Originally a 3v3 game designed for tablet with a single lane and hotly contested jungle. Now also available in 5v5, and on PC and mac with cross-platform compatibility.
Simplifies many traditional lane-pushing game mechanics to focus on being a structured team-brawling game. It has a huge range of maps to play on with varying objectives, and relies entirely on hero-specific talent trees to provide customisation options during each match.
A variation on the DotA formula which divides heroes into three classes: Melee, Ranged, and Spellcaster.
Emphasises rich and engaging hero combat. The game has many unusual skill-shots, and there no stuns or randomness. Combat instead focuses more on displacement and environmental or situational damage.
The jungle is a persistent team objective rather than an economic space for a single hero to occupy, and a variety of different creep camps and reward structures have appeared in the game over the years.
The game had an unusually refined item system, with a fullscreen shop interface, typed shortcuts, recommended items, recipe autocompletion, all items stacking with each-other (at reduced efficiency), and custom item stats like bonus ability radius or duration.
Had unusual criss-cross lanes, and emphasised the jungle as a critical team objective.