Fourth Spirit - A Dota 2 Podcast
1,192 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsA DotA 2 Podcast for new and experienced player's alike. The hosts crack wise and talk the pains and triumphs of learning the ins and outs of the game as well as the meta behind it and offer educational information about the game from higher skill players.
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Episodes
Gotta Taste The Bits ft. Oracle
July 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee and Ursi play a few games together, plan a few future games out, and solve problems. Topics include: Bee's Abaddon game, Necrophos, Ursi's continued SF success, a general guide to Oracle, thorough ice cream rankings, under-utilized spells on certain heroes, and much more!
Special Chen Deep Dive w/ Strilling!
July 26, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBSince Zac is on vacation and we're short on episodes I got together with Strilling from We Like Dota to cover Chen!
Instrument of Power ft. Abagod
July 20, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBOn this week's episode of the Tuesday Show Bee and Ursi get to chatting whilst Zac is leisurely vacationing. Topics include: Shadow Fiend, Abaddon, reworking a few items & heroes that are bad/unpopular, Terrorblade, Graphs, Pokeclicker, Coffee, and so much more!
Sharks, Shadows, Shtats
July 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Ursi and Zac develop themselves as human beings for the betterment of society at-large. Topics include: Sharks, Snapfire, Shark Meals, Shadow Fiend, Man Eater, Item Paths/Timings, which sharks have the coolest fins, a Sven Theory by Zac, the tastiest kinds of chum, Gyrocopter, the Jaws franchise, all these trendy stat builds, pointy teeth maintenance, item paths/timing, and more!
Longer & Lower
July 13, 2021 07:00 - 55 minutes - 42.8 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee, Ursi, and Zac chat about Dota! What a surprise! Topics include: Natures Prophet, Bee's Cavern Crawl, Necrophos, commitment issues, lower mmr games often skewing longer, the stat leveling trend, Sand King, Underlord's shard, Doom, and more!
The Armlet Agenda
July 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Ursi and Zac develop an entire new game mechanic to fix Armlet instead of just, you know, modifying Armlet itself. Innovators, truly! Topics include: Echo Sabre, inability to pick supports in pubs, Armlet, alternative build paths (?!), Anti-Mage, changes to the carry archetype, Arc Warden counters, Phantom Lancer, Jared Walsh, Bloodseeker, the Pope's Secret Dota Notes, and more!
Inactivity is Easy
July 06, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee, Ursi, and Zac band together to solve the world's problems. Topics include: Natures Prophet, last week's micro homework, Enchantress, Arc Warden, Ursi's losing streak, SNKRX, Visage, out-of-role heroes, shadow amulet, a couple listener questions, and more!
Stun Theory ft. Composition Strategy & Battle Pass
July 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Ursi and Zac do some theory-building about larger compositional ideas and more! Topics include: Oracle, homework results, the relative value of stuns in certain compositions, Kunkka, minor optimizations, Sniper Aghs, Cavern Crawl balance, Battle Pass economics, and more!
The Spirit of the Game
June 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Zac and Ursi chat about a whole bunch of different topics and answer a few interesting questions! Topics include: Troll Warlord, mid hero preferences for certain situations, Nemestice, Riki (sleeper good?), Pudge, Techies, Monkey King, segues, Cavern Crawl motivations, whether complex heroes are good for the game or not, the best/worst carries from behind, and more!
Nemestice? The TRUTH May Shock YOU!
June 24, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Ursi and Zac are greeted by the newly-released Nemestice patch! We discuss: the new game mode, the Spectre arcana, the DK persona, the economics of it all, alternative economic models, Valve (in general), Winter Wyvern, TI possibly being delayed, sardines, mustards, randoming, and more!
TmT: Meedub Loves Micro (+ Patreon Updates!!)
June 22, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 40.3 MBOn this revitalization of the true Teach me Tuesday format, Zac and Bee mourn the cancellation of The International's Sweden venue, along with their impending homework assignments from the new Patreon tiers. Topics include: visa struggles in Sweden, the new executive producer tier, micro heroes, micro hotkeys, micro micro, reversing Beedub's losing streak, mid players giving up without last pick, why supports are played core more than cores are played support, favorite and least favorite spe...
