User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Your Thoughts: DOT vs Burst/DPS/@comment-8013046-20130426035317

it really depends... and eitehr im super tired and cant think of as many but im pretty sure theres a lot more just straight up damage abilities compared to DOT abilities. like every once in a while you'll get some AOE field to do some DOT like morgs w which can be amazing especially since  basically all of those poeple have snares/slows, but theres not many of those. then theres single target DOT's like malz' e. but like, other than malz and trist i cant think of any other single target dot's and other than that all them taht i can think of are AOE and avoidable which can make them ineffective. idk.. i just feel like an argument is invalid since there isnt too much of a comparison available, but I think there really isnt a difference. there are champs like malz/rumble who get mostly DOT's and they are good. infact id consider both of them to be lane bullies. so for poking in lane you could make the argument that DOT is better based off that, but then you get people like leblanc and fizz on the otherside of the spectrum and its like. boom your healths gone. and they are basically counter picks and super lane dominate too. I feel like there just isnt a difference. riot has balanced this game out super well.