Dota 2 optimization mods

These go the other way from everything else here: fewer particles, simpler models, more frames. Worth trying before you touch your settings.

The D2PFX catalog has 3 mods in this category. Each changes what you see on your own screen; everyone else sees their own game.

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  Tinker Lite Machines

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  Default Wards

• Commands

Installing any of these

Open Dota 2 Mod Manager, find the hero, press Install. The app puts the file in a free pak slot in the folder your game mounts, tells you when two mods carry the same file, and puts everything back after a Dota patch. The full guide, or the manual route if you would rather do it yourself.