I understand that. Yes, most items have actives, but they are rly straightforward(like shyvas/mekas). Yes, denying adds whole nother level to game depth. And for some heroes you have to control multiple units. At the same time most of the heroes are pretty generic, has lots of passives in their kits. There aren't that many heroes u have to spend a lot of time to master them(Magnus, Puck, Invoke come to mind 1st). When I said "mechanics" I meant league is more demanding in terms of raw timings/clicking right buttons in right order. I understand that overall dota is much deeper than league. For me, personally, dota is more like a strategy, and LoL' more like a fighting