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The Best That PD Has To Offer

Posted 10-31-2011 at 06:46 AM by CynthiaCrescent
Updated 11-17-2011 at 06:28 AM by CynthiaCrescent

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In this entry, I'd like to link every single guide that I deem good enough on this site. The reason behind this is a random idea I got from Pureet Jr and the fact that a lot of guides on this side deserves no mention at all, or are so horribly outdated it's not even worth it anymore. Now this is only my opinion, but after all that I've put out I'm sure it worths something. If you feel like there's some problems with my list (that your guide should have been in it) either I somehow overlooked it or, it is even though decent is out classed by another guide out there that listing it became irrelevant.

The criteria for judging hero guides to be put in here. Everything that scores above 7 points is in. *Presentation: 2 points *Lack of unproven speculations: 1 point *Updated to at least [6.69 - no large changes to the hero] [else - version with last large change] onwards: 1 point *Language/Motivation: 2 point *Covers both pub and competitve: 1 point *Alternative builds: 1 point *Replays: 1 point *Alt-Tab guide: 1 point There is also a bonus point system that is applied, in special cases *Updated to 6.72: 1 point *Iconic guide: 2 points *Only published guide for the hero: 2 points

Hero	Link	Author	State	Special Comments (a massive work in progress)
	Lethal Once Mastered	Dysania	Up to date
	Chaotic Thinking	Wolfos	Up to date
	Bottle Farm, Brew Glory	thoby123	Up to date
	The Coolest Hero in DotA	uo111	Up to date
	Stone Cold	Darkjr	Updates needed
	Dissipate it all	GhostofGuns	Updates needed
	Quickly Now	shapeesh	Impending update
	The Bearded Menace	Zotmaster	Outdated	An iconic guide, and it doesn't seem like anyone would disagree with me
	Man in the Kitchen	Lapis Lazuli	Up to date
	I'mma Grip & Sap	8460	Updates needed
	Insanity on Fire	fremdlaender	Up to date
	Guide to Support Troll Batrider	alech	Up to date
	The Beasts Obey Me	Voltzy	Up to date
	So Thirsty	Funny Warfare	Up to date
	The Stealthy Bone	mrmemories	Up to date
	Hex Bone	Kris	Up to date
	DotA's True Predator	joebh	Updates needed
	Bringing Home the Bacon	Zotmaster	Up to date	Notorious arguement behind the scenes
	Overboar	GhostofGuns	Up to date
	G.T.F.O - Guide to Fast Ownage	GenocYda
	Most Concise Butcher Guide	Melderv	Up to date
	Fox's Guide to Pudge the Butcher	Gray_Fox	Up to date
	Permanent Blademail	xx1what	Up to date	I really went head over heels trying to decide whether it deserved to be here, but since it's the only Cent guide out there that's up to date (until I find the urge to make one anyways), guess what?
	Community Guide to Nessaj	Val	Outdated	The first and only guide to CK for a long time, as a colaboration of efforts.
	Paradox of Ruins	LightRedemption	Up to date	Arguably my most controversal guide yet. Not sure what to do about it though.
	I Laugh in the Face of Danger	Syaska	Up to date
