happens in SC2 alot, too. or have you never seen a GSL cast where they totally miss a drop and then just go like "what the hell just happened over there" ? Dota2 with DotATV actually allows you watch the the game by yourself, listening to the comentators, but deciding if you follow their camera or if you spectate around the game yourself to NOT miss stuff, like Tobi usually misses first bloods.no. If it was not very skill based, everyone and their grandma would play at competitive level. just a "simple" lasthitting is very different between medicore player and pro. even at pro level, you can see the difference between the top teams - Asians, Navi, Empire and those second tier teams
It's also not very skill based at all. The best team in the business does not consist of the best players in the world or
even close. Obviously they are very good at the game, but having good player synergy and coordination is far more superior
than having the best players.
mindgames are skill too. Or do you think baiting someone in CS or SC2 or upgrading caduceus reactor to make your opponent think you build cloak shees is not a skill? Or have you never seen in moba the one player who just turned the teamfight around with an amazing play?EDIT:
a lot of people above are talking about moba skills having a high skill cap and such. Mobas are not about skill, they are about
knowledge. Generally if you are a semi decent player if you know what you want to do, executing it isn't difficult. But if you take
a game like Counter Strike or Starcraft, you have stuff that is 100% about your skill. Like if you are perfect CS player you will
win every single time as you can always hit people in the head and there is absolutely nothing they can do about it.
In mobas the "skill shots" are A TON about predicting the movements of the opposing player and no matter how well you aim your stuff
the enemy player can dodge them. It's about mind games and getting used to how your opponent plays.
and that is different in mobas.. how? You think you can be pro if you read few pages about heroes and get couple dozen games? Come back when you think you participate in a big tournament. In SC2 you only play against one opponent, try to predict what 5 different people will do at the same time.In SC2 it's multitasking which is highly skill based and requires a ton of practice to even do half decently. Trying to split your marines
during a big combat, keeping your production up and harassing your opponent with a drop or two is just so much it takes your brain to
a ride.because CS was not like a most played competitive game for like a decade, not at all...Being a skill based games makes a game a great e-sport but drives away the casual players which drives away the money.
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Noone is saying that you need super aiming skills or 400 APM in dota. but "mechanical skill" isnt the only kind of skill. Chess arent mechanically hard, either.