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On this week's episode Proud, Zac, and Ursi discuss Warlock in-depth. Topics include: Khanda, Arc Warden, simplicity in hero design, complexity in execution, Clinkz, Faceless Void, Sniper, Zeus, OD, bugs, Dragon Knight, Tiny, underrated/undervalued neutral items, and much!
On this week's show Bee, Ursi, and Proud move along through a whole bunch of different topics including Dota (duh), Omniknight carry builds, hermit gaming, Clinkz, megalophobia, role functionality & flexibility in the current game, Pokemon Infinite Fusion (GOTY), merged heroes, cruises, Muerta, social jobs, and much more!
On this week's show Zac, Ursi, and Proud get fully involved with 7.32b and test out a variety of heroes, builds, items, and more. Topics include: Clinkz, Windwaker, Slark, Invoker, Death Prophet, Proud's PC, downloading RAM, Witch Doctor, Skywrath Mage, the Battle Pass, Tiny Aghs, farming against global teams, Travels 2, Primal Beast, and much more! It was my fault for not noticing tiny didnt go blink, just to be clear here
On this week's Tuesday Show Ursi, Bee, and Proud pledge to a life of vampirism, never to see sunlight again. Topics include: the best question ever asked, Terrorblade, Pudge, Phantom Lancer, Viper, Clinkz, Butterfly, Enigma, Kunkka, Storm Spirit, general losing streaks, Witch Doctor, and much more!
On this week's Tuesday Show Bee, Zac, and Ursi have some fun! Topics include: how, exactly, to make Dota 2 a fun game, what our recommendations for the top hero in each role are, Clinkz, Invoker Atos, some Dota philosophy, versatility, Dynasty Warriors, Forbidden Horse Knowledge, Disruptor, Jakiro, and more!
On this week's Thursday Show we return to the traditional TcT format with a theorycrafted game! Topics include: Undying, Dazzle, the new 7.30 Clinkz trends, Bounty Hunter, Antimage, Storm Spirit, hero pools, Vengeful Spirit, Nightstalker, Puck in 7.30 after the nerfs, and more!
It's Dota 2 patch time again! that means another long patch review episode! We digest and discuss the biggest changes including Tinker, neutral items, Helm, Edge, Mage Slayer, Clinkz, Chen, Lich, Dawn, Pudge, OD and much more! https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD
Normally a Patron Exclusive, we're releasing this Deep Dive in place of the week's regular Tuesday show because of how happy we were with it! Topics include: Sniper, Chen, Clinkz, Silencer, Meepo, item balance, hero pool shifts, regional pro dota trends, and plenty more!
On this week's Thursday Show Ursi, Proud, and Zac get together to perfectly balance each and every aspect of the game for the upcoming patch (you're welcome, Icefrog). Topics include: the Singapore Major, trendy heroes right now, faltering heroes right now, Grimstroke, Tusk, Arteezy Naga Siren, Spider Legs, Zac's upcoming coaching stream, map change expectations, Timbersaw, Earthshaker, Clinkz, Drow Ranger, certain mid matchups, Terry, and more! Terry Yun Goong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk0kufx74Io
On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi contemplate the value of a femur in a fight, the relative strength of New Jersians vs. Moose, and maybe even some Dota 2! Topics include: Mid lane maximization, Silencer as a 4 vs. Silencer as a 5, support duo synergy, Tusk, Ursa, Battlefury's transformative abilities, minus armor, Void Spirit, Jakiro, Wraith King, optimizing Clinkz for +dmg, Wand vs. casual stick, and plenty more!
On this week's Theory Craft Thursday Proud and Ursi chat about the developing Battle Pass and the trend of carries who excel at poking and prodding, rather than traditional bursty hard carries! Topics include: Personas vs. Arcanas, more Troll Warlord hate, Brewmaster, Venomancer, Ogre, Maneater, Dark Willow, Lifestealer, Clinkz, late game itemization, Sange & Yasha, and plenty more!
On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi discuss a couple near-perfect team comps, a whole lot of reflection on the game right now, predictions for Battle Pass, Legion Commander, Clinkz, Lifestealer testing, why Ursi's CK experiment is done with, and plenty more!
On this week's Theorycraft Proud and Ursi talk about how Spell Prism outperforms every other neutral item, supporting is real weird, numbers are nonsense, and more! Topics include: Clinkz, Pudge, Illusionist's Cape, Spectre, Feeling behind when you're ahead, courier metagame, starting items, Orb of Venom, Void Spirit, Templar Assassin matchups, missing hooks, playing 'frontliners', and plenty more!
In which Ursi and Proud cover all the recent meta developments, their reignited love of Ability Draft, and try out Wraith King 3 alongside 4 Tiny! Topics include: Lone Druid, Ursi throwing Sven games, how impossible it is to push a tier 2, Lone Druid, Monkey King, mid Dazzle, ability draft, long games, Wraith King's differing function as a 3 or a 1, Clinkz, and plenty more!
