Dota 2 Hero Tool: The Hero Comparison Tool for Dota 2

The Hero Comparison Tool

The Hero Comparison Tool puts two Dota 2 heroes into one ring. Ten stats go on the tape, the better value lights up and the score says who wins on paper. Then Axe blows the whistle and they punch each other until one drops. No spells. No items. Axe's favourite rules.

1. Pick two heroes by clicking the names, or hit Random for a surprise matchup. Swap changes corners.
2. Set the level. HP, armor, damage and attack speed grow with every level, so the tape changes as you drag.
3. Press Fight! for a plain right-click duel: HP bars drain hit by hit, and you see who wins, how fast and with how much HP left.

Axe explains

The face-off in 10 seconds

1. 10stats on the tape.
2. 1–30levels, same for both heroes.
3. 0spells and items in the duel.
4. 127heroes to throw in the ring.

The tape does not lie. It also does not cast spells.

How to compare Dota 2 heroes: what each stat means in a fight

Every row on the tape answers one question about a fight. The better value lights up red.

• HP and HP regen: how much damage the hero can take, and how fast it comes back. Every point of strength adds 22 HP and 0.1 regen.
• Armor: reduces physical damage, so right-clicks and physical spells hurt less. Every point of agility adds 1/6 armor.
• Magic resistance: 25% for everyone plus 0.1% per point of intelligence. It decides how much magic damage lands.
• Damage and attacks per second: together they are the right-click damage output. Attacks per second = attack speed ÷ (100 × BAT).
• Attack range: who can hit from further away. Melee heroes mostly have 150.
• Move speed and turn rate: who catches whom, and who reacts faster when a fight turns around.
• Night vision: who sees the other one first when the sun goes down.

Want the full leaderboard for one stat instead of two heroes? The Hero Stats Ranker Tool ranks all 127 heroes in every stat.

The right-click duel: how Axe does the math

The duel is simple on purpose. Two heroes stand still and hit each other with normal attacks:

1. Damage per hitaverage attack damage × armor factor of the target
2. Armor factor1 − 0.06 × armor ÷ (1 + 0.06 × |armor|)
3. Time between hits1 ÷ attacks per second
4. Between hitsboth heroes regenerate HP

Example at level 1: Juggernaut has 560 HP, 5.3 armor and hits for 55.0 at 1.01 attacks per second. Pudge has 670 HP and 2.2 armor and hits for 73.0 at 0.66 attacks per second. After armor, Juggernaut deals 48.7 per hit (88% of 73.0) and Pudge deals 55.3.Juggernaut wins after 14.8 seconds with 16 hits and 44 HP left.

No spells, no items, no running away. Just two heroes and their fists. Axe calls this a normal Tuesday.

The duel counts attacks per second from attack speed and BAT: the Attack Speed Calculator shows how items change them, and the Armor & HP Calculator how armor cuts the damage.

Best right-click duelists in Dota 2

Axe made every hero fight every other hero: 16,002 duels per level. At level 1 Ogre Magi wins the most (126 of 126), at level 25 it is Morphling (126 of 126). Agility heroes gain armor, attack speed and damage from the same attribute on every level.

The fewest wins at level 1: Medusa (0), Skywrath Mage (2) and Keeper of the Light (2). These heroes fight with spells, not fists. Medusa has no strength at all and only 120 HP in this duel. In a real game her innate Mana Shield takes most of the damage with mana.

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Face-offs to try

Click a matchup to load it into the tool and watch the fight. Results are the plain right-click duel.

vsJuggernaut vs PudgeLevel 1 · Juggernaut wins in 14.8 svsAxe vs PudgeLevel 1 · Pudge wins in 18.1 svsOgre Magi vs Treant ProtectorLevel 1 · Ogre Magi wins in 16.4 svsMorphling vs TerrorbladeLevel 25 · Morphling wins in 18.0 s

No idea who to put in the ring? Let the Random Hero Picker choose.

Stats vs matchups: why the tape is not the whole fight

The tape compares bodies, not heroes. A hero with worse stats can still win the lane with one good spell, a stun at the right moment or a timing item. Counters come from abilities: silences against spell casters, armor reduction against tanky heroes, true sight against invisible ones.

Use the Hero Comparison Tool to see the raw strengths: who is tankier early, who scales with levels, who can catch whom. Then check what the spells change. Axe checks nothing. Axe calls everyone to fight him. It is a strategy.

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