With the Swiss stage for Elite League complete, we take a look at the team and hero statistics for the sixteen teams that were involved.
We are in the final few days of Dota 2 patch 7.35. Valve announced that the Crownfall Update would be released in mid-April, which is when the Elite League will end (14th of April). So this could very well be the final tournament on patch 7.35.
What’s fascinating about this tournament is that it used a Swiss format for the first stage of the tournament. That hasn’t been used too often in Dota 2. But the way this event is constructed, it was perfect! The Swiss stage was used to determine which 8 out of 16 teams would go ahead to the group stage (or round-robin stage), and the fun part is that none of these were the cream of the crop. The top 8 teams had direct entry to the group stage, meaning that the teams in the Swiss stage didn’t really have a lot of favorites as such.
A total of 80 games were played in order to finalize the 8 teams that moved on to the next stage of Elite League. The more games you won in a row, the fewer games you would have to play to move ahead. Which is why teams that qualified the earliest or were eliminated the earliest have very few games to their name, while others which alternated between winning and losing have a lot more. Let’s take a look at the team and hero statistics for the tournament to get an idea of what to expect in the next stages. All data has been taken from datDota.
Elite League Swiss Stage Team Statistics
Elite League Swiss Stage Hero Statistics
Total games played: 80
Total heroes picked: 91
Number of unpicked heroes: 33
Most picked heroes:
1) Rubick (35 games, 18 wins, 51.43% win rate)
2) Crystal Maiden (31 games, 18 wins, 58.06% win rate)
3) Morphling (31 games, 15 wins, 48.39% win rate)
Most contested heroes:
1) Batrider (Picked or banned 75 games 93.75% contest rate)
2) Leshrac (Picked or banned 73 games 91.25% contest rate)
3) Disruptor (Picked or banned 71 games 88.75% contest rate)
Most banned heroes:
1) Chen (banned in 63 games)
2) Leshrac (banned in 52 games)
3) Timbersaw (banned in 52 games)
Heroes with the highest win rate (15 games or more):
1) Centaur (27 picks, 66.67% win rate)
2) Leshrac (21 picks, 61.90% win rate)
3) Luna (18 picks, 61.11% win rate)
Heroes with the lowest win rate (15 games or more):
1) Mars (15 picks, 33.33% win rate)
2) Windranger (18 picks, 38.89% win rate)
3) Batrider (30 picks, 46.67% win rate)
After the release of Dota 2 patch 7.35d, there has been a little bit of a shakeup in the meta, but the majority of the heroes seen in the Elite League games are the same as the last few tournaments. Only 91 heroes have been picked till now, and while that will go up, it is a little low for 80 games. Crystal Maiden, Centaur, Leshrac, Luna and Rubick seem to be heroes to watch out for over the next 10 days.
There will be no break between the Swiss stage and the group stage or round-robin stage of Elite League, which will begin in a few hours. Historically, Dota 2 events have shown that teams that come in with a lot of momentum from playing games tend to do well. The best example of this is TI11, where Team Liquid and Team Secret came through the Last Chance Qualifier and both went on to secure a place in the top 3 of the tournament. It will be interesting to see if that phenomenon is observed here as well, and whether the teams qualifying from the Swiss stage will be able to give the top 8 teams a run for their money.
