This is because not all players have the same pool of heroes to pick from, unlike HoN. Within a game, can have same hero on both sides. LoL-Currently only supports Blind Picking. Plus some of the wackier ones, like allowing Repeat heroes. All Pick, Single Draft, Banning Draft, etc. Team and solo matchmaking available, and algorithms are employed to compensate for a team of players having inherently better teamwork are used to keeps things fair. Your actual ELO rating, used to do matchmaking, is hidden from the player (will be revealed in leagues). As a player you can see more detailed information about yourself. LoL-There are persistent summoner stats like summoner level and total games won that are visible to everyone. Does not account for sets of players having better teamwork when playing together. Only single player matchmaking available at this time. Each player has a Pub Skill Rating (PSR) and a Single Matchmaking Rating (SMR) which are used to balance games. HoN-Each account has persistent global stats tracking kills, deaths, assists, gold/min, xp/min, and many other factors. You need to be lv12 to unlock all the summoner spells. Higher level means you can use more runes and unlocks different summoner spells. There is also a summoner level determined by XP, only gained by playing. Cosmetic skins and temporary boosters that boost IP or XP gain are bought via RP. Summoner Runes, minor meta boosts, are only purchased via IP.

Heroes are unlockable via either, and there are always 10 free heroes available. Riot Points (RP) are bought using real money. Influence Points (IP) are gained via playing the game. However, there are two meta-game currencies. HoN-Single $30 USD payment up front, unlimited access. Includes Steve “Guinsoo” Feak, original DotA All-Stars pusher, as well as other huge competitive gaming balancers, gamers, coders, and Steve “Pendragon” Mescon who started. Same group that made Savage and Savage 2, a multiplayer RPG/RTS game. This is a blog post to compare the strengths and weaknesses of the current popular forms of DotA, specifically Heroes of Newerth (HoN), League of Legends (LoL).

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