How Sand King’s Epicenter Actually Works

[@illiil9052]

Back in my days, if you fail to channel epicenter, it goes cooldown without doing anything.

[@wafiyudin4436]

Good ol days of standstorm and epicstand

[@SuBiBH]

and sandstorm is a channeling spell 😌 Sand King has buffed so many times throughout the decade

[@BertieJasokie]

Shift queueing skills were perfected then. 😅

[@rdc4382]

true if u don't know how to shift into hockey you won't maximize the full damage of epi

[@hegeliankid1226]

@@BertieJasokietinker players shift enjoyers

[@wilsonsticks]

So much nuance behind a spell that is essentially: Press button, big damage all around.

[@baconian_road_construction]

That's why we love this game. Every hero and mechanic has so much depth

[@rept2902]

Please rate Personas

[@wilsonsticks]

@rept2902 All in due time, my friend :)

[@BertieJasokie]

​@@wilsonsticksIt wasn't always like that. Epicenter would be cancelled and go into cooldown, sandstorm was channeled and stinger had to be timed perfectly. 😢

[@wilsonsticks]

@@BertieJasokie I remember those days fondly. . . Sand King was the first hero I ever mained back in 2015 when I started playing. What a time. . .

[@petes283]

If you buy Deadalus, your epicenter stingers will crit as they are considered physical attacks.

[@HentaiSpirit]

good for ability draft

[@mamenggaluh8897]

Daym

[@icanbejason6212]

Such a fun hero. Thanks for the info. Makes me want to buy 3 rapiers on SK.

[@Talk3rs]

Had that kind of offlaner. Aghs into daedelus. Guy got 4 reports for role abuse and 4 for griefing :))

[@qunas101]

It's fun when you give yourself lvl30 and all items in the demo. In an actual game until you reach that point the hero is extremely boring

[@akutimestwo]

After the changes I saw all the little details in the spell description and ignored it cuz it was too much LOL. Now I understand this better, thank you!! I would have never taken the time to try and learn it on my own XD

[@xReisk]

More videos like this! Simple, to the point, with indicators and no BS. Well done.

[@rad1antgg853]

Interesting additional facts Please bye not arcane, bye phase boots, it will increase the damage of stinger and aganim. Will make it easier to get enemies with your stun Also if I’m not mistaken, the most damage and less expensive item for aganim ulty is Daedalus. Yes. Critics work with stinger

[@Rafikised]

who tf even buys arcane

[@lokanantazain]

​@@Rafikisedthere was a time

[@kenjijohnsonsanzenin3388]

Wtf bye! Lmao!

[@pabloescolar_]

Items like revenant brooch works wonder with the stinger against high armor hero like TB or morph

[@bruskydu]

Didn't know Epicenter is that complex.

[@ZaroRequiem]

I am a LV 30 SK and this is news to me, thank you kindly for sharing such an amazing thing about my favorite hero

[@arkaua]

What about this was news to you? I don't play SK but nothing in the video was news to me

[@lukthere2]

Good job

[@Renuzo_1999]

@@arkaua The incremental AOE is news to some of us. I don't think this was the thing back in Frozen Throne. So those who've been playing Frozen Throne for years have assumptions that the heroes stay the same. Or at least I just don't read into the writings that much or I'm mistaken; either way, we're glad to know you're well-versed with how certain abilities work, but some of us don't.

[@Renuzo_1999]

we sometimes just go *pick fave hero - go same build*, the it is what it is mindset. Some, if not most, of us no longer have the luxury of actually being able to review the changes since we have work and things to prioritize outside of our beloved DotA 2. What I'm saying is that, if it's news to someone, don't rhetorically/sarcastically ask them what's news to them since none if it is new to you. Be kind and understand that it's not the same for everyone. Share what you may know about the hero and avoid being the smartass. glhf with your games.

[@ZaroRequiem]

@@Renuzo_1999 thanks Renuzo_1999 wish you tons of wins and fun. and not to get alot of feeders or chernobil toxic level players in ya team again kindly thanks

[@TZAR_POTATO]

You should have added if the random epicenter from shard interacts with the epicenter pulses during the ultimate. Does it increase the size? Does it get disabled? I also think it would have been cool to show that the channel sound effect can be used to time a blink initiation, but not exactly as the sound completes frames BEFORE the cast does (or seems to, as you hear the "dum" crash sound of a complete cast but it doesn't yet)

[@bjo9000]

I love it

[@zzadrianzz]

thanks! :D I appreciate it. You have a great weekend as well

[@imfinishedgrinding638]

I'd love to see a video about how Stone Gaze works, Adrian 🙏

[@marksilao6145]

Bro your vids help us a lot, even with the minor details thay gets overlooked most of the time. Thanks!

