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The newest hero coming to Dota 2 is Sylph . and someone else as well

Valve confirmed two heroes at this year’s International

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At this year’s International Dota 2 Championships, Valve once again took the opportunity to introduce a pair of new heroes to its free-to-play juggernaut.

While Valve did not name either hero in a trailer showed on stage following the day’s matches, one of them clearly resembled a frequently speculated on addition to the game.

Sylph has been rumored for some time, as references to the character appeared in Dota 2’s codebase in May of the this year. This also comes after Team Secret manager Matthew Bailey disclosed on Twitter that Valve informed players and organizations it would attempt to add more heroes more quickly to the game.

However, the trailer on display opened with a different, unknown hero debut, featuring a dapper, armadillo-inspired swashbuckler apparently also on the way to the game. Both heroes are expected to launch with the Dueling Fates Update patch expected some time after The International concludes this weekend.

Last year’s International featured the debut of the Abyssal Underlord and the announcement of Dota 2’s first truly new hero — i. e., one who wasn’t ported from the original DotA mod to Warcraft 3 over its decade of development — with Monkey King, who was released a short time later.

The 2017 International Dota 2 Championships continues tomorrow. You can read more about how to watch and understand Dota 2 with our primer.

How to watch The International 2017

As with just about any competitive video game now, the easiest way to watch The International is probably Twitch. However, there are arguably better ways to spectate the most financially lucrative esports tournament ever.

Valve is once again streaming every game of TI7 on Dota 2’s website. In addition to multiple versions and languages for each stream, you can also view each match with accompanying real-time information about the game in question, including hero levels, a live minimap, XP and gold graphs, and more.

If you’ve purchased The International Battle Pass within the Dota 2 client, not only have you contributed money to TI7’s massive prize pool, you’ve also bought a ticket to watch the tournament inside the game. Watching in-game gives you complete control of your view of the action, while also providing the same professional spectator experience and casting you’d get on Twitch or the Dota 2 site. Viewers who watch within Dota 2 can also earn prizes for specific in-game events, make predictions on various aspects of each match, and win battle points and more prizes.

Valve has created a unique spectator experience just for you, if you’ve got an HTC Vive and have Dota 2 installed. I’ll let my colleague Ben Kuchera tell you about it:

Watching battles take place around you is thrilling, even though it can be a bit hard to keep track of everything that’s going on. The interface makes it easy for you to switch views or jump back and forth from the in-person view to the lobby as well; it only took me a few minutes to get used to moving back and forth to get the best view of the action. It’s like being able to watch a football game on TV with the ability to jump onto the field at any time to see what it looks like from the quarterback’s point of view.