It won't be long before the anniversary of Dota 2: 10 years. During this time, fans have seen a huge number of amazing matches. Here are ten of the best.

The memory of these games will never die

Over the past 10 years, Dota 2 has given us a huge number of incredible matches, not only in its history, but in the entire history of esports. Some of them evoked very strange feelings and emotions that cannot be explained in words. In these matches, which often lasted an hour or more, a single mistake by one player could lead to the loss of the entire team at once.

Every year, Team Secret go to The International with the highest hopes. In theory, the team has everything to win the main Dota 2 tournament. However, this turned out to be only on paper.

In 2019, it looked like Team Secret would definitely win the tournament this time around. Especially after they finished the group stage in 2nd place in their group, only two points behind the first. Unfortunately, after that, things didn't go the way everyone initially thought. As a result, they first lost to Evil Genuises 2-1 in the upper bracket. Then, they got into the lower bracket, where they met with Mineski.

According to the meeting Team Secret and Mineski, the former greatly underestimated the team from Southeast Asia. This was their main mistake, as everyone knows very well that the meta in this region is extremely unpredictable. After a perfect performance by Team Secret on the first map, the players seem to have decided that the second map will go in the same manner. However, everything turned out to be exactly the opposite. The second map was left for Mineski, although Team Secret were very close to winning it.

Team Liquid vs PSG.LGD. Second card. The International 2019, lower bracket final.

When The International 2019 began to come to an end, more and more people began to claim that TI19 looks exactly the same as last year's tournament. OG sent PSG.LGD to the bottom grid. Unfortunately, they never made it to the final.

On the The International 2018, PSG.LGD made their way to the grand final through the lower bracket, and there, they did not lose a single game.

In the case of the match against Team Liquid, PSG.LGD looked very confident on the first map, which they won. However, Team Liquid also had every chance of winning the first map. Of course, all the fans, and especially the spectators from the China region, expected revenge for last year's defeat in the grand final.

It seemed to people that according to all the canons of justice, PSG.LGD should have won this meeting. PSG.LGD were one step away from the coveted victory in the second map and the whole match, however, due to the phenomenal defensive play of Team Liquid, PSG.LGD lost the chances of winning after two epic teamfights.

OG vs Evil Geniuses. Third card. The International 2018, the second round of the upper bracket.

It was perhaps the most anticipated match on The International 2018. This game was especially interesting because Fly, captain Evil Geniuses, a year earlier played for OG. On the first map, OG played their very aggressive game, which allowed them to win without much difficulty EG on the first map.

On the second map, EG decided to focus on mass fights.As a result, they managed to impose on OG their game and give the audience one of the most beautiful matches in the history of Dota 2.

On the third map, EG, for some reason, took a very similar peak, as on the second map. At the same time, OG decided to bet on their main Carrie, ANA, and his most powerful heroes: Spectre. Although OG played EG by the number of murders throughout the game, they were able to prevent the farm of the main Carrie enemy. ArteezyAnd win in this match.

Og vs psg.lgd. The fourth card. The International 2018, Grand Final.

Before the beginning The International 2018, I could never even think that OG would win this tournament. Everyone considered them a weak team that would take 12th place at best.

OG and PSG.LGD have already met at this tournament earlier. As a result of their first meeting, PSG.LGD went the lower grid. The final of the lower grid and the Grand finals are held on the same day, so the team that got to the Grand Final from the lower grid is usually more tired than their enemy.

This was definitely visible on the first map. OG won the first card in just 34 minutes. But after that, PSG.LGD took the bull by the horns and won two cards in a row, leaving OG no chance.

The fourth card could become the latter for OG. To lose the fourth card meant that they would take second place. This card turned out to be very difficult for both teams, and the most long in this series. After 45 minutes of the grueling game, which, by the way, OG was very lost, they still managed to hold a successful fight in the center of the card, and win this round.

It was evident that everything went wrong as OG planned, and as a result, only one player from the OG team remained on the path of PSG. Then, one of the most epic moments in the history of the professional scene Dota 2 occurred: CEB managed to catch three PSG players at once in Berserker’s CallWhat allowed OG to win the game.

Evil Geniuses vs Wings. The first card. DAC 2017, the first round of the lower grid.

Two of the strongest teams in 2017 found themselves in a situation that no one can imagine, given the previous merits of the teams. Their fate was to decide in just one card. Both teams laid out to the full so as not to be overboard.

The peaks of both teams were focused on mass fights. And on this map there were one of the most beautiful fights in the history of Dota 2. Some fights of 5×5 turned into mini-collars 1×1, 2×2 or 2×3. Commentators had to view 2-3 fights at once.

Both teams showed great respect for each other. So after a fight, there was an intermary, during which and EG, and Wings They went to farm. It was evident that the teams wanted to figure it out like a man, although they had the opportunity to go to fluff. An hour later, EG finally managed to break through the Wings wall, Centaur Warrunnerwho did not have a baibek. So the throne of the team fell Wings Gaming.

