LOREGASM: Grimstroke and the world of the Spirits

[@SpectOps117]

The Hooks that ember has in the painting is from the set "Mentor of the high plains". COINCIDENCE!???!!

[@TheRicocacola]

This needs to go up

[@jpsamonte211]

Up

[@cappymons8191]

Kevin Koh wait, omg you need to go up.

[@judeukiYT]

Go UP UP UP pls

[@RaggeaAmbassador]

up

[@wk_2001]

came back to see comments about slacks being right about the 4th spirit

[@harsleykentlawas8908]

give me time stamp pls where he mentioned the 4th spirit

[@arainmiao3781]

SAME!!!!

[@jipjaap648]

19:24

[@FuriousTedyBear]

He was wrong though.

[@kaiven5963]

YOOOO SAME

[@yohanhusei14]

Patch 7.20 GabeN: Dazzle fingers are reduced to 2.

[@nguyenpham3593]

GabeN: "Dazzle's fingers confuse me so I decided to cut them short"

[@rami8896]

it will be on patch 7.19z

[@TheGamingIntelligenceofficial]

Well not quite. But he has one less button to press, so he's down to 3?

[@midormeepo]

so, is grimstroke a hero for weebz or nah

[@vladst1240]

yes

[@dityasubagja957]

dammit Meepo stop farming

[@Aa-tg3fr]

Chinese cartoons

[@britterdayz8694]

yes

[@clarkmeyer7211]

I want immortal. oh sorry wrong channel :)

[@klikker1000]

13:06 You thought it was Hokkaido, but it was me *HOKKADIO*

[@ryanjoseph.51]

_HOKKA _*_DIO_*_ DA!_

[@averagecommander]

.... I want to die

[@juanmiguelpatungan5231]

i know that. i get that reference

[@staticdice5958]

yare yare

[@kegastamm8273]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/enbRhnWIrKtgmJI

[@xiaolin6541]

The most simple but powerful lore; Divine Rapier: So powerful it cannot have a single owner.

[@Jebu911]

In my games it has 2 owners. Me and the enemy teams carry after i die.

[@markpagtama7954]

@@Jebu911 in 2k dr has 3 owners. The one who bought it. Then the enemy who picks it up. Then the owners support when the enemy dies.

[@kryxhh]

Sounds like description of my ex gf

[@jordanpou9484]

Nothing can beat Phantom Assassin's loregasm video. The goosebumps were real on that one.

[@bhampoyo]

How about earth shaker arcana? That mind blown

[@Mick0Mania]

There are these entities mentioned by several heroes that I believe might have some connection. Spirit Breaker has a "Hidden Master" from another plane (elemental). Templar Assassin serves the "hidden temple" and the "hidden ones" and one of her cosmetic sets mentions "the Unseen Seven". Since we know that there are seven planes of existence in the Dota2 universe, perhaps these unseen entities all come from each plane and has formed some sort of council that has a (or one in each plane) temple dedicated to it that help them keep watch over all seven planes. Spirit Breaker's master might be a more devious one that has sent one of it's followers to the physical plane behind the other's backs, or perhaps that's just part of his duty. Both Templar Assassin and Spirit Breaker specialize on keeping track of their targets globally with charge and traps, probably eliminating those who defy or come too close to revealing the Unseen Seven. Templar Assassin guards the temple with the traps she lays down, while Spirit Breaker pursues targets with his charge, more of an offensive agent. Since Grimstroke has taken some interest in Spirit Breaker's master and he himself speaks of the Ascendants, perhaps there is a connection there as well. What if the Ascendant ones, ARE the hidden ones? The Unseen Seven that watch over all seven planes? Not too unlikely especially considering Mercurial also speaks of them (the Ascendants) and she too has connections to the Seven Planes. Is there an inter planar council that secretly manipulates the events of the Dota2 universe? Perhaps those who "Ascend" are those capable of switching planes at will, ascending beyond their own plane? In which case it would make sense for Mercurial to wish to become one. Since we had an episode about the seven hells, I believe the seven planes of existence need to be explored as well.

[@bethrandfeni7372]

This might be it

[@levisamom5069]

Yes...i think its time for that

[@waffiharis687]

Youre too smartt

[@benjeromeserna8597]

Holy smokes dude

[@zerosuitsamus2340]

What kind weed do you smoke man? Too intelligent for me.

