• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 23:37
CEST 05:37
KST 12:37
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins EWC 202512Tournament Spotlight: FEL Cracow 20259Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202580RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15
Community News
[BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder2EWC 2025 - Replay Pack2Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced27BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams10Weekly Cups (July 14-20): Final Check-up0
StarCraft 2
General
Serral wins EWC 2025 #1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time Greatest Players of All Time: 2025 Update Power Rank - Esports World Cup 2025 EWC 2025 - Replay Pack
Tourneys
FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $10,000 live event TaeJa vs Creator Bo7 SC Evo Showmatch Esports World Cup 2025 $25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced $5,000 WardiTV Summer Championship 2025
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 484 Magnetic Pull Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune
Brood War
General
Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced Shield Battery Server New Patch BW General Discussion [BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China CSL Xiamen International Invitational [CSLPRO] It's CSLAN Season! - Last Chance
Strategy
Does 1 second matter in StarCraft? Simple Questions, Simple Answers [G] Mineral Boosting
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok) Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
UK Politics Mega-thread US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Ping To Win? Pings And Their…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Socialism Anyone?
GreenHorizons
Eight Anniversary as a TL…
Mizenhauer
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 587 users

Going to give League of Legends a shot - Page 2

Blogs > DocNemesis
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 All
Steveling
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Greece10806 Posts
February 04 2012 19:48 GMT
#21
LoL is to dota what sc3(yes 3) would be to bw.
Having said that it's a pretty cool little game that can get you hooked. Especially if you play with friends.

You did say though that you only played 2 games of dota and then gave up. Keep in mind that dota is a very rewarding game and you will like it more and more as your skills develop. So if you plan to play dota2 you should insist on dota1 a bit more.
My dick has shrunk to the point where it looks like I have 3 balls.
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
February 04 2012 20:15 GMT
#22
u from sea and u dont play dota? whats wrong with you? where is ur social life dude? LOLOLOLOL

well dont hope on dota2 bc it is exact dota1 with prettier graphic. Best of luck to you with LoL!
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
youngminii
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia7514 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-04 20:20:07
February 04 2012 20:19 GMT
#23
On February 05 2012 04:48 Steveling wrote:
LoL is to dota what sc3(yes 3) would be to bw.
Having said that it's a pretty cool little game that can get you hooked. Especially if you play with friends.

You did say though that you only played 2 games of dota and then gave up. Keep in mind that dota is a very rewarding game and you will like it more and more as your skills develop. So if you plan to play dota2 you should insist on dota1 a bit more.

Yes and if you play pubs you will end up with dozens hundreds of unfinished games from people leaving too early and/or honest disconnects.

Gameplay wise, lol == sc2 and dota == bw
Infrastructure wise, lol == bw and dota == what the flying shit this sucks everyone just feeds and leaves
Thankfully this will get fixed in dota 2 but that's still a while away
lalala
taLbuk
Profile Joined April 2010
Madagascar1879 Posts
February 04 2012 20:38 GMT
#24
On February 05 2012 03:33 THM wrote:
Don't. It's terrible.

"stop liking what i dont like"

LoL is very fun, and although people join the bandwagoning on calling it worse than dota etc, its basically like comparing sc2 and broodwar, one is more mechanically demanding while the other still has room for innovation and strategy, but in the end both require tremendous amounts of skill to play at the top, don't let anyone fool you

mjf
Profile Joined April 2010
United States436 Posts
February 05 2012 09:00 GMT
#25
On February 05 2012 04:46 Klockan3 wrote:
Centaur, dragonknight, leoric, dirge, axe, bristleback and brewmaster are examples of tanks in dota. However dota isn't as rigid so there are viable strategies other than having 1 tank, 1 support, 1 magic dps, 1 physical dps and a jungler.


not sure how the second sentence is relevant, hope you werent implying that LoL team comps are that static
vlaric
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States412 Posts
February 05 2012 11:07 GMT
#26
Good luck, try not to let the horrible attitude of 99% of the players get to you.
Wannabe zerg player
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
February 05 2012 11:22 GMT
#27
On February 05 2012 04:18 madmandrit wrote:
Play what you fucking want. I love LoL and DoTA. I have always said LoL = TF2, DoTA = CS 1.6. They are both fun games that you can enjoy. I hate all the DoTA > LoL or vice versa, they are fucking games enjoy what you want. Also what Chariman Ray said is point on.

for realz. can't people just enjoy their games without all the elitism?
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
February 05 2012 12:32 GMT
#28
Dota is harder, that's a fact. It's much more demanding mechanically, the animations are tougher, and skillshots are harder to use. There are "easy" heroes, but the thing about dota is that you have to be mechanically sound for any hero you play, and just have good game sense all around. Then add in the fact that just about all items have a use mechanic and once you get into the midgame you're gonna have 3-4 items that are dependent upon you using them correctly and there's even more depth.

With that said, I don't think it's a tragedy at all if you start out with LoL. It's fun, and most of the time you'll play a role that matters rather than getting carried by someone 5x better than you every game. Going around the map is easier, and hugging your team throughout the game is generally standard. It's also easier to keep your distance, brushes are pretty straightforward, and making items is really easy.

Also, despite being free, it's fucking stupid that you have to dump 20 dollars to get only 3 heroes in return. I don't know if dota 2 is gonna follow the same business procedure, but I highly doubt it considering all their heroes are free in dota.
noobcakes
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States526 Posts
February 15 2012 02:52 GMT
#29
On February 05 2012 21:32 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Dota is harder, that's a fact. It's much more demanding mechanically, the animations are tougher, and skillshots are harder to use. There are "easy" heroes, but the thing about dota is that you have to be mechanically sound for any hero you play, and just have good game sense all around. Then add in the fact that just about all items have a use mechanic and once you get into the midgame you're gonna have 3-4 items that are dependent upon you using them correctly and there's even more depth.

