EDIT :
679k current players on SteamDB
500k+ active players on Arcade.
those data are legit. the ratio is concerning
maybe there's a huge chinese/russian community about Arcade?

Dota 3 Arcade meta incoming? XD

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all those 3 picture based on same TIME.
(Tuesday, October 27, 2026-7:25 am GMT)

just 275k on picture, but theres more on below.*based on scrollbar*

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i dont know yet the percentage of botting in unrank/rank/turbo mode.
WHAT DO YOU THINK the real numbers of real players?

Currently 6,6k mmr player (EU). Was 8k before correction patch.

It was a friend’s birthday the other day and we spent it playing dota with our group and i was forced to use a Smurf (he’s ancient 4).

Played basically in divine 2-3 bracket and my god divines are so bad these days.

I knew mmr inflation was a thing but i was not expecting this lack of basic mechanics..

It feels like Divine was high legend/low ancient bracket from 4-5 years ago

I think there's going to be some crossover with regard to the UPCOMING patch (hopefully soon) to Dota 2. The new Deadlock heroes currently explore Eldritch horrors such as Baba and Nurse Harrow, where they have some sort of outworldly being on their side (or is the outworldly being). With the Trove of Treasures, Eldritch horror is apparent with R'shan the Eternal, some tentacle-y skins, and horror in general. This could all just be because its halloween, and have no relation whatsoever.

My suggestion in terms of Dota 2 gameplay update is that hopefully the "Unstable Rift" objective in Deadlock comes to Dota 2, replacing the Wisdom Shrine, with the same King of the Hill mechanic. It would grant gold and xp, and would force fights in the game so both team just dont afk farm and provide some more dynamic gameplay.

All of that to say that this is all copium and I wish the update would come soon, Dota is in need of a patch to shake things up.

I finished the Dark Carnival train, wouldn't it be nice if we could go back to past events and play through those we missed once we are progressed fully with current events? Doesn't make sense big content is sitting there unused. Or is it a good thing with temporary events so people get FOMO?

I decided to gain MMR and become Legend I.

When the world turns its back on you, turn your back on the world, and chain queue all night long.

There's nothing wrong with us.

We're single because we're better than the average person, and normal people are too slow for us..

My bad habits are not why I failed in life.

They are a consequence of failing in life no matter what I do.

I'm not wasting my time. There's nothing else to do. And the rage never goes away.

At least my teammates share the same feeling. They understand.

And I'm gonna chain queue all night long, to exist with and fight alongside every single one of them, because they're the only people on the face of the earth, who are like me.

Tell me I'm not alone. 😟

Comment your name below (max1/acc) in 10min ill spin wheel of names for free drow arcana (i got 2 of them cuz i bought chests in bulk)

Good luck

We are done winner is skavzor.

EDIT: For all calling me scammer! I can see your point now xd. Iam not one of em. Check my last post. Tried to do good thing. Didnt work out and thats on me.

Snakebite is boring and weak, and can be countered by just not attacking, has low range and no other effects.

Plus it has no synergy with Veno's spells, what part of Veno forces enemies to attack? Sure it can spread with ult but any other debuff would have spread as well if you replaced it.

Veno is more about his wards and area denial, he should have some kind of an AoE effect or a buff to his wards

As someone who plays pos 1 or pos 3 in 99% of my games, I have to say a lot of you have a critical misunderstanding of the pos 3 role. It's actually why I started playing it myself, even though I prefer pos 1.

No, we do not need a second carry. And if we did, mid is probably trying to do that already anyway. The map has limited resources, and you can expand the resources (and take away from the enemy) by increasing map control. How do you increase map control? You group up with your team and gank the enemies and set up vision in key locations. Pressure. Do you know what doesn't do that? Buying a battlefury on your offlaner so he can be yet another person farming. Or rushing a similar farming item (radiance can be ok on a couple heroes but even that is often greedy).

It's funny how so much of reddit is laser focused on the pro meta, and yet you still have people in here glazing each other that nah, playing another carry in the offlane is fine 'in case your carry doesn't come online'. huh? That's not what pro/high mmr teams do. That means you probably failed as an offlaner if you can't enable pos 1 and 2 to do their jobs. You don't need yet another person to try to farm their way to victory.

