User blog comment:Krufix/Dota2 - Is it REALLY so much harder than LoL?/@comment-24.28.69.220-20130121005425/@comment-71.234.251.127-20130121102657

Krufix, I think you're missing the point again; and let's just talk simply about microing. Broodmother sending her spiderlings to attack a tower or farm jungle camps is probably the easiest microing in Dota, making it a poor example of microing. If you play Chen then you will HAVE to keep your creeps alive to continue to jungle and gank early game, both extremely important roles as Chen.

As for simply mentioning "Sub stats in Dota, Item actives, the importance of microing, Brewmaster," that's not the point (again). OP here is talking about how you understated and thought too simply of those points. Sub stats are, indeed, "not [for people to] run on the simple "pick one of these three" principle." Sven, for example, really needs Attack Speed and Damage, but he doesn't go building a Butterfly because Agility gives him Attack Speed and oh it also gives him damage and OH it gives him attack speed too!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He also doesn't just buy Bracers because he needs Strength which will give him damage and health and Agility because he needs attack speed and Intelligence because he could use the mana and oh LOOK IT GIVES DAMAGE TOO. That's not how simple the main stats are.

Reading your article really makes me think that you picked the beginner level at Dota, and god are some those people really new to MOBA, not to mention just Dota. And not that it's a bad thing to pick that level (I'm assuming you did, considering you played for only 1.5 months) it's just that you probably won't get out of it since it's Dota is still in beta and you can't switch brackets.

Also, one last thing I want to mention:

"Whereas Dota has all the characters unlocked from the start and rewards you for playing around with them all. There is no out of game boosting like runes in LoL, it's quick and simple for new players to get a great idea of what Dota is."

???

That means you have to learn what every hero does and what their abilities are FROM THE START as a NEWBIE. In LoL you can essentially only play the ten free champions of the week and if you save enough IP you can probably get a 3150 champion from levels 1-10. Again though, about ten to fifteen champions, all of which are probably pretty easy to play.