The creators of Dota 2 just integrated a full-scale fighting game into the main game, at no extra cost! (Because Dota 2 is already free, but who’s counting?)
Called Sleet Fighter, it joined the game with the July 9 update, as part of the current Crownfall season. Five Dota characters are the fighters, each with a full moveset and alternate costumes. Sleet Fighter supports both single-player and multiplayer matches, the latter both locally and online.
That’s pretty impressive for what could have been left as a one-off curiosity, a mini-game. Valve’s developers made no mention of Sleet Fighter during They announced Crownfall Act III at the end of June, which almost makes it an Easter egg, except it’s so fully developed. In fact, one might wonder why they spent all that time on it, only to pick it up again once Crownfall ends in October. Or maybe they won’t.
How to Find and Play Sleet Fighter in Dota 2
To play Sleet Fighter, players must travel to The Frosts of Icewrack (hence the fighting game’s name) and complete the first story tile on the Overworld map. This unlocks the Sleet FIghter 2: Immortal Combat tile, which takes you to the Severed Head pub where the game awaits. That’s all you have to do.
Here’s a YouTube video showing it all from start to finish, with an additional six minutes of pure gameplay.
The five heroes that players can choose for Sleet Fighter are Tusk, Bristleback, Shendelzare, Dawnbreaker, and Marci. Their moves are available in the game’s options menu; Dot Esports posted them all.
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