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Multiplayer online battle arena

Two teams, often of five, each control a single hero with unique abilities; alongside automatic waves of troops they push down lanes to destroy the enemy base, levelling up and buying items along the way.

Also known as: MOBA, ARTS, action real-time strategy

This is a basic entry: it has the definition and the classification. Full entries add history, games and a demo.

History

  1. 2003
    Origin

    Defense of the Ancients (DotA), a community-made map for Warcraft III, set the genre's mechanics; it was based on Aeon of Strife, a StarCraft map. Herzog Zwei (1989) is cited as a forerunner.

    Multiplayer online battle arena (Wikipedia)
  2. 2009

    League of Legends, designed by one of the creators of DotA: Allstars; Riot Games starts calling the genre a MOBA.

    Multiplayer online battle arena (Wikipedia)