Making the Second-to-Last Mistake
June 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Ursi, Zac, and Bee gather around the campfire to tell tales of Dota and answer a slew of listener questions! Topics include: Necrophos, Arc Warden's Aghanim's Scepter, Ursi's Kunkka mid games, developing collegiate Dota clubs, stack variety, Jakiro mid (?!), the Overwatch system currently, and more!
AniMajor Retrospective & 7.30 Predictions! Stuns & Saves!
June 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBOn a special Monday episode Zafc and Ursi cover tyhe recently-ended DPC Major and launch into a (surprisingly long & in-depth & maybe a little ranty) conversation about the current state of the game! Topics include: 7.30 predictions, DPC formatting, stun creep, mobility creep, Aeon Disk, the current state of neutral items, Mekansm, playoff structure, saves, healing, meta picks, unpicked heroes, and more!
TcT: PROUD BACK?!!?!?!?
June 10, 2021 07:37 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBLINK AT THE BOTTOM!!! Proud returns (for his final retrospective episode) with Bee and Ursi! Topics include: a reflection on podcasting from our longest-running hosts, some Lone Druid history, DotP history/discussion, what we've learned from podcasting, Proud discovering the meaning of life, Dota reflections, a couple listener questions, a new shirt (!!!), and tons more! SO LONG SENATOR SCRUMPUS GET "THE PROUD SPECIAL" HERE!!! or here! https://fourth-spirit.creator-spring.com...
Experimentation is Not A Crime (But Nightclubs Are)
June 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee, Ursi, and Zac gather in the dark basement of an illegal London bar-turned-rave to sit in the corner and discuss Dota. Topics include: getting real results out of your projects/experiments, when experimentation is dangerous for your growth vs. necessary for your growth, the ongoing Major, custom pick screens, Luna opinions from Aui, Ursi's super tilt game, Bee 'going through the motions', Sand King, stack meta, and plenty more!
Notes For God
June 03, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBOn this week's Thursday we discuss a whole slew of different heroes and games, some of which are good, others of which are bad, and a few of which are simply unknowable. Topics include: Venerial sins, Faceless Void, which roles tilt the most (and in what ways), Arc Warden, Ursi hitting platinum on Tinker, a mid Kunkka game, Zac's ranked losing streak, player mentality types, 4 Lifestealer, Necrophos, Queen of Pain, and more!
Notes For God
June 03, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBOn this week's Thursday we discuss a whole slew of different heroes and games, some of which are good, others of which are bad, and a few of which are simply unknowable. Topics include: Venerial sins, Faceless Void, which roles tilt the most (and in what ways), Arc Warden, Ursi hitting platinum on Tinker, a mid Kunkka game, Zac's ranked losing streak, player mentality types, 4 Lifestealer, Necrophos, Queen of Pain, and more!
DPC Deep Dive (DPCeep Dive?) - Solving Hero Problems!
June 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBNormally a Patron Exclusive, we're releasing this Deep Dive in place of the week's regular Tuesday show because of how happy we were with it! Topics include: Sniper, Chen, Clinkz, Silencer, Meepo, item balance, hero pool shifts, regional pro dota trends, and plenty more!
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Game
May 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Zac and Ursi bring Ursi to the court of Dota 2 to decide his level of guilt for a particular Dota match. Topics include: Lion, Ursa, 7.29d, last week's project results, Arc Warden, Slark, Timbersaw, Winter Wyvern, Templar Assassin, streaming, Medusa, and much more!
Catastrophe Strategy
May 25, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee, Ursi, and Zac break through a whole bunch of mini-segments, some listener questions, and more! Topics include: deriving fun from Dota (a video game, meant to be fun!), specific sources/kinds of tilt, play skill differentiation, Aghanim Shards, Arc Warden, Gleipnir, Juggernaut, mangoes, playing Dota with your real-life friends, and more!
Magnus Isn't Handsome
May 20, 2021 08:30 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Zac and Ursi discuss the status of invisibility in the game at the moment and go over some past projects, plan out some new projects, and more! Topics include: Magnus, long games, Lion, the recent carry pool, Slark, Sven, Medusa, 'soft commitment', Aeon Disk, Gems, Phantom Assassin, and more!
