User blog comment:JBox2D/Templar Assassin: Attempted DOTA Crossover/@comment-5234801-20140219014605/@comment-24090662-20140220021426

Yeah, Diana might work. Dota doesn't seem to have the same kind of bursty assassins that league does, because in order for someone to instantly kill a squishy at max level, their base damages would have to be very, very overpowered at level 16.

In Dota, she's effectively melee before she grabs a point in psi blades. She's considered to be ranged, but her range is actually the same as most melee heroes.

Yeah, Dota's very, very different. There are all sorts of things that I like more and all sorts of things I like less. I'd say it's both more and less snowbally: given that you lose gold on death, someone who's very fed can lose a good portion of that by dying. On the other hand, if your lane opponent can manage to kill you a time or two, it's damn hard to come back from without serious help from teammates.