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Figuring Out Draft Timings

The start of the Version ended up being a little bit misleading. When 7.41 dropped, it felt like playing fast and finishing games early is going to be the go-to strategy. It is the reason we heavily recommended tempo carries and emphasized the imp...

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New Ideas from Pro Play

The first full Tier S tournament on the new Version is bringing some fresh ideas and unexpected results. As always, a lot of these ideas are not applicable to uncoordinated pub play, however some of them are definitely worth exploring in your matc...

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The Rippling Effects of 7.41

Nothing in Dota exists in a vacuum. Seemingly small changes to the Equilibrium of the game can have a massive rippling effect on meta. Identifying what is strong and what no longer is, is usually easy, but understanding how it will all fit togethe...

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New Items: an Analysis

The biggest change in the new Version was the introduction of several new and reworked items into the game. In our first impressions post we’ve talked about how they fill their particular niche and are generally quite fun and now, after two weeks ...

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Dota 2 Update - 3/31/2026

Over the past few days we've addressed the following issues:Resolved Meepo being able to create potions (and other stackable, nonshareable items)Resolved Meepo clones not benefitting Abyssal Blade or DisperserResolved Meepo and Divine Rapier inter...

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Biggest Winners of 7.41

New patches always bring interesting new heroes into the meta and 7.41 is no exception. The changes didn’t result in any hero becoming overpowered, instead we have a rather well balanced top end with many heroes becoming viable, but not necessaril...

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7.41a Gameplay Patch

Version 7.41a is out now and you can check out the Version notes here.In addition, over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:Resolved a number of miscellaneous client and server crashesOption for displaying Hero Facet Names above...

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