I cannot recommend starting Dota (or any other MOBA for that matter) on your own. The game itself is complicated enough, and there are no 'rounds' a la CS:GO to serve as real breaks, especially with respawn buyback in this game. You're stuck the whole match with your teammates, who may be complete baboons. You will be bad at this game for the longest time in your life.

However, if you do have friends willing to start playing with you, you'd be hard pressed to find a game more worth your time than Dota. Even if I have never improved after 6 years of this damn game, I rarely had any dull moments when playing with my friends. There are a million ways I wish I played this game differently, but I have zero regrets picking up this game. Hopefully neither do you.

Also Gaben will be swimming in your skins money.

I cannot recommend starting Dota (or any other MOBA for that matter) on your own. The game itself is complicated enough, and there are no 'rounds' a la CS:GO to serve as real breaks, especially with respawn buyback in this game. You're stuck the whole match with your teammates, who may be complete baboons. You will be bad at this game for the longest time in your life. However, if you do have friends willing to start playing with you, you'd be hard pressed to find a game more worth your time than Dota. Even if I have never improved after 6 years of this damn game, I rarely had any dull moments when playing with my friends. There are a million ways I wish I played this game differently, but I have zero regrets picking up this game. Hopefully neither do you. Also Gaben will be swimming in your skins money.