u know what's funny though
i've known raven since DXD days 4+ years ago, and he's always been a douche and mediocre player. It's just that HoN inflated his ego enormously due to how the PSR and matchmaking works, and the biggest point was that the best DotA players didn't even switch over (the Chinese, majority of europeans/americans). Not too surprised that he's still a **** when I see him around again years later
but yeah Dazzle's in beta; he's just not too popular of a hero since he's hard to utilize properly, and isn't that great in a trilane setup until he hits level 4/5. Mek's usually too taxing on his manapool to maintain; jango/forcestaff/aghs are much better options
as for razor/dazzle ult animation being similar, dazzle's is just a huge aoe thing, whereas razor's ult is still a cloud hovering over his head
SF #1 fun pub hero, too bad he sucks in competitive play now T_T
also the thing about DotA is, you can't really be a one hero wonder; it just doesn't work that way. Basically few heroes are good in every single situation, and people learn to adapt their playstyles to combat said heroes' strengths, so you'll need to learn how to play at least a few heroes. Also, since DotA is so heavily knowledge based (you have to know what all the heroes do in order to play against/with them), you might as well pick up a few more if you're going to have to learn their skillsets anyways. Funny how it works though, most people start DotA off with a couple heroes, branch out into being able to play a majority of the hero pool; then if they aspire to play at a higher level, they hone a refine a select handful that they play in higher level games/matches.
Yeah I don't know what that wall of text is really supposed to convey, but for me I keep DotA fresh by rotating through a pool of heroes that I enjoy; otherwise playing the same hero 24/7 makes the game get really boring really fast.
And that's one reason LoL bugs me; it teaches people to stick with one hero for some goddamn reason. Can anyone explain that phenomenon? My friend told me the reasons behind it a while back, but I've forgotten.