that
spell combined with their relative fatness. A sven/Leoric had a LOT of
hp, even more when you consider that they can easily level stats early
in the game, and this means that they can dive right through yoru tower
and creeps to land two or more stormbolts early in the game, mana
permitting. Roaming for the whole game is unwise with them, as they
(particularly Skeletong King) are fairly farm-reliant, but some timely
roaming at an early-stage can give your team a strong advantage which
can be built on to achieve victory. The style is similar to that of
venge or veno.


Earthshaker
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Shaker is a fairly unorthodox but extremely powerful roaming hero in
the right hands. The key here is fissure which gains full duration and
range at level one. Early-game fights, particularly in solo lanes, are
often fairly close, and this is where shaker comes in, with a timely
fissure you can stun and cut off the escape of an enemy, netting a kill
for your ally and hopefully winning him the lane. Another important
factor is the presence of shaker in the game, while all roaming heroes
force a certain caution onto the enemies, shaker's potential impact is
so great, and his range of influence so wide that simply the fact that
he is roaming can often force the enemies to play more passively. This
can result in an ally not only getting kills but also getting freefarm
as well, and the potential impact should not be underestimated. Despite
the potential rewards, shaker is an incredibly hard hero to roam with,
fissure and hence shaker are hard to use at the best of times, but in
this case you don't have the safety blanket of farming up a blink
dagger and hence your ulti to fall back on. A roaming shaker is a naked
shaker, you're playing with your skills and your allies abilities
alone. Furthermore, shaker has unusually high manademands for a roaming
hero; both bottle and clarities are highly important in making sure
that you have the mana to actually have an impact in ganks.

Juggernaut
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Jugger is a fairly simple, albeit challenging, roaming hero. He
relies on the raw damage of spin to dispatch enemies early game.
Clearly he has no stun or slow here, and although his innately high
movespeed, and possibly early boots, can help him to a certain extent,
using an allied disabler/slower is advisable to make the most out of
jugger. A shadowstrike or a Shakle can allow you to get off a full
blade spin on an enemy hero which, in almost all cases, will net you an
early kill. Jugger should not spend the whole of the early-game
roaming, as unlike most other heroes mentioned, he is a genuinely
powerful lategamer and some effort should be given to getting items to
take advantage of that. However, he is fortunate in that bladespin not
only allows him to kill stuff, but also means that, with a supply of
mana, he can take out whole creepwaves and neutral camps in one go
making for easy farming inbetween ganks.

Priestess of the Moon
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PotM is very rarely used as an out and out roamer but is a role a
skilled potm is more than capable of fulfilling. Her ganking power
revolves around her arrow, a perfect, long-ranged arrow is unrivalled
in stun-duration early-game, permitting 5 seconds of PotM and her
allies beating on an enemy. However, hitting these arrows as a PotM who
is simply laning can be a challenge as the enemy can quite easily
anticipate them. If, however, that PotM is roaming around the map, the
arrows can be far more difficult to dodge, firstly because the enemies
won't know the PotM's location, and secondly because of the more varied
directions from which they can come. Because of her massive area of
influence and potential a roaming PotM will have a similar effect to a
roaming shaker in that she will force the enemies to play in a
different, more cautious way. It is important to remember that, as
PotM, although you have great ganking ability, at some stage in the
early-game she must get some farming and levelling done, it is
important to have every single one of your spells maxed out, and this
will mean that some levels will be needed at some stage. Therefore,
unlike some of the mentioned heroes you cannot afford to spend all of
your time roaming. Fortunately, Starfall gives you some leeway here.




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Note: The techniques described here work best when playing with
an organized team or allies that you trust. However, assisting your
allies and going out of your way to benefit the team is appreciated at
all levels of play! Do a good turn for your ally in a public game, save
him from certain death, he might return the favor when it counts most.

The "Greater Good" Role
A well-functioning team needs people in many roles, like those who
gank actively around the map and those who farm items for lategame. One
of the most key roles to the team's success can be a good supporting
player, one who opts to make their plays for the overall benefit to
their team, rather than in an effort to get the biggest items possible
for themself. While it might sound boring to let someone else get the
glory, there's actually a lot involved in being a quality support
player.

Who Plays Support?
The best support heroes are generally casters that do not need many
items in order to fulfill their role in combat. For example, the
Warlock is a classic support hero, since he has a large amount of
health and mana by default and all of his skills are incredibly
effective on their own, he does not require large items to back them
up. Other casters like Lich, Lina, and Crystal Maiden also often fall
into this role. It really depends what heroes are on your team, the one
that needs items the least should generally take the biggest part in
the supporting role.