[@Bloodlustian]

Excellent use of the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack.

[@kaimacdonnell]

And a bit of Akira!

[@anwvererere]

yup, wp slacks

[@anwvererere]

and onimusha

[@thebestmagic3000]

Honestly made me nut

[@semyaza7847]

YOU WERE RIGHT !!! THERE IS A FOURTH SPIRIT VOID SPIRIT HE PREDICTED IT !!!

[@stefmefan]

I started to nostalgically rewatch your old lores....and then all of a sudden...a brink of light...its a brand new LORE video !!

[@oneslickhero4276]

come children grab your things for it is time to celebrate from the master has returned and he brought back with him LOOOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEEEEE

[@TypicalDota]

Great work! Greeting from ru community!

[@geovannimerza3623]

Rewatching loregasm episodes always feels different when u have known more things. He aaid he knows some secrets that ta protects cz he was teached by her commander (void spirit) and vs was the dude strng enough to give him ichor and void didnt merge with a power like his brother but he is somehow commanding it (he has a voice line saying: Ichoose this path it doesnt choose me) and he is the portrait that didnt get hit by ink

[@vrbobde]

two nukes destroyed grimboi and juggu's town

[@levisamom5069]

I laughed more than than i should on this one 😂😂😂

[@vrbobde]

@@levisamom5069 my pleasure, u never know what u can find in comment section

[@heneraldodzz4978]

Damn it this should be pinned

[@acbhero3658]

this guy won the internet today

[@thegrandmaguss84]

And ghandi launched them

[@efrenjorossjusa9861]

Well, I guess you're right cause there IS a fourth spirit, the void spirit Man I'm proud of this community

[@andromedasky4055]

WHEN VOID SPIRIT WAS RELEASE... ME: WELL DONE SLACKS!!

[@glutt927]

Praise be to Slacks! The nostradamus and lorekeeper of DOTA2!

[@ionunincu]

Slacks was right next spirit is coming VOID SPIRIT

[@Ethryas]

It's hard to adequately state how fantastically enjoyable these Loregasm videos are. I guess the name speaks for itself.

[@protercool2854]

Surprised you didn't mention the moon icon over the head of someone with ink swell on them. A dark moon in fact. I have a theory that Nyctasha was some how a part of the mad moon, perhaps a 3rd or 4th ancient, or perhaps she created the ichor to hold them together. I think there is some connection there, especially with grims line about the power of the ancients

[@omanitoo]

Such a fascinating character! His line to Oracle broke my heart

[@bertholdklobe5145]

Yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeaaaaaäaaaaa I WANT MORE. I WANT A REASON TO FIGHT!!!!!!!!

[@bayekofsiwa5847]

It is confirmed Grimstroke is the representation of weebs and he's always looking for a waifu hence, the recruitment of only whamen

[@levisamom5069]

😂😂😂...makes more sense

[@matthewrajagukguk5406]

Same opinion

[@envfynestt9132]

he thirsty af

[@sync1273]

This is the best loregasm i have seen among other loregasm. Thank you SirActionSlacks.

[@xanderrokovich8119]

Imagine sacrificing the whole Askavor and having a near-death experience only to be one-shot by PA's knife.

[@aginggergown6303]

YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT ABOUT THE FOURTH SPIRIT !!

[@crimsonfury949]

People coming to see this video again now that the Void Spirit is released. Slacks was God damn right!

[@gopher9ary]

big fan here. you should make more lores about popular hero. i love how you make theories it is so interesting

[@invdem1138]

4th spirit release brought me here. although i was hoping that the new hero release @ ti9 would be Aghanim.

[@frankfortin1597]

Me too after seeing the trailer in ti9 the void spirit 😂😂 waiting for void spirit lore

[@qaisurrehman7106]

you know what every lore video you make deserves to be turned into movies.

[@redpandarampage2191]

4th spirit is purple. TI9 COLOUR IS PURPLE! CONFIRMED.

[@lukalomidze8446]

That's what they said about water spirit 😂

[@MrNotteNera]

The intro, the editing, the nice use of Onimusha and Ghost of Tsushima trailers and all the others: WOW guys, you have done a great job!!

