Heroes of Newerth (Dota Standalone)

[Viperidae]

I thought LoL was utter rubbish. Dota with pokemons

I've been playing it since November. It's deeper than that.

Sure, it has its own problems in terms of metagame, but it has two major advantages over HoN in my mind: it's not just a dota remake, and it's free.

 

[Bakurei]

Well the main problem I had with LoL was the fact that it had that WoW-style skill system. You could put points in it as you level the avatar or agranog, what ever it was called. I just can't cope with a system where a complete retard can have some sort of advantage just because he played a few matches. Even though it might be a subtle advantage it's still an advantage.

Only way a game like this should reward a player is through game mechanics. You only gain an advantage by learning the game, not just joining a 5vs5 game, feeding the game but winning because of a few pros and by this gaining some ingame perks.

 

[Viperidae]

I'll admit, the game is stacked against you if you solo queue only. However, once you hit level 30 (not too hard) and get 2-4 friends, things even out a ton.