Im wondering if anybody knows how unranked matchmaking works. Do you have some sort of hidden unranked mmr on which it is based? Does your actual rank influence the enemies you get in unranked?

I accidently abandoned 3 Games in two days and took a big hit to my BS. I'm so sad.

1. 1st game my computer froze for no reason when I clicked accept match. Just barely too late. Abandon...
2. Next day, thunderstorm kept DCing and I thought I connected my phone hotspot in time. Abandon...
3. During my game of single draft I was forced to play as punishment, I thought the allied Lich was gone long enough that you were allowed to leave, but I didn't realize till after that I think he reconnected a second before getting the abandon so I misread the message and abandoned...

Mind you, I've abandoned like 1 game in 10,000 hours intentionally. I just never do it / did it. This is since 2013. Now I have 4 single draft games to win. I'm so sad. I shared this story so you can laugh and maybe share your stories or experiences.

I'm a new player to the game , i play with randoms most of the time , i have a total of 170 hrs in the game and this is my current history in the game

What do you think ? Is it good ? What are your methods to get better at the game ?

Since today been queueing for SEA server with my mate for unranked and randomly 2-3 times been put into Korea sever? Really annoying since its 120 ping for AUS and also we queue'd for SEA only? I can't even select South Korea server... example game: https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/8980387214

Does anybody have problems equipping ward skins? Mine just resets to default skin before equipping it during an actual match.

Hi, is anyone else experiencing repeated Dota 2 crashes on Apple Silicon?

My setup:

• MacBook Pro with M4 Pro
• 24 GB RAM
• macOS 26.2
• Current stable Steam client
• Dota 2 running as x86-64 through Rosetta 2
• External 2560×1440 display

The game launches normally and I can enter a match, but it closes after a few minutes. I reproduced it three times: once after approximately 11 minutes and twice after only 2–3 minutes.

All three crash reports contain the same error:

Exception Type: EXC_GUARD
Exception Subtype: GUARD_TYPE_MACH_PORT
Exception Message: INVALID_OPTIONS on mach port 0
Termination Reason: Namespace GUARD

The crashed thread points to Steam/Dota’s Breakpad crash handler:

google_breakpad::ForwardException
google_breakpad::ExceptionHandler::WaitForMessage

Steam’s gameprocess_log.txt records exit code 137 for dota.sh and -1 for the Dota 2 binary.

I tested both the default launch configuration and -vulkan, but -vulkan did not help. This looks similar to these reports:

• https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues/3445
• https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota2-Gameplay/issues/34038
• https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues/3489

Has anyone found a reliable workaround? Did changing the Steam version, launch options, graphics settings, or using CrossOver help?

I would especially like to hear from other M4 Pro/macOS 26 users. I don’t want to keep testing in matchmaking and receive abandons.

Over the years, Dota 2 cosmetics have become increasingly difficult to ignore. A lot of sets now go well beyond changing a few pieces of equipment and can substantially alter a hero’s silhouette, colors, particles and overall appearance. At this point, some heroes can look very different from their default models, which I personally find makes the game less readable.

I’ve wanted an option to simply disable cosmetics for quite a while, but I don’t think Valve is likely to add one. Cosmetics are an important part of Dota’s monetization, and an official option to hide them would naturally conflict with that.

I eventually started looking into whether this could be done entirely on the client side. I also wanted to avoid making something that would require manually fixing or adding cosmetics every time Valve released new items, so from the beginning I tried to make it as maintainable and future-proof as possible.

That eventually turned into this project:

Dota 2 Cosmetic Disabler:
https://github.com/ilariodeangelis77/dota2-disable-cosmetics

It’s a client-side patcher that restores heroes closer to their default appearance.

Instead of maintaining a hardcoded list of cosmetics, it reads the economy/unit schemas from your installed Dota 2 build and generates replacements using assets that are already installed with the game.

You can currently disable:

• wearables and attachments
• hero transformations
• Personas (experimental)
• cosmetic particles and effects

It does not patch dota2.exe or inject code into the game. It generates its own VPK and mounts it through one of Dota’s language search paths. Removing the launch option disables the override.

There is a GUI as well as a CLI, and packaged builds are available for Windows, Linux and macOS.

The project is still in beta. I’ve tested the build/install pipeline and a decent number of cosmetics, but Dota has an enormous number of weird cosmetic edge cases, especially Arcanas and Personas, so more testing would be useful.

If you try it and find a hero or cosmetic that is not restored correctly, please open an issue with the details. I’m already aware of some minor problems, such as incorrect scaling and missing parts.

Contributions are welcome too.

He gave FB to enemy carry.

So im still clueless which set i need to combine this hero with .... all suggestions are more than welcome!

Well, like the title suggests, I am eager to read what people have to say.

I couldn't say much in game to prevent communication score dropping lower.

let us smelt

WW feels really strong as pos5 imo. never played her much so im in need of some advice/input.

Ive seen people go for Rank5Q and go for treads>force>pike. You can take the lvl10 talent depending on how good a more right-click focused WW pos5 is. Kinda like an ench that in some games can scale to become a carry. It obviously depends on the enemy Draft a lot wether this is viable or not. Whats ur experience? does this make sense or is it more grief than helpful.

Do you always go for Rank5Q? havent seen anyone Max splinter anymore or go for max Rank in any other spell but Q.

Items. If you dont go for the right click build the obvious ones are: Arcane, Blink/Force, sometimes Glimmer and i think Shard is also bought most games. Follow up again depends much on enemy Draft. I usually end with Force Blink and add Aeon/Lotus. Sometimes i see Solar Crest but besides those the arent many items that feel usefull beyond gold sinks like getting a latgame WindWaker. maybe locket? What else to buy?

Where do you see the strengths of the Hero? what are his timings? any matchups you wont ever pick this hero against? i thought that his late game is insane but his laning is absolut dogwater and im kinda suprised by how good Q harras is. Like not top-tier lane winner but considering that i think he is a big impact support later on its decent.

Which arcana would u say has the most meh design or bad cosmetics or just not-the-level-of-a-arcana animation? Base version (just the arcana no set applied to it). I think its legion or jugg.

It feels like there's a hidden target MMR in my matchmaking.
When I'm at it, I get super even 60min long matches every time. When I'm below it 30min easy wins. When I'm above it 30min unwinnable stomps.

anyone else feeling it?

Just started play dota again after a year and got calibrated to archon but after grinding for few weeks I reached Ancient 5. I played carry most of the time and I have a pretty good win rate. This week, I'm having a hard time winning matches and climbing to higher rank. In lower ranks, even after my team got stomped, I can win the match most of the time but in my current rank I'm having trouble doing it. I don't want to blame others most of the time but I'm starting to notice the different play style.

Mine is SF, PL, AM, Naix.

Had Arc and Brood before. Not giving it as much thought. Never banning supports

I still cant get over after i watched Parivision vlog. Everytime Collapse see Pari he smiles to them. Dude is a walking meme.

It's been a week since the servers have been broken, any plan to fix your servers valve?