Dota 2 Roshan checklist: when is your team ready to contest?

Before walking into the pit, check where Roshan is, who can reach the fight and who will take the Aegis. A quick kill is useful only if your team can survive the contest afterward.

Find the current pit

On the 7.41 map, published guides describe Roshan starting in the top pit and changing pits with the day/night cycle from 15:00. Verify his location on the current in-game map before committing; older guides can describe a different layout. After a kill, the published respawn window is 8–11 minutes, not a fixed time. Record the kill time and prepare vision before the earliest possible return.

Check the team and approaches

1. Look at health, mana, key ultimates, buybacks and teleport readiness. If a teammate cannot join, tell the team before starting.
2. Push a nearby lane when safe and place vision around approaches; bring detection to remove enemy wards. Do not assume a ward gives vision through every cliff or smoke.
3. Assign a player to watch the entrance while others damage Roshan. If enemies are missing, be ready to stop and fight instead of letting the whole team get trapped inside.
4. Decide who takes Aegis and what objective to pursue. The carrier gets a resurrection on death while it lasts; it expires after a limited period, so avoid wasting the window.

Later kills can give additional rewards, which have changed across versions. Check current tooltips and patch notes rather than relying on an old drop table. This draft is based on published 7.41-era material and has not been verified in a live match.

7.41 objective timings · 7.41e map objectives