Couriers
Any good team needs a chicken from the start! Don't hesistate to buy
one and share it with them, they will appreciate it immensely. It takes
a lot of time to walk back to the base to buy items, having a Chicken
available means that your entire team can stay in their lanes longer
and keep the pressure up on your opponents. The Flying Courier upgrade
is incredibly useful as well, as it dramatically reduces the transport
time. If your chicken is seeing a lot of use, grab the upgrade,
everyone will thank you for it!

Wards
While map control via Warding is a whole topic in itself, remember
that Wards cost money, so somebody has to step up and buy them. If
you've got some gold to spare, grabbing the team a pack of Wards is a
great investment. If it saves just one ally from one gank, the pack has
already paid for itself. Also, Wards often have to be placed in
dangerous territory, so the hero that goes to set them is at a good bit
of risk. Chances are, the hero sent to place them will be the heavy
support, as they are the most expendible, but it can't hurt to convince
an ally or two to come with you for safety.

Participation
The most enjoyable part of being a support hero is that you'll get
to be in nearly every fight for the entire game. That's a lot of action
and certainly more than most of the other players on your team will get
to see. Keep an eye on your minimap and a Town Portal Scroll on your
hero at all times, if you see that your allies are getting into a
fight, immediately teleport to join them. Nothing turns a 2v2 battle
around like a third hero teleporting in to help. If you show up to lots
of fights, your team will win lots of fights, which leads to good
things all-around. This is one of the most important aspects of being a
support hero -- while you can ask your allies to chip in and help you
buy Couriers or Wards, but there is no substitute for you being an
active presence in combat. Active and alert support heroes win games,
learn it, love it, play by it.

Baiting
Some opponents can be cautious and hard to gank, but it's often hard
for people to resist the urge of taking what looks like an easy kill.
Acting foolish and wandering into enemy territory "alone" can be an
excellent lure. Ask a couple of allies to lurk in the woods near you,
when the enemies come to take you out, throw everything you've got at
them and then watch your allies clean up. It's a bit dangerous for you,
but with some practice, it's not too difficult to survive. Remember,
even if you die, if your allies pick up a couple of kills in exchange,
trades like that will win your team the game.

Self Sacrifice
Sometimes things just go badly. It's going to happen, nothing that
can be done about it. If you're with an ally and both of you get
ganked, try to get a realistic grip on the situation. Does it look like
both of you can survive? If not, figure out which of you needs to
survive the most. If that's your ally, do everything you can to save
them. Jump back into the gankers, disable one of them, block another
one, then perhaps try to make an escape in a completely different
direction. It's not too difficult to be enough of a distraction to let
your ally escape. So the next time you get into a tight spot, don't
blindly keep thinking, "I've got to escape no matter what," because a
suicidal move on your part might save an couple of your allies and be a
huge benefit to your team.

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As you are probably aware by now, there are three lanes in DotA and
your team has five heroes to split between them. This can mean only one
thing: someone on the team has to be on their own and solo a lane.
Proper soloing techniques are very important and skills that any
aspiring player should attempt to master.

Note: If you haven't read the article on the fundamentals of Lane Control, go give it a read before continuing. This article builds upon many of those concepts.


Heroes that Solo
There are two fundamental classes of heroes that tend to solo, for two very different reasons:

Those that need a quick boost in levels
Heroes
with powerful nukes often make great solos, because having all of a
lane's experience for themselves makes them level more quickly than the
rest of the heroes on the map. This means that their nukes are more
powerful, more quickly, which puts them in an excellent position to
gank all around the map and apply lots of pressure to the enemy team
with their superior firepower. These heroes tend to solo the middle
lane, as it gives them easy access to the runes and also a short
distance to travel for ganking either of the other lanes. Some examples
of these heroes would be Tinker, Shadowfiend, Priestess of the Moon,
and Zeus.

Those that need to farm
Heroes
with weak earlygames due to lack of nukes, but strong lategames due to
multiple combat-related abilities also often solo. They benefit
immensely from not having to split experience with an ally or fight
with that ally for the creep kills. This boost of levels and gold helps
them more quickly become powerful enough to have an impact in fights.
These heroes tend to solo the bottom lane on Sentinel and the top lane
on Scourge, since those lanes are not only more secluded and protected,
but they also have a neutral camp that they can pull. Some examples of
these heroes would be Syllabear, Troll Warlord, and Visage.

Solo Middle
There
are many important skills for soloing middle, which when properly put
together can lead to complete dominance of the lane. Note that in one
form or another, they all revolve around establishing control of the
runes. The runes are extremely useful and most solos choose to take
full advantage of them.

