Introduced 1 mechanic · Dota 1
Defense of the Ancients
An unpaid custom map whose lane layout became one of the largest genres on earth.
Mechanics this game introduced
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Mechanics it built on
Ideas Defense of the Ancients inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.
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2003
Defense of the Ancients this page
2013
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