DotA 2 battle cap picks. Full guide to the autumn Battle Cup season: rules, rewards, innovations

Today, Valve officially launched the second (autumn) season of automated weekly mini-tournaments for everyone called the Battle Cup. The new season of the Battle Cup differs from the previous one in one very significant innovation: the strongest players in the Battle Cups will be able to compete for a ticket to the Major Championship!

Below is the most comprehensive guide on all aspects of the Battle Cup - information about what it is, why you need it, what you get for winning and how to participate.

Awards

2 chests and 4 levels for the battle pass. For winning the tournament, each member of the winning team will receive two Fall 2016 Treasures and 4 tiers for the Fall Battle Pass. The Battle Pass is not required to participate in the Battle Cup, but it is required to receive the reward (battle levels).

Battle Pass Achievements. Battle Cup Points show your progress in the Battle Cup during the season. After earning enough points, you can unlock new achievements and rewards.

Battle Cup Trophy. Each player on the winning team receives an in-game trophy that can be displayed on their profile page. Trophy keeps track of the number of tournaments won.

Temporary prestige effects. Each player on the winning team receives prestige effects on their account that last for one week from the moment they win the tournament. Temporary rewards include: Champion Status, Consecutive Win Counter, Champion Emoticons, Battle Cup Champion Statue.

Battle Cup Champion Statue

Schedule

the date	Time
Saturday, October 8	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, October 15	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, October 22	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, October 29	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, November 5	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, November 12	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, November 19	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, November 26	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, December 3	21:00 Moscow time
Saturday, December 10	—
Sunday, December 11	21:00 Moscow time
champion cup	21:00 Moscow time

The time is indicated for the European region, the schedule of Battle Cups in other regions can be found on the official website. There will be no tournament on December 10, as it will be held at that time. Registration opens at the time indicated in the table. Within 30 minutes from the start of registration, teams must start a match search.

rules

Who can take part?

Every account with a profile icon level above 25. No Battle Pass required, no MMR calibration required.

How much does the ticket cost?

Tickets are available in the Dota 2 store for $0.99. Participation of players who do not have one is allowed, but in total the team must have 5 tickets (a player can contribute a ticket for his teammate). Each Battle Pass owner will receive 1 ticket as a gift and another one upon reaching level 29 of the Battle Pass. Tickets cannot be transferred or gifted.

How is the search for rivals implemented?

Tournament matchmaking is based on tournament division and geographic region. Tournament matchmaking automatically selects the region, while MMR and language preferences are not taken into account. Only the largest servers are used for Battle Cup matches.

Each player is assigned a tournament division, which is initially determined based on MMR. After that, MMR does not count in any way in Battle Cup tournaments. The division goes up with multiple wins, goes down with multiple losses in the early stages of the bracket. If team members play in different divisions, only the highest division is taken into account when selecting an opponent. In addition, a team can choose a higher division (1 higher than the maximum in the team) to participate in the tournament, while individual divisions will increase faster (after wins).

New! In the autumn season, an additional division was added - the eighth.

How can I find teammates?

Matchmaking does not select teammates - to participate in the tournament, you must independently assemble a group of 5 people. There are two in-game mechanisms that will help you find comrades.

• New! Automatic search for teammates: searches for single players who are looking for a group. Search criteria: language, cup division, ping. As soon as a suitable player is found, he will be added to the group. If you need to have more players in a group, use this tool until you have a full group of players.
• You can also find teammates from the same cup division and geographic region in a dedicated chat.

The team's roster is fixed when the team registers for the tournament, substitutions are not allowed. If a team does not wish to continue participating in the tournament, the leader may withdraw his team from the tournament.

What are Battle Cup points and what are they for?

The Battle Cup points represent your progress throughout the season. Each week, the number of points will increase depending on how you performed in the tournament. Each player receives at least 10 points for participating in the tournament, 30 points for winning the first round and advancing to the second, 80 points for reaching the final, and 70 points for winning the tournament.

