Full list of Dota 2 Heroes and their difficulty levels

Dota 2 presents a diverse range of heroes for you to play. Check out all the heroes, their primary attributes, and their complexity levels.

Welcome to our Dota 101 series! If you are a new player wanting to familiarize yourself with Dota 2’s hero pool, we have got you covered. This article lists all heroes available to play in Dota 2 and their main attributes. We also classified the heroes according to their difficulty levels.

From only 24 heroes during the Alpha stage of Dota 2, the MOBA has grown its pool of magicians and fighters into a myriad of playable characters. Let's get to know all of the heroes in Dota 2.

How many heroes are there in Dota 2?

There are a total of 124 heroes in Dota 2, with the latest addition being Muerta in March 2023. And good news! You don’t have to unlock any heroes as all of them are available to play from the very start.

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What are hero attributes?

There are three attributes in Dota 2: Strength🔴, Agility🟢, and Intelligence🔵. Every hero has points in each attribute and the one with the highest number (or highest scaling number) typically becomes their primary attribute.

The primary attribute normally shows what role the hero is suitable for. Typically, Strength heroes play the tanky role, Agility heroes play the carry role, and Intelligence heroes play the Support role.

To sum it up, attributes are the ingredients that build the foundations of individual heroes. What makes a hero strong, what makes them spell-oriented, what makes them good for right-clicks, etc - are mostly determined by their attributes.

Here is what each of the attribute scales:

Strength 🔴: Health and Health Regeneration
Agility 🟢: Armor and Attack Speed
Intelligence 🔵: Mana and Mana Regeneration

Hero complexity

There are three levels of hero complexities: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Each hero has its own complexity level set by Valve, however, the criteria that determine the complexity level is unknown.

A general pattern is that Easy heroes have a simpler play style to execute and are generally more straightforward. On the other hand, higher-complexity heroes have complicated abilities and tougher execution. Some more complex heroes also require skill in microing. These complex heroes, if played properly, can have a bigger potential in the game.

What are all the Dota 2 heroes?

Here is a complete list of Dota 2 heroes in alphabetical order and their levels of difficulty. The colored dots next to the heroes' names determine their primary attributes.

Abaddon 🔴 EASY	Alchemist 🟢 EASY	Ancient Apparition 🔵 MEDIUM	Anti-Mage 🟢 EASY	Arc Warden 🟢 HARD	Axe 🔴 EASY	Bane 🔵 MEDIUM	Batrider 🔵 MEDIUM	Beastmaster 🔴 MEDIUM	Bloodseeker 🟢 EASY	Bounty Hunter 🟢 EASY	Brewmaster 🔴 HARD	Bristleback 🔴 EASY	Broodmother 🟢 MEDIUM	Centaur Warrunner 🔴 EASY	Chaos Knight 🔴 EASY	Chen 🔵 HARD	Clinkz 🟢 MEDIUM	Clockwerk 🔴 MEDIUM	Crystal Maiden 🔵 EASY	Dark Seer 🔵 EASY	Dark Willow 🔵 MEDIUM	Dawnbreaker 🔴 EASY	Dazzle 🔵 EASY	Death Prophet 🔵 EASY	Disruptor 🔵 MEDIUM	Doom 🔴 MEDIUM	Dragon Knight 🔴 EASY	Drow Ranger 🟢 EASY	Earth Spirit 🔴 HARD	Earthshaker 🔴 MEDIUM	Elder Titan 🔴 MEDIUM	Ember Spirit 🟢 MEDIUM	Enchantress 🔵 MEDIUM	Enigma 🔵 MEDIUM	Faceless Void 🟢 MEDIUM	Grimstroke 🔵 MEDIUM	Gyrocopter 🟢 EASY	Hoodwink 🟢 MEDIUM	Huskar 🔴 EASY	Invoker 🔵 HARD	IO 🔴 HARD	Jakiro 🔵 EASY	Juggernaut 🟢 EASY	Keeper of the Light 🔵 MEDIUM	Kunkka 🔴 MEDIUM	Legion Commander 🔴 EASY	Leshrac 🔵 EASY	Lich 🔵 EASY	Lifestealer 🔴 MEDIUM	Lina 🔵 EASY	Lion 🔵 EASY	Lone Druid 🟢 HARD	Luna 🟢 EASY	Lycan 🔴 MEDIUM	Magnus 🔴 MEDIUM	Marci 🔴 MEDIUM	Mars 🔴 EASY	Medusa 🟢 EASY	Meepo 🟢 HARD	Mirana 🟢 MEDIUM	Monkey King 🟢 MEDIUM	Morphling 🟢 HARD	Muerta 🔵 EASY	Naga Siren 🟢 MEDIUM	Nature’s Prophet 🔵 MEDIUM	Necrophos 🔵 EASY	Night Stalker 🔴 EASY	Nyx Assassin 🟢 MEDIUM	Ogre Magi 🔵 EASY	Omniknight 🔴 EASY	Oracle 🔵 HARD	Outworld Destroyer 🔵 MEDIUM	Pangolier 🟢 MEDIUM	Phantom Assassin 🟢 EASY	Phantom Lancer 🟢 MEDIUM	Phoenix 🔴 MEDIUM	Primal Beast 🔴 EASY	Puck 🔵 MEDIUM	Pudge 🔴 MEDIUM	Pugna 🔵 MEDIUM	Queen of Pain 🔵 MEDIUM	Razor 🟢 EASY	Riki 🟢 EASY	Rubick 🔵 HARD	Sand King 🔴 MEDIUM	Shadow Demon 🔵 MEDIUM	Shadow Fiend 🟢 MEDIUM	Shadow Shaman 🔵 EASY	Silencer 🔵 MEDIUM	Skywrath Mage 🔵 EASY	Slardar 🔴 EASY	Slark 🟢 MEDIUM	Snapfire 🔴 EASY	Sniper 🟢 EASY	Spectre 🟢 MEDIUM	Spirit Breaker 🔴 EASY	Storm Spirit 🔵 MEDIUM	Sven 🔴 EASY	Techies 🔵 MEDIUM	Templar Assassin 🟢 MEDIUM	Terrorblade 🟢 MEDIUM	Tidehunter 🔴 EASY	Timbersaw 🔴 MEDIUM	Tinker 🔵 MEDIUM	Tiny 🔴 MEDIUM	Treant Protector 🔴 MEDIUM	Troll Warlord 🟢 MEDIUM	Tusk 🔴 EASY	Underlord 🔴 MEDIUM	Undying 🔴 EASY	Ursa 🟢 EASY	Vengeful Spirit 🟢 EASY	Venomancer 🟢 EASY	Viper 🟢 EASY	Visage 🔵 HARD	Void Spirit 🔵 MEDIUM	Warlock 🔵 EASY	Weaver 🟢 MEDIUM	Windranger 🔵 MEDIUM	Winter Wyvern 🔵 MEDIUM	Witch Doctor 🔵 EASY	Wraith King 🔴 EASY	Zeus 🔵 EASY

If you want to refer to the heroes by pictures, here are all Dota 2 heroes classified into the low-complexity (Easy), medium-complexity (Medium), and high-complexity (Hard) categories.