New players Dota 2 or LoL

Hello,

I'm brand new to MOBAs and was wondering which one people suggested to play. I have a mac but might be abel to get my windows up an running if it makes a major difference. Once again I'm a complete noob, the only thing I know is that dota 2 has free heroes and in LOL the free ones change every week. Thanks for all your help.

Dota 2.

Dota 2 for me. Can't stand LOL..its a goddamn adobe air app..

DotA 2. Be sure to watch a few guides on how to play so you can have an enjoyable experience your first time.

I'd definitely start with this guide. Get familiar with your Heroes, spells, attacks, and how to prioritize your objectives.

@yashu_:

DOTA 2 all the way. LOL is for noobs and fails who cant handle real MOBA mechanics

If you want Twitch.TV viewers and a professional gaming atmosphere, go with League of Legends. If you just want a casual MOBA to play for fun, choose Dota 2.

Both, eventually.

But for starting out, I'd probably say Dota2. Communication is easier (mics), mechanics translate over to League, characters are more diverse (or feel that way, anyway). Also, character is free to play and not locked behind amount of time played.

Lastly, the way the Spectate and replay features work, it's much easier to watch other players play and learn from what they're doing or not doing.

It will take awhile. Expect too put in 500+ hours before you're competent...but it's fun once you get the hang of it.

and don't listen to this guy.

Both provide a "professional gaming atmosphere" on Twitch as both games have pro tournaments going on daily. Both can be played more casually if preferred. League can be a bit more casual and approachable since some of the in-game mechanics are easier to deal with...but the learning tools aren't as well designed as Dota2's (again, replays and in-game spectating are both far superior to LoL's offerings).

You can actually spectate Dota2 professional matches in the game client itself and observe each individual player, various stats and graphs, even view it through their eyes with their mouse clicks. With League...your only option most of the time is to watch on Twitch and you'll never have access to pro match replays so you can learn what they're doing. You have no control of the camera of any kind. Not the case in Dota2. Dota2 is truly the best game for learning how to play MOBAs.

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are you being serious?

professional/serious = LOL..... casual = DOTA 2?????

i think you have that backwards buddy...

serious MOBA players play DOTA2. casuals, noobs, and bads play LOL. its a fact.

It really depends what you are looking for.

Dota 2 is the more complex game while LOL is easier for new people to pick up. IMO Dota 2 is the much better game but the learning curve is a bit steeper.

Go Lol, then if you want try Dota 2. I am Dota 2 fan and I like it more than Lol, but I got to say, Dota 2's community is unforgiving to the new players, and it's overall harder than Lol.

Don't listen to me, why? Go to Twitch.TV and check the viewer count for LoL vs Dota 2 right now. Okay, point proven. Second, look up some articles on League of Legends players who earn 7 figure salaries playing LoL in tournaments. League of Legends has been around longer and has more tournaments televised world wide than Dota 2 ever will. I'm not trying to ruin your dreams of Dota 2 being "hardcore" but honestly it's just a casual MOBA with about 1/10th of the number of people playing it.

@SKaREO:

I think you are still confused Skareo -

Casual is more appealing hence more players, Dota is more complex which makes it less appealing to the masses.

And 7 figures didn't Alliance just win like $1,600,000 for winning the International?

yup...

but seriously it is SKaREO guys.... when do any of us listen to anything he has to say?

DOTA2 is the better game. it is more complex, and requires more time to master. Serious players play DOTA2

LOL is for people new to MOBAs. you cut your teeth on this game, and move on to the better DOTA2. you will find noobs, bads that cant hack it at DOTA2, and casuals.

and BTW... DOTA2 has millions of players... average matchmaking times are like 45 seconds. once you get into the millions of players... does it really matter how many players there are at that point?

I've played both, and hands down LOL is a better polished game. It's easier and funner to get into but hard to master. DOTA2 was just 2 slow and tried to over complicate itself to stand out... Trying to make a more complex/harder to get into game doesn't equal a more skilled or fun game by any means. They added way to many useless features to make it seem more complex but only made it a drag to play, like do I really need a pet to bring me gear.... Also the maps are stupid big, I am here to pvp not play skyrim.

The numbers don't lie, LoL is the biggest played game in the world.

Anyways here's a little guide to help you get into LoL.

http://kotaku.com/how-to-get-into-league-of-legends-the-biggest-game-in-1456272237

The ignorance is strong in here...

Just play both like i do, it literally takes me a couple of clicks to switch between games, i don't know why all the hate.

They just have two different styles , that's all and they are free for the love of god...

DOTA 2 is superior

LoL = serious competitive scene

Dota 2 = casual costume party

Dota 2 is harder to get into than LoL. But from all the people that played both that I know, all of them say Dota 2 is a better game.