Dark Willow Stole My Teeth
May 18, 2021 03:09 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee, Zac, and Ursi get their teeth stolen by a sneaky lady. Topics include: Ursa, the Battle of Waterloo, dealing with Techies, Winter Wyvern, Dark Willow, Centaur Warrunner, an hour long Sniper game, support Invoker, team comp/synergy damage-type limitations, and more!
Announcement: Gooing Gooing Gone!
May 14, 2021 00:52 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBOn this week's Thursday Show we make very important show announcements! We also talk about Dota, of course, focusing on Bristleback mostly! Topics include: important show announcement(s), support Invoker, Bristleback theorycrafting (lots of it!), Shadow Fiend, Zac's winning streak, overconfidence being punished, Video Game Resumés, Pudge, Meepo, and more!
TMT: Deradicalizing Your Teammates
May 11, 2021 01:46 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee, Ursi, and Zac get together to fix Dota 2. Topics include: Winter Wyvern, Vengeful Spirit, Pudge, Kotl combos, Bee's Big Day, pub management, Dota psychology, highgrounding, and much more!
TcT: Got A Head for Knowin'!
May 06, 2021 03:01 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Zac and Ursi break into some new project heroes, go over some recent trends, and much more! Topics include: Spectre, Razor, Ursi & Zac's recent games together, Zac's ranked progress, core lion, Meepo (?!?!), Bounty Hunter and his shard, Tinker, Chaos Knight, Mars, Legion Commander, Sniper, Necrophos, and more!
Necrophos: Worse Than Techies?
May 01, 2021 15:27 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBOn this week's (theoretically) Thursday Show Zac and Ursi get together to deal with Ursi's hot take: Necrophos is worse for the game than Techies. Other topics include: DPC League updates, Slardar as a carry, Centaur Warrunner, Faceless Void, Gleipnir, Lina, Nyx, map changes, Sniper supports, Necrophos potential, Lion, and much more!
New PCs and New PLs
April 22, 2021 03:37 - 53 minutes - 43 MBOn this week's Someday Show Ursi and Bee get together to talk about all manner of things! Full-on Dota talk begins at ~25:00. Topics include: Bee's new PC, the 2nd season of the Dota Anime being teased, Dawnbreaker positional analysis, Ursi and Bee's recent games, Phantom Lancer lancing his way through any and all games, a listener question about Starting Gold, streaming habits, patch 7.29b highlights, and more!
You Just Gotta Live It
April 17, 2021 06:30 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Ursi, Bee, and Zac get together to Live It. Topics include: conquering enemy deathballs, ganking strategy, Riki, Beastmaster as a 4, Grimstroke, Bee's recent tournament, Ursi & Zac losing pubs together, Slardar, new player inhouses, Dawnbreaker, splitpushing, ganks turning into teamfights, coordinating your pub teammates, the Labyrinthian Mind of the Dota 2 Player, and more!
Dumb Numbers: Fixing Dawnbreaker
April 15, 2021 01:05 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show we flip-flop some people around and Proud, Ursi, and Zac give their reactions to their first few days of playing the new patch, with our main topics involving the new hero, Dawnbreaker, and the general effects/changes of the patch! Topics include: the new bottle & runes, Lion, Invoker, the biggest losers or the patch, Broodmother, Phantom Lancer, Luna, Skywrath, Armlet, Lifestealer, Phoenix, Lina, Warlock, and plenty more!
Dota 7.29 Dawnbreaker: Hero Changes!
April 10, 2021 05:17 - 3 hours - 139 MBOn this part of the 7.29 patch review Ursi, Proud, and Zac burn through the absolute mountain of hero changes, big and small! We're looking at the up-and-comers theat got buffed, the sad folks who got nerfed, and everything in between!
Dota 7.29 Dawnbreaker: New Hero, General & Item Changes
April 10, 2021 05:10 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBOn this part of the extensive 7.29 patch review Ursi, Proud, and Zac break through all of changes to the game, the map, the math, the new hero Dawnbreaker, item changes, and more! The hero changes are covered in the other part.
