DOTA2 or LoL?

[NooNameLeft]

It comes down to 2 major things. Gameplay and everything else(cash shop, functionality, friend list etc). Try both and if you like the gameplay of one more than the other, well you might want to stick to that one. If you don't mind either, go with Dota. Dota 2 let's you play all the heroes for free, while you have to unlock them all in LoL. Also, you can find cosmetic items from drops in Dota 2, while you can only buy skins in LoL. Just everything surrounding Dota 2 is so much better than LoL. Everything.

This is very annoying, since I prefer the gameplay of LoL over Dota. I wish that everything else about LoL was more like Dota. Oh, yeah. Dota has an action wheel that eliminates the need to type missing all the god damn time. Damn you, Dota.

I would recommend Heroes of Newerth, but that is probably because I think LoL is stupid and I have never played Dota2.

HoN was based pretty much completely based on Dota. The heroes are basically just re-skins of the heroes from Dota. Since Dota 2 already has a bigger player base, gives you all the heroes for free + random loot drops, I really don't see why you'd pick HoN over Dota 2. It's not a bad game, Dota 2 just offers more.

Its true that Hon was originally just a copy paste of Dota. But now they got a huge hero pool with tons of original heroes + 2 new maps + all the heroes are free.

I played Hon for quite some time but I switched to Dota 2 mostly because the community is a lot better (in the games I had so far anyway).

 

[spartandude]

I say go for LoL because if your are new to this genre then go for the one you dont have to pay for

 

[thesilentman]

I say go for LoL because if your are new to this genre then go for the one you dont have to pay for

You don't pay for DOTA, you get a beta key. And it's damned easy to get one.

 

[RomanceIsDead]

I prefer dota 2. Having played both Dota 2 seems way more in-depth.

 

[Aircross]

I prefer dota 2. Having played both Dota 2 seems way more in-depth.

This is also the reason why I prefer Dota 2 over LoL. The meta in Dota 2 is open and there are tons of viable strategies while the meta in LoL tends to be stuck on one or two play styles. You'll never have tri-lanes or 2 dedicated roamers (heroes who roam constantly from level 1) and 3 solo lanes in LoL, it's almost always 2 solo lanes, 1 jungler, and carry + support. Anything that successfully breaks out of the meta, the meta Riot wants LoL to have, is guaranteed to be disemboweled nerfed (like dedicated roaming.)

 

[Larcenist]

DotA:

- Is still a product of an old engine, so there are a lot of heroes with similar boring abilities (though this will most likely change in the future since IceFrog already in the DotA 1 days made an effort to change this).

LoL:
+ Every single champion in the game is unique, and later champions are bringing a whole new dimension to the MOBA genre.

100% wrong.

League is the game with completely BORING and UN-unique abilities. Here is a list of extremely cool abilities in Dota that nothing in League comes close to:

*snipped list of unique spells and abilities*

Now read my post you quoted just once and you will realize how your post doesn't have anything to do with mine at all.

Looking at his post and your post, his post has EVERYTHING to do with yours. You claimed that the abilities in DotA were boring while League was totally unique. He replied saying that DotA was unique and League was boring. Frankly, he's correct.

You've been given a list of DotA 2 abilities, but let's look at the spells of some league champs

*snip snippetysnipsnip*

See where I'm going with this? Everyone in League follows the same formula except for a few fun exceptions like Zilean and Shaco.

I claimed that many abilities in DotA are the same on several heroes, which makes them rather boring. I claimed that abilities in LoL may be very much alike others but there are features that separate them. I wrote unique, not necessarily fun or innovative. In fact I have in previous posts pretty much stated that I find DotA abilities to be very much more fun and innovative in the cases where IceFrog tried to push the WC3 engine (Invoker, Rubick etc).

Assuming I'm against DotA simply because I've made it clear I play LoL is what makes the statement wrong since my comments have not in any way been biased towards any title, rather I've been constantly putting out pros and cons for both game(based on my opinion?).

Edit: Ok I now see that I formulated the post originally quoted in a way that didn't necessarily make it very clear that I was focusing on abilities, not general champion setup. Every single champion has unique abilities in LoL, but every single champion is following the very same basic setup when it comes to how these abilities work (with some exceptions).

 

[MonsterMMORPG]

i am playing dota 2 with my friends and pretty fun but don't know lol

also i can say heroes are pretty well built

 

[Jackson Chun Hin]

If you want to start out in Dota 2 I would recommend you to play a few bot matchmaking matches and ask your teammates to teach you a few tricks.Try playing a real matchmaking before hitting level 2 just to see the real life. Always pick random in bot matches and try to adapt on every single heroes and try swapping roles from carry to support to durable or semi tank carry.Watching videos like DotaCinema about warding and creep pulling is vital and you would be called a noob without these important knowledge. Sadly Dota2 is not free and requires a key but I bet most of your friends that play dota 2 has atleast 3 keys. Even in the odds of 3v5 the three man team still has a chance to win if the late carry in the three man team is skilled enough or is able to farm fast enough.

I've played LoL for months and the non-fun thing about the summoners skill, you could just escape your way through using blink or instantly heal yourself or increase your movement speed. Other than that the punishment in the game is something like 0 to something, all you got to do is stay in your lane, stay alive and get some creeps(unlike dota 2 which has the denying mechanic and the gold lose from death). The quality in the game makes team match makes it look very very messy.Unlike dota 2 you do not require any exp. to play a matchmaking without losing or being a noob. LoL is free but its not 100% free, you need use up hours to get ip just to get your fav champs or use up real money to buy nice skins which still looks suckish in game. If in the odds of 4v5 the four man team has a very low chance to win due to the gold difference for both team are just +-1k.

Dota 2 has a fog of war which is very useful for both team should be learnt from the players, I've seen newbies failing to see the point of applying the mastery of fog of war in it. The fog of war in LoL is not really that complex because it is replaced by the bush which in my opinion is bullshit. The bush enables the champ inside of it rendering invisibility unless he attacks or an enemy champ comes into the bush. The runes and mastery in LoL makes the game unbalance because of the masteries and runes, its like buying 20 iron wood branches in dota 2 without using a single damned item slot.

My opinion is start slow with dota 2 and don't rush it in .

Tips: Try playing support 1st in dota 2, it makes you understand about their roles and not being a jerk to the support you carry in other matches.