Vainglory is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game in the style of League of Legends and Dota 2[a] but designed for smartphones.[2] As standard for the genre, two opposing teams fight to reach and destroy the enemy's base while defending their own in a tug of war for control of a path, the "lane", which connects the bases.[1] In Vainglory, teams have three players and each controls an avatar, known as a "hero",[3] from their own device.[4] Weaker computer-controlled characters, called "minions", spawn at team bases and follow the lane to the opposite team's base, fighting enemies and turrets en route.[1] Lining the lane is turret towers that repel the flow of minions and enemy heroes. The player's objective is to destroy the enemy turrets and the "Vain Crystal" in the enemy team's base. If a crystal is destroyed, the team who destroyed the crystal wins