Fourth Spirit - A Dota 2 Podcast
1,188 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 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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TmT: Confidence, Communication, and Reverse Dog Years
September 18, 2018 06:58On this week's Teach Me Tuesday Ursi is joined by John from Shelved Games since Bee is out sick this week! We're covering plenty of stuff but mostly focusing on branching out as a player, the most common and yet most difficult part of all our dota lives, particularly how mid is so awkward to learn but so gratifying once you've gotten comfortable! On the questions front we're covering being confident in your decisions, communicating effectively as a mid player that's having a tough time, Save...
Title: TcT: Patch 7.20 Patch Pre-Review
September 13, 2018 07:50 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday a losing-fatigued Ursi and Proud cover their recent dota leading up to a long, thorough discussion of their hopes for the upcoming patch, 7.20, and the aspects of the game they think should be changed and/or will be changed! We also learn the Ursi is incapable of doing even basic math and should be properly shamed.
TmT: The Melancholy of Proudhi SuzuBeedub
September 11, 2018 07:11 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBbeee didn't give me a description or title so this is what you get who even reads these anyway lamo
BONUS: HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH URSI SIMULATOR 2018
September 06, 2018 08:50 - 42 minutes - 20.4 MBfcuk yuo
TcT: Fishing For MMR w/ Ember Spirit & Magnus
September 06, 2018 08:44 - 35 minutes - 21.6 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi dig deep to assess their current inability to win dota 2 games. Maybe it's our fault, maybe it's our teammates fault, who knows (we do, it's their fault)? We're playing Magnus offlane to accent a safelane Ember Spirit pick and seeing how it all pans out! This and plenty more on today's episode!
TmT: Dota Firsts Edition
September 04, 2018 04:05 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Bee and Ursi are going over some of Bee's first times playing new heroes and new roles and how best to go about learning new things! We're going in-depth on a laning phase mid matchup of Lina vs. Sniper as well as covering some more general mid lina concepts/builds/etc. and other fundamental mid-lane skills anyone needs to work on their mid play. For questions we're covering the background strategy behind Lich's deny mechanic, BKB timings and how best to u...
7.19b Patch Note Review
September 02, 2018 19:54 - 55 minutes - 33.4 MBProud and Ursi are covering the entirety of the post-TI balance patch 7.19b! It's mostly nerfs to top-picked TI heroes that we somewhat expected but a lot of smaller, more interesting nerfs and some interesting overall changes to our pubs before the upcoming major patch we expect sometime around a month from now!
Title: TcT: Grimstroke or, Who Knows Where This Pipe Goes?
August 30, 2018 06:19 - 1 hour - 44 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are completing their new-hero trist with Grimstroke by playing him and trying to convince Ursi he needs to become a Grimstroke spammer (spoiler: he will be)! We're also casually covering our strategy now that we're trying to play and climb more seriously, a lot of lane partner pair-ups with Grimstroke, how to fit Earthshaker into a team comp, why pubs are bad at Spectre even though she's great, adapting pro or high-level strategies into your...
WmW: Huskar's new brother, Grimstroke HOW TO PLAY BUILD GUIDE EZ MMR
August 29, 2018 03:10 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBOn this week's Weach me Wednesday, Proud & Bee give you the low-down on everything Grimstroke; from items to skill builds, his abilities and how to play him! They also discuss Clinkz's clarity consumption, why no one builds Battlefury anymore, some predictions on what the upcoming patch will bring and more.
Title: Complete TI Round-Up Review Episode!
August 28, 2018 08:28 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBProud, Bee, and Ursi are all back from The International and covering their favorite bits, least favorite bits, looking ahead to next year's TI (for better or worse), covering their new motivations to actually be appreciably better at Dota, and plenty more! We're also covering our favorite players, our favorite storylines, and other pro-dota related topics we rarely cover on the regular shows!
