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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS ARTICLES BLOG ASSIGNMENT (DIS 2010-APR 2011)
FOR : SIR MOHD HARUN BIN SHAHUDIN
ARTICLE ONE : WHAT IS DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS (DotA)?
Below are the lists of content that I will write in this article:
1) Defense of the Ancients from Wikipedia
2) Overview
3) Hero Attributes
4) Strength Heroes
5) Highest Stats Strength Hero increases per level
6) Agility Heroes
7) Highest Stats Agility Hero increases per level
8) Intelligence Heroes
9) Highest Stats Intelligence Hero increases per level
10) Highest Speed Attack Animation for Range and Melee
1) Defense of the Ancients from Wikipedia
PIS is a professional player in Chinese team City Hunter(CH). His ID is CH.~YaphetS. Clips in this video are chosen from some high level pub games. I think he is one of the best Nevermore players in the world.
(WoDotA Top 10 weekly Vol.5)
Description
Defense of the Ancients (commonly known as DotA) is a custom scenario for the real-time strategy video 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 with the release of version 6.68. This specific scenario has been maintained by several authors during development, with the current publicly anonymous developer known as "IceFrog" developing the game since 2005.
Since its original release, DotA has become a feature at several worldwide tournaments, including Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon and the Asian World Cyber Games, as well as the Cyberathlete Amateur and CyberEvolution leagues; Gamasutra declared that DotA was perhaps the most popular "free, non-supported game mod in the world". Valve Software is currently developing a sequel, Dota 2.
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2) Overview
Defense of the Ancient or as known as DotA is a War Battle-Type Strategy Game in Computer. It needs teamwork, skills, experience, creativity and etc. among players. It can be played at most 10 players at one time on “5 players Versus 5 players”. There are total of 103 heroes from 52 heroes from The Sentinel and 51 heroes from The Scourge to choose from.
(There are some heroes that not shown in the image above because not updated)
The objective or mission of this game that must be done by every team to win a battle is by destroying opponent’s Ancient (The World Tree or Lich King’s Throne). There are 2 teams in each battle, The Sentinel and The Scourge.
THE SENTINEL / THE SCOURGE
THE SENTINEL: The Sentinel which composes of the allies which were said to be the heroes of all time protecting world from darkness of the scourge. The Sentinel protects The World Tree and destroys Lich King’s Ice Throne.
THE SCOURGE: The Scourge team which belong to the dark ancient enemy of the Sentinel, the Undead. The Scourge protects The Lich King’s Ice Throne that tries to spread evil and death and try to gain power from The World Tree by destroying it and to consume this world.
3) Hero Attributes
Every hero had strength, agility, and intelligence as their attributes. Strength represents their Hit Point (Life Point), Agility represents their Attack Speed, Intelligence represents their Mana Point (Point that use when launching Magic Attack). Although all heroes have this 3 type of attributes, every heroes will have their own Main Attribute either Strength or Agility or Intelligence. This 3 attributes will increase their points when a hero level up after gaining experience by killing opponent’s Creeps (AI Computer) and Neutral Creeps (Sided to neither The Sentinel nor The Scourge). If buy items or weapons that increases Main Attributes of a hero, damage will increases according to attributes added. Example, a hero with Strength as main attribute and buy item that increase 10 strength points, therefore the damage of a hero also increase by 10.
Every hero had strength, agility, and intelligence as their attributes. Strength represents their Hit Point (Life Point), Agility represents their Attack Speed, Intelligence represents their Mana Point (Point that use when launching Magic Attack). Although all heroes have this 3 type of attributes, every heroes will have their own Main Attribute either Strength or Agility or Intelligence. This 3 attributes will increase their points when a hero level up after gaining experience by killing opponent’s Creeps (AI Computer) and Neutral Creeps (Sided to neither The Sentinel nor The Scourge). If buy items or weapons that increases Main Attributes of a hero, damage will increases according to attributes added. Example, a hero with Strength as main attribute and buy item that increase 10 strength points, therefore the damage of a hero also increase by 10.