Points can be compared with your friends. Points can be used to unlock achievements and rewards in the Battle Pass. The players with the most points in each geographic region will be able to compete in an additional final cup of the season - the so-called. championship cup.

If during the season you visited different geographic regions, the scoring will be conducted separately for each region.

What is the championship cup?

New! The Champion Cup is a special Battle Cup tournament that takes place at the end of the season. Players can earn the right to participate in this exclusive tournament - the golden ticket - by accumulating enough Battle Cup points in their region (the exact numbers will be announced later). Players interested in participating in the Championship Cup can increase their chances of qualifying for it by entering each weekly tournament in the same geographic region. Naturally, it is necessary to win.

How to get to the Dota 2 Major tournament?

New! In addition to the open qualifiers, the Champions Cup allows any player to qualify for the Dota 2 Major. Starting from the spring season, one slot in each regional qualification will be reserved for the team that won the previous season's Division 8 Champions Cup. As soon as the 2016 Fall Season Championship Cup ends, each player who wins it will be able to join forces with other similar Division 8 Cup winners to participate in one of four special qualifiers (Spring Major Battle Cup Qualifiers) organized for the winners of the Battle cup. The winners of these qualifiers will be invited to the main regional qualifiers for the spring Major tournament.

Can I play in any geographic region?

Yes, you can select the geographic region of your choice. However, keep in mind that each region has its own schedule and game servers. You can play in different regions every week. Players cannot participate in multiple Battle Cups in the same weekend.

What happens between rounds?

Between matches, teams are assigned a deadline in which they must have time to start the next match. If a team does not meet this deadline, it can still continue to participate in the tournament if an opponent is found. If an opponent is not found, the team that did not have time to join the queue for the search for a match will be disqualified (tickets will not be returned).

In very rare cases, matchmaking may not find an opponent for a team at a certain stage of the tournament, even if the team managed to enter the matchmaking queue on time. In this case, the team will receive the tickets back and the team's stats will be updated based on their progress up to that point. If a team reaches the semi-final and a suitable opponent is found and waits in the final, the team in the semi-final may receive a technical victory and advance to the next round (final).

What if the player has problems with the Internet?

If an individual player has difficulty connecting to the game at the start of the game, the game will start without them and the player will be able to connect as they go. Thus, players who disconnect from the match will not be removed from the game or marked as leavers. There is also no AFK detection system in tournament matches. If the server goes down, or a bad connection is noticed in the match, all tickets are returned to their owners, and the team statistics are updated.

Is it possible to surrender in a match?

Can. To do this, write in the chat "GG".

Will the matches be open in DotaTV?

Like all tournament matches, Battle Cup games, including replays, will be public.

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has crazy popularity, and during major tournaments, many people go crazy, because you can get so many goodies for heroes. We all remember Majors Battle Pass, it was replaced by Dota Plus- the same pass, only with new features and capabilities.

Major Battle Pass provided the opportunity to receive themed effects, new features and items every week. Maybe this approach did not suit someone, so it was decided to replace it with something cooler. The other day, along with the next update of the game, I introduced a subscription Dota Plus. Everything that was in the old Battle Pass / The International remains, but now there are more functions and features.

Purchase Dota Plus will give you this:

• Pumping heroes through levels. By playing as your favorite hero, you will gain experience that will help you to get new levels and hero badges. With each new level, the rank of the icon changes, and with each new rank, a replica for this hero (the hero's chat wheel) is unlocked. Shards will also be issued for obtaining a new rank. Play the hero just once, and you will already receive your first rewards.
• Challenges for heroes. For each hero, personal tests are formed, tailored to his specifics. Each challenge has three levels of difficulty - each with its own reward. To gain experience, complete the challenge and win the battle. The choice of a test (as well as a hero) occurs before the start of the game.
• Relics. Now each hero has the opportunity to use 14 relics - 10 common and 4 rare. Relics are opened by shards. One relic (after opening) counts successes on the battlefield. And several of these will work together.

