Defense of the Froy 2

S:
Rubick (Some of the best voice acting in the game, he has super badass lore that with some very fun/humorous elements and I always liked how he seemed to have a paintbrush staff lookin' thing in art that translates okay to the model. His outfit/mask are also quite cool.)
Lina (Always really liked this hero! She looks badass and sexy, the rivalry with her and Crystal Maiden is way better on her end, she has a good voice and it works into a super damage kit stylistically to boot.)
Invoker (Model is basically Kael'Thas with some tweaks but I don't mind that and I find it enjoyable, it reminds me of a Vladimir that isn't all that bad. He has some of my favorite personality in the entire game as this arrogant, wizardly asshole and he has some of the most flavor in his spells and such. Never forget Carl!)
Timbersaw (His lore and personality are pretty hilarious and I like how he is, in fact, totally right that trees are trying to kill him. The lines when working with Treant/NP are especially funny. Pretty good model and art, too.)
Io (I can play as an electromagnetic particle? Hell yeah.)
Lone Druid (This dude looks pretty cool, but I also always liked his characterization/lore: A dude whose purpose is recreating life after the end...so he tries to accelerate it to get it done with already! Even aside from that he is very fun.)
Warlock (That model is pretty goddamn cool, I gotta say, and while the lore could use some expansion I like how he's basically a bookworm who becomes a warlock as an afterthought. He has a good voice. I will admit the staff could stand to not be QUITE so big though.)
Chaos Knight (Unsure if I like him riding the horse but he just plain looks badass and has a badass voice and I like the idea of the Fundamentals existing.)
Razor (I can't comment on the voice because it uses a filter in-game, but this dude looks like a fucking badass and his lore is fun.)
Slark (Pretty cool for a Murloc-esque fishman, I really like his lore and his voice is pretty great too.)
Meepo (Yes, his voice is annoying, but in a good way that seems less annoying to the player and more fitting to the character. I also like how his design is ugly without being bad aesthetically and he feels like a fairly unique look for the game.)
Puck (Gratuitous Shakespeare references? I'm game. Being a weird insect-dragon-thing is really cool IMO and I like the fact he is actually implied to be a haughty asshole and more of a Fair Folk. Way better than Fizz for this archetype and this comparison may bump him higher than normal for me.)
Skywrath Mage (Why does he sound like Londo from Babylon 5? So weird, but kinda neat, what bumped him to S was his voice lines with Vengeful Spirit which are very neat IMO, his actual design is a pretty neat flying humanoid and I think his lore is pretty high end. I would be quite interested if they made the traitorous younger sister into a hero to complete the trio already.)
Underlord (He looks pretty cool, unsurprisingly like a Warcraft Pit Lord, but mostly gets this high because I quite like his voice effects.)
Clinkz (Good edgy design here and I think that the lore here is one of the more fun in Doto 2, feels like a reference to Sir Dan too. Voice is a touch above average. I like how he's so edgy with that lore.)

A:
Dragon Knight (Model and art are good for the most part, although it misses S because I find the dragon forms odd to look at, but I really like the voicework here.)
Lifestealer (Really good art/model that looks enjoyably screwed up, but his voice seems really off to me, especially discordant with how messed up he looks.)
Elder Titan (Seeing his model in action made me like him a bit less but he still has cool art and some pretty good lore/voicework.)
Omniknight (Good art, good model, good voicework, and Purist Thunderwrath is such a ridiculous name how can one not like it?)
Axe (Design is somewhat generic but has enough to save it a good deal and I personally find the personality/voice/lore really hilarious in a good way.)
Weaver (What a bizarre design, but I kinda like it due to that, the voice is very fitting too and he has good lore.)
Dazzle (Lore is neat aside from the ending basically being "and then he did stuff". The ringlets on his lance thing are pretty cool and he has a good voice, I like the wild hair and neatly designed shoulderpads. I could see myself liking him even more if I played.)
Tiny (Okay lore, has one of the best arts/models, what is up with his voice? Apparently rock people in MOBAs must sound dopey.)
Keeper of the Light (The appearance is a bit referential but I do like the mountedness here and he has lowkey good voice work I feel, and his lore is fun in the Fundamentals place.)
Bane (That model is pretty cool although the shadow dripping hand thing is maybe a bit much, I don't really like the voice but I give it a pass because BLINK DAGGER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAH.)
Faceless Void (Fairly neat looking, although I could see the tentacle head being pretty great if done well, I am unsure on how I feel about the voice.)
Vengeful Spirit (I think the lore is neat and while the design isn't uber amazing, it is fairly fun for the archetype, and the voice work is decently good too, all together pretty nice. Her lore does need to be updated to be more consistant with Skywrath Mage, however.)
