As far as MOBA games go, choosing which hero to play wins 50% of your game. Countering your opponent’s hero pick is as important as countering them on the battlefield. Every role in the game has to be fulfilled by a specific hero.
Some heroes are selected because of their immense versatility- few heroes are played to conquer the opponents later in the game after hardcore training or sometimes played in a completely opposite manner, helping and healing your carries when they are weak and vulnerable.
Amidst all the intense fights, some heroes are just picked because they are fun to play.
Here is the list of the top 5 all-time most chosen Dota 2 heroes.
#5 Juggernaut
Yurnero, the Juggernaut is one of the hardcore carries in the game. The Juggernaut is an agility based hero who is as swift as he is unpredictable. He is quite strong in the laning phase, his versatility comes from the first two skills, Bladefury and healing ward.
While with Bladefury, he can be aggressive and take down any off-laner who comes in his way, the healing ward helps him to survive tough lanes, so he can farm even through aggressive tri-lanes or go back to his jungle killing neutral creeps, stacking up his gold.
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Juggernaut is a core carry because after gathering up some gold, his sword with his swiftness can be lethal. There is no running away from his ultimate move as Omnislash kills every hero who dares to show himself in front of the Juggernaut.
Juggernaut has a pick rate of 20.63%, a win rate of 50.58% and a KDA ratio of 2.46.
#4 Invoker
Kael (or Carl) is one of the most versatile heroes ever created in the game. He has the essence of the storm, the heart of the blizzard and the soul of the phoenix. You can learn how to play Invoker only once you have mastered the game, but mastering Invoker will take you to a whole new level of gameplay.
His versatility comes from his spells. While most heroes are constrained to a maximum of 4 to 5 spells, invoker has an immense pool of 10 spells, each deadlier than its predecessor.
What brings Invoker to the 4th position is that the hero is fun to play, and when mastered, he can be used to dominate every game, countering all kinds of heroes, because of his ability to adjust to every situation that is thrown at him.
Invoker has a pick rate of 20.63%, a win rate of 46.32% and a KDA ratio of 2.82.
#3 Sniper
Sniper is another fun-to-play hero with all his quirky comments and fun abilities to work around with. Kardel Sharpeye, the Sniper, has a high pick rate in Dota 2 because in spite of being an easy target, the little shooter has the ability to pick off kills left, right and centre in every game.
No hero can run away from a fight against Sniper with low health, as they will surely die every time when sniper hits “R” to assassinate. The agility based hero has a unique attack range of 550+400, which cannot be matched by any other hero in the game.
The hardcore carry needs a lot of gold to be dangerous as the game progresses, but if played well, then Sniper, with the help of “shrapnel” and “take aim” can bring down the mightiest of heroes in the game.
Sniper has a pick rate of 23.65%, a win rate of 49.73% and a KDA ratio of 2.6.
#2 Phantom Assassin
Phantom Assassin or Mortred makes the game look easy. An easy to play carry, Phantom Assassin is picked in almost all games because of her great potential to win games that look unwinnable.
Phantom Assassin, even with limited items can run down and destroy enemy heroes with ease. With attractive skills like blink and blur, it’s almost impossible to kill the assassin early in the game.
Her ultimate ability is lethal as it allows her to hit critical strikes which are 4.5 times more damaging than her normal hits, making her unstoppable if not contained at the right time. However, the hero scales down later in the game when counter items are picked by the opponent team.
It is mandatory to push towers and destroy the ancient as early as possible to win the game when your only carry is Phantom Assassin.
Phantom Assassin has a pick rate of 24.42%, a win rate of 49.28% and a KDA ratio of 2.55.
#1 Pudge
Pudge, the butcher is the most picked hero in the game.
This hero has been picked over 400 million times already and can be arguably called as one of the most fun heroes in the game. His unique ability to hook an enemy (or ally) towards himself and chop off is fun to do, the manoeuvre is a little difficult to pull off but can turn any fight on its head.
The popularity of this hero might be because of the satisfaction of pulling off a hook being immense or it might even be because of Daniel ‘Dendi’ Ishutin, a legend of the game, whose favourite character is Pudge.
People from all over the world try to imitate Dendi’s playstyle with Pudge and this has also certainly inspired the hero’s popularity.
Pudge roams around in the map all game looking for kills and heaps up his strength which makes him stronger as the game goes on. Mastering this hero will help you go past the ranks with ease.
Pudge has a pick rate of 32.22%, a win rate of 50.25% and a KDA ratio of 2.4.
