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[[Multiplayer Online Battle Arena]], or MOBA, is a relatively new game genre. It involves teams of players competing with each other, typically using the point-and-click interface of a [[Real Time Strategy]]; but, unlike RTS games, players control only one [[Hero Unit]] instead of a military-industrial complex.
[[Trope Maker|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, [[Follow the Leader|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 ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]'', developed by Eul. One of its own spinoffs, ''DotA Allstars'' developed by Guinsoo, became the [[Trope Codifier]] by virtue of its astounding popularity.
Every game in the genre has its own permutations, but the formula popularized by DotA goes like this: there are two teams with an equal number of players. 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 out squads of [[Mook]]s. [[Hero Unit]]s, controlled by players, are far more powerful than any mook squad and gain [[Character Level]]s. They kill the mooks (and each other) for [[Experience Points]] 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 monsters. And as to the characters themselves, there tends to be [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Loads and Loads of them]], each with a unique set of skills, abilities and statistics.
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* ''[[Dragons and Titans]]''
* ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]'' ([[Warcraft]] III [[Game Mod]])
** ''[[Dota 2]]'' (a sequel being developed{{when}} by [[Valve Corporation]])
** ''[[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] DotA'', a sequel being developed{{when}} by, well, Blizzard)
* ''[[Demigod]]''
* ''[[Gigantic (
* ''Gladiator - A Minecraft Battlefield'' [https://yaksgames.com/games/gladiator-a-minecraft-battlefield/G06C231CAD
* ''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]''
* ''[[Fat Princess]]'', a hybrid of the genre with top-down [[Action Game]].
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* ''[[Heroes of SoulCraft]]''
* ''[[Iron League]]''
▲*[https://yaksgames.com/games/gladiator-a-minecraft-battlefield/G06C231CAD Gladiator - A Minecraft Battlefield]
* ''[[League of Legends]]''
* ''[[Monday Night Combat]]'', a hybrid of the genre with [[Third
* ''[[Orcs Must Die]]''
* ''[[Panzar (video game)|Panzar]]''
* ''[[Paladins]]''
* ''[[Prime World]]'' (
* ''[[Realm of the Titans]]'' (An [[Aeria Games]] product.)
* ''[[Rise of Immortals]]''
** ''[[Rise of the Immortals: Battle for Graxia]]''
* ''[[Savage
* ''[[Strife (video game)|Strife]]''
* ''[[Storm of the Imperial Sanctum]]'' ([[Star Craft 2]] [[Game Mod]])
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* ''[[Tides of Blood]]'' (Another [[Warcraft]] III [[Game Mod]])
* ''[[Smite]]'' (A game by Hi-Rez Studios, who made [[Global Agenda]])
* ''Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes'' (An upcoming{{when}} game being developed by [[BioWare]].)
* ''Vorp'' (An upcoming [[Recycled in Space|Space MOBA]] game)
* ''[[Heroes of the Storm]]''
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Most of the jerks on these games really don't have the skills to back up their [[Trash Talk]]...
** [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: But a few ''[[Oh Crap|do]]''.
* [[The Social Darwinist]]: ''
* [[Suffers Newbies Poorly]]: [[Understatement|Some people]] who treat you like crap when you're starting might be perfectly reasonable if you play them after getting better. And then there are...[[GIFT|others]].
* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: 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 [[Born Lucky]]. The very conventions of the genre tend to encourage this behavior as ''any'' deaths ''will'' make the opposing team stronger ('feeding') and experimenting or fooling around can be lethal. This is why most newbies are encouraged to start with bot games when trying something unconventional.
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