With that said, I don't think it's a tragedy at all if you start out with LoL. It's fun, and most of the time you'll play a role that matters rather than getting carried by someone 5x better than you every game. Going around the map is easier, and hugging your team throughout the game is generally standard. It's also easier to keep your distance, brushes are pretty straightforward, and making items is really easy.

Also, despite being free, it's fucking stupid that you have to dump 20 dollars to get only 3 heroes in return. I don't know if dota 2 is gonna follow the same business procedure, but I highly doubt it considering all their heroes are free in dota.


From an avid dota player, LoL's skillshots are so crazy weird that it makes it hard for me.
Professional BattleCraft Player
Bwaaaa
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia969 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 16:05:04
March 12 2012 16:04 GMT
#30
nvm
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
March 12 2012 20:38 GMT
#31
The thing about LoL is that it relies heavily on skillshots. This annoys me to no ends as it is highly dependent on latency. Other than that, I think Dota is just as skill-dependent (or lack thereof, depending on how you look at it) as LoL.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 20:54:59
March 12 2012 20:44 GMT
#32
It helps if you have someone explain the game to you. It's pretty easy to learn. A lot of people will yell at you, even when you aren't necessarily to blame or you're trying your best - just ignore them and be humble. Good luck

Why argue which one is harder? Who gives a shit? Tons of things in the world are way harder than both these games - why don't you go do that if you care about which one is so hard? Just fucking play whichever one you want for whatever reasons you want. Jesus, is that so hard? Do you people really need to justify why your hobby is better than someone else's hobby?
Moderator
Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
March 12 2012 21:34 GMT
#33
The thread title was not "trying to decide between dota and lol" so many off topic god damn posts
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Oh goodness me, FOX tv where do you get your sight? Can't you keep track, the puck is black. That's why the ice is white.
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
March 12 2012 23:36 GMT
#34
On February 15 2012 11:52 noobcakes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 05 2012 21:32 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Dota is harder, that's a fact. It's much more demanding mechanically, the animations are tougher, and skillshots are harder to use. There are "easy" heroes, but the thing about dota is that you have to be mechanically sound for any hero you play, and just have good game sense all around. Then add in the fact that just about all items have a use mechanic and once you get into the midgame you're gonna have 3-4 items that are dependent upon you using them correctly and there's even more depth.

With that said, I don't think it's a tragedy at all if you start out with LoL. It's fun, and most of the time you'll play a role that matters rather than getting carried by someone 5x better than you every game. Going around the map is easier, and hugging your team throughout the game is generally standard. It's also easier to keep your distance, brushes are pretty straightforward, and making items is really easy.

Also, despite being free, it's fucking stupid that you have to dump 20 dollars to get only 3 heroes in return. I don't know if dota 2 is gonna follow the same business procedure, but I highly doubt it considering all their heroes are free in dota.


From an avid dota player, LoL's skillshots are so crazy weird that it makes it hard for me.

Well, the thing about LoL is that they show you the range and line of trajectory when you activate the spell making it easier, and the range on most LoL are pretty short. Every hero in LoL is skillshot based though, so if you're not used to playing heroes like that then it can be more difficult.
itsNero
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada30 Posts
March 12 2012 23:53 GMT
#35
It's quite simple to be good at that game , unlike HoN....
But I suggest you to stick with SC2
Drone <3
itsNero
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada30 Posts
March 12 2012 23:54 GMT
#36
It's quite simple to be good at that game , unlike HoN....
But I suggest you to stick with SC2, because it's way betteer
Drone <3
LonelyIslands
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Canada590 Posts
March 13 2012 01:13 GMT
#37
On March 13 2012 05:44 Chill wrote:
It helps if you have someone explain the game to you. It's pretty easy to learn. A lot of people will yell at you, even when you aren't necessarily to blame or you're trying your best - just ignore them and be humble. Good luck

Why argue which one is harder? Who gives a shit? Tons of things in the world are way harder than both these games - why don't you go do that if you care about which one is so hard? Just fucking play whichever one you want for whatever reasons you want. Jesus, is that so hard? Do you people really need to justify why your hobby is better than someone else's hobby?


What Chill said. If you just want to piss on the guys post because you think gour games better, why bother posting. Diversity is good, remember..
My heart and my mind will carry my body when my limbs are too weak
MacroNcheesE
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States508 Posts
March 13 2012 01:16 GMT
#38
I gave it a shot. It simply wasn't for me. I just found it boring and I couldn't wait for the game to be over with so I could close it, lol. To each their own, though.
Doubt is the venom that has paralyzed humanity.
Prev 1 2 All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 6h 23m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Nina 272
RuFF_SC2 123
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 4973
PianO 467
Zeus 191
zelot 126
Leta 75
Sexy 58
Noble 46
Aegong 42
Bale 16
Icarus 6
Dota 2
monkeys_forever845
League of Legends
JimRising 807
Counter-Strike
Coldzera 290
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox647
Other Games
summit1g14512
shahzam1368
C9.Mang0261
Maynarde178
WinterStarcraft42
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1337
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• davetesta108
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Doublelift7037
• Rush1235
• Stunt555
Upcoming Events
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6h 23m
WardiTV European League
12h 23m
PiGosaur Monday
20h 23m
OSC
1d 8h
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
1d 12h
The PondCast
2 days
Online Event
2 days
Korean StarCraft League
3 days
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
Online Event
4 days
[ Show More ]
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BSL 20 Non-Korean Championship
FEL Cracow 2025
Underdog Cup #2

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Team Wars
CC Div. A S7
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25

Upcoming

BSL 21 Qualifiers
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
HCC Europe
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.