The Shortest Dota 2 games in history
Dota 2 is widely known for its players, who more often than not, never give up until the Ancient is destroyed. Yet, there are several instances where there can be the shortest Dota 2 games in history.
There are two categories of the shortest Dota 2 games, one being a typical match and the other is a pro match. We will only be looking at the latter category, where teams have the luxury of calling GG early to end the game.

Shortest Dota 2 game in history (Image Credits: Valve)
The Shortest Dota 2 pro match
In the pro scene, the shortest Dota 2 match goes to the Complexity Gaming vs eGX match at Beyond The Summit – Americas back in 2015.
After getting completely overwhelmed by Spirit Breaker’s 17% Bash that lead to 9 kills within 7 minutes, eGX surrendered to Complexity.
At the time, Complexity Gaming were a relatively pro team, comprising of notable players, such as David “MoonMeander” Tan, who played Spirit Breaker. However, many argue that this match doesn’t count as the shortest Dota 2 pro match namely because eGX is an amateur opponent, which ‘rage-quited’ after getting unlucky against Spirit Breaker’s bashes at BTS Americas.
As such, another candidate for the shortest Dota 2 match, which perhaps deserves that title is the match between Alliance vs iNfernity. In 2013, the TI-winning Alliance roster went up against the best Czech team at the time, iNfernity. As underdogs, Jonathan “Loda” Berg and the team derived a death ball draft that fully capitalized Alliance’s split-pushing strategy. The pioneers of Rat Dota picked pushing heroes, which included Pugma, Leshrac, and of course, Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg’s Nature’s Prophet.

Henrik ‘AdmiralBulldog’ Ahnberg (Image Credits: joinDOTA)
The game ended when iNfernity couldn’t deal with the massive loss of their buildings and called GG at 7 minutes 49 seconds. In this pro match, Alliance truly deserved to call this the shortest pro match in history due to their brilliant draft and execution.
Shortest Dota 2 pro match in TI History
Meanwhile, in the Internationals Championship category, the match between Team DK vs Cloud9 at the International 2014 (TI4) ended in 11 minutes 18 seconds.
While also sporting a pushing strategy, DK’s swift victory is thanks to picking Lycan and having multiple healers on the line-up.

Team DK vs Cloud9 at TI4 (Image Credits: Valve)
Back in that meta, Lycan’s auras provided damage across every ally hero and creep, letting DK push sustainably. Without any answers to DK’s high-ground push, Cloud9 had to call GG.
At TI7, LFY made Virtus.pro call GG in 15 minutes and 37 seconds by simply hunting down VP players across the map. They punished VP’s greedy draft that consisted of Anti-Mage as late-game carry, alongside Dragon Knight and Centaur. Without any space to farm, VP had to tap out.

Virtus.pro vs LFY at TI7 (Image Credits: Valve)
The shortest Dota 2 matches in history are hilarious, especially for the victors and it means more break time. Not so much for the losers, who suffered an embarrassing defeat. Nevertheless, some may argue that having to lose the longest Dota 2 game in history feels much worse.