{"id":41970,"date":"2018-08-09T19:21:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=41970"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:48:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:48:30","slug":"what-are-dota-2-player-cards-a-noob-guide-for-clueless-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/what-are-dota-2-player-cards-a-noob-guide-for-clueless-players\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Dota 2 Player Cards? A Noob Guide For Clueless Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a Dota 2 player who like to buy skins and spend money on the game. Then you definitely must have purchased The International Compendium, which releases every year. The Internation is the most exciting period of the year for the game as well as for fans. If you are a person who does not care about your Battle pass\u00a0level, or you are satisfied with your Battle pass level then you might want to stop right here and close the browser tab. I’m just kidding, you can read this if you like. I will write about the details of the Dota 2 Player Cards which are a part of The International 2018 Compendium. Bear with me with the long article.<\/p>\n

Dota 2 Player Cards A Brief Introduction<\/h2>\n

Dota 2 Player Cards were introduced in The International 2014 Compendium. Initially,\u00a0the card pack contained\u00a010\u00a0random player cards of the teams competing in The International 2014. Cards could be collected to earn points for. Collecting all cards for any given team will reward certain\u00a0for that team. I will tell you what points though.<\/p>\n

Through the years the player cards were changed and now since the release of The International 2018 Compendium each Battle pass owner is awarded players cards. Instead of 10 like in TI4 Compendium, you are given 5 random cards of the 18 total team competing in The International 2018.<\/p>\n

Dota 2 Player Cards Details<\/h2>\n

Now let me tell you in detail what these points are and how can you gain maximum points out of the player cards. If you have not opened a single pack first open these. You can open the player cards in the Compendium tab of Battle pass. Click the Battle pass\u00a0tab on the main screen of Dota 2.<\/p>\n

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After that click Player Cards and by the way the prize pool is huge!<\/p>\n

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Then, you have to open the Player Cards if you have premium pack open that too. I have already opened mine so, don’t mind it.<\/p>\n

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After that, you have to look at the duplicates. Normal player cards pack will have 4 green cards and 1 rare silver or gold card. Premium player card pack, however, contains the rare Notice that there are 3 types of cards, Green, Silver, and Gold.<\/p>\n

You have to prioritize golden cards, then comes silver and then green.<\/p>\n

After opening every pack now you have to look for recycles. If you have 2 or more similar green cards of the same player you can recycle any card you like. But if you got a golden or silver card of the same player you do not need the green card or cards.<\/p>\n

Similarly, If you have a golden card of the same player. You can either keep it or recycle it depending upon the statistics the card has.<\/p>\n

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If you have duplicates of a core player. Then you have to look at the statistics of the card. Like here is a silver card of Xxs who is a core player for Invictus Gaming. Now looking at the card it has GPM (Gold Per Minute), Obs Wards Planted and Camps stacked. Since he is a core player so the Obs. Wards Planted and Camps Stacked is useless. If I have other cards which have good statistics like, GPM, Creep Score, Kills etc I would keep that card and recycle this silver card. Do you get my point?<\/p>\n

You have to see the same things for Golden cards.<\/p>\n

Things To Look For A Core Player Card<\/h3>\n

You basically want the following things in the statistics for a core player. If you are missing most of the things in the below list then you do not need that card at all. Recycle that!<\/p>\n