We recorded at TI but I feel asleep hope it's good
August 22, 2018 20:01 - 48 minutes - 30.4 MBI sorta just described it in the title oops lmao im doing this at the event please be kind to me
TcT: Icicle Tigers ft. Phantom Assassin & Centaur
August 16, 2018 07:25 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi break into the first day of the group stage matches of TI, super-late-game decision making after Ursi had a 83 minute game this week, and plenty more! For our main segment we're covering the trends from day 1 of the Group Stage which can be summarized as "we're really smart and all of pro dota listens to this show please hire us"! For heroes we're covering a stat-focused PA build Proud and Ursi are both in love with and Ursi is playing offl...
TmT: Bee the Mid Player Edition
August 14, 2018 05:58 - 1 hour - 61 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Bee and Ursi work on a beginner's guide to mid as Bee's started to pick up the position and embrace her heel turn into a mid player (maybe, kind of)! We're specifically talking a lot about Shadow Fiend, the different archetypal mid roles, and when you should actually gank side lanes (regardless of your teammates' whining)! For questions we're burning through quite a few and covering everything from mid broodmother to Axe's tempo to farm efficiency, force st...
TcT: Please Kill Me ft. Carry CM
August 09, 2018 04:43 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi fly too close to the sun by attempting to play core Crystal Maiden by abusing her +250 attack speed talent and it goes as expected. It's a great example, if a little strange, of how the proper process of theorycrafting a new build should go when it comes to analyzing a hero's strengths and weaknesses and building around to amplify strengths while mitigating potential weaknesses. For our weak in Dota we have Ursi realizing he's a terrible Inv...
TmT: No title this week we're saving for TI and couldn't afford one
August 07, 2018 06:45 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBNo description either. Money's a bit tight feel free to give us some. Or just me personally, it's fine either way.
TcT: Try Daedalus Maybe ft. Tiny & Dark Willow
August 02, 2018 05:14 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi try Daedalus Tiny and are never the same afterwards. Ursi's playing his newfound love Dark Willow and having a grand old time with all her combos and whatnot. For our segment we're focusing on Creep Cutting and how this relatively simple tactic can win you plenty of pubs so long as you're aware of it, set yourself up for it properly, and execute it well! All this and more on this week's show!
TcT: Becoming Zen & Eating Mangoes ft. Patch 7.19
July 31, 2018 06:04 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Beedub and Ursi are covering the brand new patch 7.19, how to counter Phoenix & Morphling, analyzing Bee's recent pub losing streak, Ursi becoming relaxed & zen this week in his pubs, and plenty more! For listener questions we're covering efficient mango usage, why Aquila is so OP, when to buy gems, Octarine Core in general, whether or not we should bother investing time into Enchantress since she's strong right now, and how best to survive on a deserted island.
TcT: Dota Is A Knife Fight ft. CM & Wraith King(edited)
July 26, 2018 17:20 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are going over a whole slew of observations about the recent metagame, their observations from watching day 1 of The Summit, why Phoenix is a god, Ursi's attempts to make 4 Kunkka work again, Proud's attempts to make LD work again, Proud playing with Jenkins, and plenty else! For heroes we're covering Crystal Maiden in depth, especially the whole mystique around her +250 attack speed talent, and Wraith King, who loves his kids!
TMT: Respecter the Spectre
July 24, 2018 06:15 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBThis week’s episode is all about Spectre! Proud sheds some light on Bee’s recent Spectre games and what went wrong/right with haunting, itemization, farming & more. They also discuss high ground pressure and when to back, big ults with big cooldowns, what to do when you team takes bad fights, how to avoid Skywrath’s wrath & what to do when heroes are missing.
TcT: Pudge is Ridiculous ft. Bloodseeker Edition
July 19, 2018 05:12 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are going about decribing exactly what the idea of 'flow of the fight' is and how that impacts your late game decision making regarding items, talents, and even hero choices from the get-go! After our regular Week in Dota segment we're focusing our hero specific segment on carry Bloodseeker (all applies to mid BS as well) who's real strong at the moment as well as 4 Pudge played by Ursi who discovers the wonderful, terrible, gore-filled worl...
TmT: Dominating Your Lane with Efficient Harass
July 17, 2018 07:31 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Beedub and Ursi are delving into the nuance of dishing out harass from an aggressive perspective as well as what to do when you're getting seriously harassed from a defensive position. We're also covering all those weird talents like Crystal Maiden's +250 Attack Speed and when they're actually useful, the difficult choices between Aeon Disk, BKB, & Linkens, why Ursi's salty about Purge's Crystal Maiden video, and plenty more!