[@nya_mero]

Guess what, his head cannon theory was right. 4th spirit is void spirit which came out today

[@ajjaysunuwar]

Please make the next lore as soon as possible. Really looking forward to it.

[@Wommyo]

I mean, the reason Grimstroke is trying to recruit women to his cause should be obvious, with the love of his life now only a memory in ichor and ink, Grimstroke probably has resigned himself to some "grimstroking" in order to cope, and he's looking for new women he can paint like a french girl

[@mattmcc2000]

I love the background music. In most videos it's black ops 2's soundtrack but in this one it's the FOR HONOR sound track.

[@mikee5470]

The 4th spirit is clearly... *T H A N O S S P I R I T*

[@iambumbo7534]

Get that thanos meme outta here

[@cliffrichardb.delorazo8930]

.

[@GALAXIS99]

....

[@onurubu]

T H A N O S S P I R I T

[@katanaicegt8740]

*AVENGER THEME INTENSIFIES!*

[@aegoni6176]

I cant think i would ve survived another month without a lore update thx for making me alive once more

[@bicky210]

So Grimstroke isn't a distant cousin to PL?

[@khaelstorm2552]

Okayish Guy THANK YOU, I thought I was the only one that noticed the similarities

[@goblinstuff2564]

Maybe bounty hunter, pl is a cat

[@krulcifercalifex5376]

7:25 as Grimm casts his 3rd skill you can see the dark moon slowly being encased in a ring of inky tendrils

[@tailoredp1pe]

He's not recruiting women, he wants to draw them. He's an artist, artists appreciate women and the female form.

[@Honkwaddle]

One can appreciate the male form artistically too :P It seems he was actually most open about appreciating the beauty of Nightstalker artistically

[@tailoredp1pe]

@@Honkwaddle Of course they can, I wasn't trying to imply artists only appreciate the female figure.

[@nameless1794]

Next patch: cm is now an amputee and has wards for legs, one observer one sentry

[@samuelsiregar3377]

C'mon slacks, can't you let me sleep?

[@solidpython4964]

where do u live, its like 1pm where i am in NA

[@samuelsiregar3377]

@@solidpython4964 i live in Indonesia bro. I watched this at midnight, right before the day changes. It's monday now, so I need to sleep

[@solidpython4964]

oof, go to sleep then lol

[@TheJnavz]

“Thoughts of lost love only entrap us in the past, skywrath. Dwell not on what might’ve been.” -Grimstroke 2018

[@DarkSun123456789]

Great episode, just one thing, it's Hokkaido, not Hokkadio

[@ebenezerj]

Pretty sure he's fucking with us

[@chrisbroady5186]

bro all i know is slacks FINALLY hit gold with this channel lolol this shit is so fucking dope..PUTTING DOTA LORE ON THE MAP BABY!!..keep it coming

[@JohanLCastro]

Slacks please read this!!! The fourth spirit is a spirit of the MOON! The ichor came from above and fell onto the mountain!!! The animation of INKSWELL is the MOON!! The source of the ichor is the MOON SPIRIT!!!!!

[@vn3138]

Johan Castro I mean it COULD connect with water as well since ya know tides and what not. also we have a princess of the moon and Luna so I wonder if there would be more 🤔

[@yeet5065]

You saying the Ichor comes form the Moon Goddess Selemene?

[@fireball6840]

Such a fascinating video. Good work to you and all your editors/artists.

[@ardendosy8137]

Its been 2 years and this theory is proven to be right

[@DJisAwesome]

ABOUT TIME SIR ACTION SLACK.... YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WAITED FOR THIS NEW EPISODE OF LOREGASM

[@kayxhmk]

18:55 new hero PogChamp

[@MrFabulousb]

Hey Slacks! I rly dont watch any of your videos except for loregasm and i love it. Good work!

[@wanderingbufoon]

hahaha they made a troupe on harem in anime. can you also do a loregasm on that hovering cursor that directs the heroes? Are they the guiding hand? the unknown force? the ones responsible for LC being a jungler when she clearly belongs in the battlefield?

[@cliffrichardb.delorazo8930]

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[@cerberus402]

the sandō is the road that approaches the shrine.. I think what you were talking about are the Torii gates that are usually at the beginning of this pathway to indicate the transition from mundane to sacred.

