User blog comment:Alterrea/Adapting the meta/@comment-5686533-20130723101520/@comment-5556439-20130724134256

DOTA? Meta?

BAHAHA

But seriously, DOTA has honestly no true "Metagame" at the moment due to its lack of global objectives(Not just Drag and Baron) and balance towards items rather than its Heroes. Even though the Heroes are balanced extensively its not the true focus whereas its shop has the largest focus on its gameplay. Hence it being the focal point of IceFrogs tweakage. This type of balance allows for things like Snipers mini-stuns, massive amounts of rage-inducing chain CC(aided by the never once bought Refresher Orb), and massive range on many skills. Its abilites are much much more over the top and broken than LoL's due to map size, item actives like BKB, and the favor of Attributes over individual statistics.