Congratulations to Team Liquid, Grand Champions at The International 2024. Dropping only three games throughout their championship run, this relentless Liquid squad washed away a field of fearsome contenders to resoundingly earn their place as the finest Dota team in the world.

Team Liquid's journey to the Aegis started smoothly with a pair of 2-0 series wins over Aurora and beastcoast, but a 0-2 showing against defending champions Team Spirit reminded everyone that the path to immortality is filled with formidable foes.

Their next opponent would only prove that point further. With Liquid holding a 1-0 advantage and the Upper Bracket almost within reach, underdogs BB Team ran away with the second match of their seeding set, threatening Liquid with a much more difficult Lower Bracket path. Undaunted, Liquid leveraged early action in game three to build an avalanching lead and ultimately secure their place in the Upper Bracket to begin the next stage.

Once there, the eventual champions never looked back. Their heroes were almost unkillable in a dominating 2-0 win over Xtreme Gaming, with only a single death amongst them in game two. Carrying that momentum forward, they opened their series on the main stage against Cloud9 with another stomp. Game two turned into a closer back-and-forth fight, but Liquid rode an epic late game teamwipe to victory and a place in the Upper Bracket Final against a familiar opponent — and constant obstacle in their path — the dangerous Gaimin Gladiators.

Flipping precedent, Liquid withstood Gaimin's early aggression and took the series 2-0, marching convincingly into the Grand Final. After Gaimin battled their way back for a rematch, Team Liquid took the chance to demonstrate that the results of the first matchup were no fluke. They dispatched their old nemesis in decisive 3-0 fashion to secure the Aegis and a place in Dota 2 history.

As bearers of the ultimate symbol of victory, these names shall forever be inscribed upon the Aegis of Champions:

2024 - Team Liquid

• Michael "miCKe" Vu
  
• Michał "Nisha" Jankowski
  
• Neta "33" Shapira
  
• Samuel "Boxi" Svahn
  
• Aydin "Insania" Sarkohi

Looking Back

We would like to once again thank all of the players, talent, and everyone in the Dota community for helping bring this global celebration to life. If you missed any of the tournament, or just want to relive the incredible plays, head over to the Dota 2 YouTube channel, where you can find replays of the entire tournament. You can also find a trove of photos from the event over on the Dota 2 Instagram and Dota 2 flickr.

Celebrate the Champions

Special Champion edition sticker capsules are now available for purchase for Team Liquid. Each capsule contains one sticker featuring miCKe, Nisha, 33, Boxi, Insania, or Team Liquid. 50% of all sales will go directly to Team Liquid.

The International Compendium

If you've still got some challenges to complete and rewards to claim in The International 2024 Compendium, there's a bit more time before it all wraps up. You can still snag additional levels for your Compendium until Tuesday, October 15th, and other goodies like supporters packs, talent bundles, and champion stickers will be available a few weeks longer.

Upcoming Hero and Crownfall Act IV

Also, in case you missed the trailer during The International, we announced Dota's next hero. Leader of the flightless, sworn enemy of Queen Imperia, and general troublemaker Kez will be joining the roster of Dota heroes when Crownfall Act IV releases.

For five straight days, sixteen teams have slugged their way through the Playoffs, and eight teams have earned a coveted spot at the main event: Team Liquid, Cloud9, Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators in the upper bracket, and BB Team, Team Falcons, Aurora Gaming and Xtreme Gaming in the lower bracket.

Congratulations to all eight teams as they vie to capture the Aegis at The International — only at Copenhagen's Royal Arena, starting on the luckiest day of the year, Friday, September 13th!

[h5]Schedule[/h5]
The International Pre-show starts at 9:30 AM CEST, with the Opening Ceremony starting at 10 AM CEST and the first match between BB Team and Team Falcons starting soon after. Click here for the full schedule.

[h5]Getting In[/h5]
Arena doors open at 8 AM CEST daily, two hours before every day's first match at 10 AM CEST, Friday through Sunday. Be ready to scan your Ticketmaster pass to gain entry (you can save it to your Android/Apple phone wallet for convenience). Make sure to get it scanned again anytime you leave, so you can use the same pass to re-enter.

[h5]Getting To The Royal Arena[/h5]
Here are directions to the Royal Arena. There are Metro stations and a train station just a few minutes walk from the arena. Visit https://rejseplanen.dk/ for timetables.

[h5]Crimson Witness Treasure Drops[/h5]
Inside the venue, there are two locations where you can show your ticket and pick up that day's commemorative badge, one near the ground floor entrance and another near the first floor main entrance. Each day has a unique badge, and you'll have to link that day's badge to be eligible for Crimson Witness treasures, which will be dropped randomly for attendees with bound badges at the first blood of every game. This year’s event-exclusive treasure includes updated Immortal items for Night Stalker, Meepo, Disruptor, Luna and Templar Assassin!

