2025 has been a highly competitive year for Dota 2, with many teams outperforming expectations and finishing strong across multiple tournaments. Now that DreamLeague Season 27 has concluded with Team Yandex as the victors, we have a good read on what the current Dota 2 competitive scene looks like.
The best teams in the world are poised to shake up the future of Dota 2 esports in the coming year. With Patch 7.40 already creating the meta and the subsequent Patch 7.40b fine-tuning it, we can expect to see more competitive levels of play in the upcoming tournaments in 2026.