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Dire
About
Associated With
Heroes Arc Warden minimap icon Arc Warden
Factions Radiant
Places Mad Moon

The Dire is a faction in Dota 2. It is characterized by a dark, gloomy theme. The top right half of the game map belongs to the Dire, while the bottom left belongs to the Radiant icon Radiant.

Gameplay[]

There are many differences between the Dire side of the game map and the Radiant side.

Affiliated heroes[]

Strength Agility Intelligence

Abaddon minimap icon Abaddon
Axe minimap icon Axe
Chaos Knight minimap icon Chaos Knight
Doom minimap icon Doom
Lifestealer minimap icon Lifestealer
Lycan minimap icon Lycan
Magnus minimap icon Magnus
Night Stalker minimap icon Night Stalker
Pudge minimap icon Pudge
Sand King minimap icon Sand King
Slardar minimap icon Slardar
Spirit Breaker minimap icon Spirit Breaker
Tidehunter minimap icon Tidehunter
Underlord minimap icon Underlord
Undying minimap icon Undying
Wraith King minimap icon Wraith King

Arc Warden minimap icon Arc Warden
Bloodseeker minimap icon Bloodseeker
Broodmother minimap icon Broodmother
Clinkz minimap icon Clinkz
Faceless Void minimap icon Faceless Void
Medusa minimap icon Medusa
Meepo minimap icon Meepo
Nyx Assassin minimap icon Nyx Assassin
Phantom Assassin minimap icon Phantom Assassin
Razor minimap icon Razor
Shadow Fiend minimap icon Shadow Fiend
Slark minimap icon Slark
Spectre minimap icon Spectre
Terrorblade minimap icon Terrorblade
Venomancer minimap icon Venomancer
Viper minimap icon Viper
Weaver minimap icon Weaver

Ancient Apparition minimap icon Ancient Apparition
Bane minimap icon Bane
Batrider minimap icon Batrider
Dark Seer minimap icon Dark Seer
Dazzle minimap icon Dazzle
Death Prophet minimap icon Death Prophet
Enigma minimap icon Enigma
Grimstroke minimap icon Grimstroke
Invoker minimap icon Invoker
Leshrac minimap icon Leshrac
Lich minimap icon Lich
Lion minimap icon Lion
Necrophos minimap icon Necrophos
Outworld Destroyer minimap icon Outworld Destroyer
Pugna minimap icon Pugna
Queen of Pain minimap icon Queen of Pain
Shadow Demon minimap icon Shadow Demon
Visage minimap icon Visage
Warlock minimap icon Warlock
Winter Wyvern minimap icon Winter Wyvern
Witch Doctor minimap icon Witch Doctor

Lore[]

  • The Dire is one of the Nemesis Stones, a force diametrically opposed to the Radiant.
  • The Dire is known to Zet as Diruulth.[1] He originally kept the Dire and Radiant in check, but lost control after the Mad Moon was destroyed.[2]
  • The Dire spreads corruption.[3]
  • The light of the sun and the moon counter the Dire's influences.[3]
  • Earthshaker minimap icon Earthshaker is opposed to the Dire, wielding a light-absorbing totem to banish its corruption.[3]
  • Direstone was used in creating the Demon Edge icon Demon Edge.[4]

Trivia[]

  • The DotA equivalent of the Dire was the Scourge.
  • In DotA, heroes were affiliated into the Scourge and Sentinel factions. This division was seen in the older picking screen.
    • In DotA when playing the Normal game mode (also called "Pick Mode"), players could only pick Scourge heroes while on the Scourge team, and vice versa. This game mode is not present in Dota 2.

See also[]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Arc Warden response: ▶️ Diruulth and Radinthul, your conflicts must be ended.
  2. Arc Warden biography.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eclipse Monolith description.
  4. Demon Shard description.
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