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League of Legends is DotA with training wheels. Basically the original DotA started the genre, and LoL strived to take what they deem "anti-fun" mechanics out
by thefreeman 13y ago
League of Legends is DotA with training wheels. Basically the original DotA started the genre, and LoL strived to take what they deem "anti-fun" mechanics out of the game. Good examples would be denying friendly creeps / towers, lack of stuns and CC, and the inability to dive towers early in the game.
Another main difference is that League of Legends has scaling magic damage. Because of this, spells are significantly weaker in the early game (due to the fact that you can get items to boost their power as the game progresses). There are no +magic damage items in DotA, so spells are significantly more powerful early game but become less effective compared to auto attack damage as the game progresses.
- lep 13y agoI'm probably fighting windmills but here it goes: DotA did not start the AoS genre which is now called MOBA. In fact the first AoS map was the map Aeon of Strife, made for StarCraft. There were tons of AoS maps before and tons of AoS maps after DotA. But i agree when you say DotA mad the AoS genre popular even though there were other very well known AoS maps beside DotA (EotA, AotZ, DoE, ToB, AoS GT, etc.).
- nvarsj 13y agoI think you're understating Dota's influence. Its predecessors were tiny blips in comparison. Dota professionalized the genre and had huge popularity, which was only limited by Blizzard's poor infrastructure and support. Many people wondered why Blizzard didn't embrace the mod that far surpassed the popularity of its own games (the answer is probably "WoW"). League of legends took it to the next level with the infrastructure the genre needed.
- Lapsa 13y agobit of nitpicking >Good examples would be denying friendly creeps / towers, lack of stuns and CC, and the inability to dive towers early in the game. this applies to denying creeps/towers only. there are lot of stuns, snares, slow in LoL. also - tower diving early in the game is a common thing.
- yowmamasita 13y agoI hate it when people say LoL is Dota for kids. Even though LoL started as a Dota rip off, removing "hard to master" mechanics from it, LoL added new and fun mechanics and made a unique team game, hence becoming so popular. Are Dota pro players also LoL pro players? No.
- breichart 13y agoIs it joke time? You do know that 90% of the LoL pro's were Dota 1 pro's right? May want to look up your facts before making bullshit up.