Dota 2 ESL One Bangkok 2024: The 5 teams you should look out for

Of the major Chinese organisations, onlyXtreme Gamingended up competing in the ESL One Bangkok qualifiers. Foremost among them are Gaozu, a team that includes the likes of Ame, Paparazi, and XinQ. The team was reformed earlier this month in the hopes of qualifying for ESL One Bangkok. PuckChamp will surely be hungry to prove themselves against the household names that will be opposing them in Thailand. Nigma Galaxy Love them or hate them, Nigma Galaxy are always a delight to watch....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · David Woodard

Dota 2 ESL One Raleigh 2025 tickets, prices, and where to purchase

Read on for everything you’re gonna wanna know! Fans can experience the action in person at the Raleigh Convention Center from April 11th to 13th. Currently, only three-day tickets are available for purchase, with prices varying depending on your seating choice. Note that these are Early Bird prices and they may change over time. Click add to cart and during checkout, you have the option to add on the Premium Experience ticket....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Eric Vazquez

Dota 2 features the largest prize pool at Esports World Cup 2024

Twenty teams will enter the battle for the Esport World Cup trophy. Eight teams will receive a direct invite based on the ESL Pro Tour ranking. They will be joined by 12 more coming from regional qualifiers.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 37 words · Joseph Richardson MD

Dota 2 FISSURE PLAYGROUND #1: Teams, format, prize pool, and where to watch

FISSURE PLAYGROUND #1 will be the first Dota 2 LAN tournament of 2025. All advancement and elimination matches will be a best-of-three series, while the others will be a best-of-one. No two teams can be matched together more than once in the Group Stage. There will also be a Russian language stream onTwitchandYouTube. For Dota 2 match results and updates on the go, don’t forget to check out ourTelegram channel.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 70 words · Ricky Davis

Dota 2 gets a major boost in average and peak players after the release of Dragon's Blood Season 2

Like most popular games, Dota 2 sees its own sets of ebbs and flows. But with the Dota 2 anime series released on Netflix, another factor has been added to the mix. But that could be just coincidence, right? Maybe its the new year that has brought new players and old players back to the game. It is the peak player counter that points towards Dragons Blood as the reason for the increase in players....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words · Samantha Garcia

Dota 2 introduces more water and new Roshan pit locations in Patch 7.38

Running against it will not slow you down. The biggest relocation in the new map is the updated location of Roshan. Having an enemy unit around will stop them from activating. With the new waterways, a new class of amphibian Neutral Creeps makes their appearance. They will spawn at the three new Flooded Camps located at the streams in each jungle. In 7.38, clearing neutral creeps in a camp now drops a new resource called Madstone....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Hannah Clayton

Dota 2 new hero Muerta announced

Shortly after the All-Star Match, the new hero Muerta was announced to be released in early 2023. This year’s new hero announcement was quick, to the point and really exciting. Marci was the last hero that was added. Muerta has a much more artsy aesthetic and a darker feel to her.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · Christopher Herrera

Dota 2 over-saturation and viewer fatigue; Fact or Fiction?

For the last six months, we have been immersed in Tier 1 Dota 2 events. Since January there have been three DPC tours, three Majors, two DreamLeague Seasons, and Riyadh Masters. That’s a whopping 2,486 games played. But what about the viewer? Riyadh Masters' games were covered on44 different channels, including official studio channels and community caster streams. So how would over-saturation and viewer fatigue be measured? If they were real facts, it would surely reflect in the viewership numbers, right?...

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Eric Cruz

Dota 2 Patch 7.31: Reworked Aghanim's Scepter ratings

We take a look at how good the nine reworked Aghanims Scepters from Dota 2 patch 7.31 are. Along with that, some of the old Scepters were reworked. Pit of Malice slows enemies by 40%. Possibly the worst reworked Scepter of Dota 2 patch 7.31. A good amount of gold to get a Pit of Malice that doesnt even root? There are a lot of other team fight items Underlord can get for that price....

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 526 words · James Webb

Dota 2 Patch 7.31: Reworked Aghanim's Shard ratings

We take a look at how good the 14 reworked Aghanims Shards from Dota 2 patch 7.31 are. It has been over a month since Dota 2 patch 7.31 was released. Patch 7.31 brought with it a plethora of changes, including a significant number of reworks to Aghanims Shards. Vengeful Spirit (9/10) Reworked Shard. Bounces once on an enemy, prioritizing heroes. Increases Cast Range by 100. Possibly the best Shard to come out of Dota 2 patch 7....

April 26, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Thomas Hill

Dota 2 patch 7.31: Rise of the Skeleton Battalion

Every new Dota 2 patch has a few crazy strategies associated with it. One of the crazy stats coming out of Dota 2 patch 7.31 involves Skeleton Warriors! Thats what makes Dota 2 so exciting! Patch 7.31 made a lot of changes to neutral creeps. But the hidden power lies his other abilities. Raise Dead skeletons no longer require nearby corpses and their count has been increased from 2 to 3....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Dana Alexander

Dota 2 patch 7.31b brings buffs to Techies and nerfs to Batrider along with other balance changes

Dota 2 patch 7.31 brought a lot of hero changes along with the new hero, Primal Beast. Two of Techies old skill were removed and replaced with new skills. The entire set of changes can be foundhere. Lets take a look at a couple of the prominent ones. General Updates Mana cost reduction now stacks diminishingly. This is a huge change for intelligence heroes like Storm Spirit. The new Null Talisman gives a 4% mana cost reduction....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Kelly Jones

Dota 2 patch 7.31c brings balance changes before the ESL One Stockholm Major

Dota 2 patch 7.31c patch nerfs most of the heroes that reigned supreme in the DPC Leagues. A few heroes, like Death Prophet, have been dealt a massive blow. Teams will need to take that into consideration when they plan their strategies for the ESL One Stockholm Major. The entire set of changes can be foundhere. We will take a closer look at some of the prominent changes. Neutral creeps Both the broken neutral creeps, Harpy Scout and Dark Troll Summoner have been nerfed....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 199 words · Carlos Steele