The last point is extremely important. I tried DotA for a while after playing a lot of LoL and had the same content, but it's not just discerning characters aga

The last point is extremely important. I tried DotA for a while after playing a lot of LoL and had the same content, but it's not just discerning characters against the background that's difficult, but even distinguishing one character from another. Not that it's hard to tell them apart when looking at them, but in LoL characters are so distinct in how they move and in their shapes that even with tons of skins that you aren't even familiar with you can tell out of the corner of your eye which character just appeared on screen, while looking at something else. I'm convinced this is part of how world of warcraft distinguishe[d|s] itself: characters aren't just cartooney, they're distinct. Zones feel entirely unique because of the appearance at any point.