Dota Underlords is a new stand-alone game that pits you against seven opponents in a battle of wits that will have you building, combining, and leveling-up a crew in a battle of dominance for the city of White Spire. In this game, victory is determined not by twitch reflexes, but by superior tactics.
So how do you play this game?
It's basically match 3 with RNG and card/mahjong/chess/tactics game elements.
- You can select from 5 Heroes every round
- You can pay 2 gold to re-roll your 5 choices
- Prices vary from 1-5 gold
- The higher your Level the more available 4-5 gold Heroes are available and less 1-2 gold Heroes and vice-versa
- Available Heroes and Alliances depend on what your opponents pick
- There is a limited amount of Heroes in the Hero Pool and if your opponents pick a certain Hero/Alliance there will be less chance that Hero/Alliance will be available for you
- Each round you gain 1 Experience (XP)
- The Experience requirements changes for each Level up
- (Level)1-(XP)0, 2-1, 3-2, 4-4, 5-8, 6-16, 7-24, 8-32, 9-40, 10-50
- You can also pay 5 gold to gain 5 Experience
- Match 3 of the same Hero to make it a ⭐ ⭐ Hero with upgraded stats/spells.
- Match 9 of the same Hero to make ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Heroes
- Match 2x (usually 3x) or more of the same Alliance and your team will have a positive buff or give the enemy team a negative debuff
- Neutral Creep Items can synergize or modify your Alliances
- Gold can be spent early to get more Heroes/make more Alliances or save for late game to get more powerful/expensive Heroes
- You start with 1 gold on Round 1
- Rounds 2-4 nets corresponding gold
- You gain 5 gold every round after, but can gain 10% interest if you have a factor of 10 or more, so if you have 10-19 gold you will gain 1 gold interest, to a maximum of 5 gold interest for 50 gold and above
- You can also gain extra Gold from Items and Win/Lose streaks
- The first 3 rounds are Loot Rounds spent fighting Neutral Creeps and earning Items that will help your heroes
- Then rounds 4-9 you face a randomly chosen player and fight their Hero setup
- If your team loses you lose HP depending on badly they beat you
- HP starts at 100
- If your team loses you lose HP depending on badly they beat you
- The Neutral Creep or Loot Rounds recommence at 10, 15, 20. . . etc
- Random player fights continue between Neutral Creep rounds
- Then rounds 4-9 you face a randomly chosen player and fight their Hero setup
Useful sites:
https://twitter.com/DotaUnderlords
Official Valve twitter
https://twitter.com/wykrhm
Quasi-official Dota2 & Underlords PR/Community Manger
https://twitter.com/Flargenstow
Quasi-official Valve Dota2 & Underlords team lead
https://old.reddit.com/r/underlords/
Reddit - good for memes & news
https://discord.gg/underlords
Reddit Discord - slightly better for getting fast answers
https://underlordscheatsheet.com/
A nice 2nd monitor database with basic infos available at a glance
https://dotaunderlords.gamepedia.com
A little more in-depth wiki
https://underlords.com/updates
Latest patch notes
https://www.underlords.com/
Valve's main site
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