auto chess
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Dota Underlords Is Out Of Early Access And Better Than Ever
For a handful of weeks last year, Dota Underlords devoured my entire life. Then, abruptly, I stopped playing. At the time, Valve’s entry into the suddenly-crowded auto battler arena suffered from the same issue as its competition: Its bones, though they formed a sturdy spinal scaffolding, had no meat on them.
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I Wish I Could Play More Wacky Builds In Dota Underlords, But I Like Winning
A couple weeks ago, I came across a Dota Underlords video that changed everything for me. In it, a player managed to buff one unit, the self-cloning Arc Warden, such that he was able to spawn nearly limitless copies of himself.
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I Don’t Know Where To Put My Heroes
DOTA Underlords is Valve’s stab at the auto-battler genre. In Underlords, just like in Auto Chess and Teamfight Tactics, you place heroes you buy on a board and then they attack other heroes and creatures. And while I understand the basic rules and mechanics of the genre, I still have no idea where to place…
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Dota Underlords Might Have Won The Race That Matters
Last week, Riot took back the advantage in the MOBA wars by releasing their accessible brand of Auto Chess, Teamfight Tactics, within the League of Legends client. From initial perceptions, Teamfight Tactics plays on the automated battler formula a little more. But Dota Underlords has the one thing up its sleeve that might matter more:…