The Guild PostThe Guild PostGameplay patches, hero reworks and item shakeups, and the long road to The International.
Congratulations to Team Spirit, Grand Champions at The International 2026. After enduring a challenging year, Team Spirit regained their ultimate form just in time to take a five-game Grand Finals slugfest and claim the Aegis of Champions in Shanghai. Spirit's Group Stage…
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Eight teams survived the group stage. The double elimination bracket starts at the SPD Bank Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on August 20 and ends in a best-of-five Grand Finals on August 23, with matches beginning at 10 AM China Standard Time each day.
For your guild
Nothing here changes how the game plays. It is a fixed four-day schedule in a known time zone, which is all a clan needs to put a watch night in the calendar and to know that the usual scrim slots will be thinly attended.
7.41e arrives with the Summer Scrub, a sweep of features and bug fixes long enough that Valve gave it its own page, plus the usual International predictions, fantasy and supporter bundles.
For your guild
The Scrub kills a long tail of quirks, some of which your stack may have been using on purpose. Read the changes page before your next scrim rather than discovering it mid-draft.
The Guild Post gathers the latest Dota 2 news from Valve and the wider community into one page — patch notes, updates, and announcements as they publish, each linking back to the original source. Gameplay patches, hero reworks and item shakeups, and the long road to The International.
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