On this week’s Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi break down the core concepts of the offlane duo vs. safelane duo dynamic in our current metagame! On top of that main segment we’re chatting about the worst Slark build Ursi ever willed into existence and plenty more! Hero focuses for this week are Ursi’s Shadow Shaman and Proud trying his hand at Sven after some non-carry theorycrafting!
Category: Dota
TcT: Project Heroes ft. 3 Sven & Shadow Shaman
On this week’s very festive Teach Me Tuesday Ursi and Bee are covering all sorts of topics including: Ursi’s project heroes, why he thinks ‘project heroes’ are so beneficial to improving at dota, when to abandon a lane as a support to let your safelaner get solo exp, holiday dota trends, sniper builds, non-traditional 3’s, what hero abilities we would want to have in real life, and plenty more!
TcT: Deck The Halls With Balls of Skeletons ft. Rubick/Clinkz
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!
TmT: Spam Silencer Become The Highlandcer or something
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TcT: Middle Child Items ft. Lone Druid & KotL
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?!?)
TmT: 7.20e Patch Review ft. Dota Taxes
On this week’s Teach Me Tuesday Ursi and Beedub break through all the 7.20e patch changes in not-quite-agonizing-but-still-long detail! We also learn about how Wraith Bands are a bad influence on their peers, Tony Hawk Pro Dota Player, the ultimate April Fools play for Valve, why Magnus is so strong and how his nerfs will affect him and others, whether Death Prophet is an actual hero, and plenty more!
TcT: 7.20 Carry Pool ft. Lycan & Omniknight
On this week’s Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi cover their exciting last week in dota filled with all of the trials and tribulations a proper week in dota should! For our main segment we’re covering the current 7.20d carry pool of 6 main carries that are really shining at the moment (Jugg, PA, Monkey King, Faceless Void, Slark, and most recently Anti-Mage)! On the hero-front Proud is playing a carry Lycan while Ursi tests out a 4 position support Omniknight!
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Patch 7.20d Review w/ Proud & Ursi
Tonight Valve dropped a surprise 7.20d mini-patch with a slew of nerfs, changes, buffs, and other things to talk about so we’re doing a patch review ASAP! Join us as we do math (sometimes well, sometimes poorly), establish Dota 3’s ability system, and plenty more!
TcT: 7.20 Meta Pacing ft. OD and Doom
In this week’s episode of Theory Craft Thursday Proud and Ursi are explaining how the meta has shaped up to be in this first chunk of 7.20, with all the various item, stat, and hero changes! We’re covering why games feel hectic and fast, what items are shining, what hero archetypes are popular, and plenty more! For our hero combo Proud is playing a mid lane Outworld Devourer with the brand new Kayasha, Tranquil Boots, and a Shadow Blade while Ursi attempts to learn a 3 Doom, for better or worse!