Dota 2 Behavior Score: Complete Guide 2025
What Is Behavior Score?
Behavior Score is a hidden metric Valve uses to place you in matchmaking pools. It ranges from 0 to 10,000. Players below 6,000 are placed in increasingly toxic lobbies — griefing, intentional feeding, and communication abuse are common. Below 4,000, games become functionally unwinnable without extraordinary individual skill.
How Behavior Score Is Calculated
Your BS is affected by: commendations (positive impact), reports from other players (negative), abandons (severe negative), and in-game behavior flags from Valve's anti-abuse system. A single abandon can drop your score by 1,000+ points. Accumulating reports over several games compounds the penalty.
How to Recover Behavior Score Yourself
The safest way to recover BS is to play support in All Pick, focus on commendations (which require winning games and being helpful), and never abandon. Each commend adds approximately 50–100 BS. At that rate, going from 5,000 to 9,000 takes 40–80 positive games — which can take months if you're in a toxic bracket.
The Fastest Way to Recover
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Keeping Your Score High
Once you're at 9,000–10,000, stay there by: muting players at the first sign of toxicity (don't argue back), playing a consistent role so teammates can rely on you, and avoiding ranked when you're tilted. The cost of a single behavior drop-induced slump far outweighs the frustration of muting one person.
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