How This Carry Defined the Golden Era of Dota

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[@pomurain]

High effort quality videos like these are what the Dota community has been needing

[@Tintelinus]

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[@nukeofficial1103]

The daily waiting for new Loregasm videos

[@tracyshoehorn]

Definitely! These videos will stand the test of time. I can see these being regarded as pristine historical artifacts in the future

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Necrit of dota

[@leinardesteves3987]

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[@Prometheus1172]

My favorite memories from dota come from when Luna's aura was changed to give % damage and armor instead of just flat damage and drows aura gave agility. My stack would pick drow, venge, luna, and 2 beefy frontliners like axe and sb. We would have 3 heroes hitting for 300+ damage at 15 minutes and just end the game. All of this was based around drow ranger as the centerpiece. What an absolutely incredible hero

[@Dyleniz]

Yo we run something similar to this instead of luna we played 1drow 2 visage 3enchantress 4pudge 5venge we try to get the crit creep and then push with all the creeps and auras in 15 mins

[@98-carlmarkmarak22]

you can futher increase this stack by gettiing a HOTD and bringing tiger for free crit

[@bixcs2]

Love your videos. I think an episode on the history of the map would be really cool to see

[@TheGwenewier]

would be interesting to hear opinions about how and to which extend the map shaped/determined strategies and playstyles

[@mariocukusic4998]

Yeah

[@tsundude4320]

@TheGwenewier I miss troll ancient lvl 1 jungling on cliff :(

[@tvojamamaomg]

Back in Dota 1 in Garena days she quickly became one of my favorite heroes. In the time when pubs were being dominated by Trolls Voids and Slarks she was a carry who really stood out with with her style of play. Her level 6 was insane despite how low that agi bonus seems nowadays. You could dominate mid game unlike with any other right click hero. She didnt suffer from unique attack modifier limitations on Q to the same extent as other heroes. You could build Desolator for example and all you had to do was Q a person once to apply slow and then normal hit to apply deso debuff. Then continue with Q because target has no armor. I remember Dominator being popular as well. Maelstrom for example was usable on all heroes with unique attack modifiers because it had higher priority on proc. Starting with Dota 2, I understand why she didnt work in pro play. She relied on flanking too much. She really was a ranger, you roam the jungle at night with bonus night vision and start hitting people before they realise whats going on. Thats hardly gonna work in organized Dota. Gust just silencing and not pushing people back meant she had absolutely no defense. She wasnt that bad despite what her winrate/pickrate suggests, its more that there were handful of heroes that were way too good and rendered 50% of heroes unplayable. Including Drow. You probably didnt know this, but the last nail in the coffin for Precision Aura was Visage Familiars and not the weakness of the spell. In 2019 it came around full circle and the strongest high rank pub combo was Drow Visage but not many people knew(or cared) as not many played Visage. What you said about attack speed being worse than damage is true in most cases, but for a solid few months she ended up having 88% att speed bonus on level 4 and that buff on Familiars meant that towers were falling in literally 5 seconds. Valve was tired of the spell having no middle ground, being bad but at the same time completely broken in a very certain draft. Bonus fun fact: that instakill on ult mechanic introduced in 7.20 was actually how Marksmanship used to work before 2008.

[@5chneemensch138]

The instakill mechanic was from the cut hero Maverick, The Gambler.

[@knifepony]

Drow visage was a great time...

[@JAFrk]

​@@5chneemensch138 They literally gave her an instakill mechanic on creeps because she couldn't farm for shit because she had no farming spells and couldn't buy malestrom because orbs were still a thing. I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the Gambler. And the reason she wasn't played in pro games was because of her inability to quickly clear camps/waves and farm efficiently to flash farm and obtain map control. It's not a coincidence that the same patch where they changed marksman to what it is today, they gave her multishot at the same time. If you watch top level players some of them go in depth of what makes heros viable as a carry, and most of the time it isn't the "style" of how a carry fights, but about how a carry can achieve it's timings while impacting the game state without needing to teamfight as much as possible in the first 15-20 minutes of the game.

[@5chneemensch138]

​@@JAFrk Your post has nothing to do with mine. Gambler had the instakill mechaic before Traxex. Literally nothing more was said by me. Stop projecting your insecurities on me.

