More player plays leauge of legend, so ofc, they are "bigger"
That does not mean that its better.
LOL = No money cost, and because of that, bad updates, bad data, bad ingame methods etc. etc....
HoN = 25$. (Big amount! LoL guys = Poor russians) And becuase HoN costs money, they can keep on developing it to the best game ever.
I mean HoN is better, no dalt. Even bigger competetive.