The Chinese squad overpowered local rivals Vici Gaming in a clean sweep during the best-of-five finals to take home the top prize. The first-place team earned 150 Qualifying Points and $150,000 USD, while Vici only takes home $60,000 and 90 QP. During the course of the series, Newbee held a dominating team-fight style over Vici. Perhaps it was inevitable that Newbee and Vici met in the finals—if not for their banners’ TI4 rivalry, but for their frequent representation as Chinese teams in the las

As esports booms across Europe, the Netherlands finds a bigger boost to its repertoire—by airing regular competitive gaming on television. Specifically, the Dutch Dota Championships, from the studio and team of the Dutch Dota League, has made its new weekly Dota 2 competition available on television through an agreement with Fox Sports. “Both Dutch Dota and [production studio] Inside e-sports are super excited to broadcast our program live on Fox Sports,” the staff told The Flying Courier. The D

In a rare move of the hand of power, Valve have ordered the organizers of MDL Macau, designated as a sponsored Pro Circuit event, to invite Chinese team EHOME on the basis of a third-party conflict causing improper exclusion from regional qualifiers. After several back-and-forth with Valve, it was decided that EHOME will receive a direct invite to our Minor. Dota 2 Professional League, which became the MDL Macau play-in event for Chinese teams, became an ACE-sanctioned event this spring with its

In a rare move of the hand of power, Valve have ordered the organizers of MDL Macau, designated as a sponsored Pro Circuit event, to invite Chinese team EHOME on the basis of a third-party conflict causing improper exclusion from regional qualifiers. After several back-and-forth with Valve, it was decided that EHOME will receive a direct invite to our Minor. Dota 2 Professional League, which became the MDL Macau play-in event for Chinese teams, became an ACE-sanctioned event this spring with its

Players, be prepared to earn your ranks, as Dota 2 has released the new Ranked “medal” system into its game client. According to the game client, “The peak of your skill this season is displayed by a rank medal. It appears, meanwhile, that the numerical MMR system has vanished from the client, including player profiles. This new MMR system was announced when the Dueling Fates update dropped, though the timeline given for its release was much shorter—two weeks—compared to its actual three-week ti

Players, be prepared to earn your ranks, as Dota 2 has released the new Ranked “medal” system into its game client. According to the game client, “The peak of your skill this season is displayed by a rank medal. It appears, meanwhile, that the numerical MMR system has vanished from the client, including player profiles. This new MMR system was announced when the Dueling Fates update dropped, though the timeline given for its release was much shorter—two weeks—compared to its actual three-week ti

Holiday cheer from MoonduckTV’s Midas Mode won’t just come from belly laughs and the offbeat tournament’s unusual gameplay. All eight teams involved, meaning all four from each region, have announced that any winnings earned from the event will go directly to a charity of the organization’s choice. In an announcement posted on Reddit, the teams shared each of their designated receiving organizations, as well as their intent to do good this season. While Midas Mode is intended to be a novelty eve

Starting this weekend, via Moonduck.TV, Midas Mode may be able to change that, bringing together the Keynesians and Monetarists, Marxists and Capitalists (though we’re not sure about that Capitalist, the dude). Midas Mode is not just a tournament, but an economics-themed “macro” game mode with mechanics spanning the entirety of the tournament. We’ve got your start-up guide to what we know about Midas Mode so far and what to expect. The FormatIn regards to team advancement, Midas Mode has ensured

This weekend, there’s plenty of Dota 2 action, including the Moonduck Midas Mode and a Valve Minor, taking place in China, the Perfect World Masters. Of course, there can’t be fun without a little shake-up—meaning, yet again, Icefrog is on the prowl (or the leap?) Today, an unannounced 7.07c patch was released into the Dota 2 client with changes big enough to warrant the alphabetical notation, but small enough to not be a numerical patch of its own. About 34 heroes were given a range of tweaks,

Change never stops in Dota 2, especially not with a patch as big as 7.07, which was released Tuesday, six days ago. In this case, more change has arrived with 7.07b, a relatively-small balancing patch that has some pretty big impact on the game. His winrate went from just under 50 percent in patch 7.06f to nearly 55 percent in the new patch, and players who had to deal with a winning AM noticed. Meanwhile, Dark Willow, while she has fewer tweaks, specifically had her Bramble targeted in this alp

