Dota Underlords alliances tier listing [August] – one of the best alliances in Dota Underlords

An incredible most of the Dota Underlords alliances acquired a considerable rework after the large August Update. With practically all Alliance objects abolished, a number of key alliances have been reimagined to regulate to this new meta – so it’s excessive time we return by way of our Dota Underlords alliances tier listing and repopulate it with our rankings of the relative energy and viability of every alliance. And not solely that, however we’ll additionally speak about every alliance in flip, demonstrating why it’s we’ve ranked it the place we now have and the way finest to make use of each in a match.

Dota Underlords alliances tier listing – finest alliances within the Juggernaut Update

With 23 distinctive Dota Underlords alliances to cowl, we’ve taken the time to organise the whole lot to make it as simple as doable to navigate. We’ll begin with a primary rationalization of what alliances are and the way they work, earlier than transferring onto the tier listing of best-performing alliances, after which tables of stats and knowledge on all 23 alliances.

• Dota Underlords alliances overview – how do alliances work?
• Alliance combinations
• Dota Underlords tier list of best alliances
• S-Tier: Knight, Mage, Troll
• A-Tier: Demon, Demon Hunter, Scaled, Scrappy, Warrior
• B-Tier: Assassin, Brawny, Druid, Heartless, Human, Hunter, Warlock
• C-Tier: Dragon, Elusive, Inventor, Savage, Shaman
• D-Tier: Bloodbound, Deadeye, Primordial
• Dota Underlords strategy guide page links

Dota Underlords alliances overview – how do alliances work?

Dota Underlords revolves round increase a power comprised of Dota heroes – and regardless that these heroes are simplified from their Dota 2 counterparts, there’s nonetheless an terrible lot of complexity to them. Not solely do they every include numerous totally different stats reminiscent of Health, Armor, DPS, and so forth, however additionally they characteristic totally different skills and belong to totally different alliances.

Each hero belongs to 2 or Three totally different alliances. If your board incorporates a sure variety of heroes belonging to the identical alliance, you then’ll obtain a passive bonus relying on the alliance. For instance, for those who have been to gather two Heartless heroes, then all of your enemies would undergo -5 Armor.

Many alliances have a number of phases of energy relying on what number of heroes in your board belong to that alliance. For instance, for those who have been so as to add two extra Heartless heroes to your board, then the bonus would improve to -10 Armor; and 6 Heartless heroes brings it as much as -15 Armor. It’s necessary to notice that these alliance bonuses persist all through a battle, no matter whether or not the heroes offering these bonuses occur to be killed in fight.

Core and supplementary alliances

When constructing a military, you might want to take note of the stability of offence and defence. Some alliances, reminiscent of Hunter, are purely offensive in nature, and due to this fact needs to be paired up with alliances reminiscent of Warrior, that are purely defensive. The intention is mostly to select a central, scalable alliance to construct your military round (examples embody Assassin, Hunter, Knight, Mage, Savage, Scrappy, or Warrior), after which attempt to stability out your offence/defence with different supplementary alliances you accrue as you construct in direction of your central alliance.

We’ll go into alliance mixtures in much more element in one other information. For now, allowing for what we’ve simply mentioned about central and supplementary alliances, let’s check out our tier listing of present best-performing alliances.

Dota Underlords alliance tier listing [August Update] – finest alliances in Dota Underlords

Above you’ll be able to view our private rankings of all of the alliances in Dota Underlords. We’ve taken under consideration not solely the passive advantages themselves, however every alliance’s attainability, and the stability of heroes inside each. All these are stuff you’ll additionally need to study to keep in mind when selecting your alliances on the fly throughout a match.

Below you’ll discover full stats and particulars of each alliance, together with heroes, bonuses, and related objects. And I’ve additionally included a condensed desk of all alliances and heroes within the spoiler field under. Just click on it to open it up.

Dota Underlords alliances desk (condensed)

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Knight alliance

2 Knights: Knight models take -15% bodily and magic harm and an extra -15% when standing 1 cell away from one other Knight.
4 Knights: Knight models take -20% bodily and magic harm and an extra -20% when standing 1 cell away from one other Knight.
6 Knights: Knight models take -25% bodily and magic harm and an extra -25% when standing 1 cell away from one other Knight.

