Why I Hate: Windranger

[@IamHammy]

I've been watching Slacks for like 7 years now. This is the one that got me to subscribe.

[@KokoyKillazzz]

Dude same hahaha

[@keychain323]

But is this actually made by slacks or slacksbot?

[@Piligrime1000]

I did it on 27:26. Guess from my avatar why )

[@vensonjoshuasanchez]

I lost it the moment he mentioned about LoL 😂

[@AFFoC]

How can you say that Dota is the hardest game while simultaneously bitching about skillshots being unreliable? Calling a game of point & click galore more difficult than a game that's based around skillshots is just....well, funny. Sincerely, a dota AND lol player.

[@chesh1re_cat]

Sunsfan: fun is important! Purge: fun is irrelevant Slacks: fun is B A I T

[@gublaman]

Are you sure the man who buys Veil on every Windranger game thinks that fun is irrelevant?

[@nothingnematthere9908]

@Bob Bobbertson u wut mate

[@gs-nq6mw]

fun is a dangerous drug

[@deadinside2342]

Fun is IRRELEVANT

[@bigwig8657]

@@gublaman he memes because the algorithim says meme.

[@ragingtomato04]

like the line willow said when she kills her "shut up already"

[@Peachrocks5]

L4d Zoey voice: "NO!"

[@ronweasley9001]

Next dota update, icefrog makes wr op just to fuck with slacks. That would be a treat and a half.

[@calebshmanderson]

@@ronweasley9001 i want that. Make her untouchable with windrun just like willow would make her incredible

[@kindle1951]

@@calebshmanderson Why would you pick WR when Willow is a better WR than WR?

[@peachpink2831]

@@kindle1951 yep, a fear, a root, a stun, a nuke and a burst/escape spell, much better than wr

[@TetoKami]

Slacks : "The day she lost the arcana vote, was the happiest day of my life." Valve : *releases Windranger Arcana on TI10 Battle Pass anyway*

[@Ariga_thanks]

Valve: *the trickster*

[@etherealjaunt356]

Slacks now : the day ti10 battle pass released was the worst day of my life

[@kirkgonzalez3163]

Who won the arcana vote?

[@etherealjaunt356]

@@kirkgonzalez3163 ogre

[@randjan8592]

I mean, you can buy most arcanas for just ~$25, but for WR, you must pay over ~$100 and only now, during the battle pass 2020. You like WR, you are punished by having to pay all this.

[@NER124]

You know there had to be a specific pub game with a WR that finally pushed him over the edge to make this

[@davidk7439]

the thing that I find interesting is that he's held this belief as a thing for the longest fucking time, and it's 28 minutes long even if there's one game that pushed him over the edge, there's the mountain of pub games WR has still been on his team since he started that's kept it going He has a point, the hero's fuckin: shit

[@stvnygtm]

I'll say its more like all pubs with WR making small mistakes causing slacks to lose the game ,just piling one into another, until it reached a point where slacks is so done with WR, and make this video

[@wanderingbufoon]

@@davidk7439 The hero is a LoL champion. Shit story, one dimensional personality. Good to look at. Only fun to play. She isn't for winning, she is to have fun.

[@Hosenbund1]

@@wanderingbufoon shit story and one dimensional personality ? this is dota , the hero stories and lore dont matter at all when you play the game i stopped playing windranger because she is not a hero when u dont win the lane by far , but thats it. for people which want to win only 2 things matter : how fun is a hero to play for them , and how good is it

[@agustinusyosef2157]

Hahaha

[@jatortobing254]

i once suffered a match with WR jungle. still have nightmares about it :(

[@charlethemagne5466]

I hope you got the therapy you needed :(

[@lemon-orange5529]

Stay strong bro

[@killchoi091]

Im sorry, the wr did what ?

[@austinchua6682]

Same bro same

[@IssiBang]

remember ancients farming windrunner was navis go to strat? i think it was ti3 even

[@Sinton1]

Slacks: *hates WR" Valve: *releases waifu WR arcana*

[@dariusgavin9765]

slacks : RRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@randjan8592]

at least it's expensive as hell and exclusive, not a lot of WR fans will get it. And the ogre magi arcana sucks :\

[@nicolasoliveira4903]

@@randjan8592 Thats sad, i love ogre, but that arcana...

[@teacherjohn7479]

AHAHAHA WR for the win!

[@kenjiaex7986]

Aignt

[@rockinmoshin]

You made this video just to have a montage of Windrunner dying.

[@teachert.2572]

😂

[@bowserfriend]

You got a heart too lmaooooo

[@Birdy_Cloud]

As a centaur spammer, about more than half the wind rangers I've encountered ult me and die.

[@cristianperezbrunet7944]

Jaja I was thinking that too as an AXE player, Kimoshiiii!!!! 7u7

[@SolMrBadGuy]

did they know they can cancel the ult

[@NastoSwagsto]

@@SolMrBadGuy pretending?

[@SolMrBadGuy]

@@NastoSwagsto how do people not know they can cancel her ult... Iv played only two years and I know this.

[@Loongguy]

@@SolMrBadGuy How to cancel her ult? From what I've tried in demo the only solution I found is a stop command but once the move order is issued she starts attacking again, it's either making her a sitting duck or just shoot away. The stop into move command used to not make her attack but I don't know when did they patched that out..

[@minimumr5670]

Ieague pIayers when somebody messes up: "angry teamates" Dota when somebody messes up:

[@chupasaurus]

League also has the worse version of Windranger - Ezreal. Yep, he has the highest DPS*, but what that asterisk notices? If he lands his skillshots with 100% accuracy, and guess what, it never happens.

