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Captain lobby
Queue up, track your rank, and skim draft intel before you roll.
Captain's draft125 heroes
Command the draft.Simulate. Climb.
Fan-built Dota 2 Captain's Mode simulator. Draft your lineup, counter the opponent, simulate outcomes, and climb the global leaderboard.
Browser · no install
Why CM- Full Captain's Mode draft flow with bans, picks, reserves, and timers.
- Simulate draft decisions and earn captain rating.
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Draftable Heroes
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Draft Steps
Global
Leaderboard
AI
Opponent
One session, full CM
DRAFT LIKE A REAL CAPTAIN
Draft through full Captain's Mode flow, make macro decisions, and review your match results after every run.
- Full pick/ban sequence
- AI opponent drafting logic
- Match log and scoring system
What you're playing
Outdraft. Outthink. Outclimb.
Win through drafting discipline, lineup synergy, and macro decisions—not lane mechanics.
Why register
Track your captain journey
Create an account to save match history, gain captain XP, and compete on the leaderboard.
See it in action
Lobby → draft → sim
A quick look at lobby, draft, and sim. The full run goes deeper.
RollCM draftPlaybookLogStandings
Swipe · Lobby → Draft → Sim
Browse
Every hero.Captain-ready sheet.
Valve roles and attributes plus our sheet: power timing, fight shape, map tempo, economy, and draft levers — skim the pool like a captain, not a wiki wall.
125 heroesRoles & attributesFilters + search
Browse anytime—sign in to track your drafts, ladder rating, and match history.
Hero atlas
Preview · static wire
Lens · roles · attributes · facets
Wireframe preview—detail on the atlas route.
Identity cards · tempo · economy · draft fit
Fan project · Not affiliated with Valve or Dota 2. Names and marks belong to their respective owners.
Match engine
You finish the draft.Everything after is consequence.
Lanes collapse early. Greedy cores get punished. One smoke rotation can crack the map and swing the next fifteen minutes. The engine tracks vision, spikes, economy, tilt, and desperation — fights erupt when state breaks, not from scripts.
High-ground stalls, bad Rosh calls, and momentum swings stay earned. Sandbox-first: draft wild comps, force chaos, split-push until it snaps — the simulation answers back.
Living match simulationReactive map stateUnscripted outcomes
How a tick becomes a story
Living map
Tempo & pressure
Calls & chains
Fight log
Match feed · highlights
18:39
Radiant slip into fog — Earthshaker lines up a smoke toward Shadow Fiend.
27:48
Crystal Maiden (Radiant) times the smite perfectly — Roshan dies but the Aegis goes to Radiant inste…
48:53
Invoker (Radiant) claims the Dire Top Melee Barracks.
Standings
One ladder for everyone
Wins pay forward; losses stick. Everyone shares the same ladder — draft and calls are what move the number.
- Good runs add rating you have to defend on the next ticket.
- Losses cost rating like everyone else.
- Medal icons mirror the live board so you always know your band.
Season preview
+ win · − loss- 1
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- 3GlyphAndGoImmortal5715-30
- 4RoshOrFeedImmortal5655+75
- 5ScanAdjustImmortal5640-15
Demo rows preview layout—yours joins after on the live board.
Account
Captain level
Finish CM runs to earn voyage XP.
- Another Ancient down fills the bar and spills into the next tier.
- Lobby UI shows rank and level side by side.
Your progression
Current level
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0 / 500XP this tier500 XP left this march
Glory from closed queues fills the ring; overflow waits for the next march. Kept on your profile — not tied to ladder rating.
Create an account to keep XP saved across visits.
What's cooking
The lab after midnight.
No promises. Just experimental systems, weird ideas, and mechanics we can't stop iterating on.
On the roadmap
Progression worth showing off
Turn CM sessions into a season pass vibe — seasonal targets, streak trophies, and flair on your lobby card.
Coming soon
Preview onlySeason goals
Bounties that reset with the ladder
- CM games played78%
- Radiant wins44%
- Clean reserve games62%
Badge cases
Wear the heater — visible in lobby
Three slots for streak, draft IQ, and vision badges — loot you actually want to flex between queues.
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Exploring
Challenge links · shared CM clock
Versus mode
A draft opponent who actually types back.
Same bans, same reserves, same pool — you and a friend in the same lobby. Run the match sim twice or argue the log until someone concedes.
On the horizon
Vision
Brackets · BO3 drafts · trophies
Tournament mode
Mini-majors for your group chat.
Eight captains, single elim, or a crew-sized Swiss — draft series that feel like event night instead of ladder grind.
On the horizon
Also brewing
One direction we're serious about below — the rest of the list is yours to shape.
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Captain career
Your pro, your arc.
Roll a captain card — look, lane ego, story — then stack reputation, milestones, and signature drafts across seasons. Progress lives on the person, not only the number.
Suggest what's next
Extra modes, different ladders, dumb ideas that might work — if you'd actually play it, we want to hear it. No wrong answers; just tell us what sounds fun.
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FAQ
How it works
Plain-language answers for first-time captains — draft flow, simulator panels, and what counts on the ladder.
Getting started
A fan-built Captain's Mode practice client. You roll faction and pick order, run a full 7.34+ CM draft against an AI captain, lock in a team playbook, then simulate the match and climb a solo ladder. It is not the Dota 2 client and does not replace playing the game.
Draft & strategy
Match simulator
Accounts & ladder
Support
Keep the draft client running
This is a nights-and-weekends build. If Captain's Mode ever made your night a little better, a tip helps with hosting and time to keep improving things.
- Servers, domains, and the boring bills that keep this online.
- Hours for versus mode, career layers, and ideas people keep sending in.
- Totally optional. Share the love if you feel like it, and we'll keep making it better.
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