On this week’s Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi evaluate quite a few different heroes, meta elements, and parse through them like archaeologists with brushes robbing tombs. Topics include: Swift Blink trending, Ursi’s hot take about Force Staff, Timbersaw, team comp trends revolving around magic damage & fluidity-of-fighting, Crystal Maiden, Ancient Apparition, Proud’s thesis on Necronomicon, a DK build question, OD meteor hammer trends & application, mid Hoodwink, Japanese dramas, and more!
T: Turbo Gamers ft. Pro Dota (!!)
On this week’s Teach Me (Wed)Tuesday Proud, Bee, and Ursi gather around a dumpster lit-aflame to talk about a variety of things which are mostly Dota! Topics include: DPC viewing changes, Ursi’s Winter Wyvern mid spam, Riki, Bee’s Dragon Knight struggles, stack games, Turbo, Techies, Pentaedged Sword-blade-thing, the Cenegenics man, Terrorblade, the wild world of phones, and more!
TcT: Heart Fanclub ft. Hoodwink/Omniknight
On this week’s Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi gather around the fireplace to tell a tale of glorious victory against the forces of evil. Topics include: Riki, Ursi’s Void Spirit spam, Mirana, Nyx Assassin, Assault Cuirass, the process of ‘Girth Leveraging’, Proud’s undying love of Heart, Dragon Knight, batarangs as a practical weapon, Bane, Lifestealer, and more!
TcT: FluffyHat Gamers ft. Bristleback/Lina (I RUINED THE AUDIO BUT I THINK I FIXED IT OKAY)
On this week’s return to Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi get together to dive further into the new patch, develop some new projects, and more! This week’s hero combo is a 3 Bristleback using some of the new items and support Lina taking advantage of Fluffy Hats! Topics include: Riki trends, Troll Warlord Aghanim’s Scepter, Death Prophet, no stun offlaners, Abaddon, Shadow Shaman, Sven nerfs, Luna in various forms/positions, elevators, and plenty more!
TMT: What is a Mid? A Miserable Pile of Dynamics ft. Prom
On this return to Teach Me Tuesday Proud, Bee, and Ursi get together to jump around all their games from the patch and develop their theories on what to make of the patch! Topics Include: various Aghanim’s Shards, Terrorblade, Phantom Lancer, Hoodwink, smooth brain positions, Dota Prom, Dota guide critiques, Ogre Magi, Weaver, developing an understanding of the mid pool between niche mids, traditional mids, and more!
Dota Patch 7.28 Review Part 2: Hero Changes!
In this lengthy segment of our 7.28 analysis, Proud and Ursi run through every single hero change, mostly focusing on the huge new introduction of Aghanim’s Shards! We’re ranking what is busted, what is situational, what is worthless, and everything in-between!
You have no idea how much editing I did so we didn’t talk over each other the whole time oh my god I’m gonna die it’s like 8 AM here’s our patreon pay me for my suffering: https://www.patreon.com/FourthSpirit
Dota Patch 7.28 Review Part 1: Hoodwink Items & General Changes!
In this segment of our 7.28 analysis, Proud and Ursi delve into the new hero, Hoodwink, the small amount of General Changes, and the huge changes to various items, the introduction of new items, the re-orienting of tier lists within neutral tiers, and more!
Weekly Show: Theories & Predictions & Kayas
On this edition of the Weekly Show Proud and Ursi get together to do their final patch predictions and do some theorizing on different concepts, suggest some hero changes, and more! Topics include: Sharpie Theory, Sven, Invoker, Kaya Manta variants, power creep & how to deal with it, the Bar Theory of Strength, Proud’s first couple games back playing WLDL with Ursi, and more!Message #general
Weekly Show: 5 Stack Gamers
On this week’s Weekly Show Ursi and Bee are playing a whole lot of Dota in a whole lot of different ways with a whole lot of different people! Topics include: 5 stack strategies, learning new heroes, teaching friends, Aghanims suggestions, judging game states, OD aghanims, Zeus with aether lens, Leshrac, Manta, WLDL, Dota For Kids, new announcements for Dota, and more!
Weekly Show: Puzzle Piece Theory
On this week’s so-far-unnamed Weekly Show Proud, Bee, and Ursi combine their brains to optimize their dota games! Topics include: Reintroducing people to Dota, Ursi’s WLDL games as a carry, Weaver, Drow, What to do once you’ve taken the enemy mid tower early, Manta, Sven, Luna, Monkey King, Chess, RTS games, and more!