	Crystal Maiden in Organized Games	-3d	Needs updating
	In-depth Guide to Crystal Maiden	ResQ	Impending Update	Flashing boobies
	Dark Seer in 6.72	Zephyrus.Row	Up to date	Not really quite awesome, but it's the only up to date one, so, again... guess what?
	Let My Cries Chill the Living	Piejonk	Sort of up to date
	Competitive Guide for Demon Witch	Dark Medina	Updates needed
	I am the Warchief	Nikmar-official	Sort of Up to date
	I will lead them to their destinies	Mr.Foxxie	Up to date
	Tremble at the Competitive Doom	Dark Medina	Outdated
	An Armored Doom	kamukag3e	Up to date
	Laying All to Damnation	Zotmaster	Up to date
	To Protect and Serve	AyeK	Up to date
	Most Concise Drow Ranger Guide	Melderv	Up to date	<3 Drow, nothing more to add
	I Shot the Sherrif	Piejonk	Updates needed	An old school guide, at a glance
	Welcome to A World of Ownage	Aduh Awas	Updates needed
	Ah! Rhe great Outdoors	Syaska	Up to date
	The Art of Sucking	Cyber Tech	Up to date
	Competitive Guide to Faceless Void	DarkMedina	Up to Date
	Phase Shift Hax	Noobish-Noob	Outdated	Quite the inspiration, gave me a lot of stuffs to work on my first guide when I returned to PD in summer 2011
	Puck you!	LightRedemption	Up to date
	Most Concise Geomancer Guide	Melderv	Up to date
	With Patience Comes Victory	.Budi	Up to date
	Instilling Paralysing Fear	†André†	Updates needed
	Son of Aghanim	Masterja	Up to date
	The Spell Stealer	GhostofGuns	Up to date
	The Epic Strength Support	XeNiM666	Up to date
	Spirit of the Trees	Lightning_Ray	Up to date
	We Have Lift Off	Nikmar-official	Updates needed
	Lok'Tar O'gar - Victory or Death	fremdlaender	Updates Needed
	For My People	Lady.Liuwa	Up to date
	The Omnimage	Esryok	Updates needed
	My Guide to Yurnero	D3xter13	Up to date
	Don't Take Oldman's Candy	Averrios	Up to date
	Without a Trace of Warmth	FlamingFist	Updates impending
	Be a Real Tank Destroyer	Kenshiro	Up to date
	Not Everybody Truly Dies	neversaynever	Outdated
	NOMNOMNOM	mitochy	Up to date
	The Sleeper Has Awakened	brownmagic	Updates needed
	Let Me Shield You	Ivanns	Updates needed
	Shocking	Merlini	Outdated	Iconic player & Iconic guide.
	Are You Shocked Yet?	xuisoko	Up to date
	Ultimate Farm Guide to Lycanthrope	SoLbadWolfie	Updates needed
	One-man Team, Necro Lycan	Zan	Updates needed
	The Complete Guide to Magnus	Xellos	Updates needed
	The Master of Teamrape	FunnyWarfare	Updates needed
	The Hot Chick That Rides	R.B.Economy	Updates needed
	Most Concise Morphling Guide	Melderv	Up to date
	The Paper Jaws	I Am The Spoon	Outdated
	I Am A Ninja	D-Rez	Up to date
	Serpent Illusion Assault	Sonic Stream	Up to date
	The Flying Menace	phantom146	Up to date
	FightFate's Guide to Necrolyte	FightFate	Up to date
	None Shall Live to Tell the Tale	QuangTinh	Up to date
	Redefiner's Guide to Anub'seran	Redefiner	Up to date
	Invisible Threat	LightRedemption	Updates Impending	I think it's funny how I actually say my guide needs an update. It's like a 10 minutes job but fk it.
	Dodge Viper	gwho	Outdated	Yeah, gotta give perks to him man
	Dodge Viper 2.0	LightRedemption	Up to date
	DotA' Pedobear	phonypk	Updates needed
