November 24th, 20154Often the fastest way to estimate a tournament’s hero balance is to look at the most banned heroes rather than the most picked heroes.
If few heroes were always banned, it generally means the patch is not well-balanced. If many heroes get banned more equally, it usually means that teams are diverse and trying to leverage metagame...
September 28th, 201596Every Jim and his manager has put out a patch analysis of some kind. Most of them are very specialized or many hours long. This is not that. This is a patch note look for people who want to understand patch changes and not just people who want to know them.
June 23rd, 201548Recently I was checking out at the grocery store, a full assortment of rice, pizza rolls, and various canned beans (you know - a balanced diet) ready to be paid for when I made a terrifying realization: I had forgotten my wallet. I had a $20 bill on me, and I had to filter down everything I wanted to buy into quite a bit less.
I...
June 6th, 201536The last two months have been a busy time for the Internet’s favorite milliner. Although it may feel like Rome rose and fell in a shorter time than it's taking Valve to release the International immortals, in reality this newest patch has just begun to grow chest hair.
Six weeks ago, analysts, fans and pro players speculated what...
April 20th, 20150Dotabuff Statistics website has added a new feature which sorts the hero usage in pub games by lane. This new addition allows players to determine the success of a certain hero in multiple lanes.
March 20th, 20150A StarLadder Star Series Season 12 group-stage game between Cloud9 and Scaryfacezzz was not only the longest Dota 2 game in history, but also a case of scrubbing out numerous other records and writing in new ones. The game went on for 200 minutes and 34 seconds.
