Torte de Lini Dota 2 Hero Builds Project celebrates 10 years, 3.4 billion impressions

That’s a lot of views.

When you started trying a newDota 2 hero, chances are, a Torte de Lini in-game guide was there to help you.

10 years, over 3.4 billion views, and more than 525 million subscriptions later, Michael Yossef “Torte de Lini” Cohen-Palacios continues to be one of the most prolific guide makers in Dota 2.

Torte de Lini, ONE Esports

The numbers, simply put, are staggering. Each day, 90 percent of matches feature a Torte de Lini guide — averaging two million views daily. These guides include helpful information such as suggesting which skills to level first, recommended items, and concise tooltips for further explanation.

Torte de Lini’s Dota 2 guides take effort to maintain

The guides are updated several times a year — 7,200 updates, to be exact, with over 250,000 rewrites for in-game tooltips. It’s a staggering amount of work that continues to be a relevant source of information for any player, new or experienced.

Michael “Torte de Lini” Cohen is a French-Canadian esports and gaming veteran with over 13 years of start-up and business experience, and has completed three company acquisitions. Since 2013, he’s been providing in-game Dota 2 player guides for the competitive community based on analytical data and play-testing.

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For more information on Torte de Lini, read his full story on his blog,TorteDeLini.com, or follow him via Twitter at@TorteDeLini.

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