TcT: Maneuvering ft. Phoenix & Tiny
July 12, 2018 06:55 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBDescription: On this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are going into some specific maneuvers & techniques that you can put into your play for an edge! We're also chatting about our last 2 weeks in dota, Proud's newfound offlane position, Invoker fears, Dragon Knight bullying, and plenty more! For heroes we're playing Phoenix as a support and Tiny as a safelane carry and exploring how they work with their flexible positioning and strength as a pairing!
TmT: Win Conditions & Money Pits
July 03, 2018 06:20 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Beedub and Ursi try out a brand new segment for the first time, centered around picks & counterpicks, before going into a full explanation of Ursi's idea before the 4 archetypes of Win Conditions that we talk about on the shows all the time! For questions we cover a bit about broodmother, a bit about dagon, Nova Scotian money pits, what the differences between 4's and 5's are in this 2-1-2 metagame, what each of the numerical roles translates to in terms of ac...
TcT: 7.18 Patch Review ft. Enigma & Sven
June 28, 2018 07:58 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi go through the brand new patch, 7.18, and highlight the most important changes that'll be affecting all our pubs in the upcoming weeks! Some highlights include the changes to lots of early-game laners getting increased mana costs, Doom getting a brutal movespeed nerf, Enigma's Midnight Pulse getting changed around, and plenty of other small nerfs & buffs! For heroes this week Ursi is playing Offlane Enigma and Proud's working out his Safelan...
TmT: Support Heroes Supporting
June 26, 2018 07:56 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBThis week on Teach Me Tuesday, Bee & Proud go over a whole bunch of support heroes! They talk about what makes good picks, what a support needs to help your team, which supports aren't so hot this meta and so on. Listener questions answered this week cover item builds on CK & his abilities, what to pair Shadow Shaman with & Aghs on Gyro.
TcT: Undying, Skywrath, and Zeus, Oh My!
June 21, 2018 06:43 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud & Ursi are doing an in-depth look at the heroes enabled by our now-settled 2-1-2 metagame! Notably, we're talking about Undying, Skywrath, support Zeus, Silencer, Nightstalker, all the offlane cores that are shining at the moment, and plenty other heroes that are trending! We're also covering some casual dota chat like the most painful ways to lose, Phantom Assassin, and more!
TmT: Q&A with Ursi and a Casual Show!
June 19, 2018 06:38 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBBee's out this week with the plague so Ursi is doing a quick solo Q&A followed by this week's Patron casual show from all 3 hosts that covers a bit of everything! We'll be back to usual on Thursday!
TcT: Aggro Duos w/ Windranger & Necrophos
June 14, 2018 06:38 - 1 hour - 49 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi go back to the classics and aggro duo as Necrophos annd 4 Windranger! We're also covering our calibration results, how early-season mmr uncertainty skews game quality/results, Dead Lanes, annoying people to death, how to win even if you're in a bad mental state from the start of the game, and plenty more!
TmT: Calibration Confusion & Drafting
June 12, 2018 01:56 - 1 hour - 60 MBOn today's Teach Me Tuesday, Proud & Bee briefly go over their recent calibrations and the new 7.17 Patch. The main topic this episode is all about drafting; how to pick the best heroes for your team and avoid counter picks! They also chat about itemization on Dragon Knight & Troll Warlord, what to do if you get two cores in one lane and go on a tangent about Bloodbourne.
TcT: MMR Calibration or: How I Stopped Caring and Learned to Play Support ft. 4 Naga Siren
June 07, 2018 04:55 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are going into a whole slew of topics including: why Luna is so strong at the moment, our recalibration strategies, a Wraith King carry game Ursi threw together, why buybacks are so strong in the mid-game, Proud's reassessment of the metagame after watching a bunch of Super Major, and plenty more! For our hero focus we're mostly covering 4 Naga Siren and how that functions in a team comp, specific pairings that work well with it, and Proud ...
