Despite being the least interesting and most bland custom map, DOTA somehow shadowed Tides of Blood, Advent of Zenith, Desert of Exile and my favourite Age of Myths.

What caused it?

>>2067473 (OP)
I have no idea, I never liked Dota, but I played several other AoS maps
My most played was Hands of Sorrow Knight, you could choose your hero, what skills you got, choose a from plenty of passive skills too, plus all the items, gave insane customisation for your hero, but the real fun was doing full random of everything

Momentum issue.

>>2067501
I remember the biggest issue with DOTA was always the late game and OP items, skills didn`t scale at all.