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Why does dota pro matches have a small variety of heroes? (self.dota2)

submitted 1 year ago by catlover to c/[email protected]

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I started watching some dota matches, especially PGL, and players tend to pick from a really small group of heroes, like: storm spirit, techies, pugna etc

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There have actually been 104 out of 124 (84%) heroes picked in the Bali Major so far. If you only count those picked 10 times or more it's still 54/124 (44%).

Sure, it's not even close to a fully even representation, but still, it's not terrible. The last larger League of Legends tournament had 79 out of 163 (48%) picked at all, with 42/163 (28%) picked 4 times or more (less games in the tourney).

[–] catlover 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that doesn't sound that bad. Maybe I just didn't watch enough to see more heroes picked

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I mean the main ones were in every game, but there's always one or three or so non-meta ones sprinkled in. The human mind sees and focuses on patterns quite easily, while it's harder to see the ones not fitting it :)