[@chupasaurus]

@DJohnson You mean utterly broken in S0-2? He also had more nerfs (both total and in a row) than Irelia in those times.

[@knowone3610]

@@chupasaurus Don't you mean Xerath? Ezreal has good attack damage for auto attacks in case he misses everything.

[@chupasaurus]

@@knowone3610 He still has to land Qs for passive stacks and bonus DPS.

[@monsieurpapillon810]

Dota not having angry/salty team mates ? Do we play the same game ?

[@fattypotato723]

I only refer to Windranger as Mosquito-Ranger She runs in super fast Leeches little to no health from opponents Then just gets fucking smushed and killed

[@levisamom5069]

also her voice too is annoying much like a mosquito's sound

[@sorasorisora]

I hate that this makes sense yet a part of me still wants to defend Windranger... which is Slacks' point precisely. I don't even touch the hero.

[@thegamesforreal1673]

I'm in slack's boat cause i never liked windranger and have always seen her as a "mediocre at her best, absolutely trash-shit-tier at her worst"

[@wow1371]

OMG the part about LOL being 90 percent windranger just cracked me 17:14

[@adamkeizzerg.sinsuat9861]

So freaking true 😂😂😂. It's all about the skill shots.

[@sparxtheknight]

Blue Water game is literally balanced around a 5 min “get out of jail free” spell (Flash) that everyone has access too. Absolutely annoying and really disincentivizes trying new summoner spells

[@Necromitzu1]

@Blue Water Was there ever a time where that wasn't the case? Genuinely asking.

[@sibanbgd100]

@@Necromitzu1 no. Only when people were new to the game when it first came out. After that they found out that an instant blink ability is stronger than mana, hp, go fast or no stun me plz

[@justlolit]

@@Necromitzu1 they had Flash in early beta and everyone use it. Support was so boring, sit in lane for 20mins and be useless.

[@bigwig8657]

Every guy should be lucky enough to find that one girl who will break them, this is the fantasy wind ranger sells.

[@Demilich23]

simp

[@theoverlander4579]

@@Demilich23 Wow bro you're so cool. I'm sure you too will get a girlfriend one day.

[@Demilich23]

@@theoverlander4579 cringe

[@bigwig8657]

@@Demilich23 sorry you aren't promising enough for a woman to take a shot with you. Hope you aren't a homophobe then for your sake.

[@Demilich23]

@@bigwig8657 if all it takes to make you this upset is one four letter word from a total stranger you've got big personal problems.

[@poyo7865]

Slacks: I hate windranger Valve: Heres Windranger Arcana!

[@josephlouisg.bondoc3612]

Slacks say hello to league of legends slacks

[@Kdkendk]

"Slacks is an ass" incoming GabeN Clap

[@allanmasanegra9523]

Windranger arcana is very exclusive and very waste of moneh

[@xx-ph5ml]

I hope "Why I hate:" is going to be series, this video is soo good.

[@waterLover9000]

Or "why I love" which is equally interesting

[@itsallinthepast2944]

@@waterLover9000 or just Why i series

[@alphasamahd]

why i hate is just to be a 1 video cz it's only windranger that he hate

[@kaazdov2536]

this makes me wanna try windranger just for one game edit: I lost

[@tortoisecat4915]

Really?

[@fodick771]

Just like Waga?

[@joshtubegaming1090]

im watching this after i won 5 matches as windranger in a row

[@bananagod5530]

Windranger is really good in turbo. But really bad in real game. Facts.

[@nanifa6082]

ur gonna win the next one, stats dont lie

[@ErdamonTheOwlSniper]

"If you wanna have fun play League of Legends" oh god if only that was true

[@justinroy3769]

but it is? After all my years in Dota the first time I tried league i was like "wtf... this is so easy" because in dota, my first games were horrible I always get wrecked. But league is just a no brain skillshot simulator

[@Portrial]

@@justinroy3769 yeah but that's because you have tried dota before. You have prior experience to mobas.

[@personmcpersonbugersmithpe9494]

@@Portrial Lets see a league player play dota then lol

[@Portrial]

@@personmcpersonbugersmithpe9494 it would still be the same.

[@hwdp2558]

League is the game for people with fast fingers but slow brains. Game knowledge in dota is so much more important than in league. In league all you need to know is when to go in and how to press your spells

[@MetaSkipper]

So what you're saying is: Buff Windranger.

[@ritzroldennalpajora4742]

and be raised like in top 10,hahaha

[@SirActionSlacks]

yes please, i dont want to lose with a windranger on my team ever again

[@RoronoaZoro-mw7wu]

@@SirActionSlacks Pin his comment :v

[@microhistoria]

Slacks wan't a villain, just missunderstood

[@ullu12345]

@@SirActionSlacks Losing to a windranger is the most annoying shit ever though man. esepcially laning against her

[@BlitzSpanks]

Hey man, cool video. I liked the part where you had TA in it. :)

[@shakirnova]

KEKW

[@nikimilky]

wow blitz here :O

[@jamessh9294]

sick

[@Sasoras]

bspanksW

[@anandapamungkas]

blitzW

[@theysaidimasian9766]

Hoodwink is what windranger *W I S H E S* to be imo

[@juxtapose591]

Auto attack but faster Laughed way too hard at that

[@Captain1nsaneo]

"Techies players don't want to have fun, they just refuse to lose." ...Slacks until today I've never fully understood why I love techies so much.