Evil Geniuses vs Ehome. The first card. The International 2016, the semi -final of the upper grid.

Before The International 2017, EG They were able to occupy TOP3 three times in the largest Dota 2 tournaments 2. But the victory of the team in the semifinals of the upper grid The International 2016, definitely, turned out to be one of the most memorable and impressive victories in 2016.

On the first map in the match against Ehome, Eg were on the verge of losing to their enemy. Having destroyed all the huts of the team from the North American region and, together with the wave-mega-crites heading to the EG base, they were able to fight off EHOME.

EG had only a few seconds to rest and make the next decision. They used their dagons and made the last attempt to finish the game. The decisive fight passed near the Ehome base and, by some miracle, the North American team managed to kill all five Ehome players, including the “old chicken”, which tried to demolish the EG shades.

With the defeat of the forces of darkness, EG finished the first card as winners, and their Comeback at the very end became one of the most memorable moments in many years of competitive tournaments in Dota 2. After that, they won the following two cards, not leaving Ehome a single chance.

Evil Geniuses VS Digital Chaos. The third card. The International 2016, the final of the lower grid.

Two teams took part in the North American match of the year, which fell into the lower mesh forces Wings Gaming.

Winner The International 2015, EG, were a favorite in this confrontation. Everyone believed that for Digital Chaos This game will be the last in the tournament.

However, everything went completely different, and DC We won the first card very confidently. The second card turned out to be very chaotic for events, but EG still managed to win.

EG knew that if they could not quickly adapt to the style of the Digital Chaos game, then they would just fly out of the tournament. Therefore, they decided to play an extremely aggressive and risky game, while DC hit the splitpush, methodically destroying the tower behind the tower.

The splitpush began to bear fruit after the thirtieth minute, when DC also began to win fights. EG slowly lost control of the situation and began to make many mistakes. At the same time, Digital Chaos showed simply a phenomena-only and well-coordinated team game, which allowed them to win the third card and go to the Grand Final.

Vici Gaming VS Team Secret. The first card. DAC 2015, the first round of the upper grid.

Secret has always been considered the power to be reckoned with. Such a reputation has developed thanks to honed peaks and a coordinated game. As of 2015, the composition of this team cannot be called only “starry”. It consisted of Arteezy and S4as well as from legendary players Navi: Kuroky and PUPPEY. However, this team was constantly pursued by some kind of curse that caused them a bunch of problems at the very end of the games.

On paper, Secret looked like a very strong team, especially at the early stage of the game. For the late game, they had a bunch of a ligament Tiny+Io. At least in the match against Vici Gaming Everything went wrong Team Secret Initially planned: they were very far behind the number of killed heroes, but the power of the split soon began to show themselves.

Secret destroyed all Vici Gaming barracks, and then the waves of megacripes climbed. Everything indicated that Vici Gaming was about to lose this game, but they managed to perform one of the most incredible Muvs in the history of Dota 2.This allowed them to defend their base and win the game.

Alliance vs Cloud9. Second card. ESL One Frankfurt 2014, quarter-finals.

Though Cloud9 never managed to win this major tournament, and 2014 was their most successful season since the team's existence, their roster was one of the most popular in the Dota 2 competitive environment.

Under the direction of Jackie EternaLEnVy Mao, Cloud9 had a huge number of amazing games, and the match against Alliance, ESL One Frankfurt 2014 was no exception.

Despite the fact that Cloud9 were confidently leading on the second map throughout the game, they still failed to break through Alliance's defenses. In this meeting Henrik AdmiralBulldog Anberg showed the highest level of play on Nature's Prophet throughout his entire career. Unable to handle the constant bot/top split push, C9 tried to counter-attack the mid lane. But this turned out to be their fatal mistake, which led to the victory of Alliance and the elimination of Cloud9 from the tournament.

Alliance vs Na'Vi. Fifth card. The International 2013, grand final.

Almost everyone who has ever played Dota 2 knows about this game, and there are many reasons for this. This grand final was the only one in the history of the series tournaments. The International, in which everything was decided on the decisive fifth map.

Tournament favorites Alliance faced off for the first time with what was considered the best team of all time. From the very beginning it was clear that both teams want to solve everything as soon as possible. This was evident from the strategy of both teams: and Alliance, and Na'Vi focused on push.

As soon as Na'Vi began to enter the high ground with their pick focused more on mass fights, Alliance slowly approached the enemy base, instead of defending their own base. In fact, things worked out for the Na'Vi in the best way, since in case of emergency, they could simply teleport to their base. And now, that moment has come.

Every time Na'Vi tried to teleport to their base, Akke and s4 managed to interrupt the teleport of at least two Na'Vi players. After they managed to do it a third time, the Na'Vi just watched their base being slowly destroyed. This game went down in the history of Dota 2 as a perfect example of split-pushing, or, as the players themselves call this tactic, “Rat Dota”.