How to heal yourself in Dota 2?

In Dota 2, healing your hero is crucial to sustain in fights and on the battleground. Here’s a simple breakdown of how you can heal yourself in the game:

Purchasing Healing Items

1. Healing Salve:
   • A consumable item that restores health over time.
   • Buy it from the Main Shop.
   • Usage is interrupted if the hero takes damage.
2. Tango:
   • Another consumable that allows heroes to consume trees for health restoration.
   • Buy it from the Main Shop.
   • It has multiple charges and provides a slow health regen over time.
3. Bottle:
   • Stores up to three charges of a regenerative potion.
   • Buy it from the Main Shop.
   • Can be refilled at the fountain or by collecting runes.
4. Magic Stick/Magic Wand:
   • Gains charges based on nearby enemy spell casts.
   • Buy it from the Main Shop.
   • Use it to instantly restore health and mana per charge.
5. Mekansm/Guardian Greaves:
   • Provides a healing aura and can be activated to heal nearby allies.
   • Buy it from the Main Shop.
6. Urn of Shadows/Spirit Vessel:
   • Gains charges from nearby enemy deaths.
   • Buy it from the Main Shop.
   • Can be used to heal allies or damage enemies.

Utilizing Hero Abilities

1. Various heroes have abilities that can heal either themselves or allies:
   • For example, Witch Doctor’s Voodoo Restoration, Dazzle’s Shadow Wave, or Warlock’s Shadow Word.
2. Some heroes have talents that provide health regen:
   • Like Dragon Knight or Bristleback.

Visiting the Fountain

1. Returning to the Fountain:
   • The fountain at the base will quickly regenerate your hero’s health and mana.
2. Teleporting Back:
   • Use a Town Portal Scroll or Boots of Travel to quickly return to base for healing.

Other Methods

1. Neutral Items:
   • Some neutral items provide health regen or lifesteal effects.
2. Life Steal:
   • Items like Morbid Mask, Satanic, or abilities like Wraith King’s Vampiric Aura provide lifesteal to heal by attacking.

Engaging With Healing Supports

1. Coordinate with Support Heroes:
   • Heroes like Oracle, Treant Protector or Omniknight can provide healing or protective spells.

Utilizing Shrines

1. Activate Shrines:
   • Shrines located around the map can be activated for a burst of health and mana regen.

By purchasing healing items, utilizing hero abilities, coordinating with your team, and utilizing map resources like the Fountain and Shrines, you can effectively heal yourself and stay active in Dota 2 battles.