User blog comment:Accrepower/No more Bittersweet Victory/@comment-5266525-20121023090341

You can still play safe if you want. Ironically, if anything, playing safe in DotA is less effective than playing safe in LoL, because towers do so much damage in LoL early on it's just not worth it to tower dive at low levels.

Also, team coordination and composition clearly does matter. That's the reason why the meta is what it is. You may just not be at a level where this actually is appreciable.