Sand King (He doesn't have much character but the voicework is good and I like his weird scorpionness.)
Silencer (I've generally liked this guy for some reason, his lore is fun, and I like how he is basically a mage based on stopping other mages lore-wise. Voice work is solid.)
Witch Doctor (Feels like Shadow Shaman done right, the way his body is slouched to one side looks pretty delightfully freaky and his voice acting feels god, although his lore is...non-existant. If I played DoTA 2 I could see the character growing on me more.)
Bristleback (Design is pretty generic, but I do like the cloth eyepatch and more importantly he has a quite good voice. Has one of the best in the bag quotes!)
Phantom Assassin (Feels like a far superior Akali/Templar Assassin, although the underboob here is frankly kind of ridiculous, above average voice work. What puts her here over B is that I thought her in game model has some fun looking animations like when she moves.)
Luna (Basically Mirana but better, I don't like the mounted aspect here but it is fun aside from that, voicework is solid if sometimes silly.)

B:
Storm Spirit (This would be an A but his model is ass.)
Doom (I quite like the candle burning wing tips (tendrils?) but aside from that is basically a demon dude and I slightly dislike the voice and I don't like how the lore is basically just "He's Lucifer".)
Earthshaker (Good design, some DoTA2 lore I like, I find his voice pretty weird though and his actual personality is very generic.)
Terrorblade (Holy shit this guy is so fucking edgy. But he's so edgy I kind of like it. His edgy voice, lore, name and so on only add to this. I can't dislike something so over the top edgy.)
Chen (Base design is neat except the mount seems pretty out of place here and not that neat to me. I like his personality of being a zealotic murderer-conversioner and decent lore.)
Legion Commander (I like her art but her voice and lore are fairly generic aside from hilarious -ism.)
Visage (Better than Galio! I like the spectral gargoyle look, but he doesn't have a very fun character or anything and I do feel they could have done some more with the concept and execution.)
Pugna (His lore is so very at odds with his design and voice work and why the hell is he so SMALL? But I quite like that energy cape flair and it is fairly good aside from that at least. I don't like the staff and wish he just hand casted.)
Lycan (I somewhat like his model/art but not a lot, voice feels pretty weird but I somewhat like it, or at least undecided on it, and it works with his lore which is fun. Why the hell was he Kil'Jaeden before?)
Treant Protector (General tree man. Small bump for amusingly not wanting to move.)
Batrider (I don't know what to say about Batrider. It is a green man riding a bat. If that is what you are looking for, it won't disappoint you. It all feels very average to me, if fitting.)
Nature's Prophet (Pretty generic nature-y dude.)
Death Prophet (That lore is hilariously edgy, but I kind of like it, curiousity to the extreme. I like the tattered, floating bottom half of the design but the spectral hair and claws just don't look good on the design. Those arms look hilariously thin.)
Bounty Hunter (Voice is kind of a caricature but in a good and funny way and the design is a bit above average for what it is going for.)
Pudge (Its an Abomination, not much else to it. I find his voice kinda weird at times.)
Necrophos (Seems pretty standard for what is being gone for, but with a low quality model. Bad lore. I wish he wasn't glowing and had a more skeletal or sickly-mage appearance ala his concept art, or at least less brightly glow-y ghost.)
Slardar (Design is a kinda cool monster, although I kinda feel there could be cooler patterning. Voice sucks.)
Ember Spirit (Color scheme makes him not look bad like Earth Spirit and his voice is fairly good. Weapon wielding looks odd.)
Alchemist (Ogre is really generic, little guy is cool, voice is basically what you'd expect and the lore is amusing.)
Arc Warden (Edgy Mysterio.)
Kunkka (His voice is...not what I expected at all, I was expecting deeper or something, he sounds so jolly. He would be higher if his sword didn't look weird or was more watery like some of his art or whatnot.)
Phoenix (It is a phoenix with a small twist. Competently done but could really use some more flavor. Way better than Anivia at least!)
Viper (Looks kinda weird, but not terribly so, like it has some intentional potential with fun. Aside from that seems eh.)
Crystal Maiden (Her voice annoys me. Aside from that she looks pretty standard and inoffensive. A design that could grow on me if I played more or, more likely, if her voice didn't sound the way it did and her character didn't seem kinda bleh.)
Winter Wyvern (I actually am a fan of the lore of being a book reading dragon who is a bit odd among the city razing dragons and puts themselves in bad fanfics. But the art design is very meh and the model has the odd dragon look most dragons seem to have which I don't like. The personality also does not shine through in the voicework.)
Enigma (The only kinda eh Fundamental, his design is pretty standard smoky black bottom + muscular demonic top, voice is okay, lore is okay but feels a bit redundantly done with Chaos Knight. I feel like more could be done to make him feel like a Fundamental.)