On this opportunity Dota Plus do not end. Few beginner players can analyze their actions on the battlefield. Even experienced players can resort to some help to make sure they did the right thing or not.

So, within the framework of the same pass, for beginners was developed Assistant which will provide:

• Real-time ability and item advice. Based on the millions of games that are played every day, the system helps to understand the items and abilities of the heroes. Right in real time, she knows how to suggest which item is better to use, or which ability to activate now, and which one a little later.
• Best Items to Buy. The assistant will tell you which items are best to use, depending on your hero and the chosen lane. Tips will take into account already purchased items and also support location change. Do you urgently need to change an object or position in a critical situation? Make a recalculation based on recently purchased items, and the system will tell you what needs to be corrected.
• Ability Assistant- will tell you what skills are best to learn. Tips will come from your actions - reject his advice and he will start picking up pumping in a different order.
• Post-match analysis and summary. Allows you to identify jambs after each game. A table is available with damage for each hero, distribution by ability, controlled creatures and normal attacks. In addition, after each death, you can watch for a second how and where the damage was dealt.
• Global Hero Scoreboard. Compare your stats to others (kills, deaths, gold or experience) to get an idea of ​​what to aim for. You can also see the ratings of the best and worst heroes, their commonly used abilities, and so on.
• Place your bets, gentlemen spectators. For viewers, they made it possible to place bets and see a graph of the probability of victory, based on the current situation on the battlefield.

For new players who do not understand the game at all, Dota Plus Assistant will be a great help in this matter. Of course, you can’t completely rely on it, but it will help raise the level of the game from beginner to intermediate.

Among other things, it is open to subscribers Battle Cup- they can participate in it for free. Other players who do not have such a subscription will be able to participate in the Cup by purchasing a special pass for ~ $0.99 (56 rubles). As a reward, the winners will receive not only exclusive backgrounds, emoticons and more, but also 20,000 shards that can be spent in the store on relics or exclusive item sets (including past sets).

Currently, subscription to Dota Plus already available at a price of $3.99 (~200 rubles) for 1 month. A 6-month subscription will cost $24 (~1240 rubles) with a 6% discount, and for one year you will have to pay $48 (~2300 rubles) with a 12% discount.

The Battle Cup is a wonderful addition to Dota, offering a chance to play in a real, structured tournament with a team even if you’re just a regular pub pleb.

Over the years, a few in-house leagues have come and gone, including the North America Elite League (NEL), where a lot of NA pros played matches between regularly scheduled tournaments. However, NEL required players to vouch for newcomers, and was limited to upper bracket players only. But these in-house leagues were a great place for players to enjoy Dota in a slightly more competitive environment.

In-house leagues are great, but there's a lingering question: where can players get a real LAN-qualifier experience with only 1K map awareness?

Valve's Answer: The Battle Cup

In yet another ingenious way for Valve to make money, the Battle Cup is separate from the . For $0.99 USD, players can purchase tickets to participate in this multi-week tournament. Five tickets are needed for each team, one for each participant, but it doesn't matter who owns them, as long as your party has five. So for $4.95, you and four of your buddies can pretend to be OG for the season, or however long you manage to avoid elimination.

Battle Cup Tiers

There aren't a lot of restrictions about who can play in a Battle Cup. Players don't need to have a calibrated MMR to play, just a profile level 25 or above. Here's Valve's explanation of how the tiers work: “Each player has an individual tournament tier, which is set at the start of each season from your MMR. After the tier value is set, player MMR is not used in any way in the Battle Cup.”

There are currently eight tiers, and each one corresponds to roughly 1K MMR differences. Tier 3, the lowest, is for players in the 0 – 2k MMR range, and Tier 8, the highest, is reserved for 6k+ players.

2017 Battle Cup Finale

This year, teams in Tier 8, the ranking, were invited to a specially moderated tournament in June, and the winning team was granted a spot in The International Regional Qualifiers. This year, Starboyz made it through to play in the North America Qualifiers, but came in last place and will not advance to The International.

