Why do people like League of Legends more than DotA 2?

Question

Alright, I know everyone has their preference of games and everything and i dont want any haters or anything Im just trying to figure this out... why does everyone prefer LoL over Dota 2?? Ive been asking myself this a lit lately because Ive played both and frankly, i believe that dota is FAR better than league. i recently found out that league is now the most played game in the world which simply baffled me. Let me just give you a rundown of some of the many flaws in LoL that are absent in Dota. Fisrt of all, you are only able to use 5 characters per week plus any new characters they recently added until you acquire points from battling which i honestly thought was simply incentive to get you to keep playing despite having only 5 usually crappy champions to play as. the second thing i noticed was that most of the female champions look like characters out of a hentai. if you dont know what that is, its basically japanese anime porn. plus all of those girls in the skimpy armor have even skimpier skins you can buy from the money you get ingame. again i saw this as incentive because male players will want their champion looking sexy while they play which is very sad considering i read online that 90% of League's players are male. the third thing i noticed is there was no courier, which for you haters reading this who will defend league of legends, is an animal that you can use to bring items to you from the shop. aside from those 3 main points were: the rather poor graphics were killers on the eyes, the fact that you could only reach level 18 (in dota you can go to 25) made the games last around 20-30 minutes where in Dota they can last 35-60 minutes, the towers dont even attack you unless you attack a champion in there vicinity, the announcer sounds like she is trying to seduce you (going off of what i said about LoL appealing to male players) I bet if more people that play LoL tried dota, they would like it more. Plz someone enlighten me!

Answer 1

Again it's all opinion, they're 2 different games in the same genre, I was going to quit league for DOTA 2 but ended up liking league more, although I do have over 100 hours put into DOTA. It's all personal preference, the things that bug you don't bug a lot of other people.

Answer 2

How Many People Play Dota 2

Answer 3

DOTA 2 DOTA2 i cant stress this enough. please dont take this the wrong way but league is basically a dota copy. give both games a try and youll see. same idea, concept, even the heros/champions are the same its like the crew at league had no creative ideas and bassically copied the dota characters. i was a huge league player until my friend gave me a beta key for dota and i was hook. i like the heroes way better than the league champions. the map is cooler and i feel that im way more challenged when i play dota 2 because each hero takes alot of practice to learn how to play them. in league its pretty straight forward on how to use them. so please go with dota 2. now the main question of price comes into play. why pay for the dota when league is free? well league is free to play but you have to purchase your champions with influence points or riot points IP you earn RP you buy. dota is a one time purchase and you get ALL OF THE HEROS so dota is the better bet. conclusion if you want a competive teambased adventure go with Dota 2 if you want a chill lay back game get League. the choice is yours. hope this helps and happy gaming Peace :D

Answer 4

I've been playing league for a year and i tried dota 2 and i just didn't like how the art was and how long range the turrets were, how fast they attacked, how little damage they did, and when you are using skill shots its not the line that shows how far and wide the skill hits its a circle that doesn't stay while your click the skill button. Also when i was playing league it felt so good when i got a new champion and when i earned it because if you just have them its just not as fun and i don't like the heroes names they are things like sniper, and dragon knight. Maybe I'm just used to league but it just seems so much better. There was also a bunch of random buildings in the base that did nothing but gave money which was annoying.

Answer 5

1) LoL gives you a rotation of 10 free champs per week, and of those, usually half are considered strong. As far as getting more, about 10 of them cost only 450 IP, which you can earn in about 3 wins, and about half of those 450IP champs are played regularly in the semi-competitive scene, with a few still popular in top-level play. And if you are willing to pay real money, they have two different collections of champs (about 20 champs each) that are only about 10 bucks. I wouldn't spend real money, but it is a pretty good deal really.



2) You obviously have not watched much hentai. They outfits are skimpy yes, about on par with 1990 Marvel/DC female superheroes. But at the same time, the characters are so small during the game, you can't really tell. And no, you can *never* spend the points you earn from playing on skins; that's the one thing you absolutely have to spend real money on.



3) The courier in DotA2 seems to me like it would ruin a lot of the strategy. A bit part of LoL is doing whatever you can to stay out in the field last-hitting minions, unless you've collected a ton of money and can by something huge. If you didn't have to leave to buy, some LoL champs would never leave lane until about 20 minutes in, giving them a huge advantage.



4) Levels don't mean everything. If you are that hung up about levels, why not play the Disgaea games, where you can level to 9999!





One reason I will never play DotA: A necessary tactic is to last-hit your own minions to prevent your opponents from getting the bonus from doing so. That's ridiculous and non-sensical.

Answer 6

Uh... LoL lets you play as many champions you want as long as you buy them with in game points or real money. But eveyr week there are ten free champions. Also people on Dota are EXTREMELY rude to new players and instead of offering help they just talk avout how much you suck. I learned how to play league by talking with players in-game. I quit trying to play DotA because there was no help from in-game people or real-life friends.

Answer 7

First of all Dota you have to buy it. LoL is free. Also LoL doesn't last 20-30 minutes it mostly goes up to 40 minutes. It will only go up to 20-30 only if you are kicking ***. Also girls would never play LoL or DotA so like it doesn't matter if the announcer sounds like that.

Answer 8

Dota 2 has been free for awhile now so the purchase excuse is invalid.

Answer 9

So you're comparing a free to play game with a game you have to pay for?



You my friend are a moron.