Though personally I still think in LoL there is a bit too much ability spamming and ridiculous abilities for me to play seriously.

Yup agree.
And the main difference between LoL and other AoS's is that LoL is "faster." (or so say the game creators). They took out denying, made the max level easier to obtain, etc, to make it so you get to late game faster.
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Listen, kid, if you don't know what you're talking about, don't try to change someone's words.

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Mages are just as useless in this game as they are in others. If you can't instant-burst people down to near-nothing, you lose. It's as simple as that. Tanks can take pretty much anything you throw at them, and if you can't 1-shot most DPS, they'll just butt-fuck you in 2 seconds.
If you think they're useless in LoL, they must be twice as useless in a game like HoN or DotA because their abilities don't scale, at all. As Raccoon pointed out, the only viability mages have in the late game of HoN or DotA is their crowd control and stuns. The thing is, HoN is much more based around the early and mid game where mages dominate though most professional games never make it past the mid game where int heroes become absolutely useless, so appreciate them in LoL. Though personally I still think in LoL there is a bit too much ability spamming and ridiculous abilities for me to play seriously. 
Couldn't have said this any better. If you want a game with more skill required and hyper competitive, play HoN. If you want something fun to play with friends, DEFINITELY go with LoL.
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From what someone said in the HoN thread it's not as competitive as it used to be, which surprised me. Then again little kids can't very well afford to pay, and we all know kids get far more worked up over games than the majority of mature adults.
There are four things I miss from HoN: Denying, R-R-R-R-R-R-R-RAGEQUIT!!, Devourer's Guttling Hook, and the much broader recommended items selection. I rarely use all six, or even three, of the recommended items on LoL, and I wouldn't mind having 1-click accessibility to a broader range of items, like consumables in the beginning or Hextech Gunblade for Nasus.
I hated denying back in DotA. I just really couldn't take a game seriously whenever the main objective for the first part of the game was to kill your own units. I'd much rather spank an enemy champion then my own minions, and it's for that exact reason that I hate Gangplank.
I wish they would implement a custom loadout recommended items sort of thing, where you could choose which six items you usually buy and have them displayed instead of what the creators think is good. It's a bit annoying to thumb through the shop trying to find the item you are looking for, plus, as we all know:
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Lol'd at mundo. But why is it mundo that receives fail when you buy rec items?
Lol'd at mundo. But why is it mundo that receives fail when you buy rec items?
Because mundo is fail? idk
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Lol'd at mundo. But why is it mundo that receives fail when you buy rec items?
Because mundo is fail? idk
Mundo will sell you.
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I've been trying out AP on random characters, its pretty fun. AP rammus, yi, shen, gragas, and nidalee. Its pretty fun but I really want to try out AP shaco, might buy him.
I've been seeing TONS of ap sivirs, is this viable? Her only ap spell is boomerange, but her boomerang still does pretty nice damage and it doesn't require her to be in close range.
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Lol'd at mundo. But why is it mundo that receives fail when you buy rec items?
Because mundo is fail? idk
I like Mundo... He does dominate TT, but uhh... no on plays that shitty map.
Ap shen is awesome, since his shied blocks so much damage. Also AP Sivir is pretty viable, but you become like Ryze, once you cast Boomerang you can't really do anything else. A hybrid build has a bit better punch to it.
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So Echo is the greatest and most hilarious LoL troll I've ever seen. He really knows how to stick it to 'em when we lose.
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Lies. And the only losers in that game were them!
I should have stuck with Pantheon.
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Yeah, probably. He wasn't terrible, but he did miss some crucial fights.

Also, holy shit Artanis, killing everyone in 2 or 3 hits.
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Oh well. We won like what? 2/3 or 3/4 of our games? Good enough!
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Yeah, totally. I need to re-learn Kat, apparently. I'm glad I didn't screw that game up for us. At least I can still kick ass as Heim, despite the nerf.
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I never heard of an AD Kat honestly. Then again, I never played her.
I just need to get my melee account to level 20 and I can start some real ass kicking with Pantheon or Jax.
I should probably get my level 23 account to 30 first, but I'm tired of playing Malzahar only.
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I just need to get my melee account to level 20 and I can start some real ass kicking with Pantheon or Jax.
I am Jax. GTFO.