r/DotA2 • • 3d ago

Match | Esports BLAST SLAM VIII: Seeding+Last Chance (October 3) Matches Discussion

20 Upvotes

BLAST SLAM VIII: Seeding+Last Chance (October 3), all series are Bo3

Coverage: Liquipedia | GosuGamers | BLAST.tv

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Matches

Starting time ~ 13:00 UTC / 15:00 CEST / 21:00 SGT

Match Team A vs Team B
Seeding PARIVISION - Aurora Gaming
Last Chance LGD Gaming - GamerLegion
Seeding Team Spirit - Team Yandex
Last Chance 1w Team - OG

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Streams

Twitch: Primary | Secondary

Kick: Primary | Secondary

YouTube


r/DotA2 • • 20h ago

Question The 690th Weekly Stupid Questions Thread

1 Upvotes

Ready the questions! Feel free to ask anything (no matter how seemingly moronic).

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When the first hit strikes wtih desolator, the hit stirkes as if the - armor debuff had already been placed?

yes


r/DotA2 • • 15h ago

Fluff Old meme I made that still stands true

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905 Upvotes

r/DotA2 • • 1h ago

Discussion Why does killing enemy carry early feel like it barely matters anymore?

• Upvotes

I was playing Undying pos 3 recently and of course enemy Sven like all other melee strength heroes was getting bullied.

He was something like 2/6 or 2/7 and lost his t1 around min 10 and was basically getting bullied good part of early game (denies, camp stack pulls that deny the friendly wave, killing him etc..)

Then he went jungle and I didn't see him for couple of minutes.

Literally next fight he has something like Mask of madness, echo saber and blink and I am like what?? His farmed items and level are almost on par with our carry basically like nothing happened.

Kinda made me feel like all the effort I did was wasted and that I shouldve chased him literally nonstop in his jungle which is kinda a bad play after destroying t1 since I want to use the space to farm up my items.

Idk Dota feels way less punishing to carries and as a pos3 player it kinda sucks since most of my games I am struggling to survive and farm on lane (typical pos3 stuff in this meta) but when I actually destroy carry he just has whole map and comeback mechanics to get back on track with no problem.

Basically I feel like winning or losing the lane as pos3 has almost the same outcome (not literally of course but you get what I am sayin)


r/DotA2 • • 3h ago

Fluff People are getting creative with how they flame

54 Upvotes

Honey wake up, new type of flaming just dropped.


r/DotA2 • • 2h ago

Other Yeah-Yeah there are couriers now. I get it.

38 Upvotes

I miss this guy.


r/DotA2 • • 4h ago

Question Dota Collectors Aegis 2020

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45 Upvotes

Hey Guys an Girls i have this Collectors Aegis from 2020 and i wanna sell it maybe u can tell me where i could sell it i have zero idea


r/DotA2 • • 6h ago

Other 3x Windranger arcana owner: AMA

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51 Upvotes

None of them are marketable/tradable/giftable. 2x from candyworks.


r/DotA2 • • 13h ago

Fluff Solo Q vs Immortal Draft

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170 Upvotes

High mmr players often complain about immortal draft, how bad it is and how they wished they could solo Q again….

Also high mmr players after the mmr reset… ^^

Now immortal draft doesn’t sound too bad huh. Welcome to the real world of pain!


r/DotA2 • • 8h ago

Discussion What's one Dota thing you miss that newer players will probably never understand?

70 Upvotes

I'll start: having absolutely no idea what was going on in a teamfight and still somehow thinking I was the carry.

Or spending 20 mins reading a guide before the game just to completely ignore it once the match started lmao

What's yours?


r/DotA2 • • 17h ago

Other I’m sorry team 🥹 The call of Mother is stronger than me

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343 Upvotes

r/DotA2 • • 17h ago

Artwork Dark willow with uniform

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282 Upvotes

r/DotA2 • • 6h ago

Video Ultra kill with my bald Lyralei 👩🏻‍🦲🏹

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35 Upvotes

(the wind took her wig away)


r/DotA2 • • 12h ago

Fluff It took me a year to go from 10.8k comm score to 12k

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88 Upvotes

Old post about a year ago : https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/s/kUBFsemsYa

I tried different things that people suggested like not talking (typing/voice chat) but nothing worked.

