Lewis Plays a Game | Pyrion & Lewis cast Scrub Dota

[@JoeHickson]

Hey dudes, changed up how I edit these this week, so everything should be a bit more clear. As always keen for feedback on how we can improve!

[@traxinox]

I loved the edits! especially due to the fact that i don't know dota that well and the added information was very helpful in following the game. I also really appreciate how you switched from wide view to zoomed in view on the commentary.

[@100Peterll]

I was about to comment in how well this is edited, I honestly never played Dota but it's really nice to see the item/ability descriptions or their demonstrations (like you did for Maledict) while they're talking about it, and of course it's a lot of extra work to separately record and put these inserts in the final edit so +respect! Really appreciate the editing and I imagine people who are actually into Dota would enjoy this just as much.

[@benjycompson7388]

well done on the editing!

[@Sarexicus]

Great editing! couple of changes I'd suggest - 1) maybe don't do demonstrations at level 30 as most games won't get that far and it doesn't show nearly as much damage to health proportionally 2) some of the text top-left in gray is kinda hard to see color wise 3) some of the most important descriptions are cut off by the heads - at 15:26 the Cleave feature of Battle Fury is cut off despite being one of the core features of the item

[@RephaelHo]

Appreciate the ability descriptions and short clips of how they work greatly. Really helps newcomers to Dota.

[@-gid-9072]

I had a nightmare where I played dota and Pyrion relentlessly berated me for my shitty plays. But I still come back for more.

[@urFATlifeSUCKS]

I had a wet dream of the same thing ..

[@BigBigBigJeff]

New edits are super good (from someone who never played dota)

[@CelestialPizza]

All this effects showing the abilities when they're being talked about is so useful, I'm glad they're being added now!

[@sarkazam_]

its great to see the contrast between this, where pyrion is an expert, compared to the triforce podcast, where nobody knows about anything

[@Quaaludio]

Pyrion is most definitely not an expert. He is like 2k MMR which is about average.

[@labroske]

@@Quaaludio he might not be good at the game, but he does know what being good at the game looks like

[@GutsyViceroy]

@@Quaaludio He's like one of those dads who knows everything about football and what a good play looks like, but he barely played football in high school and maybe gets together with the boys a few times a week to throw around the ol' pigskin.

[@SoullessCast]

@@Quaaludio Pyrion is/was literally a professional DOTA caster

[@AlessFD]

@@SoullessCast mostly analyst. he rarely casts in tournaments.

[@RumpelGameSkin]

I love how the vaping sound at times just sounds like pyrion seething about something

[@grandpoohbah7497]

Virgin Vader has nothing on Chad Scrubie King!

[@fugnut1728]

Oh man I’m so glad they keep doing this

[@Wenrith1]

7:04 Cyclones provide a basic dispel, which changes based on who is casting the dispel on who. Allies dispel debuffs from allies, enemies dispel buffs from enemies. Invoker tornado-ing pudge does not remove cold snap.

[@JoeHickson]

whoops my bad! thank yoouu!

[@cyan_god]

Was going to leave this comment as well. Glad you already noticed

[@Redheadtama1]

I was going to leave the same comment too but am now just upvoting yours instead :D

[@urFATlifeSUCKS]

I've not seen any comments on this, but the added clips of the hero/champion with the abilities being spoken about is really helpful!!

[@aethernaut1899]

This has quickly become one of the videos I'm most excited to see in my feed.

[@kieran85]

Joe, great changes to the edits with the smaller Skele pop ups! And the little tooltip pop ups are great

[@JoeHickson]

thanks :)

[@kelpysea]

i love that lewis played in this one

[@traxinox]

im glad that daf is now an official content creator :)

[@bmats123]

I'd love to see a Pyrion coaches Lewis series now!

[@Lmask13]

I can't believe the editor now shows Skeleton king's hands sometimes. Quality edit!

[@samloveday2470]

Editing was awesome, I’ve been watching just to see Pyrion’s reactions but it’s nice actually being able to know kinda what’s going on

[@wombleking]

I know practically nothing about Dota, but watching these two lads' commentary over the cracking editing means this is one of my new fave series on the site!

