League of Legends – Dominion
Posted on September 22, 2011
Filed Under Games, League of Legends, News
Back almost 2 years ago, I was wondering if League of Legends (Lol) would be one of those dota clones that would make it. Well it looks like it not only managed to stay put by starting up its Season 2 a few weeks ago, but also become a booming community which will have one of eSport’s largest prize pools this year amounting to a whopping $5 million dollars.
Also as part of Lol’s Season 2 this year Riot Games has just included a new map scenario called Dominion in the open beta phase. While i have to admit that I’m quite a fan boy of the Dota genre, this map is filled with some pretty fast paced action. Check out the following Dominion trailer to get a little insight into the game.
The videos pretty much explain the map, but for those of you who didn’t watch them here’s the recap. League of Legends – Dominion is a capture and hold type of game. Teams start on opposite sides of a mirror map, and vie for 5 different contestable points. Instead of the standard level 1 hero to begin with, a 5 man team will start at level 3 with about 1300 gold for gear. Also with the new map there’s 2 new summoner skills, and a bunch of new items that come along specifically for the map, and balancing.
Currently there’s no need for farming or getting exp in this mode. As soon as the game clock starts, your character starts receiving quite a bit gold, and exp per second so you never really fall behind in gear. The way to points score the game can easily turn around if you’re team overextends etc. Teams usually split up in two directions to take the two closest nodes, and sometimes a 3rd one if you have a fast moving character like Rammus to start with. This will go on until of of the teams score (or take away) 500 points, which can be fairly fast at about 10 minutes or so for a 1 sided game. So far on opening day of open beta the game is pretty fun, however I feel like it will be very short lived. The high pace map almost feels like there is little to no strategy at the moment when everyone just rushes nodes or defends nodes ala ‘Arathi Basin’ style.
For those of you who haven’t yet played the game, don’t worry, its completely free to play. You just need to signup for an account here and download the program here.
[Subscribe to these posts free via a rss reader or e-mail]
Popularity: 1% [?]
Comments
5 Responses to “League of Legends – Dominion”
Leave a Reply
Reminds me of “Heroes of Newearth”. Would this be the same?
bankruptcy´s last blog ..Why People File Bankruptcy
What should i buy on League of Legends Karthus or Nocturne or who else i have 6300(ip)?
Depends on what you like to play. I like Mage or AD (Attack Damage) types so I pick Karthus, but I would focus on runes and cheap heroes first.
Heroes of Newearth is also a DoTA clone. I have played it many times. My overall comment to HON is it’s corny. If you want a DoTA clone that is funny, you can try War of Philippine Heroes.
I need to know what the font is for the text “Dominion”, anyone could figure it or help me in anyway?