Laptop for Work + Gaming?

I have an Acer Aspire I like due to full size keys and it has a desktop graphics card in it. More of a portable workstation than a laptop but I don't mind.

Dell XPS 15

I've got a couple questions here. LoL is a notoriously lightweight game. I haven't played the other two, but DOTA 2 was released in 2013, and Fortnite seems pretty lightweight too, based on videos.

1. doesn't your work provide a laptop for you? If so, that should be capable of everything you need to do.

2. Have you considered a desktop? You get a lot more for a lot less, and a bigger monitor, or multiple monitors is a big poductivity and gaming add. My mostly 5+ year old desktop can still handle the games I play with ease (Civ 6, etc.) granted these aren't fast twitch shooters, but it's a 4K monitor, and Bloomberg and 20 Chrome tabs are normally running in the background too.

My normal laptop/tablet recommendation is the Surface Pro. You're limiting yourself to internal graphics, which means that you might need to turn off certain items like anti-aliasing, but I suspect that it would run those games. If you pick an appropriate model with enough CPU and RAM it should do everything you need it to. A huge advantage is that it will take as big of a MicroSD card as you can find If you don't mind slightly more latency. Right now that looks like a half TB, and I can speak from experience that the SD card is fast enough for 1080P movies. Just remember that you need to budget an extra $150 or so for the keyboard and case.

bump.  also in the market for a business + gaming setup.  Ideally looking for a laptop that can handle shooters like COD/Warzone (not necessarily on max settings), doesn't look "gamer-y" with neon lights and logos and crap all over it, and can easily plug into a desktop set up with external monitors/keyboard etc.  Budget is ~$2k.  I don't know much about computers but have been told to target 2060+ graphics card and 16gb+ RAM.  The MSI Stealth and Asus Zephyrus g14 have caught my eye so far.  Any suggestions?

Also, poster above mentioned a desktop and surface pro-- is there any sort of desktop + tablet combo I could get that would meet my criteria?

what is the new graphics card? is there a date i should wait for to have those available / have older models become cheaper? will I be okay with a 2019/2020 model laptop with a 2060+ graphics card that will now be cheaper?  Is amazon a good site to get 2019/2020 models that are discounted?

Lenovo Thinkpad P51, the big one with max specs. She's a tank with ~8hr battery and the keyboard is comfy enough for gaming on it's own (though I have a Corsair) + I was already using a gaming mouse for work. LoL, DOTA, and the Fallout games all run just fine (can't speak to Fortnite).

Look into Razer.

Amazing customer care, good design, high specs, and sleek. A bit expensive but worth the $. 

Looks like a PC version of a Mac.

Razer, Dell XPS. I'm also researching Thinkpad Extreme, it's supposed to be a roided version of Carbon but people say it's easy to throttle/overheat.

I also have a gaming desktop at home with a GTX 1070 + i7 quad core + 16 GB RAM. Yeah Dota/LoL is quite lightweight but you never know if you want to expand your gaming library. I just bought Borderlands 3 and it lags a little when there's too many actions going on.

I'm not going to be the first here, but do not ever, EVER buy a gaming laptop if you can avoid it.  Even a midrange discrete GPU will chug 150 watts or so, while a good mobile PC CPU should be under 35. (you're probably looking at under 10 for everything in your iPhone)  You're paying extra for something that performs worse, but does so with a lower power budget than the desktop part.  Yes these things are so cutting edge that they throw out the maybe 25% of each batch that are defective then grade the rest to decide where they go.

Seriously, unless you're a 24/7 road warrior just get a light laptop (or use the work one if offered) and go desktop. there's a lot less risk to the personal machine, and it is reasonably easy to swap out individual parts as needed. (I needed a beefier graphics card to play Civ6 in 4K, so I did an upgrade several years ago. It was $150, which is a lot less than a new $2k laptop)

Thanks guys, this is really helpful.  I honestly would probably keep the laptop at the desk 90% of the time, so desktop seems feasible, especially since smartphones exist.  Anybody have good experience using a desktop + tablet combo?  Also seeing as the next gen consoles are about to come out, i might just focus on those for gaming and get a cheap business laptop.

Also, for desktops, should i still target 2060+ graphics and 16GB+ RAM as the minimum specs?  Are the good brands the same as laptops - dell, razer, msi, etc?