Dota 2 · Best-Ball series

Dota 2 Best-Ball Series

A full tournament group stage. Draft eight players once — the best five score on each day.

Payouts

Where the prize pool goes

Shares of the $1,000 AUD pool. Ties split the sum of the tied places equally.

Paid on the same top-heavy grid as a guaranteed prize pool, once at the end of the series.

Shown for a full field of 100. On a shorter field the places that do not exist are dropped and the rest are scaled up, so the pool is paid out in full either way. Minimum field: 20 entries — below that the contest is cancelled and every entry fee is returned.
Finishing place	Share of pool	Payout
1st	20%	$200 AUD
2nd	13%	$130 AUD
3rd	9%	$90 AUD
4th	7%	$70 AUD
5th	5.5%	$55 AUD
6th–10th	4%	$40 AUD
11th–20th	1.75%	$17.50 AUD
21st–30th	0.8%	$8 AUD

Full prize structure and rake

Roster

Dota 2 best-ball bench

Maximum 4 players from any one team on a bench of 8. Each slot accepts only players whose provider-reported position matches that slot on the day.
Position	Accepts
BB1	Any eligible player — the best five of the bench score each day
BB2	Any eligible player — the best five of the bench score each day
BB3	Any eligible player — the best five of the bench score each day
BB4	Any eligible player — the best five of the bench score each day
BB5	Any eligible player — the best five of the bench score each day
BB6	Bench. Counts on a day when it out-scores one of the others
BB7	Bench. Counts on a day when it out-scores one of the others
BB8	Bench. Counts on a day when it out-scores one of the others

The draft locks at the start of the first series and stays locked for the whole event. A selected player who does not appear in their match scores zero and is not substituted.