Competitive scene

The International 2014 at KeyArena in Seattle

Dota 2 is played competitively around the world. Professional teams attend tournaments sponsored by companies, organizations, and Valve itself. Players who have purchased access to tournaments may view matches and voice commentary with DotaTV, a spectating feature built into the Dota 2 client. Live match streaming is also available on various community websites.

The history of competitive Dota began in 2004, and has since continued to evolve, with new players and strategies emerging onto the scene. As of The International 2015, professional Dota 2 is the highest paying e-sport in the world.

Recent Tournaments

For a full list of tournaments, see the main article: Tournaments

Majors

Kiev Major 2017 30 April 2017 $3,000,000 OG Virtus.pro Evil Geniuses Invictus Gaming	The International 2017 12 August 2017 $24,787,916 Team Liquid Newbee LGD.Forever Young	ESL One Hamburg 2017 26 October 2017 $1,000,000 Virtus.pro Team Secret Team Liquid Newbee	DreamLeague Season 8 1 December 2017 $1,000,000 Team Secret Team Liquid Evil Geniuses
EPICENTER XL 27 April 2018 $1,000,000 PSG.LGD Team Liquid FlyToMoon	China Dota2 Supermajor 2 June 2018 $1,500,000 Team Liquid Virtus.pro PSG.LGD

Premium tournaments

Finished

DreamLeague Season 7 21 July 2017 $243,000 Team Liquid Planet Odd Team Secret	The Final Match 2017 7 July 2017 $50,000 Alliance SG e-sports Team Spirit	Mars Dota 2 League 2017 5 July 2017 $250,000 PSG.LGD LGD.Forever Young Newbee	Dota Summit 7 14 June 2017 $100,000 Virtus.pro Team Secret PSG.LGD
Galaxy Battles 14 June 2017 $150,000 Newbee Planet Odd TNC Pro Team	EPICENTER 2017 9 June 2017 $500,000 Team Liquid Evil Geniuses Team Secret LGD.Forever Young	ZOTAC Cup Masters 30 May 2017 $100,000 Newbee Team NP iG Vitality Fnatic	The Manila Masters 26 May 2017 $250,000 Evil Geniuses Newbee Team NP
SL i-League Invitational S2 18 May 2017 $100,000 Team Liquid TNC Pro Team Newbee Invictus Gaming	Mr. Cat Invitational Europe 18 May 2017 $50,000 Virtus.pro Team Empire Team Secret	Asia Championships 2017 4 April 2017 $500,000 Invictus Gaming OG Newbee	SL i-League StarSeries S3 26 February 2017 $300,000 Team Liquid VGJ.Thunder OG TnC Gaming
Elimination Mode 3.0 11 February 2017 $25,000 OG compLexity Gaming Team Onyx Alliance	Dota Pit League Season 5 22 January 2017 $125,000+ Evil Geniuses OG Team Faceless	WESG 2016 15 January 2017 $1,500,000 TNC Gaming Cloud9 Alliance	ESL One Genting 2017 8 January 2017 $250,000 Digital Chaos Newbee Wings Gaming
China Top 2016 17 December 2016 ¥1,600,000 Evil Geniuses Newbee Digital Chaos Wings Gaming	World Cyber Arena 2016 16 December 2016 $1,500,000 iG Vitality Vici Gaming We Are Young	Boston Major 2016 December 2016 $3,000,000 OG Ad Finem Digital Chaos Evil Geniuses	DreamLeague Season 6 26 November 2016 $185,000 Team Liquid Escape Gaming Alliance	The Summit 6 20 November 2016 $100,000 Virtus.pro OG Evil Geniuses
ROG MASTERS 13 November 2016 $100,000 Team Secret Execration EHOME.X Mineski	NA BEAT Invitational 13 November 2016 $100,000 Wings Gaming Team NP EHOME	MarsTV Dota 2 League Autumn 2 October 2016 $250,000 Evil Geniuses Newbee OG	MPGL SEA Championship 11 September 2016 $50,000 Execration MVP Phoenix Mineski

Teams

For a full list of teams, see the main article: Professional teams

Major active teams

Alliance ASUS.Polar Balkan Bears Burden United Can't Say Wips CDEC Gaming Cloud9 EHOME Energy Pacemaker Evil Geniuses HellRaisers HyperGloryTeam Invictus Gaming LGD Gaming London Conspiracy MVP Phoenix MVP HOT6ix Natus Vincere Newbee Ninjas in Pyjamas North American Rejects Not Today Power Rangers Rave Signature.TrusT Champions of Summer's Rift Team DK Team eHug Team Empire Team Malaysia Team Secret Team Tinker TongFu TongFu WanZhou Vega Squadron Vici Gaming 4 Anchors + SC more teams...

Players

For a full list of players, see the main article: Professional players

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01. Template:Icon flag UNiVeRsE ($2,065,338) 02. Template:Icon flag ppd ($2,056,137) 03. Template:Icon flag Aui_2000 ($1,881,721) 04. Template:Icon flag Fear ($1,835,927) 05. Template:Icon flag SumaiL ($1,742,076) 06. Template:Icon flag xiao8 ($1,654,762) 07. Template:Icon flag Hao ($1,565,576) 08. Template:Icon flag Banana ($1,205,212) 09. Template:Icon flag Mu ($1,198,510) 10. Template:Icon flag SanSheng ($1,196,439)

11. Template:Icon flag Puppey ($1,060,449) 12. Template:Icon flag Sylar ($973,678) 13. Template:Icon flag MMY ($963,248) 14. Template:Icon flag Super ($937,461) 15. Template:Icon flag Fenrir ($886,932) 16. Template:Icon flag fy ($886,932) 17. Template:Icon flag iceiceice ($870,440) 18. Template:Icon flag s4 ($838,995) 19. Template:Icon flag Yao ($735,532) 20. Template:Icon flag Arteezy ($730,777)

21. Template:Icon flag rOtK ($718,214) 22. Template:Icon flag Sh1fty ($696,919) 23. Template:Icon flag KuroKy ($686,258) 24. Template:Icon flag LaNm ($680,280) 25. Template:Icon flag Agressif ($660,492) 26. Template:Icon flag garder ($660,492) 27. Template:Icon flag Q ($658,107) 28. Template:Icon flag XBOCT ($646,476) 29. Template:Icon flag Xz ($645,716) 30. Template:Icon flag Shiki ($645,390)

31. Template:Icon flag Dendi ($623,228) 32. Template:Icon flag Zai ($613,117) 33. Template:Icon flag Maybe ($597,232) 34. Template:Icon flag Ferrari_430 ($551,690) 35. Template:Icon flag Loda ($536,985) 36. Template:Icon flag DDC ($535,675) 37. Template:Icon flag Faith ($535,383) 38. Template:Icon flag Akke ($529,872) 39. Template:Icon flag AdmiralBulldog ($524,808) 40. Template:Icon flag ChuaN ($524,419)

41. Template:Icon flag EGM ($514,187) 42. Template:Icon flag BurNIng ($493,927) 43. Template:Icon flag EternalEnvy ($491,209) 44. Template:Icon flag BigDaddy ($458,969) 45. Template:Icon flag YYF ($417,377) 46. Template:Icon flag Funn1k ($395,270) 47. Template:Icon flag Mushi ($389,844) 48. Template:Icon flag Pieliedie ($382,151) 49. Template:Icon flag Fly ($375,153) 50. Template:Icon flag God ($365,323)

Commentators

For a full list of commentators, see the main article: Professional commentators

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