Dota Underlords – Rounds
There are three stages of play in Dota Underlords.
First, players can buy any of the five heroes from the pool they’ve received in the recruiting stage. They can refresh the pool by spending gold, can upgrade heroes by getting three copies of them, and can place units on the board.
Then, the battle stage starts. That’s when the two armies of heroes battle automatically against each other without any player agency. The battle ends when all heroes on one side are defeated, and the stars of the ones that remain are used to calculate the damage, if the winner is the attacker.
The waiting stage is the last. Those in matchups that are over have to wait until combat is still taking place on other boards. When waiting ends, the recruiting stage starts again and the cycle continues.
It’s possible to buy and sell heroes in any stage, but players can only place and upgrade them in the recruiting stage.