[@sarthak-ti]

I’ve been spamming sk for the past few months, and his aghs upgrade is actually crazy, it’s a massive increase to his damage and scales very well into the late game as you upgrade his damage and epicenter. That’s not even considering sandstorm

[@6Unknown_Source9]

Oh thats why, I totally forgot about Epicenter becomes larger for every pulse, that's why when I played Rubick I was bit wondering why mine was way bigger, though I was aware SK having Bloodstone while me Rubick having the Arcane Accumulation Facet,

[@bryanhowell1550]

It could also be from his passive, I'm not very sure

[@6Unknown_Source9]

@bryanhowell1550 Yes, Rubick's Arcane Accumulation increases AoE, but base Passive only increase cast range, does not increase AoE

[@bryanhowell1550]

@@6Unknown_Source9 ohh ok

[@kurtisrios8820]

I've never actually *wanted* to play SK until now 😵

[@sanicmarin]

You can also pop epi, refresh, and epi again because they are independent of each other, so you can have 2 going at once.

[@justafrog3167]

With void time zone you can cast 2 of those instant..

[@Artichoke53105]

This guy always shows up on my youtube homepage with these cool educative videos. Does he have in-game guides for heroes?

[@zzadrianzz]

I do not, I feel like there are good up-to-date guides already. Is that something you'd be interested in? 👀

[@Artichoke53105]

@@zzadrianzz Absolutely! The tips and comments that could be put in each shop item and heroes abilities, coming from someone as experienced as you, would be really helpful in a guide

[@Wise_man00]

The only dota 2 channel I subscribed ❤

[@felipeluz9416]

Please show how morphling cooldown reduction works. I just cannot understand it

[@BobobDOTA2]

Its so simple actually, ur agi percentage just have to be higher than ur str

[@smtnbad]

Morphling doesn't reduce cooldown timer, he speeds up the timer. You can see that seconds go faster

[@m136dalie]

i see adrian upload, i like

[@vovablood]

Does the shard proc when invisible enemies are near you?

[@arthurjohnmasinda3287]

if you use the new skill in the epicenter scepter upgrade it adds more damage to the stinger when it pops

[@Q8CRAZY8Q]

Very informative, thank you

[@HsDL_Galand]

In an hypothetical full build with Daedalus (for example Bloodstone + Aghs + Shard + Shivas + Daedalus) plus a Divine Rapier, is it better to have +350 damage or 25% spell amp + 100 damage?

[@berb73]

10/10 video

[@PeterAviro5370]

...And if you really want some fun, put one or two daedalus on top of it all cause the stinger also procs crits, just be careful of blademails, the output is so high that can one shot you.

[@carpediem32147]

U deserve more views mr io player

[@bestiaalfin1061]

Can u make a Video on Nightmare,it is one of the most interesting abilities for interaction,like Spells Wake up the target but thinks like PA Dagger does not,and how it can interrupt channeled abilities when casted on Allies(Like Shackles or Stolen Fiends Grip)or how u can end Nightmares even when they arent casted by u.

[@PertPlz]

Can u explain about attack speed and related topic - BAT - Animation time - projection speed - effect from item - mechanic about falcon rush Thank you in advance

[@yandrosyoutube]

About "stinger's attack": does it trigger "orbs" such as Mage Slayer?

[@fourtimingtarantula3561]

Does it go through invisibility on the shard with/without vision? I suggest deep dive on Sandking pls.

[@DonPrecedens]

Would be nice to mention stinger procs hit on effects, so it's good idea to make Daedalus on sk at some point.

[@nl_siouxsie]

Please do a video on clockwerk's cogs. Sometimes enemies can just walk out of them with the cogs facet. Sometimes they knockback from huge range, sometimes they ignore enemies that are touching them. Thank you.

[@grimreaper.-.8073]

Greate video as always ! For the next video on "how does ... Work" can you do a video on KOTL recall ? Whenever i play kotl i seem to not understand how it works. Does it stop if both of you take damage. Does bkb stop it from getting interrupted ?

