User blog comment:Lukeatlook/Never Go Full Meta/@comment-5284325-20140713142914/@comment-5077844-20140713185316

DoTA will probably live forever, since it's static. However, it's playerbase will never really grow as long as LoL is around. I don't play DoTA, but i can see it's a good game, even if it won#t change, and good games never die. It might, however, be outclassed if tehy ever make DoTA3, but i have no idea how that'S suppposed to work...

LoL on the other hand will stay alive as long as it#S constantly changing. that's the reason i still play LoL. If it just stopped one day, I'd give it about 2 months and then most players would stop, simply because it would be repetitive. that's probably the greatest weakness that LoL has compared to DoTA. As mentioned here, DOTA values strategy over mechanics, so apparently every game is different, thus it's always fun. In LoL, as soon as the Meta is stable and unchanging, there will be around 30% cahmpions you'll never see again