If you're one of the millions of Dota fans around the globe planning to watch The International online, check out the list below. From Twitch to YouTube to SteamTV, The International will be streamed on multiple platforms in multiple languages.

• English: Twitch, SteamTV, YouTube
  
• Spanish: Twitch, Facebook, SteamTV, YouTube
  
• Russian: Twitch, SteamTV, YouTube
  
• Chinese: Twitch, SteamTV, Bilibili

The Secret Shop has two separate storefronts this year, depending on what part of the globe you're buying from— We Are Nations offers both US deliveries and international deliveries, and Perfect World offers domestic China deliveries and international deliveries. The stores have different items, so be sure to check out both.

If you’d like to see how the top eight teams got to where they are in the standings, you can
catch up on Playoffs matches here!

The best Dota players in the world have arrived in Copenhagen and the games are about to begin. That's right: The Road to TI's Group Stage is officially underway for The International 2024.

There's a lot of fun stuff to cover before the event starts, and not a lot of time, so we're gonna stop introducing the information and start the informing. Let's get to it.

Group Stage is always glorious chaos. This year, almost fifty games will be played in the first two days alone, spread across three streams for each of the four official broadcast languages:

• English: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C; SteamTV: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C; YouTube: All Streams
  
• Spanish: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C; Facebook: All Streams; SteamTV: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C; YouTube: All Streams
  
• Russian: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C, Multi-Stream; SteamTV: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C, Multi-Stream; YouTube: All Streams
  
• Chinese: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C; SteamTV: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C; Bilibili: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C

After Group Stage wraps up, starting Friday, September 6th, both The Road to the International and The International itself will broadcast on one stream per official language:

• English: Twitch, SteamTV, YouTube
  
• Spanish: Twitch, FaceBook, SteamTV, YouTube
  
• Russian: Twitch, SteamTV, YouTube
  
• Chinese: Twitch, SteamTV, Bilibili

If you're looking for unofficial languages, we've got those, too. We've handed out more than a dozen broadcast licenses, ranging from Bulgarian to Vietnamese, so check in with your local Dota community to find the best way to watch online.

And as always, anyone is welcome to join in on the streaming fun. We only ask that you follow our community streaming guidelines.

The International Secret Shop is once again open for business. We've got everything from mouse pads to jerseys to a real-life Toy Pudge plush, and so much more. There are two separate storefronts — We Are Nations offers both US deliveries and international deliveries, and Perfect World offers domestic China deliveries and international deliveries.

Ground-floor tickets for The International have sold out, and even arena seats are mostly gone, but there are still a few left.

For attendees:

• Your Ticketmaster ticket can be used for re-entry. Just remember to scan out as you leave so you can re-enter later in the day if you’d like.
  
• Each day of the event, you'll get a new commemorative badge with a unique code that can be registered to your Steam account for potential Crimson Witness treasure drops. (The URL for registration is on the badge.)

That's it for now. Honestly, that was a lot of information, and we're not going to lie, there might even be more on the way. But for now, don't worry about it. Just sit back, relax, and reread this blog post until you can recite it phonetically. We'll be calling everyone personally to verify you've got it memorized. You got this! Talk soon.

Patch 7.37c is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here.

The International is a celebration of Dota and the global community of players and fans who support it, providing a chance for everyone to come together and see it played at the highest possible level by the best teams in the world.

While the heart of The International is the community — everyone who makes a short film or a cosplay outfit or a T-shirt design, everyone who yells from the audience (or their couch) to cheer on their favorite team or hero — the matches they gather to watch are its core: When play begins, the focus is on the game itself and the players battling for victory.

Over the years, we've built a number of features into Dota to help celebrate these teams and players; unfortunately during that time we've seen those features increasingly being used not to showcase team or player identity, but rather to host advertisements. This year, to remove distracting elements and allow full focus on the game and the people playing it, we aren't going to have advertisements and sponsorships in-game at The International, including in team banners, base logos, and tags in player names.

We're only a few short weeks away from opening the curtain on this year's tournament. Whether you're meeting up in Denmark, or watching online, we'll see you soon.

The International doesn't just draw near. Like a supernatural clockwork carnival barker out in a dark forest, it beckons. We're two weeks away from the first games of The International Group Stage, and if you're a fan of professional esports, it's time to get excited. Floor tickets for all three days are sold out, but some arena seats are still available. Whether you've already bought your tickets or you're holding out until the last possible minute, we look forward to seeing you at Copenhagen's Royal Arena in September.