[@JenganOhana]

Unfortunately I don't agree, cause sometimes you lose simply by having a techies as they snowball off your lanes for free before he can mine high grounds effectively. It doesn't matter if the premise for picking your hero is different because you're still bringing 9 people into your shit.

[@fcr8409]

" Techies players don't want to have fun, they just refuse to lose *while having fun with a eternal sufffering for both teams* " fixed

[@rimaichi6090]

... they refuse to pick an actual hero and play an actual game of Dota

[@ApiolJoe]

@@rimaichi6090 If it wasn't an actual hero it wouldn't have been released.

[@GeneralSouL99]

sry but techies players are just like wr players. They only remember the times were the enemy team ran into their mines and they got a rampage...and not the times were the enemy bought a gem or sentries that counter your whole fucking kit.

[@remito7839]

You forgot to mention the best part about windranger carry. She can kill 1 person and then has to wait for her ult to go of cooldown before she can deal any real damage unless you also build a ton of attack speed, because her damage is incredibly low unless she vomits out a stream of arrows in your face.

[@sealofapproval5598]

"Could be worse, oh wait--no it couldn't" - Windrunner

[@EdomusVR]

LMAO. Gold. Wonderful. I laughed so hard.

[@thatscrew7038]

I never knew that she was talking about herself..

[@hydraulichydra8363]

You must've heard that line a lot, huh?

[@janikshah8933]

I have always hated WR but didn't understand why. Thank you for this video!

[@Doomroar]

I never liked her because i never landed the shots, and the shots that i landed didn't do shit, now i know that everyone is on the same boat, they were just lying to themselves.

[@ProfDCoy]

Yeah, this video perfectly explains my Weird Ranger phase. Even when I was doing great it felt...wrong. Off. Something didn't add up. I always felt one item behind, one kill away from carrying an ultimately lost teamfight, or one teamfight away from winning the game. The high water mark was when I pulled off a Rampage once and felt awesome...but the rest of my team had died before I did it and as result I could do nothing but depush lanes and wait for respawns to do something useful. Playing WR was the most fun DotA experience I ever had that just didn't feel RIGHT. Sometimes I look back and say "man, maybe I should try WR again", and then I get this weird, inexplicable feeling in my mind that says "ehhhhhhh, NO".

[@silverrakhsh34]

Me too, holy shit!

[@M3lw4r3]

Yeah same, I blamed most of her problems on E not being good enough to secure Q's, and manacosts

[@STG1183]

When you fail your Hooks : people blame you When you fail your Sunstrikes : Injoker When you Airball your Black hole or Echo slam : 322 When you fail your Shackle shot : b wtf??? Slacks is damn right.. people don't notice the quiet mistakes, but they remember the loudest ones

[@aimantajulariffin924]

To be fair, shackleshot is really wonky in appearance where it latches to.

[@whitedrone4698]

@@aimantajulariffin924 and tbf shackle's cd is pretty much in the fast side. so even if it fail once, in next few seconds she can launch it again. And fail.

[@azura827]

@@whitedrone4698 and fail again, and you lose again

[@unmercy2326]

U need to play it rightt buddy, buy abysal blade : stun enemy then aim sheckle on the tree then ulti. Slack not creative at all

[@smash9961]

@@unmercy2326 yeah but why the fuck would you buy an abyssal for windranger when you could be farming for blink or something, if she bought abyssal then that would make her need to farm even more.

[@Zephyrbal]

"Dreams don't come true, statistics come true" Holy shit Slacks, rawdogging reality like this isn't healthy.

[@lordyrich]

14:35: Slack criticizes WR for being like a casino End of video: This video is sponsored by Betway!

[@konaing5183]

Well you have a higher chance to win at a casino than winning with WR

[@huge_house9539]

@@konaing5183 lol

[@unmercy2326]

He forgot about PA critical, mirana arrow, jugg ultimate bounce, mars spear, pudge hook, faceless void ultimate, etc.

[@maikatiemuj2706]

@@konaing5183 52% winrate my guy

[@valelelentin]

Randy Langi mars spear is dependable my dude. I’ve been constantly fucking noobs up with it, nailing them with a tree with the blink spear combo. Mars is my dude

[@galiuseinheart2308]

"this chick have been ruining Dota for 10 years" - this is why i love you Sir

[@magical2515]

Just like the wind People pick windranger because they feel bad

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

What is it with wind characters and feeling bad lmao

[@AliMohamed-fu5lc]

Oh daaamn is that DeSinc wat u doin here

[@Bangarang85]

You make amazing points and this is honestly one of your best videos ever. Buuuut I'll never forget when I carried you as WR and you flamed me literally the entire game.

[@SirActionSlacks]

Thank u for making me laugh out loud for real

[@Bangarang85]

@@SirActionSlacks keep up the great content, sir. Your Loregasm videos are the best

[@allanmasanegra9523]

@@SirActionSlacks the loregasm videos are great. And also the video techies is true techies ia very annoying. And will give your enemies brain damage

[@ReaL0RazZ]

"Presented by Betway" Talks trash about taking chances and going to the casino... GG WP xD

[@mr_daz]

Oh no slacks! Now Valve would see this and Buff Windranger! There's a reason why people pretend to like or not hate Windranger, thats because she needs to stay shit!

[@kindle1951]

*Jebaitintensifies

[@Kryptnyt]

And if they buff the hero, more people will play her! She'll be the next Meepo 59% winrate bullshit hero!

