Techies win rate soared by 8% in less than a day

On 29 August, Techies' win rate in Dota 2 saw a significant increase, rising from 46.59% to 55.01%, which elevated the hero to third place on the list of characters with the highest win rates. Additionally, the hero's pick rate in matchmaking also surged, from 7.67% to 12.17%. This data was sourced from DotaBuff.

This spike in Techies' performance was influenced by a bug involving the Hand of Midas. While developers had previously addressed a vulnerability that allowed the item's cooldown to be reset on other heroes, it was discovered on the morning of 29 August that the bug was still functioning for Techies. The exploit enables the hero, when using Spoon's Stash, to reset the item's cooldown by moving it from the inventory to the backpack. Throughout the day, multiple Reddit users reported encountering players who were abusing this bug on Techies.

The critical bug with the quick cooldown reset of Hand of Midas was first discovered on 26 August. Despite Valve releasing several patches aimed at fixing the issue, players continued to find new methods to quickly reset the item's cooldown.