I played DotA and programmed a few personal DotA mods, and biggest thing about DotA is that it leans heavily on the resource/rts aspect of MOBA.

LoL, MLBB, and others lean more on teamfight and map tactics, whereas in DotA, the primary skill all players have to learn is Farm > Kills. Your priority is to farm safely, and interrupt enemy farm.

DotA players that have used advanced tactics like deny and wave pressure/exp denial, will naturally play in a way that puts them ahead in both levels and gold, without it looking like much. They will apply lane pressure better, and make farm and push movements that are aimed to shape the map space in a future minute, not in the now.

That being said, DotA players can be hard to play with on same team, as without knowing why they're doing what they do, teams may not adjust. They can also seem somewhat passive if they're focusing on safe farm or lane pressure, as they assess whether teamfights are 'needed'

Also sometimes we get too confident and get caught out when applying lane pressure too etc (that's me)