@jking47 said:
So, I am willing to give this a go, I have played a little bit of DOTA2, but I have played more LoL(still not very good =P). What are the big differences between this game and league of legends? I will send you a friend request on steam and start redownloading dota2.
LoL and Dota really have no similarities other then there being towers, three lanes, and a hero pool. Your best bet is to read this guide by Purge - http://www.purgegamers.com/welcome-to-dota-you-suck
Just some major differences:
LoL is based around a generic lane lineup where as Dota is more based around hero synergy. You need to build teams around pushing, teamfight, lategame...etc but in LoL you just need AP mid, AD and support bot...etc.
As KaosAngel said denying is a big difference. If you are laning against a skilled person they can pretty much shut you down.
Dota is more focused on getting kills, someone once said "in LoL towers protect you but in Dota, you protect the towers." People will be ganking a lot more and with scroll of teleport you can be right at you tower defending it. Towers don't do enough damage to where you can move under it and be safe.
In Dota a really well farmed Anti Mage or Faceless Void will be able to 1v4 your team and win, but in LoL even a really farmed Caitlyn wont be able to take on the full enemy team alone. So you have to be a lot more proactive about stopping their farm before they get to that point, rather then just winning the teamfights.
In LoL you get a free teleport back to base, in dota you can purchase a scroll of teleport for 135g and it lets you TP to any tower on the map. However in Dota you are able to use a courier to deliver your items to you, so you will not have to leave your lane to pick up items.
In LoL AP character scale with items, in Dota magical heros do not scale with items, their attacks do the base amount all game. So they will be a lot stronger early game then lose effectiveness late game. But in LoL someone like Orianna and Cassiopeia can scale to be stronger.
Just some off the top of my head. At first they seem the same, but once you start playing more you can see the major differences. If you want help learning or even more discussion it on, feel free to track me down here or in Dota...I am always teaching new players the game and don't mind answering questions.
@KaosAngel I would be down to play, I am always in the GiantBomb chat channel in game. As well as in the DotaInsight chat channel in game (dota podcast I do) so if you are ever searching for someone look in either of those places. I usually try to fill teams of people before queuing as well, I just stopped Solo queue all together so I am always looking for people.
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