It is really a great news that collected amount from battle pass and plus the initial prize pool of 1.6 million dollars almost reach 20 million dollars. We are still one month more to go and we have almost beat the previous prize pool last year. Current collect prize pool is now $19,822,679.

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Below are the history of prize pool on previous The International Tournaments

The International 2011 | Prize Pool : $1,600,000

The International 2012 | Prize Pool : $1,600,000

The International 2013 | Prize Pool :  $2,874,380

The International 2014 | Prize Pool : $10,923,977

The International 2015 | Prize Pool : $18,429,613

The International 2016 | Prize Pool : $20,770,460

The International 2017 | Prize Pool : $24,787,916

As we can see there had been an increase of prize pool every year. Valve added more features and rewards which makes players tempted to purchase. And also Dota2 player base increase rapidly due to the continuous popularity of the game.

Why Dota2 players purchase Battle Pass?

This Battle Pass they have added a multi-team dungeon clash (The UnderHallow) where players will battle monsters to earn experience and gold. You can also have a chance to collect your favorite Dota2 Fantasy Player Cards.

You have a chance to unlock more immortal treasures, hero taunts, evolving courier and many more. Inside the treasure are possible very rare item, ultra rare item or even bonus rare item.

The Competition

There will be a great competition between the invited and the qualified teams that will clash on the upcoming The International tournament. Each of those teams did show their skills and techniques during the major and premier tournaments. 

With only the best of the best teams that are filtered across regions. We are very sure that each of them are worthy to receive a chunk prize from the reward pool.