I just started playing, and this explains a ton of my mistakes.😂😊
@somebody-anonymous2 сағат бұрын
As he clicks tier 2: "We can just stick to our plan and stay tier 1" 9:25
@BengaIaas2 сағат бұрын
I always wondered, does orb of darkness apply if a unit has AMS on when it dies?
@ZeroFate6434 сағат бұрын
I wonder if we still win if opponent played Orb of Darkness instead of Sorcs. Unfortunately OoD pierces our AMS and we would have no way of countering it at T2.
@lau37357 сағат бұрын
I never thought ghouls could be massed, if I do it, ppl will tell me whether or not if I'm trolling or being serious 😂 Again, good explanation on how to win mid control, I learned a lot here. Cheers!
@BengaIaas2 сағат бұрын
It was a very risky strat before, but they buffed them pretty hard and nerfed some things that counter them (like the orb)
@williamblake73867 сағат бұрын
17:37 Yeah right
@luminary639610 сағат бұрын
Guys I never play wc3 starndart versus match. I complete company like 10 years ago and play dota 1 a bit after. I think it is very good gate to play again, I mean Direct Strike. Is armor/dmg counter type the same as in orgignal frozen throne? Skills the same aswell?
@PicaPinguin8 сағат бұрын
its the same principle yes values of HP, dmg / def & also hero attributes and skill usage got changed thou e.g. lightning shield in Direct strike also damages the unit it has it on i would say its roughly to 70 % the same overall
@andreasthygesen5313Күн бұрын
Hey love the videos, learned alot. I tried watching some of your vods on twitch, but your voice isn't coming through. So basically I only hear the ingame sound not your voice. Is that on purpose or is the problem on my end?
@PicaPinguin16 сағат бұрын
sounds great, i dont record mic on vod atm - this makes youtube editing easier for me OBS doesnt offer me to make 2 audio tracks on stream records so i have to turn mic record off in order to get a cleanfeed vod iam sry but making youtube videos just has priority for me & i dont care much if the twitch vod has no mic recorded thx for your feedback!
@KhantiaКүн бұрын
There is a caveat with the "build back when you're behind", because at some point you're just giving them your tower (or the game itself) for free. So it can only be done for the tower and only while it's healthy.
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
what do you prefer?: 1) lose tower 2) lose game a rather lose the tower and get mid back instead safe tower and never push back you need make sacrifices sometimes in order to get back in an good spot! obviously losing fort is not good ^^ in the video as u saw i was talking about the early game where both wont happen ever
@KhantiaКүн бұрын
Was I mishearing or was Pica mispronouncing? I kept hearing "Pit lord" instead of "Crypt lord".
@Cr4yn0rКүн бұрын
He it was driving me insane
@douglasjamesmartinКүн бұрын
surely it depends on your draft
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
yes a bit S/A tier heroes are still good in 90% of all games which hero u should pick gets mostly determined by your opponents T1 frontline
@BengaIaasКүн бұрын
The dryads are actually pretty bad vs chimeras. Because they are magic immune, they will attack anything else before attacking chims, and at the same time the chims will demolish the casters and then the frontline. Buying an orb on DL and having your hero away from your casters is a nice solution for this, as the chims deal reduced dmg to heroes.
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
XD yeah giving Lv 6 DL an orb is literally the worst thing u can do the vamp aura makes DL one of the strongest heroes cause he can lifesteal and get insane sustain the orb literally makes him 50% weaker and thats very bad! note: on melee heroes like panda, cryptlord & DH an orb of corruption is very strong vs chims cause they are very tanky!
@BengaIaasКүн бұрын
@PicaPinguin lifesteal from the aura still works when he's attacking ground units. When he's attacking the chims, then the chims are attacking him instead of deleting your army. I understand why it's sometimes bad, but in this scenario, i think a cheap orb just to tank the chims until you get something better would have been an advantage.
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
@BengaIaas yes its true that he keeps vamp vs melee BUT if he is just attacking the air cause of the orb he has 0 LS and dies quick which makes him very weak! thats just wrong and bad gameplay in this game i had gargs T2 they are great vs chims in exact this scenario 100000 times better then ruining my DL with an useless orb!
@ChloetteSKКүн бұрын
I'm really enjoying your channel, both entertaining and helpful for improvement. Looking forward to future videos
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
oh man iam right now answered like 5 comments who said like you they really like the DS vidoes THATS GREAT thx a lot <3 1 question: what exactly is entertaining for you on the videos?
