Ranking Every Dota 2 region at The International 13

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The International 13 is done and dusted and Team Liquid has lifted the Aegis for the second time in the organization's history. Western Europe has taken the two biggest events of the year and shows no signs of slowing down.

But how do the other regions compare? well we'll find out in this article as we rank every Dota 2 region out there.

Ranking Every Dota 2 region At The International 2024

South America

Not the showing we wanted from South America. (Credit: Valve)

South America did not impress this International. The two squads had a combined record of 2-10 in the group stage followed by both teams losing in the seeder matches and forcing Heroic to eliminate Beastcoast. South American teams have often had the misfortune of eliminating each other at the start of The International and that trend continues at TI13.

Heroic put up a valiant effort against Aurora but it was not enough and South America ended the tournament with an average placement of 12th place.

Southeast Asia

SEA continues to disappoint at The International.

At least Whitemon went far. (Credit: Valve)

Another Dota 2 region that often falters on the International stage is Southeast Asia and sadly that didn't change at TI13.

Southeast Asia's biggest victory was Aurora taking down Heroic 2-1 in the lower bracket. It is the region's only win and one that secured a 7-8th spot for the SEA region.

An average placement of 11th place isn't much but hopefully it inspires teams in the region to adapt to the quicker gameplay that others teams utilize.

China

China's bad Seeding performance cost the region. (Credit: Valve)

Some people might find it odd to see China so early, considering that Xtreme Gaming is the only non-western European team to make it to top six.

Despite Xtreme's success, we are ranking Dota 2 regions, and China losing 2/3 teams in the first round of the tournament tanked their ranking.

China started the event well, with an overall group stage result of 12-6. Despite that, they lost two of their seeding matches and ended up in the lower bracket.

Team Spirit is familiar with how Chinese teams approach the game and dismantled G2 x iG in 65 minutes, while 1W did the same to Team Zero.

It was up to Wang "Ame" Chunyu to carry his country's hopes on his shoulders and Xtreme made a deep run in the lower bracket with two impressive victories, one against rivals Team Spirit.

Unfortunately Xtreme Gaming couldn't match Tundra's aggression and bowed out at a respectable 5-6th place.

North America

nouns made NA proud this TI. (Credit: Valve)

With only one team at the event, the hopes of North America rested entirely on nouns and the team (sorta) delivered.

The group stage was not kind for nouns, as they had two draws and a loss to their name. Team Spirit picked the NA squad expecting an easy round to the upper bracket. Boy were they wrong.

Nouns only had one win at the entire tournament but it was arguably one of the biggest upsets. Team Spirit lost 2-0 and started the event in the lower bracket.

Imagine if Team Spirit hadn't lost, the whole tournament would have gone differently. Nouns made a big impact despite only winning one series. Their one victory propelled them to a 9-12th placement, a higher average for North America than China.

Eastern Europe

Second place is nice, but it's far from first on this list. (Credit: Valve)

With two invited teams and an impressive showing throughout the year, hopes were high for Eastern Europe to go far at TI13. While the Dota 2 region does rank second on our list, it was an overall disappointing showing.

The issue that hurt Eastern Europe the most was that all three of the region's teams started in the lower bracket. While they all won the first round, the ended up with terrible matchups.

Team Spirit lost to Xtreme Gaming, the team that has the most experience against them. BetBoom Team and 1W were both defeated by Team Falcons, a favorite to win the entire thing.

Eastern Europe ranks second on our list but an average placement of 9th place is a disappointment for a region who has won two out of the last four Internationals.

Western Europe

No doubts about it, Western Europe is having a dominant year. (Credit: Valve)

Was there any doubt which Dota 2 region would take first place? Western Europe won the event and also had four teams in the top four.

Some people might question whether Team Falcons counts as a MENA or European team. Since Valve did not include MENA in the qualifiers for the events and teams such as Nigma Galaxy and PSG.Quest competed in Western Europe, it's fair to say that for now, Valve sees the region as a part of Europe.

The region's understanding of the current aura-meta and fast paced gameplay was too much to handle for everyone else. Only two games at the main event went past the hour mark and both featured two Western European teams against each other.

Most games took around 35 minutes to conclude, with the game often being decided long before then. Teams would win the laning stage, take decisive team fights after that, then go high ground with Aegis and multiple aura items.

It will be interesting to see how IceFrog handles the next patch, because right now it's an open secret, obvious to all that Western Europe has mastered the Dota 2 meta.

Featured Image Source: Valve