I am here to do research about the differences between the three most popular MOBAs currently out on the market.The similarity of all these 3 MOBAs game are they’re all free-to-play . They’re all based on the structure made popular in Defense of the Ancients: Your team has to destroy the enemy’s base before the other team does.You fight other players and monsters controlled by the computer to earn gold and experience so you can make your hero more powerful and push the lane to the enemy base to win the game. Even the main map in each game is essentially the same. Each features two bases connected by three lanes, with a monster-filled jungle offering branching paths between them.
League Of Legends (LOL)
League of Legends is easily the most popular
MOBA out there. LOL only gives you 10 free characters each week.You’ll have to pay for any other champions
you want, either with real money or in-game currency that you can earn
(slowly) by playing.
League of Legends also offers a couple of
variants on the 5-on-5 play the genre is most famous for. One is just a
smaller, 3-on-3 take on MOBA action, but the other, Dominion, is a
quicker-paced mode where teams of five fight over circular control
points. A fourth map, the Howling Abyss, let’s two teams of five battle
on a chaotic, single lane .
Heroes of Newerth (HON)
Heroes of Newerth has more in common with
Dota 2 than LOL. It’s a very literal spin-off of Defense of the
Ancients. Dota 2 and HON even feature many items and heroes that, aside
from their names, are pretty much identical. The biggest difference
between them is the pacing. HON matches tend to move faster.
In addition to the standard 5-on-5 map, HON
has two more official battlegrounds. One is a smaller field for 3-on-3
play while the other is another 5-on-5 map with a different layout.
Players generally stick with the original.
Graphically, HON most closely resembles the
original Warcraft III mod. It doesn’t have LOL’s cartoony, dark outlines
or Dota 2′s sheen.
Dota 2
Compared to LOL, Dota 2 is much more
faithful to the original Defense of the Ancients. You won’t find any
variants on the classic 5-on-5 map. However, Dota 2 does offer immediate
access to all of its heroes, with micros transactions reserved for
cosmetic stuff like character skins and announcer voices.
Being the newest of the bunch, Dota 2′s also
the best looking. While all three feature visuals clearly inspired by
Warcraft III’s art direction, Dota 2′s graphics have a cleaner gleam and
shine to them.
In LOL , player can transport back to their base at
any time.In dota2 , you’ll need to buy a town portal scrolls to transport back . On the plus side, using the scrolls
can send you to any friendly building, including towers.
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