Dota 2 itself also received a number of changes to its matchmaking system to create a better experience for newcomers. An all new game mode called the New Player Mode was introduced to the game which features a smaller hero pool that allows players to learn the basics without encountering new spells or heroes every game. This game mode also ensures that new players will only match with new players and allows them to leave at any point in the game, replacing them with a bot if they do

Valve also finally addressed the smurfing problem in Dota 2 by officially making it a bannable offense . Players who are found to be selling accounts or boosting ranks can have their main accounts banned as well. Suspected smurf accounts will also be paired with other smurf accounts in order to stop them from ruining the experience of newer players. While Valve has previously attempted to mitigate this issue by detecting smurf accounts and adjusting to their correct rank, there were still issues where players would smurf with the sole intention of beating lower skilled players. With Valve finally putting its foot down on smurfing, this should mean that newcomers will be able to play against other players of their skill le

On top of being one of the hardest carries in the game that requires spending tons of money on wards and gems, she's also an incredible pusher that can knock a lane down in only a minute with Spawn Spiderlings if she goes unoppo

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Riot will launch League of Legends: Wild Rift tomorrow, but ahead of the big day and your dive into open beta - you may have a few questions. We've got a rundown on everything you need to know to get started, what will be available in open beta, and everything that's on the horizon for the mobile g

Alongside being a World Championship winner, Ambition has won 2 MLG events, 2 IEM events, and has won 2 LCK Regional Championships. Ambition was a highly adaptable jungle player thriving on a variety of different champion picks such as Rek'Sai, Lee Sin, and Seju

So while Download Play was undoubtedly put in to encourage kids to try out games and then ask for their parents to buy them, it was still incredibly consumer friendly. You didn’t feel like your addictive tendencies were being preyed upon - you were just playing a bit of a video g

@lena_osaki aims for the stars with her cosplay of Star Guardian Miss Fortune, a thematic homage to the genre of Magical Girls (e.g. Sailor Moon ). This version of Miss Fortune is a planetary defender and her pistols are redesigned to appear hyper-stylized and cartoon

Tomorrow, Wild Rift will open its doors to the masses on both Android and iOS. In our preview of Wild Rift, we found it to be a compact, yet robust, version of League of Legends that may even be preferable to the original version. So, what does Wild Rift launch with tomorrow, and what does the future h

In terms of gameplay, Wild Rift will feel largely familiar. There are still teams of five, towers, minions, and monster camps. Very little about the map has changed, and your goal will still be to take down the enemy Nexus. And while so much of this seems the same, you may notice a few things missing. League's Nexus is no longer protected by inhibitors and towers - those are built-in - and you'll have to deal with the Nexus' own giant laser it uses to protect itself inst

While you do log in using your same Riot account, it sounds like monetary purchases between Wild Rift and League of Legends on PC won't be shared between versions. In our session with Riot, the company mentioned that this task is actually much more difficult than it sounds. Everything in Wild Rift has been rebuilt from the ground up, and much of that content isn't the same in both versions. However, Riot is looking to implement more League of Legends-based events where playing the PC version and spending money there unlocks goodies in its mobile counterp

Omniknight heals, grants immunity to spells, physical attacks, slows down opponents, and his heal also doubles as a powerful nuke. Best of all, he's a strength hero, so aiming the "squishy" support isn't an option for the en

Standing with the poise of a battle-hardened leader, @xenon_ne utilizes her cosplay prowess to bring Captain Miss Fortune to the waters of the real world. As the sovereign ruler aboard her ship, the regal and officer-like attire perfectly captures the captain's position of author

Cosplayer @kim_on_the_rocks takes a few liberties with her cosplay, electing to combine Miss Fortune's traditional outfit with something much more Bewitching; the result is an impressive and dynamic take on the character that showcases just how interesting her Halloween inspired skin's weapons are. Lit and ready for battle, "Shock" and "Awe" as candles don't seem particularly threatening, Astral projection Strategy but the backdrop—what looks to be a desolate, tornado ravished scene reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz —screams "pandemonium," which instills the pistols-turned-wax with a sense of contextual wickedness and hostil