DOTA Casters are SO MUCH BETTER than LOL Casters
I love how GBM builds a Spellbinder on Galio (Play-in Stage, Day 4, Supermassive vs. Ascension) and the casters are like "Wow that build is questionable, it's not meta, and builds are meta because THEY WORK."
This is a great example of why DOTA is casted better than LoL. Why aren't they talking about what the item actually gives him and why you'd want to build it?
Galio needs to move speed to re-position to Taunt opponents. The utility the item gives him is important to his kit and the casters don't even mention it. When someone builds something out of the norm they should actually talk about it instead of talking about the normal crap that they always talk about which isn't particularly interesting at all (ex. CS leads - often insignificant ones - 10, 15, 20 CS at 10 mins doesn't really matter, rotations, negligible dragons (anything not infernal or mountain really doesn't matter that much)...
All of that happens, Galio (GBM) makes massive plays in that game and they don't even acknowledge the fact that the non-meta decision to build a Spellbinder made a huge impact on the game - EVEN AFTER the game is over (they mention that they shouldn't laugh at his builds, but don't acknowledge the move speed or even the item itself, just that building damage on Galio can make him do damage - Wow, what a revelation that analysis was). What's the point of an analyst desk and shout casters if they don't actually say anything meaningful? I just don't understand how people who are paid to talk about this game do such a shitty job of it.
This isn't even a one-time example. LoL casters don't even talk about when active items get used in normal scenarios.
"Oh wow that guy lost 30% of his HP because of [Insert Ability Here]" - That isn't interesting. I have eyes, I can see that. I can see that an ability missed. Tell me something I may not notice. People that watch this game have played it for years in most cases. Step it up a bit.
DOTA casters track item cooldowns. This is HUGE. It matters! They talk about how they are used, when they are used, and when they are on cooldown. It's almost as if they are playing the game themselves!
They mention rotations quite a bit. They talk about item builds very extensively. Not only the item build the player has gone (and WHY), they also talk about alternative item builds (and WHY you would consider going that or wouldn't consider going that under the circumstances of the current game being played). They talk about objectives only briefly and focus on the actual gameplay and decision-making of the players.
DOTA casters don't just focus on talking about Bounty Runes, or Roshan, or the Jungle. They talk about much more of the game.
LOL has become this sort of formulaic sort of casting and it isn't interesting.
Oh, a fight got won... Wow now a turret/dragon/baron/rift herald is gonna die - as if no one saw that coming... Talk about something interesting. Stop rattling off random stats and talk about the game being played. Focus more on what the players are thinking. Why they're making the decisions they make. Why they build what they build. Stop focusing so much on the meta! IT DOESN'T MATTER TO PEOPLE THAT MUCH. If someone picks something different don't tell the player base that it's a bad decision or shame the person for picking it. This is WHY your community is SO TOXIC. The casters don't think off-meta picks are worth picking so why would we?
Do your jobs better, this is sad.
edit: idk why I even included a vote. It's not even worth voting on as it's NO CONTEST. DOTA casters kick the living crap out of LOL casters. You guys probably don't even watch DOTA so MOST of you aren't educated enough to vote anyway. You have no idea what you're missing. Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgdi59ZGbVQ
If you don't find that more enjoyable to watch than LOL simply based off just the casters and how engaged and knowledgeable they are then I don't know what to tell you. The difference is Night & Day.
Just wait until a teamfight breaks out. Every item usage, every ability that lands or misses - ALL OF IT is caught and called by the shout casters. ALL OF IT. Nothing is skipped. It is impressive, it is awesome, and if you guys want to settle on this crap you're getting... I don't know what to tell you.
LOL players literally HAVE to watch a LOL streamer to get an informed point of view about the game... About matchups, about how a lane should be played, when to build certain items, etc. You're not going to get that from watching LCS games because the casters aren't going to talk about it. They're awful.
is obviously a better choice for Galio if you want movement speed. Pros do not always build items correctly.