Dota 2 Articles

Thoughts on the new Dota 2 Reborn Beta so far

<p>It has been a week since the release of the Dota 2 Reborn Beta and we had ample time to play and experiment with it. Here are our thoughts on the good and the bad of&nbsp;Dota 2 Reborn Beta so far</p>

BTS Americas to be the last tournament before TI5

<p>In partnership with FaceIT, BeyondTheSummit will be hosting BTS Americas, an American tournament spanning from June 27 to July 19, to entertain Dota 2 fanatics during a void in the Dota 2 calendar.&nbsp;</p>

Esportal League: Day 1 Review

<p>First day of Esportal League opened with the group A matches featuring two best of three series: Virtus.Pro vs mYinsanity and Vega Squadron vs Power Rangers.&nbsp;</p>

The importance of ESL One Frankfurt

<p>On Sunday night Team Secret took home the trophy but for the second year running a major factor of the tournament came down to the atmosphere created by over 15,000 fans that travelled to the event. Yet again they made the event special, but could ESL have done more to harness the sheer impact of the crowd?</p>

Akke annoyed by pro's public rants about organisers

<p>Akke published his blog on TV6 where he talks about ESL, players criticizing tournaments publicly&nbsp;even when its not the organisers fault and his future.&nbsp;</p>

How much money clubs spend on pro teams upkeep?

<p>One of industry&#39;s veterans exemplifies how much running a Dota 2 team costs nowadays.</p>

DotA 2 Reborn: patch notes

<p>Valve already released a set of four patches for DotA 2 Reborn, here are the most important things that were fixed over the last week.</p>

Esportal: playoffs begin today

<p>The long gap between ESL One and The International 5 will be filled by Esportal League that will provide us the daily dose of competitive games stating from today up to July 5th.&nbsp;</p>

WCA2015: Final sprint to the LAN finals

<p>Kicking off yesterday, the first game of the WCA 2015 Dota2 tournament ended with a 2-0&nbsp;of BraveHeart by LGD. In the next few days, the four teams that will be taking part in the WCA LAN finals will be decided.</p>

Kingdom snaps TnC's winning streak in Corsair Gaming Arena

<p>TnC&#39;s winning streak at Corsair Gaming Arena came to an end today after they were defeated by Singaporean team Kingdom in the grand final.</p>

G-Guard drops underperforming Dota 2 team

<p>After a decent showing since their formation on the 18th of March, G-Guard has decided to drop their Dota 2 squad because they failed to establish a mutual collaboration with the team following multiple discussions</p>

Heroes of ESL One Frankfurt 2015

<p>Now that ESL One&#39;s Frankfurt event has come to a close, let&#39;s take a quantificational look at its established&nbsp;drafting patterns. Here&#39;s a breakdown of the tournament in terms of the following statistics: the heroes that were most picked and banned most often;&nbsp;those who were most contested throughout;&nbsp;the most commonly picked heroes who also had the highest winrate;&nbsp;and lastly those who had the highest winrate flat out, regardless of the number of times they were drafted.</p>