Title: TmT: Boatloads of Bane Edition IMBA MMR ABUSE EZ WINS DIVINE MMR
June 05, 2018 15:08 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Beedub and Ursi are talking about a ton of different items and the nuances to itemization orders! In terms of heroes we're focusing on Zeus and Bane, particularly Bane's nuanced usage of Nightmare, as well as Ursi's traitorous dislike of Venge. As far as larger topics are concerned, we're delving into the wonderful world of disassembling items and the efficiency it builds into your play, starting items in the various roles & the accompanying rationale for vari...
TcT: Post-Birmingham Edition w/ Lone Druid & Rubick
June 01, 2018 06:46 - 1 hour - 40.7 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud is back from Birmingham so we're covering his time there, the Birmingham Major trends, and all that. Ursi's covering his week in dota as well featuring mostly Zeus and occasionally other things, Proud's getting back into dota after a travel-induced break in this wonderful new world of +4 base damage 7.16, and plenty more! For our combo we opted to run Rubick and safelane Lone Druid, Proud tested out this new NoTail build that's more hero-focused!
7.16 Patch Review (we almost forgot)
May 29, 2018 02:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBWe just got back from ESL Burningham and welp guess we should review that patch xd
TcT: Skrunk, The Mid Player, Edition
May 24, 2018 05:25 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBOn this week’s Theorycraft Thursday Ursi is joined by Skrunk to hang out and talk about everything you, specifically, have ever wanted from a dota two podcast. Topics Include: HP Regen laning meta, Timbersaw, Skrunk’s opinions on role queue and the health of the game, what to do when there’s too many support players in your stacks, why Io is dope strong, visage mid, how to become a mid player or transition from any role into another, why Ursi is so in love with armlet, Russian bot farms, and...
TmT: Playing from Behind
May 22, 2018 07:33 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBThis week on Teach Me Tuesday, Proud & Beedub chat about the dos & don'ts of maybe the most agonising things in dota, playing from behind! They also discuss tricky Venge swaps, Abaddon shields, keeping track when playing a micro hero, camera binds, daily heroes, Mask of Madness Juggernaut, the fall of Bloodseeker and more!
TcT: Playing to Win with Spectre & Warlock
May 17, 2018 05:08 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud & Ursi are running through all the changes to hero choices and laning that have developed over the last couple weeks after the most recent 2 patches, including how to deal with all the Axe we're seeing now-a-days! For heroes this week we're covering Spectre & Slark for carries and Warlock & Lich for supports, we ended up playing Warlock and Spectre in the actual game! All this and more on this week's show!
TmT: Support Items & Dota Superstitions
May 15, 2018 04:12 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Beedub and Ursi are delving into the wild wild world of support item choices, and the bizarre lovecraftian flow chart of situations that lead you into each item depending on your hero, the game, what items you've already built, and everything else support-item-wise! On the question side of things we're covering our dota superstitions, how best to ward when you're trapped in your base, how to work on training your map awareness, how to beat a losing streak, and...
TcT: Battlepass Edition ft. Role Queue, Lina, and Windranger
May 10, 2018 04:15 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are covering all things Battlepass, mostly talking about our experiences and opinions about ranked role queue! We're also covering the new duo lane 2-1-2 meta, when it's good, when it's bad, certain heroes who work in it that weren't working in the old offlane metagame, and plenty more! For heroes Proud is covering mid Windranger and Ursi is playing support Lina!
TmT: I warned you about the lanes bro
May 08, 2018 04:25 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBLanes are very importante mis amigos
TcT: Pushing w/ Silencer & Clinkz!
May 03, 2018 05:55 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are going over the trends in their last week in dota, like losing to 4 cores, the state of slark (spoiler: he's still bad), maelstrom, and other reactions to 7.14 changes! For our segment this week we're covering why you should be pushing side lanes as a support (or as a core, but we focus on the support angle) to open up the map, force enemy TPs, mess up enemy coordination, build your own farm, and much more! We're playing Clinkz in the mid...
TmT: 7.14 & Listener Question Extravaganza!