[@TheMSKGC]

her very first ult in dota 1 was instakill creep chance, she was givin the agility waaaay later .@@5chneemensch138

[@romasliv]

Being a nerd i always miss these kinds of video about Dota 2, most are guides and gameplay. I love go deep on things.

[@richiedeadsix]

I started playing with drow and dota 2 was my first moba. I had no idea what I was doing, but I was still winning almost everything when I got to pick drow. Love the hero.

[@urekmazino5125]

In dota 1, we just level up stats and her passive and buy helm of dominator, some wraith bands and your good to go. You are tanky because you have stats, you have dmg and lifesteal so you can stand your ground, and eventually you build lothars, butterfly, buriza, satanic and other items. Never had issues of her dying as long as you dont get ganked. Good times..

[@aldrinmercado3475]

True. Add manta.

[@patrickhenry1249]

Yeah this video is funny because in Dota 1 she was the bane of PUG games. Pros always have a whole different game going on compared to pug games.

[@Limansk]

This gave me flashbacks to midlane drow with threads, dominator and 4 wraithbands and she'd deal a lot of damage but still have enough stats to make her take more punishment hits. sometimes dudes would be ballsy enough to go for a rapier and would carry the entire match

[@devinoverstreet9184]

you forgot to add that you go roshan when u got 5 wraithbands at lvl 6 lmao

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

There was no mmr so I oculd often murder people as carry oracle with a desolator when they didnt even realize that they where being attacked as oracle ult made you invisable even while attacking

[@PartyPoison06]

What a time to be alive. Loregasm and hero history realesed at the same day ❤

[@KitsuneFaroe]

Loregasm?

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@@KitsuneFaroe i think that's slacks series?

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​@@shmeckles7849yes

[@TmdXD]

High effort quality videos like these are what the Dota community has been needing Love your videos. I think an episode on the history of the map would be really cool to see Loving these videos man! I would really love to see the story of the map and perhaps Ursa now that it has fallen out of meta, include the stalker set in the story for some extra juice! Peace!! Baumi, this series is making me want to pick up Dota again. Good stuff dude. couldn't put it any better. Great community.

[@KitsuneFaroe]

This videos really needs to be funded into a professional documentary series! The quality on them is amazing! I love the way You talk about the design, competitiveness and viability of the Game! I hope as more resources are aviable the uploading este improved because 1 every month will take A LOT. Also a vídeo like this talking about the map would be amazing as well! Thanks Baumi and Team! You all are great!

[@AmazingMrMe123]

I would love to see him as a guest on a panel at a TI.

[@delta-8384]

Your support warlock deals 171 damage at lvl 11 without any item is freaking insane 😂

[@luminance69]

Proud to have helped work on this. Great video as always.

[@TheGwenewier]

its crazy how a single hero can shape the whole game from time to time

[@ezravldina3467]

Like the Lina major lol

[@manuelmarce2544]

@@ezravldina3467 the Lina major with Fire Lina, Shadow Lina, Gun Lina, Nature Lina, and Bear. Such an amazing meta.

[@LongX49]

@@ezravldina3467 bloody Lina everywhere

[@nnekuu]

Drow was the first hero I learned about how fun it is to use ur farm. Mask of madness and dodging creep attack damage, loved it

[@CMZneu]

Very good video! I would like to add that one of the things that made substantially worse with was her attack animation(same goes for bone fletcher but to a lesser extent) it may not seem like much but it really does affect her, especially in early game when low on attack speed, the arrows have a weird slow delay to come out as opposed to something like windranger that has one of the best attack animation in all of dota.

[@melaosilvestre]

This channel is another level. The videos are so well done, it is not exaggerated to say it's art.

[@LTDextel]

Chills. Genuine chills when you describe these characters in such well-articulated detail.

[@johnsanko4136]

Baumi, this series is making me want to pick up Dota again. Good stuff dude.

[@anannon8384]

Get that bag. I am so glad there are sponsors interested in allowing this content to sustain itself. Keep up the wonderful work, Baumi! I have always wanted to see Luna, Drow, and Venge. Perhaps even Wraith King if he can offlane, or a Wind Ranger. (Luna may need another hero that can push creeps easily to apply map pressure. Puck?)