Kingdoms could rise and fall, and Knights would nonetheless be on the prime of the meta, it appears. Not solely does the utmost tanking energy of this unimaginable alliance kick in with simply 6 heroes (as an alternative of, say, 9) however you’ve bought a very implausible roster of heroes in right here, a lot of them simple to acquire and improve. You’ve bought DPS in Luna, Batrider, and Dragon Knight; you’ve bought therapeutic in Omniknight and Abaddon; you’ve bought an inherent Human alliance with DK and Omni; and also you’ve bought a mixture of bodily and magical harm.

But severely, that tanking energy is insane. To put it into context, with 6 Knights subsequent to at least one one other, that’s roughly the equal of Tier 2 Warrior and Tier 2 Scaled without delay. It’s ludicrous.

Mage alliance

3 Mages: Enemies take 40% extra magic harm.
6 Mages: Enemies take 100% extra magic harm.

Mage is an alliance that may typically take a very good 30 rounds to carry totally on-line, however when you do – and so long as you’ve accounted for its glass cannon nature by tanking it out with robust heroes and supplementary alliances – Mage will mean you can tear by way of just about something. None of the person heroes are ones I’d rank extremely in another construct, however collectively they’ve peerless burst-down potential, notably with heroes like Lina, KotL, and Lich. At Tier 2 you run the chance of being countered by the Scaled alliance, however even Tier 1 Mage makes an unlimited distinction.

Troll alliance

2 Trolls: All Troll models achieve +35 Attack Speed and different allies achieve +10 Attack Speed.
4 Trolls: All Troll models achieve +65 Attack Speed and different Allies achieve +30 Attack Speed.

The first degree of the Troll alliance may be very simple to get, and it gives you with a reasonably strong early-game offered you’ve bought a number of extra methods up your sleeve. But a full Troll construct is kind of a sight. Your whole military, attacking with the velocity of a near-death Bloodseeker? This is one hell of a DPS construct that achieves the whole lot it desires to attain utilizing simply Four heroes, leaving you with loads of flexibility together with your board to construct up one other robust alliance or two earlier than you attain the ultimate rounds and add a Troll Warlord to carry the whole lot collectively completely.

Demon alliance

1 Demon: All Demon models achieve +50% Pure Damage. Active when you have got just one kind of Demon unit on the board.

Okay, so I bought very excited when the August Update was launched on the prospect of Demons and Demon Hunters being the brand new meta, however then the following day’s hotfix introduced me crashing right down to earth. However, I’m nonetheless preserving them in tier A, as a result of – whereas their viability as core alliances could also be a little bit extra in query now that Demon Hunter doesn’t apply the pure harm bonus for every Demon anymore, they’re nonetheless a robust group when you think about them as particular person heroes (Chaos Knight and Shadow Fiend are my favourites, although I really like a very good Doom as effectively), and now all you want are two Demon Hunters and one Demon to create a reasonably robust offensive supplementary alliance.

Demon Hunter alliance

1 Demon Hunter: Invalidate your opponent’s Demon Alliance bonus. All Demon Hunters achieve 30% Pure Damage for every distinctive allied Demon unit.
2 Demon Hunters: Invalidate your opponent’s Demon Alliance bonus. All Demon models achieve +50% Pure Damage. All Demon Hunters achieve 30% Pure Damage for every distinctive allied Demon unit.

Demons and Demon Hunters have been shunted upwards a tier with this replace, as a result of they’re not depending on you choosing up the Strange Bedfellows Global merchandise. Instead, it’s constructed proper into the Demon Hunter alliance itself – albeit solely offering a flat 50% irrespective of what number of Demons you have got, fairly than growing based mostly on the variety of Demons you have got. But regardless, Anti-Mage and Terrorblade are two of the heroes most value upgrading in Dota Underlords proper now for my part, and all you want now could be a single Demon to assist these two realise their full potential. I wouldn’t neecessarily say that Demons and Demon Hunters is viable as a core alliance (you might do, nevertheless it’d be all offence no defence, which isn’t nice), however as a supplementary alliance they’re fairly arduous to beat.

