Quick Start
Get into your first game in minutes — find the mod on Steam Workshop and start picking abilities.
Ability Selection
Learn how to draft, build, and customise your hero’s skill set.
Game Modes & Options
Explore the game modes, mutators, and advanced voting options.
Reference
Deep-dive into the Lua scripting layer, KV data files, and the server API.
What is Legends of Dota Redux?
Legends of Dota Redux is a community-built Dota 2 custom game descended from the original Legends of Dota (LoD) by ash47. In Redux you draft a hero and then fill every ability slot with any skill from any hero in the game — the result is a wildly flexible build system that rewards creativity and knowledge of the entire ability pool. Redux extends the original with hundreds of new custom abilities, an extensive mutator system, hero perks, community skill-build sharing, and bot AI support.500+ abilities
All standard Dota 2 abilities plus dozens of custom-built Redux skills.
Mutators
Toggle game-wide rule changes — vampirism, kill streaks, random spells, and more.
Bot support
Play against or alongside AI bots with configurable difficulty levels.
Hero perks
Unlock bonus stats and passive bonuses linked to the abilities you select.
Skill builds
Save, share, vote on, and favourite community skill builds.
Chat voting
Players vote in-chat to enable cheats, double neutrals, anti-rat, and more.
Game phases
Every match flows through a structured sequence of phases before the Ancients are at risk.| Phase | What happens |
|---|---|
| Loading | Players connect; the server waits for the lobby to fill |
| Option voting | Players vote on game options (shop type, hero count, mutators …) |
| Option selection | Host finalises options |
| Banning | Optional phase to ban abilities from the pool |
| Selection | Each player drafts their hero and picks abilities |
| Review | Inspect your build before the game starts |
| Item picking | Optionally pick starting items |
| In-game | Standard Dota match begins |
New to LoD Redux? Start with the Quick Start guide to get through your first selection phase without missing a pick timer.
Key links
Changelog
See what changed in each version of Redux.
Contributing
Learn how to add abilities, fix bugs, and submit pull requests.
Credits
Meet the developers and contributors behind Redux.
GitHub
Browse the source code, open issues, and submit PRs.