In TI8, that means picking the team with the lowest chance of getting out of group stage (or, if they DO get through, they get bounced in a BO1 immediately thereafter). According to Open Dota's ELO rankings, Serenity has BY FAR the lowest of any TI team. So I already lean heavily toward this team, but it gets even more compelling. The International 2018 – TI8 – is now the eighth edition of the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year. It is also the final of the long esports season and here the best Dota 2 team of the season will be found. It is the first year in which the Pro Circuit Points (hereinafter referred to as PCP) come into play.

The International 2018 meta starts to take shape after just one day of matches in the group stage. At the end of forty games there is a handful of heroes that stand out in terms of picks and bans and most likely they don’t match the majority of predictions.

Most picked hero: Wraith King

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– Picked: 20 games
– Banned: 11 games
– Wins: 7
– Losses: 13
– Win rate: 35%

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Wraith King was promoted to first pick material yesterday and it’s been used mostly in the offlane. Although his sudden popularity took the analysts and the Dota 2 fans by surprise, him becoming a top priority for the competitive scene at the most important tournament of the year makes sense. Wraith King’s Vampiric Aura and his ability to summon a small army of skeletons makes him extremely versatile. He provides a good amount of life steal in the team fights, he is a good sieging tool and a great space creator, he can burst down a hero with his 2 seconds stun duration and the extra damage coming from the skeletons and past level six he can reincarnate. So, all in all, he is a great deal.

While most of the teams preferred to place WK in the offlane, Vici Gaming and PSG.LGD used it as a support as well, but, unfortunately, neither of these two teams had successful attempts with that specific idea. WK brought mixed results for PSG.LGD who won one game with it in the offlane, but lost with him in the support role. The Chinese teams seemed to be the more open to try the hero in different roles. VGJ. Thunder, for instance, ran the Skeleton King in the carry position, Liu “Sylar” Jiajun going for an aggressive built, Armlet – Blink Dagger – Heaven’s Halberd.

Hot picks:

– Vengeful Spirit: 18 games
– Crystal Maiden: 16 games
– Weaver: 16 games

Most banned hero: Enchantress

– Banned: 30 games
– Ban rate: 75.00%
– Picked: 7 games
– Win rate: 85,71%

While none of the Dota 2 personalities who shared their TI8 prediction foresaw the Wraith King resurgence, Grant “GranDGranT” Harris, Trent “TrentPax” MacKenzie, Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg, Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov and Janne “Gorgc” Stefanovski placed Enchantress in the most banned hero category.

From her 30 bans in total on day one, Enchantress was denied in the first round of bans 28 times. And from the 7 times she made it into a game, she was first pick material 5 times.

Having very similar attributes to WK, strong AoE heal, good sieging tools, durable and with nuke potential, but level six dependent, Enchantress was played in the offlane with only one exception. OG’s Johan “N0tail” Sundstein played it once the support five position.

Hot bans:

Dota 2 Ti8 Predictions

– Necrophos: 28 games
– Silencer: 26 games
– Io: 24 games

Untouched heroes

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Another surprise at the end of the first day in the TI8 group stage matches is the total absence of Sand King, Jakiro and Naga Siren from the drafts. These three, along with other 18 heroes have never been the subject of a pick or a ban, despite being some of the most utilized during the DPC season.

There are three more days left for all these heroes to make it into the TI8 group stage drafts and we are looking forward to see how the Main Event meta is going to evolve.

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With the qualifiers for the Dota 2 The International 2018 tournament in full-swing, Valve is here with the Qualifier Predictions for the Battle Pass. Those of you who have been on the lookout for ways to get their hands on some quick and easy Battle Pass Points, this might be your best bet. Log into Dota 2 to find out more.

Qualifier predictions have been added to the Battle Pass in today’s update

— DOTA 2 (@DOTA2) June 19, 2018

The now-live Qualifier Predictions page in Dota 2 allows Battle Pass owners to not only make predictions about the ongoing TI8 qualifiers but also get Battle Pass Points for getting an accurate prediction. With 500 points for each accurate prediction, players can accumulate up to 5000 maximum points. This means a total of five full levels can make made from these predictions. For more details, check out the image below:

In related news, the developers have also released an update for Dota 2 which includes some new changes. For more details on the all-new Dota 2 Update, check out the complete patch notes below:

Battle Pass

Qualifier Predictions

• You can now predict who is going to win the TI8 Qualifiers for Battle Points. 5000 Points Locks in 24 hours

Other

• Disabled in-game predictions being active for the Qualifier games.

Underhollow

Gameplay

• Hero Selection time lowered from 60 seconds to 30 seconds.
• Fixed being able to assemble Heart of Tarrasque.
• Fixed an issue where the loot would sometimes not be accessible.

UI Updates

• Fixed the team position text to read correctly. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and etc

String Updates

• Updated Pre-Game tooltip to read that you are both silenced and muted until the game begins instead of only reading a silenced.

Sound Updates

• Updated the volume levels of various sounds in the game mode.
• Fixed an issue with the sound on pendulum swings.

Other

• Fixed Emoticons not being granted for winning Underhollow.

UI Updates

Play Tab

• The Play Tab now has a new display for Custom Lobbies. You can directly press ‘Create’ or ‘Browse’ to access those tabs.

Notifications

• Added a new notification to let users know that the TI8 Qualifier Predictions have been added.

In-Game

• Fixed an issue where sometimes icons in the inventory might get squished.

String Updates

Tooltip Updates

Dota Predictions

• Fixed the Sentry Ward duration tooltip being 4 minutes instead of 6.

Localization

• Rich Presence support for Dota content on the Steam client enabled for various languages.

Model Updates

• Necrophos animation set has been slightly updated and a couple of cosmetics have been tweaked to adjust to these changes.

Update 2

• Seems to have fixed the notification tab link not working correctly.

Hopefully, with the developers making changes to the game, we will be receiving the Immortal Treasure II in Dota 2 very soon. However, on a personal note, I believe the update for the second Battle Pass treasure will be coming on Thursday, 21 June 2018. But this is just my prediction.