Difference between Dota 2 and League of Legends?

["Big Stupid Idiot Ray" Victim]

Id like to know whats the difference,all I see is different characters and map and pretty much nothing else,is there more into it?

And please be mature with your answers,I dont want "LOL is for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and Dotas for tryhards"(I dont mean it) none of that.

[Toni]

i dont know

i know dota only

[thumb]

use google pls

[The_Technomancer]

Some of the major differences:
-Dota is much more punishing on mistakes.
-Physical damage is often the strongest making most carries attack based and most supports spell based.
-Heroes are divided into the three stats of Strenght, Agility, and Intelligence These stats encourage players to build certain items on those heroes to increase their primary attribute so they can get damage.
-There are a lot more active items in dota.
-There is nothing outside a match that can influence the game inside a match. (no summoner skills)
-All heroes are free.
-Buffs and nerfs are often handled better than in league. You won't get death threats or reports for picking a hero with the exception of techies. No matter how strong or weak techies are, picking them often ruins the game fo allies and enemies purely because of how differently they are often played.
-Maining a hero in dota is NOT recommended.
-A dedicated jungler is Not recommended.
-You can't lock in the same hero.

[Aki]

I played LoL before I played Dota, and I must say that I just feel better at playing Dota.

The difference for me is just the overall feeling.. And I hate the terms LoL players use such as ''Poking'' and ''tilting''

The gameplay just feels smoother in Dota, better animations and graphics really gives me the feeling that I'm playing a game.

Tho Valve is lazy af and instead of pushing out good patches they only make it worse.
Either by giving ♥♥♥♥ updates, or just making tournament's noone really cares about.

LoL has really poisonus players that always play like the same thing over and over again.

You never see something like tri lanes or roamers in LoL, everyone is always so obsessed with their meta.

I picked maokai and just went bot because everyone spammed their lanes already.. I went pretty good and got 2 kills I believe, my partner just kept dying like 5 times in a row. I wasn't really paying attention to him because I went pretty good myself until I got reported because apperantly I'm not a good support, even tho I never said I was a support. (I didn't even farm that lane, I literally just harassed and made space for my partner.. who just kept diving in etc)

Then he replied with something that just pissed me off so good.. that I just flat out quit the game and never looked at it again:

''Top is taken, Mid, Jungle and Adc.. so you are the Support.''

Exactly like what I was talking about.. It's always the same Meta's.

And that's probally the reason I play Dota instead.

EDIT: And exactly what Technomancer said.

[Pvt. Trash]

Dota is better.

["Big Stupid Idiot Ray" Victim]

Escrito originalmente por The_Technomancer:

Some of the major differences:
-Dota is much more punishing on mistakes.
-Physical damage is often the strongest making most carries attack based and most supports spell based.
-Heroes are divided into the three stats of Strenght, Agility, and Intelligence These stats encourage players to build certain items on those heroes to increase their primary attribute so they can get damage.
-There are a lot more active items in dota.
-There is nothing outside a match that can influence the game inside a match. (no summoner skills)
-All heroes are free.
-Buffs and nerfs are often handled better than in league. You won't get death threats or reports for picking a hero with the exception of techies. No matter how strong or weak techies are, picking them often ruins the game fo allies and enemies purely because of how differently they are often played.
-Maining a hero in dota is NOT recommended.
-A dedicated jungler is Not recommended.
-You can't lock in the same hero.

Thanks for telling me
By the way,what are Techies?

[chessic]

A few other things off the top of my head.

-Friendly creeps can be denied making lane equilibrium a thing and laning much more complex.
-Heroes have a turning radius, they don't just instantly turn, they move like characters.
-Could be wrong but Dota 2 has a much more refined and complex replay system (great tool for learning, not sure if LoL has replays you can download and manipulate)
-MUCH more balanced. Essentially every hero is viable until you get to very high skill levels.
-Extermely steep learning curve, moreso than LoL.
-Positioning is more important

I chose to study and play dota over LoL for its far superior business model (there is none, unless you want hats). It has infinite replayability, superior graphics, better feel (subjective), and I enjoy the pro scene far more than LoL. Highly recommend you check out Purge's guide and keep researching the differences. It's not for everyone but to me, it's perfect :)

[vongogh]

Install both games and play each for a week, in 2 weeks you'll know which you like better. In 2 weeks you can't really get far in Dota in terms of understanding the game, but you'll probably form an opinion on the UI, how the game treats you, how well it runs, in short which annoys you less from an ease of use/quality of life niceties they provide, and which has the cooler characters you like more.

