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All rights reserved. This site is a part of Fandom, Inc. About Dota 2 Wiki Disclaimers Mobile view. The first International was held in Cologne, Germany, during the trade show Gamescom , in order to unveil Dota 2 to worldwide audiences.

In The International moved to Seattle, Washington. Only 14 teams were invited; two additional slots were awarded to the winners of regional qualifiers.

Since , the Dota 2 community has been able to contribute to the prize pool. As of , 63 different teams have appeared in the group stages of The International.

Every year Valve hands out direct invites to certain teams, usually the defending champion and the best performing teams in the months leading up to the tournament.

Although the first International was exclusively invitational, in Valve implemented the qualifying phase. Since then, the number of qualification spots has increased, and the number of invitations has decreased.

If a team changes its roster during a roster lock period, they are relegated to the open qualifiers, an additional tier of qualifying phase added in which allows for any team to register and play for the place at the finals.

Invictus Gaming has been invited more than any other team 6 invites total. OG is the first two-time and back-to-back TI winner , Natus Vincere came closest to adding to their win in by reaching the finals in and LGD Gaming have placed the most times inside the top four 5 times.

Europe has been the most successful, its teams having won most tournaments 4. And China has the most teams placed inside top four This stream will highlight the best parts of matches being played simultaneously.

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Mercedes-Benz Arena. Tier 1. The 1st place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th placed team in the opposite group.

The 2nd place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 1st place. All Upper Bracket games are Bo3 For the first round, the higher-seeded team has Selection Priority in games 1 and 3 In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by a coin toss and alternates for the second game.

Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3. The 5th place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 7th or 8th placed team in the opposite group.

The 6th place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 5th place. First round is played in a Bo1 then all matches are played in a Bo3.

The higher seeded team has Selection Priority for the first round Bo1 game In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by a coin toss and alternates for the second game.

Grand Finals Grand Finals is played in a Bo5 with no game advantage. Group A [ edit ] Standings Day 4 Day 1. Day 2. Day 3.

Day 4. Group B [ edit ] Standings Day 4 Day 1. On paper, Lion seems like an incredible hero. Multiple disables, infinite mana, and a scaling ultimate that is equal parts satisfying to use and highly effective at taking out important targets.

Lion also happens to be one of the most despised heroes to team with for most players as well. The Diretide game mode is a fun addition to the Dota 2 experience that feels like a cross between turbo Dota and a tower defense custom map.

A lot of what you already know about Dota with regards to hero combos, team fighting, and objective control applies directly to Diretide.

That being said, there are a few main differences from regular Dota that have made certain heroes extremely good in the mode. The next patch should be coming some time soon and now is a great time to think about what changes we would like to see the most.

Balancing a game with as many moving pieces as Dota has always been a difficult task. There are always heroes who come out of patches much more powerful than most and others that fall behind.

By now we are probably familiar with most of the strong heroes after seeing them in every pro tournament as well as our pub games. Here are four heroes that fall on the other end of the spectrum and desperately need some buffs to become relevant again.

Once again, we are diving deep into the mechanics and theory of Dota.

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