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Welcome back to another edition of the top played Dota 2 heroes. This time we’re breaking down June 2014, the start to the build up for the international dota 2 championships, which are coming later this month at the key arena in seattle from July 18th through 21st. You can hear the excitement in my voice right? Right?!?!
It will be interesting to see how the qualifiers and the championships effect these rankings, as many players inevitably will start playing heroes they normally wouldn’t, based on what the pros are playing. Anyways, let’s break down what heroes were the most played for June 2014.
[heading]10. Drow Ranger[/heading]At tenth place this month is Drow Ranger. Drow slipped a bit this month in both amount of games played, as well as her winning percentage and kill to death ratio, which by the way is one of the lowest in the game at 1.8 kill for every death. Drow has always been high in this chart and there’s no reason to think she won’t continue to show her beautiful frosty face in the months to come.
[heading]9. Faceless Void[/heading]Faceless Void makes his first appearance since we started doing these videos 4 months ago. Void has always been a menace in the game, and I’ve definitely notice his appearance more often than not. He enjoyed a relatively even win rate at just under 52% and about an average kill to death ratio at 2.54.
[heading]8. Riki[/heading]Riki comes in at 8, he’s another hero that has made our top ten list in each month we’ve done it. He’s down from his low of 5th place of March but enjoys the highest kill to death ratio of anyone in the top ten at 2.92%. That’s a difficult way to determine his value, as being invis is a HUGE help in ganking and escaping from death.
[heading]7. Axe[/heading]Axe at 7 is another we’ve seen many times on the list. Makes me wonder why Dota 2 heroes change so infrequently, while League champions, change much more often. If anyone has any ideas on why that is, leave them in the comments below, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.
[heading]6. Phantom Assassin[/heading]Phantom Assassin drops in at number 6. She first made an appearance last month, after the changes in the Spring Cleaning update. I had thought that some of her changes, like stifling dagger cooldown reduced and increased evasion chance, made her even more popular than she was before. Looks like I was right, as she comes down from 9th to 6th place this month.
[heading]5. Bloodseeker[/heading]Next up is Bloodseeker, who has been very steady on this list. With the last three months looking like, 6, 6, 5 and 5 again, he’s slowly getting played more often not. However, he’s still almost a million matches played behind breaking into the overplayed 4, who I’ll get into now.
[heading]The Top 4[/heading]The overplayed 4, Mirana, Invoker, Sniper and Pudge, have been the same, in the same order, everytime we’ve done this video. Like I said earlier, I’d love to hear your thoughts on why you think they never change? And why League champions change much more frequently. Pudge and Invokers win rate leave me to wonder why they are played so much, they are both within the bottom third of winning percentage. People just keep trudging them out there and keep losing. My thoughts are that people know how powerful these heroes can get if played correctly and/or fed early, but it’s harder than it looks to get done.
Anyways, there’s the list, not much change from last month, 9 of the 10 remain in the list, and 5 of them in the same order. Leave this video a like, a subscribe and comment below. Also share if you’re so inclined. See you guys next month, after The International Championships!
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MOBAS are all the rage today, and that means game companies are pushing them out at record pace. This list is for MOBAs that are to be released here in 2014. Some you’ve heard of, others you haven’t. Enjoy, rate, comment!
[heading]Strife[/heading]
Strife is a fun moba that aims to take out the toxicity that plagues the genre. In few words, it’s the team fortress 2 of the MOBA genre. There are pets you can customize colorfully and use their abilities, and heroes themselves also have a ton of character. Strife so far seems to be an all around fun experience that might not be competitive, but it will accomplish what it is setting out for.
[heading]Heroes of the Storm[/heading]
Coming from the powerhouse that is Blizzard, this is one moba that should be expected to change the scene forever. Heroes of the Storm takes all the characters from Blizzard’s past and sums up their might here in this Battle Arena. Expect a unique playing field with novelty and certainly a breath of fresh air between standard mobas and obscure mobas. Heroes of the Storm aims to have unique gameplay while maintaining that same impactful strategic game feel that we know and love.
[heading]Magicka: Wizard Wars[/heading]
Magicka: Wizard Wars has the gameplay of Magicka, but in versus mode. Take your host of spells and mix & match them together with your mix matched team against theirs. High skill cap doesn’t make this game any less fun as spell spam is the name of the game. Certainly there is a competitive atmosphere but Wizard Wars trims down the strategic noise such as towers/jungle/and item purchasing in favor of mechanical strategy and skill.
[heading]Dead Island: Epidemic[/heading]
Epidemic is the MOBA game coming out soon in the Dead Island universe and not only does it fit in, but it expands it. Not only does it have an interesting zombie infested theme, but its gameplay has a bit of flavor to it as well with action being more on the action side and also including co-op modes alongside the normal 5v5. Craft and customize your different characters which include human or infested versions. Dead Island: Epidemic should be a welcome addition to the games namesake and to the moba genre.
[heading]DeadBreed[/heading]
A fast paced 3v3 MOBA with tons of customization from what happens on the map with quests and dungeons, to the characters which have tons of cosmetic and playmaking options. It seems this game will carry a heavy rpg focus with items that persist through matches and maybe we’ll even see some form of collecting or crafting. Deadbreed looks refreshing even with its dark atmosphere.
[heading]Core Masters[/heading]
This upcoming moba wants to shine through its action packed character kits which should be familiar to fans of League of Legends. Core Masters promises impactful gameplay within MOBA boundaries though note that this isn’t your average moba and will run on its own very unique rules which is heavily focused towards directly player to player interaction & combat. Core Masters offers us an interesting and eastern aesthetic versus the western scene so prevalent now and so far it looks great.
[heading]Orcs Must Die: Unchained[/heading]
Expect comedy, color and character in this undoubtedly action packed MOBA. Third person action combat and skill shots everywhere, they claim action and we expect action. Place traps and alike traverse enemy traps in this siege warfare battle arena. Graphics look awesome and gameplay promises to be competitive, the hype is real.
[heading]Total War: Arena[/heading]
Total War is known as one of the biggest and most spectacular strategy series but with ARENA players will be able to engage with teammates in a mix of strategy and moba combat against enemy teams and better yet, it’s going to be free to play. While very little is known about Total War: Arena, what we do know is that there is certain potential because of the franchises history to make this one of the best and more unique moba experiences out there.
[heading]Eterlands[/heading]
MOBA and immersion aren’t two things that would normally be very cohesive but Eterlands is attempting to bring as many immersive mechanics into its moba gameplay as possible which is welcome in addition to the normally very arcade genre that is battle arenas. Eterlands promises destructible environments, multiple maps, and a focus on strategic gameplay that should bring something new to the playing field instead of the usual meta.
[heading]Transformers Universe[/heading]
While Transformers Universe started out as a full on MMO project, Jagex has decided that it wanted to focus on what really matters most instead of infesting a game with filler quests and content. Universe will still have many rpg and mmo aspects to it, but it will also be very much centered around the arena fights. This innovative design should bring in casual players everywhere, especially with the branding of Transformers, and with the deep rpg elements and mmo mechanics, Transformers Universe by Jagex will almost certainly flourish.
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