DotA 2 has its own ladder now and the Eastern Europe server — iCCup. For you, we have merged the best of both worlds — DotA 2 with the official client, minimal ping on Eastern Europe servers, games for ladder points, win-loss  and win rate percentage is available for public view. From now on you will be able to know the skill of opponents  and most importantly — the power of your allies.

The ranking system will help to isolate you from low level players and various improvements, such as command -ff (fast finish), will make the game more enjoyable. Thus you will not play for the «level», which can be developed, even by losing the game, but for the ladder points, which you can gain only for wins. Those who will be in TOP16 will have the opportunity to play for real cash — $ 5,000, which will be raffled off at the end of the season.

At this point (the start of the Beta season) are already launched multiple Russian host bots and one European bot. The server is located in Russia. This means — ping will be very low for Eastern Europe users, over time we will add host bots all over the world. 

Hosting a game or finding a match is comfortable and easy with classical (DotA 1 alike) game list. You can set the the name of the game or find  the existing one. However, for those who prefer to win DotA alone, we will implement auto-search for TB modes (Team Balance).

For communication there are even more options. Now you have comfortable chat channels, topics,  moderators etc. (DotA 1 alike), but the most important thing — you can now switch between a lobby-game chat and a channel chat room.

So far it`s only a beta season and every day we are trying to add something new. We will add a lot of extras which will make the game even better. This will require some time, but eventually the gaming experience will be very comfortable for you.

Together we will make DotA 2 really worthy, where everyone plays against same rank  and enjoys  high-quality game experience.

Important facts:

To to start playing DotA 2 on iCCup, you need to have an iCCup account, downloaded and installed Dota 2 and the iCCup launcher. For more info check our How to start playing Dota 2 guide.