[@ApiolJoe]

she doesn't need a buff, she needs a rework. Her kit is not synergistic.

[@Nellyson96]

@@ApiolJoe As a WR main, she needs a buff not a rework - Magic Resistance and Status Resistance on windrun is the only buff she needs tbh

[@mutatachi]

@@Nellyson96 Yeah and just toss it a physical and magical immunity then she could atleast be decent

[@Serenity5460]

„techies players don’t want to have fun, They refuse to lose“ XD

[@rebel6736]

And still do cause they stupid and useless xD

[@pucktoad]

@@rebel6736 mad cuz bad

[@BlackMetalVayu]

@@rebel6736 mad cuz bad

[@bananagod5530]

@@rebel6736 Pro techies player is super hard to fight. It isn't about the bomb. Its the root.

[@jezupercy3029]

I'm a techies players and that is 100% correct.

[@zeqsedgwigcunanan6338]

"The day she lost the Arcana vote was the happiest day of my life" A year later with this well made arcana

[@allanmasanegra9523]

Lmao😂

[@junmarbaran4358]

Next patch: - Focus fire damage decreased - Aghanims bonus transferred to Shackleshot Shackleshot: Now sprouts a single tree behind the target before the skill lands on the target

[@syaifulmirza2587]

Somehow still doesn't latch.

[@thechinamigos6802]

Syaiful Mirza yes if wind moves out of range from the tree using windrun it will not latch. If the tree sprouts right before the shackle hits it will be a reliable latch. The latch is like templar assassins E where you need to be linear to the target and the latching thing. So knowing most WRs they will use shackle and then move in a different way which doesnt make that linear and the shackle will not land.

[@ReaL0RazZ]

"50% chance to spawn a tree behind the target with a 50% chance to latch."

[@badrinath5306]

OK jokes and such aside that would be a good change on gameplay but didn't seem likely cause u know she is not tree related....She's wind related.

[@langolodelladistopia6171]

@@ReaL0RazZ 25% then. I'll pick Warlock over WR 100%

[@mrzimothy]

"If you perfectly and vividly remembered every cringy thing that you've ever done in your life, you would never talk to anyone again." Pretty sure every cringy thing Slacks has ever done has been caught on camera... so what does that mean?

[@Lux07s]

but does he remember though?

[@Jisama.]

Nope, he overcame

[@Grayewick]

"If you wanna have fun, you play League" I don't know if I should feel bad or thank you for the undeserved optimism because boy do I wish that was true 💀

[@YaziIPG]

I actually started playing LoL a bit after playing windranger for like 2 weeks straight Correlation or Cause?

[@hentai824]

Catastrophe

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

My money’s on cause.

[@charlethemagne5466]

Me: Please don't pick windranger she isn't good My teammate: haha windrun go brrrrrrr -25 mmr

[@tragghyb2673]

During the entire time i was listening to this i was able to get into and finish a game stomping a windranger into the pavement

[@heerakathakor6016]

This whole video is a jebait, Slacks just wants everyone to like techies players

[@techiesmain75]

Heeraka Thakor techies deserves love

[@karlnord1429]

@@techiesmain75 the love of the gas chamber

[@lupin2589]

200 IQ read right here

[@AcidOverseer]

This is the feeling i have when someone picks pudge.

[@teddyfield2164]

But I like pudge...

[@beseakos]

“Yeah windranger is bad I get it” *goes into pub to play wind pos 4 and build a necro 1 so they transition into a 4th core*

[@therealdevcat]

"I steal from the slow" - Windranger

[@deLumren]

The single most tilting line in DOTA.

[@gulakov9006]

Windranger has no dignity

[@bonihani17]

Windranger: "Why do you hate gingers??" Slacks: "Lemme explain...."

[@MrCommonOddity]

Holy shit. This has easily been one of the best breakdown videos I've ever seen. Ridiculously well done, homie.

[@ohno4435]

Hypothetically OP, pragmatically TRASH.

[@nrghd8890]

Invoker, duno why this hero really sucks on pro game

[@acewingman372]

Ah a hollow knight fan a true man of culture

[@istheworldreal]

@@nrghd8890 because they keep nerfing him to the point right now he is best as hitter

[@Joel-bj8om]

When Ogre Magi skills are more reliable than this ginger lady. Tough luck

[@therebelofchaos1674]

*laughs in fireblast* ...no but seriously, fireblast is so good even if you hit the lowest amount of multicast. and an ignite in the early game *h-h-h-holy SHIT game announcer* and blood lust? Oh my god the possibilities of either buffing your tower plus your carries in a siege, or buffing your carries, creeps, or yourself to push them down. Everything about him is good even at base values. Everything about Windranger? Shit at base value, meh when everything else goes perfect past a certain point

[@rebel6736]

@@therebelofchaos1674 idk what the logic is when u say things like that wr shackle is 0.75 seconds minimun OR u can shackle TWO heroes for 3 and a haf seconds while on Ogre u have a stunn that ALWAYS has a 1 second stunn unless u have luck and multicast and then u stunn ONE hero for maximum 3 seconds if ur really lucky, talking about unreliability...

[@michaelralte8195]

@@rebel6736 well lets not forget windranger needs to line up targets to get out a decent stun

[@rebel6736]

@@michaelralte8195 leta not forget she has legs to position herself tho

[@AscendedBeyond]

@@rebel6736 let's not forget you have to put yourself out of position to do so and you either have to have farm or your team behind you to capitalize on it if it lands on two heroes and that's a big fucking if. She's fun but she's a jebait I realize it now.

