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i like my ghost blade
Kane Zakharov
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Vi looks very interesting, might get me to play the game more often.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Discarded? She's basically brick from the first borderlands, only female.
This is why you play blind pick. At least then the turnaround is quicker -- instant queue dodge when you manage to click Nami before someone else, rather than them waiting 5 minutes for the game to be about to start, then dodging at the last second.
Perhaps it's selective memory, but I feel like ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION, if anyone is talking trash or bragging about how they will "rape" or "destroy" or "whatever" their respective target champions, they will end up losing.
And often not just losing the lane, but feeding in it, going down in flames, spamming chat for 10 minutes about how their ping is 800, and so forth. Like, it's probably a good idea to just plain dodge if someone brags about how they are going to crush Teemo etc.
Well she does have a move called Vault Breaker.
Perhaps this is not the perfect place to ask for an objective advice but I'm thinking of starting to play MOBA games and was wondering what the main difference between this and DOTA 2 were. From what Ive looked around, the main thing seems to be that supports in DOTA 2 are more fun to play.
As for background, I am a very quick learner and I'm pretty good at objective based / team based games, therefore different learning curves would not affect my decision in which to pick.
As for background, I am a very quick learner and I'm pretty good at objective based / team based games, therefore different learning curves would not affect my decision in which to pick.
Not really. Some supports in Dota (and even non-supports) are boring as hell to play too, like Crystal Maiden (eww) and some supports in LoL can be super fun (like Leona). They probably told you that because the support role in Dota is a bit more flexible compared to LoL, especially going by lane composition, but I wouldn't say that is a fair assessment.
The games are different in the sense that Dota 2 has more little mechanics to take into account, which LoL simplifies in favor of accessibility. The interaction with your hero character and the others is also different between the two games. Both games have their own complexities and are hard to master, but Dota can be a bit more cumbersome while climbing the initial learning curve.
I would suggest you play a couple of matches in both and get a feel for them. I personally like them both for different reasons.
forgeforsaken
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I think that doesn't hold as much anymore either with the new items in season 3.
I find Leona, Nami, and Lulu all fun to play too.
Mister Wilhelm
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Just because a fuck machine top using Kennen with spellblade/hextech revolver.
GET OUT OF MY LANE.
GET OUT OF MY LANE.
CM is a viable roamer/ganker/jungler. That is, she can move from lane to lane when opportunities arise to apply pressure or help someone getting pressured, while pulling jungle creeps in between to get some exp. There are lots of supports that can do this, actually, owing to the abundance and power of CC in DOTA 2.
This kind of support character does not really exist in League, Alistar is the only one that came close and I'm not sure if people do roam Alistar anymore.
The main difference between DOTA 2 and League is that League is a streamlined and simplified variation of DOTA2, with less variety and synergy and more of an emphasis on learning set roles.
This kind of support character does not really exist in League, Alistar is the only one that came close and I'm not sure if people do roam Alistar anymore.
The main difference between DOTA 2 and League is that League is a streamlined and simplified variation of DOTA2, with less variety and synergy and more of an emphasis on learning set roles.
What is dota2?
crackbabyjr
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Its an easy game for an easy life.
I just meant that her kit can be boring if you are playing hard support. It's not necessarily that the role is more fun in Dota 2. It can be just as boring as playing Soraka.
Of course, people don't roam from lvl1 in LoL, but that has more to with the static jungle and champs being geared for a specific lane setup.
I see, I understand it's not as simple as "X is better than Y, period". It's good to hear then that LoL has fun support. Well then I will be going out of town for the Holidays and I will only have my laptop to play and considering that both seem interesting to me I guess I could start with the least resource hoggerrequired first and try the other once I return back home.
For reference I can play Torchlight II on my laptop on med-high settings just fine.
edit: To clarify I'm asking which one requires lower specs to run well
For reference I can play Torchlight II on my laptop on med-high settings just fine.
edit: To clarify I'm asking which one requires lower specs to run well
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The think the role itself is more fun in Dota 2.
