League of Legends is inspired by--and features developers from--the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients, in which players control a single avatar amidst a giant battle.

In true DotA style, the characters have bizarre backgrounds--Jax is so deadly the League bars him from wielding much more than a lamppost or spatula, and captain of the Bantam City Scouts Teemo has come to introduce scouting skills as a form of combat.

League of Legends: Clash of Fates is set to arrive on PC later this year.