[@Rainh4rd]

Slacks: hate that biatch!! Valve: wiNdRAngEr aRcaNa g0 brrrr

[@johannamathieson1424]

Prewatch: I've been playing windrunner since 2013. I love her. She is a challenge, and still so fun. Postwatch: Okay I didn't expect this but I agree with everything you said. Change her

[@japhethbohol5066]

You opened my eyes sir (literally its 1am in the Philippines) I truly remember every single time I thought our windranger carry would work out but it didn't. Thankyou for that VERY clear message.

[@kylepabs7399]

ah yes the filipino

[@jeevieseverino3949]

You wont have certain win with a wr carry. Especially in sea. Coz teammates wont synergize. She's just a solo runner.

[@japhethbohol5066]

People actually DO synergize on the sea server, especially us Filipinos in ranked matches. It possibly because you not used to the sea version of tempo.

[@f0rgotteng0st]

More than 2 years later, Windranger still has a 48% win rate lol

[@hanzo8963]

well now she has 56% winrate on dota 2 pro tracker. she is the best carry out there for pubs 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheAndreyCraft]

I am the guy who remembers everything bad that I have done in my life))

[@altantulga8138]

I remember every single time I slighted someone and how it effected their lives

[@shaunfrost720]

Same :(

[@zachariahkindle8926]

Yep 😢

[@gnolden6232]

This is why we play dota, so we dont have to talk to people we did something bad to years ago, and thats why we dont pick her

[@IamJanxD]

bro, same

[@Therobin3a]

Windranger is one of my most played heroes, being in divine and having a 60% winrate with her I completely agree with most of what was said in the video.

[@Keima97]

Please do psychological explanations behind hero picks. I really loved how you brought in numbers, statistics, and psychology to explain the worth of a character. I am a Phoenix spammer who plays greedy support coz I know my carrys aren't reliable. I don't usually go greedy, but I play damage based support, radiance, dagon, refresher. Coz Sunray is more than sufficient for healing and de-healing purposes imo. With 1000+ wins, I think I can confidently say Phoenix is quite reliable. Please do breakdown of Phoenix. Would really love it. Big fan. 💓

[@izzysteez27]

Initially, I was a bit defensive and relented to believing that this is just your opinion and bias...maybe because I actually enjoy playing WR. But 5 minutes in, I was actually amazed at how accurate you were about this hero and the mindset behind us who play hero, lol because I was completely oblivious to why I actually love playing her despite WR being my worst rated hero. It’s the endorphins LOL. When you r on one, you r freaking killing it and i legit feel god like. But my stats don’t lie... 35% win rate.... LOL. I have been enlightened. Respect to you sir for allowing me to see my own psyche on why I have this unreasonable trust in her win capacity despite her being my worst win rate hero lol

[@NinjapowerMS]

It's the first time I realized windrunner is actually garbage looking at it objectively. Guess I was blinded by deleting one hero lmao

[@CaptaintNemo]

Best argument I have ever heard,glad I got someone reliable to stand with.

[@nierbarath]

i always had these thoughts subtly crawl in my head when i played WR. like "how the actual fuck am i supposed to be relevant IF i'm not making my lane opponent ragequit by stomping him into the dirt in 10 minutes?" i absoutely agree on every single thing said in this video. this is brilliantly wrapping up every WR player's unconscious thoughts and feelings. she is indeed hot garbage AND somehow still enjoyable to play for a vast number of people which should be controversial but it isn't cuz psychological reasoning you gave. this video is both VERY educational and VERY entertaining.The theoretical basis, the research, and the passion you've put into this is highly admirable. SLACKS FOR THE PRESIDENT!

[@fuzzy8800]

Moral of the story: Pick windranger in Slacks' 'pubs

[@Nasylbek]

"Why I love: Techies" pls

[@darthgamer9861]

As'yl he did a guide on techies five years ago if you want a good idea

[@LewisFeasts]

Thank you Sir Slacks for this, this is gold! It's super intriguing about the psychology of Dota players. Since you've majored in psychology, we need more of these type of videos. BETWAY pay the man! Make this happen.

[@eddoonissaar2651]

been watching slacks for a while and yeah this one got a sub from me. this one is different.. its personal. i like dat

[@SynergyFX.]

I spam Windranger, but this video is actually so hilarious I might have to switch mains

[@dracdraconeia8150]

i used to spam her too. Slacks is right, i definitely played her for the adrenaline rush! :-D

[@yakup3846]

Its also worth pointing out that, unlike on other heroes, getting any item on windranger feels like a sacrifice. If you go bkb, well, you're sacrificing your damage, you didnt go mkb, or crits or something. If you go damage, you might get caught, so you have to play safe. You get mobility? Well you might have both the previous problems. You might NOT have damage AND get stunned. It's a pretty one dimensional hero, and most wr players do their complete own thing. You'll be doing something as a team - anything from rosh to tier 2, and that windranger will see a hero on a ward on some part of the map - they will go there. Nothing matters more at that point then getting that kill. Ultimately, they kinda play their own game, and if it works and she gets away with it - great. Only "kinda" great actually, you most likely would've won anyway. If they dont get their way - you know of it instantly by looking at their KDA. They ran around trying to get kills, and didnt succeed.

