I've got a Heroes of Newerth Invite for whomever wants it. For those who don't know what it is, it's a Defense of the Ancients (DotA) clone. But more visually appealing, and with new items and Heroes.
The game comprises two factions that battle against one another in every game. The factions, the Hellbourne and the Legion, offer players a wide variety of unique heroes that the player controls in the game. The heroes of each faction are organized into three categories; strength heroes, intelligence heroes, and agility heroes. Currently there are twenty-eight heroes on the Legion side, and twenty-seven on the Hellbourne side. Every hero comes with their own unique style of play and their own animations and sounds, much like in DotA. Slots in Heroes of Newerth’s current beta indicate a total of thirty potential heroes for each side. Although many of the heroes were directly transferred from DotA, there are a few new heroes that S2 has added that were not previously part of DotA.
(An overview of all the Heroes, although new heroes have been added recently, and a close up of the Hellbourne side)
"Creeps" are very weak computer controlled units that spawn from the barracks in the bases, usually spawning in groups of five. "Creeps" push the lanes (usually 3 but sometimes 1 or 2) on the map that connect the bases together. Players controlling the heroes push the lanes with the creeps and players using their hero can kill the opposing faction creeps or other players heroes for gold, which they then can use to buy valuable items at their base that improve their own heroes' power. Between the lanes players will discover a river, which contains power-up runes and a forest area where neutral "creeps" await that anybody can kill for gold. Also, among the neutral "creeps" on the map there are creep "bosses". On the maps "Forest of Caldavar" and "Darkwood Vale 3v3" there is a neutral boss creep called Kongor, whereas on the map "Watchtower" the neutral boss consists of Transmutanstein and Zorgath. The bosses usually take more than one hero to kill. The most popular style of playing is five vs. five.
(Creep Boss Kongor)
Each unique hero has four special abilities that help them with their conquest of the opposing factions base and all heroes start the game at level one but can eventually reach level twenty-five, depending on how long the game lasts. Each faction has its own base on opposing sides of the map and these bases each contain numerous buildings, with the most important buildings in the base being the barracks, towers, and one guardian building in which if it is destroyed by the opposing faction, the game ends. The guardian structures, however, are heavily guarded by "creeps" and numerous towers. To destroy the opposing teams guardian structure, a team must “push” through at least one lane and destroy all 3 towers in that lane. Once all three towers in a lane are destroyed the team has the option of destroying the ranged and melee barracks. If the ranged barracks of the opposing team is destroyed, then your teams ranged “creeps” (in the lane in which the barracks was destroyed) become substantially stronger. The same occurs for the melee “creeps” if the melee barracks is destroyed. If all the barracks of one team is destroyed, then the opposing team receives “mega creeps” which are extremely powerful “creeps” that usually end the game soon after. After destroying all the towers in one of the opposing teams lanes, your team has the choice of attacking the barracks or attacking the two towers that directly defend the guardian structure. It is only after you destroy the two towers that defend the guardian structure, can you attack the guardian structure itself.
And finally the Debut Trailer of Heroes of Newerth. Enjoy.
So, if you want to be apart of the Beta. Leave a comment and i'll do a random pick later tonight or tomorrow to decide who will receive the invite.
