Dominion beta is on!

The Game Room
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“Dominion” is a game mode in the free game League of Legends. Its currently running in a beta state during off-peak hours.

Even though its basically Arathi Basin Battleground (WoW) meets DotA, I find it quite fun. Its fast-paced and you can get a game in much faster than on Summoner’s Rift. The other fun thing is it fundamentally changes the role of Champions- Champions that were pretty viscious protected in their lane in Summoner’s Rift are easy pickings in Dominion.

For those not familiar, Dominion’s objective is to capture 5 points. Every time you have more points, the opponent’s ‘nexus’ loses energy- first nexus to zero loses. There are also various power-ups and mini quests along the way to make it interesting. Compared to the standard game mode, there’s not much penalty to dying, and the game actually rewards you for heroically defending a capture point to the death, or sacrificing yourself to save your allies.

Its an interesting dynamic and a nice addition to an already free online game that is quite addictive.

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I enjoyed the few games I played last night. The faster pace was refreshing, there is always something that you need to do quickly. It also seems like there was always a good chance to turn the game around. I won a game where we only had 90 points left when they had 300+ and that was quite satisfying. I also lost a similar game that I thought was in the bag.