User blog comment:FullSteamSpacemachine/Heroes of Newerth and League of Legends/@comment-112.203.47.70-20120514175908

LOL isn't noob friendly. For you to actually learn runes, masteries, diff of ad and ap scalling, summoner spells, and trying to familiarize yourself with 98 characters (and not everyone is available every week), is far more complicated than your, "farm the carry and win HON game that you have". LOL requires more team play. I've been playing MOBA for 12 years now and all i can say is that once you farm your carry in HON and get a shroud, you can start killing the other team on by one (however this isn't the absolute way to win). On the other hand, LOL requires more team play. Yeah sure farm your carry is still advisable but i could CC could shut down a yi. Each hero as a definite counter in LOL. INT type heroes in LOL could carry as opposed to HON's casters just being supports during late game - assuming that each team is fairly matched. SO i wouldnt call this a noob friendly game. There are more diverse heroes in LOL than in HON or DOTA2. LOL also has hybrid heroes. Heroes that can actually act as AD/AP. Trying putting sheepstick on madman or better yet trying putting int items on him - i dont think that would be a nice ending for your team. LOL has "brush". YOu have to know how to utelize the brush. As opposed to HON and DOTA2, they only have the fog of war - so does LOL. So before you claim it as nood-friendly, get your facts straight. Just a friendly advice frim your neighborhood anon.