Is "Dota Plus" from overwolf allowed by Valve?

[♦ Tobirama Senjū ♦]

I've seen a lot of people and streamers using it and I wanted to give it a try but I'm afraid if it's not 100% safe to use. Any advices? Thanks

[Zagryzaec]

If you are not sure - dont do it. Pretty simple and effective safety rule.

[♦ Tobirama Senjū ♦]

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

If you are not sure - dont do it. Pretty simple and effective safety rule.

Did you miss the part where I said I wanted to give it a try?

[Bomoon]

Just use it. I’ve been using it for a few months now, they have ads all over the place if you dont have the premium subscribtion. Unless (tbh even if) you’re hiding some deep dark secret on your pc you dont have to be reluctant. It’s handy, it’s safe, it doesn’t ♥♥♥♥ with your fps.

Highly recommend it.

[♦ Tobirama Senjū ♦]

Originally posted by ProstaatPrikker55:

Just use it. I’ve been using it for a few months now, they have ads all over the place if you dont have the premium subscribtion. Unless (tbh even if) you’re hiding some deep dark secret on your pc you dont have to be reluctant. It’s handy, it’s safe, it doesn’t ♥♥♥♥ with your fps.

Highly recommend it.

thaanks

[kaannath.ttv]

It's likely to get you banned sooner or later. It gives an unfair advantage and pulls data that you aren't supposed to see.

[ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ]

Its approved to get match data so how would it not be

[Agent Frank Horrigan]

According to google,
"Overwolf is safe to use and will not cause a VAC ban. Our apps are overlays that do not modify or play with the games files"

[Dao of Yakitori]

Originally posted by ♦ Tobirama Senjū ♦:

I've seen a lot of people and streamers using it and I wanted to give it a try but I'm afraid if it's not 100% safe to use. Any advices? Thanks

i love your name! which server do you play on?

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by Mancomb Seepgood:

It's likely to get you banned sooner or later. It gives an unfair advantage and pulls data that you aren't supposed to see.

No, it doesn't actually "pull data that you aren't supposed to see." It pulls data that is already publicly provided by Valve's own Dota 2 API.

And as already stated, it doesn't modify the game in any way. You can get the same information provided by Overwolf Dota Plus from OpenDota or Dotabuff.

Some users argue that it's not fair to see your opponent's top played heroes but again, this information is already public for players with public matchmaking enabled and typically the people complaining about it are playing in mmr brackets where basic mechanical skill matters more than specific hero picks.

Whether someone has Overwolf or just looks at my profile on Dotabuff or OpenDota, they can still see my top played heroes. I've seen people on this forum complaining that Pudge and Techies and other top meta heroes were banned because someone was using Overwolf. Pudge and Techies are already top banned heroes regardless.

That is not to be confused however with cheat programs that are attempting to disguise themselves as Overwolf or any other program. Those are definitely bannable.

[REMSS]

Idk

[♦ Tobirama Senjū ♦]

Originally posted by ⚛ Marco Inaros ⚛:

Originally posted by ♦ Tobirama Senjū ♦:

I've seen a lot of people and streamers using it and I wanted to give it a try but I'm afraid if it's not 100% safe to use. Any advices? Thanks

i love your name! which server do you play on?

Europe

[1MantisPhoenix]

Yes
I used it for months, BUT it doesn't help against private profiles-[cowards]
People with stuff to hide should be more scared, but yeah. there's no bans from using information that pretty much only applies in the ban phase.

[♦ Tobirama Senjū ♦]

Originally posted by {TTV/1MantisPhoenix/∞:

Yes
I used it for months, BUT it doesn't help against private profiles-[cowards]
People with stuff to hide should be more scared, but yeah. there's no bans from using information that pretty much only applies in the ban phase.

Thaaanks !

[Dizzië]

Originally posted by Zagryzaec:

If you are not sure - dont do it. Pretty simple and effective safety rule.

that's why he's asking ?

[ジェニー・リアライト]

It pulls data from dotabuff. All you have to do is make your profile private. Problem solved.

As far as, "is it allowed?" Valve has officially neither said it is right nor wrong to use. What's to stop you from having a secondary monitor with dotabuff pulled up and looking up the information anyway? It's essentially the same thing, only the app makes it a bit quicker.