DotA: Defense of the Ancients

DotA is one of the most played, online, team-based, strategy games up to present. Defense of the Ancients also known as DotA is a custom map running on WarCraft III engine. DotA is founded by IceFrog . The current map runs on WarCraft III: Frozen Throne 1.24 client.

You can get updated DotA maps from getdota.com and learn as well as share strategies from the community at playdota.com.

Here are the steps to play DotA:

• Download and install WarCraft III: Frozen Throne
• Download and install the latest patch for Frozen Throne

To play it on LAN:

• Download the latest DotA map and copy it to the maps folder

To play it alone with AI heroes:

• Download the latest DotA AI map and copy it to maps folder

Maps folder is usually on C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\Maps\Download directory.

That’s it. I will be updating this post whenever possible. Have fun and enjoy playing DotA!