May 01, 2018 17:56 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Ursi & Beedub are going over their highlights and lowlights of the new patch, 7.14, including the mango sale, the potential resurgence of duo lanes, various hero changes, and more! The n we're covering a whole bunch of viewer questions with topics such as how to deal with aggro duo lanes, safe hero picks, specific hard counter picks to look for for free wins, jungling & how to fix it in its current iteration, how to convince people to do things like make prope...
TcT: Don't Punish Your Pals, Punish Your Enemies
April 26, 2018 08:22 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are talking about their recent battlecup win, Proud's storied love affair with Drow, Ursi's similarly storied but slightly more sallacious love affair with Kunkka, how to win your own Battlecup, learning to use smokes effectively, and more! For our segment we're examining the general things to keep in mind regarding how best to punish poor play from your opponents, and play games where you know you're the highest mmr and need to take advanta...
TmT: It's a Matter of Priority
April 24, 2018 05:17 - 1 hour - 47 MBOn this week's episode of Teach Me Tuesday, Proud & Beedub look at writing a Dota 2 priority list to help out in those moments where you're not sure what to do. They also discuss what heroes are good against Axe, how to get your Dota mojo back, whether life steal is worth it, Dota cosmetics, action films, candied apples, bad segues, fighting cats and more!
TcT: Salty Seadog Edition ft. Blink Dagger
April 19, 2018 08:03 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBOn this week's episode of Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are talking all about Ursi's boy Kunkka, all the different available builds for him, and running him with Proud's Drow Ranger, a recently trending hero, and Skrunk's Visage (mid)! We're also covering the incredible utility aspect of Blink Dagger as a farming tool to amp up core farming, not just as a fighting item! All this and more on today's show!
TmT: Ursi & Bee Scale as Supports w/ Kunkka & Silencer!
April 17, 2018 09:04 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Ursi and Beedub are covering how best to scale as a support, when to try to scale into a full core vs. when to opt for more supporty/utility items using Kunkka and Silencer as examples. For our questions we're covering how horribly Ursi threw this 1 terrorblade game, strategizing around buybacks (when to save for them, when not to, etc.), how best to utilize tomes, who Rod of Atos is core on and who it's optional on, and much more!
TcT: Everyone Loves Dagon Edition
April 12, 2018 04:48 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBOn this week's Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are exploring the wonderful world of dagon gaming in earnest, dispelling the memey nature around this underrated item! For our Week in Dota segment we're covering Ursi's renewed losing streak (briefly, I promise), his mistakes attempting to play Ember Spirit as though that hero is anything other than awful, and his renewed love of Kunkka; Proud is winning more dota, as per usual, with some excellent Winter Wyvern play! We're running a Dagon...
TmT: One Rapier or Three?
April 10, 2018 07:05 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBOn today's Teach Me Tuesday, Proud & Beedub (finally) discuss Bee's first ever rapier game! They also talk some Monkey King specifics, Dagon on supports like Jakiro, Fourth Spirit merch & a bit about Gundam. Listener questions this week are about double creep waves, dealing with losing lanes, heroes that can mid & safelane successfully and when to go S&Y over Manta.
TcT: Everything About Equilibrium Edition ft. Underlord/Slardar
April 05, 2018 07:34 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBOn this week's episode of Theorycraft Thursday Proud and Ursi are doing a deep dive into the dynamics of how safelane equilibrium works from the perspective of everyone involved: safelane carries, safelane supports, and offlaners! We're also chatting about Ursi's losing streak, all the ins and outs of pulling (and interrupting pulls as the offlaner), playing trilane safelane vs. aggro trilanes, support starting items, and more! The hero combo for this week is Underlord offlane with 4 Slardar...
TmT: Smurfs, Offlane, & Techies w/ LeafyPeachy
April 03, 2018 19:26 - 1 hour - 53 MBOn this week's Teach Me Tuesday Beedub is out sick so Ursi is joined by LeafyPeachy from Desoladies & Beast Coast to talk about all things dota! We're chatting about the absurd amount of pro games going on at any given time, the value (or lack of value) low mmr smurfs provide, how to deal with Techies players, Breath of the Wild, Ursi's crippling fear of birds, magical damage builds vs. physical damage builds on heroes like Shadow Fiend or Mirana, and plenty more!