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League of Legends: How to Stop Feeding

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Feeding, at least in League of Legends, can be loosely defined as an avoidable death where the cost of your death exceeds any potential benefit to your team. Feeding is occasionally done intentionally to grief teammates, but for many newer...
Optimizing your hotkeys in League of Legends is one of the easiest ways to increase your in-game efficiency.

League of Legends: Hotkey Guide for Advanced Players

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If you've ever watched the hands of a professional League of Legends player while they're competing, you might have noticed that their keyboard seems different than yours. It's not just the spiffy lighting of a Logitech G Pro or a...
The best low budget decks in Hearthstone.

Hearthstone: The Best Low Budget Decks

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I saw a post on Reddit earlier this week about low budget Hearthstone decks from Matt Becker--if you haven't seen his decklists yet, you can check them out on Reddit and AppTrigger. Dealing with Hearthstone's steep financial curve on a budget...
Keeper of the Light is an incredibly useful support hero, capable of wiping out the other team's mana pool and providing impressive pushing power. This Keeper of the Light guide is designed to help you make the most of the hero.

Dota 2 Guide: How to Win Games with Keeper of the Light

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Ezalor, the Keeper of the Light (KotL), is a ranged Intelligence hero. He rides around on a horse, carries a staff, and has a big bushy beard. He's Dota's version of Gandalf. Keeper of the Light is a common pick...
Valve's Dota 2 leaderboards are a nice way of tracking the MMR race between players to reach the top.

Dota 2 Leaderboards: Race to the Top

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Everybody wants to see their name on a list of notable people, and Dota 2's playerbase is no exception. Valve provides Dota 2 leaderboards for each region, and updates the lists daily. The top 200 players are displayed along with their...
The Secret Mage deck has finally surged to the top of the Hearthstone meta.

Hearthstone Deck Guide: Secret Mage

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Secret Mage is back. This deck has been floating around for years, but was never quite good enough. During the last expansion, Secret Mage almost cut it, and several players tried their hardest to find the right dek. In...
Power creep is a common issue in competitive titles, but is Dota 2 the exception?

Does Dota 2 Have a Power Creep Problem?

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Every time a new Dota patch comes out, the community's discussion of IceFrog's changes will, at some point, involve a heated debate about 'Power Creep.' It's a well-known issue in almost every game genre that undergoes patches and iterations, including...
If you want to tweak your CS:GO crosshair, the game has a variety of tools that you can use to change almost everything. Players can choose the size of the crosshair gap, the crosshair thickness, and whether or not the crosshair dot occupies valuable real estate in the center of it.

Guide: How to Create the Perfect CS:GO Crosshair

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If you love Counter-Strike, you've probably spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to tweak your set-up and get it just right. Tinkering with your config is as much a staple of the popular esports franchise as its iconic Dust...
Sven received a couple nerfs in 7.06b, but the hero remains one of the breakout stars in the still young meta of Dota's 7.06 patch.

Dota 2: The Best Heroes of Patch 7.06b

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The release of Dota's 7.06 patch has drastically changed the meta and tempo of the game. To check out the full 7.06 patch notes, you can refer to Valve's nicely organized list here. If you've been out of the Dota loop, get...
The Path of Exile community has developed a wide range of powerful tools to help players maximize their in-game efficiency.

Path of Exile: The Best Community Tools

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Editor's note: Welcome to Esports Edition's ongoing coverage of Path of Exile. We'll be the first to admit that it isn't exactly competitive--PoE is all about PvE, not PvP. Acronyms aside, Path of Exile has surged in popularity in recent months,...
Silence Priest is one of the latest strong decks to emerge from Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion.

Hearthstone Deck Guide: Silence Priest

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From joke to meta, Silence Priest has climbed the ranks quite handily. This guide is based off of a decklist and notes provided by a Hearthstone player named BDBRINGA, who hit rank one legend with his Silence Priest deck....
There's no shortage of weird builds to use (and abuse) in Path of Exile.

Path of Exile: The Weirdest Builds

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Because of the intense level of customization possible in Path of Exile, there are a lot of unique builds. So far, most of mine have been fairly basic, but even those can involve some interesting mechanics. For example, my...