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Abed and DJ are living proof of that, but that rich vein of skill goes all the way back to those WarCraft III mod days. What can’t be questioned is the undeniable lode of talent in Pinoy Dota. Whether that shows “immaturity,” as Scantzor said four years ago, or not is strictly a matter of opinion. From the earliest days, our pros like to put on a show, sometimes to the detriment of ultimate victory, as seen in the pitfalls of the snowball strategy. Assessing Pinoy DotaĪs our look back at more than 10 years of Dota highlights has shown, Philippine play has tended towards showmanship and flash.

Of course, we also shouldn’t discount Abed Azel ‘Abed’ Yusop’s canny use of Meepo, a little-used hero that Abed wields like a scalpel. Check out this iconic Puck play from scene vet Santino, who now goes by the name Karl in Dota 2. They are always present in highlight reels due to their flashiness - a reflection of the Filipino’s style of play. These four Dota heroes have a relatively high skill cap and are primarily played as midlaners. Dota heroes Shadow Fiend, Mirana, Queen of Pain, Puck You avoid fights, get the enemy to chase your tail, buy breathing space for the rest of your team, and (crucially) piss people off. So what happens in a split push? It's a highly evasive strategy where your hero avoids team fights and instead attacks As the name suggests, it’s a way of splitting an enemy’s attention by using a mobile hero to drive up a side lane and harass towers. Before Europe-based Dota 2 team Alliance won The International 2013 with their signature “Rat Dota” - as the split push is often derogatorily called - the Philippines already had Pugak.

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Our own term for split push, named after a WarCraft III-DotA pro player-turned-policeman Joseph “Pugak” Agojo Divinagracia. European and CIS players, on the other hand, have a faster style of play. They don’t have a wide hero pool, and instead, prioritize heroes who were tank-y or built for the late game, like Dragon Knight, Spectre, or Medusa. In China, for example, Dota players used to be notorious for a slow, methodical, objective-based playstyle known as the Chinese Turtle strategy.

However, we are hijacking the term for a certain brand of play that’s usually associated with a certain region. So technically speaking, there’s no such thing as a Pinoy meta. Game developers wage a never-ending war of attrition against the current meta, nerfing current dominant strategies or creating opportunities for new ones, all in the eternal quest to keep a game fresh.

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It’s based on the interpretation of the latest patch by those who play at the highest level. “Meta,” as it applies to esports, is a dominating play - whether that’s using a particular character, an item, or a set of battlefield tactics. Let’s get some terminology out of the way first.

HERE’S a good question to ponder in esports: Is there a Pinoy meta?