@mj-yp7glКүн бұрын
Great Video, keep it up )
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
i will! & thx <3
@bens9422Күн бұрын
Another great vid!
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
feels really good that you & a lot of other ppl like it thx a lot - means much to me <3
@weichiang892 күн бұрын
Your advice especually of not buying Celestial packs and focusing more on raw numbers helped a lot. My first clear was a high card run but I struggled past ante 8 I loat immediately. Don't stick to a certain hand type is all I'm saying. The cards and jokers should do the work. Will see how my Fibunacci and Splash fairs.
@lau37352 күн бұрын
Good explanation on how you played this game. Cheers!
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
thx dude <3
@freedom84802 күн бұрын
Lok Tar, Ogar!
@babomeister80342 күн бұрын
Ich feiere wirklich hart deine Comments und Erklärungen während des Gameplays! Super Video! Wenn du deinen Content für mich persönlich (und vielleicht noch manche andere) ein kleines Bisschen verbessern willst, würde ich mal schauen, dass du den extremen deutschen Akzent ein klein wenig abbauen könntest bzw. an deiner englischen Aussprache arbeitest. Meine ich überhaupt nicht böse - eher komplett gut gemeint! Mag deinen Stuff!
@freedom84802 күн бұрын
What did you say? I don't understand.
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
vielen dank! <3 ja klar will ich sachen verbessern also immer her mit der kritik! ja der akzent wird schwer zu ändern sein bzw nur sehr langsam aber ich kann dran arbeiten :D oder maybe macht das ja auch meinen charm aus xD
@babomeister8034Күн бұрын
@@PicaPinguin Maybe it's just me :) Ändere natürlich gerne nur, was du auch selber ändern willst <3
@somebody-anonymous2 күн бұрын
Neither piercing nor normal damage have any bonus against heavy, w.r.t 9:45 . So footmen wouldnt do better than headhunters. Piercing does reduced damage vs medium armor and heroes, so you could say its relatively good vs heavy armor
@zachariastsampasidis88802 күн бұрын
@@somebody-anonymous true, but you want some front line first
@PicaPinguin16 сағат бұрын
you are totally right i just used the wrong word here (Bonus = better DMG) it is still correct what u should play as displayed in the video
@LovisAnderson2 күн бұрын
❤
@Leny17772 күн бұрын
2nd goldmine is important but not sub 4 minutes. I seen soo many people get it around 2:30 and 3 minute mark when it's essential to keep mid in the first 3 minutes of the game. Most try hard and classic players get it around 6-10 minutes but I still think this is bad as well as most games last around 15-25 minute mark so you want to get it before that.
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
you should never decide to mine up / not mine up depending on the timer it always depends on the game situation e.g. get enemy tower than u can mine up (doesnt matter when it happens!) if u get tower down minute 2 get +1 mine is fine
@Leny1777Күн бұрын
@PicaPinguin Most games last 15-25 I do everything based on time and I rarely lose unless I have bad team
@hakerbow2 күн бұрын
With unholy frenzy lasting 45 seconds and having a 10 second cooldown i like getting the doomhorn to just leave frenzy on. It allows each necromancer to have frenzy on 2-3 units when the battle starts, while not paying that much HP for that extra damage. It feels like it is more cost effective than just getting more necros at some point. But I don't know if this is a good idea.
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
hey man, you never buy doomhorn for the hp regen! thats wasted money imo! toggling cost 0 gold and is way better! u also want a lot of skellies out & dont want waste all mana on frenzy!
@wampleek2 күн бұрын
Beautiful game!
@PicaPinguin2 күн бұрын
thx man :D
@IamTheGreatCornholioo2 күн бұрын
The worst thing about it is that if the games last long, those retards who have 4 goldmine will most likely have the most points because of those, so they will think that you are the problem and not them and they will continue to do so and ruin the game for their team mates. They are a plague.
@zachariastsampasidis88802 күн бұрын
Sometimes when you lose making more frontline just ensures you will never win on the long run: you won't tier up or buy the right tech upgrades in times. Some other times some draft combos and hero picks just outright beat yours even if yours is overall better in a more all around sense.
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
hey man, yes thats true but in this case u wouldnt have won anyway adding dmg when behind is 99% the worste play (unless enemy has no AA against e.g. chims) well the hero picks does matter but even if u have the worste heroes u can still win most games with good items! items can easy compensate for hero diff if opponent does not item against you!