Spirit Breaker (He's one of those champs I would probably forget exists sometimes in-game but he's not bad, just overall very forgettable.)
Juggernaut (His appearance is decently fun with the mask but not exceptional. Lore is too high on OOO MYSTERY and his voice sounds like someone doing a Master Yi caricature.)
Shadow Demon (I like the head part of this design, but the rest of it is like...edgy demonic Bowser? The lore is kinda eh but I do like it expanding on Doom and Shadow Fiend...except their lores aren't made to work with it! I kinda like the traditional evil demon voice here, though.)
Enchantress (Design is pretty standard/generic centaur woman, "backstory" is a meme, voice is okay.)
Huskar (Voice is odd, aside from that doesn't look awful just generic.)
Dark Seer (The dark misty modeling on this is pretty bad and I don't like the back spikes. Aside from that just meh all around.)
Tidehunter (Stupid voice and aside from that is generic, but I think it misses C because there is nice coloring)
Oracle (I think that Oracle actually has some of the coolest lore in DoTA 2 aside from the end of it. But the voice I do not really like aside from some of the prophecies and the design feels at odds with the lore and in general I would have liked it to go a different direction, plus the head-back-thing just looks bad.)

C:
Anti-Mage (Pretty generic appearance but mostly goes into C because I never liked his voice work.)
Wraith King (Meh.)
Outworld Devourer (Design is basically Hecarim's with wings and a bit stony but less personality to it. The model seems kinda small, like the horse issues but real, and the fact he is constantly moving his legs while flying looks HILARIOUSLY bad to me. I just don't like the model and that's why he isn't a B basically.)
Sven (Art is good, model looks...weird. Lore is good, but his voice seems very unfitting and it sounds like the VA is rushing through all his line. Ult especially sounds bad.)
Shadow Fiend (Design is fairly general smoky bottom with demon-y top but the demon seems kind of hilariously edgy. Mostly goes down to C because of his voice work which I don't like, especially since while I enjoy wordplay it ends up repeating the same joke a fair few times.)
Venomancer (This dude looks like a large snake basically with a kind of memetically chill voice and the lore doesn't feel all that great. I just don't really much like the package.)
Lich (Kel'Thuzad without the charm of the character and I don't like the shoulder tendril things when there's no headpiece or anything. I kinda wish they went with the concept art: https://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/c/ca/Lich_Concept_Art1.jpg?version=bbf60c5acedffead5b7693ee163c9ec2 )
Ogre Magi (The shrill voiced one annoys me and I dislike that the design is so generic, as it is essentially just a normal ogre with a second, different colored head ala Jakiro. Compare this to something like Don Han'Cho in Hearthstone, I assume Cho'Gall was used as a base and this is a strict downgrade. I also really don't like the lore...except the dumb luck part which is why he is this high basically.)
Techies (It feels like 2/3rds of them are annoying, but this could work. I mostly don't like their appearance, a lot of the concept art of these guys looked better than the off brand goblins we got. I do like Spoon!)
Nightstalker (Uber generic demon aside from the somewhat cool face but his lore and voice feel like it is trying to be "edgy" and ending up failing.)
Monkey King (I don't dislike Sun Wukong as a design base. I do dislike the fact his lore is just "It is Sun Wukong from Journey to the West" with no personality to it for the game or fitting it into game lore or anything and the design is not very innovative at all for the Wukong archetype. Has a poor voice but his model is very nice admittedly.)
Phantom Lancer (The design is random but I don't hate it. The lore is neat. But he has no actual character and the design being so randomly attatched to it hurts.)
Abaddon (This guy looks pretty silly on a horse. Fairly general aside from that. His voice sounds a bit too much like trying to sound spooky-edgy.)
Morphling (The concept is cool but the model feels like it does very little to it, especially when you compare it to like Ragnaros from HotS in appearance, and I don't like the voice.)
Disruptor (Another kind of odd giant mounted character, but I can forgive the mount because it looks cool. The rider sucks and I find the voice somewhat annoying. Also the rider is supposed to be tiny but is fairly big in the model? And I don't much care for the lore.)
Bloodseeker (Appearance is general and okay but nothing amazing and lacks innovation. Still, he mostly gets into C for the pretty bizarre voicing for the character which I don't like.)
Tusk (Art feels below average to me and I don't much like the voice, character could be more fun for the concept.)
Mirana (Basically Sejuani but worse, given more boring mount and her lore basically being a footnote. Her voice isn't all that good either. She's not ultra terrible though.)
Undying (This guy seems to be going for badass but honestly he just looks derpy to me, especially with his ult on where he's walking around with his mouth open and like he'll fall down at any moment. Not fond of the voice work. Also, he is NAMED Undying.)