[@-m4gnix-288]

Shadow spirit?? IM SO EXCITED HYPERBRUH

[@dle9693]

I like how you labeled the disputed Diaoyu/ Senkaku Island on the world map. OmegaLUL

[@donnavonduong1204]

3/24/2020 VOID SPIRIT IS LEGIT !!!! HE MATCHES THE SILHOUETTE!!! THE HAIR THE MOUSTACHE THE EYE BROWS!!!!

[@francisesteban4829]

We need more loregasm!!

[@hattheduck2359]

"Blue skin is a side effect of coming back from the dead" I think it's more of a side effect of valve wanting to reuse pl assets

[@cliffrichardb.delorazo8930]

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[@ErdingerLi]

FINAAAALY!!! I was near death fighting the withdrawals... Thank you Sir!!

[@വിമൽ]

Here after void spirit.

[@jay6065]

Wow Slacks really did predict the Void Spirit being created, only he could jump realms to get banes Demon Blood

[@senyksia]

You could say that Grimstroke is an *onii*-chan

[@averagecommander]

FINALLY, AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF WAITING MY BODY IS READY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF LOREGASM.

[@vanezx7168]

holy shit sirslacks is still alive!

[@bonneil2506]

Been wondering when you'll upload another one. Thank you, dear sir!

[@BulldogLawyer]

I just loregasmed in my pants.

[@toastrmonky8593]

Really like the fourth spirit cannon. It would nicely explain why the ichor would spread to everyone at the ritual except the spirit who already had it. Also there is a fun connection to the five elements of Japanese philosophy. The Void is associated with creativity, power, and spontaneity. A perfect teacher for a power hungry painter. He would also be a perfect counter to Xin's teachings with warriors attuned to this element being said to be able to act purely with their mind and without their senses. Basically the exact opposite of everything the Art of War teaches. So I'm thinking that is Void Spirit.

[@Vaternahm]

they start with abadon and get as far as alchemist.... well we only have rubik 😂

[@levisamom5069]

But we have others too like pa jugg the demons pudge grimstroke ember even roshan

[@ajnova9971]

Your loregasms videos are awesome ! Please make more !!

[@MrHabibi3]

You expect its Hokkaido......but its me HOKKADIO

[@noustrant]

Kono Hokkadio da!

[@djura3224]

@SirActionSlacks Hey buddy! Loved the video, big fan of Loregasm here! Just wanted to tell u, the guy in that Grimstroke picture that u think is 4th spirit (he might be) "18:55" with huge ass beard is actualy facing his "back" so the big beard is just a long cloak and he has fancy ponytail :) Ty for the video keep them comming!

[@esralper00]

considering the manifold paradox pa theory is true, could we call spectre an ascended version of pa? Maybe the link is that pa has killed a lot for contracts which could be considered sacrifices in some sort, and sees her form as ascension?? Thats maybe why she is mentioning ascension

[@hola_tristia]

Spectre IS an ascended form of PA

[@erikasrumbutis360]

MAYBE SPECTRE IS YAOHVI FROM ANOTHET WORLD WHERE SHE ASCENDED INSTEAD OF GRIMSTROKE!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@jannoelandes2669]

Comming back looking at dis and looking at void spirit like dude ur some sort of a god dat is incredibly precise prediction

[@xsaberfaye]

Who else heard that Ghost in the Shell opening soundtrack at 0:50?

[@GG-ou7it]

9:38 glad my boy shugoki showed up in a video.

[@hijabnaqvi4432]

Papa Slacks senpai have my babies.

[@Captain1nsaneo]

"Part of the attraction of the L.R. is, I think, due to the glimpses of a large history in the background: an attraction like that of viewing far off an unvisited island, or seeing the towers of a distant city gleaming in a sunlit mist. To go there is to destroy the magic, unless new unattainable vistas are again revealed." -Tolkien

[@godskitten49]

Techies lore or we riot

[@omkarpawar2698]

Wth is your name 😂😂😂

[@LunaTulpa]

I love being penetrated by futa pony cocks >:3

[@ebenezerj]

Goddamn furries

[@levisamom5069]

Woah woah lets not BLOW this out of proportions Huh?!...Huh?!...of ill go KILL MYSELF Ok seriously ill stop right now

[@meme-sama1901]

Lmao

[@AbaiSW]

I just loved the intro with ghost in the shell music and bob ross as grimstroke LUL

[@dennvincentvaldez6768]

wait TI9 is color purple so hmm..

