Dota Auto Chess: advice on the game by NAVI.GG.BET
Advice from Crystallize and Chuvash
Tens of thousands of concurrent players, more than a million subscribers on the official page, as well as many thematic clips and streams on Twitch. No, this is not a novelty with a huge budget from well-known developers, but only a custom game Dota Auto Chess, it gained popularity to such an extent that it could easily enter the top 10 most popular games on Steam at the moment.
Despite its name, this custom game has little to do with traditional chess. The main similarity, perhaps, only the board, which consists of cells in the format of 8 by 8. The rest of the mechanics of Dota Auto Chess is unique and created by the Chinese developers Drodo Studio, who are also the authors of such a famous custom game as GemTD.
In total there can be 8 players in a match, and the main task for everyone is to survive until the end of the match. You can not control the characters you bought: they are automated and the players of each match are only required to place their pieces on the battlefield. Managing your gold, combination, and positions of your pieces are vital to be a successful Auto Chess player.
So what's the secret behind the popularity of this game mode? It is quite easy to learn and exciting to discover all possible mechanics. The developers are actively engaged in the development of their offspring, releasing various updates and patches that tweaks the balance. Noteworthy are the inherent and the expected matchmaking factors: an extremely fast search for a match and a rating system. In other words, the game has absolutely all the points necessary both to maintain interest in the project and for the subsequent increase in its popularity.
It is noteworthy that Dota Auto Chess has all the makings of an independent esports discipline. So, the other day there was information that the Valve employee plans to sponsor a tournament organized by a famous player and streamer 
Brian «BSJ» Kanavan. As a result, the prize fund of the championship will be $ 5,000 — a solid amount for the custom game!
Dota Auto Chess interface
The 
NAVI.GG.BET team did not stay aside from such a bright phenomenon and also plays this custom game. On how to become better in this game brought to you by the «yellow-blacks” — Vladyslav «Crystallize» Krystanek and 
Evgenii «Chuvash» Makarov.
Vladyslav "Crystallize" Krystanek— I think 50. Not worth it to be above. Chuvash, for example, keeps his gold up to where his health is 20% and then he begins to invest.
Evgenii “Chuvash” Makarov— It is better to lose the "throne" than to lose the income.
Vladyslav "Crystallize" Krystanek— My top 3 is Slark, Juggernaut, Beastmaster. I don't want to name the strongest.
Evgenii “Chuvash” Makarov— All druids.
Vladyslav "Crystallize" Krystanek— No favorite yet. Haven't played with mages yet( Chuvash builds the mages lineup, I could only beat him with the warriors). I like to play with assassins and elves. Elves are good but probably only loses to mages.
Evgenii “Chuvash” Makarov— Druids with mages. In the simplest strategies, warriors or druids.
Vladyslav "Crystallize" Krystanek— Through the druids, it is easy to expand to other strategies, as they are easy to upgrade, and they do good in tanking. I would say that the warriors are strange: 3 units +8 armor is somewhat too strong. And if 6 units, then you get +18. You take a warrior and a troll - the victory is almost in your pocket.
Evgenii “Chuvash” Makarov— I would like to see some nerfs on warriors.
However, our guys do not have time for the custom games. Very soon, on January 24th, the Natus Vincere team will take part in the open qualifiers of the Major-tournament DreamLeague Season 11, where they will compete for a place in the closed qualifiers of the championship!
