Talk:Gold efficiency/@comment-4636093-20131213200459

I think that this is THE biggest difference between LoL and Dota.

LoL's items get more gold efficient as you upgrade them while Dota's items get less. Thus creating a completely different power curve throughout the game. In dota there's a far smaller power gap between a support with a Bracer and a carry with a Daedalus, to the power gap in LoL between a support with a Kindlegem and a carry with an Infinity Edge, even though they give almost exactly the same stats.