With MOBAs you want people to learn where to stand and how to avoid taking damage. The implication in all of this is that ranged damage dealers are the ones to give people at first. He also has a huge range on his ultimate – a shot which deals massive damage and gives a mini-stun. Sniper is a gunner who specialises in hitting enemies from a safe distance – he slow enemies as well as dealing high damage per second. Neith's an archer who can backflip out of (or into) trouble and has a big old skillshot stun which also deals damage. Ashe is an archer who can fire arrows to slow targets, scout out areas using her hawk spirit and has a big old skillshot stun which also deals damage. In League the first champion you get your hands on is Ashe.
The prevailing wisdom – or at least the most common scenario – is to introduce you to the game via a ranged damage dealer. This post is about which heroes I learned to play Dota 2 on: I realise I didn't make any suggestions of my own for where to start in terms of characters, though. I spent the last few Dote Nights talking about tutorials in three MOBAs – what they did well and what they did poorly. One day Pip might even tell you the story of how she bumped into Na’Vi’s Dendi at a dessert buffet cart. Part of a miscellany of serious thoughts, animal gifs, and anecdotage from the realm of MOBAs/hero brawlers/lane-pushers/ARTS/tactical wizard-em-ups.
