“ | Dota IMBA is the answer to the question: what would happen if every hero received nothing but buffs for 100 patches straight? Stupidly overpowered heroes? Speed-of-light DBZ-esque fights? Insane abilities which make no sense? IMBA has it all! Come check it out.
— Official Dota IMBA Workshop page[1]
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Dota IMBA is a custom game played on a regular Dota 2 map, with 10, 12, or 20 players in a variety of maps and game modes. There are four unique game modes available for Dota IMBA, each of which has their own customizable game rules and mechanics.
Gameplay
- The goal of the game is to destroy the enemy ancient.
- Buildings and Towers receive new abilities, all of which upgrade whenever a building on the owner's team falls.
- Gold and experience gain from creeps and structures ranges from 130%-400% of their normal values (depending on the mode played);
- Runes have been reworked and each have a unique ability, some affect nearby team mates.
- Roshan has been entirely reworked with added skills and stat changes to remain a difficult challenge
- Respawn time has been reduced, and drops Roshlings that drop cheese on death
- Heroes available in Dota IMBA are divided into 2 categories:
- IMBA Heroes: Heroes with (IMBA) at the end of their names. These heroes have their skill sets modified, additional properties are denoted in orange.
- Lazy Heroes: Heroes that only received value changes or minor imbafication to their skills.
- Items have been changed in a similar manner:
- Some items have new properties, some have their attribute values changed;
- Several new items exist in this game mode, including new upgrade paths
- Various Dota mechanics have been changed, reworked, or added:
- Attack Speed cap has been increased to 800
- Spell Amplification has become Spell Power
- Tenacity has been introduced, reducing the duration of enemy debuffs
- The max level for heroes has been set to 40
- Abilities can be leveled 7 times, and ultimates 6 times
Heroes
Heroes are separated into two classes: IMBA Heroes and Lazy Heroes. IMBA Heroes have custom skills and enhanced mechanics, while Lazy Heroes have their numbers tweaked to make them stronger.
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Strength | |
Agility | |
Intelligence | |
Other Changes
Dota IMBA overhauls most of the remaining mechanics in Dota 2, changing the pace of gameplay to suit the changes to heroes.
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Credits
Dota IMBA is based on Mimiya's Warcraft III mod of the same name, and made with his consent.
Developers: Firetoad & Hewdraw
Title and loading screens: Zimberzimber
Big thanks to all the great fellas who hang in the #Dota2mods channel, helping any time they can! A special mention to BMD, for his barebones base mod and awesome libraries.
Finally, a hug to our loyal players, which frequently contribute in various ways to IMBA, be it with balance, bug reports, or just general feedback!
Have fun!
References
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