Howdy, I have like 10k hours in Dota 2, and play LoL here and there. So I have fair moba understanding.

However, the way you play the game as a whole is confusing to me.

In lane, you want to trade. I don't understand crashes, their purpose, or why you do them. In dota 2, wave manipulation (pulling your creeps to jungle camps, abusing creep aggro, other tricks) helps you secure CS. I don't know what you'd do to make the wave favorable for you.

Thr game also seems to be a "win/lose more" game.

In dota 2, you can kill jungle camps or teleport to lanes (available to everyone) to have an impact in other places if you're having a hard time or want to make a play.

In league, it seems like you're stuck in lane for 5 to 10 minutes. If you start losing, there's nowhere else to get CS. You seemingly just die faster and lose harder, unless your mid or jungler rotates to help.

Then there's mid game. My tower is dead, or theirs is. I kill a wave. Then what? If I go to a different lane and aim for getting CS, people seem to get upset.

I think you want to play around objectives coming up?

I'm dota 2, jungle camps spawn on the minute, so you rotate between wave creeps, jungle creeps, to moving towards objectives or setting up a pick.

But yeah. The macro gameplay is confusing, because it seems like your ability to do things is minimal, or your options are minimal at least.

I'd love some insight to this.