Strength
-Each point increases hit points by 19
-Each point increases hit points regenerate
Agility
-Every 7 points increase armor by 1
-Each point increases attack speed by 1%
Intelligence
-Each point increases mana by 13
-Each point increases mana regenerate
4) Strength Heroes
Strength Heroes is a type of hero that has high hit points as their advantage. There are also known as Tanker in the battle due to their high hit points. This type of heroes usually will go first into the battlefield. Quite useless at the early game but an extremely strong opponent and fierce by enemy during late game.
5) Highest Stats Strength Hero increases per level
ROOFTRELLEN - TREANT PROTECTOR
(3.4 points strength per level up, highest strength increases)
A treant of immense age and wisdom, Rooftrellen was merely a sapling during the invasion of the Burning Legion. Having grown powerful over thousands of years, Rooftrellen has lent his considerable might to the Sentinel cause. An omnipresent force in the forest, he is capable using his power over the forest to hide his allies. Rooftrellen is aided by the forest itself, providing him with a thick living armor of vines and entangling nearby foes in a deadly embrace, allowing Rooftrellen to pound his victims to dust with his massive gnarled limbs.
Strength: 27 + 3.4
Agility: 15 + 2.0
Intelligence: 17 + 1.8
Skills can be learn: Nature’s Guise / Forest Sentinel / Living Armor / Overgrowth
Attack range of 128 (melee)
Movement speed of 300
6) Agility Heroes
Agility Heroes is a type of hero that has high attack speed as their advantage. They are also known as Main Carry in the battle due to their high attack speed. This type of heroes usually will go into the battlefield after Tanker had charged in and takes place. They are good and fast killer. These types of heroes reach their peak performance during middle of the game and if used well they also will be unpredictable or silent killer because of their fast attack speed and almost invulnerable hero during late game if used good combination of items. In early game, you will noticed they were missing for quite a long time, and will appear in the middle game because these type of heroes like to kill neutral creeps(farming) in forest for experience and gold much easier.
Agility Heroes is a type of hero that has high attack speed as their advantage. They are also known as Main Carry in the battle due to their high attack speed. This type of heroes usually will go into the battlefield after Tanker had charged in and takes place. They are good and fast killer. These types of heroes reach their peak performance during middle of the game and if used well they also will be unpredictable or silent killer because of their fast attack speed and almost invulnerable hero during late game if used good combination of items. In early game, you will noticed they were missing for quite a long time, and will appear in the middle game because these type of heroes like to kill neutral creeps(farming) in forest for experience and gold much easier.
7) Highest Stats Agility Hero increases per level
TERRORBLADE – SOUL KEEPER
(3.2 points agility increases per level up, highest agility increases)
Terrorblade is the twin brother of the Anti-Mage. Both of Night Elf descent, Terrorblade was drawn by the power of the Undead, plunging deeper into the abyss of no return, growing large, gargoyle like wings to symbolize his breaking from the night elf world. Having mastered the art of image-creation and soul manipulation, he has the ability to transform into a fearsome and terrifying demonic form, obtaining the powers to hurl energy at his opponents. Large moonblades slashing, he is one to fear on the battlefield.
Strength: 15 + 1.9
Agility: 22 + 3.2
Intelligence: 19 + 1.75
Skills can be learn: Soul Steal / Conjure Image / Metamorphosis / Sunder
Attack Range of 100 (melee)
Movement speed of 300
8) Intelligence Heroes
Intelligence Heroes is a type of hero that has high mana points as their advantage. They are also known as Nuker or Ganker in the battle due to their high mana points and perform magic spells that usually have very high in damage. This type of heroes usually will go into the battlefield after Tanker took place and will go in together with Main Carry(Agility Heroes) to charged in as many types of Intelligence heroes have many disables and nukes skills to make opponents line of defense scattering, and be hero support to the Tanker and Main Carry. Very effective at early game due to skills with high damages and quite useless at the middle game and late game because have very low hit points. Good player and perfect combination of items will make their opponents think twice either want to go charge in or not and make them hard to be kill, easy to be killed by.