In this episode of the pod Adam gives report on his unsettling recent tendency to first pick Clinkz support. Mmr is mmr though and Adam is finding green pastures with the fiery Skeleton. We also discuss the changes in patch 7.26 and 7.26a. https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD
On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi try desperately to make heroes that are bad into heroes that are good, but it is a fool's errand. We also discuss a new theory of drafting which helps to visualize the value of certain hero picks (see below for a visual representation made by Proud), and plenty more topics as always! CHEXIMAGE
On this week's Theorycraft Thurs(Fri)day Proud and Ursi get together to go back to basics, playing a classic lane combination! Other topics include: more Snapfire chat, Astronauts, Lich, Phantom Assassin, dropping out of high school, Big Momma Britain, Morphling, Kunkka, casual Crystalys', support Pugna rising in popularity, Clinkz, and plenty more!
On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi start all kinds of beef with all kinds of people, from their teammates to their competitors and, most of all, their friends (now enemies, i guess). Topics include: Clinkz, Treant Protector, Tier 5 items, Path of Exile, the new ranked system, Phantom Lancer counters, Dark Willow, Pro meta vs. pub meta, Disruptor, WoW, and plenty more!
Teach Me Tuesday returns! Proud & Beedub discuss their recent dota games & everyone's favourite skeleman, Clinkz, and what items to build on him, how to use his abilities effectively and how to work with Burning Army. They also chat about why they play dota, when to rotate into other lanes, how to fight a Medusa & predictions on when the next patch will be. Got a question? Send them over to show@fourthspirit.com!
On this week's Theorycraft episode Proud and Ursi have played a ton of Dota and have a ton to say! Topics include: Weaver, Faceless Void being the only carry (?!), Clinkz, new Juggernaut builds, Sniper, the strength of creepcutting as an offlaner (especially Axe!), Phantom Lancer, Abaddon, and plenty more! Our main segmentt is covering patch 7.22H which is small but mighty, and for our game we play Weaver 1 with 5 Disruptor!
On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are iterating on their own play and doing some problem-solving! We're chatting about our very varied week in dota, Dragon Knight Agh's & Radiance builds, Warlock's ridiculousness at the moment, core Silencer, and plenty more! For our game we ended up playing 5 Grimstroke with a 2 Clinkz for the main conversation, as well as another game that we briefly discuss in which we played 1 Monkey King with 5 Warlock.
In episode 26 Stan and Adam join forces to discuss the initial take-aways from the first week with 7.22 (and 7.22b), discussing the better scepters such as Death Prophet, Clinkz and Monkey King, as well as emerging heroes returning to the meta after long absences, specifically Warlock and Omniknight. https://discord.gg/VnMsuQ8
On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are in the holiday spirit playing Clinkz and (the newly arcana-d) Rubick! We brave the most dangerous of all hallways in our attempt to parse out, via metaphors and what very well may have been a fever dream, how to effectively lane as a squishy duo while still establishing and maintaining lane dominance, and plenty more!
On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi breka through the hierarchy of items, cover their weeks in dota, and learn about the ultimate futility of life in a world owned and ruled by Clinkz and his skeleton army enforcers. We also attempt to play Lone Druid and KotL and do our best, which is what counts (right?!?)
On this week's Weach me Wednesday, Proud & Bee give you the low-down on everything Grimstroke; from items to skill builds, his abilities and how to play him! They also discuss Clinkz's clarity consumption, why no one builds Battlefury anymore, some predictions on what the upcoming patch will bring and more.
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On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are going over the trends in their last week in dota, like losing to 4 cores, the state of slark (spoiler: he's still bad), maelstrom, and other reactions to 7.14 changes! For our segment this week we're covering why you should be pushing side lanes as a support (or as a core, but we focus on the support angle) to open up the map, force enemy TPs, mess up enemy coordination, build your own farm, and much more! We're playing Clinkz in the mid lane and Silencer as a support for this week's hero combo as well!
Ursinity and Proud are theorycrafting are taking Earthshaker and Clinkz to the Dota 2 lanes this week. Find out how they intend to build the heroes, where they're going to run them, and just how well the trial run went on this weeks episode. Plus they announce a new show coming to Defense of the Patience on Tuesdays and discuss the format. All this and more on the latest edition of the Dota 2 podcast!
Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast Proud and Ursinity bring home the week with another round of Theorycraft Thursday. This week they're tackling a new combo that's kind of hard to see: Clinkz and Riki. They also take an in-depth look at the meta heroes coming out of the Kiev Major, support movements at the tournament and how it's all evolved in Dota 2 7.05 pro Dota 2 play. Find out how the Clinkz/Riki combo fared and get your Kiev Major meta updates on this edition of the Dota 2 podcast!