User blog comment:Krufix/Dota2 - Is it REALLY so much harder than LoL?/@comment-46.41.73.26-20130122211216/@comment-46.41.73.26-20130123100851

Keybidings: I never cared enough about DotA to go looking for sites that do the process automatically and the default process for chaging them (as described on playdota, mind you) is absolutely the most tedious thing in the world.

As for the snowball argument: you keep forgetting one crucial difference, the base stats per level scaling. Namely, the health. In DotA, the hero with the highest strength grow (Centaur) gians from 57 to 76 HP per level, resulting in average of 67 HP, while in LoL even the squishiest mages at least get 70 HP/level. The attack damage and attack speed scale about the same rate. In other words, an enemy one level above you can tank 4 more creep attacks than you. Wow, that's a snowball alright. Same goes for items, the ones that dramatically boost hero's power or durability take time to purchase, even if you give some kills to the enemy. Stat-boosting and utility items, on the other hand, are dirt cheap. Did I mention that kills give less gold than in LoL up until midgame?

Carries have no special framing capabilties, yeah.. Except for Quelling Blade and Battle Fury, and Radiance, and Hand of Midas, and, lastly, the fact that support can push the lane back so you can safely farm under tower almost indefinitely. Or stack the ancients, so you can lol-cleave through them later on for a huge boost to gold.

Jungling: I never said anything about level 1 jungling. That is, in fact, quite hard, if you're not picking the right hero (Lifestealer, Enchantress, Chen, some others) But if you farm some levels and a Mask of Death or some other sustain item before going to jungle, you pretty much can farm it all day as long as you don't get ganked.

Now, for the ganks part, have you ever tried, I don't know, to walk away from them? I mean, predict them, and then walk away? Very few heroes can actually gank you effectively if you're paying attention, and even then you can foil them if you're skilled enough (juking Pudge hooks, anyone?)

And yes, late game items are expensive, but not all games make it to the late stage, and not all heroes need them that badly. In fact, many heroes can just spam bracers all game, and maybe buy a blink dagger and still stay incredibly relevant because of how damn overpowered their abilities are (Magnus comes to mind)

P.S.: I don't quite understand why all the rage, or the remark about my perceived LoL skill level, while I'm talking about DotA, but I guess it's all natural for a person who pisses himself over a comment on the Internet.