User blog comment:YurdleTheTurtle/LoL & DotA 2 - AMA and Information Blog/@comment-86.28.122.101-20130106104502

Not bad the least I would say.

I do have to add that in Dota 2, you can practically harm yourself unlike League.

In LoL, you can use most skills without worry that it'll do you worse (save for removing Blitzcrank's ultimate passive on use).

In Dota however, some skills will do good and do bad at the same time.

As an example, one of the spells of Invoker (ironically, Willbach, was the hero I wanted to play first but I hard randomed some other hero) has a skill that turns him Invisible.

And it slows him.

I know what you're thinking, invisible and slower? WTF? but that's not it.

Bloodseeker has a silence that BOOSTS THE TARGET'S DAMAGE.

At rank 5, the silence gives the target 2.2 times more damage.

You put that on an enemy carry, I dare you.

Of course, while the champions in League are relatively easy to understand and pick up, Dota is a different case; sure anyone can pick up Sven, farm, hit level 6, stun, get kills or Skeleton King (Farm, carry, stun, initiate, ultimate is a passive revive), but comparing the most difficult Dota heroes (Meepo, Wisp, Invoker, Enigma) to the most difficult LoL champions (Orianna, Syndra, Shaco), League Difficultly seems to have very little difficulty variation from easiest to hardest champion.

I'm gonna cut this short and leave you to figure out the difference of difficultly in Dota.

Try comparing Sven to Invoker; Your funeral I'm telling ya.

These are purely personal opinions:

As a personal note, in an unbiased tone, League of Legends is far easier to pick up and have infinite hours of fun while Dota takes a longer buildup and given the right conditions, would match or even be more fun than League.

What Dota is, is that it will reward you far better satisfaction and rewards itself.

Icefrog in my opinion is a far better designer, Guinsoo didn't do a good job of balencing the heroes in Dota, and it seemed to carry to League of Legends too.

It's hard for me to say this without making people upset, but LoL is theoretically and mostly practically a "Dumbed down dummies version of Dota".