Game Groups > Defense of the Ancients variants

Defense of the Ancients (abbreviated as DotA) is a user modification for WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. It popularized a set of specific game mechanics:

• Multiplayer focus: while there can be a single-player mode, DotA variants are primarily multiplayer games.
• Team based: there is a strong emphases on team play, i.e. the teams consist of multiple players.
• Heroes: each player controls a single hero unit with special abilities. During the course of a match, the hero's abilities are upgraded. Some variants also offer general upgrades which are applied between matches.
• Maps: usually the maps are symmetric.

Limitations

• Games with DotA user modifications are not included.
• This group is restricted to MOBAs.