Starting Items
It's
extremely important to have a Chicken if you are solo middle. Ask your
allied support heroes if they will buy one and share control, but if no
one is up to it, grab your own. The ability to obtain new items from
the chicken is key when soloing middle, as the delay of going back to
base to get them sets you too far back and allows you opponent to gain
a significant advantage. From there it is wise to spend the remainder
of your gold on stat items like Branches, which ever of
Slippers/Mantles/Gauntlets gives your hero damage, and regen items like
Tangos.

Early Positioning
For
the first few creep waves, neither you nor your opponent will have
strong nukes, so the majority of the combat will be done with your
basic attack. You'll be attempting to get as many last hits as
possible, while also getting in harassing hits on your opponent. Since
ranged attacks have a chance to miss uphill, it is to your advantage to
keep the creep combat up the hill on your side of the river, so that
you are assured to hit all of your attacks, but your opponent is not.
Also, your opponent's vision is more heavily restricted uphill, so you
can take advantage of this to better time your last hits and harasses.

The Bottle
An
excellent first item to head for is the Bottle. The first one to obtain
a Bottle has a large advantage in the lane. They can trade hits with
their opponent for a bit and then immediately pop a Bottle charge to
get back up to full health. They then have a large lead in health and
their opponent is forced to retreat because they can no longer afford
to trade hits with them. Until that other hero has regained some health
or gets the gold to get their own Bottle, they are at a significant
disadvantage.

Rune Control
Once
a hero has obtained a Bottle and used it to gain some control over the
lane, it's highly recommended that they go find a rune. Not only does
this refill their bottle, but it can also be a good opportunity to use
the rune for ganking another lane and generating the team some
advantage there as well. Keeping your Bottle full by recharging it with
runes gives you significantly more health and mana regeneration, which
lets you stay in the lane longer to trade spells and harassment with
your opponent. Clearly it is important to be the one getting the runes,
so while the side they spawn on is random, you can do several things to
maximize your chances of getting them:

• Push the wave: While
  usual lane control logic says that you should never push and stay as
  close to your tower as possible, pushing is very useful in rune wars.
  If you throw an AoE spell at the creep wave a bit before the rune spawn
  (every 2 minutes), they'll be forced back towards their tower and have
  a farther distance to travel to get to the runes, which gives you the
  edge you'll need to snag them first.
  
• Wards: Placing a Ward
  on one of the ledges above the rune spots will tell you which side it
  spawned at. If you don't see it on the side you warded, it must be at
  the other side!
  
• Look at top rune: The
  top rune is much closer to middle lane than the bottom one, don't
  forget that you only have to walk up a short distance to see if it is
  there or not.
  

If You're Losing
You're
not going to win every lane you solo. Things can certainly go wrong, so
whether you were outfarmed and got a slow Bottle, your opponent got a
few runes in a row, or you just got ganked repeatedly, there are a few
things you can do to salvage the situation:

• Call in ganks: This
  may seem obvious, but don't be afraid to ask for help. A timely kill on
  your opponent can give you enough time to rebound, or just keeping an
  ally in the area for a while can stop an overfarmed opponent from
  harassing you as badly.
  
• Go for bottom rune:
  The bottom rune spot is generally less desirable, as it is farther away
  from middle lane, but as such it is also safer. If you're losing the
  lane, head for it about ten seconds before the rune spawns, half of the
  time it will be there for you. Your opponent will get it half the time
  at top, but you couldn't have fought them for it anyways, so at least
  you have a 50% chance of getting a rune that can put you back in the
  game.
  
• Use the crow to refill: Don't
  forget that you can always bring a courier out to grab your Bottle,
  bring it back to the fountain, and then return it to you filled. Make
  sure to use a crow for this, as it takes too long with the basic
  Chicken. It can be a lifesaving trick if you just can't gain any
  control over the runes, giving you a reliable stream of health and
  mana. It's actually not a bad trick to use even if you aren't losing
  the lane, more Bottle charges are always good!
  
• Change lanes: This is
  usually the worst solution, since the person you'll be switching with
  won't have soloed and will probably have no more items or levels than
  you do. However, sometimes there will be another player on your team
  with a hero that nicely counters the opponent in middle. If it doesn't
  seem like you have a chance of winning the lane, it can't hurt to ask
  if someone wants to take it instead.
  

Be Alert
While
middle has the most freedom to go gank other lanes, don't forget that
it goes both ways. All of the other lanes also have plentiful
opportunities to come gank you. A hero farming in middle is open to
ganks from nearly every direction, often from uphill and out of the
fog. It's very important to pay strict attention to the missing calls
from your allies. Not only can any gank kill easily kill you, but you
are not the only hero that wants runes. Going for a rune at low health,
hoping for a refill of your Bottle, and running into an enemy can be
disasterous. While it may seem like middle lane can be just a battle of
yourself and the opposing solo, never forget that there are eight other
players on the map. Learning to be aware of where they are at all times
will pay off heavily.