As our annual lead-up to the big event, we've just released this year's International Compendium. We even called in a favor with our newest old friend, who graciously volunteered to walk everyone through it. For those of you new to The International, the Compendium is a collection of activities and rewards focused on the players, teams, and matches in this year's tournament. Out-predict, out-fantasy, and out-bingo your friends while you watch — all while earning TI-themed rewards ranging from a new HUD to brand-new heroic effigies and a flashy new versus screen to show them off on.

Lastly, as you may have noticed by our clever introductory allusions, or by looking at the image above, or by clicking any of the links in this post, or by launching Dota before reading this, today's update also includes our newest hero: Cogliostro Kettle, The Ringmaster, has arrived. He's here, he's free, and he's available to all players right now.

But why introduce him further, when he's happy (believe us, more than happy) to introduce himself? Read on for his tragic backstory.

Patch 7.37b is out now. You can check out the patchnotes here.

Additionally, a few bugs were fixed over the last several days:

• Fixed Iron Talon being affected by spell amp and damage resistance
  
• Fixed Khanda working on illusions (now has the same behavior as Phylactery)
  
• Fixed true sight not working correctly with Bristleback's Seeing Red
  
• Fixed Crystal Maiden's Arcane Aura not having a range indicator for the 1200 proximity bonus
  
• Fixed Dark Willow being unable to be targeted by teammates while in Shadow Realm
  
• Fixed Doom's Devil's Bargain not working if he sells items via the Courier
  
• Fixed Drow Ranger's Sidestep being cancellable by issuing an attack order
  
• Fixed Earthshaker's Slugger applying the push to enemies that are alive in some rare circumstances
  
• Fixed a crash related to Enchantress' Little Friends and Tormentor
  
• Fixed Juggernaut's Level 10 Talent not applying Duelist Damage until Juggernaut dies
  
• Fixed a crash with Lone Druid when passing Neutral Items to the Spirit Bear
  
• Fixed Lone Druid's Gift Bearer rerolls not working correctly
  
• Fixed Mars' Spear of Mars sometimes failing to impale one of the targets if multiple are speared with Aghanim's Shard
  
• Fixed Medusa's Gorgon's Grasp damage being reduced by physical damage block
  
• Fixed Medusa's Gorgon's Grasp turn restriction piercing debuff immunity
  
• Fixed Morphling's Morph proccing Phylactery/Khanda on the actual hero when it is cast on an illusion
  
• Fixed Morphling's Morph proccing spell block on the actual hero when it is casted on an illusion
  
• Fixed Nyx Assassin's Mind Flare sometimes applying to multiple enemies if they are too close together, even without Level 25 Talent
  
• Fixed Pugna getting a spooky stacking buff that didn't do anything when killing an enemy with Life Drain
  
• Fixed Sniper's Take Aim self-buffs being dispellable by ally dispels
  
• Fixed Visage not gaining the damage bonus or armor reduction from Level 10/20 Talents along with the Familiars
  
• Fixed Visage's Gravekeeper's Cloak sometimes not gaining new stacks when Visage was no longer affected by Break
  
• Fixed Weaver leveling Geminate Attack after damaging enemies with a Shard upgraded Shukuchi proccing multiple attacks
  
• Fixed Windranger's Easy Breezy movement speed not working correctly when using Force Boots

Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused input lag for a number of seconds
  
• Fixed auras not applying correctly if the match duration goes for too long (applies to multiple damage instances of Doom, etc.)
  
• Fixed cooldown reduction sometimes not working properly when decrementing by very small values (Staff of the Scion, etc.)
  
• Fixed melee damage block sometimes not blocking any damage
  
• Fixed Bloodstone's tooltip not showing the provided Mana Regeneration
  
• Fixed Ironwood Tree not being purchasable in demo mode
  
• Fixed Mirror Shield blocking spells while on cooldown when Lotus Orb is active.
  
• Fixed Unwavering Condition causing a crash
  
• Fixed Alchemist Unstable Concoction not being usable on Spirit Bear
  
• Fixed Bane's overlap of Nightmare and Fiend's Grip having a brief window where abilities without cast points were castable
  
• Fixed Beastmaster Drums of Slom not working correctly when Beastmaster illusions are present
  
• Fixed Bloodseeker's Bloodrush facet crediting Bloodseeker with erroneous assists
  
• Fixed Bristleback's Seeing Red facet causing the visual effect to stack indefinitely
  
• Fixed Clockwerk's Cog having an erroneous Leash tooltip
  
• Fixed Death Prophet exorcism targeting outposts
  
• Fixed Drow Ranger casting Glacier interrupting Multishot with the Sidestep facet
  
• Fixed Elder Titan's Tip the Scales effect not working on towers that were invulnerable due to the corresponding previous tier tower still being alive
  
• Fixed Elder Titan's Tip the Scales effect not working while Elder Titan was dead
  
• Fixed Ember Spirit not being able to level all talents
  
• Fixed Hoodwink's Acorn Shot not being reflectable from heroes with no projectile
  
