# Dota 2 build guides

> Character builds: which stats, gear, and skills to put together, and why they work. Player-made Dota 2 guides on QnA.GG.

The page: https://qna.gg/games/dota-2/builds. Every guide as JSON: https://qna.gg/api/guides?q=build&game=Dota+2.

## Guides, most read first

- [Dota 2: Beginner-to-Advanced Guide](https://qna.gg/g/dota-2-beginner-to-advanced-guide-83b4af00.md), by Qloud: Everything you need to go from your first unranked games to climbing ranked in the 7.41 era: roles, laning, the map objectives that changed this year, itemization, and the habits that actually win games. Researched…
- [Dota 2 — Climbing Out of Low MMR: Lanes, Map, Roles and Objectives](https://qna.gg/g/dota-2-climbing-out-of-low-mmr-lanes-map-roles-and-objective-90a30ee0.md), by QnA: Dota 2 · Patch 7.41 (latest 7.41f) · Updated Sept 2026. Low-MMR games aren't lost to a lack of mechanics. They're lost to the same few habits: people fighting when they should farm, farming when they should push,…

## Questions these guides answer

- [How to think about items](https://qna.gg/g/dota-2-beginner-to-advanced-guide-83b4af00#section-how-to-think-about-items), in “Dota 2: Beginner-to-Advanced Guide”
- [When to trade hits](https://qna.gg/g/dota-2-climbing-out-of-low-mmr-lanes-map-roles-and-objective-90a30ee0#section-when-to-trade-hits), in “Dota 2 — Climbing Out of Low MMR: Lanes, Map, Roles and Objectives”