@zachariastsampasidis8880Күн бұрын
@PicaPinguin sure, I am just saying it sometimes feels like rock paper scissors: aoe hero with grunts dryads would beat summons hero with shaman hunts who would beat sustained dps heroes with footies/ghouls banshees/sorcs who beats the first
@PicaPinguinКүн бұрын
@@zachariastsampasidis8880 well yes its about who can outplay the opponent better & who can draft better to do so true test of skill to win with even an disadvantage on the draft! i LOVE it
@mpetrov24022 күн бұрын
Leaving a comment for the algorithm. Thanks for the upload.
@PicaPinguin2 күн бұрын
youre welcome & thx for your comment
@LovisAnderson3 күн бұрын
You play good, but u are externalising like crazy, hard to listen 4me
@LovisAnderson3 күн бұрын
Less talk, more focus on the important stuff ❤
@LovisAnderson3 күн бұрын
I would love to here the thoughts or arguments, which led you to belive orb could be bad. Not cost-efficient enough?
@PicaPinguin2 күн бұрын
thx man, what u mean in detail with "externalising"?
@PicaPinguin2 күн бұрын
@@LovisAnderson thx for your feedback, some ppl said they want more analysed commentary and my new videos will feature this <3
@PicaPinguin2 күн бұрын
@@LovisAnderson hey, orb cost atm way to less for its effect imo why orb could be bad: 1(on high mmr ppl know how to counter it 2)bad vs mass dryads so depends on enemy draft 3)u need ranged hero for it which u maybe not see always when u want it 4) u need to know when its good to buy e.g. vs banshee or sorc player with no dispel 5) buying orb in the wrong spot is most likely game losing 6) u cant buy orb on heroes with are having heavy channel abilitys as AM (cause they dont auto attack much)
@wampleek3 күн бұрын
Very nice video! Really nice explanations of game flow and timing. I think your channel was recommended because I’ve been watching Grubby play DS. I knew after 5 min that I should subscribe to you.
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
thx man, iam happy that u like it :D
@AiNnyan13 күн бұрын
2 Hunts always lose to 2 grunts no matter your positioning, unless enemy does something really dumb and places them apart
@loren111113 күн бұрын
If the grunts split focus and the hunts focus the same grunt, hunts win
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
if u place your 2 hunts on the bottom of the map and get 1 of them 1 scare to the side of the other in the back then the grunts will run in a way to the hunts that u get 90% split focus on your hunts & u win done this in many games & works well cause most ppl position 2 grunts in middle of the map so 1 of them always need longer 2 run to your huns and then the split happens
@facejack26463 күн бұрын
Hast mehr Likes verdient!!!
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
dank dir <3
@Marder73 күн бұрын
Does anyone know a game that is similar to this? I mean a standalone Game Not a custom map.
@wasabi57943 күн бұрын
Mechabellum
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
i agree mechabellum is quiet similar & also TFT is quiet similar imo
@zemo0694 күн бұрын
Hunts were good in the good old days with light armor, but now unarmored just trash
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
hunts are decent imo if u play bot position
@Silasftww4 күн бұрын
Why do I want 70gold and not 25 that is max for interest?
@zachariastsampasidis88804 күн бұрын
btw, mgs aren't that good vs mass t1 unless it's overwhelmingly pierce damage he has. but if he has high normal damage....
@conc7824 күн бұрын
As long as you have hardened skin they do fine vs tier 1 normal damage but yes they blow up pretty quick Taurens and Knights
@zachariastsampasidis88804 күн бұрын
@@conc782 Well yeah, specially against those two. However, when you have nearly 3 grunts per mg, I wouldn't say they will do fine. They won't disintegrate like they do vs taurens or knights but still. Reminder that mgs start with 0 armor, so they are super dependent on getting their upgrades AND the defense stat upgrades asap for them to be worth it.
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
on averge games MG crushing mass T1, T2 if enemy plays mass ghouls obviously not but nearly no one plays this but normaly ppl have some front some magic & some pierce dmg
@tobibatt47314 күн бұрын
Hey mate, two questions: 1. When do you buy the t2 upgrade for hunts? 2. Was there a reason you did not use the hippo + archer trick to sell the archers for full prize to instantly get more t3 units? Thank you!
