Which Dota 2 heroes diverge the most from their lore?

This fragile bug is one of the strongest characters in Dota 2’s lore / Image credit: Valve Magnus’s abilities lean heavily into unexplained magnetism, despite his lore grounding him in warfare.

Meepo, the weakest hero in lore, becomes one of the most dangerous characters in-game in the right hands.

Elder Titan’s story is about repairing creation, but he spends the rest of the game breaking it apart.

Explaining Dota 2’s lore is as easy as onboarding a new player in this game; technically possible, but it’s guaranteed to mentally exhaust everyone involved. After a thousand hours of repeatedly destroying Ancient and Dire’s Ancients, you’re bound to eventually ask ‘What’s the reason for all the…