Analysis

EU LCS Vitality vs. Fnatic: Losing a Game in 2 Minutes

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Day 2 of the first EU LCS week of 2016 saw the newly formed Vitality match up against a re-tweaked Fnatic roster that was fresh off of a win against preseason favourites, Origen. Despite Vitality’s loss to ROCCAT on...

The Shanghai Sixteen – Open and Regional Qualifiers

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After a bit of drama and a couple of surprising upsets, the qualifiers have ended and teams for the Shanghai major have been finalized. The Open Qualifiers This major's open qualifiers generated more interest than usual. The Dota 2 scene saw massive...

What Makes a Champion Competitive?

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Disclaimer: No champion is entirely useless. In the right hands every champion can be used effectively. Unicorns of Love made waves when they played Yorick in the jungle. This allowed their Cassiopeia to wreak damage for ten more seconds...

Balance of Power Update – 6.86

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The long awaited patch has arrived! This update brings a new hero, the Arc Warden, to the game along with a number of map, item, and hero changes. The list of changes for 6.86 can be found on the Dota2 website....

Dota 2 Roster Locks – Changes and New Teams

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As of December 9th, all Dota 2 teams have officially signed up players and locked their rosters through the Shanghai Major in March. The last few days have seen a number of unexpected shuffles, most notably the departure of...

Poppy in the Preseason: The Most Overdue Rework

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In patch 5.24, the game changes continued for the preseason. The Snowdown skins were released, the names on the end screen were changed to either blue or red, and we finally got a Poppy rework. After years of teasing and community...

The Best Heroes in Overwatch

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Overwatch has 21 heroes in 4 different classes: Offense, Defense, Support, and Tank. So, who is the best in each role and why? Offense: Soldier 76 Soldier 76, thought to be the founder of Overwatch, is an Offensive character and by...

5 Biggest Nerfs Ever in Hearthstone

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Hearthstone doesn't get nerfs very often, but when it does, the changes can be quite drastic. Here are arguably the 5 biggest nerfs in the history of the game: 5) Undertaker Undertaker used to be part of a deathrattle-focused build that...

Speed of the Meta

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As anyone who has played ranked in the past month can tell you, Hearthstone is in an incredibly fast meta at the moment. In fact, this may be the fastest meta that Hearthstone has ever experienced post-beta. Why is...

Does Hearthstone Have Too Much RNG?

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Random luck plays a role in all card games, and Hearthstone is no exception to this fact. However, as the expansions have progressed, RNG (Random Number Generator) has begun to have a larger impact on the game as a...

Top 5 Strongest Carries in Dota 2 – 2014/15

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5. Chaos Knight Chaos Knight is a useful ganker and semi-carry. Chaos Knight is great in the early game due to how strong he can become by farming up and constantly ganking multiple lanes. He has one of the highest...

Top 5 Best Dota 2 Teams – 2014/2015 (Pre TI5)

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5. LGD Gaming LGD Gaming was created back in 2009. They began as "The Dream Team" but later switched to their current name, and are one of the older teams to still have a high overall ranking. LGD lost four...