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If you’re asking, you may know this already, but the whole MOBA genre (eg League of Legends) came from custom war3 maps.

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The roots may actually go back further than that. There's a custom map for Starcraft/Brood War which used single hero control and lane pushing mechanics and predates the WC3 DotA maps:

https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Aeon_of_Strife_(map)

There was also a Warcraft 3 conversion (Dunno if it was done by the same people) that, at least, I saw before DotA took over the custom games channel.

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