It has definitely branched off from that point, with denying being taken out along with gold loss, and all their characters not being carbon copies, but the game is /from/ Dota. However, due to the fact that the creators of League /came/ from Dota, and have openly admitted this, we know that the League's characters, map, and overall design at the beginning was just a Dota clone. Why does it seem like everyone is overreacting at what I said? I never said Dota and League are the same game, nor did I say that because they had similar spells that they were copies of each other. This is why I have esports, fans are just like football fans, 'uh mine is better then yours' with no reason or bias. And other reasons that will get my head bashed in by dota fans.

I played all 3, started out with dota1, but i'm playing league now, because of the lack of mega snowballing. There's a lot to discuss about this, and it's not worth if people are just going to jump on a bandwagon. You could say 'but you could control multiple characters' and that's because that was the main purpose of the engine in the first place, an RTS, not a MOBA. The reason dota1 had so many passives was not 'ingenious gameplay' but limited game engine functionality. Why do you think the old character designs looked so cheap?ĭrow ranger is less fun compared to Ashe anyway, all you do is auto attack, and if needed, bring on slow arrows.

League of Legends never had a ton of money from lord gaben to make AAA game quality, they did what they could, with way lower funds. All the characters in dota1 are w3 abilities revamped through the builder. It's impossible to make 100% original characters.

Why would I care if Ashe and Drow Ranger are similar. See how retarded this age old talk is? Nobody cares anymore. Oh, call of duty has guns? Battlefield has guns? COPY! Oh, pudge has a grab? Blitz has a grab? COPY! Think about mmo's when people go the same build as you do, or have the same set. Also you can't judge character originality like this. Dota 1 is just a mod, and as such has no rights for the character designs.

When did dota 1 come out