[@sglyph]

I don't even know how Dota works really, I just like watching and listening to my two dads talk about it

[@brianhobaugh7132]

Gotta say, these are fantastic. Honestly, I'm more excited about these videos than any others on KZbin.

[@100Peterll]

YES, I've been waiting (and requesting) for this moment!!

[@trots69]

Fun games, great editing, the lads casting, I could watch these endlessly keep it up

[@Mr.AffaDavid]

The tool tip pop ups when pyrions talking about them are fantastic

[@PinkSheepification]

Really loving the new edits. I have played a lot of LoL so I understand what’s happening generally, but the game is very visually confusing for me and I don’t know any of the items or heroes, so the tool tips are suuuuuuper helpful

[@gazzamate2973]

love love LOVE, keep em coming lads

[@claudbutton8068]

I am one of those nubs, and I love watching this! It is fun to see the dynamic between you two.

[@zura4359]

The disjoint between the emotionless avatars and the casters' emotion filled voices is so fun to watch

[@Jerrymbob]

I can't wait to see how lewis does

[@neoblaze_]

I have no idea what I'm looking at but I'm just comforted by the sound of Pyrion and Lewis talking.

[@Rob-rr4yp]

I'm really enjoying these! The editing helps a lot

[@Hazlius]

Joe is a hero and a legend. Can’t wait for these videos to become mainstream in the Dota community 😂

[@jabesmx]

16m12s call is brilliant. Would love to see you cast an actual comp game. Cheers Guys.

[@tuscan63]

Never played dota but the edits this week helped a lot

[@john-marccartagenas6706]

This is so much better for us lads that really like the dynamic of this show, and don’t know much about Dota!

[@kflash17]

this is exactly as enjoyable as the poker casts. I'd even pick up dota if I could, but as an old league player, everything is just so close but so very far away from what I know, and none of my friends would even try to play it with me :D, we'll stick to pocker. Good shit on the edits too, I like the little cutaways to the skill practice stuff so you can see clearly what is being talked about. very professional.

[@TimeToTzuyu]

@Joe - Great work as always! Hope this series continues for a while. Looking forward to seeing you in next week's game!

[@TheFAZZ10A]

Please keep making these. I love them

[@Puzzl3man]

Next week is way too far away P.s this one looked professional af joe

[@JoeHickson]

thank youu, each week i put a bit more time into the polish / asset making :)

[@Lucas-gt8en]

Best marketing Dota has pretty much ever had

[@BrunoJuncklaus]

We just need more of this

[@c2k3007]

i love these ! Great job Joe!, Pyrion! and Lewis! Ive only ever played hots and smite but these make me wanna try dota 2. :P

[@RoggyTime]

I'm so glad to see Double Dragon posting again. See you all again in 18 months. :)

[@hainsay]

:S At the scrub level or even a fair bit above, guardian greaves on dazzle is really good. Free healing means more mana available for other things. More mana means more other casts. Also more mana pool, more other casts. And then you have the freedom to put as many armor debuffs on the other team as possible. armor reduction is more effective on low armor heroes so wd goes down even quicker. back rank ganks from slark are more likely to succeed because they happen quicker and between his scaling and am's passive magic resist, slark is the main late game damage. bristle has less damage reduction overall with armor reduction so total quill procs is reduced. With good positioning don't need to have escapes for your carries in glimmer or force staff because the gg's keep everyone topped off so they need to take people full -> 0, and when one of them gets near there, just grave and kill the attackers. Force staff and glimmer are good items but Pyrion says it every game. Same itemization every game no matter what hero you have or what heroes you are with or against is bad advice.

[@urFATlifeSUCKS]

I don't even play Dota, why do I keep coming back?😂

[@CrosswindSurfer]

lovin the noob hints

[@xdcountry]

The micro callout was hilarious

[@aethernaut1899]

Excellent new editing!

[@randompl]

I love the informational cards, makes me want to go back even more :)

[@PolarP.]

I love this series!