Battle Cup Schedule

Each region's Battle Cup is held at a different time. Players cannot participate in more than one Battle Cup per weekend, but can play in other regions in different seasons if they desire.

The Battle Cup , and automatically converts times to your time zone.

Party Builder

None of your friends play Dota? no problem. Valve has solutions. The Party Builder tool matches parties with less than five members with solo players based on language, tier, and ping. Be warned though, you're stuck with the people you're matched up with for the duration of the tournament. Teams cannot alter their rosters after the tournament has begun.

GG

Lastly, a notable feature within Battle Cup is the ability to gg out of games. This feature isn't available in regular pub games, presumably due to the high likelihood of it being abused, but it's always available in professional matches. In a Battle Cup match, you can take the surrender option after your carry goes 0/14/3 in the first 20 minutes.

In-game trophy in profile

Summer Battle Cup 2016 is a chance to take part in a single-elimination mini-tournament in Captains Mode. There will be 8 teams in each branch of the tournament. Players will have to fight in 3 rounds to win and get exclusive rewards.

Awards:

15 levels for the Battle Pass- each player from the team that receives the champion title will be awarded 15 levels for the Battle Pass. The Battle Pass is not required to enter the tournament, but you will need it to activate the levels.

Battle Cup Trophy- each champion will receive an in-game trophy that can be displayed on their profile and track the number of victories in the Battle Cup.

Rewards that are valid only for a week after winning the tournament:

Champion status:

The special appearance and exclusive status will be visible to all players, wherever you are: in the chat, on the loading screen, in the game or in the main menu.

Win counter:

If you win more than one tournament in a row, additional cup icons will appear in your special status. The counter will keep growing until you are defeated and can't defend your title.

Champion emoticons:

Champions of the Battle Cup will have access to special emoticons that cannot be obtained anywhere else in Dota 2.

Champion Statue:

Players who take first place in the Battle Cup will also receive an exclusive statue that will automatically replace one of the buildings in your base within a week after winning the tournament. No prudent enemy will dare to approach your fortress at the sight of your success.

Battle Cup FAQ

What is the tournament schedule?

The 2016 Summer Battle Cup will run until August 31st, with weekly Saturday Battles starting at:

1. South East Asia: 13:00 CET
2. China: 14:00 CET
3. Europe: 20:00 CET/21:00 MSK
4. America: 02:00 CET

Teams may meet up to the specified start time for registration. Teams have an hour to start searching and find an opponent. Your match will begin immediately after the system picks up an opponent.

How to start looking for an opponent?

To start searching for an opponent, select the appropriate mode in the "Play" tab or go to the Battle Cup section in your battle pass.

Who can take part in the Battle Cup?

The only requirement is the account level in Dota 2. It should not be lower than 25th. You do not need to have a battle pass or play ranked calibration matches.

How much does the ticket cost?

Tickets are sold for $0.99 each in the game store, and each team must have 5 tickets to register. Team players can spend several tickets, giving the right to participate in the tournament to their teammates. All Battle Pass owners receive one ticket each and have the opportunity to get another one at level 137. Please note that tickets are not transferable or giftable.

On what basis is the selection of opponents?

Matchmaking is based on the geographical location of the participants and their tournament rank. This rank is calculated from your MMR when you first enter the tournament. After that, the system takes into account only this rank, which increases or decreases depending on how far you go each week. If team members have different tournament ranks, then matchmaking takes the highest one as a basis. In addition, a team can voluntarily enter a higher rank tournament to speed up progress.

What happens between matches?

After the victory, the team has some time to start looking for a new opponent. If the deadline is broken, but there is still an opportunity to find an opponent, then the team will be able to continue participating in the tournament. Otherwise, the late team will be removed from the tournament without ticket compensation.

How are compounds formed?

The system does not involve automatic matchmaking, which would collect individual players into teams. You need to join a group inside the game to take part in the tournament. If a team lacks players, it can use the regional chat (each rank has its own team) to complete the squad. Once five players have entered a tournament, the team's roster cannot be changed. If a team does not want to continue playing, then its captain can remove the team from the tournament.

