I recently got into the alpha for Supernova, a "MOBA RTS" from Bandai Namco. I've had the opportunity to play through the tutorial and a few practice games, and so far I've really been enjoying it. It's classic MOBA with three lanes and champions, but the "RTS" aspect comes from the fact that you also decide what types of "creeps" spawn at each wave to go in your lane. There is a Starcraft-esque x counters y schema to it, and a nice "battle summary" of each wave to help you see what type of unit you need to add to your waves. You can also spend resources to upgrade the units, much like classic RTS style. There aren't any items per-say, but instead you directly upgrade your desired stats (such as attack damage, ability power, lifesteal, armor, etc) with points you accumulate each level, but they are only spendable at the base. So basically they are like more granular items, you can choose what stats you want instead of buying items that bundle them.
You can sign-up for the Alpha below. I signed up earlier this week and got an invite yesterday so they seem to be pretty generous with invites. If you get in and want to play, let me know.
supernovagame.com/