Portal:Game Mechanics

I wonder how this works...

Dota 2 has many underlying game mechanics that are not fully explained by the game itself. Knowledge of how the game mechanics work can help players better understand different gameplay techniques.

Hero Mechanics

• Heroes

• Abilities
  • Channel
  • Passive
  • Toggle
  • Auto-Cast
  • Charges
  • Aura

• Hero Attributes
  • Strength
  • Agility
  • Intelligence
  • Primary Attribute
    • Perks

• Movement Speed
  • Haste

• Magic Resistance
  • Magic Amplification
  • Magic Shield

• Summons
  • Conversion
  • Wards
  • Clones
  • Illusions

• Hit Points
  • Hit Point Regeneration

• Mana Points
  • Mana Point Regeneration

• Talent Tree
  • List of talents

• Experience
  • Denies

• Gold
  • Starting Gold
  • Gold Loss
  • Reliable Gold
  • Unreliable Gold
  • Kill Bounty
  • Assist Gold
  • Buyback
  • Respawn Time

Gameplay Mechanics

• Unit Types
  • Hero
  • Creep
  • Ancient
  • Summoned
  • Ward

• Vision
  • Ground Vision
  • Flying Vision

• Buildings
  • Towers
  • Backdoor Protection
  • Barracks
  • Ancients
  • Fountain
  • Shrines
  • Pillars
  • Glyph
  • Scan

• Runes
• Powerup Runes
  • Double Damage Rune
  • Haste Rune
  • Illusion Rune
  • Regeneration Rune
  • Invisibility Rune
  • Arcane Rune
• Bounty Runes

• Turn Rate

• Trees

• Random Number Generation
• Pseudo Random Distribution

• Skillshot

• Collision Size
• Pathfinding
• Phase

• True Sight

• Lane Creeps
• Neutral Creeps
• Jungle
• Stacking
• Pulling

• Teleport
• Blink

Attack Mechanics

• Standard Attack
  • Base Damage
  • Bonus Damage
  • Damage Spread

• Attack Range
  • Melee
  • Ranged
• Attack Speed
  • Base Attack Time
  • Attack Time

• Cast Range
• Cast Time

• True Strike
  • Accuracy
  • Evasion

• Critical Strike

• Cleave
• Splash

• Missile Speed
• Disjoint

• No-Trigger
• No-Reflection
• Direct Added Damage

• Damage Over Time

• Damage Types
  • Physical
    • Basic Attack
    • Pierce Attack
    • Siege Attack
    • Hero Attack
  • Magical
  • Pure

• Non-Damage Types
  • HP Cost
  • Negative Regeneration
  • Instant Kill

• Attack Modifier
  • Lifesteal

• Mana Burn
  • Mana Break
  • Mana Drain

• Armor
  • Basic Armor
  • Fortified Armor
  • Hero Armor

• Damage Resistance
  • Damage Absorption
  • Damage Immunity
• Damage Amplification
• Damage Reduction
• Damage Block
• Spell Amplification
• Status Resistance

Status Effects

• Disables
  • Blind
  • Cyclone
  • Disarm
  • Root
  • Ethereal
  • Hex
  • Banish
  • Silence
  • Mute
  • Break
  • Sleep
  • Trap
  • Taunt
  • Fear

• Slow
  • Maim
  • Decaying Slow
  • Turn Rate Slow

• Stun
  • Mini-Stun
  • Shackle
  • Bash
  • Mini-Bash

• Knockback
  • Push
  • Drag
  • Pull
  • Launch

• Buffs

• Healing
  • Anti-Healing
  • Heal Amplification

• Non-Healing Health Gain
  • Health Percentage Change
  • Health Swap
  • Resurrection

• Invisibility
  • Wind Walk
  • Deceit

• Invulnerability
• Spell Immunity

• Dispel
  • Strong Dispel

Item Mechanics

• Items
  • Consumables
  • Attributes
  • Armaments
  • Arcane
  • Common
  • Support
  • Caster
  • Weapons
  • Armor
  • Artifacts
  • Secret Shop
  • Roshan Drop
  • Other

• Inventory
• Backpack
• Stash
• Item Dropping
• Item Sharing
• Disassemble

• Shops
  • Home Shop
  • Side Shop
  • Secret Shop

Metagame

• Roles
  • Carry
  • Nuker
  • Initiator
  • Disabler
  • Durable
  • Escape
  • Support
  • Pusher
  • Jungler
  • Complexity

• Lanes
  • Mid Lane
  • Safe Lane
  • Offlane

• Game Modes
  • Ranked Matchmaking
    • Ranked All Pick
    • Captains Mode
    • Random Draft
  • Unranked Matchmaking
    • All Pick
    • Turbo
    • Single Draft
    • Ability Draft
    • All Random
    • Random Draft
    • Captains Draft
    • Least Played
    • All Random Deathmatch

• Strategy
  • Solo Lane
  • Dual Lane
  • Trilane

• Farm Dependency
  • Position 1
  • Position 2
  • Position 3
  • Position 4
  • Position 5

• Metagame
  • Competitive
  • Pubs

• Glossary

Game Client

• Portal:Patches
• HUD
• Indicators
• Dashboard
• Console Commands

• Settings
• Controls
• Cheats
• Store
• Equipment