


Or at least, the beginnings of one.įinding the Right StoryThe team behind Dragon's Blood took on an immense challenge: distill Dota's overarching conflict into a digestible introduction for newcomers while making a story true to existing lore with plenty of items and references to other things in the game for Dota 2 fans. Dota: Dragon's Blood is a fun and rousing adventure in its own right, whether you’ve played the MOBA or not, and gives us the more cohesive story fans like myself have long craved.
#Dota 1 heroes lore series
Yet, here we are with Dota getting an animated series on Netflix – and even more exciting, it's animated by the excellent Studio Mir (Legend of Korra, Voltron: Legendary Defenders). By comparison, Dota 2's story has always felt like an afterthought, with its many characters connected only by loose threads woven through a mishmash of item and character descriptions, the occasional comic, and cards from Valve’s now-dead card game Artifact. As a longtime Dota 2 player, I've been jealous for years of League of Legends’ fans getting the benefit of Riot's approach to crafting a story-rich universe for its champions.
