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* {{GIFT}}: In the form of StopHavingFunGuys, SeriousBusiness {{Scrub}}s, SuffersNewbiesPoorly, UnpleasableFanbase, SmallNameBigEgo, ArrogantKungFuGuy, and EntitledBastard. Basically, MOBA games have a ''[[{{Understatement}} terrible]]'' reputation for having communities full of people on their absolute ''worst'' behaviour.

* InternetToughGuy: Some people are [[{{Understatement}} kind of jerks]].

* EntitledBastard

* {{GIFT}}: In the form of StopHavingFunGuys, {{Scrub}}s, SuffersNewbiesPoorly, UnpleasableFanbase, and EntitledBastard. Basically, MOBA games have a ''[[{{Understatement}} terrible]]'' reputation for having communities full of people on their absolute ''worst'' behaviour.

* StopHavingFunGuys: this too, though it's more endemic in "pro" environments like ''[=DotA=]'' or Heroes of Newerth. Course, if you manage to play any MOBA game and not run into these guys, then you are BornLucky.

* ''MondayNightCombat''

* ''{{Clonk}}'' scenarios "Tower Attack" (focusing on the base and mook elements) and "Keepers" (with less strategy elements and more RPGElements and action combat).

* ''Dota 2'' (an upcoming game being developed by ValveSoftware)

* StopHavingFunGuys: this too, though it's more endemic in "pro" environments like ''[=DotA=]'' or Heroes of Newerth.

Every game in the genre has its own permutations, but the classic formula found in ''DotA'' goes like this: there are two teams. Each one has a base. The point of the game is to destroy the enemy's base before he does the same to yours. Each base has static defenses, and helps players attack by sending squads of mooks. PlayerCharacters, called "Heroes", are far more powerful than any mook squad and gain {{Character Level}}s. Heroes kill the mooks (and each other) for ExperiencePoints and gold, the former to learn new abilities and the latter to buy items. Apart from this tug-o-war, there may or may not be any other activities to participate in, such as killing off neutral creeps. In this sort of environment, teamwork is ''essential'', and to add to the chaos MOBA games generally feature LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, each with a unique set of skills, abilities and statistics. Finding a Hero you're good at is a key step in gameplay, and learning how to combat or assist the other Heroes currently in play is another.

* ItemCrafting: indtroduced in DotA: Allstars. Everything is sold in the shop, but high-tier items are built out of low-tier items, which can be built out of lower-tier items as well.
* ItsUpToYou: it's not. Nobody can win a game singlehandedly if he is the only decent player on the team.

* SeriousBusiness: This is par for the course in ''any'' PvP game, but practically a genre trait in MOBA games.

* TierInducedScrappy: Because of the team-based aspect of these games, this mostly happens with low-tier characters. It is common for people to ragequit games because somebody on their team chose a character perceived as being underpowered.

** ForcedLevelGrinding

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: DotA has 103 and counting as of this writing.
* NecessaryWeasel: In the form of StopHavingFunGuys, {{Scrub}}s, SuffersNewbiesPoorly, UnpleasableFanbase, and EntitledBastard. Basically, MOBA games have a ''[[{{Understatement}} terrible]]'' reputation for having communities full of people on their absolute ''worst'' behaviour.

* ''Aeon of Strife'' ({{Starcraft}} GameMod)

* ''Smite'' (An upcoming game by Hi-Rez Studios, who made GlobalAgenda)

* ''Tides of Blood'' (Another {{Warcraft}} III GameMod)
* ''BloodlineChampions'', which does not follow DotA's formula at all

* ''HeroesOfNewerth''
* ''{{Demigod}}''
* ''StormOfTheImperialSanctum'' ({{Starcraft 2}} GameMod)
* ''RealmOfTheTitans'' (Upcoming AeriaGames product)

* '' Prime World '' (An upcoming game that seeks to integrate Facebook and the ability to play support with a Zuma-like mini-game if a player isn't that good with Dota-style games)
* ''{{Clonk}}'' scenarios "Tower Attack" (focusing on the base and mook elements) and "Keepers" (with less strategy elements and more RPGElements and action combat).

* AdaptationDisplacement: DotA: Allstars is more popular and well-known than any of its predecessors (and followers). Very rarely people know about Aeon of Strife or Eul's DotA.

* ''RiseOfImmortals'' (in closed beta)

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* TierInducedScrappy

[[GenreLaunch The first MOBA game]] was Aeon of Strife, a map for ''{{Starcraft}}''. It gained popularity and, when Warcraft III with its amazing map editor came out, [[FollowTheLeader spawned a lot of similar maps]] which were referred to as [=AoS=] style maps. Amongst others there were D-Day, various [=AoS=]'s direct ports, and Defence of the Ancients, developed by Eul. It spawned various modifications, one of those being called [=DotA=] Allstars, developed by Guinsoo. There's not much to say about that one, except that it got '''humongous''' popularity, far exceeding any other map ever developed for Warcraft III (you can be sure that well over half of people who play Warcraft III multiplayer play [=DotA=], possibly even exclusively) [[TropeCodifier completely defined the genre as we know it]], is featured on international cybersport tournaments, etc, etc.

* ''RiseOfImmortals (in closed beta)''

* ''Bloodline Champions'', which does not follow DotA's formula at all

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks