Defense of the Ancients

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custom map multiplayer online battle arena game video game mod

Defense of the Ancients is a pioneering multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod that popularized team-based hero combat and laid the groundwork for games like Dota 2 and League of Legends.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf custom map ⓘ
multiplayer online battle arena game ⓘ
video game mod ⓘ
basedOn Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne NERFINISHED ⓘ
communityPlatform Battle.net NERFINISHED ⓘ
communityStatus community-developed project ⓘ
controlScheme mouse and keyboard ⓘ
designer Eul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinsoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
IceFrog NERFINISHED ⓘ
developer Eul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinsoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
IceFrog NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributionMethod Battle.net custom games ⓘ
Warcraft III custom map hosting sites ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 2003 ⓘ
gameEngine Warcraft III World Editor NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre MOBA ⓘ
influenced Dota 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heroes of Newerth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heroes of the Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ
League of Legends NERFINISHED ⓘ
Smite NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedGenre MOBA ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy pioneered modern MOBA design ⓘ
mapPerspective top-down ⓘ
matchType team-based competitive ⓘ
modOf Warcraft III NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature asymmetric factions ⓘ
creep waves ⓘ
experience and gold progression ⓘ
hero-based team combat ⓘ
item shop system ⓘ
three-lane map layout ⓘ
notableTournament ESWC NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Cyber Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableVersion DotA Allstars NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective destroy enemy Ancient ⓘ
platform Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

PC ⓘ
playersPerTeam 5 ⓘ
primaryGameMode multiplayer ⓘ
publisher self-published ⓘ
setting fantasy ⓘ
teamName Scourge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sentinel NERFINISHED ⓘ
teamsPerMatch 2 ⓘ
usesGameEngineOf Warcraft III NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos → influenced → Defense of the Ancients ⓘ
League of Legends → inspiredBy → Defense of the Ancients ⓘ