	Roamer in the Night	FunnyWarfare	Outdated
	Because Netherward Will Zap 'Yo Ass	Tones_	Updates needed
	Sanity's Eclipse	The][nquisitoR	Up to date
	Cripple the Weak	KeepFeedingNoob	Up to date
	The Weak Minded Shall Perish	K2SO4!Archangel	Outdated
	O.M.G	SuperSheep	Updates needed
	I Stand For the Light	S.Rebel	Updates needed
	Ale is My Bear Necessity	S.Rebel	Updates needed
	Justice Shall Be Swift	GhostofGuns	Updates needed
	In the Name of Justice	XStorm999	Updates needed
	The One-man Gang Banger	Kwanz4	Updates needed
	Supernova in Your Face	Luffydude	Up to date
	You Fail to Amuse Me	Grubi	Up to date
	Warrios of the Night, Assemble	Tantalos	Updates needed
	The Fury is On!	PuneetJR	Up to date
	Make the Enemy Suffer the Pain	thiago_d_d	Up to date
	Die Smiling	FunnyWarfare	Outdated
	Sven is Here to Pump You Up	TT_VbFF	Outdated
	Cliche is Cliche	menage0a0trois	Up to date
	I, Huskar	asiano	Up to date
	Beneath the Competitive Sands	DarkMedina	Outdated
	Make Him Your Dawg	Puuchuking	Up to date
	LoveYueru's Guide to Shadow Fiend	-MLY-	Updates needed	This guide needs to be updated, or so help me I'll do it myself
	Stay Cool	†André†	Updates needed
	Wards Up	GhostofGuns	Updates needed
	Forever[....]Silenced!	ScarPe	Outdated
	CAPS LOCK LEORIC	CrimsonQueso	Outdated	I would slap myself if I were to forget this guide
	THE TERMINATOR	Kenshiro	Up to date
	Master the Fire	Cannibal-	Up to date	Once again... I'm fairly uncertain of its value
	I'll Start With the Swimming Pools	EcceLex	Outdated
	Spare the Pleasentries	Lady.Liuwa	Up to date
	Vengeance is Mine	LightRedemption	Up to date
	Hardly a Challenge	GhostVN	Up to date
	A Carrier Style Mecurial Guide	RS_Lee	Up to date
	STAMPADE!!!!	snoogens	Up to date
	Complete Guide to Rikimaru	Cerealmaniac	Updates impending
	Rocking!	Zephirdd	Up to date
	Community Guide to Raijin	Swiftkick	Outdated	I'm actually baffled that I actually have to put up an outdated guide. I'm not saying it isn't good, but really...
	I Have an Axe to Grind	Syaska	Updates needed
	The Solo Mid Guide	Green Yoshi	Up to date
	Learn the Ways of the Depth	Piejonk	Updates needed
	6 Years of Tinker Experience	WinkieDuck	Up to date
	Tetraodontidae Technique	Andromedus	Up to date
	The Humble Gentleman	LightRedemption	Up to date
	The New Rootfellen	Zephyrus.Row	Up to date
	Eyes in the Forest	The][nquisitoR	Up to date
	I Kill for You	MrDslark	Up to date
	Master of the Axe	mustin98	Up to date
	The Ice Inside!	Xstorm999	Up to date
	Freeze and Burn at the Same Time	kawumm	Outdated
	grrr	chulapi	Updates needed
	Go Deep	SECXIIKILLA	Up to date	Tbh I don't even actually like this guide because of its disorganization just being a pain. However, it is still good... adequitely.
	Stun, Swap and Die	paulo_2_5	Updates needed
	The Roaming Venge	STR1D3R	Up to date
	Wendek's guide to our beloved Zerg	Wendek	Outdated
	Rain of Chaos	The][nquisitoR	Up to date
	The Art of Shackleshooting	The][nquisitoR	Up to date
	Make Your Own Path	Wolfos	Outdated
	Fear My 1337 Skills	Dullahann	Updates needed
	I Hear the Summons....	The][nquisitoR	Up to date

