HoN is just an entire port of DotA to a new engine with new graphics that you can hardly even see because someone decided "dark looks cool, lets make the entire game really dark!"
Sure, LoL may be more noob-friendly, but that does not mean its any less competitive? au contraire mon frere, Season 1 is on the verge of being released and things are about to get a whole lot more competitive around LoL than it ever was before.
Plus, i'd rather play new heroes than direct ports from DotA that i'd been playing for years before, and new items as well.
Also yes, i have played HoN before

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