This was unlike their win at TI10, when they were the underdogs.

Nice round numbers, eh?!

The entire tournament was played on Dota 2 patch 7.34d.

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Lets analyze the meta through the lens of the games played at TI12.

All data has been taken fromdatDota.

Not even Sven was a good counter to the hero.

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Looking at the list of the most contested heroes provides a more complete picture.

Teams were weary of playing against them, and for good reason.

The surprising thing is the relatively low bans against Chaos Knight.

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But heroes like Pugna and Ancient Apparition had their places in specific games, and they did quite well.

These 52 heroes are the ones that were picked in less than 5 games throughout the tournament.

Heres to another amazing Dota 2 season coming to an end.

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If you are interested in more stats about TI12, check out datDota co-founder Ben Noxville Steenhuisens Substack post.

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