[@bruhbruh4635]

Learning SirSlacks is a divine player.... Me: FeelsBadMan

[@depressingonion6389]

His main job is moral support the team

[@brettt141]

He WAS divine. It currently is legend 3

[@brettt141]

@Sohan Biswas except he was divine what like 3 years ago. Actually he was never divine he was 5k. there were no medals then. So he hasnt calibrated since before the medal system

[@Supportivechaos]

i love the difference between league and dota, people hate a character in league for having a 3 sec root on a mildly scuffed hitbox skillshot. meanwhile in dota enigma or tidehunter can blink ult the entire enemy team and refresh for a massive stun. and that's why i love dota it's just so balls to the walls with skills and innovations from the balance team (even if some decisions are questionable) anyway, love your work Slacks can't wait for the next loregasam

[@Portulak007]

Yeah but LoL is a much faster game. Most games are like 20 max. 30 mins. on average while in Dota the average game is about 30-40 mins. 60 min games arent even rare here. Also in Lol you dont really have to farm creeps do get nice items. While it is useful, most Carrys end up just killing the entire team in a 1 vs 3 scenario while in Dota you really need to rely more on your team. Not implying that 1 vs 3 or even 1 vs 5 scenarios are impossible, but compared to lol they are rather rare. So thats why I like Dota. Its more tacticle while the actionful clashes do still exist.

[@Supportivechaos]

@@Portulak007 i totaly agree with you on that i love both games and each has a slightly different function for me. (not to mention the custom games are bloody awesome and im sad not many people still play legends of dota) i find that league seems to be a more controlled environtment wheras dota 2 is wild and hilarious (both of which are good qualities in my eyes).

[@mophead-xk8dd]

CC in league is a very different animal when there are no BKB or playable cleanse effects.

[@Supportivechaos]

@@mophead-xk8dd there are many ways to cleanse cc in league. i think there might be more in league than in dota. there are 3 items that cleanse a summoner spell, and several champion some of which can make allies cc immune for a length of time.

[@tiagosales3373]

Balls in the walls

[@xd-ghost8413]

watching this in 7.36c when wr is one of the best pos 1 in the game

[@CMZneu]

12:57 There are other of heroes that kill themselves if enemy has a blademail, like Leshrac, huskar bloodseeker, Death Prophet, Skywrath, the difference is that not many people know how to stop attacking in Windranger's ultimate.

[@joshuawinstead7621]

The difference here is those heroes all have other solutions to the problem, aside from skywrath, wr just has to run

[@CMZneu]

@@joshuawinstead7621 You are kidding right? wr can shackle shot and windrun, and of course she might have to run, like any hero who doesn't have enough health to hit a guy with blademail on. What is the solution for huskar ult and blamail mid jump? or blood ult and to a lesser extent death prophet ult which really doesn't do a lot of damage in the short time blademail is up, but still all of them are worse than WR because they can't cancel the ult.

[@joshuawinstead7621]

@@CMZneu shackleshot is most of the time relatively worthless and windrun already explained is very easy to disable, ik you like wr a lot clearly but her skill set isn't very survivable, like huskar is. The thing about huskar is he can survive over twice as much damage as wr can

[@CMZneu]

@@joshuawinstead7621 Actually i don't even use wr, I agree with the video, she is to unreliable. but to say that she kills herself when enemies have blademail is just wrong, any decent player can "stop attack" her ult and just continue when bladmails is over, does it suck? yeah but there are a lot of other heroes have a way bigger problem with bladmail.

[@ziadahmad2440]

@@CMZneu and leaving her a sitting duck to the enemy right?

[@Archphoenix1]

Bald move slacks, very BALD move.

[@xin8992]

Oh. Bald. Didn't slacks runt about getting bald before?

[@Terry_Williams]

haha you are so funny dude.

[@PaszerDye]

Windranger's winrate up to 50% now. Seems like Windranger players are out with a vengeance xD

[@starlightrx8096]

Low key .He want WR player in his team try to win as supporters like him seeing Wr gg I can understand

[@biggusdickus9652]

slacks video has the opposite effect on me. Im now motivated to learn WR :D

[@JC-xi8ie]

Icefrog buffed her cause Slacks nailed this so hard

[@user-mx6ut6tm1t]

WR with abyssal is OP right now

[@helsharidy123]

@@JC-xi8ie wr hasn't been buffed in ages, this is fake news. In fact, her aghs was recently just nerfed.

[@matooo6544]

This actually really makes me want to play Windranger

[@John.Cambrian]

or you can do us a favor and play lol

[@vsarple]

get hooked on crack u endorphin seeking hobo, it's better than playing lol atleast

[@EmptyNullified]

@@vsarple lol is a fucking good game... If you are a masochist

[@kokopium]

WR Lovers after watching this video: _”proceeds to rethink life decisions”_ MMR Boosters that spam this ginger chick: *_just git gud lul_*

[@Copexify]

@Death Guidance Numbers dont lie muh nigguh

[@DUKEHadToDoItToEm]

@Death Guidance It's almost like that's on a fresh account where you're playing her against players you're just better than, and would have gone 75-15 on almost any hero that can transition to carry Bet you if you play another 100 games while calibrated at your proper skill level, your winrate goes down the toilet, clown

[@DUKEHadToDoItToEm]

@Death Guidance Whatever clown you know you climbed to 5.3k mmr using the hero, you didn't go 75-15 at 5.3k. Stop flexing on the internet with your lies take a shower and go outside and get some sun I can feel the grease on your pastey white skin from here

[@DUKEHadToDoItToEm]

@Death Guidance Irrelevant enough that you're getting salty over me calling you out on your shit. Windranger isn't good and you're not good for beating noobs with her either

[@DUKEHadToDoItToEm]

@Death Guidance 7.3k main who thinks windranger is good because he beats 3-4k noobs with her? Nice, you sure are good. Let me know when you can play her against the big boys at 7.3k and win with her (you can't)

[@akakda657]

this is by far the most fun i ever got out of watching something i 100% disagree with, great job mate

[@nilagangbaka2067]

So the buff that you want is to change her entirely.

