Anne-Marie must really have leveled fast and gotten through a couple of ranks by now...Level 30 trolls and dumb smurfs abound in the unranked, levels 0-30 pub games. Ho Ho, Ha Ha indeed. In League, that's called instalocking and abandoning game early after flaming your teammates/saying "u suk gtg."
if you have bara, nightstalker or even anti-mage or PA you can take a shit on him
sniper is like a ranged troll warlord, he beats any ranged hero in that, but he's weak to nukes and has shitty movespeed
Miklós Morandini
almost 10 years ago
Also, Demigods was awesome!
Miklós Morandini
almost 10 years ago
"XY IS BEST MOBA" is a silly thought. We are talking about games, that are (let's face it) pretty much alike. Sure, the "META" is diff., and there might be slightly diff. variables (e.g. trees), but the mechanics are pretty much the same, they just fit different players. Why can't you <3 them all?
I was a fan of Defense of the Ancient long before League of Legends was around and even I have to admit LoL is far superior in nearly every aspect. The only thing I honestly think it's missing is more structures to take down in enemy bases :)
Also, am I crazy or are you finally starting to realize that DOTA2 is not actually the best MOBA? I don't even like LoL anymore but I'm not foolish enough to deny that it is still at the top, and the number of people playing or at least watching the game is more than enough proof of that.
@Eddmario: That is not how people react in league at all lmao. If you're on the other side of the map when they die to a gank it's your fault for not being there and for them overextending and omg report that ____. The communities of both games sucks.
Let's see what happens in each game if you hit a lag spike and get killed because of it:
DotA: QUIET FEDIGN THE ENEMY B4 I R3PORT U FUKCIGN NEWB!!!11ONEONE
LoL: Yeah, lag spikes suck. I'll take that lane with you and cover you in case that happens again.
Greeting Jo! I discovered Nerf NOW! just a few days ago but have already read all the strips and most of the things you had to say. There is a thing i miss from the past strips though; some of the old characters, like the first Engie or MM. Could you show some love for the forgotten ones? -A new fan
As for Techies, a good support shuts down Techies. The right ward in the right place = no more techies. Some heroes straight up counter him (Bounty Hunter, Zeus, Pudge, Huskar).
Hey Jo, I once was a DOTA player like you, but then I PICKED OMNIKNIGHT, GLORIOUS ANTI CARRY.
You could also consider playing Doom. Aghs + Doom = Sniper with no range who can't escape. Doom also has one of the best Strength growths in the game.
Mr. Al
almost 10 years ago
Or people could do just like me and stop playing Moba's at all, and go play something that's fun instead? Something where people aren't all about the "meta" and random profanity and general chicken-tactics? Come on people we all know Anne-Marie doesn't give a shit about MOBA's themselves, only views
@Raxyz: My standard anti-Riki tactics: buy dust, wait for him to attack, move out of smoke cloud, use dust, chase down & kill visible Riki, repeat. Done well, he will never get fat enough to be a problem and will never be able to 2-shot you to death before you dust him.
@Ancel De Lambert: Well you got lucky then, because I played League for years and I can attest to it having an absolutely atrocious playerbase.
@Geary: Nope. I tried DotA once and didn't bother finishing the tutorial. Didn't like the interface or the controls.
@Kenpachi RAMASAMA: I've been playing LoL for a good long time, and no, the community is NOT worse. I left DOTA 2 BECAUSE of its community, and I'm still playing LoL after two years. I can count on one hand the problem players I've run into on LoL, while in DOTA it was every other game.
Reasons to like LoL:
1) Simpler learning curve based around flavor of the week champion picks.
2) More game modes
3) Difficulty levels for all players with two levels of bot practice, and the ranked twits in their own cesspit so they can't pointlessly hate on the noobs.
4) NO FUCKING CHEST DROPS
Your Problems with the game appear to be skill problems, You dont know how to kill zniper.Having never played dota or crap of legends, you can decide whether or not to take this info, but try looking up how to counter sniper, and ignoring the vast pages of Nerf X.
@Klint Izwudd: I've just read that... As if DLCs and microtransactions aren't bad enough, now paid mods? PAID FRIGGIND MODS? That break, that bug, that doesn't work and so on? Realy???
And thus the reason why I now play heroes of the storm instead.
RodIshiCi
almost 10 years ago
@Khaz That's not true. Even when I had the misfortune of falling together with a pre-made 4 friends' team who tried to pin all blame for defeat on me and reporting, I've never been punished because of that.
Easiest way to counter sniper in teamfights is to do what the bots do, focus him down with dust and make him pay, just in general play a hero like slark or riki, since sniper is squishy he ends up feeding most games against hard-gankers.
Really? Most heroes I play deliver Sniper's ass back to him in a silver platter... I usually like when I'm up against one, it means he'll waste farm harassing me, and sonner or later he WILL feed me.
If I could nerf someone, I'd nerf Riki.
How about LoL at least pretends to have some semblance of a justice system, whereas Dota has an automated report system that does nothing but dole out undeserved punishment to the unpopular, over and over and over. In all honesty they're both great games destroyed by abysmal leadership.
@Nekomimi: And the "moba games are here to give us fun and to take our money" bit is arguably if not definitively false. LoL was created to make money, DotA started solely for giving us fun. Today it has things for sale, but they are non-intrusive and non theme-breaking. (mostly, damn it valve!)
@Kilgore Trout: I know, it sucks, unless I'm playing 1 I buy sentries in all techies games.
To everyone else, can you just stop with the x game is the best? Especially when you don't know anything specifically @Nekomimi You didn't get the comic format right when parodying it either.
@Alex Beavuais: I LOATHE having to spend money on sentry wards so my team doesn't get blown up. Even playing a support, that is money that could be going toward my mana boots, mek, or Aghs. Also observer wards to prevent ganks.
Nekomimi
almost 10 years ago
Part three of three.
... all MOBA games are different. They are here to give us fun and to take our money. Simple.
Good Luck and Have Fun, and let's not have Rengar/Riki SS/Mia from lane.
DOTA2 have unbalanced champions. LoL have unbalanced heroes. Both of these statements are true.
Everyone should pick what they want, in whatever game they want.
This statement up here is also true.
No DOTA2 > LoL. No LoL > DOTA2. Sure, DoTA > DOTA2&LoL, but still...
Nekomimi
almost 10 years ago
I am LoL player. I played both, I think DOTA is inferior. But still...
"Tell me one thing DOTA2 has better than Lol!"
"No Blitzcrank."
"This was a cheap shot, give me another one!"
"No "Hasagi!" in half of my games."
(screaming at Yasuo parody) "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
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