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🗂️ Dota 2 (2025) — One-Page Desk Card

🎛️ Controls — My Keybinds (fill these)

  • Center on Hero: [ ☐ ] | Select Hero: [ ☐ ]
  • Courier: Select [ ☐ ] | Deliver [ ☐ ]
  • Abilities: Q W E R | Extras: D / F
  • Items: Z X C V B N (or 1–6)
  • Camera: MMB Drag (Edge Pan ☐ On ☐ Off)
  • Attack / Stop / Hold: A / S / H
  • Quickcast: ☐ On ☐ Off (start Off; switch later)
  • Shift-Queue Actions: Hold Shift (blink → spell → item)

⏱️ Core Timers (write them on your minimap brain)

  • Bounty Runes: 0:00 (contest safely)
  • Water Runes (Mid): 2:00, 4:00
  • Power Runes: 6:00, then every 2:00 (8, 10, 12, …)
  • Wisdom Runes (XP): 7:00, then every 7:00 (14, 21, …)
  • Lotus Pools: Fruit spawns periodically → combine later for bigger heals

Callouts to say: “Wisdom 7/14/21”, “Rune 6/8/10”, “Stack 53”

🧭 Early Game Flow (first ~10 minutes)

  1. Pre-Horn: Buy starts → Shift-add Quick Buy → Bind courier deliver.
  2. 0:00: Scout/ward → contest 1 Bounty (don’t die).
  3. Lane: Last-hit > Harass; Deny under 50% HP.
  4. Pull/Stack: Supports: pull small at :15/:45; stack camps at :53–:55.
  5. Mid: Check Water (2/4) + Power from 6:00 onward.
  6. Supports: Be at Wisdom 7:00; refill cores; rotate only with purpose.

🧠 Decision Rules (simple and sticky)

  • If you can’t win the fight → farm & shove safely.
  • If TP saves a tower → TP. Otherwise keep farming.
  • Two items spike? Group to trade objectives, not 5v5 blindly.
  • Vision wins games: Ward where you’ll play next; sentry their vision first.

🧺 Items — SOP

  • Quick Buy: Shift-click next component.
  • Secret Shop: Send courier on safe path (Shift-queued waypoints).
  • TP Scroll: Always carry 1 (buy on death if missing).
  • Neutral Items: Check drops on the minute tiers; share & swap.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Roles — Starter Pool

  • Pos 5: Lich • Lion • Ogre • CM • Warlock
  • Pos 4: Venge • Spirit Breaker • Shadow Shaman
  • Pos 3: Tidehunter • Centaur • Bristle • Underlord
  • Pos 2 (Mid): Dragon Knight • Viper
  • Pos 1 (Carry): Wraith King • Sniper • Juggernaut

Use in-client hero guides for skill/item order scaffolding.

🗣️ Comms & Sanity

  • /roll for role disputes → highest wins → move on.
  • Mute early, unmute later. Chat-wheel: “BKB used”, “Defend”, “Smoke”.

✅ Checklists

Pregame

  • Starts bought • [ ] Quick Buy set • [ ] Courier keys working
  • Lane plan & ward spots • [ ] TP Scroll

5-Minute Audit

  • Deaths ≤ 1 • [ ] Lane equilibrium managed
  • Stacks attempted • [ ] Rune checks (if mid/support)

10-Minute Pivot

  • First item timing on track
  • Wisdom/Power runes contested
  • Swap to farm/pressure lane with best map access

🔖 Micro-Tips

  • Hold Shift to chain actions (blink → ult → item).
  • Don’t chase into fog without wards/TP advantage.
  • Farm triangle when unsafe; pressure opposite side of enemy stack.
  • Smoke with a purpose: objective, pickoff, or deward—never “just because.”

Print this, scribble your keys, and keep it next to your keyboard.

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