[@holycrapjesusman]

10:39: Slacks, did you miss the fact that Juggernaut's arcana has 4 fingers and looks exactly like Grimstroke. LORE????

[@inamurrehman7285]

slack did say that the bladeform legacy made jugg a celestrial...maybe the 4th spirit 😂...orrrr maybe not

[@Chapterhouse86]

@Siddhartha RC Meh, probably, but didn't he say the Bladeform Legacy fucked up a bunch of established lore?

[@drunkeneagleman51]

Soo becoming a celestial will reduce your fingers in four and make yoy glow also that means grim is wearing his arcana already

[@monkeyman7210]

Doesn’t jugg have five fingers though

[@TjoaWeiHan]

For the ones wondering about the background music, it's the OST of Ghost In The Shell by Kenji Kawai

[@leecast1721]

jugg and grim, one town is gone, other one is a ghost town... welp, guess that's where the nukes went to.

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

There can be multiple japan-inspired nations focusing on different parts of japanese mythology/culture. You can't necessarily assume that fictional analogs are one to one.

[@ibrahimmohsin2197]

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrsttttttttttttt at learning something finally.My life is complete now.

[@howellofthemoon]

That Grimstroke and Bane connection was something thay only Slacks would have realized. 👌

[@HgHgHgHgHgHgHgHg]

VOID SPIRIT !!!

[@enso8762]

Grimstroke meeting Morphling: "A forgery best off destroyed" Yeah, I think the 4th spirit is water.

[@emojii7319]

Damn you were right about the fourth spirit bruh, and it looks like one of grimstrokes teachers. Edit: It's in 20:30 bros

[@SanoWritesStuff]

That meme of omniknight being jealous of grimstroke is basically me when grimstroke was released, like my favorite hero is omni but grimstroke and his artistic related lines and abilities made me fall in love with his character xD

[@blazemui]

H O K I A D O, licky will be mad XD

[@AFreakingAxeCH]

Once the brushstrokes fades, only a painted line of spears shall take hold in winter.

[@kinatacutan3235]

Dammit it's 12:30 am here... But lore is more important

[@Centauri_Maxbow]

I like how you used Onimusha 3 clip as your explanation

[@alfiandihestiono2165]

SirActionSlacks: "... the island of HO-KA-DI-O...". I stopped the video for a little bit to think if the video worth watching anymore. XD

[@maeiv9365]

Slacks i love you for these beautiful loregasm videos!!

[@BeastOrGod]

Did you guys know that Bane is actually called *BANE ELEMENTAL.* The Spirits are elemental spirits. *HE IS THE FOURTH PURPLE SPIRIT!* If Grimstroke had become one with the ink, he would've become the Purple Spirit... The mysteious man behind the teacher is the former Purple Spirit!

[@ultravires6494]

Ghostly it could be, but if you look at the skills of all 3 spirits they all have movement skills, spammable ones at that.

[@BeastOrGod]

You mean all spirits have Remnant abilities?

[@ultravires6494]

yeah whatever theyre called, i dont play them, all i know is that they have a skill where they can dash or move quickly, so for me bane cant be the purple spirit

[@levisamom5069]

But elementals and celestials are not the same thing in the dota 2 universe as far as i know Celestials are the spirits and elementals are the guardians like leshrac and bane

[@BeastOrGod]

Yeah, but Bane doesn't have a hosts or body, unlike the three, thus doesn't have his Remnant power, which is a symbol of the host.

[@DoWithoutIt]

Hey Slacks I just wanted to say I think it’s quite coincidental that during the Jugg arcana video you talk about how we don’t have enough information and that you were expecting more. You mention how we don’t really know what happened at the Isle of Masks. Then in this video you spend some time talking about the Japan region and mention Jugg but never have any connections related to that. I think it’s crazy that we’re talking about Jugg and celestial beings and something that could cleave the mask and here you talk about a fourth spirit possibly who could have interactions with a weapon that could cause considerable damage. Would love to hear some thoughts or comments on this.