Defenders of the ancient 2, also known as, Dota 2 was released in 9th July 2013 as a sequel for Defenders of the ancient. Dota 2 is a Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) developed by Valve. It is a free to play game of 2 teams of 5 players each battling to destroy their enemies ancient while defending their own. Quite a simple objective but the only thing that matters here is your skills.
This free to play game is financially supported by items that can be purchased such as hero skins and a support mechanism called Dota plus but its main financial support is the The Internationals (TI). Dota 2 is one of the most difficult games but once you master it, it becomes a fun place to enjoy with your friends.
The games contains a set of 119 heroes to chose form that counter each other in several different ways. The Heroes are categorized into 3 parts. Strength (heroes who have high health and do not rely a lot on spells), Agility (Heroes who have moderate health and partially depend on their spells) and Intelligence (Heroes the mostly rely on their spells). A typical team in Dota contains 2 sets of players, (Core and Support).
There are 3 cores and 2 supports. The Cores are vulnerable in the start of the game but will become the reason for victory later in the game. The supports also play a crucial part in the game. The help the cores to farm (earn gold to buy items) and also keep them alive in team fights. The most important part of a games is that without team coordination, the tables can turn really quick. The map of the game is split into 2 parts, The Radiant and the Dire, by a river. There are 3 paths, (Mid lane, Top lane, Bottom Lane) for the heroes to play against each other and level up. The space in between the lanes are place where the heroes can farm camps with creeps. There are 4 shops in the whole map. 2 near the starting point of each team and 2 secret shops inside the Jungles. Roshan is a monster waiting in his pit located in the river. Killing this monster will give way to immortality (Aegis of Immortality) that resurrects you from one death.
The game has had over 9 TI seasons with a price pool and a trophy, the Aegis of Champions) which may change hands every year. Dota 2 has been able to beat its TI price pool every year. The latest price pool for the Ti9 was 34 Million dollars. The Internationals are not only a battle ground for the player but also for the cos players. The winners of the Ti9 are the Team OG making them the first team to win 2 Ti tournaments and that also in a row. The Tournament for the year 2020, which was supposed to happen in Tokyo has been postponed due to a global paramedic.
Dota 2 is currently standing second in the top games of steam with Counter-Strike being on top but it had a steep drop in players but was saved by a youtuber called elwono who invaded PewDiePie's comment section with #SaveDotawithMemes. Dota 2 also has a documentary made by Valve know as “Free to Play” which was about 3 professional players (“hyhy” (lim), (danil) Dendi”, (Clinton) “Fear”) who had crucial turns in their life due to one big game. The movie was called one of the best video games documentaries. The movie shows how the TI’s are different from other gaming tournaments.
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