• Fixed Jakiro's Liquid Frost occasionally dealing extra damage from Blood Grenade damage over time
  
• Fixed Kunkka's Ghostship not using the "Prize of the Saltworn Mariner" immortal effect when Kunkka has an Aghanim's Scepter
  
• Fixed Lifestealer's Ghoul Frenzy not being fully breakable
  
• Fixed Lina not being able to level all talents
  
• Fixed Leshrac's Diabolic Edict sometimes dealing less damage than expected
  
• Fixed Lone Druid able to receive more destruction gold from Philosopher's Stone
  
• Fixed Lone Druid's Spirit Bear values not matching the tooltip values
  
• Fixed Lone Druid's Demolish and Entangling Claws abilities not displaying their levels accurately
  
• Fixed Luna's Lunar Blessing tooltip sometimes causing a client crash
  
• Fixed Mars Dauntless working against (or with) Illusions
  
• Fixed Nature's Prophet Curse of the Oldgrowth damage over time being inconsistent with Ironwood Treants facet
  
• Fixed Nature Prophet's Spirit of the Forest tooltip not displaying the 5th level
  
• Fixed Ogre Magi multicasting 3x and 4x before getting the second and third level of the skill
  
• Fixed Omniknight's Repel missing Voice Responses
  
• Fixed Phantom Lancer's Illusory Armaments Innate giving infinite damage
  
• Fixed Phantom Lancer's Illusory Armaments Innate giving zero damage
  
• Fixed Razor's Dynamo sometimes granting the wrong amount of spell amplification
  
• Fixed Rubick not applying Death Rime damage when stealing Ancient Apparition's spells
  
• Fixed Rubick crash that occurred when a stolen Ghost Ship spell expired right before reaching its destination
  
• Fixed Sand King Stinger not being stealable
  
• Fixed Skywrath Mage level 15 talent not being updated to Concussive Shot slow
  
• Fixed Snapfire Lil' Shredder dealing less damage than intended with critical strikes
  
• Fixed Sniper's Headshot tooltip incorrectly stating that it works on allied creeps
  
• Fixed Spectre Reality sound being inaudible to the enemy if she teleports to a location hidden in fog of war
  
• Fixed Spirit Breaker's Planar Pocket spell redirection for abilities that sought new targets during redirection, causing unintended extra damage in the whole area
  
• Fixed Techies' Blast Off! Self Damage tooltip not reflecting the correct damage type
  
• Fixed Tiny's Toss not triggering Phylactery when the tossed target is the same as the primary target
  
• Fixed Troll Warlord's Berserker's Rage dealing damage to himself
  
• Fixed Venomancer Plague carrier not respecting Disable Help
  
• Fixed Visage's Lurker tooltip using the term 'Cooldown Reduction' instead of 'Cooldown Acceleration'

Since patch 7.36 affected basically every hero in the game, it's no surprise that 7.37 is mostly focused on getting the playing field leveled again. A bunch of heroes are getting new innates and facets, and there's even a rework of Medusa. 7.37 also includes more informative tooltips, which should give you a better moment-to-moment understanding of all the variables that go into murdering someone in a forest. Check out the patch notes here!

June has come and, as it tends to do, now left us, probably forever. You'd be forgiven for forgetting all about crowns and them falling dramatically from the heads of fantasy birds and just enjoying your summer — slowing down, taking it easy, having a picnic at the beach or just napping for a while in a hammock. Well, we hope you enjoyed it, because July has come roaring into all of our lives, and with it, Crownfall Act III: The Frosts of Icewrack. In fact, the lazy, meandering intro to this blog post is probably all the lounging around your poor eyeballs are going to get. Even as this June-esque paragraph winds its way towards a rambling sun-dappled conclusion, Act III is ramping up, July-like, to be the most eventful act yet.

Act III comes with an entirely new overworld map, located in the frigid north. It has mysteries, no small number of monsters, quite a bit of snow, and one hell of a barroom brawl. (And, as always, some surprises you'll have to find on your own.) Act III also comes with the Crownfall Collector's Cache, featuring 16 of the highest-rated sets from the last community vote.

If you've been playing along through Crownfall as each act releases and want to jump right in to the new Act III content, you can start with Act III's intro comic, The Dragon, following Shen and her allies as they land in Icewrack, searching for Kestrel and his army. If you want a refresher on how we got here, you can also read the Act I intro comic, Ascension Day, and the Act II intro, The Battle of Hell's Basin.

If you're just joining in now, this is your reminder that all of the previous acts are still available, and will remain so through to the end of Crownfall. Speaking of which, given how much the event has grown since we initially imagined it (and how much its still growing), we've also decided to extend the event end date to October.

We're looking forward to the final battle with Queen Imperia. We'll see you there.