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CS:GO vs. Dota 2 – which is the better esport?

Gameplay, professional scene, prizemoney, tournament system – Their only connection is that their headquarters are located in Seattle. Although CS:GO and Dota 2 are completely different games, they are fighting towards the same goal: To be the best esport title in the world! But which is the better esport?

Dota 2 – the loved child

If you ask experts and fans of CS:GO, they’d say that Dota 2 is by far the more loved game by Valve. Meta changes, new heroes, a Pro Circuit evolving from year to year and, of course, the biggest esports event in the world: The International. Meanwhile in CS:GO, Valve just add more stickers, loot boxes, and haven’t really evolved the game mechanics in a long time.

Bugs like the silent jump bug BIG used in PGL Major Krakow 2017 have been part of the game for years – and were simply never removed.

Although Dota 2 is still waiting for the next Battle Pass, it seems like the game (thanks to IceFrog) is way more open to changes, while CS:GO seems to be stuck on the same level.

More professional players in Dota 2

It’s not just the game which seems to be faster in evolving and bringing more variation into the game – the professional scene is way bigger and has been developing faster.

In CS:GO, the European region is pretty stacked, the same as in Dota 2. North America, although just winning a CS:GO-Major with Cloud9, is by far the weaker region in both games. Asia is the biggest difference comparing both games. While in CS:GO China is almost not existing, the Dota 2 market in the Far East is stronger than in the other regions. Dota 2 seems to be more international than CS:GO.

Next to the diversity in regions Dota 2 has more talent trying to get professional. The MMR system is helping here a lot: Pros like Maroun ‘gh’ Merhej and Amer ‘Miracle-‘ Al-Barkawi found their way to Pro teams by topping the leaderboard.

FACEIT now gives young players the chance to do the same in CS:GO – Valve itself doesn’t try to help talents in that way.

New MMR system wins

In general the MMR system in Dota 2 is a system which CS:GO players are jealous of. Especially the point system from 0-10.000 and more is a thing that’s missing in CS:GO. Global Elite is the highest rank in CS:GO and beyond that is nothing.

The difference between a low level Global Elite and a high level can be way to high – more ranks are missing in CS:GO.

Too many qualifiers are better than two majors

Next up is the Pro Circuit: Pros, Casters, Analysts – everybody is complaining that there are too many qualifiers ongoing. True that, it’s almost impossible to get an overview for the qualifiers in the new Minor and Major system. But improvements will be there for the next season.

“Our goal right now is to win WESG, for us that is the best tournament at the moment.”

The best player in the world, playing for the best team in the world, said this at the @csgo_dev Major.

In CS:GO on the other hand there are two major tournaments and they don’t seem to be that important anymore – 1,000,000 USD is just not enough to make the Major be special.

Easier to understand

Although Dota 2 seeems to have a few advantages over CS:GO, there is one thing which can help CS:GO being the best esports title: The game is way easier to understand.

Everybody understands the purpose of Counter-Strike and a headshot or a flickshot is easily to recognize as a highlight scene. In Dota 2 meanwhile ten out of more than 100 heroes, each having at least four abilities makes the game way complicated than CS:GO – beginners have a better start in CS:GO.

But in end there is one thing to say: CS:GO or Dota 2 – you can like more than one esport.

Fun Fact: Just like sports. You can like more than one esport. Liking an esport does not make others worse and yours better. It is just what you like.