Heroes of Newerth

Release Date:

2010

Prize Money Awarded:

$2,856,206.56 From 368 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2010-04-11 to 2018-04-01

Heroes of Newerth (abbreviated as HoN) is a free-to-play science fantasy, action real-time strategy game developed and published by S2 Games. The game was inspired by the popular Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars custom map for WarCraft III.

Heroes of Newerth puts two teams of players against each other: the Legion and the Hellbourne. Both teams are based at opposite sides of a map. The standard map is split into three continuous 'lanes', running from one base to the other. Defensive towers are positioned evenly through each lane, until the lanes terminate at a team's base. Bases are strongly defended with extra defensive towers, and buildings from which units spawn. These units, termed 'creeps' are spawned every thirty seconds, and run along their lane until they meet opposition - which they then attack. Victory is achieved when one of the teams manages to push into the base of the opposing team, and destroys their primary structure.

Of the few games based off of Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars that were successful, Heroes of Newerth is considered to be the least popular, overshadowed by League of Legends and Dota 2.

Heroes of Newerth major league - HoN Tour.

Largest Prize Pools

	Tournament Name	Prize Money
1.	» HON Pre Season of Professional League 2015	$236,185.14
2.	» HoN Tour Season 3 World Finals	$185,106.00
3.	» HoN Tour Season 2 World Finals	$181,888.00
4.	» HoN Tour World Finals 2016	$141,723.36
5.	» HoN Tour World Finals 2017	$116,516.16
6.	HoN Tour World Finals 2018	$64,039.12
7.	» DreamHack Winter 2012 (HoN Tour Grand Finals)	$60,000.00
8.	» Garena Star League 2013	$60,000.00
9.	» HoN Tour Season 1 - Finals	$60,000.00
10.	» DreamHack Summer 2015 (HoN)	$55,355.00
11.	» DreamHack Summer 2012 (HoN)	$49,775.95
12.	DreamHoN OSC	$45,000.00
13.	» DreamHack Winter 2011 (HoN)	$42,804.24
14.	» HTS3 NA/EU: Cycle 7	$36,436.00
15.	» HTS4 NA/EU: Cycle 7	$32,259.00
16.	» HTS3 NA/EU: Cycle 3	$32,049.00
17.	» HTS3 NA/EU: Cycle 2	$31,087.00
18.	Thailand eSports League by Garena	$30,375.80
19.	» DreamHack Summer 2013 (HoN)	$30,128.91
20.	SBHL	$30,000.00
21.	» DreamHack Winter 2013 (HoN)	$29,783.77
22.	» HTS3 NA/EU: Cycle 5	$29,219.00
23.	» HTS3 NA/EU: Cycle 1	$28,262.00
24.	» HTS3 NA/EU: Cycle 4	$27,758.00
25.	» HTS3 NA/EU: Cycle 6	$27,003.00

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Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (Game)
1.	iNsania	Aydin Sarkohi	$49,612.47
2.	m`ICKe	Michael Nguyen	$48,804.79
3.	KheZu	Maurice Gutmann	$48,141.72
4.	Chessie	Rasmus Blomdin	$47,076.16
5.	swindlemelonzz	Kyle Freedman	$42,322.89
6.	ZfreeK	Zakari Freedman	$42,322.89
7.	Mynuts	Johan Andersson	$41,672.63
8.	Boxi	Samuel Svahn	$41,112.77
9.	Limmp	Linus Blomdin	$40,673.86
10.	Zlapped	Pontus Mähler	$38,460.17
11.	Chitawan	Chitawan Tananitikan	$35,162.95
12.	Xibbe	Andreas Ragnemaln	$33,795.58
13.	Haxxeren	Jeppe Jensen	$32,864.81
14.	Cherrymo	Luo Qiang	$32,466.52
15.	大奇葩	Fang Zhihao	$31,817.87
16.	星仔传说	Zhou Jingxin	$31,813.49
17.	一梦丶二三年	Liu Di	$31,652.42
18.	嘟嘟丨	Shen Chao	$31,491.35
19.	O7T-V1	Komklit Wongsawat	$30,793.59
20.	Flensmeister	Dennis Brofalk	$29,287.29
21.	sLiCKz	Trent Tucker	$28,884.45
22.	kSsA	Pakinai Srivijarn	$26,555.79
23.	Fusen	Robert Flick	$26,448.25
24.	baltazar	Simon G.	$25,955.85
25.	RootOf_Z	Mattias Sander	$25,895.40

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Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$1,339,316.55	46.89%
Offline/LAN	$1,516,890.01	53.11%

Comparisons

» Dota 2	-$166,813,659.89
» Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	-$58,471,910.92
» League of Legends	-$53,347,099.75
» Heroes of the Storm	-$11,777,063.37
» Counter-Strike	-$8,762,775.28
» SMITE	-$5,693,906.19
» StarCraft: Brood War	-$4,827,277.23
» WarCraft III	-$2,427,219.75

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	Sweden	$643,018.60
2.	Thailand	$370,912.94
3.	United States	$254,034.94
4.	China	$248,498.95
5.	Russian Federation	$155,125.23
6.	Denmark	$151,990.08
7.	Germany	$133,877.59
8.	Malaysia	$36,271.88
9.	Australia	$34,070.95
10.	Hungary	$26,448.25