My Strategy That Beat Everyone Except Happy - Bringing it back - WC3 - Grubby

[@kevin-7091]

This game made me feel like Dreadlord openings have a lot more potential that is yet to be explored

[@sidgupta6154]

It’s just that DK is far far more optimal. Nothing wrong with DL first. UD heroes are strongest by far, especially leading armies built around a healing/sniping DK

[@DarkflameEmperor]

@@sidgupta6154 UD heroes are weak, but perhaps not as weak as NE heroes. Only one has a good ultimate (DL), and DK / Lich really only have one good spell. Issue is UD heroes (Lich and DK) don't get too much stronger after level 5. This weakness is emphasized in FFA.

[@kevin-7091]

​@@sidgupta6154Is it really that much more optimal though? What makes a hero to be considered optimal? I feel like out of all races, undead has always been the least explored one. The race itself has never really been seen in the spotlight until quite recently, and even then most players went straight for DK Lich opening. Not until quite recently that we discovered Lich early expansion is actually viable in competitive, despite the fact that Lich recently got a nerf. And not until Happy played it that DK opening with a lot of ghouls became a popular strat among Undead players.

[@jan8742]

@@DarkflameEmperor Lich has one good spell? How come pro players literally use every spell that Lich has. Some even go with 1 of each the first 3 levels.

[@JacobNax]

Dreadlord opener is super strong but situational. You open up with a lot of ghouls and choose whether you want map control with vampiric aura farming and can do really easy hero surrounds with sleep or deal with mass t1 with carrion swarm. The main problem is that you don't have any other means of dealing with hero fights if you don't make a solid surround. However, if you are a god at micro then i believe it's a solid strat to go ghouls + gargs since you cover up both ground and air. If enemy goes taurens or knights or abos you can always make that 1 wyrm that can easily deal with those heavy units and still cover your other units with mass ghouls and gargs. Did i also mention how insane vampiric + frenzy + statue is with mass ghouls? UD is just so flexible but really hard to micro since most of their caster units require you to manual cast the important spells (frenzy + anti magic shell) and those are also really good with Abos and even gargs

[@sarg_eras]

Build: works against every UD except the best player in the world. Grubby: this build is worthless. 😂

[@swordzanderson5352]

self-doubt and low self-esteem is a real b*tch

[@hko2006]

One of the most exciting match recently. 13:03 big fight from now on

[@Luciusfly]

" Beauty queen of only 18 she had some trouble with her micro." - roflmaotopKEK, this was such a beautiful game!! And since this is my first comment on your videos I should add I heard of "Grubby" back when I started playing WC3 in high school and you were the first professional WC3 player I heard of. I believe we are almost the same age, so that's quite the time since then. Nevertheless, whatever the world top 10 of WC3 players, you were always my #1. Cheers, sub to the Grub!

[@abelhorvath4774]

I love the tryhard Orc games lately, this is my fav content by far Keep up the good work Grubby

[@bigguy423]

That Dreadlord focus was beautiful, and so unpredictable. All he did was walk into a stasis trap and instantly Grubby wind walks, chain cc into the Stomp, 300 dmg crit, Dreadlord can't even use invul or tp.

[@EniFitzgerald]

Holy sheees that bladestorm destroying all the ghouls was insane

[@AssistInRiots]

“Useless ability” very effective to prevent sleep and shred mass low hp units

[@carlosantunezmeza]

wow this game was insane! nice game! thanks for keeping this beautiful game alive!

[@clanscag]

What a great game. And that bladestorm at the end! GG wp Grubby

[@dmytroshulga4578]

That Sleep was wrecking you hard, Grubby. Guess BM needed his own Peregrine Took

[@saimyintmyat9373]

DL casted on wrong hero in final fight.

[@PelouseMan666]

I remember precisely seeing you at the time doing that strat. I found it amazing and tried it exactly against my undead friend who kept beating me, and it worked ! all units cover eachother neatly

[@fallingj1mmy]

Love the insane dps blade games. Thanks for this one. Btw around 2005 there was a race tournament and they didn't decide to continue it as elf won everything with no effort

[@Amoeby]

Idk, it may look funny on the screen but playing vs super stacked BM is not funny at all.

[@saimyintmyat9373]

​​​@@Amoebyjust leave the game once you spot Above a lvl 5 Blade with super stacked. 😂

[@linguagua_biggestfan]

​@@Amoeby😭😭

[@zxbc1]

@@saimyintmyat9373 Why? 90% of the Orc players can't keep their blade alive. Even Grubby lost his blade to bad positioning once this game. It's easy to nuke blade if he's all damage items.

