Dota is a better crafted game, that's so true. And to add to that, I'm happy that it became a good spectator sport, the tension building to a teamfight or the strategy behind those things, the timing on certain lineups, it's a work of art. Very sport-like, virtuoso magnet, sort of like chess. Stressful to play though.

Whereas ML is meant to be easy by design. It's to attract the lowest common denominator. Even kids, girls and anyone who just wants to have a chill, quick, easy game at their office lunchbreak or while fetching kids, ML comes in handy.

Heroes are behind a paywall, yes. But people who does not commit as much will just pop their hero trial cards given to them as incentive for playing just enough time or number of games. Games go on very quick. Normal game goes around 15-20 minutes. Some modes like Brawl and AI mode goes around 5-10 minutes. It's like frying eggs on a MOBA version, easy and inoffensive, but very limited.