Hero/General Guide Links

This is a thread for some of the vets out there to give tips to the new players. HoN can be incredibly frustrating when you're new, and 99% of the problem is misinformation and not understanding exactly how to play.

So, I'll start off:
1. To learn more about the game and the items, go to "create game," check "private" and start that way. This lets you play in a game without any pressure from other players to learn a bit about how the game works.
2. Play cautiously when starting out! When you die, not only do you lose gold, but you also give it to the enemy. Being too aggressive is a sure way to set yourself back.

For help learning items, we have a thread which contains all the images along with their descriptions here, if you're an ex-dota player, you may also find this thread interesting as it has the shops with dota icons overlayed. We also have a list of HoN -> DotA heroes in this thread.

I'll also be linking to hero guides in here. If you write up a hero guide, put it in a new thread and PM it to me.

Guides of high quality or high interest will be marked in red, this is'nt to say the other guides aren't worth reading, they probably just don't conform to the standards that a premium guide must match.

Basic Links

List of Heroes
List of Heroes Abilities
List of Items
List of Activatable Items
List of Neutral Creeps

HoN/DotA Terminology
HoN shops with DotA icons
Heroes of Newerth Basics
Using Runes
Heroes of Newerth Basics (Video)


General Guide Links

DotA Basics for New to Average Skill
Played DotA, but new to HoN? READ THIS!
Wrong Builds - Guides on misleading information
Basic Laning Guide
Alt Tab guide to all heroes
Lane Combo Guide
Ward Guide
Howto Counter Melee Agi Heroes
Hero Learning Curves
Juking like the 1950s - How to juke
Big Item Guide
Jungling & Laning Explained (Video)
The Agility Carry

Hero Guide Links

Simple format, hero name, followed by links to the guides by their author.


Accursed
- Nuro

Andromeda
- Moonmage

Arachna
- Shadowcamsy

Armadon
- Blockk
- h

Behemoth
- Euphoria
- junglebadger
- OlaOlaSasaya

Blacksmith
- abgeschmatzt
- Padawanabee

Blood Hunter
- booiiing

Chronos

Dark Lady
- Murs

Defiler
- Tryptophan

Demented Shaman
- Kietharr
- Nome

Devourer
- LodeRunner

Electrician
- Hucklecat
- Trainingday

Glacius
- Euphoria
- Trainingday

Hammerstorm

Hellbringer

Jereziah
- GoldenCrater
- Fallout

Keeper of the Forest
- Hucklecat
- Murs

Kraken
- Fuzzjonesy

Legionnaire
- ElementUsers
- FluffyM

Madman
- Milkhater

Maliken
- Ricksta666

Magebane
- Shixax
- Uludayen

Magmus
- kingcomrade

Moon Queen
- CronoDroid
- Fallout
- Nome

Night Hound
- Hucklecat
- Kaution

Nymphora
- Inconmon

Ophelia
- Nome

Pebbles
- Anarchy1337

Pestilence
- FuriousPeon
- LegoPirate

Pharaoh
- Deillon
- dune_

Plague Rider
- Padawanabee

Pollywog Priest
- Nome
- WiLL

Predator

Puppet Master
- Trainingday

Pyromancer
- Didiuz
- Watevar

Scout
- Farnsworth - maz
- Nome

Slither
- Trainingday

Soul Reaper
- DarkNecrid
- Glorify

Soulstealer
- Trainingday

Succubus
- Hassle

Swiftblade
- Fuji
- Kaution

Tempest
- Euphoria

Thunderbringer
- Euphoria
- Nome

Torturer
- Tryptophan

Valkyrie

Voodoo Jester
- Travakh

Warbeast
- Avicus

Wildsoul
- allquixotic

Witch Slayer
- CronoDroid

Wretched Hag
- abgeschmatzt

Zephyr
- S2Cracky
- uberdabing


Contributing Guides

If you want to write a guide, please feel free, but make sure that it is laid out well and contains substantial information for people to read. A guide should make use of images (see Hucklecat's guide to Keeper of the Forest for a good example). If you see a hero has lots of guides and another hero with no guides, to help everyone out it would be great if you could write a guide for heroes with less guides.

For a thread with all images of items with descriptions please see Hucklecat's item list thread.

Once youve written it, drop me a PM with the link to the forum post and i'll update this topic.

Happy writing!

does anyone want me to write any more guides?

[Avicus]

Voodoo jester would be nice

[[TM1]Shagroth]

thanks to the people making this, really awesome work.

a lot of people are appreciating this, and i'm sending most of my buddies to read your guides.

thanks again.

i wrote a guide to dark lady

if noone is writing a voodoo jester guide i can do that too

what about magebane?

Thanks for the guides fellas. As a new dota/hon player i guess these guides will lead me thru better

Good Guide ;D

I would love a guide for Vodoo Jester and Pharaoh.

Exact definition we obviously know, but it's been so long (not being an original dota player) that I'm hoping someone can explain exactly what they mean IN-GAME?

IE. Does INT only increase mana or does it also increase spell damage / skilled spell DMG?

Does STR only increase HP or does increased STR points have any other effect?

Thanks in advance! :P

Thanks for this thread. It's really helpful.

Originally Posted by Skoal

Exact definition we obviously know, but it's been so long (not being an original dota player) that I'm hoping someone can explain exactly what they mean IN-GAME?

IE. Does INT only increase mana or does it also increase spell damage / skilled spell DMG?

Does STR only increase HP or does increased STR points have any other effect?

Thanks in advance! :P

It depends on your hero's primary attribute, if its INT, they will receive a bonus in their mana regen, mana pool. STR will get increased HP, HP Regen, AGL will give increased attack speed and armor. Regardless of the primary stat, for every point you put in your primary attribute you will see a bonus in attack damage however, you won't recieve a bonus to spell dmg or skill spell dmg

[Wylker]

Um, I can host a wiki if you guys want.

Madman's guide is outdated after its revamp

You might want to open a spot for Ophelia.

Inbox is full?

Hey how about if you write which date each guide is made? This way it's easier to spot potentially obsolete guides.

I'd like to thank all people who made these Guides. You help noobs like me a lot to enjoy this game - and kill someone :]

What an awesome guide thanks a lot.

Awesome guides, but somebody please do one for Hammerstorm :]