[@Lupp0]

No, the only thing he wants is her to be removed from the game i think :D

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

I’m loving the contrast here lmao In league, point and click CC is generally annoying, if not frowned upon, so putting Sand King or Lion into the game woule be a nightmare. In dota, skillshots missed are either as meh as missing an armour debuff or as taboo as missing an echo slam or ravage. I wheeze

[@randjan8592]

" you perfectly and vividly remembered every cringy thing you've ever done in your life, you would never talk to anyone again" How does Slacks know me?

[@wilczus222]

Yeah, that part physicallly hurt. I remember EVERY cringy moment and my brain refuses to let go.

[@gs-nq6mw]

I suspect he's also an human being with human feeling,and you're not special different teenager,you're just like everyone else

[@wilczus222]

@@gs-nq6mw No wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@garrytalaroc]

Okay thanks for your feedback. We're gonna remake her skills if that's what it takes to make her better. -valve in your dreams

[@ZetruH]

10:28 that's *the best tip* you can give someone trying to play ranked in Dota 2 today: bait the shit out of your enemies. You did a guide for ranking up 5 years ago, I always played support and that video changed the way I play to this day. Are you ever going to make a new one? :D

[@nabkawe]

Watching Purge have made me fall in love with support role. I now constantly have 10/10 support

[@thegamesforreal1673]

It really is. Dota players all think they're these gaming gods and are arrogant as fuck. Baiting them is really easy with just a tiny bit of psychological tricks. Just gotta flip it on em: "I'm not trapped in here with you, You're trapped in here with me!"

[@nabkawe]

@@thegamesforreal1673 Playing Vengeful Spirit has been so fun for this exact reason, if someone over extends even a little bit, he's suddenly between 2 enemy heroes with the only escape root blocked by the Venge stun/wave of terror combo...

[@TheAskald]

that's why the wand is such a great item in early game

[@Emanator022]

Slacks: Starts dissecting WR skillshots Fable 1 music: buenos dias fuckbois

[@Ariocsneedle]

I laughed so hard What a masterpiece. Slacks has a talent when that passion rolls through.

[@I3ULL5HIT]

I rather have a techies in my team than having windranger

[@TylerMyGuyler]

By a huge margin. I love a techies on my team. I hate it when their my opponent.

[@I3ULL5HIT]

@@TylerMyGuyler exactly no matter how shitty the techies player is he can be a constant pressure just being in the team the enemy will always hesitate to take objectives. Wind on the other hand just utterly useless any role she's playing if you don't stomp the opponent before the 30 min mark... She's gonna be the biggest burden in your team no matter what role it is.

[@speedevil9732]

People who plays techies should just die

[@I3ULL5HIT]

@@speedevil9732 people who play wind ranger should just go to hell then I guess? Being a burden especially as a mid laner.

[@danshia8564]

Pudge, Mirana and Techies in the same team is a freaking nightmare to go against with. Those three together will give you stress, and will make you paranoid. Lol

[@Jay-vq7rj]

Watching this after Saksa's win over Alliance.

[@psico6962]

Watching this after Saksa's upper bracket finals game 3 loss against Secret. :) Oh and by the way after reaching grand finals to face secret once again, OG never picked it for him this time. Unreliability much?

[@unmercy2326]

So many rng hero same as wind ranger.

[@ThePortableTornado]

Alright, here's the ultimate challenge Slacks: Re-design her so she ISN'T terrible.

[@iMost067]

That actually quite easy: increase failed shackle duration to 50% of full one, change shackle target search from cone behind enemy to circle/spiral around enemy, remove damage fall off on power shot, make wind run repel projectiles like strafe on clinkz had, change ulty to something team fight oriented, change attribute to agi. And she would actually be op

[@yagoosidol6338]

@@iMost067 yep, i never understand the shackleshot design. it's the biggest bullshit i've ever seen in my whole life. you can be the best wr that never miss shackleshot in your whole life but what if your target is in the river, alone? and her ult? man you don't even need blade mail just pick centa and see wr kill herself. the power shot? kotl illuminate, grim's stroke can do much better.

[@twh4526]

1. Shackles that hits nothing except the main target will now also slow & disarm the target on top of the ministun. For the same duration as a full shackle stun would. 2. How about make her ulti a free hurricane pike, like sniper's attack range on top of the max attack speed for maybe a shorter duration. That could give her something she's especially good at and solve her over commitment problem at the same time. Thoughts?

[@yagoosidol6338]

@@twh4526 disarm and slow wouldn't be useful as her windrun gives 100% evasion rate and movement speed bonus + slow debuff anyways. the ult bonus range will even be worse as she won't be able to escape range when getting blade mailed.

[@twh4526]

@@yagoosidol6338 Exactly, extend her specialty so she can chain her 2 spells and not stack. Incentivizing people to save windrun more for escape instead of for overextending. This may nullify her need to buy other escape items and thus making it possible for her to come online quicker. I should also point out that disarm cant be countered by mkb unlike evasion. So that means even if enemy gets mkb, her escape mechanism doesn't have to be her only way to survive anymore. This also means buying mkb against her may not be as much of an obvious choice anymore. Good point on the blade mail. Maybe remove the involuntary part of her ult?