Nyx Assassin (Basically Anub'arak with some armor on him, making him one of the larger ripoffs, and honestly makes him look less cool. And what is with his voice on this model?)
Drow Ranger (TBH I like the way she looks and she has an average voice. She gets so low because I fucking hate her lore which feels like the terrible kind of subversion Smady talks about.)
Earth Spirit (Man this guy is ugly.)
Naga Siren (Not too bad looking but I don't really like it, I really wish they did more stuff like the facial colors throughout the body or something. THAT VOICE THOUGH.)
Templar Assassin (Not an archetype I like to begin with, not done especially well, the voicework sounds off. As if it was someone trying to imitate someone sounding sneaky. You can make a female ninja without this general shape! Still better than Akali.)
Medusa (Face looks like a skull which looks weird and the tail looks more like some kind of gel or water than anything. Her lore sucks. I don't like her voice.)
Ursa (Has the tiny legs big body shape I dislike, doesn't even have the decency to get on all fours, if this was a man with claw weapons you would not even have to change anything with how unbearlike he is.)
Troll Warlord (Basically just exists because lol internet trolls. His lore and character in general are just a bad ripoff of Axe. And his head armor always makes me think he is just wearing a watermelon skin on his head.)
Sniper (His voice is what I imagine the nasally people in Call of Duty games complaining about spawn camping sound like. He's randomly purple and could use more personality in appearance.)
Rattletrap (I can appreciate the art/design even if I don't like it a lot. The voice is dreadful and makes me think of a Waspinator without any charm. Pretty sure that is inaccurate but it was my  first thought.)

D:
Broodmother (This is a giant spider. That's about it. Her lore seems to have a lot of fire when she doesn't use any. Why does this giant spider talk? Feels like it could be a generic enemy in many games.)
Riki (His design is boring and I've always really hated his lore and his voice is bad.)
Ancient Apparition (This is a floating torso made of ice. They could at least make the torso look more like an ice chunk or, like, give it holes or something to make it feel inhuman. That lore is bad and one of the biggest nothings in DoTA 2. The voice direction appears to have been "Just say everything like you are whispering a lot". This could be remade into something good, at the least.)
Tinker (His backstory is memetically bad and his character is 70% memes and references, appearance could be cool but ends up boring.)
Gyrocopter (He's not a ripoff like Corki but this serves to make him more boring as he is essentially just a senile dude in a helicopter. His character is bad.)
Queen of Pain (Succubi are actually some of my favorite demons so I have pretty high standards. The model looks painfully generic and what is with those mini-shoulderpads? I like the wing's coloration but they look weird on the model and could use a touch-up. Her voice honestly sounds weirdly bored to me in many lines with a few good ones and the lore is bad.)
Lion (Why is he named Lion? Design is terribly generic. I do like the stone-claw-hand but the rest honestly looks like an action figure. Watching videos of him in-game it looks almost like a smurf in size for w/e reason? His lore is really bad IMO and I don't like his voice either.)
Brewmaster (The stereotypical drunken dude isn't my usual dig, Brewmaster's head is so big it is hard to tell his gut and character seems very generic. At least Gragas has hilarious exaggeration on his fat. Also, Brewmaster's abilities feel only tangentially related to alcohol.)
Centaur Warrunner (That's one ugly model, the base art is pretty generic, really dislike the lore and somewhat dislike the voice.)
Beastmaster (Doesn't look very good, lore is basically Nunu's but more dramatic and I really dislike the voice. Character has almost as little personality as Nunu too!)
Leshrac (The fuck does his appearance have to do with him being this nihilistic philosopher turned elemental being? Just the fact he glows? Why is he part animal? That lore is 13 year old DA edgy in a bad way, if the character was actively hyper pretentious in gameplay or mocked for it he could be a very funny character but no. His personality is bad when it could be so much better.)
Shadow Shaman (To be honest this character has always made me uncomfortable with the design. The voice is just dreadful and kind of offensive to me. And even for this archetype he feels pretty painfully average.)
Jakiro (Some pretty damn memetic lore here, fire and ice dragon with primarily purple color scheme and some pretty dopey heads. Voice effect is cool but weird with the voice lines.)
Spectre (That model looks goddamn awful and the base design isn't all that amazing to begin with. The voice can work for like a movie scene but seems like it is probably one of the single most goddamn annoying voices to have to actually play with.)
Magnus (Awful design which is executed pretty badly, terrible and boring lore and his voicework is atrocious! Always hated this guy. Could be worse  with his original lore?)
Zeus (The worst lore in the game with randomly shoving the entire Greek pantheon into the game and basically just being "It is the actual Greek Zeus". His appearance is as generic of a Zeus you'll see and his voice is fitting but not any good really. This has basically always been my most hated DoTA2 hero.)