r/DotA2 17h ago

Discussion Is lvl 1 jungler still a thing

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I was getting bored of the base game and wanted to try some fun tech that I used to try and one thing I remembered was early lvl 1 jungler or lvl 3 jungler. Used to be a big thing a while back. You could do it with trolley or enchantress or other high damage heroes against unit targets or if u can summon creeps. Is it still a thing ? Atleast in turbo? I imagine atleast you can try some fun stuff with techies.


r/DotA2 11h ago

Discussion So f sick of smurfs playing Invoker in low MMR games

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F man these sad mfkers just keep ruining games for low mmr games.


r/DotA2 21h ago

Fluff This made me chuckle

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r/DotA2 21h ago

Discussion | Esports You can play dota and Wfh

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Its official. Zeus divine WFH is everywhere


r/DotA2 13h ago

Discussion Queueing roles that are popular can match you up with griefers.

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4200 MMR.

Behavior and comms score both 12k

I play on West EU server.

Unfortunately, the time that I get to play is when the server is at low population,keeping that in mind I noticed a pattern.

My main roles are Pos1&Pos3.

I noticed that when I queue Pos1 there is a griefer on my or enemy team like 80% of time.

Griefers,afk jungles,people who are chat banned and are drawing curses on the map(I have 12k bh score why I'm in the same team with a 6k guy?)

My guess is that because carry is probably a preferred role and at that time there isn't much players online so not much supports and offlaners around,the matchmaking system will eventually team you up with griefers since there is no one else around.

But when I play pos3,fast queue time is obvious,nice people like 90% of the time,coordinating people who use voice chat,no blaming very few bullshit picks and weird builds,Overall a very pleasant match experience.

I honestly feel the same pattern even in hours that server is at peak online players but it's definitely less.

Do you have a similar experience?


r/DotA2 22h ago

Screenshot Does this mean I'm a techies player now? First Arcana from Candyworks

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r/DotA2 7h ago

Question I was today years old when I have noticed you can create your own hero list

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How many of you guys using this feature? As im always losing my head when my main hero gets banned


r/DotA2 6h ago

Bug Dota at 3 am

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Did Bane just used his nightmare to me?


r/DotA2 12h ago

Discussion TI2026 Is coming next month, will there be another event that might overlap with Dark Carnival?

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I've been thinking if they'll add or introduce another event in-line with the upcoming The International 2026. I haven't really spent a big amount of money in the game now that I have a job so I'm hoping there's a new event worth spending with.


r/DotA2 9h ago

Artwork Silencer

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1)walking free XP fodder disguised as a hero
2)If an enemy so much as breathes in his general direction, his health bar completely disintegrates.


r/DotA2 7h ago

Personal Got blessed in Re-rolls

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I'm guessing I can't but is there any way I can open her styles? I looooove the 3rd one


r/DotA2 19h ago

Bug Carnival Games Bugged?

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Anyone else not getting the rewards/listed completion of a carnival game?? Right now Automaton Assembly will not mark anything completed unlike the other mini-games...


r/DotA2 16h ago

Discussion Got the Gooner Dark Willow skin; How do I play her??

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For real though, I have never played Willow but I'm aware of her reputation as a game-ruiningly greedy Pos 4.

What's the pro-social way to play her? I know that her job is to cause a bunch of chaos among the enemy team during fights. Does that mean buying activatable support items can be bad, because you're away from your carry and busy hitting other buttons in fights?


r/DotA2 9h ago

Question Are you guys still enjoying dota2?

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I still play daily, just turbo now though. Quit ranked, got too tiring since it's so competitive. Working now too so I just want something chill, but still enjoying it playing with friends at this age


r/DotA2 37m ago

Complaint thanks to VALVe for not allowing me to chat

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it's been 20 minutes. he didn't notice yet


r/DotA2 13h ago

Artwork | Esports My luck for the year.

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My first arcana.


r/DotA2 34m ago

Article So ten minutes for the both cars Spoiler

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And lots of tickets, to be continued...

Expected a bit more but it was fun :D


r/DotA2 8h ago

Bug Greevil courier eye textures still broken

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Greevils have had particle and visual bugs for years now, but this one looks especially weird


r/DotA2 8h ago

Other can i deleted the workshop

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so im running out of space in my ssd and checked that dota had 5GB workshop in dlc tab, i heard that was some arcade ive been installed so can i deleted it


r/DotA2 10h ago

Artwork | Esports Do you think the Firesnap Cookie chain stun is balanced?

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r/DotA2 9h ago

Discussion Dota kinda "punishes" you for climbing

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Just to be clear, this is not whining about smurfs, how bad my teammates are or anything related.

I've reached Immortal for the first time back in 2018, peaking at about 6500 MMR iirc. By that time I was at the first year of highschool. Except for the years 2018-2020 I never liked playing by myself, enjoying Dota the most by playing with my friends.

I also like to climb, learn about the game and be better, I dreamed about reaching as high as I could in the ranks. But at some point I figured out things were just getting worse.

I just felt punished the more I climbed, because there were more cons than pros of grinding through the ranks.

I could not play with my lower rank friends and even the few Divine or early Immortal ones got left behind at some point.

Immortal draft was introduced, narrowing even more the chances of playing with a friend.

The matches naturally got more and more demanding, which was kinda fine for a teenager, but less fine as I got a job, degree, girlfriend etc.

Im from SA but at some point playing EU or atleast NA was mandatory and that means 120ms+ latency.

I mean, I had several insane matches, with very skilled players. The problem is that in the long run, playing with no friends, demanding matches and high ping just got me tired.

Nowadays I play about 10 matches a week with (some) of my friends fluctuating between 6-7k MMR. I just play all roles and all heroes that come to mind, and sometimes recalibrate MMR just for the sake of it.

I miss higher level games, although I probably wont be able to perform well since im in "retired" mood for about 3 years now. And its not worth it for me dedicating to the game because life happens.

I dont think there is an obvious solution, but I think it would be cool if there was a rework and reset of the ranked. Adding more ranks, dunno. It just doesnt feel right that a retired scrub like me is in the same medal as the pro players, I used to be prouder about being Immortal and I think the final rank should have more prestige.

What do you guys think?


r/DotA2 5h ago

Clips Brewmaster Pos 5 1v1 against Enemy Carry

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Match ID - 8908803793


r/DotA2 10h ago

Article | Esports TI 2026 Might Be China’s Last Chance to Prove It Can Still Compete at Dota’s Summit

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r/DotA2 4h ago

Discussion Can someone explain to me what is the point of seasonal skins

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I would understand skins that can only be used in a specific time of the year but why release skins that when bought can only be used temporarily and never again.

The skins still exists, the files are there on your computer, you can demo them, but just never actually use them in a game.

Just...why?


r/DotA2 8h ago

Fluff Lose streak

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So after the second win on ww i've got sf arcana from candyworks.

i guess that's the real price you pay for arcana :(