wailwail wrote:Items affect your hero's strength. New people to the game will lose to the grinding ones because they don't have the best in slot items. But in HotS ( and LoL too ) there are no items, and everything depends on your skill.
What. The. Hell.
New Dota people do not lose to older ones because of items. Have you ever considered the possibility that the loss is because, frankly, they suck?
In fact, the truth is exactly opposite of what you're saying. In Dota, no matter how long you have played or how many quids you've spent, in a match everyone starts equal. There are no gameplay-affecting choices outside of a match. The only things that matter are your drafts, skill, team coordination, game sense and strategy. You can't blame that you loss because 'the opponent team has more cosmetics than yours' (which, I have to remind you, are completely separate from in-game items). Instead, ask yourself: did you get outdrafted? Outplayed? Missed too many last hits? Didn't stack enough? Got dewarded too frequently? Or overextended too much?
And in LoL? Sorry. If I have no runes (having spent too many IP buying champions, for example) fighting someone who has a full set of runes, then they have an unfair advantage over me.
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