Keep up the Pressure
The
most important thing to remember about soloing middle is to maintain
constant pressure on your opponent. If you are in the lane against
them, don't get absorbed in simply farming, constantly look for
openings to hit them with a few harassing hits or a nuke. If you go off
to gank a side lane, don't spend too much time there, or else your
opponent will simply freefarm middle while you are gone. Try to
minimize the time that you spend out of the lane, don't forget that you
can teleport back middle from your base as well as the side lane shops.

Video Demonstration
Coming
soon, we will have a video that will take you through the first few
minutes of a game with the Shadowfiend, a classic solo middle hero.
Check back soon!
Solo Side Lane
Soloing a side lane is incredibly simple compared to soloing middle
lane. Since the side lanes are too far away from the runes to get them
conveniently and reliably, there's no need to get wrapped up in a
Bottle war of attrition. You'll simply be trying to stay alive and
farm, using conventional regeneration items like Flasks and Tangos. Try
to keep the creep wave as close to your tower as possible, don't forget
that you can creep pull to bring the creeps back towards it. If you
don't remember how to creep pull, you can find instructions in our Jungling Guide
While this isn't to say that you need to be completely passive, by all
means try to pick up some kills if you can, but keep in mind that your
general goal as a solo in the side lanes is to be patient and rack up
some gold and experience.
Happy soloing!


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The battle is close, your allies need help, but your spells are
cooling and your basic attack won't do enough. Don't just stand around,
your hero has a body -- get in there and put it to use! Blocking is one
of the most neglected, yet useful, techniques in combat. If you've been
practicing your lane control, by now you should know that you can jump
in front of your creeps in order to slow them down. The exact same
principle can be applied to enemy heroes.

Note: If you haven't read about how to block units yet, go check it out in the Lane Control before reading on.
Introduction
Blocking is an awesome trick to have up your sleeve on both offense
and defense. It can prevent an enemy from escaping the fight or save an
ally that is getting chased down. The best part is that you can do it
with practically any unit in the game! It doesn't matter what hero you
have, how much mana you have left, how long your spells have left to
cool -- you can always step in and block someone.

The most
common to block is to prevent someone's escape. If your allies are
nearby, but not quite in range to help, a couple of seconds of blocking
can keep your target around until they arrive. For example:
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Blocking to Save Allies
Blocking to save your allies is far more dangerous, if your team
already is at a disadvantage in the fight, getting in close with your
opponents to block them will often mean that you die in the process.
However, it can certainly be worth it to trade your own support hero
for the escape of your team's carry, or sometimes it's a question of if
both of you die or one goes back to block so that the other lives.
Blocking is at its most effective for saving your teammates against
melee-range chasing heroes, like Lycanthrope and Clockwerk. A morphed
Lycan is certainly fast, but if you can get between him and his target,
you can often prevent him from getting the kill.
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Blocking with Blink
Heroes with Blink have a special advantage, in that they can
almostly instantly jump anywhere they want on the battlefield to get in
somebody's way. For instance, a Sandking who's Burrowstrike is cooling,
but has Blink ready doesn't haven't to sit around and wait for Burrow
to cool to get back into the fight. He can Blink in front of his target
and slow them down until Burrow comes up. Blinking directly in front of
someone is especially useful for Antimage, as it will block them and
allow him to land several extra hits.
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Blocking with Illusions and Summons
Blocking is not only a technique for every hero, but also a great
way to get extra mileage out of illusion runes and summons. You can get
a lot of extra attacks off on an enemy by ordering your real hero to
attack them, then switching to controlling your illusion or summon and
blocking that enemy. This is a rather advanced technique, as it
requires you to be able to maintain a block with the illusion, while
not losing track of your actual hero. Don't worry if you can't get
manage it on the first couple of tries, but it's a useful trick and
worth putting some practice into.
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Mindgames
It's also worth noting that a lot of mindgames go into
blocking someone. While sometimes there's only one direction that they
can go to escape and it's not hard to cut them off, this will not
always be the case. Often in order to block someone, you'll have to
make a guess on which way they are going to go. At that point, blocking
becomes a mindgame, and there can be a huge payoff if you predict your
opponent well. For example, check out this clip where slahser's Warlock
takes down KuroKy's Shadowfiend by anticipating the direction he'll run
when he reaches the trees.