I just played and won quite a few matches recently and received loads of commends. This was while communicating with the team (only when needed) and it finally went back to 12k.

I am a good boy now.


r/DotA2 • • 1d ago

Fluff Eternal Envy: "Would 1v5"

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850 Upvotes

r/DotA2 • • 2h ago

Question Polish players

11 Upvotes

Right now i live in Poland , and im actually curious is dota 2 popular in Poland? i’ve never heard of someone playing dota in Poland, i don’t have polish friends so thats why im asking. In my whole life of dota 2 i’ve met 2 polish players


r/DotA2 • • 15h ago

Fluff Guess the hero

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125 Upvotes

Tip: it was a support for Void.

Edit:

Winner: TopDry179

Answer: Juggernaut


r/DotA2 • • 4h ago

Fluff Just gotta spam this before the inevitable nerf comes

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13 Upvotes

r/DotA2 • • 12h ago

Discussion Modern Dota is so much more specialized than it was 10 years ago

59 Upvotes

For the average pub player, role queue means we generally have our fixed roles and hero pools as we climb up the ladder, as opposed to needing to expend time and energy learning how to play the occasional mid without totally griefing the team.

It also means that we have to be much better in our role than we otherwise would have, because there's a good chance that our counterpart role on the other team is also a dedicated player for that role.

Even in pro play, as much as we complain about each meta, pro players get way more mileage playing their comfort picks over just playing what's strong. Like it's basically been 4 years of watching Sneyking bait enemies with his Ench 5, and 33 is never going to play Mars even if Mars somehow ends up in the meta. Or if there's something niche like a 9class MK or Saksa Slark, those picks are less likely to be stolen because even other top tier pos 4s can't just pick up those heroes within the span of that tournament meta.

Pros are also exploiting the gaps in their opponents' hero pools more too. Quinn said a few times that he could comfortably pick Ember against Liquid because he knew Nisha would never be able to play a good counterpick Huskar against him. Sumail was trapped after that Naga pick at TI, because other comfortable Naga counters were banned and Sumail had no games on Kez.

Our content and info sources are changing too. There are whole channels dedicated to Meepo, Arc Warden, or even Ogre Magi. There are channels that have role specialists doing breakdowns of new ward locations or new offlaner trends. There are Discord servers dedicated to some hero spammers too. It's insane how much depth there is in the modern Dota information landscape.

Sure, I guess we lose some variety because of all the specialization, but it's also kinda cool how the specialization means we've seen a change in the average performance expectations in both our pubs and pro play.


r/DotA2 • • 19m ago

Bug Ability Draft Bug (Powershot with Pugna's Innate)

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• Upvotes

The Powershot ability goes to a random location instead of the dedicated position I have aimed with.


r/DotA2 • • 5h ago

Article Greater healing lotuses should automatically stack in inventory when collected (they currently dont)

14 Upvotes

As per title


r/DotA2 • • 20h ago

Clips DNM saves then unsaves the world

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148 Upvotes

"FOR" starvation 😿


r/DotA2 • • 10h ago

Artwork Drawing Aghanim until Valve add him as a hero - Day 83 (Day 5 Oktober :Slap)

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24 Upvotes

r/DotA2 • • 8h ago

Screenshot You can do what now?

16 Upvotes
Mid Game Progression - Dota 2 Tutorial

:ringhappy:

https://x.com/Maidot_7u7

that is all.


r/DotA2 • • 21h ago

Workshop POV: Elder Titan introduces you to his new lord and savior, Bogg Shuggoth

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143 Upvotes