[@enso8762]

Techies picker complaining lmao Seriously though, she needs a rework

[@haydenkiller]

People just use her q wildly because it's hard to tether

[@danielpatrascu]

Just because a hero is overestimated and popular, doesn't mean it needs a rework. Dota players need a rework.

[@enso8762]

@@danielpatrascu You need a rework.

[@vexcarius7100]

@@danielpatrascu she is strong but god all her skills are awful tbh. It's a hero that tries to fit in almost all category but sucks to compensate anything. That's why I don't play her in rank because there are better heroes that can do big things than her. If you give a radiance to a Spectre or a Manta to AM, they can easily scale well. As for WR, you need tons of items to carry, only to be easily countered by a MKB.

[@thefinallegofan]

@@danielpatrascu did you even watch the video lol

[@bennyzhang7017]

This video teach me more about statistic, psychology and relationship than my entire college life

[@howleyheellibot]

My friend's favorite hero is Windranger, and come to think of it, I lose with my friend a lot.... HMMMMMMMMMMM

[@Tygzor]

Literally nobody: "Maybe WR?" SirActionSlacks: "INHERENT! INHERENT! INHERENT!"

[@Kokozaftran]

And Ceb was steamrolling as 4/5 in Stockholm to win the Major.

[@zdnc1528]

*50 min game Me: Guys, let's defend high ground. Windranger: It's gamble time.

[@wildanafta1875]

my question for this hero "why she is intelligence hero?" maybe if she agility hero she will be good

[@ainsleyharriot7480]

Probably to balance her itemization. if she was an agi hero her item build would totally be different.

[@kioshy_.]

her right click would bee broken, imagine yasha and shit on her

[@fitzviandraduivenab2790]

Didn't she used to be an Agi hero or am i high?

[@kioshy_.]

@@fitzviandraduivenab2790 always knew her as intel, maybe she was before i started playing back in 2012

[@tingol10]

@@fitzviandraduivenab2790 She was never agi

[@weeepweeep8754]

Slacks legit punching the air right knowing that wr arcana is coming

[@matteofaccin6636]

SO. MUCH. CONTENT! WHERE IS THE REAL SLACKS? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?

[@mr.j5112]

Icefrog after seeing this video be like: Shackles will now automatically latch into anything even air. Powershot is now a homing skill if targeted on a hero. Windrun reworked, windrun can be activated/deactivated. Damages all nearby enemy like radiance does. 5 mana per second. Focus Fire attacks all enemy within WR's attack range and now ignores damage that comes from blademail or other damage return mechanism.

[@omkargurme20]

Gets a free diving after lvl 30

[@Pips-hw8nd]

@@omkargurme20 So she can kill herself faster And feeds enemies a free rapier yes please

[@undsamuel]

Still garbage.

[@TheDonBry]

he might even be ice frog thats why wr got nerf all the time

[@jicuken]

All Icefrog needs to do is to change Shackleshot, lets say, 100% slow (down to 100ms) for the same duration as a stun, if it does not land on 2 heroes or a tree. So it would be a reliable slow at least. And also maybe make her ult togglable for avoiding damage return.

[@nd-dv8px]

Me with 68% winrate with WR in divine bracket: *nervous laugh*

[@wizardswine]

People achieve it with pudge, still a terrible hero.

[@nd-dv8px]

@@wizardswine true, but it is so fun to play hitting those skill shots.

[@wizardswine]

@@nd-dv8px Aight, just hope it doesn't appear in my pubs lol.

[@Pijetlo91]

Wanted to like the video but then I heard "I'm a techies player".

[@m0rthaus]

Techies has an even worse winrate than Windranger (taking a quick look over dotabuff, as i dont have dota+), with the even worse additions that he makes the whole game 4v5 for your team - and usually doubles the game length. So if you're trying to argue that Windranger is not a good team hero and then say 'and techies is different', then yes.. you just shat on your credibility

[@deciphertwentythree7726]

@@m0rthaus I hate how he casually mentioned him being a techies player but I disagree with you techies can play 5v5 now and is very good with his 3rd skill is so op depends on the skill bracket though.

[@Pijetlo91]

@@deciphertwentythree7726 Having Techies in the game means that the other 9 people are not playing the game they signed up for. Even in pro matches it's so frustrating to watch because it makes the game longer and you have to triple check every single corner on the map only to find out that the madman put 80% of his time and resources mining Roshan.

[@deciphertwentythree7726]

@@Pijetlo91 Lmao You are so right. Its good to have a good techies player on your team though but I wish it gets banned out of the game. I actually played a 2hr game againts an enemy techies that was the most frustrating game ever. I was a full slotted Morphling but we were already megad by 60 min and game dragged on for another 60min becoz late game techies is non existent but we cant push everytime we wiped them out.

[@de0509]

I remember one match where we had a techies on my team and the enemy has tinker. We fought for 3 hours no joke. And we won. I love techies. Imagine the amount of anger the enemy team had after tryharding for 3 hours and still lose

[@AngelPl4y3r]

Ice Frog: *watches this video* Ice Frog:"Damn, he is right, the hero has been trash for ever, we need to buff it and break RIGHT NOW!" Dota2:*WR Win Rate goes up* SirActionSlacks*Linus Starring meme*

[@shinobexi9336]

Slacks should change his steam name to "Pick WR only if you are CEB"

[@GG-ou7it]

5:30 i feel personally attacked