Dire

Dire
About
Associated With
Heroes	20px|link=Arc Warden|class=noprint Arc Warden
Factions	Radiant
Places	Mad Moon

The Dire is a faction in Dota 2. It is characterized by a dark, gloomy theme. The top right half of the game map belongs to the Dire, while the bottom left belongs to the Radiant.

Gameplay

There are many differences between the Dire side of the game map and the Radiant side.

Affiliated heroes

Strength	Agility	Intelligence
Abaddon Axe Chaos Knight Doom Lifestealer Lycan Magnus Night Stalker Pudge Sand King Slardar Spirit Breaker Tidehunter Underlord Undying Wraith King	Arc Warden Bloodseeker Broodmother Clinkz Faceless Void Medusa Meepo Nyx Assassin Phantom Assassin Razor Shadow Fiend Slark Spectre Terrorblade Venomancer Viper Weaver	Ancient Apparition Bane Batrider Dark Seer Dazzle Death Prophet Enigma Grimstroke Invoker Leshrac Lich Lion Necrophos Outworld Destroyer Pugna Queen of Pain Shadow Demon Visage Warlock Winter Wyvern Witch Doctor

Lore

• The Dire is one of the Nemesis Stones, a force diametrically opposed to the Radiant.
• The Dire is known to Zet as Diruulth. He originally kept the Dire and Radiant in check, but lost control after the Mad Moon was destroyed.
• The Dire spreads corruption.
• The light of the sun and the moon counter the Dire's influences.
• Earthshaker is opposed to the Dire, wielding a light-absorbing totem to banish its corruption.
• Direstone was used in creating the Demon Edge.

Trivia

• The DotA equivalent of the Dire was the Scourge.
• In DotA, heroes were affiliated into the Scourge and Sentinel factions. This division was seen in the older picking screen.
  • In DotA when playing the Normal game mode (also called "Pick Mode"), players could only pick Scourge heroes while on the Scourge team, and vice versa. This game mode is not present in Dota 2.

See also

• Direstone

Gallery

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  Dire icon

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  Dire pip

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  Dire base logo

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  Old Dire base logo

References

Factions Lore overview Abyssal Horde Ascended Ones Ash Legion Bear Clan Bladebreaker Order Bloodmist Bonehunters Bonemeal Ogres Boreal Watch Bronze Legion Burning Cabal Chiseled Guard Claddish Navy Conclave of the Brine Court of Ristul Dark Moon Horde Dark Moon Order Dark Reef Dozen Darkbrew Family Deep Ones Demon Lords Demons of the Cataract Dezun Order Dhreg Cult Dire Dragon Clan (Dragon's Blood) Dragon Clan Dragon Knights Druids of Verodicia Eldwurms Flameguard Frost Brigade Frosted Winds Tribe Frostiron Tribe Highsand Nomads House of Avernus House of Ambry House of Tahlin Jasper Circle Kha-Ren Knights of the Fold Korumite Kuur-Ishiminari Marci's Family Marrowfell Hunters Monks of Turstarkuri Mono Militis Nivan Gallants Order of Cyprin Order of Ra'hul Order of the Oyo Pangolin Guild Qaldin Assassins Radiant Red Guard of Ogdaroon Red Mist Redmoon Order Sagesmiths Sapphire Archons Scaled Knights of Uthorian Serpent Clan Sisters of the Veil Slithereen Guard Sunbreeze Family Sylvan Guard Tahlin Watch The Continuum The Lost Order The Lost Vigil The Quorum The Rogue's Guild Treant Guard Verdant Guild Vigil Knights Vile Council Warstomp Clan Western Wails