{"id":4565,"date":"2026-10-26T09:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:55:07","slug":"valve-removes-meepo-from-dota-2-matchmaking-after-exploit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/valve-removes-meepo-from-dota-2-matchmaking-after-exploit\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve removes Meepo from Dota 2 matchmaking after exploit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/valve-composer-mentions-rumored-half-life-3-codename-hlx\/\" rel=\"follow\">Valve<\/a> has temporarily removed Meepo from <a href=\"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/ua\/dota2\/boost-mmr\" rel=\"follow\">Dota 2<\/a> matchmaking, including Turbo, after bugs allowed players to bypass cooldowns, duplicate items and increase the hero\u2019s health without limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exploits affected Meepo\u2019s abilities and items. Players used them to repeatedly activate Hand of Midas, duplicate artifacts and accumulate gold quickly. Other bugs let Meepo gain unlimited health, making the hero extremely difficult to defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/user\/status\/2114462002030825684\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n            <noscript>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/user\/status\/2114462002030825684\" target=\"_blank\"rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\n                    View this tweet on Twitter\n                <\/a>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/blockquote>\n        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n    \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valve released several emergency fixes in the days before the matchmaking ban. The updates targeted incorrect interactions between Meepo\u2019s clones and Aghanim\u2019s Scepter. Players found additional ways to exploit the hero\u2019s mechanics after the fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valve has not announced when Meepo will return to standard matchmaking or Turbo. The company has not confirmed whether it will change the hero\u2019s mechanics before restoring access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has temporarily removed Meepo from Dota 2 matchmaking, including Turbo, after bugs let players bypass cooldowns, duplicate items and gain unlimited health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-4565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","tag-pc-gaming-news"],"newsroom_tags":[{"id":19,"title":"PC Gaming","slug":"pc-gaming-news"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with 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