[@chaosincarna]

As a fellow old man, I'm a big fan of these commentary. Yogscast isn't my cup of tea most of the time, but I can get behind crotchety wisdom based DotA.

[@CurlyStuffing]

Really nice editing showing skills and such

[@olivermacpherson1800]

The lads! Glorious.

[@jadenversluis4816]

I love pflaxs compliments for lew lew, warms my heart

[@xOverCharge]

Ive been looking forward to another scrub dota all week

[@toxic_cowZ]

I live for these thank you.

[@Frequenterable]

Fantastic as ever!

[@TheGardeinator]

these got me into playing the original dota allstars on warcraft 3 lole

[@lbdeuce]

Fantastic. Keep doing these please

[@zenor7787]

This is one of my favorite things ngl

[@ejoy629]

Love this, nuff said.

[@Cizzo8]

If this stays and HOI returns I can die happy

[@AfterAscon]

Been loving the scrub Dota and it's got it me watching dota again.

[@oli5210]

Cyclones do not remove debuffs that are good. A classic invoker combo is to start cold snap into tornado to make it impossible to juke/blink away from the tornado and then they keep cold snap after when you use meteor on them.

[@SuperBurgernips]

These are fucking great I love watching these even though I don't play DOTA anymore.

[@christo8663]

These videos wants me to play dota again

[@SuperBurgernips]

@@christo8663 I will never venture into that dark abyss agian.

[@christo8663]

@@SuperBurgernips I mean I understand I only play casual, so I can keep my sanity

[@SuperLauber]

I love this series and I dont even play data i only play hots

[@zsdmrtzmrde]

Ok but we need p-flax to play in one of these now!

[@sawmesalami]

the 200% increase in budget is quite neat.

[@TheBugB]

YEEEAAAAHHHHHH LETS GOOOOO MOREEEE

[@MaceEagle]

I am loving these.

[@SmileyOfEarth]

loved the vid bros

[@eg8568]

Would like to see Daf on Bristle again, along with more lewis playing!

[@q.q.p.p]

Nice.. Good editing too!

[@hellomynameisjim]

i ducking love thisssssssssssss so much

[@ahjgbhlahgaohgl]

Pyrion is the Darth Vader of vape

[@ancientturtle]

I must thank the lord for granting upon us this grandiose blessing.

[@Gdkcs]

Love these videos

[@brandonbridgewater904]

I love this so much

[@pshybysz]

Is Daff playing with Pyrion sound pack?

[@ThatRandomMushroom]

13:16 2000iq Daff

[@freeminerz]

Holy Toledo. Here we go folks.

[@dyl4no193]

Only issue with the vid is that the text on the ability highlights kind of clashes with the backgrouns, is it possible to change this?

[@Isanion]

I just subscribed for these.

[@ncpatch]

nice job joe!

[@-yake-]

lewis looks amazing in this game by comparison

[@BeBopIsGod]

Love the new graphics and I want more!

[@alexmcmeme5725]

Now we need pyrion and Lewis to duoq

[@WakkoTheWakken]

anyone know what software they're using to do the lip sync characters?

[@Jaydash-]

A heads up, cold snap isn't purged with tornado

[@Zarzar22]

Did that Invoker cast magma golems even once?

[@ChrisTay229]

These videos make me really want to play some games with Daf. It'd be nice to play with people above my MMR XD

[@magerr98]

I know jack s**t about this game, but I could watch the Scrub Casts endlessly

[@bioshockinfintyfan]

I love this content. Just to let you know.

[@toxic_cowZ]

shout out to my man joe

[@Guardkiller6]

such a fun watch ppz do more

[@iiRobinx]

More more more!! #MakeDaffGreat...Again?

[@itssupermandoe2434]

Ngl I hope these don't keep getting shorter I think 30-35 min feels like the right amount

[@UnfriendlyZone]

God this is excellent content

[@piemonster01]

God I love these videos

[@Archphoenix1]

lewis needs to play invoker

[@OhNoMrKoolaidMan]

You two need to play a game together haha

[@TheBen1202]

Man I wish I could play dota with you guys one day :D