It is an abstraction. The metagame is the game outside the game - the game of how to play the game rather than playing the actual game.
In dota people usually just mean picks and counter picks. Or occasionally they mean the broader struggle for MMR rather than the playing of dota itself.
Most people refers to picks ( what heroes are strong etc) and general playstyle ( this patch is vert balanced i feel l, last one was Turtle patch, TI4 patch was deathball etc)
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Can someone please define the term "meta". I keep hearing it in all types of contexts...