Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm is checkers to League of Legends’, Dota 2’s chess

Imagine you had to compete with two of the biggest games on PC. Do you try to beat them at their own game, or do you take a different approach? Blizzard has decidedly chosen the latter with Heroes of the Storm, its upcoming MOBA currently in technical alpha for PC.

The tradition

The MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) is quickly emerging as one of gaming’s most popular genres. It’s a type of competitive game where two teams of five players each pick a hero with specific abilities and strengths. Each team then tries to reach the other base, accessible via three roads (called lanes). Turrets and A.I.-controlled enemies (usually known as creeps) fill each lane, so your team needs to push through these challenges and get the upper hand in fights against the other team if you want to reach the opposing base and destroy it.