At this weekend’s DotaPit Valve Minor, Team Liquid continued their 2017 tournament dominance—this time, by the skin of their teeth. When the two teams first met in the event, Team Liquid had a much cleaner affair, taking down VG 2-0. This upper bracket final sent VG down to the lower bracket, where they instantly went into the lower bracket finals. They proved themselves against regional opponents Newbee, who earned third place as a result, and encountered Liquid once again the grand finals. A m

There’s a lot to learn with the Dueling Fates update, from gameplay changes to new heroes and plenty of item alterations. Every hero type is being given a lot of new content to work with—and now, they’ll be given new items to play with. This patch introduces five brand-new items into the shop for players to buy during their battles. Each item has a dramatically different implications and implementations, from passive-ability lifesavers to, literally, crashing mayhem upon your foes. Applies a 6 s

Core components of many of these items have been changed around, meaning that the final items will be seeing changes. There’s no mistake that these changes will affect the way you execute your hero builds, so get brushed up on the biggest changes below. Iron Talon, the anti-creep/neutral item, and Poor Man’s Shield have made their way to the Dota 2 item graveyard. Necronomicon’s recipe and Archer have changedWith an item change and an ability swap, the Necronomicon has been given some tweaks tha

Dota Pit, with the full title “AMD Sapphire Dota Pit League” this year, has come back to gather some of the most well-known teams in the game for some good Dota 2. Want to watch some pro Dota, but this weekend’s not looking too sunny for you? When a team wins, they continue in the upper bracket. When they lose, they fall to the lower bracket and play other teams that have fallen into this bracket. This year, the Upper Bracket finals will take place on Saturday afternoon, and the Lower Bracket fi

The Dueling Fates update, also known as patch 7.07, has brought several Halloweens worth of tricks and treats into Dota 2. It’s also a pretty drastic gameplay patch, with a lot of new details to be weary of. The good news is, her other perks remain mostly the same (minus her base movement speed), and the web benefits don’t suffer when she takes hits. Still, those who love Dota 2’s environmental gimmicks will enjoy his new ability: Tree Grab, which is exactly what it sounds like. For instance, no

Dota 2’s 7.07 patch dropped a lot of pretty big changes: five new items, two new heroes, a wave of crazy talents and a bunch of hero reworks. We think they speak for themselves, so we’ll just lay out the attribute changes here. Strength: If strength is a hero’s primary attribute, every point in strength increases their status resistance by 0.15. If strength is a hero’s primary attribute, every point in strength Agility: If agility is a hero’s primary attribute, every point in agility increases t

In a historical moment for the team, Virtus Pro have taken their first Valve Major by winning ESL One Hamburg. The Valve-sponsored event victory is a long time coming. During this time, they qualified for the Boston Major, took second at the Kiev Major and won two Dota Summits in a row. Team Secret took on their regional rivals Team Liquid in the semis—but Secret finally got the victory any team in Dota 2 would dream of. Meanwhile, Chinese TI7 finalists Newbee finally had some time in an event’s

Dota 2’s 7.07 patch dropped a lot of pretty big changes: five new items, two new heroes, a wave of crazy talents and a bunch of hero reworks. We think they speak for themselves, so we’ll just lay out the attribute changes here. Strength: If strength is a hero’s primary attribute, every point in strength increases their status resistance by 0.15. If strength is a hero’s primary attribute, every point in strength Agility: If agility is a hero’s primary attribute, every point in agility increases t

Dota 2 fans can rejoice: after five months of a single major patch, Valve have announced the massive wave of changes that will come this Wednesday with 7.07. The patch itself has been promised for November 1, but it seems the patch notes have been released early to allow the player base to prepare. Fans already had plenty to expect, with two heroes announced at The International 7 for this specific update. As for the rest of the patch, in a few words, the sheer number of changes will be a lot fo

Dota 2 Patch 7.07—Dueling Fates: Change is in the wind for heroes, items, gameplay and much more The biggest update in months is coming. After five months in its previous version, Dota 2 is finally ready to step ahead with 7.07, or the “Dueling Fates Update.” Already, fans were promised two new heroes, with hopes up for just a little bit of change—but the community could getting more than it bargained for. This giant update introduces seasonal matchmaking, a huge count of hero reworks, five new