The idea of a spiritual successor to Defense of the Ancients was that it would be its own stand-alone game with its own engine, rather than another mod of Warcraft III, began to materialize at the end of 2005.
Идея духовного преемника Defense of the Ancients, отдельной игры с собственным движком, а не карты Warcraft III, стали воплощаться в конце 2005 года.