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Summary
While blocking can be hard to get the hang of at first, especially
when using other units to do it while still controlling your hero or
trying to predict your enemies, it's well-worth learning. Besides,
since you can do it with practically any unit in the game, you'll never
be short of opportunities to practice it. Best of luck!

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The winners in battle are sometimes decided by hundredths of a
second, where squeezing in an extra attack or spell separates victory
from defeat. This guide is meant for more experienced players who would
like to learn how to optimize the time they spend on their spells and
attacks, though in-depth knowledge of their hero's animations. Knowing
how to deal the most damage in the least amount of time is often a key
to success when you are faced with strong opponents.


Attacks

Attack Animation:
The actions that any unit must go through in order to release a
physical attack, consisting of a damage point and damage backswing.

Damage Point
- The animation from when the unit begins to attack and goes through
the command. For ranged heroes, this is when the projectile is
released, whereas for melee heroes the damage is dealt at the damage
point.

Damage Backswing
- The animation that finalizes the attack animation, its importance is
nothing more than cosmetic. This is the portion of the attack that can
and should be cancelled by inputting another command immediately after
the damage point has passed.



Example: Bloodseeker is known for his ability to chase
heroes. Although he has a decent attack point, his backswing afterwards
is about 70% longer! By using a move command immediately after the
damage is dealt, you can continue closing in on your opponent before
your next attack. These additional attacks can be crucial and could be
the difference between getting the kill and surviving (thanks to
Bloodbath) and dying. Check out the difference between his first
attempt to kill Leoric, without canceling the backswing, and the second
attempt with canceling. He kills a full two seconds more quickly!


Spells

Casting Animation: Heroes with spells must go through an animation that consists of two parts, the casting point and the casting backswing.

Casting Point
- This is the time between where an order for a spell has been given,
to when the spell is actually cast. By canceling here (like with stop
command), the unit will not cast the spell and the spell will not begin
cooling down.

Casting Backswing
- This is the animation which is purely cosmetic after a spell has been
cast. This portion of the casting can and should be canceled to prevent
your hero from simply standing there moving his or her wand.



Example: Crystal Maiden has a fairly impressive casting
point of 0.3 seconds when using her spells. However, after casting her
spell she begins a long animation where she begins moving her wand
around. While it might look pleasing cosmetically, this animation takes
2.4 seconds to finish! You could have been attacking your enemy or
casting another spell during this time instead by issuing another
command on your hero. Check out the difference between how long it
takes her to start an attack after the spell the first time without
canceling, and the second time with canceling.

Channeling Spells
- Spells like Sand King's Epicenter and Enigma's Black Hole require you
to stay in place for the duration of the cast. The spell will
immediately use up mana and go into cooldown, so canceling it (either
by yourself or from being interrupted by an enemy) before the spell has
finished casting will result in nothing happening.

Delayed Casting Time
- Certain spells, such as Furion's Teleportation, Kardel's Assassinate
and Nevermore's Requiem of Souls have a longer cast point than their
other spells. If they are canceled before they finish casting, the
spell will simply reset and the cost is not used as with any other
spell.

Special Properties
- There are five abilities in the game that are based on the ability
"Fan of Knives" and have the special distinction of having a zero cast
point. This means that their effect happens the moment you use them and
if you issue another command immediately to cancel the casting
backswing, you can use these abilities without even stopping for a
moment. These abilities are:

• Queen of Pain's Scream of Pain
  
• Tinker's Heat Seeking Missile
  
• Earthshaker's Echo Slam
  
• Necrolyte's Death Pulse
  
• Bristleback's Quill Spray
  

Example: Here you will first see a Queen of Pain fail to
cancel her Scream of Pain animation, losing a lot of time. Then she
tries again she executes it properly, casting with no loss to her
movement speed thanks to proper canceling of her backswing.


Items

Items with active abilities like Mekansm and Arcane Ring are incredibly
easy to use because they have no animations at all. They have zero cast
point and backswing so their effects occur instantly and there is never
a need to cancel them. This means that you can maintain completely
fluid motion by shift-queuing item uses. For example, you could click a
Guinsoo on someone and shift-queue an attack order on them, so that
your hero will start to attack them the moment that Guinsoo goes off.

The only downside to this is that there is no opportunity to cancel
your item use. The moment you click a Town Portal Scroll on the map, it
casts, and you have no opportunity to take it back. So, just remember
to be careful when using your activated items, they are powerful when
used correctly, but they do not easily forgive mistakes and misclicks.

Educative... and impressive... Keep it up...
AND u forgot to add rhasta in roaming and support

Veno is a really good hero if you roam with it you can damage your opponent and take kills