There's just more to do. Denying, Pulling, Stacking, etc.
Although Leona is the greatest ever.
There's just more to do. Denying, Pulling, Stacking, etc.
Although Leona is the greatest ever.
That lux carry
Finn of Ooo
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So I caved and bought eternum noc, only after did I notice the skin gives him bunny ears... so kawai uguu
well the recent visual upgrade to SR and stuff was supposed to help the game run well on lower spec machines so idunno
maybe he should fix his sub 50% winratio in ranked before judging other people.
It can be, but there are options, whereas supports in League are almost always pigeonholed into babysitting the ADC (or weird banana lanes like Leona/Jarven or Leona/Blitz). The idea of "support" in DOTA 2 just encompasses more concepts than it does in League.
Options is the name of the game in DOTA2.
League, probably. But as long as your computer has come from the last 4 years or so it shouldn't have a problem running either.
Go away Gullin
Is this guy a GAFer? What's his GAF tag?
You should be able to run both games no problem. I run DOTA2 with some of the fancy stuff like AA, Ambient Occlusion, Fog, and Shadows turned off/on low and it runs fine. DOTA2 runs better on my PC then Torchlight 2.
It's Tomat.
If I knew you were posting this, I would have totally stolen more kills so I didn't have a shitty record.
This game made me soooo sad. I finally went Eve mid after a long break.
51-minute loss. Xin fed top for 4-5 levels, then wandered around stealing jungle and XP from other lanes, then ragequit. I don't think he ever typed anything. Plus our Kogmaw and/or our Maokai were apparently lagging, so I think we had at least two key pushes where Kogmaw suicided into the enemy turret/team defending it, when we might have otherwise been able to take it.
I really tried so hard and it was still futile.
((( Oh and I had AD masteries by accident, I think.
51-minute loss. Xin fed top for 4-5 levels, then wandered around stealing jungle and XP from other lanes, then ragequit. I don't think he ever typed anything. Plus our Kogmaw and/or our Maokai were apparently lagging, so I think we had at least two key pushes where Kogmaw suicided into the enemy turret/team defending it, when we might have otherwise been able to take it.
I really tried so hard and it was still futile.
((( Oh and I had AD masteries by accident, I think.Again, thanks for the answers.
I already downloaded LoL and started the DL on DOTA, since you guys say it will run well on my laptop. Like I said I though, I will probably start with LoL. Having read some more on forums and what not, it seems that LoL will help me get the nuances and tactics of MOBA faster,without punishing me as hard as DOTA for my mistakes. Once I feel comfortable playing I'll give DOTA a try and then decide which one to play actively.
Edit: Oh wow, I just saw a match as spectator, or something to that extent and this really looks fun. The youtube videos dont convey as much detail i guess. I would get into a match and the whole shebang now but it's already 3 am over here. I'm pretty excited tho!
I already downloaded LoL and started the DL on DOTA, since you guys say it will run well on my laptop. Like I said I though, I will probably start with LoL. Having read some more on forums and what not, it seems that LoL will help me get the nuances and tactics of MOBA faster,without punishing me as hard as DOTA for my mistakes. Once I feel comfortable playing I'll give DOTA a try and then decide which one to play actively.
Edit: Oh wow, I just saw a match as spectator, or something to that extent and this really looks fun. The youtube videos dont convey as much detail i guess. I would get into a match and the whole shebang now but it's already 3 am over here. I'm pretty excited tho!
I play a lot of support and it can be a lot of fun if you don't care so much about the spotlight of getting all the kills. It's exciting because you feel like more of an strategist, timing big objectives up, creating opportunities for the other players, granting vision, etc., but also then actually actively entering combat and turning fights around through skill and smarts.
Also, LoL will pretty much run anywhere, though Dota's prettier.
crackbabyjr
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what is this..wtf
Typical garbage tier lux skin like all of hers.
crackbabyjr
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Why you are that crazy pretty hard I would imagine.
what do you mean (no really your wording is really weird)
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