5 player-affiliated Dota 2 hero sets to look out for

Steam Dota 2 Workshop is well-known for amazing in-game cosmetics contributed by members of the community. What’s great about the workshop is that it also gives back to the item-makers by giving them a percentage of their items’ sales.

Better than that is how recent collaborations in the Steam Dota 2 workshop between artists and professional players are set to also give a portion of the revenue generated to the players involved.

Here is a list of the latest player-affiliated sets. You can click on the set’s image to head to its respective Steam Workshop page.

1. BurNIng Anti-Mage set

Artist: Thiago “T_Vidotto” Vidotto, Cesar Sampedro
Player: Xu “BurNIng”Zhilei

Xu “BuRNing” Zhilei of Team DK is dubbed to be the best carry in the world. He has been praised mostly for his very impressive Anti-Mage game play. In fact, in Warcraft 3 DotA (WC3 DotA), Anti-Mage is named after him. Anti-Mage is BuRNing’s most played hero with 24 games with a win rate of 70.8% (17-7 win-loss ratio).

According to Vidotto, one of the reasons why he chose BurNIng to make a set for is that the Chinese legend is one of his favorite players and has been an inspiration as well. With the help of Spanish artist Cesar Sampedro, concepts were created and sent to BurNIng for approval.

“He (Burning) suggested for us to reference on Chinese warfare and culture. The hair came inspired from the “terracota warriors” sculptures. And we added some dragon references on the armor and arms. There is also a logo based on the Chinese word from “fire” and the letter “B” from BurNIng,” Vidotto said. The logo is represented in the arm piece.

2. The Ice Breaker

Artist: Daniel “Danidem” Lucanu, Benjamin “Bronto Thunder” Retter
Player: Daryl “iceiceice”Koh

Known by many to be the “ultimate troll”, Daryl “iceiceice”Koh is one of the most unique players you will ever find. He currently plays the offlane position for Team DK, but has impressively taken on carry and solo mid roles in his career. Iceiceice’s stream used to be one of the most famous in Asia before he flew to China to join Team DK, which caused him to stop streaming.