Entering the world of Dota 2 : Part 5

                     Entering the world of Dota 2 : Part 5

                                              
Welcome back to part 5 of Entering the world of Dota 2, in this part I will discuss about last hitting. First off what is last hitting? Last hitting is landing the last hit on a creep, hero, tower, or Roshan. This grants the player with gold, last hitting is easier said than done. It requires a lot of time to practice, and get used to. There is however an item called quelling blade which gives a hero 32% more damage for melee and 12% more damage for range heroes. This extra damage only applies to creeps. For people who has perfect last hitting and timing quelling blade is really needed, because it is harder to last hit while under the tower if your hero is carrying a quelling blade. There isn't many tricks to last hitting. Its more of getting used to each hero's animation and base damage. However there is a trick when last hitting under towers. For melee creeps during the early levels hitting the creeps once when its hp is full and waiting for the tower to attack it 4 times and then hitting it again will grant you the last hit. For the range creep you hit it once and wait for the tower to attack two times before last hitting it. Now although all heroes needs gold. Some heroes need more golds than others. These heroes are the carries(they carry the game and lead you to victory). Supports are responsible for taking care of their carries and denying and harassing enemies who try to disrupt the carry's farm. Supports needs gold but they shouldn't steal their carry's last hits. Now I mentioned denying right? denying is like last hitting but instead of last hitting the enemy's creeps you last hit your own creeps denying the enemy of the gold and also lowering the amount of experience that the hero can get from that creep. Denying a lot of creeps will prevent the enemy from getting both gold and experience.There's also a tipsy little technique you can do with last hitting creeps instead of running around waiting for the creep's hp to fall you can use the S button to cancel your attack animation until the creep's hp is low enough for you to be sure you can get the last hits.This ensures that you will get the last hit even when the enemy team is trying to deny your creeps.  Last hitting is the bread and butter of lane controlling. I'll tell your more about lane controlling and how to safely farm, how to control lanes, and how to dominate lanes in my next blog. Thanks for reading and spread the word so more people can get a chance at reading this. Remember questions are always welcome.