What happens if a player has connection problems?

If problems appear at the start, then the game will start without the eliminated player, who will have the opportunity to join the game. Such players are not removed from the game and do not receive a penalty for leaving the match. In addition, the system for detecting inactive players does not work in tournament matches. If the server does not work well or has completely crashed, then the spent tickets are returned to the teams.

Can the team give up?

If a team wants to end a match, they can write "GG".

What are Battle Cup Points?

Each participant in the tournament receives these points for their performance in the tournament. They are saved until the end of the season and allow you to track the progress of friends on the leaderboard. Points awarded: 1. Participation - 10 points 2. Passing to the second round - 30 points 3. Getting to the final - 80 points 4. Winning the tournament - 150 points

Are tournament matches public?

Please note that, as is the case with all tournaments, replays and detailed information about the Battle Cup matches are available to the general public.

August 19, 2019 - Dota Team

The Trove Carafe for The International 2019 is now available, featuring all-new items for Bounty Hunter, Crystal Maiden, Nature's Prophet, Arc Warden, Templar Assassin, Chaos Knight, and Tusk. In addition, each treasure you open offers the chance to receive a rare item set for Techies, very rare golden versions of the Tusk or Crystal Maiden items, or an ultra rare set for Monkey King.

The Trove Carafe also lets you support your favorite broadcast talent at this year’s event by purchasing autographed versions of the treasure. Select the desired talent from the dropdown menu when purchasing to inscribe their autograph onto the item that you unbox.

Attendee Item Drops

Fans watching the tournament live at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai will once again have the chance to receive special item drops during the Main Event. At First Blood in each individual game, a limited number of exclusive Attendee Treasures will drop, each containing visually-unique versions of items selected from this year’s Immortals. To be eligible, make sure to register your daily code once you arrive at the arena.

The International Main Event

After four days of grueling battle, The International 2019 Group Stage is complete. Already we must say goodbye to the first two teams eliminated–Chaos Esports and Ninjas in Pajamas.

Defending champions OG are headed to the Upper Bracket after a dominating performance. They'll be joined there by PSG.LGD, Team Secret, Vici Gaming, Evil Geniuses, TNC Predator, Newbee, and Virtus.pro.

Alliance, Mineski, Infamous Gaming, Fnatic, Natus Vincere, Team Liquid, Royal Never Give Up, and Keen Gaming all face the threat of immediate elimination as they head into their first-round best-of-one games in the Lower Bracket on Tuesday , August 20 at Mercedes-Benz Arena.

The opening broadcast begins at 10:00am China Standard Time. Head over to for more info on the tournament standings, schedule, and more.

The International Group Stage is almost upon us. As the teams, fans, and broadcast crews make their final preparations for the crowning esports event of the year, it’s time to unveil some of the final details for everyone watching.

Tournament News

Head over to the in-game Compendium for a complete list of Casters and Talent for this year's event. Don't forget to fill out your predictions for hero picks, team results, player performance, and tournament meta. Predictions lock before the start of Group Stage play.

Pubstomps

Whether you're playing or watching, Dota is best enjoyed with friends. To help people around the world connect with each other for their own celebratory Dota events, we’ve once again partnered with Barcraft United to facilitate Pubstomp administration. Their official landing page will launch later this week to help find a Pubstomp in your area.

Today's update unveils Immortal Treasure III, featuring all-new items for Axe, Clinkz, Lycan, Mars, Terrorblade, and Slardar.

In addition to one of those items, each of these treasures you open also offers increasing odds to receive a very rare Golden version of the Ax item or an ultra rare Necrophos item. There's also the chance to discover a rare haul of Battle Points or the cosmically rare Overgrown Emblem.

Battle Pass owners can find an Immortal Treasure III ready to open in your Armory, with more treasures available as you increase your Battle Level. Head over to the Battle Pass page for to get a preview of the new items and custom effects in this treasure.