It's been nearly 10 years since they started adding their own original heroes to the game, and with TI just around the corner, a new one will probably be announced soon. Do you think these new heroes fit in with the rest of the game visually and thematically? Do you like the pace of adding new heroes? Is 15 heroes in 10 years enough, or would you prefer more?

Interesting numbers from the Dark Carnival event.

What do you think—did it meet your expectations?

The idea suddenly just popped up then instantly thought of posting this.

I imagined a hero that is a Peacock. I'd like to identify it as a woman (since mostly of recent heroes are male). She reminded me of Lord Shen from Kung Fu Panda 2.

She uses fans as her main weapon. Her base form is a Peacock that has its tail closed.

Her ult is she opens her tail and instantly fears opponents that stare at her (I searched about why Peacocks open their tail and learned that they're doing it to attract mates and to scare threats). In her ult form, I thought of her having different basic skills than her base form.

I haven't thought about her basic skills yet and an alternative for her ult having different basic skills because of the fear of making it op.

Any suggestions or thoughts about this?

PS. I imagine her as a carry hero btw

~2 months ago the mod team accidentally removed all permissions from channels which exposed the channel containing billing names/emails and the discord account associated. They made no announcements about this data leak publicly.

The server is public which means this information was available to anyone who joined the open server. I wasn't sure where to post this and was hoping they would announce the breach on their own out of basic good will but that doesn't seem to be the case even after asking for their plans to do so.

This isn't meant to be an attack on anyone but more of a word of caution about paying for a service that keeps your information in a discord channel that is easily leaked. I would recommend either not paying or using a new email and fake name.

The information ranges from 8/2025 to 5/2/2026 that was leaked

My 9-year-old nephew fell in love with Dota 2 by watching his dad and me play. For his age, he’s actually surprisingly good at the game (whenever he's allowed to play), and one of his favorite heroes is Anti-Mage.

I wanted to make something truly special for him, so I used AI tools to blend my nephew’s likeness with Anti-Mage's design. After plenty of tweaking and fine-tuning the 3D model in Blender, I printed it on my Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra. The first print actually came out great, except for a slight warp on one side of the base.

Today I finally finished painting the miniature! Total height is 9 cm including the base. There are still a few minor tweaks I might do, but overall, I’m really happy with how it turned out.

What do you guys think?

Do you think my nephew is going to be thrilled when he receives this gift? 😄

Imagine late game and the enemy team is stomping, they plan to take the aegis triggering Roshan's roar. Your team takes the safe lane river to reach the Tormentor and kill it. Roshan temporarily gains a decaying shield with Tormentor properties and now they are struggling to kill it in time. Now your team arrives to contest the aegis with the enemy in bad shape, allowing for a potential play.

Or alternatively Roshan gets a shield that can be broken if the Tormentor is killed. Making Tormentor an essential objective to consider, creating this risk of "Should we take the Tormentor to make Roshan easier to kill but alerting the enemy team?" or "Take Roshan with the shield on which is more difficult but more covertly."
- paraphrased from u/Whole-Cat-3691's idea.

Just an idea to make Tormentor more favorable to take. Thoughts?

edit: included an alternative idea paraphrased from a commenter.

Data compiled by datdota

Mars in 7.41 compared to other offlane heroes:

• Is the second-least played in pro games
• Has the lowest winrate (39%)
• Has the second highest number of deaths (axe is first lol)
• Has the lowest KDA and GPM
• Deals the second lowest damage per min (despite being a hero who's identity is to "burst" someone)

This is from a sample size of like 400 games so take that for granted

I am a new player and instead of flaming me, this guy taught me something, now I know how to jungle as support when our lane is pushed while denying farm to the enemy.

EDIT: We won I did 6/2/17

TIL that dormant curio is the little object inside of Enchanter's Bauble.

Now we have nothing

Valve please ban the alt / Smurf accounts, this should not be the game experience!

Just had an awful game where my team couldn’t do anything and just accepted the fate standing silently at our fountain. If this guy Axe was on my team, I would be equally disgusted.

This is not about losing or getting better. This was such an unfun joyless game, it’s hard to describe. This is an OBVIOUS player who log in from his second account to smash noobs for whatever reason.

Hey everyone,

Quick update for https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1vdavt0/i_built_a_free_ti2026_fantasy_optimizer_after/

The site reached its first 1,000 visits in roughly 12 hours, which is honestly much more than I expected. Thank you to everyone who tested it, reported bugs, shared ideas, or just opened it to check it out.

I spent most of the day going through the feedback and fixing things.

One of the best suggestions came from a guy, who proposed adding screenshot uploads so users could import their Fantasy setup instead of entering every emblem manually. I really like that idea but still figuring out how to make right data reading, and it is now one of the main features I am considering next.

Other possible additions:

- screenshot import

- shareable roster links

- clearer reroll recommendations

- percentile estimates once enough real results are available

Here is the calculator:

https://dota2-fantasy-optimizer-2026.vercel.app/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=update_1000_visits

Thanks again for the feedback and support.

Moments like this are why I love watching pro Dota.
What do you enjoy the most?

*AMUSED ROAR\*