[@dissraps]

That's racist

[@kurzackd]

lol the Crypt Lord was so perma-stunned in that last fight, that he didn't start using *IMPALE* until the fight was already decided in favor of Grubby... The UD player was just too busy being perma-stunned and taking protective measures *to save his DL !!* that he could barely even cast his spells !! :O Stomp + Crit + Stasis IMBA !! :O

[@zinithin-8208]

Sleep spam seems pretty strong. Causes opponent to spend all his micro to canceling it. Really reduces the dps of enemy too.

[@aurorasun-qs1pg]

It only works if you never use carrion swarm

[@illfate757]

I kind of wish we could see the replay. I was wondering did the Undeads macro slip up in the big battle at Grubby's first expo and also there was a point where Grubby ran into the undead on the map on the undead only had 5 ghouls around 11:54 secs so I assumed he lost a ton of units to a creep camp. Such a great game though!

[@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584]

that was a tough one. I was yelling the whole game... "pull them into a hidden stasis". and then it happened. Nice blade storm choice, too.

[@sm7056]

Happy does massive hero focus , the strategy doesn’t work on him unless you come up with something to save hero from 2-3 nukes each fight.

[@feyrband]

The spirit link should help or no? (Haven't played in 20 years)

[@nerffej]

can eat it with destroyers@@feyrband

[@feyrband]

@@nerffej got it thanks

[@somersault4762]

the last fight was clutch. I think that bladestorm is one of the worst ultimates. But in this case against ghouls it was fantastic. I was wondering why you never attacked attacked DL before.

[@Break531]

0:40 Wow Grub, you really didn't have to do that :(

[@SpaghettiNoob]

The was the most value blade storm I have seen in 20 years 😅

[@357MAGNUMSNIPER]

Sleep spam seems so frustrating to play against because of all the micro you need to do to stop your units from sleeping. I remember this from the human campaign's last mission when playing against Mal'Ganis :)

[@Quillraven]

At the end of the loooong silence I expected something like "so as you have seen, this strat always works against any UD but Happy. Very ez" 😂

[@kurzackd]

Grubby, at 15:33 -- *"I think I lost..."* Just a few moments later, and a few lucky BIG critical strikes -- ok, we're back in this !! :D .

[@gabrielno1]

This is probably the first time I've heard the gift sub notif! Awesome game, Grubby :D

[@minhielts2700]

Grubby, I think the +3 agility may be more useful than the claw +4. You are also getting attack speed and armor, and losing only 1 damage. Talking about 11:19 when you dropped the slipper for the +8 claw but keep the +4 claw as well.

[@BreakTheIce222]

Loving these uploads. Keep it up Grubby!

[@sinau3phi]

Love the explanations at the beginning of the videos❤

[@ernestomarcos0103]

What a great game, when they got Infernal it looked pretty bleak but Bladestorm (+ Reincarnation) managed to win it back. We're they really still on cooldown in the last fight?

[@blakewalsh9489]

When the dreadlord tripped the stasis trap and spent the rest of his life stunned.

[@Ness173]

Awesome comeback! Very entertaining

[@lexpavlinov9655]

The ending was Legendary!

[@Chayliss]

Id be cool to get a pig type guide from grubby. Wjere in sc2 the maps roll out sonquick you basically skip map guides. On warcraft 2 map knowledge is crucial. In war3 maps seem to be equal in value as the races or matchups. Also i forget why but i wanted to edit hotkey for controls but Only found unit hotkey

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

What about combining this strategy with Mirror Image? Then Dread Lord users would have to waste time trying to figure out which Blademaster to Sleep, and with Mirror Image scouting, you could delay getting Witch Doctors for a bit..

[@kirktown2046]

Ah what a great fight, well played!

[@tobiasl7294]

Best match! What a game Grubby!!

[@SuperRambo111]

Awesome game Sir. Total dominance in the final fight.

[@edgarmp7155]

que gran juego, como le volteaste la partida...increible!

[@lkain619]

what was the name of the song that grubby was humming when the fire ball was in the air?

