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Customs Games and DotA has always been together as far as I remember. Even Modded Maps in Dota1 was fun to play. A lot of people asked me about the purpose of playing custom games. There are 2 reasons why should play Custom games. The reason obviously is to have fun, if you are tired to grind your MMR but not tired enough and want to play some Dota, go to custom games. Custom games have nothing to do with your MMR or Skill bracket, it does not affect your gameplay either. It is purely here to give you some laugh (Unless you are that guy who likes to be a "TRYHARD" even in Turbo or custom). Another reason to play custom games is to improve your skill. Custom games are nothing like your regular normal games or ranked games yet you get the opportunity to use the DotA2 heroes and items in a different way. It's like exploring totally new games while you are familiar with the characters.
Does Custom Games help you improve your skill? They certainly do. Try "Pure Reflex" and let me know if it helps with your reflex and reaction time or not.
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#1 Overthrow
In the early stages when Custom Games were still evolving, Overthrow served as the path-finder and it probably still does. Overthrow has a massive player base and it is one of the most played Custom Mode in Dota2. Pudge Wars is probably the second most played Custom Game in Dota2.
All heroes and items are available in Overthrow and they are in their normal state except for little changes to keep the game balanced. But just like any other games, you'd like to play Overthrow in a party because you don't want someone to feed and then disconnect. It is like a battle royale of Dota2 as you fight to snatch the coins or item drops. You're free to slay anyone that is not in your team. Want to play battle royale with Dota2 heroes and items? Install Overthrow today.
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#2 Pudge Wars
Do you know what is a classic Custom Game in Dota2? Pudge Wars. Not just now but Pudge Wars existed since Dota1. 5 pudge in each team waiting on both sides of the river to hook each other. If you land a hook, you get the kill. Pudge wars is a very simple yet very addictive game. Every hook gets you a kill, both team tries to dodge each other's hooks and hook the enemies. Whoever reaches the goal amount of kills first, wins. The goal is to get 100 kills before your enemies do. There is a shop on both side of the river where you can go to and buy items such as Blademail, Octarine core, Boots of travel for extra movement speed, Atos to secure your hook or force staff to dodge the hooks. Every pudge has 3 other skill than just their hook, you can use puck's phase shift to dodge a hook or Meepo's root to root your enemy. Your ultimate is Tinker's ultimate, you can refresh instantly and hook again.
#3 Dota Run
Dota Run is a game that you can play with your buddies or solo as everyone here is out for themselves. But if there is a party playing together and you join them alone, chances are you are going to be everyone's primary target. Dota Run is as simple as the name, all you need to do is run and reach the last point of the race track. Everything else is just the filler of the game. You gain different spells and items while running on the track by stepping on the stone platforms you see on the track. Everyone will get different spells and items from the platforms. You can use the items and spells on yourself to go ahead of the enemies or you can use the items to slow your enemies down. Note that every hero in Dota Run has the same movement speed so it does not really matter which hero you are picking as all of them will gain random spells from the platforms.
#4 Skillshot Wars
Skillshot Wars is definitely your game if you are wanting to test your skills. Meet players in a 5v5 battle arena, you are equipped with 4 hard to land abilities such as Sunstrike, Hook or Mirana's arrow. Fight against your enemies and the first team to reach the goal of total kills will win the match. While solo kills are very much possible with multiple skill combo, teamwork is a great thing in this game. Mirana arrow ensures a Sunstrike hit, communicate properly and you can Sunstrike any enemy on the map 5 times and kill them.
#5 Pure Reflex
Want to test your reflex, reaction time and skill? Pure reflex is your game. You get defensive and aggressive spells in the game. Players are divided into 2 teams. Each hero will have 5 spells, Templar Assassin's Refraction, Phantom Assassin's Blink Strike and Dagger, Magnus' Shockwave or you can turn yourself into a stone remnant to dodge the attacks. Refraction and remnant are to dodge enemy attacks, Blink Strike, dagger and shockwave is to attack the enemy. Getting hit by any spell once will kill you. Even attacking an enemy once with right click will instantly kill them. The spells have either no cooldown or a very less cooldown. Jump in with your friends and test your skills and reflex in this breathtaking custom game.