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
1)you buy the t2 gleave upgrade if u made 8+ hunts and won early lane if you are behind like me dont do it also if u have a tie lane upgrade is decent or in hunt mirror match its important 2)what u mean with hippo archer trick? ah i see - if u mount archer and only sell hipo ryder u get only once the -25% gld u mean right? or arent u getting any gold penalty if u buy hippo mount and then instant sell? i never done or saw it so far if u get full prize back its definetly considered "cheating" imo cause u get more gold back than u should in this specific game i also wanted the archer on the ground cause enemy played gargs - gargs are geat vs air so having grount anti air is for this stage of the game a good garg counter so no in this game i would never sell the archer cause wyrms lose to mass gargs have a nice day :D
@just_soullessСағат бұрын
@@PicaPinguintrick with mount selling for full price is really powerful and possibly game changing. I once had a game where I massed archers for some time till my opponent heavily invest in heavy armor wall, then I mount and insta sell all archers and bought something like 4 destroyers + 2 aboms. Got MVP in all aftergame stats :D
@awesimo46844 күн бұрын
"How to play hunts" Lose, lose, lose, lose Tech to T2 and stop making hunts Start winning
@zachariastsampasidis88804 күн бұрын
So many units need to change roles: give elves an actual tanky unit or the huntress an ability to shift armor to heavy/medium. Fiends should be the anti air specialist from tier2 imho rather than the gargoyle and statue should be on same tier as priests/witch doctors; undead could get something like a specialized skeleton archer as generic t1 ranged pierce unit. Hunts could be a specialty tier2 unit imo. Fiends need a price reduction regardless of anything else btw. Bears are currently bugged and if you get bear form during the wave, they won't transform into bear form no matter how much damage they may take. Archers and their upgrades could use a small price reduction imo. It would also make some thematic sense that picking archers or hippos automatically gives you the other as well as an extra unit and that picking hippo riders at tier3 should allow you to dismount them if you want to.
@hhluca80623 күн бұрын
Say you didn't listen to the commentary without saying it again, gets me hard as stone skin MGs
@GregoryTG4 күн бұрын
A good basic look at armor and attack types, a great fundamental for people to understand in DS. I feel like you could have gone a bit more into practical examples, such as "If your opponent has Grunts and Shamans, and this is your draft, you should try and build X"
@PicaPinguin3 күн бұрын
thx man, i appreciate your feedback <3 well i explained literally all DMG DEF types so u just need look what armor enemy has & what dmg u have then u know what to build i also explained imo very specific which units are good / bad against which do u really need examples of what i alrdy explained?
@NycroLP5 күн бұрын
u should give pitlord and bm another chance lol
@PicaPinguin5 күн бұрын
which BM u mean? blademaster? beastmaster? bloodmage? pitlord is 2 slow needs lv 5 to be any useful
@NycroLP5 күн бұрын
@@PicaPinguin Bruh, every single wc3 player refers bm to blademaster. The debuff pitlord gives is insanely useful and the cleave demolishes the back units. He is really good at lvl 5 and before he isnt as useless as you make it seem to be.
@bryanoconnor73546 күн бұрын
xD facts that are known since tft release but nice for hardcore noobs to know
@PicaPinguin5 күн бұрын
dude i wish it would be know! but i see all day long that most people need more education ^^
@heartofmadrid2166 күн бұрын
Bro, your title is misleading.
@bens94226 күн бұрын
Have been waiting for something like this cheers mate!
@PicaPinguin5 күн бұрын
youre welcome :D
@Khantia6 күн бұрын
A bit unrelated, but have you faced or played with the Raider rush backdoor strategy. I saw it just 2 days ago for first time, and it seems to be fairly good. I haven't seen it lose so far. Although it's not always what causes the win. If you haven't seen it. It's basically: from position 3 you get a gold mine and rush t2 (you need ghoul or footman + raiders). And place a ghoul/footman at 80% towards the top (or bottom), at the front and 2 raiders at the opposite end, as close to the edges as possible, at the back. The Q unit distracts the enemy army and pulls them up, while the raiders pass through and go to the tower. For the next wave, your ally on 2nd position needs to skip hero and build more units (or have a really good hero), so they'd win their fight and go to the enemy tower and survive for long enough until the enemy you're facing comes, so they'd pull their units towards the middle. Meanwhile you build more raiders, and put 1 Q unit in front of them to tank the first few shots of the tower (if it's footman, you can also get defend upgrade after your wave leaves). You can not only destroy the enemy tower in just 2-3 waves, but you also make extra money doing it, and you start the game from t2 and you have a bunch of t2 units, as well as more gold than the enemy team. When I saw this for the 1st time, my ally in position 2 was kind a trolling and rushed t2 and was making gargoyles and was losing his wave hard, so the 2nd position enemy was concentrating my army at the middle before I could face my own opponent, so they did get our tower. We also got their tower, but the raiders generated extra gold. Later, when I started playing the strategy myself, I found our that making ranged units, and not necessarily ones that counter raiders (grunts) allows you to keep them spread enough for them to engage the raiders. But even if you fail to get even 1 hit on their tower, you still start with t2 units and can become formidable fairly quickly.
