What DoTA may have got right
In DoTA, AAs always hurt whether it's a mage or another role. In LoL, strong autos are rare outside of AD champions and this is why we see ADCs popping up mid so much. Some of them, such as Ezreal and Corki, still have decent burst and abilities but unlike a mage, they aren't useless if they run out of mana or have everything on CD. It's true that they lack CC and I'm not saying that either of them is actually OP, but the point is that picking them for mid lane often has less to do with their exact kit and more to do with the nature of their damage. Ideally, I think the kit should be the determining factor and if all classes had better AA scaling, it would be.
