In this stage, Dota reveals it's complexity as a game: there are more than one hundred heroes, and each one can be played in different ways, with different skill builds, item builds ... a huge problem ...

Lina became so popular amongst teams as a position 1 hero ... way to play the hero. First item Aghanim’s Scepter Morph started destroying games, and the hero topped the win rate charts with a win rate ...