@PicaPinguin5 күн бұрын
i saw this once it is imo very riksy & works only vs bad player & only if your team plays well with u together so definetly nothing for solo queue could be a special tactic if you play triple stacked games
@Khantia5 күн бұрын
@@PicaPinguin it can catch players, who haven't faced it, off guard, as it's counter-intuitive to make W or E units against raiders, as they'll be dealing less damage to them (and casters will be taking extra damage). But them being ranged does allow them to not be pulled too much towards the side, away from the raiders. And in the game after facing this strategy myself, I got the right position and units to try it. And the ally in position #2 was on board to help me get value out of it, so we got the enemy's tower in just 2 waves :D But even the games, where my raiders couldn't perform the "backdoor" successfully, they still had value in the mid and late game. But yeah... the strategy itself isn't very reliable :P
@PicaPinguin4 күн бұрын
@@Khantia the thing is if your opponent has Spellbreaker in his draft u will lose hard with mass raider push their is nothing counter intuitive either u know about dmg & defens types or not if you know raider have medium siege then u also know u need medim normal against it - ez win if drafted well imo you only reck ppl who have no clue and play huntres into raider like braindead
@TheRevan13376 күн бұрын
Useful :D
@PicaPinguin6 күн бұрын
nice that u like it :D
@PicaPinguin6 күн бұрын
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@sycariummoonshine71349 күн бұрын
You can but Both movement speed auras to stack. Its very costy but it _can_ used right end the game right there. Used wrong and you lose the game ofc.
@Amateur2CombaT9 күн бұрын
This video is good quality and also contains very good tips. The one thing I didnt totally agree with was starting with mine on red/blue. What I usually do is to fight for mid with footies or gouls and mine asap after i full built. But with grunts or huntress I start mine . I guess that is a bit too specific for a top 10 vid and maybe not even correct. Maybe the one thing missing in your video is tips for drafting : dryads op, dispell in general kinda required. MG good knights soso, stuff like that. Another thing that is a bit specific is orb of darkness in the early game , one of the few item worth buying in some situations. Other than that I think you covered pretty much everything really good job !
@PicaPinguin8 күн бұрын
hey man, thx for your feeedback <3 you are not wrong. mine start depends on position and draft i showed the easiest & most reliable way to play u wanna know more about drafting? : watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/l52lqWyDnNCJjZY also for Orb i got a separat video on my channel Which topics u would like to get covered next?
@jimmyorgenkaccrow496110 күн бұрын
No remodeled graphics? Lame.
@zachariastsampasidis888010 күн бұрын
Hunts archers and hippos need a functional rework in their roles imo
@PicaPinguin10 күн бұрын
u think they are to strong or to weak atm? i mean hunts are pretty meta unit right now hippo are great anti air archer are solid t1 pierce dmg dealer & can even get mounted on hippos
@zachariastsampasidis888010 күн бұрын
@PicaPinguin I feel that hunts shouldn't be the tier1 elf tank: they should be a unique utility unit (with prebuilt sentinel, similar to raiders having net) in tier2 picks or along the siege/kodo group. I don't get the point of having tier 2 with so many anti air choices when the only actual air in both tier 1 and 2 that can attack ground (and talons cannot even take care of said unit) is the fairie fire dragon. Why the fuck is hippo in the same group as priest witch doctor necro? And lastly: why cannot archers mount hippos at tier2? Also why can't hippo riders dismount into archer hippo, regardless of whether you rolled them in tier 2? This would give some additional utility to a rarely picked and especially rarely utilized unit overall. Overall it feels that some units are simply understatted/overcosted and they aren't even really good at excelling even in their particular niche often enough. A few qol changes are in order for those units in particular.
@Frostychil10 күн бұрын
Very simple, youre playing for 20mins at least, odds are that having that second mine will put you at an advantage over your laner. Assuming youre ahead and not worried that the opponent is teching, a case can be made for the second gold mine. The question is indeed when, and being able to identify whats happening with your lane opponent is part of the thing. If you're arguing that at the highest level you wont ever get so far ahead of your lane opponent, thats another story