DotA 2: Year Beast Brawl Event - what is it?

As in the previous year, Valve started a New Year event in DotA 2. In the Year Beast Brawl event, Dire and Radiant fight with the support of a powerful beast. In this practical tip, we explain what that means for the rare beast brawl matches.

New Bloom Festival: Beast Brawl matches in DotA 2

With its beast brawl matches, the New Bloom Festival provides a change between the usual DotA-2 games. It is subject to some special features:

• A year-beast brawl event starts about every three hours, and players can join it within 15 minutes. Valve determines the seasons - as a player you have to comply with them.
• You receive Ability Points after every Beast Brawl battle, even if you lose the game. You can use these in the following games to reinforce your beast.
• If you win a beast brawl match, each player on your team will receive an entire item set. After three games won, you can look forward to a new courier.

Beast Brawl Event: Differences to the normal DotA-2 game

A beast brawl event focuses entirely on the beast. This starts with 2200 life points and about 120 attack points. The beast appears randomly on one of the three paths and scurries along it. She attacks everything that gets in her way.

• Choose only push heroes or strong supporters with whom you can do a lot in the early game. A beast brawl event usually lasts only 15 to 30 minutes.
• Do not protect your beast if the timer is running out of time. Your beast reappears every five minutes. For example, if you protect it until 10:21 and then dies, it only gets up again at 15:00.
• If you have more than 5000 Ability Points at the start of the game, you should save them to reinforce your beast after 10 minutes. If you have less than 5000 points, you can use them to launch attacks.
• Your contingent of points will be replenished after a game. So you don't need to be stingy with the Ability Points.

Hero recommendations for beast brawl events

Some heroes are particularly good for DotA-2 beast brawl matches:

• Zeus: Since the beast can also use Zeus level 6 attack "Thundergods Wrath", you can do enormous global damage to your team with a Zeus.
• Ax: The massive melee only needs to call out a berserk and he pulls the beast off the lane. How to protect towers and team members.
• Winter Wyvern: This supporter keeps your beast alive forever. With his level 6 attack, he causes both beasts to strike at an enemy hero in team battles, resulting in an almost certain death.
• Others: In general, all heroes who cause high area damage are suitable. Try the following: Venomancer, Witch Doctor, Jakiro, Undying, Earthshaker or Warlock.

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