It is hard to explain techies hate, he just places invisible bombs anywhere on the map. Usually not played well, and can be countered by wards, some illusions or controlled creeps. I think his role is to slow down enemy farming, and defensive, in other words he can potentially create space for team carries to farm longer, while negating some enemy farm due to expense of having to sweep for bombs, and or dying to them.

Sometimes player will place bombs on friendly side, team would then bait the enemy into them, or pudge can hook an enemy into a bomb cluster. Some players are dumb enough to not do this either because they are selfish and want the kill for themselves (then failing) or just dumb.

[chessic]

IMO, the only thing League is superior at is Hero/Champ visual designs. I researched both games thoroughly and really enjoy alot of their humanoid type characters. Dota with its roots as a WC3 mod tends to have very varied Hero designs which again I love but sometimes I wish we had more humanoid type Heroes. Very small gripe. Everything else is better in Dota. The monetization of LoL and the fact that every hero is free in Dota should be enough for most people alone to choose this but I'm very biased.

[The_Technomancer]

Escrito originalmente por Jasesaster of the 308th:

Escrito originalmente por The_Technomancer:

Some of the major differences:
-Dota is much more punishing on mistakes.
-Physical damage is often the strongest making most carries attack based and most supports spell based.
-Heroes are divided into the three stats of Strenght, Agility, and Intelligence These stats encourage players to build certain items on those heroes to increase their primary attribute so they can get damage.
-There are a lot more active items in dota.
-There is nothing outside a match that can influence the game inside a match. (no summoner skills)
-All heroes are free.
-Buffs and nerfs are often handled better than in league. You won't get death threats or reports for picking a hero with the exception of techies. No matter how strong or weak techies are, picking them often ruins the game fo allies and enemies purely because of how differently they are often played.
-Maining a hero in dota is NOT recommended.
-A dedicated jungler is Not recommended.
-You can't lock in the same hero.

Thanks for telling me
By the way,what are Techies?

Techies is like teamo but his entire kit is based around invisible mines instead of just his ult. You can see why people don't like to play with them in the game.

[lulborne]

doto has heroes
lol has champs

u gud to go.

["Big Stupid Idiot Ray" Victim]

Escrito originalmente por chessic:

IMO, the only thing League is superior at is Hero/Champ visual designs. I researched both games thoroughly and really enjoy alot of their humanoid type characters. Dota with its roots as a WC3 mod tends to have very varied Hero designs which again I love but sometimes I wish we had more humanoid type Heroes. Very small gripe. Everything else is better in Dota. The monetization of LoL and the fact that every hero is free in Dota should be enough for most people alone to choose this but I'm very biased.

if you are really biased then I cant take your opinion as serious,I need to know differences,not to know "what is better and what is not"

[judgement of the fallen]

My friend plays LOL and he told me its easier then dota2. Never played it tho so I dont know forsure

[chessic]

Escrito originalmente por Jasesaster of the 308th:

Escrito originalmente por chessic:

IMO, the only thing League is superior at is Hero/Champ visual designs. I researched both games thoroughly and really enjoy alot of their humanoid type characters. Dota with its roots as a WC3 mod tends to have very varied Hero designs which again I love but sometimes I wish we had more humanoid type Heroes. Very small gripe. Everything else is better in Dota. The monetization of LoL and the fact that every hero is free in Dota should be enough for most people alone to choose this but I'm very biased.

if you are really biased then I cant take your opinion as serious,I need to know differences,not to know "what is better and what is not"

My objective list was posted above. I was just bringing up an unrelated personal bias. Sorry for the confusion.

Here are some excellent 'catch all' articles which address it from an unbiased perspective (everyone in this forum will be biased btw)

http://www.pcgamer.com/a-comprehensive-comparison-of-dota-2-and-league-of-legends/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KYmnIPge88&feature=youtu.be

http://riotoflegends.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-differences-between-dota-2-and-lol.html

[Ender]

played lol a lot before going dota, and its fully ♥♥♥♥ game
there is only like 1 viable build for the roles, 1 build for adc, 1 build for mid, etc.
summoner skills are stupid in my opinion
they randomly buff and nerf characters, when they release a new one he is super op so everyone buys him after they just nerf him to the ground