Dotabuff.com – detailed Dota 2 statistics
Maksym YushytsynThe site Dotabuff.com is a vast database regarding the latest DotA 2 news and practically all the statistics of the world of this game. The site contains schedules of the main DotA 2 tournaments, rating of the teams, results of the recent battles and many other things. Visiting the site for the first time, all the information is given in English, but it is easy to fix. There is a menu of choosing a language with seventeen options in the bottom left-hand corner. Do not hesitate to select the necessary language and learn the statistics.
Besides, on the main page of Dotabuff.com there are the latest articles concerning gaming process, held tournaments and also they contain useful tips on choosing armour, weapons and many other important items for ardent Dota 2 fans.
Also we should emphasize that there is a search line where you can type any query regarding the game.
Besides, users can sign up and enter the site with their accounts. This function provides the users with an opportunity to leave comments on different events of the site.
The site Dotabuff.com has enchanting design using black style with some blues speckles.
On the site, there are sections at the top, pointing the mouse cursor there you can see names of sub-sections.
Section «Professional season» (Dota Pro Circuit)
The first section of Dotabuff.com contains the following sub-section which appear when you point to them:
- Pro Circuit – the sub-section represents a bracket with 12 teams, but not so detailed as the next sub-item;
- Team standings – there appears a table with ten first team with the last matches of leaders at the main part of the screen. If you press + in the top right-hand corner, there will appear a list of the best teams up to the 38 place;
- Schedule – schedule of the upcoming tournaments;
- Events – there are matches and results of Minor and Major tournaments in this sub-section;
- 2017-2018 Season – in this part you can get familiar with ratings of the teams and players in the previous season.
Esports
Esports is the second sub-section of Dotabuff.com where we can see different information about the best Dota 2 teams. There are the following points:
- Esports – general information about the most popular Dota 2 teams at the moment and also the latest matches of the tournament;
- Clips – new ability to watch the uploaded videos which last up to one minute. There are the best game moments with sound accompaniment in the videos;
- Series – planned Dota 2 broadcasts between different teams with time and accurate dates of streams. You can set region, type of the meeting, status of the series and also quality of the league;
- Scores – results of the meetings which have already been held between players and teams with an ability to watch the battle tape;
- Dota 2 leagues – here you can search for the league in which you want to follow the teams or the battle you want to watch. Also in the right-hand part of the screen while entering the sub-section, you can compare prize pools of tournaments as the tournaments are represented in order depending on the sum of the prize money. You can choose tournaments of different types: premium,professional, or amateur;
- Players – there is a list of the most popular players, quantity of held battles, victory percentage, quantity of gold in a minute, quantity of experience in a minute, duration, and also the date of holding the latest game of the user. The menu lets to separate the lists in the way where the players could follow any sequence depending on the parameters. Also in the right sidebar you can choose showing of any date during the whole time, or in the last 90 days;
- Teams – in this sub-section there are the same functions as in the previous one, but concerning teams, but not players. However here we have one more point, which is unavailable at the previous one (due to the obvious reason) - odds «KDA» («kills/deaths/assists»);
- Dota 2 matches – here you can choose matches depending on the region and duration. After the choice of these two parameters, you can see all the recent matches of this region and duration for the last on-screen.
Heroes
On Dotabuff.com there is information regarding statistics of picks, usage and achievements of heroes of the game Dota 2.
- All heroes – there all the possible heroes represented with their avatars for choosing in Dota 2;
- Meta – all the statistics data of meta heroes is represented. You can choose the order of heroes depending on picks and wins, rating, region, line, side, month;
- Diagrams – it shows the biggest and smallest percent of losses and wins of heroes depending on the chosen period of time: a week, a month, three months, half a year and a year;
- Lanes – characteristics of Heroes are represented (presence, win rate, gold in a minute, experience in a minute) depending on the line (mid, off, safe, jungle, roaming);
- Played matches – you can follow the played matches by each of Heroes in five periods of time (a month, three months, a year and for all the time). Moreover, you can see the statistics of the played matches depending on the rating season;
- Win rate – the same indicators as in the previous section but only for win rate. There is win rate, pick rate and the ratio kills/deaths/assists;
- Game impact – the same things as in the previous section adding match duration;
- Economy – indicators «gold per a minute», «experience per a minute» with the same options of time periods as in the previous points;
- Farm – rating of Heroes with last hits in ten minutes and denies for the same period of time;
- Damage and healing – indicators «hero damage per a minute», «healing per a minute» and also «tower damage per a minute».
Items
This section concerns usage and effectivity of different items in Dota 2. It contains the following sub-sections:
- Most Used – apart from the quantity of usage of each item, there the indicators of times they were used and win rate are present;
- Win rate – the ratio of wins and usage of an item is calculated here;
- Game impact – ratio of kills/deaths/assists;
- Economy – gold per a minute, experience per a minute;
- Cosmetics – this sub-section is in the beta mode (is being developed).
Players
This section of the site Dotabuff.com contains six sub-sections:
- Rating of the verified players – there are links to the accounts of players on social media. There is an option of choosing players by popularity, matches played, win rate and time played;
- Ranked leaderboard – new point. It represents five hundred best position in solo rating of Dota players. There are roles and lanes of the player, win rate, matches (including the date of the last match), region, and also links to the account on social media;
- Achievements – parameters «arbitrary points», completed tasks and quantity of matches;
- Highest win rate (of a player);
- Played matches (of a player);
- Time spent playing (total time of a player in the game for the whole history of the account).
Matches
Contains five sub-sections:
- Live matches;
- Recent esports matches;
- Recent matches – here you can make a choice depending on Heroes, game mode, lobby, region and level;
- Siltbreaker – there is a rating of one hundred best matches according to the competition program;
- Dark Moon – it is the same as the previous but for «Dark Moon».
Information sections on Dotabuff.com
- Blog – the latest news and tips on Dotabuff.com. Also they are displayed on the main page as the recent article.
- Forums – a chance to communicate with other fans of the game.
- Plus – an offer for a better subscription with various ways of payment and also sums. Here you can get a better option of usage for 6 dollars a month or for 56 dollars a year.