Dota 2 Tips & Tricks

Supportive wingman: How to play support in Dota 2

Supportive wingman: How to play support in Dota 2

The support role in Dota 2 has the lowest farm priority on the team. Supports are responsible for making sure their team’s cores – the carry and offlaner – have a comfortable laning phase. They need this in order to...

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Best dota 2 Heroes for new beginners

Best dota 2 Heroes for new beginners

Valve’s Dota 2 can be a daunting game, but an incredibly rewarding one once you get going. However, with over 115 heroes to choose from, it’s tough to know where to begin as a new player. Fortunately, we’re here to...

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Dota 2 Items guide: How to buy and use dota 2 items

Dota 2 Items guide: How to buy and use dota 2 items

Items make up a large part of Dota 2's overall gameplay, and are extremely important to success and victory. That’s where we at Hotspawn come in with this general guide to all the items in Dota 2, which will detail...

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TI10 qualifiers team and hero statistics

TI10 qualifiers team and hero statistics

With the qualifiers for TI10 done and dusted and all 18 teams decided, we take a look at the team and hero statistics for all six regions for the qualifiers. All data has been taken from datDota. The qualifiers for TI10...

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This is how the pros are beating the current Dota 2 Heal meta

This is how the pros are beating the current Dota 2 Heal meta

The Dota 2 pro scene is being dominated by a healing meta right now, with heroes like Phoenix, Winter Wyvern, and Enchantress being very popular in the Regional Qualifiers. Whenever a particular strategy becomes popular, its counters also rise in popularity....

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This is why Lion is the most picked hero in competitive Dota 2 right now

This is why Lion is the most picked hero in competitive Dota 2 right now

Lion is currently the most picked hero in competitive Dota 2. Lion has made 114 appearances across 262 games in the Regional Qualifiers, which is close to half the games right now. The hero is also the second most played in...

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