Scaled alliance

2 Scaled: Allies achieve +30% Magic Resistance.
4 Scaled: Allies achieve +50% Magic Resistance.

Scaled wouldn’t be as excessive as it’s if Mages weren’t so dominant. But that’s fairly apparent, seeing as Scaled is a direct counter to Mage builds. In case it’s not clear (it wasn’t to me at first), Tier 1 Scaled nullifies Tier 1 Mage, and brings Tier 2 Mage right down to Tier 1 Mage. And Tier 2 Scaled nullifies Tier 2 Mage.

It’s an ideal little supplementary alliance. Efficient when it comes to hero slots, it may be very simply  constructed alongside Warriors (as each Slardar and Tidehunter belong to each alliances), and the heroes themselves are fairly nice. Medusa’s a DPS monster; Tidehunter has probably the greatest skills within the game; Slark can turn into actually unstoppable if he’s not burst down rapidly; and Slardar hits like a goddamn truck along with his armor discount capability.

Scrappy alliance

2 Scrappy: A Random Scrappy unit is granted +9 Armor and +eight HP Regeneration. Armor and HP are doubled at any time when you have got fewer models alive than your opponent does.
4 Scrappy: All Scrappy models are granted +9 Armor and +eight HP Regeneration. Armor and HP are doubled at any time when you have got fewer models alive than your opponent does.
6 Scrappy: All allies are granted +9 Armor and +eight HP Regeneration. Armor and HP are doubled at any time when you have got fewer models alive than your opponent does.

There’s no denying the facility of Scrappy after the Mid-Season Update, and fortunately it escaped the August Update principally intact as effectively. Aside from the stupendous resilience your heroes obtain with even Tier 2 Scrappy, you’re additionally near-guaranteed a top-tier Inventor alliance as effectively, which supplies you an additional kick at any time when a hero dies (which is a part of the entire Scrappy deal anyway). Even Tier 1 Scrappy may be very helpful within the early-game if it lands in your Clockwerk or Timbersaw. And apart from that, Tinker, Clockwerk, and Alchemist are three of my favorite heroes within the game. Alchemist for his loopy AoE armor discount; Clockwerk for his newfound tankiness and his unimaginable mini-stun capability; and Tinker as a result of, effectively, these rockets are simply ridiculous.

Warrior alliance

3 Warriors: All Warriors achieve +10 Armor.
6 Warriors: All Warriors achieve +15 Armor.
9 Warriors: All Warriors achieve +25 Armor.

Warrior is a extremely popular (if barely boring) alliance proper now in Underlords, just because there are such a lot of heroes on this roster and the Armor achieve makes it such a very good alliance to mix with extra offence-focused builds like Troll or Mage. Many newer gamers underestimate the significance of Armor. Going from zero to 10 Armor practically doubles your efficient HP (not counting magical harm). And with skills like Tiny’s or Tidehunter’s; with DPS like Troll Warlord’s or Slardar’s; with tankiness like Pudge’s or Doom’s; it’s actually not a tough promote to go Warrior as both a core or a supplementary alliance.

Assassin alliance

3 Assassins: All Assassins achieve a 10% probability to Critical Hit for 300% Damage.
6 Assassins: All Assassins achieve a 20% probability to Critical Hit for 400% Damage.
9 Assassins: All Assassins achieve a 30% probability to Critical Hit for 500% Damage. All Assassins additionally blind enemies 1 cell away from the place they land for two seconds (50% miss probability and 50% much less mana when attacked).

Assassins take an terrible lot of effort to carry on-line, and you might want to be versatile together with your construct up till that time so that you simply don’t get steamrolled within the interim; however for those who push all of it the best way it may possibly turn into an unstoppable snowball of crit-tastic destruction. What at all times used to make Assassin value going for for my part was the Pocket Sand Global, however now that’s constructed into Tier 3 Assassin by default. And that is sensible, as a result of if it have been constructed into each Tier of Assassin, then alliance would in all probability be the one one within the newly created S+ tier. As issues stand, Assassin is a danger to try as a result of it’s important to put a lot into it and it would come on-line too late – however regardless, out of all of the alliances remaining on this listing, don’t underestimate the participant who appears like they’re going Assassin-heavy.

