TI13 ended with Team Liquid lifting the Aegis.
We look at the tournament’s meta through the lens of the tournament games.
The International 2024 (TI13) is in the rearview mirror.
Only 99 heroes were picked throughout the tournament, which is lower than the majority of past TIs.
At TI10, the first two days of group stages saw 104 heroes picked in 80 games.
But this is probably also due to the new group stage format.
Additionally, facets were recently introduced to the game in Dota 2 patch 7.36.
The ones that have strong facets tend to make the cut.
All data has been taken fromdatDotaandLiquipedia Dota 2.
Most Picked Heroes at TI13
The list below shows the 15 most picked heroes at TI13.
Her versatility made her a good pick as a core and a support.
But the Solar Flare facet cemented her as one of the most popular heroes of the tournament.
The hero had an extremely good win rate of over 60%.
Other highly picked heroes that had notably positive win rates include Tusk, Kunkka, Shadow Demon and Mars.
But in the games in which they were picked, the impact of these heroes justified the bans.
A notable absentee from the most contested list is Tinker.
Overall though, it was a very concentrated set of high impact heroes.
The majority of first phase bans were very predictable.
One of the most entertaining things about long tournaments is the changing meta as the tournament progresses.
The heroes above reflect the ones most contested in all 123 games of TI13.
The list below shows the most contested heroes from the 22 games played in the arena.
), but there is a lot of movement after that.
Lone Druid is an interesting story.
That is where the fun lies in a tournament like The International.
New strategies develop as the tournament goes on, which leads to fascinating drafts in the final few days.
Neglected Heroes at TI13
At every Dota 2 tournament, there are heroes that get neglected.
In the case of TI13, this was the case for quite a few.
Only 45 heroes were picked in 10 games or more.
Teams were open to playing their own style.
The only exception was when teams played against Gaimin Gladiators.
In that case, they had to play fast to match their opponents speed!
What was a bit of a letdown was the dearth of matches that went to a deciding game.
Team Liquid actually won all their upper bracket series without dropping a single game!
Unprecedented feat, but not something the viewers want to see, unless you are a Team Liquid supporter.
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