Duos is a game mode in Dota Underlords where 8 teams of two players fight each other. In this mode teams share the same health and player level. Players can also send heroes and gold to their teammate.
Player[ | ]
Health[ | ]
Similar to Standard mode, teams start with 100 health, but damage is dealt according to the following rules:
- If both players from the same team won the round, the damage is added up and the losing team takes that damage.
- Example: if a player from Team A deals 9 damage while the other player from Team A deals 7, then the opponent team takes
9 + 7or 16 damage.
- Example: if a player from Team A deals 9 damage while the other player from Team A deals 7, then the opponent team takes
- If only one player of each team won, the team that did the least damage takes only the difference, while the other team takes no damage.
- Example: if a player from Team A deals 12 damage while a player from Team B deals 10, then team B takes
|12 - 10|or 2 damage.
- Example: if a player from Team A deals 12 damage while a player from Team B deals 10, then team B takes
- If opposing teams deal the same amount of damage no health is lost.
Level[ | ]
Player level is shared between both players. Teams gain 2 XP every round.
| Level up requirement | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| XP | - | 2 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 100 |
| Total | - | 2 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 84 | 134 | 204 | 284 | 384 |
Hero pool[ | ]
The total number of heroes available in the match is twice as much from Standard.
Sending heroes[ | ]
An area in the shop, below the heroes, shows how many of that hero your teammate has. A hero can be sent to your teammate by: selecting it and pressing the SEND button, by dragging the hero into the button or by pressing the F key on the keyboard. A hero can't be sent to your teammate if they have no room on their bench.
Sending gold[ | ]
Players can send 1 gold to their teammate by pressing the 
button below the shop.
Streaks[ | ]
Win streaks are only granted to players winning rounds while their isn't taking damage. Once the team takes damage, the streak is lost, even if that player never lost a round.
Team names[ | ]
Teams receive random nicknames from the list:
- Battle Buddies
- Brawl Besties
- Mischief Makers
- Combat Comrades
- Fight Friends
- Melee Mates
- Punch Pals
- Scuffle Squad
Rewards[ | ]
The following Wanted Poster Title will be rewarded for playing a Duos match. Can be earned by playing with Hardcore (XP) bots.
