Common Gameplay Commands on Dota

Here are some of Dota's common gameplay guide that you may find useful. Some of this commands may work only to certain heroes and situations. They are fun to use and somewhat helpful for the game.

-repick
Using this command only works from the early minutes of the game. This will automatically gives you another hero selected randomly if your in all random mode. If you are on all pick, you will be given another chance to choose a new hero in the tavern.

Note: Using -repick may cost 500 gold and you can only do this just once.


-refresh
This only works on Phantom Assassin's Blur. Her invisibility will return back after been hit by frost spells like Eye of Skadi, Frost Arrow, Frost Nova and related spells.

Note: You'll have to constantly type this to work. So I advise that you have to copy and paste the command to make it easier for you. Here is the shortcut key for copying the command: Hold CTRL and press HOME to highlight the word; then press CTRL C to copy and use CTRL V for pasting.

-random
Automatically selects hero randomly on either Sentinel or Scourge's taverns.

Note:Selecting hero may cost lower when you use this command.

-movespeed
It will display the movespeed of your hero. If you equip items or use skills that boost your movement speed it will display its current speed.

Note: You can use -ms as shortcut for this command.


-unstuck
This command is only useful when you are stuck on certain places and disable you to pass through like on Mercurial's Phase. This will teleport you back on the fountain.

Note: It takes 50 seconds before you will be teleported and cause to be unmovable until it last. So use it carefully or better always bring town portal to avoid this to happen.


-recreate
This only works on heroes that may undergo metamorphosis like Lycanthrope, Soul Keeper, Naix and Dragon Knight. It will automatically return them back to the fountain.

Note: It takes time(200 seconds) to be teleported back to the fountain so better careful on using this command.

-matchup
Displays the name of the players and the hero that they are controlling.

Note: You can use -ma as a shortcut to this command.


-invokelist
This command is perfect for those who forgot some of the Invoker's spells. This display all the spells that Kael can use.

Note: Even if your not using the Invoker you can still use this command and see its list.

-cs
Shows you your current creep kills as well as your creep denies. A good indicator for your farming performance.

Note: You can use -cson to keep the board showing and -csoff to keep it hidden.

-swaphero
Aloows you to select another player's controlled hero. This only may work from the beginning of the game and has time limit.

Note: All the item you bought before you type -swaphero command may carry over to your swapped hero.


-disablehelp / -enablehelp
These commands enable you to choose whether Chen's Test of Faith may work on you or not. Disable help will prevent you from being teleported back to your fountain.

Note: This command was made to prevent abuses of using Chen's Test of Faith.

Perma-Stun Onslaught! Owning your Way to Group Clash

The perma-stun combo is one of the oldest strategy that most expert players of Dota used this on tournaments. This is however, has it's own pros and cons. Most of the heroes involved in this tactic are str type which are melee as well. Here's how it works:


. You can choose heroes which either have stun or skills that will slow down the movement speed of the enemies. Here are the heroes I recommend:




. One of you must use Storm, for his ultimate skill Lightning Grapple is needed in earlier part of the game when other heroes still don't have Kelen's Dagger. Storm's Overload can do a short duration stun too, so he's a perfect hero for the job.

. Find a good spot where everybody can hide. Let other heroes to stand near Storm so everybody can join the grappling when the perfect time comes.

. The perfect moment to jump in is when a group of enemy are closed enough together.

. Let Storm use the Lightning Grapple to drive everyone on the enemies' position. Then let one hero stun the ground, followed by another, then by another-- so on and so forth.

. Make sure that you will do the stunning one at a time. So better assign everyone who will make the first move until the last.

. With successive stuns and attack your enemies will have no place to escape. Disabling them to use any skills and most probably ended up dead.

I love this tactic, it's fun to use for group clash. The high hp's of str heroes will make them last on the field of battle except if there are anti-str heroes like Obsidian Destroyer and Necromancer around. So better use this tactic wisely. I advise everyone to use Kelen's Dagger for later part of the game it might be very useful to get a good timing on your attacks.