[@younesjaafar2216]

Why not double orb for orcs ? It is powerful against air

[@FrostDeKay]

I actually stopped playing HC classic to watch this one. SO INTENSE! GG. GRUB to the SUB

[@eero2973]

Undeads doing well is of course undisputable (at least Happy and 120), but I don't quite see what big buffs they have gotten? Grubby undoubtedly knows more about wc3 than me, but I have been trying to go through the patch notes already before and I didn't find any patch notes where UD got gargantuan buffs at least compared to other races. Human, who was been doing quite weakly in pro games, has in my view actually been buffed a lot especially vs UD. The main kit of UD (DK, Lich, destroyers, statues, fiends, orb, skeletal rod) according to my research has either stayed the same or been slightly nerfed. Lich got the movement speed but so did many other heroes. Some other things outside the main kit have received buffs. But then again other races have been receiving a lot of buffs as well. Only orc I feel is in a weird place at the moment. Orcs got some buffs, but I think Blademaster has been hit quite heavily with critical strike nerf a few years back and item nerfs / changes. Orc has been heavily reliant on Blademaster and the hero itself has been reliant on items and crit. Also moving spirit walkers to tauren totem was in my opinion a nerf. Headhunters got buffed but that's about it. I think the UD power has also something to do with the meta. When Happy started making comeback, it felt like the meta shifted from macrogames to more micro intensive fighting and quick matches. Straight on fights is where UD excels (at leat with good micro). UD is weaker at macrogame.

[@Overwatch9]

Woah this one was close. That guy clearly had skill as well.

[@brunog8314]

That was nice to watch. Does it work in 2v2?

[@iljia1]

That stasis changed the game completely, if DL had used ult there, would’ve been much closer.

[@kinderbueno223]

11:58 is not worth going for red camp here?

[@hommy4850]

insane game, gg! a tryhard dreadlord sleep opening game next?

[@Wilton24]

That statis trap was the real MVP

[@ironyconfident]

I cried when you left the scourge bones item on the floor

[@CleFesse]

I loved the intro of this one!

[@ilevitatecs2]

incredible blade items! fun game

[@Jzscrstsprstr]

This game must be very rare as bladestorm did great.

[@cooljaedan]

after the confidence at the start there was no way this game would be a loss cuz then it wouldn't be uploaded and knowing how it ends is a bit of a bummer but still impressive recovery, wp

[@kevin-7091]

Nah, Grubby has uploaded quite a few losing games before. The game had a lot of cool moments, so he will probably upload it regardless of the result.

[@stickymoney]

wow! Not everyone can hold off that solid DL gameplay Also... would a zeppelin be helpful against DL?

[@saimyintmyat9373]

I can't imagine That DL have mass moon wells in his base too. Unlimited sleep spamming for opponent.

[@saimyintmyat9373]

I think yes, zeppelin can counter his sleep with quick loading and deploying or Zeppelin warstomp combo strat.

[@thomaskunz3089]

This was fine to watch but, im absolutely not trying to criticise here, what would happen if the dude, instead of going DL ghouls, went like, DL gargoyles, or dk lich gargs, what would u even do with that tauren and no heals?

[@kevin-7091]

Grubby had visions of the opponent for the majority of the match. Ha had a lot of time to react if opponent switched to Gargoyle.

[@ayw5118]

i feel like Grub was over confident in that first expo defence. Could have had much less loss if he kited instead of a head on collision and yeah that L1 shockwave mistake lol... Still tenacity and superior micro won the day!

[@karyoplasma]

How much did that stasis trap at the end influence the fight? Looked quite devastating.

[@feyrband]

Chained into the stomp, it's why DL died and had the rest of the ground troops locked down for 7 seconds or whatever

[@RealBenda]

whether you opponent has a level 6 dreadlord or is a world champion, never give up

[@terryteoh4517]

GG … Well Played ✌️

[@imranak12]

THAT FUCKING 300 DAMAGE CRIT WAS SO SATISFYINGGGG

[@mars7246]

Itemization on blade was insane

[@practicalsalesforce6513]

22:01 is perfect :D

[@Karim-ik5ij]

I didn't realize sleep would be such a pain in the ass

[@yumakuga7460]

bien jugado grubby le diste vuelta la partida saludos desde argentina

[@pupper5580]

I wasn't watching the game very carefully. I was wondering why Grubby used dispel to break sleep when he could (probably?) break the sleep by just attacking the sleeped unit with a unit of his own. I didn't watch the game carefully so I don't know.

[@EvanWSH]

that game ended when BM got a crit on DL for 60% of his HP lmao. what a chad hero

[@BlankeeStarcraft]

Dreadlord got popped before he could even resummon infernal during last fight.

[@JB-jm6lo]

Was worried your disdain for bladestorm would stop you from picking it despite it being an excellent counter to ghouls

[@mpb-d6n]

Why didn't he switch to Abo? Don't they share the same upgrades with Ghouls?