Death Prophet, the Toxic Mechanic
April 09, 2021 06:10 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBOn this week's Tuesday Show Bee and Ursi gather around the campfire to tell stories of the Singapore Major and Bee's 100 pubs she played this week. Topics include: Death Prophet support, the Singapore Major as a whole & specifically the grand finals, 4 Luna vs. 4 Zeus, support Invoker, Venomancer, an accidental calibration, the Singapore Major inciting (yet another) conversation on whether pro players all chatting is okay or not, upcoming patch predictions, and more!
Dragon's Blood: Divine or Disaster?
April 07, 2021 23:19 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBLoved Dragon's Blood? Hated it? Today we have a special extra show with Bee & Zac as they discuss their opposing views of the show, talk plot holes, debate character development (or lack of) and make some predictions for the future.
Fixing the Terry Role ft. 4 Tusk 3 Bloodseeker
April 03, 2021 05:53 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Ursi, Proud, and Zac get together to perfectly balance each and every aspect of the game for the upcoming patch (you're welcome, Icefrog). Topics include: the Singapore Major, trendy heroes right now, faltering heroes right now, Grimstroke, Tusk, Arteezy Naga Siren, Spider Legs, Zac's upcoming coaching stream, map change expectations, Timbersaw, Earthshaker, Clinkz, Drow Ranger, certain mid matchups, Terry, and more! Terry Yun Goong: https://www.youtube.com...
Playing With Intention
March 31, 2021 21:34 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBOn this week's "Tuesday" Show Bee, Ursi, and Zac get together to discuss team compositions, personal improvement, chip buttys, and more! Topics include: optimal hero choices vs. comfort hero choices, the All Hero Challenge, the SIngapore Major so far, dead lanes, our favorite dota youtubers, underrated sandwich fillings, developing team comps with particular synergies, and much more!
New Player Experience Patch & Support Tidehunter
March 25, 2021 21:38 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBOn this week's Thursday Show Proud, Zac, and Ursi run through the new New Player Experience patch that released mid-podcast and then play a game with a support tidehunter inspired by a couple pro games that makes for easy wins! Topics include: Grimstroke, Tusk, Slacks' tutorial, a very sad Alchemist, and so much more! Survey Link: https://forms.gle/RH61wYZtfJvn6s218
Moon Time & Hero Pools
March 23, 2021 03:33 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBOn this week's (Teach Me) Tuesday Show Bee and Ursi gather to make some exciting show announcements, talk about the Dota Tutorial that's now out, and a lot more! Topics include: Tsunami, Juggernaut being banned all the time, Clockwerk, playing with limited hero pools, ranked with stacks, Ursi's recent party wins, carry playstyles right now, Mirana, Phantom Assassin, and plenty more!
TcT: Build Builders Building Builds
March 18, 2021 19:38 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi try out a new format: developing new builds in real-time, batting around ideas, talking about the theorycrafting process itself, outlining a few heroes to test out over the next week, crossing potential theories off the list, and plenty more! Some topics include: Leshrac, Kunkka, Mars, Doom, Gyrocopter trends, Slark, which positions are more ripe for innovation than others, theorycrafting limitations, styles, and more! My audio got mes...
TmT: Beedub: Judge, Jury, and Zeus Player
March 16, 2021 04:03 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday we learn about Beedub's great service to our Dota Society and some interesting updates to her hero pool! Topics include: Ursi winning again, Carry Feelings, tiktok recipes, Nyx, 4 Zeus, Shadow Shaman, Silencer, Bee as a burgeoning 4 player, Overwatch system results, Glimmer Cape, Force Staff, and more!
TcT: Ouroborical Human Centipede ft. Guest Zac & Mid Dark Seer
March 12, 2021 11:09 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are joined by a special guest, Zac, who introduces us to a numbers-based analysis of Dota in the past vs. Dota now and introduces us to an interesting new mid Dark Seer build he's been working on! Topics include: various Arcane Blink interactions, Ability Draft, Puck, 'Scarcity' as a Dota theme in the past, item balance over time, Tinker, 4 Invoker, Ursi winning again (huzzah), Dark Willow, Seximal systems, Dark Seer, and more!
TmT: What's a Negative Buff, Anyway?