[@bestiaalfin1061]

It stops if the teleporting hero takes damage,if u choose yourself to tp in then it doesnt matter if the other guy receives damage and Vice Versa

[@yuhengtv]

Good content as always

[@zzadrianzz]

tyty :)

[@adrianevillanueva69]

get yasha and kaya, get arcane blink, get refresher and bkb. Cause chaos every clash it's hilarious

[@serbiangamer]

What happend to that spell when he could stun from invis? Did they removed it? I loved that a lot

[@AspieGG]

you mean his old aghs? yeah they removed it cause it was way too broken

[@ignatiusdhimas9991]

Effective against heroes with multiplying ability (PL, Meepo, CK, Naga, etc)

[@Jhone-u6o]

Can shard also detects if enemy is on shadow blade?

[@mistacewarrior5530]

I like getting skadi and basher after aghs. I feel like the stun is valuable and the skadi's slow and healing reduction effective.

[@baconian_road_construction]

Really? Basher procs on stinger? Does that mean maelstrom and enchanted quiver does too?

[@mistacewarrior5530]

@baconian_road_construction yup. As long as aghs is there ofc

[@raflyarafat4882]

-Sand- AOE King truly my 1st hero since dota 1 days (cooler design). Peak definition of giga teamfighter

[@kyuuni2615]

Yasha & Kaya reduces the Epicenter cast point it lets me skip dagger because it's fast enough to just burrow and ult during fights

[@modguy9894]

Make one more on how Zeus ultimate works

[@modguy9894]

Mb I meant to say IO

[@taikaicocoa7483]

Good job very nice video

[@accident0079]

So good video!

[@pabloescolar_]

God, this hero is still so busted even after all the nerfs

[@ClaudioBOsorio]

Has anyone tried if euls increase the range or is that something visual

[@abragim6360]

Eul changes ur height, so the visual increase is due to the shifting perspective, not actual increase in aoe

[@andikautama8328]

Great Vids ! you earn 1 subs

[@JusWalkinAroun]

and you can use refresher to have 2 epicenters 2 seconds after each other (unlike snapfire)

[@H2SO4__]

Does refresher affect in any way?

[@ChristhoperJoel1907]

does this can be countered by boot of bearing or no ?

[@Gabe-sp8ml]

Every slow in the game is countered by boots of bearing, at least for the first second of slow immunity

[@AspieGG]

every slow in the game is countered by slow resistance and haste, so yes.

[@tienhoangminh6874]

sk's aghanim upgrade can pair with IO talent 25 , not really effective as Wr yet look cool

[@DTs-vg1tx]

fun fact: it applies attack modifiers too like skadi basher stanic etc xd. made a troll build and somehow i discovered it

[@Andytlp]

They nerfed the following sand storm so much that its practically sht. Now you max stun and e and farm. Get aghs then something like daedalus. basically a mix of offlane and carry.

[@Sushichese]

Looking how Crystal Maiden FROZEN EXPANSE Actually Works

[@500gbutter4]

Sand King is one of the heroes I am really bad at. Similar to Axe - I play a good Tide, Cent, Pitlord but my SK and Axe really suck. Even that they are so similar

[@DavidGlendaleArdenaso]

I kinda prefer the DotA 1 Epicenter visuals as it was more apparent and easily seen

[@doublejacketjimmy391]

Ok Grandpa

[@jpnnstrps]

what is the counter

[@Mrcryptidsarereal]

Devs made sure Gaben will continue to keep SK as his favorite Hero

[@yosefloveinvoker]

Thanks sir

[@Sushichese]

thanks ~

[@cedricquilal-lan1616]

pls make How Sand King Players works? like who the fuck are they. if you're a sand king player, I hope you have a good christmas.

[@nanodraven]

damn 11hundred radius

[@SuperKevinxu]

LoL even if he dies , he still moving his tail to keep channeling epicenter.

[@dinoshot]

Yasha and kaya can make ulti cast faster.

[@madmanpete]

Flying units should not be affected

[@vietdinh3685]

my first combo hero in dota 1 days. Back when everyone got a potato pc, this spell alway make they fps worse :))

[@l3vi792]

Good video you nerd

[@wanderingbufoon]

epic enter

[@bullbae02]

dagger combo mechanics

[@alcatraz160]

le epic enter

[@guiguito5505]

now explain to me why suddenly people started rushing bloodstone and losing? why people skip blink for this shit? on my games rushed bloodstone has a 0% winrate

[@mmcgear4376]

chaos that it brings? more like the fps drops it brings LULW

[@marysadventures]

Second