[@Zobark88]

Loving these videos man! I would really love to see the story of the map and perhaps Ursa now that it has fallen out of meta, include the stalker set in the story for some extra juice! Peace!!

[@gummybear8679]

Drow fluctuated from ranged creep to creep commander. From this video I understand that she was either a must pick/ban or a waste of space. Never inbetween. First she was a simple stat stick with lackluster stats and no utility. She evolved into a stat stick support with absurd stats that could turn her allies into carries and minions into a serious threat. Back to simple and lackluster stat stick. Finally becoming a mid-game farming monster, bane of both healers and late game armor.

[@sethgno1274]

i always liked drow ranger for what she represented as like the figure head of aura-stacking lineups. i also had a lot of fun with precision aura in ability draft, like the time i got it with tinker's re-arm and lycan's howl and then just sat in the base with 6 eblades

[@tee_swag]

how time flies, seeing the og dota2 players gives a hopeful feeling to me, so weird

[@the_hekate4668]

1:00:16 baumi not making a 69 joke: Professional His cats are rather educated given they're his so they spell it correctly

[@Orange_Tree_]

I'm sad drowstrats are gone, and looking at latest changes, seems like Volvo are gonna be evading such directions in the game for forseeable future. Thanks for another great video Baumi, Tuzki, you are giving this community what we desperately need.

[@donbionicle]

You can see why. One hero defining scores of matches by just being alive in-game, yet also doing its best to not actively participate as much as possible?

[@Orange_Tree_]

@@donbionicle I mean, looking at drowstrats from this angle, then, yeah, this definitely sucks. But from the point of "Drow was a carry, that allowed casters to do attack damage instead of her, while herself focusing not as much on damage, as mainly on controlling enemy, by actively drawing their attention", then, in my opinion, drowstrats were a concept was exploring. She was literally being a support, but a support in first position. If Valve stuck around with this concept and balanced the numbers, maybe made it an actual aura instead of global buff, so that Traxex's team wouldn't benefit from her afking in the jungle, then who knows what else they could come up with by learning lessons from drowstrats. We could have so many more HEROstrats in the game - first position tanks enabling squishy supports to take down buildings, second position initiators bringing enemy team into Black Hole or Macropyre, first position supporters giving vision for Powershots, Strokes of Fate, and so much more - alas, seems like Volvo just don't wanna bother. A shame.

[@zvEr348]

@@donbionicleimo this kind pf metas from time to time are a good thing, the fact that over the course of dota there were pushing strats that ended the games in 20mins, drow strats, summon meta, naga or am meta where u literally picked 4 heroes willing to die over n over again to make space for naga to carry 1v5 and so many more made dota fun to watch over the years even tho im not playing anymore. Lol on the other hand never caught my attention for example because the games are usually one dimensional in all metas and the variations over the years are more in the hero played not in the playstyle of the whole team

[@doismilho]

the ad at the beginning was the most honest and brutal I've ever seen. and that without saying 1 bad thing about the game. subtle and agressive, baumi style

[@thard4698]

I love these videos. I only played Dota between TI 5 through 7 so it's fun to learn about old Dota and stay up to date on the new scene too.

[@DTDplays]

"Drow Ranger was never behind, she was just catching up" Damn, that was a hard line.

[@owenjones-liptrot761]

Excellent vid! Only thing I saw that was incorrect is that dragon lance originally was the echo sabre components ogre club and oblivion staff

[@pauldickinson772]

He mentioned it, but since it was quickly changed, he didn't bother to show it.

[@sethiddings7293]

Loving this series. Really interesting to see how different Heroes evolved through the years. Keep it up!

[@ZeRasseru]

For me, Drow one-shoting creeps was one of her best era. Had my best streak with her so far (9-0) and overall won something like 1k mmr (granted it was in unison with 'Game Ender' Luna)

[@imfinishedgrinding638]

I hated that hero at the time. It was ludicrous that she can one shot Ancient creeps(it got changed to not one shot ancient creeps shortly after)making her farm speed untouchable compared to the rest. For a time she was my go to ban when she had this ability.

