Fourth Spirit - A Dota 2 Podcast

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Roland and Ursinity take live listener calls about lane dominators and how to deal with them, efficient techniques for gaining MMR in Dota 2 with limited time, where their in-game names came from, and more listener questions about Dota 2.  Check out the latest Dota 2 Q&A podcast!
Direct download: TQA_fixed1_2272017.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 11:29pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

This week on Proudland, Roland rejoins Proud as they discuss what to do in different MMR brackets. Proud, as always, brings up interesting discussion topics as he explains you can climb MMR and have fun. While Roland sits silently in the corner being wildly incompetent. This and much more on Proudland - a Dota 2 Podcast.
Direct download: Proudland_2262017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Cyphus and Roland delve into the newest addition to the DotP network: Counterattack.  They explain the premise of the show as a study in counterpicking and attempting to elucidate (DotP's new favorite word) the reasons for the strength of counterpicking strictly by the statistics and whether those relationships are occurring due to legitimate counters or are simply due to an individual hero's current power in the meta.  Then they discuss their first attempt at counterpicking.  They discuss why they picked Luna/Warlock into a draft of Dazzle, Mirana, Earthshaker, Phantom Assassin and Tinker, the strengths and weaknesses they noticed, and whether Tinker or Luna truly has the upper hand and why.  All this and more on the latest edition of the Dota 2 counterpicking podcast: Counterattack!  Match info: https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3017107813 Match replay available on Youtube sometime Friday afternoon!
Direct download: CounterattackPilot.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 4:52am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

This week Proud and Ursi discover the beautiful synergy between an elusive, monkey-king poser and that hero inspired from Disney's Orignal 'Frozen'. Listen to them dopple-walk away from bad information as they cool down the temperature on some heated topics. Make sure you get your fair share of this arcane podcast. This and more on Theorycrafting Thursday - A Dota 2 Podcast
Direct download: Theorycraft_Thursday__2222017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:40am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Cyphus is joined by Malystryx from JoinDota for a discussion about Maly's work at the website, the decline in /r/Dota2 page views and visitors, the health of e-sports, Team Secret and Team Liquid's performances and ability to be top tier teams moving forward, transparency pros and cons for Dota 2 pro players, the recent success of TNC, and just what Maly did with that DotP shirt we sent him so long ago.  All this and more on the resurrected DotP One on One interview series of the Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: DotP1on1Malystryx.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 7:44pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Roland is back with Ursinity at his side tackling a new round of listener-submitted questions.  This week, DotP tries to burn through some of the listener submitted write-in questions about how to make money podcasting (hint: we have no idea...yet...), removing items from the game and how that impacts balance/meta, laning against Sand King and his damned caustic finale, and more!  They also take live listener questions about keybindings for micro-intensive heroes, the legitimacy of party MMR in Dota 2, and their favorite cosmetic items!  All this and more in the latest Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: qna02202017.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 12:46am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Roland is still away so Proud is joined by Cyphus for a support-centric episode of Proudland.  They talk recalibrating MMR for a bit at the top of the show, then flounder around trying to think about the best way to go about tackling the topic of supporting in Dota 2 7.02, and then finish out strong with a legit look at the function of a support in the various lanes in a Dota 2 pub match.  All this and some D&D alignment talk in the latest edition of the Internet's best Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: ProudlandwCyphus.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 10:40pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Ursinity fills in for Roland on the latest Friday edition of DotP and joins Cyphus for an in-depth discussion of a recent match Cyphus had on his re-calibration account.  (Match ID for those interested: https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/3000431194 ).  They talk about the beauty of lost games where at least you learned something, when to build BKB, carries without obvious counters that can be picked early on in a draft, whether S&Y is a decent item and who for (Gyrocopter!), and much, much more.  They also talk a little gambling, drinking and driving (though not necessarily all at the same time...though...nah...don't do that).  All this and more on the latest episode of the Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: FridayDotPwUrsi.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 7:12pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

