General Discussionradiant vs. dire

Those beefballs dont look good

its the same for me. Some days i get like 80% dire games and feel punished by volvo.

Dire 1,276 - 48.90%
Radiant 1,121 - 53.70%

88% winrate on radiant. 45% on dire. wtf is going on here guys? is it really that much easier to play radiant?

ummm ez pulls that's about it or all i can think of......

Radiant > Dire. It's quite commonly confirmed. There are tons of threads telling you the same.

There has been notably higher winrate on Dire for pro games awhile back, don't know if its still higher right now.

Radiant has a much easier jungle and lane terrain but Dire makes up for it with double stacking and Roshan. Most people don't use Roshan very well in pub games.

Radiant 104 => 57.69%
Dire 96 => 59.38%
hmm

Dire 248

52.82%

Radiant 227

52.42%

^ how u guise do dis??????????????? teach me plox!

Play Radiant Invoker/SF vs decent Dire Pudge, gg no rematch

i think the type of heroes u play matter as well? seems like heroes that do roshan a lot benefit from dire (troll warlord winrate on dire much higher than radiant), but heroes that benefit from rotating between jungle and ancients benefit from radiant (templar assassin)

Dire 256
61.33%
Radiant 222
56.31%

i'm talking about pro games

not pro players playing pub games ._.

in longrun in pub games radian has notably higher winrate

I play a lot of offlane so I think that's why my radiant % is higher. Just easier offlane setup including the camp you can pull.

the opposite here

Dire 42 50.00% wr
Radiant 41 43.90% wr

I have a higher Dire Winrate.
290 Matches, 50.34% winrate Radiant
547 Matches, 57.77% winrate Dire

I suspect the reason is because I play at a level where counterwards and smoke usage is rare. Because Radiant's jungle is less spread out, it is also much easier to ward/invade/gank. Once T1 bot tower is lost on Radiant and the jungle has been invaded, only 2 jungle camps are safe. For Dire, once T1 top tower is lost, usually 3 jungle camps are still safe. Since few people at my level use smoke, Dire can more easily counter Radiant's Roshan attempts for free teamwipes. Furthermore, Dire's T2 mid is far closer to Dire jungle than Radiant's T2 mid, meaning Dire has an easier time outflanking Radiant's attempts to invade their deepest jungle camps.