Now is the time for the non-hero a.k.a misc guides. These guides are generally not for any specific hero in particular. Choose to view at your own risk though, as I say not all of them are as valuable as they have been.

Guide	Author	General Focus	Status	Division
Guide to Force Staff	Phoenix7937	How to use Force Staff	Up to date	Any
603 shopping guide	parawarrior	How to best invest your starting gold	Up to date	Any
Walking Through the Ruins	LightRedemption	How to play pubs to your best experience	Up to date	Pub games
Newbies Guide to Hero Difficulty	R.B.Economy	A final rating perceived for each of the heroes. Higher rating means higher difficulty	Any
Lane Setup and Player's Roles	SirKerensky	Guide means to give new teams an idea of what to do and how to act in the early stages of the game	Up to date	Any
Drafting in -cm for intermediate	14553	Help you be better at drafting in -cm games	Up to date	-cm games
Guide to Jungling	Luminous48	Video guide with commentaries on how to jungle	No updates	Any
Necrobook: A Mini Guide by Voltzy	Voltyz	How to use Necronomicon effectively	Up to date	Any
Masterja's total newbie guide	Masterja	Shows most basic, and some advanced techniques in DotA, to newer DotA palyers	Up to date	Pub games
Troubleshooting Worst-case scenarios	Lightning_Ray	Helps everyone overcomes many "ugly" situations that may occur in any DotA match	Up to date	Any
Mini guide to Hooking	Xstorm999	How to use Pudge's hook most effectively	Up to date	Any
Welcome to DotA You Suck	Purge	A nice guide to welcome you to dota, explaining the basics	Up to date	Pubs
Val's Pretty Guide to Every Hero	Val	Alt-Tab Guides to every hero in the game	Updates needed	Any
Madworld's Guide to Support Heroes	Madworld	A guide to playing support heroes	Up to date	Competitive
The Art of War	Saguine	A guide to positioning and Maneuvering Armies	Up to date	Any
Guide to Aggro	Luminous48	A Guide on the basics of mechanics of aggroing creeps	Up to date	Any
DotA - Fun to Think and Imagine	Zan	For mathcrafting and theorycrafting pleasures	Updates needed	Any
The Eye of the Wolf	Lycan	A guide on warding and vision	Up to date	Competitive

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1. 	I'd at least mention Val's alt tab miniguide to everyhero. [url=http://www.playdota.com/guides/vals-pretty-guide-to-every-hero]Val's Pretty Guide to Every Hero - DotA Guides[/url] Not entirely up to date, but a very good reference and straight up, no bullshit guide.
   	Posted 10-31-2011 at 11:09 AM by alwaysgorandom

2. 	Derp, the tag at the bottom means that this is not a complete list yet herp.
   	Posted 10-31-2011 at 02:01 PM by CynthiaCrescent

3. 	Ooo! I hope to see my guide here lolz. But its k if its not here, not exactly updated anyway.
   	Posted 11-01-2011 at 01:07 AM by Mr. Foxxie

4. I like the layout. Very simple and effective for what you need. The only improvement I would suggest (and it's quite lengthy) is to go through and make each cell of the table [CENTER][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/CENTER]. That's all I can think of. Oh and make the table into [table=old] instead of the current default table And I like how you left out Cp6uja's Spectre guide, since there's actually a better one that's been in the works for aaaaages ;D If I have time over the summer break I might see if I can take over and finish it (along with a Dirge guide I've planned to continue from another member xD). Mercurial, The Spectral Stalker - DotA Guides

   Posted 11-09-2011 at 04:02 AM by Captain Planet

5. 	I TRIED reading Ursa guide by Sexiikilla, I really tried. Unfortunately, the Grammar Nazi in me couldn't stand it.
   	Posted 11-09-2011 at 01:36 PM by Mr. Foxxie

6. 	I'm actually tempted to say "no surprises there".
   	Posted 11-09-2011 at 08:52 PM by CynthiaCrescent Updated 11-11-2011 at 11:46 AM by CynthiaCrescent

7. 	[QUOTE=Mr. Foxxie;bt159838]I TRIED reading Ursa guide by Sexiikilla, I really tried. Unfortunately, the Grammar Nazi in me couldn't stand it.[/QUOTE] i know dat feel.
   	Posted 04-01-2012 at 03:20 AM by Ari~

8. 	Useful, bro. I will recommend this blog on my PD friends who are planning to make a guide.
   	Posted 06-10-2012 at 04:07 PM by NinjaMovesPro Updated 06-14-2012 at 01:07 PM by NinjaMovesPro

9. 	You may want to update this blog since it's very helpful for future writers who don't have idea on what topics aren't yet written. I've linked your blog to gwho's http://www.playdota.com/forums/showp...63&postcount=1 ctrl+F the phrase "CHOOSING YOUR TOPIC" to find what i'm talkin about..
   	Posted 07-15-2012 at 03:19 PM by NinjaMovesPro

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