This week Ursi and Proud discover what may be the best duo yet: Sand King and Doom. Despite Ursinity thinking Doom is a flat-line, dumb hero with a lame concept. He's wrong - "Shut up, Okay, moving on." - Proud. Despite all the back-and-forth, they find that the best friendship is one that is made in lane. Enjoy this weeks Dota 2 Podcast with Prosinity.
Direct download: TcT_2162017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:58am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Cyphus, Proud, Roland and Ursinity team up for a special Wednesday episode (sorry...no DotPro Show today...we explain) talking about their latest round of DotP Stream Team Team Stream practice, how Roland and Cyphus can improve in the support role, how to communicate with one another and when there should be comm chatter on a good team, how a recent pro match between Complexity and Team NP elucidated (that's right, elucidated) some points made on the most recent Proudland, and much, much more.  Check out the latest episode of the Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: 4mandotp.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 12:34am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Ursinity and Roland take listener questions about respecting those who climb traditionally in the MMR system versus those who smurf, Elimination Mode tournaments, how to counter/deal with Techies picks, favorite lanes and teamfight hero combos and more questions live from listeners, listener voice mails and email submissions!  Check out the latest Dota 2 Q&A podcast!
Direct download: TQA_2132017.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 11:10pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

This week Roland and Proud take on a the heady Dota 2 subject of fighting. First talking about initiating and counter-initiating, then into the subtle, yet definitive reasons behind why you win or lose. Proud breaks down over used terms, while Roland holds on for dear life, trying to keep up. Learn how to take a punch and throw one back, this week on Proudland.
Direct download: Proudland_2122017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:41am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Cyphus and Roland team up for the new Friday DotP timeslot to talk about versatility in Dota 2 hero selection, the best starting items for Luna, iron branches best branches, what a headdress takes, how OP Underlord was and now isn't in 7.02 Dota 2, and whether the Radiant advantage has been corrected by the recent changes in the latest patch.  All this and more on the latest episode of the Internet's 33rd best video game podcast...for now.
Direct download: DotP_Friday_292017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:13pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Roland and Ursinity get together for an emergency podcast covering the latest Wednesday Night Surprise we all got in the Dota 2 world: the 7.02 patch update!  They talk the 7.02 patch in thorough detail and what it may mean for the Dota 2 meta!  All this and more on the latest edition of the Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: Patch_7.02_.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 2:55am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Proud and Cyphus provide an update on the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 qualifiers from last week.  Then they turn to the Chinese qualifier results for the 2017 DAC and a preview of the other regional qualifiers for that tournament.  They also talk Mushi's departure from Fnatic and read an iTunes review before closing out the show!  All this and more on the pro Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: DotProShow02072017.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 10:37pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Ursinity and Roland tackle another round of Good or Garbage submitted by a listener as well as a round of Dota 2 questions from live call-ins and write-in questions alike!  Topics include: NA v EU server skills, top 5 generic support items, when to "smurf" to re-calibrate your MMR, show hosts' experience with Dungeons & Dragons, carrying your way out of the gutter and much, much more!  Check it all out on the Dota 2 Q&A podcast!
Direct download: TQA262017.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 11:17pm EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

On this Monday episode of Proudland power spikes get talked about a lot. Also, Roland's grandma calls - it's not an emergency. Learn about breakfast in a croc-pot, or about your favorite hero! Because this Dota 2 PS (power-spike) episode was so long, below are time stamps. Weave through the episode as we call out the waning rifts in power spikes between amping your play, or hooking your thoughts. Time Stamps:  Ember Spirit: 19:30 - 42:15 Outworld Devourer: 42:16 : 1:05.26 Underlord: 1:05.27 - 1:31:38 Tidehunter: 1:30.39 - 138.40 Slardar: 1:41.36 - 1:54.39 Pudge: 1:54.40 - END
Direct download: Proudland_252017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:48am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2Podcast

This week on Proudland a schedule change announcement is made, while Roland and Proud finish up discussion on the previous weeks mid talks. Power spikes are the topic of this show, while they discuss Luna and Spectre in the one position, and Rubick and Crystal Maiden in the five position. Proudland is moving to Monday's, so be sure to check out the second half of this Dota 2 podcast.
Direct download: Proudland_232017.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:02am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2Podcast

Proud and Ursinity are working on a new Lone Druid combo to go with Proud'/ favorite hero: Reinhardt! Nah. Just kidding it's Lone Druid. That should be evident right? I mean...contextually speaking it wasn't possible for it to be any other option than the two listed in the previous sentence. That was the source of the humor. Did I kill it by over explaining it. I do that sometimes. Oh yeah, listen to this Dota 2 podcast.  
Direct download: DotPTcT222017.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 1:51am EDT

Defense of the Patience - A Dota 2 Podcast

Proud and Cyphus talk Lonely Druid at DotaPit, their latest Sunday practice, and then follow it all up with an in-depth conversation and update on the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 open qualifiers.  They also talk the new Escape/Ninjas In Pajamas (NiP) roster before they wrap the show and read a few fan reviews!  All this and more on the latest pro Dota 2 podcast!
Direct download: DotProShow01312017.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 10:22pm EDT

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