Brawny alliance

2 Brawny: All Brawny models achieve +30 most HP for every kill they’ve.
4 Brawny: All Brawny models achieve +60 most HP for every kill they’ve.

Brawny acquired fairly the change with the August Update. Before, it was a fast and painless supplementary alliance that helps you get a very good early-game, however which fairly rapidly fell off after that. Now, it’s the reverse; ineffective until you keep it up. I don’t like this new facet an excessive amount of, as a result of it forces you to stay to an alliance, which I feel runs counter to one of the simplest ways to play the game. But whereas it’s not the buff I hoped for or anticipating with Brawny, it’s actually going to turn into extra prevalent within the meta, at the least in the interim. And I can actually see a souped up Juggernaut or Axe with 1000 additional HP changing into an actual game-changer, if you will get it that far.

Druid alliance

2 Druids: At the start of fight, the bottom star ally Druid is upgraded a degree.
4 Druids: At the start of fight, the two lowest star ally Druids are upgraded a degree every.

I’m really a fan of Druids. Their alliance profit is healthier for some than others (you’ll wish to use it to get an early Level 3 Nature’s Prophet or Treant Protector ideally) nevertheless it’s such a straightforward alliance to fit into one other construct because it makes use of solely 2 or Four heroes – and of these Four heroes, 2 have Elusive and the others have Savage, which suggests you’re just about getting 2 alliances for the worth of 1. Add to that the truth that Lone Druid, Nature’s Prophet, and particularly Treant Protector are simply actually nice heroes in their very own proper, and also you’ve bought your self a hell of a supplementary alliance.

Heartless alliance

2 Heartless: All Enemies undergo -5 Armor.
4 Heartless: All Enemies undergo -10 Armor.
6 Heartless: All Enemies undergo -15 Armor.
Fall From Grace (Global Item): Human models rely as Heartless as an alternative when counting alliances.

Heartless is a superb supplementary alliance, fairly than one I might take into account basing a complete construct round. At each flip it merely gives you with the power to take down enemies extra rapidly. The solely actual concern I’ve with it’s that if you wish to flip it into greater than an incidental nicety, you then actually want to get that Fall From Grace Global. But moreover this, you’ll be able to mainly make all of your enemies squishy whereas including to your board some insanely highly effective heroes like Necrophos, Lich, or (for those who get Fall From Grace) Kunkka or Dragon Knight.

Human alliance

2 Humans: All Human models achieve a 20% probability to Silence goal for Four seconds when attacking.
4 Humans: All Human models achieve a 44% probability to Silence goal for Four seconds when attacking.
6 Humans: All Human models achieve a 66% probability to Silence goal for Four seconds when attacking.
Fall From Grace (Global Item): Human models rely as Heartless as an alternative when counting alliances.

I like Human for its flexibility. Not solely does it offer you sufficient potential heroes that you could very often achieve 2 and even 4 Humans pretty by the way; however if you wish to take issues in a very totally different course, you’ll be able to procure the Fall From Grace Global which turns Human into Heartless. Yes, meaning you lose the Human alliance. But it’s nonetheless a very helpful technique to make use of at instances. But no matter that, you’ve nonetheless bought some nice CC with Human’s silencing powers, and you may construct it into Knight, Mage, Warrior, or just about anything you need.

Hunter alliance

3 Hunters: All Hunters have a 20% probability of rapidly performing 2 assaults.
6 Hunters: All Hunters have a 35% probability of rapidly performing 2 assaults.

Having 6 Hunters in your board means you’ll actually need to bulk out your military with tankiness, therapeutic, Armor, and the whole lot else you’re lacking – however the truth that all these heroes, every with at the least strong and at most implausible DPS, can have a 35% probability of attacking twice in the identical time is kind of one thing to behold. Medusa is a completely magnificent DPS hero, notably for those who degree her up and equip her with the proper merchandise; and with Mirana and Windranger you will get began on a supplementary Elusive alliance too. It’s not as dominant because it as soon as was, nevertheless it’s nonetheless good in sure matches.