[@kevin-7091]

Probably wasn't expecting Blade to take bladestorm. Ghoul is generally better with dreadlord as their attack speed means they benefit from vampiric aura more. If the opponent was planning to switch to Abo, he would have gone for DK opening on the first place

[@randomstuffs8495]

DL as 1st only has 2 results: you crush him easily from the start to finish or he'll be unstoppable

[@dimitaraleksandrov6381]

How did you come back to win this!?

[@FromOrcToUD]

Tough and epic triumph.

[@StarStew]

what a great game. i think if grubby retrained to mirror image he would easily win the first fight.

[@MrNemitri]

Why did he stayed with ghouls? No transition to aboms at all, especially knowing that your blademaster is level 6 with bladestorm?!

[@MasterFeidn]

Aboms have no relevant dps and are slow as heck. Especially when you are faced with statis traps.

[@kevin-7091]

Aboms fit better with unholy aura, not vampiric

[@kinderbueno223]

16:19 wait you have human music how?

[@josedelrio2296]

Before the final fight I would have bought an invis pot on the TC

[@Amoeby]

Drop hax: enabled.

[@gdezdesya]

Very good game ! Bravo

[@glorytoarstotzka330]

can someone please explain to me what made undead weak before the buffs (and if they're still weak after the buffs)? I really thought not that they weren't weak but that they were the strongest

[@MiguelAnton1994]

I'm no expert but: -They had trouble expanding (the cost of the Necropolis and Haunted gold mine has been reduced since 2018). -They were also super dependent of the Death Knight for early healing (Ritual Dagger has been added to the shop in 2019, then buffed in 2020 and 2021). -Harassing gold Acolytes is super annoying for the Undead because they cannot just assign lumber workers to the gold mine (like other races do), as they use 2 different units for these tasks (the Acolyte's movement speed, health, regeneration and armor have been increased since 2018). It's difficult to determine whether any race is weak or strong given that the WC3 playerbase is really small, but most would say UD is quite strong right now. UD seems really strong when you look at players like Happy and 120. But it's also pretty common for UD to have low representation (e.g. the Americas are filled with Night Elves).

[@kevin-7091]

Most of the problem came from their ability to expand. Acolytes are very vulnerable, their towers wasn't as good, and setting up expansion used to take a long time

[@mueezadam8438]

Beautiful game!

[@imperialismopagano8772]

Why it's human music in a game with an orc and undead? They STILL have't fixed it? Gosh... I really want to play Warcraft, but how could I give my money for THIS attitude???

[@stanvanr7149]

In the campaign, the score screen music also still plays through the cinematics making them unwatchable lol

[@saimyintmyat9373]

It also played Burning Legion music near end too.

[@MMarcuzzo]

Why not troll regen?

[@ParassatKyzyrkanov]

Does it beat 120 too??

[@bastymanguy]

Amazing battles, too bad dread lord didn’t have an invul pot and infernal with the last fight.

[@holans6824]

Where is the legendary badge? What a game!

[@arvincastillo4768]

Remember GoStop undead player?

[@YurneroJug]

Epic final fight

[@Dakuta12]

just command a witch doctor to always attack your own Blade. Makes Sleep useless.

[@znojnyj]

As a vegan, I never need to ribeye

[@ResidentEvilNostalgia]

300!! 21:24

[@Fernandez218]

awesome game. i think with this strat, vs dreadlord blademaster is best reskilled to windwalk? man that sleep is super annoying. very low cooldown and the mana cost is nothing. i think increasing cooldown by 0.5s would be appopriately imo, to see how it fairs. or take away the invul part of it. some mechanic about sleep needs adjusting imo.

[@CleFesse]

What a beautiful game!

[@saimyintmyat9373]

This match made my heart burning so heart for the amount of times Grubby 's Blade was put to sleep until final fight where DL casted on wrong hero.

[@CleFesse]

@@saimyintmyat9373 So true

[@damo9961]

If losing to Happy is enough to quit a build then no one can go anything lol

[@rafliyaumil8812]

Not changing the unit comp is a stupid mistake.

[@bigben9463]

Legendaryyyyyyyyy tag

[@jorgelazarini4499]

this game was awsome

[@Will-bl9rl]

2020 old days :((

[@_tAfA_]

best of the best

[@alitagi4439]

Wow GG ❤

[@gaminginsidecar9098]

grubby got lucky last fight. he set the stasis trap 1 min prior to the fight coincidently the last fight was right on trap and with TC stomp was the extra luck to come out on top but if not for that ...i dont think grubby had this one..and he knows it..

[@DarkRedZane]

Stasis ward da real mvp