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Like most\u00a0players, I also had my fair share of discussions about whether a hero deserved to be categorized in a different attribute. I believed Vengeful Spirit could be an Intelligence hero, while Marci resembled Agility. These debates can be put to rest with the Universal category, as it is now the home of the homeless\u00a0Dota 2\u00a0characters. All Universal Heroes in Dota 2 Abaddon Bane Batrider Beastmaster Brewmaster Broodmother Chen Clockwerk Dark Seer Dark Willow Dazzle Enigma Io Lone Druid Lycan Marci Magnus Mirana Nyx Assassin Pangolier Phoenix Sand King Snapfire Techies Timbersaw Vengeful Spirit Venomancer Visage Void Spirit Windranger Winter Wyvern At the time of writing, there are 31 Universal heroes in\u00a0Dota 2. Before patch 7.33, some of these heroes succeeded in roles that weren't suited to their primary attributes. 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Like most\u00a0players, I also had my fair share of discussions about whether a hero deserved to be categorized in a different attribute. I believed Vengeful Spirit could be an Intelligence hero, while Marci resembled Agility. These debates can be put to rest with the Universal category, as it is now the home of the homeless\u00a0Dota 2\u00a0characters. All Universal Heroes in Dota 2 Abaddon Bane Batrider Beastmaster Brewmaster Broodmother Chen Clockwerk Dark Seer Dark Willow Dazzle Enigma Io Lone Druid Lycan Marci Magnus Mirana Nyx Assassin Pangolier Phoenix Sand King Snapfire Techies Timbersaw Vengeful Spirit Venomancer Visage Void Spirit Windranger Winter Wyvern At the time of writing, there are 31 Universal heroes in\u00a0Dota 2. Before patch 7.33, some of these heroes succeeded in roles that weren't suited to their primary attributes. 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Universal is a hero category in Dota 2<\/em>, just like Agility, Strength, and Intelligence. Valve added Universal heroes to Dota 2<\/em> with Patch 7.33<\/a> on April 20, 2023.<\/p>

As a result of adding a fourth category, some heroes were removed from existing categories and became Universal. These heroes gain 0.6 damage from each stat of any attribute, giving them flexibility for building items.<\/p>

Like most players, I also had my fair share of discussions about whether a hero deserved to be categorized in a different attribute. I believed Vengeful Spirit could be an Intelligence hero, while Marci resembled Agility. These debates can be put to rest with the Universal category, as it is now the home of the homeless Dota 2<\/em> characters.<\/p>