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Break the Dota rules, pay the Dota price with the low priority queue.
There’s a special place for those who play up and misbehave inDota 2— low priority. It’s here where the worst offenders (and a few unlucky souls who disconnected a few too many times) end up, and every Dota player is bound to land here at some point in their careers.
But what exactly is low priority in Dota 2? How did you get here, what will you need to do to get out, and how can you avoid coming back?
What is Dota 2’s low priority queue?
Dota 2’slow priority queueacts as a penalty for those who have been misbehaving in matchmaking. Your behavior score doesn’t matter for low priority; if you receive a sharp burst of reports across multiple games in a row, you’ll be placed into low priority and must earn the right to rejoin the rest of the community.
You likely ended up here after multiple games in quick succession that included reports ofcommunication abuse, griefing, feeding, or abandoning matches.Don’t worry too much aboutconnection issues; Valve has assured players that one or two abandoned games due to disconnecting won’t guarantee you low priority.
That said, if you have constant connection problemsleading to abandoned matches, you’ll be punished with low priority accordingly. You’re still ruining the game for nine other players!
Several restrictions are placed on your account when you fall into low priority:
You can’t get out of it by queueing with friends that aren’t in low priority, either: They’ll join you in low priority whenever you search for a match.
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Tips for getting out of low priority in Dota 2
The only way to get out of low priority is toplay the remaining Single Draft matches. You can’t leave the matches early, otherwise more will be added to your queue.
Most players will need to win between one and five matches to get out of low priority. All we can suggest is to play through each game to completion and avoid copping more reports along the way.
Since you’ll be playing Single Draft, you’ll get a small selection of heroes to choose from. You get a choice of one hero from each of the three attributes - Strength, Agility and Intelligence. Pick the hero you’re strongest with, and if none are offered, treat the match as a chance to learn a new hero.
How to Avoid Low Priority in Dota 2
As for getting through the matches and avoiding low priority in the first place:
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