March 03, 2021 02:20 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Ursi and Bee bumble around in their regular style that you all know well by now. Topics include: hangovers, Techies (philosophically and otherwise), Ursi's inability to play Bloodseeker, OD, Puck as a 5, Tinker's aghs being fixed, Bee breaking Valheim, swift blink Juggernaut, couriers, cosmetics, the relic changes, Runescape, and more!
TmT: On-Topic but Off-Topic ft. 7.28c
February 24, 2021 12:44 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Bee and Ursi try their best to remain on-topic with Dota but can only control themselves so much before deviating to talk about 100 other things. Topics include: Bee's perspective on the Dota animation series, a quick 7.28c patch review, support mirana successes, VALHEIM, Ursi's success infecting Bee with the kdrama plague, solo ranked experiences, game quality overall, Dark Willow, Nyx, Sange & Yasha, and more!
TcT: Dota is Voltron Now ft. Overwatch & 4 DP
February 19, 2021 02:28 - 1 hour - 61 MBOn this week's show Proud and Ursi discuss the Dota Video Game Animation Series, whether it's an anime (spoiler: it's not), who they want to see in it, what effects they expect it to have on the overall game, and also all kinds of regular Dota conversation! Topics include: the Dota show, 4 Death Prophet, Puck without blink builds, smurfs, Overwatch, the new player experience, possible changes coming to the game in the next few months, 4 Sniper, unsatisfying differences within itemization on ...
TMT: Working With Weaver
February 17, 2021 07:22 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Bee and Ursi discuss a bunch of their shared games, some of Bee's work expanding her hero pool, Ursi's frustrations with certain games/heroes, and more! Topics include: Weaver, Mirana, Maelstrom vs. Desolator, Hoodwink's ideal position, Ursi's KotL hate, Anti Mage, Omeleto, Shadow Shaman, stack games, Outworld Devourer (Destroyer? Demolisher? God only knows.), and more!
TmT: Engagement Heroes
February 11, 2021 10:16 - 1 hour - 61 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Bee and Ursi get into a whole slew of different topics, mostly focusing on examining & expanding Bee's carry pool! Topics include: Earthshaker, Drow, Venge, autopiloting in games, driving, who can start with boots, Mirana, Weaver, and more!
TcT: Missing Your Window ft. Lycan/Disruptor/Jugg
February 04, 2021 07:20 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi chat about their recent dota games, some trends they're seeing, and end up playing Lycan & Disruptor due to a Jugg ban after a healthy conversation on Jugg builds. Topics include: Spiritbreaker, Nature's Prophet builds atm, Venomancer, Battlefury, role queue supremacy, Ursi returning to solo ranked, Lycan, ending games, hitting a wall, Mirana as a carry, and more!
TmT: Everything Edition
February 03, 2021 00:28 - 1 hour - 64 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Bee and Ursi talk about everything. Topics include: optimizing your play as a melee 4, Bee & Ursi's stack games, Riki, carry pool options, kill stealing (securing?!), Ursi rejoining solo ranked briefly, Nyx Assassin, and tons more!
TcT: Bullying Kaiju ft. Riki/CM
January 29, 2021 05:20 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi theorycrafting many things, not just Dota! Topics include: ideal weapons for TV bullies, Hoodwink (still), 3 Wyvern, Silencer, Riki, the 3 role in its current iteration, Dazzle, Blind vs. Evasion, Warlock, Sand King, Lycan, Puck, and plenty more!
TmT: Hoodwink Hijinks
January 27, 2021 08:24 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Bee and Ursi get together and Ursi converts Bee into the cult of Hoodwink Players. Topics include: Bee's truly incredible amount of Dota-playing recently, 5 stack mentalities, Juggernaut builds, learning new heroes as a concept, Hoodwink specifically, greedy supporting, witch blade, hard games, Nyx Assassin, and so much more!
TcT: A Little Bit of Everything ft. Troll/AA
January 22, 2021 11:44 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi evaluate quite a few different heroes, meta elements, and parse through them like archaeologists with brushes robbing tombs. Topics include: Swift Blink trending, Ursi's hot take about Force Staff, Timbersaw, team comp trends revolving around magic damage & fluidity-of-fighting, Crystal Maiden, Ancient Apparition, Proud's thesis on Necronomicon, a DK build question, OD meteor hammer trends & application, mid Hoodwink, Japanese dramas, and mo...