> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Legends of Dota Redux

> A Dota 2 custom game that lets you build any hero with any combination of abilities from across the entire hero roster.

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Get into your first game in minutes — find the mod on Steam Workshop and start picking abilities.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Ability Selection" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/gameplay/ability-selection">
    Learn how to draft, build, and customise your hero's skill set.
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  <Card title="Game Modes & Options" icon="sliders" href="/modes/game-modes">
    Explore the game modes, mutators, and advanced voting options.
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  <Card title="Reference" icon="book" href="/reference/vscripts-overview">
    Deep-dive into the Lua scripting layer, KV data files, and the server API.
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## What is Legends of Dota Redux?

Legends of Dota Redux is a community-built Dota 2 custom game descended from the original Legends of Dota (LoD) by ash47. In Redux you draft a hero and then **fill every ability slot with any skill from any hero in the game** — the result is a wildly flexible build system that rewards creativity and knowledge of the entire ability pool.

Redux extends the original with hundreds of new custom abilities, an extensive mutator system, hero perks, community skill-build sharing, and bot AI support.

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  <Card title="500+ abilities" icon="bolt">
    All standard Dota 2 abilities plus dozens of custom-built Redux skills.
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  <Card title="Mutators" icon="shuffle">
    Toggle game-wide rule changes — vampirism, kill streaks, random spells, and more.
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  <Card title="Bot support" icon="robot">
    Play against or alongside AI bots with configurable difficulty levels.
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  <Card title="Hero perks" icon="star">
    Unlock bonus stats and passive bonuses linked to the abilities you select.
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  <Card title="Skill builds" icon="bookmark">
    Save, share, vote on, and favourite community skill builds.
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  <Card title="Chat voting" icon="comments">
    Players vote in-chat to enable cheats, double neutrals, anti-rat, and more.
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## Game phases

Every match flows through a structured sequence of phases before the Ancients are at risk.

| Phase                | What happens                                                     |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Loading**          | Players connect; the server waits for the lobby to fill          |
| **Option voting**    | Players vote on game options (shop type, hero count, mutators …) |
| **Option selection** | Host finalises options                                           |
| **Banning**          | Optional phase to ban abilities from the pool                    |
| **Selection**        | Each player drafts their hero and picks abilities                |
| **Review**           | Inspect your build before the game starts                        |
| **Item picking**     | Optionally pick starting items                                   |
| **In-game**          | Standard Dota match begins                                       |

<Note>
  New to LoD Redux? Start with the [Quick Start](/quickstart) guide to get through your first selection phase without missing a pick timer.
</Note>

## Key links

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  <Card title="Changelog" icon="clock-rotate-left" href="/changelog">
    See what changed in each version of Redux.
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  <Card title="Contributing" icon="code-pull-request" href="/contributing/setup">
    Learn how to add abilities, fix bugs, and submit pull requests.
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  <Card title="Credits" icon="users" href="/contributing/credits">
    Meet the developers and contributors behind Redux.
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  <Card title="GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/DarkoniusXNG/Legends-of-Dota-Redux">
    Browse the source code, open issues, and submit PRs.
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