Dota Underlords: New Heroes and Alliances

The Dota Underlords beta is out for TI9 Battle Pass owners. This is a standalone Auto Chess game with a mod from Drodo Studios. Dota Underlords has a lot of differences compared to the original Dota Auto Chess, including changes to the interface. The most obvious difference right now is the appearance of 4 new heroes, as well as changes in the race and class of the pieces.

New Heroes

(1) Arc Warden: Primordial – Shaman (3 gold)

Arc Warden with Tempest Double never appeared in Dota Auto Chess. Dota Underlords has a slot for each hero, so any item Arc Warden is holding will be used by the Tempest Double. ‘Primordial’ in Dota Underlords is similar to ‘Elemental’ in Dota Auto Chess, however Primordial’s effect is slightly different (it disarms other heroes instead of turning them to stone).

Potential: Arc Warden 2 or higher does a lot of damage, and along with another Shaman like Shadow Shaman or Disruptor, can instantly disable an opposing hero. However, the 1-star Arc Warden is not really useful if you don’t use Tempest Double before you die.

(2) Bloodseeker: Human – Assassin (1 gold)

Bloodseeker in Dota Underlords is a bit like Huskar in Dota 2. This hero loses HP and gains attack speed thanks to Bloodrage. Killing will help the hero survive, but if disabled or prevented from getting kills, Bloodseeker will be very weak.

Potential: Bloodseeker can be strong early game, but unlikely to survive later. Along with a few other Assassins, this hero can deal a lot of damage early game.

(3) Pudge: Heartless – Warrior (2 gold)

The ‘Heartless’ race is similar to the ‘Undead’ in Dota Auto Chess. Pudge pulls the enemy hero furthest towards him and all allies 1 cell away from Pudge will attack this piece.

Potential: Pudge has a lot of HP, so can make tanks strong in the front. As a Warrior, Pudge also gains additional armor if played with 2 or more Warriors. In addition, Pudge will hook the Drow Rangers and Sniper (usually standing in the corner) close and handle them.

(4) Warlock: Blood-bound – Warlock (1 gold)

Warlock introduces a new race – Blood-bound. The only hero with this race is Ogre Magi. We’ll go into this race in depth below.

Potential: Warlock is a strong early game, especially when paired with Ogre Magi. Warlock has the ability to both attack and defend Shadow Word, similar to Dota 2.

The Alliance

‘Alliance’ is the term used in Dota Underlords for races and classes. Most of them keep the same Dota Auto Chess, but change some names and now Dota Underlords has a new race.

– Assassins: Same as before
– Blood-bound: New
– Brawny: Orc from Dota Auto Chess
– Deadeye: Dwarf from Dota Auto Chess
– Demon: Same as before
– Demon Hunter: Same as before
– Dragon: Same as before
– Druid: Same as before
– Elusive: Elves from Dota Auto Chess
– Heartless: Undead from Dota Auto Chess
– Human: Same as before
– Hunter: Same as before
– Inventor: Mech from Dota Auto Chess
– Knight: Same as before
– Mage: Same as before
– Primordial: Elemental from Dota Auto Chess
– Savage: Beast from Dota Auto Chess
– Scaled: Naga from Dota Auto Chess
– Scrappy: Goblin from Dota Auto Chess
– Shaman: Same as before
– Troll: Same as before
– Warlock: Same as before
– Warrior: Same as before

Blood-bound

Blood-bound is the new race in Dota Underlords. Here are the details:

When a Blood-bound unit dies, all other Blood-bound units deal 100% additional damage.

The requirement here forces you to sacrifice the right pieces to make the rest stronger. Looks like Swim knows how to promote this Alliance!

Beta will be open to everyone next week. It is highly likely that Valve will add instructions as well as information about ranked season. Dota Underlords says new seasons will feature new heroes, and the game won’t rotate too many heroes at once (reducing chance of chance) and combine multiple heroes to create new metas.