Offlane should be able to initiate, counter initiate, or at least provide utility. Another core in the jungle isn't doing that. As I said earlier, I literally started playing offlane because I got so many clueless "offlaners" who didn't understand the role. It's incredibly annoying to be racing your offlane to farm camps as the pos 1 (remember what the positions are supposed to mean?). I actually like playing pos 3 quite a bit now, and it feels like one of the most impactful roles in the game. Showing up to a fight from across the map as underlord and trapping the whole enemy team in pits until they burn to death feels overpowered. Landing a 3-5 man ravage on tide to turn a key fight feels amazing. So many big, impactful teamfight ults are available and fun to use. And it's not like my net worth suffers too much either. Hell, sometimes I'm on top simply because we're steamrolling and I'm so hard to kill.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

Buy some fucking sentries you mf griefer. You starting the game by using your W 2 times to deward the small camp and mid ward then go afk in lane with 10% mana is gonna fuck the entire game up.

And you dont need shard first item

Shoot me down if you think it's a bad idea. But with all the power creep being discussed. I feel it's really annoying that every hero is able to iron out their weaknesses. Low armour? Take the 6+ armour item. No escape? Pick the item that gives you an escape.

Lately, i get to play with Iran and Turk players who are absolutely dog shit players who likes to throw games just for fun. Is there a way, how to avoid them in The future?

In late-game Dota 2, when your hero is fully 6-slotted, Aghanim’s Scepter gives you the option to consume/melt it to free up a precious inventory slot.

We should have a similar mechanic for Boots of Travel—such as upgrading them to a Level 3 (or consuming them) so the teleport feature sits permanently next to your TP Scroll slot.

What do you think?

just the title

first time playing here for years, absolute wasteland. valve fix west servers immediately

Thrown out out of game

EDIT: I was in the middle of a 5 man blackhole

Yeah

I am a legend V player and was wondering what would be a realistic mmr goal I can achieve if I play regularly as an average skill player, I mean I must be legend right now for a reason. Over the past month I climbed from archon 3 to legend 5 so I was wondering is low immortal too high of a goal or should I aim for something like Divine for the next 6-7 months, I like setting mmr goals and climbing because it helps me focus in games and try and I really love the competitive aspect of Dota.

Hot take: If you're unable or unwilling to learn basic micro, you shouldn't be playing offlane

I have been playing a shit ton of support recently but something about the current state of the game seems off. There were alot of games where its just over because the carry picked some meme shit hero or just didnt play well it feels almost insurmountable. If the 4/5 players make mistakes you can still bounce back for example I won a game with WD 5 I didnt play well that game but it legit didnt matter at all I could have played 10 times worse it wouldnt have mattered we had a PL and the enemy had a drow that just afk farmed needless to say it didnt work out for the drow player. I used to play alot of pos1 but I dont remember a time when it was this busted. I also played pos3 for a short time you wouldnt believe how many times I absolutely sucked and still got carried because my pos1 was owning.

Greetings everyone!

My love for Dota 2 started many years ago in Dota 1 and since then, I've loved it ever since (even IF it can make a person mad at times). Over the last 2 years, I've spent a considerable amount of time merging Dota 2 into my other passion, Dungeons and Dragons

I wanted to share with you all, that I have fully converted Dota 2 into D&D 5.5e rules

This includes everything from Items, Heroes, Custom Spells and Races and even the World of Dota 2 itself

I'm currently running the campaign myself, where my players are about to face off against Underlord in an epic battle!

Im working on getting everything into D&D Beyond, with the dream that IF Valve saw this (I have tried to reach out to them, with no luck I'm afraid), a FULLY online and physical version of all the books can be made!

Note - some things may need some rebalancing, as I tried to balance everything as BEST I could, but obviously some stuff will be OP and some stuff need a nerf.

Feel free to let me know your thoughts, ideas and more! Im open to every critique, whether you'll like it or hate it! If you need more info, hit me up, will be happy to share this in the coming weeks!

Disclaimer - Since the world of Dota 2 is a bit broken up and doesn't have too much concrete connections, I had AI assist me in build the roadmaps together, possibly with everything leading towards each other. It did use great sources from Fandom and Dota 2 Wiki's, as well as lore from the Heroes themselves. But everything else, that was made with LONG nights, LONG thoughts and passion!

i am genuinely tired of this patch.
from seeing Lancer last pick
from one side stomp no way to comeback
from having no candy and have an arcana on your screen waiting for next day oracle tarot card
from overstacked tokens page
from bounty hunters ogre magi's and sven
Please Valve Giff Act II

Is anyone playing Invoker with skills set to quickcast? I want to set Alacrity to normal cast so I can easily double-tap to self-cast, but when I click on the Alacrity box at this part, nothing happens—it just doesn't respond. Any pro players have advice on this?