Easiest Hero

Don't want to sound brash, but I was thinking just because a hero has a skill that is easy to use, how does this define the hero as being easy to play? Is everyone still on this point and click gag?

In my opinion every hero DOES require certain attention to be EFFECTIVE with. For example everyone seems to say SK is easy, but his mana pool is terrible and if you just point and click his damn stun all the time odds are you wont have mana for his ult.

Now I would say that given the right items, certain heroes can become easier to play... But guys, this is coming from all of us who have played the game for awhile.

Take Urza, A hero that basically can handle early to mid game with just one item. Most of us would say he is easy to play. Oh how hard can it be to press R and W and then auto attack. Easier said then done right? How about he gets stunned? slowed? kited?. Is the next response He needs a blink dagger=Easy to play?

I'm just saying, every hero, to some degree, is both easy to use skills, but hard to play. In my opinion it doesn't come down to what is easier to play, it comes down to competence with not only your hero, but the game and the items as well.

My advice is, If you are a new player, play a hero that both is cool to you and that you find fun to use. After that you need to learn the game mechanics, basically knowing the meta of dota will GREATLY enhance your playing....

Lmao, with all this I just said I will contradict myself by saying that I think a champion with a great form of escape is more easy to play for beginners.

Please,you as a newbie player,try to learn the game by playing Shadow Fiend.I will stick to mah sweet Venomancer and get first blood at lvl 1.

Some of the heros that people recommend for starting players I am completely useless at. I cannot play Axe to save my life, I cannot play Witch Doctor, I am so-so with Tidehunter and meh with Sven. But I can play a complex hero like Invoker and tricky supports like Vengeful Spirit.
To me, the easiest heros are the ones who basically consist of passives and right-clicking the enemy to death. My biggest examples of this are Drow Ranger and Viper. The only way you can be bad at those heros is if you don't know how to turn your auto-cast on. My first days of DoTA I had no idea how to even play and I was getting 15+ kills. Woe was me when I tried heroes that actually require skill.
Skeleton King is a pretty good example, but I had big issues with him until I figured out which skill build to use.
Riki is ultimate easy mode if you have a basic understanding of the game. Know when you should attack your opponent, know where to land your smoke bomb, and know who your easy targets are, ie go for the squishy defenseless mage, not the tank.

Ultimately my biggest example of pubstomp easy mode a-monkey-pooping-on-the-keyboard-can-play-this-guy hero is Ursa. And how. Solo Rosh by level 3, (lvl 1 if you got an SK buddy) two shot everything in the game by level 6 (three shot if they're kind of bulky) and effortless jungle from the start of the game. Granted you need a basic understanding of how to play, but I can't stand people who play Ursa for easy-mode-feel-good-about-myself win, or the people who complain how easy he is to counter when he's their most successful hero and they get 20+ kills with him every game.