[@JuanCarlos-qr9gd]

I like the new drow, the extra agility helps your supports to get some extra armor, her finally being a decent carry is something i'm happy about cause she was the first hero i started playing because i got my first item (some shitty boots) for her, so i wanted to play her

[@greenlemon44]

Just wanted to appreciate Philipp's efforts creating this for us❤

[@kamranrachlin2769]

Great video! Shame you couldn’t get the envy interview to work out but really top quality regardless!

[@fernparales500]

“was never behind, she was just catching up”🎉🎉 I wish this is also me in real life.

[@TheZiadGuides]

This is such a great series of vids I await every month with baited breath

[@rauppmaia]

Very good video, thanks for your effort Baumi.

[@oveynazmul]

Such detailed and finely crafted documentary about a DotA 2 hero. I don't think I have ever seen before

[@AmazingMrMe123]

Warlock is a ballsy choice with a Drow strat. Golem is sort of like a temporary Front line. I think golem placement really won or lost a lot of those fights.

[@Thronnos]

I miss old dota. The combo of Drow, Venge and Luna was always fun

[@chrispascual8118]

UAM was called orb effect and on a forum interview was a limitation from WC3's engine, Icefrog always intended to remove orb effect priority

[@whyfee9367]

Traxex was my first hero that i learn how to play in warcraft 3 dota. Love the hero so much

[@asummerday4448]

Orb walking is a term I haven't heard in years, the origins of the term and unique attack modifiers themselves were grandfathered in from warcraft 3

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Finally got to hear Baumi doing a Raid sponsorship 😂 great video mate keep it up.

[@doorjaay4900]

“A wet paper towel with anxiety issues” is such a brutal insult lmao

[@phyo.lin19]

Whenever you hear Drow strat, you know you are gonna have a quick win if things went your way 😊

[@drallersouldust3054]

Drow split shot was the best in any update but sadly they removed it

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thanks for the amazing content that you make, Sir!

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love your channel! hope i can be a member soon! would love to vote on next and see the full interviews

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57:37 the double e-blade killed me lmao

[@Shiro_Sora]

DOTA 1 will always have a special place in my heart ❤️ I was a Venomancer main

[@MrZeyami]

Ancient dota player here. Just want to clarify that the term "orbwalking" specifically refers to the ability to cancel your backswing by moving or holding after making an attack with an orb effect aka unique attack modifier, thereby lowering your effective BAT

[@pr0gressd]

Great concept and production. Would watch many of these, great job

[@samedwards3186]

I started playing Dota only in the last few years and assumed Ashe from LoL had her Volley ability based on Drow’s multishot! But with it being such a recent addition, seems it might be the other way around haha

[@motoota]

multishot might based on Ashe's ability but Ashe was created from dota's Drow Ranger lol

[@samedwards3186]

@@motoota yeah ofc that’s why I assumed the ability was the same way at first

[@charon7320]

traxex is literal lady sylvannas, the undead banshee queen, a blood elf that was revived by the lich king, all her skills are the original skills with some deviation, since the game was a modded map of warcraft 3 before becoming dota2.

[@ausreir]

Compelling from start to finish. If you ever make a movie, I will head for the cinema.

[@romansandor6238]

As someone who has been watching baumi talk about "Making of..." for these videos, i'll just say that he probably put more time and research into one of these than i had for my whole PhD. Imagine where we would be if baumi was interested in medicine instead of DotA. Still, love the content, kudos for the insanely high quality and best of luck with the channel.

[@hasanhammoud6065]

You are the same guy who used to play weird funny modes. I looked all over for you man. Good job and i missed your videos 👏

[@artur3306]

is other channel is called Baumi and he still does the same videos of funny modes :)

[@shujaurrehman.]

This is the best dota video that I have ever watched. This is our history. That's the only way to store our history and present it to the next generation.

[@pavjoe2]

At one time Drow ranger's ultimate back in warcraft 3 dota used to give you a chance to one shot creeps when attacking them. eventually it changed to just giving the agility.

[@vinderesual]

i like how the old dota keep the dead hero body there until it respawn, it add spicy stuff to the game

[@TuanNguyen-qx5jw]

RIP 50% cd reduction talent. Drow + Bad Juju in AD was the dream pick.

[@YpsitheFlintsider]

The pride I have when a hero finds their place.