9) Highest Stats Intelligence Hero increases per level
PUGNA – OBLIVION
(4.0 points intelligence increases per level up, highest intelligence increases)
Forcefully raised from the dead with little memory of his former self. Pugna is truly a terrible sight to behold. Retaining traces of necromantic magic, this shamble of bones finds sadistic pleasure in temporarily sending his enemies into a tormented dimension and greeting their return with a blast of unholy energy. Those who survived an encounter with the horror often recount with fearful eyes of how the Oblivion literally drains life from his enemies, giving him a brief, but satisfying, taste of of the living.
Strength: 17 + 1.2
Agility: 16 + 1.0
Intelligence: 26 + 4.0
Skills can be learn: Nether Ward / Nether Blast / Decrepify / Life Drain
Attack Range of 600
Movement Speed of 315
10) Highest Speed Attack Animation for Range and Melee
*FOR RANGE TYPE*
FIRST (1st):
KARDEL SHARPEYE-DWARVEN SNIPER
Dwarven Sniper has an attack speed of 3000 (the speed at which his attacks travel to the target), making him an easy hero to last hit with.
Kardel Sharpeye is a testament to his name and race. Using only his finely honed skills of marksmanship and trusty rifle, he systematically destroys his opponent from afar. Taking great care to aim for the most vulnerable of areas, he is capable of severely injuring an opponent, and with a little extra time, has been known to simply dispose of an enemy in a single shot. His rifle is equipped with a secondary barrel, capable of launching a short burst of shrapnel at close range, causing massive damage.
Strength: 16 + 1.7
Agility: 21 + 2.9
Intelligence: 15 + 2.6
Skills can be learn: Take Aim / Headshot / Shrapnel / Assasinate
Attack range of 550 (can be upgrade until 810 !)
Movement speed of 290
SECOND (2nd):
RAZOR – LIGHTING REVENANT
Razor comes in second with speed of 2000, although his attacks work a little differently. The actual animation of the attack deals no damage but it’s the orb that comes an instant later that deals the damage. Razor is even easier to last hit with than Dwarven Sniper, because most players begin the last hit too early.
Razor is lighting incarnate. It is a living being, capable of unleashing tremendous electrical power to anything and everything nearby. Razor’s only indication of sentience is its ability to harness these electrical surges with ferocity, yet a single jolt will never strikes its allies. Without mercy, Razor’s lightning cuts to the bone with speed and accuracy. Razor’s unnatural form gives it speed as well as a thirst of blood. It is a force to be reckoned with. Only the strong dare to face it.
Strength: 21 + 1.7
Agility: 22 + 2.0
Intelligence: 19 + 1.8
Skills can be learn: Plasma Field / Unstable current / Static Link / Eye of the Storm
Attack range of 475
Movement speed of 295
*FOR MELEE TYPE*
FIRST (1st):
MAGINA – ANTI-MAGE
He is the fastest speed on attack animation of ALL heroes either melee or range. Twin sons to the great Prophet. Terrorblade and Magina were blessed with divine powers. Terrorblade granted with an unnatural affinity with life forces, Magina gifted with energy manipulation. Magina’s eventual overexposure to the magic gradually augmented his elemental resistances and bestowed him the unique ability to move faster than light itself. Now, broken by Terrorblade’s fall to the dark side, Magina answers the Sentinel’s call in a desperate bid to redeem his brother. Every bitter strike turns the Scourge’s evil essences upon themselves, culminating in a finale that forces his enemy to awaken to the void within and spontaneously implode.
Strength: 20 + 1.2
Agility: 22 + 2.8
Intelligence: 15 + 1.8
Spells can be learn: Spell Shield / Mana Break / Blink / Mana Void
Attack range of 100 (melee)
Movement speed of 320
SECOND (2nd):
*Sorry, I don’t have enough time to finish my research on second highest speed attack animation because I need to submit this blog to my lecturer next week. Supposed to I must write 450 words only, looks like I already write for 2130 words. I better stop now because I need to submit 5 more posts* (=.=)zzz~
These are videos that shows DotA gameplay from professional players. ENJOY!! =)
PIS is a professional player in Chinese team City Hunter(CH). His ID is CH.~YaphetS. Clips in this video are chosen from some high level pub games. I think he is one of the best Nevermore players in the world.
(WoDotA Top 10 weekly Vol.5)
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