Much like Dota itself, the roster of Dota Underlords heroes is sublimely complex. Do you pick heroes based on their potential alliances, or their high DPS, or their excellent abilities? How should you alter your build based on the heroes you do pick? At what stage of a match does a hero excel or fall off? All these questions are answered below in our Dota Underlords heroes guide – and we’ve also included a handy Dota Underlords cheat sheet which contains essential info on every single hero, all viewable on a single screen.

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Oh, I’d missed doing this: combing through reams of arcane patch notes, jointly audibly reacting as you and your friends stumble across change after change that unravels your understanding of a game you’re invested in. Valve are upending Dota Underlords this weekend. Neutrals will be nastier, spells will no longer target (most) summons, over half the heroes are due to be rejigged and – most interestingly of all – re-rolling the hero shop will never cough up a hero that was just on offer.

What does it all mean! Good things, mostly.

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Learning about gold in Dota Underlords is integral to success. It seeps through all the other interlocked lattices of complexity in the game like a chocolate sauce through the layers of a crushed viennetta; and you’ll need to understand all about how to create a bangin’ economy if you’re to have any hope of keeping pace with your opponents. Fortunately, this Dota Underlords gold guide will walk you through how gold is accrued each round, along with tips and strategies on how to maximise your gold gain throughout a match.

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Dota Underlords goes big on basically everything it does, with 60 different heroes, 23 different alliances – and 68 different items to help your army triumph over your seven opponents. Whether they’re equippable items that bestow great benefits upon a single hero, or Global items that offer an army-wide passive buff, you need to have a working knowledge of the best items you can procure if you want to succeed. Our Dota Underlords items guide will walk you through the very best items you can find in Dota Underlords, along with stats and explanations of every single item currently in the game.

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As if the 60 heroes weren’t already enough, there are currently 23 different alliances in Dota Underlords, each with between 1 and 3 stages of power which you can use to augment your autobattling army. But it’s not as simple as picking one or two alliances at the start of a match and collecting as many heroes of that type as possible; you have to be flexible and balanced in your approach. Our Dota Underlords alliances guide features in-depth explanations of each alliance currently in the game, along with a tier list of the best alliances to build around and use to turn your army into a match-winning force.

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Dota Underlords may have simplified heroes and simplified systems compared with its perplexing, ponderous progenitor Dota 2, but Dota 2 never had over 100 heroes battling each other simultaneously. Yes, in case it’s not clear from that pesky “Dota” prefix, Dota Underlords is a tremendously complex game – but it’s also an extremely fun one. So we’ve put together the below Dota Underlords strategy guide, packed with beginner-friendly tips and explanations of everything that goes on in a match, from heroes and alliances to gold accrual, early-game vs late-game dominance, and much more.

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