[@deknof3396]

hee funny 7years ago i use to watch a guy called baumi every night to fall asleep and now i click on a random video all those years later and here we are glad to see you do well

[@karlfroberg520]

Wonderful to see Traxex get some love!

[@brandonthegrey]

Lmao I remember fucking around with my old team and having our drow do a mid rotation for levels during the early leaning phase and just getting her ult early provided a really great boost during early clashes

[@HeavenRoadV]

My favorite hero. Im insanely mad I missed her arcana

[@TF549]

Your content is so good!! Keep it up! I know you are focusing on the history of heroes, but i think it would also be cool to do a video on a the story of pro teams/players like Speed Gaming/C9 or wings gaming.

[@drowranger6654]

Yup I defined the golden era of dota

[@silviotmf]

Best of so far man, keep the good job

[@regression6669]

remembered when virtus pro picked drow as pos4 cant remember the year. that was fun

[@Tintelinus]

You are getting really damn good at the "story telling" part ngl

[@randomguy2108]

I cant imagine why it took the algorithm so long to recommend this to me. This is amazing!

[@kekagiso]

You missed the small period where drow was broken, the aura passively applied to range creeps across the map so drow could just jungle and stack agility items and creeps would push passively. This is before it became an active ability.

[@RaikainGaming]

Love the documentary! Thank you for bringing this to us.

[@stryker160]

even as someone who doesn't play dota, these videos are always a blast to watch

[@elschmelix1190]

Thank you for this well made video.

[@mohammedaruf8333]

the menance that was Monkey king needs a video

[@MrReiCap]

My first hero since Dota 1 year 2007

[@KungsZigfrids]

Why would you use Warcarft Reforged when talking about good old Frozen Throne?

[@somethingsomething2541]

Yk what would be good, after concluding the video, before the credits, make a ramapage or smart plays compilation for 2-3 mins to end it with a blast.

[@hymz6662]

i once played a game as drow with venge and luna as my teammates,my god the opponent tanks just melted like cheese.

[@DJ___Six]

These videos are amazing. Please keep it going. I would also recommend at some point, after you finish the story of gameplay videos, consider doing a lore one. And also be careful with how long the videos take to upload cuz 124 months is about 10 years xdxd

[@Tintelinus]

Nah, let him take his time with them, I'd rather have high quality stuff than rushjobs and it makes it so he doesn't burn out.

[@pnoodl3s775]

@@Tintelinus+1, i don’t mind long, slow release videos, and not all heroes should be covered anyway. Quality > quantity, which is what modern youtube sorely need

[@talhahussain1302]

Maaann, I saw video length and subbed and liked

[@dasein501]

Production quality is outstanding

[@prettyshortshorts]

Forester drow through plus stats (when it was a thing) and aura was good - nobody expected drow to be beefy at the start of the game.

[@Rokusu]

i have never played a game of dota yet this video was incredible, fun and well edited

[@ADJ161996]

Subscribed! Please keep making more content. Awesome work man!

[@adicatalinbarbu296]

Amazing video! Really high quality! Keep them coming! Much love

[@hyper_lightning]

I really did love those old drow strats

[@K0D0R0]

I was about to ask: “Why does this man sound like Baumi?”… Didn’t know Baumi has this channel. Subscribing!

[@DudeThaDude]

Perfect timing. Just finished SirAcrionSlacks New Frontiers Loregasm, and this is perfect for finishing out the workday.

[@primary2630]

I've loved the other stories so far so I'm excited for this one and the new ones. I'm waiting for the one for my boys Axe and Sven

[@beastboy1712]

In the same day, both Baumi and Slacks dropped the dopest dota 2 videos! Did Christmas come early ?? I feel blessed!

[@visa9807]

such a great video, looking forward when you make one on Crystal Maiden

[@todd3143]

drow ranger 🤝 crystal maiden being ranged creeps with items

[@radvilardian740]

Man, what a great video, feels like I am watching the documentary film. If dota is a tv series with 11 seasons, ai believe drow is the MC.

[@ToniLiem]

great video… eventho i dont play dota anymore. it brings all the memory back

[@graDinolol]

Pro teams: pick their team around Drow to maximise aura benefits: My team when I pick Drow: picks purely melee team and gives me "support" Lifestealer to lane with me