Warlock alliance

2 Warlocks: Whenever a Warlock casts a spell, they type a hyperlink with the Ally who has the bottom proportion well being for two seconds. When both linked hero offers harm, each models are healed 50% of the harm dealt.
4 Warlocks: Whenever a Warlock casts a spell, they type a hyperlink with the Ally who has the bottom proportion well being for two seconds. When both linked hero offers harm, each models are healed 80% of the harm dealt.
6 Warlocks: Whenever a Warlock casts a spell, they type a hyperlink with the Ally who has the bottom proportion well being for two seconds. When both linked hero offers harm, each models are healed 130% of the harm dealt.

Warlocks are actually extra extremely regarded than they ever was once due to current updates. Again, it’s not an alliance I’d often take into account sacrificing so many board slots so as to construct all the best way; however 4 Warlocks could make an unlimited distinction even regardless of their slight August Update nerf limiting their hyperlink period from Three right down to 2 seconds. It’s a subtler and extra insidious type of tankiness than the Knights and Warriors, and it by no means will get outdated to see your opponent whittling down everybody’s well being just for all of them to rise again as much as full within the house of about half a second. Plus, you’ve bought some good heroes right here. Necrophos, Witch Doctor, Witch Doctor, and Alchemist appears like one hell of a combo to me, no matter alliances.

Dragon alliance

2 Dragons: All Dragon models unlock an extra draconic capability.

The Dragon alliance is irritating. Dragon Knight is an unimaginable hero, however Puck and Viper are each extraordinarily lacklustre. So basically what you’re doing is sacrificing one in all your board slots (the place you might put one thing like a Medusa or a Kunkka) so as to make Dragon Knight realise his full potential. And yeah, typically that may be value it, as a result of DK actually is that good. But like I mentioned… Frustrating. At least it may be simply slotted into any construct – notably Mages (see our Dota Underlords builds information for an ideal instance).

Elusive alliance

3 Elusive: All Elusive models achieve +20% Evasion.
6 Elusive: All Elusive models achieve +45% Evasion.
9 Elusive: All models achieve +75% evasion.

Elusive is one other good supplementary alliance as a result of it’s not too tough to get Three heroes with the Elusive tag – however 9? Or even 6? Don’t get me unsuitable, you’ve bought some good heroes in right here. But Tier 3 Elusive simply doesn’t appear value it, and the August Update “buff” did virtually nothing. “Allies gain +75% evasion” as an alternative of “All Elusive units gain +75% evasion”? But you’ve already bought 9 Elusive heroes, so the buff is actually simply saying “oh go on, random Dragon Knight, have the evasion too.” Not that worthwhile for my part, and very similar to Assassin, you’ll be able to spend the complete match attempting to achieve 9 Elusives and lose earlier than you get there.

Inventor alliance

2 Inventors: Allied Inventors explode on demise dealing 15% of their Max Health to all enemies 1 cell away.
4 Inventors: Allied Inventors explode on demise dealing 30% of their Max Health to all enemies 1 cell away.

I don’t consider Inventor as an alliance in itself. It’s merely a perk of increase the Scrappy alliance. I don’t actually see the purpose of them being separate alliances; not when there are extra heroes that share each alliances than heroes that belong to only the one. Plus, due to the August Update the Inventor good thing about some fairly nice HP regeneration has been changed by what was once the Inventor alliance merchandise of inflicting your Inventors to blow up on demise dealing harm to these round them. I don’t understand how I really feel about that change, nevertheless it’s actually not sufficient to rank this alliance any greater than this.

Savage alliance

2 Savages: Allied Savage models apply a stackable 5 harm/s bleed on assault for 3s. Duration refreshes every assault.
4 Savages: Allied Savage models apply a stackable 10 harm/s bleed on assault for 3s. Duration refreshes every assault.
6 Savages: Allied Savage models apply a stackable 15 harm/s bleed on assault for 3s. Duration refreshes every assault.

Savage was one of many alliances that bought hit the toughest by the August Update. Now not giving your whole military additional assault harm, as an alternative your Savage models achieve the stackable bleed impact upon assault that was once offered by the Savage alliance merchandise. Let’s be clear: that’s a nerf. That’s a critical nerf. You can nonetheless make it work by combining with Druid to make a robust summons construct, however Savage is actually not the meta-dominating power it was once.

Shaman alliance

3 Shamans: Units attacking a Shaman have a 17% probability of being become a hen and hop Four cells in a random course.

Before the August Update I personally ranked Shaman because the worst alliance of all. The heroes themselves don’t gel effectively collectively when it comes to their different alliances (the one one which seems greater than as soon as is Primordial, which is by the way my new worst alliance), and the profit simply wasn’t worthwhile. Now? Yeah, it’s higher. It’s nonetheless too RNG for my tastes, however I can actually see the enchantment, as a result of when issues go proper it’ll really feel like you have got Three or 4 Shadow Shamans in your board all casting Hex without delay. But nonetheless, actually not a game-changing alliance.

Blood-Bound alliance

2 Blood-Bound: When a Blood-Bound unit dies, all different Blood-Bound models deal +125% Attack Damage for the remainder of the battle.
Big-Time Contract (Support Item): +250 Health. Equipped unit is Blood-Bound along with its different varieties.

There’s actually not a lot you are able to do to make Blood-Bound viable, at the same time as a supplementary alliance. Warlock is respectable, and Ogre Magi is beefy sufficient to be helpful on the entrance strains, however even for those who put a Big-Time Contract in your best-DPS hero, I nonetheless assume you might use that merchandise slot for different issues.

Deadeye alliance

2 Deadeye: All Deadeye models focus their assaults on the lowest-health enemy.

I’m not a giant fan of Sniper or Gyrocopter to be trustworthy, I feel there are significantly better choices in each Tier Three and Tier 5. And that clearly sours my opinion of the Deadeye alliance considerably. Focusing your assaults on the lowest-health enemy will be helpful in sure conditions, notably late-game when the opponent has introduced in a low-level Enigma or Kunkka to assist flip the tide. But it’s so area of interest and it comes on-line so late and it requires such bleh heroes that I by no means hassle with it.

Primordial alliance

2 Primordials: Allied Primordial models spawn a rank 1 Eidolon on demise. Eidolons are ranged Primordial models that do not spawn Eidolons.
4 Primordials: Allied Primordial models spawn a rank 2 Eidolon on demise. Eidolons are ranged Primordial models that do not spawn Eidolons.

Primordials have been on fairly the rollercoaster just lately. First it was buffed to such a level that it rapidly turned the brand new meta to construct Primordial/Mage; after which it was (over)nerfed with a change in its very nature from disarming to decreasing assault velocity; and now that’s gone too, and all that is still is that they spawn Eidolons on demise. And to make issues worse, they’ve nerfed Eidolons to the purpose of near-uselessness. This is certainly my decide for worst alliance presently in Dota Underlords, which is hilarious as a result of it looks like solely the opposite day that they have been the undisputed finest.

And that’s just about all we now have to supply on Dota Underlords alliances – at the least for this information. Check out all our different Dota Underlords information pages slightly below for extra centered and in-depth overviews on numerous totally different features of this addictive autobattler.

• Dota Underlords strategy guide – an summary of easy methods to play Dota Underlords, with sensible suggestions and methods for successful matches
• Dota Underlords heroes – stats on each hero, and an perception into the best-performing heroes proper now in Underlords
• Dota Underlords builds – a centered take a look at 6 of one of the best builds in Dota Underlords and how one can adapt them to suit your wants
• Dota Underlords items – equip your heroes with one of the best gear utilizing our in-depth objects information
• Dota Underlords gold – discover ways to create a colossal financial system with these gold-focused suggestions and methods
• Dota Underlords patch notes – discover the present state of the meta with our Dota Underlords patch notes evaluation
• Dota Underlords Battle Pass – we speak concerning the present Battle Pass and all the brand new heroes and options coming with Dota Underlords Season 1