Best of Insane Hero Picks That Actually Worked (Dota 2)

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5 жыл бұрын

Dota games are often a grueling affair and can take up to an hour or more to complete. But often they’re actually decided before the game actually starts, during the draft.
That’s right guys, we’re looking at some of the best, most insane hero picks of competitive Dota 2.
We’re taking a look at the meta-breaking roleswaps, like Core Vengeful Spirit or Jungle Keeper of the Light, as well as the off-meta and new hero picks, like Pangolier, or when heroes like Axe and Necrophos were considered uncommon.
And this list would not be complete without the perpetual black sheep of Dota 2. The heroes that are always a surprise, regardless of the meta: Meepo, Techies and the pub star king, Pudge.
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@theScoreesports 5 жыл бұрын

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@CivilizationV 5 жыл бұрын

nah, both are cringy

@sheelaranjit2438 5 жыл бұрын

theScore esports stop Colin isn’t cringey

@Viran_21 5 жыл бұрын

Colin is terrible. Really. He talks just way too much. That's the only thing I don't like about your videos. Colin.

@riveteye93 5 жыл бұрын

I like Colin, he just needs a litte work on his presentation that's all

@ouroruo 5 жыл бұрын

Dead game

@mattgesualdo6363 5 жыл бұрын

Back when offlane enchantress wasn’t a thing...good times

@LeinRa-Reaction 5 жыл бұрын

and now it's one of the most hated things in pubs

@Sc0pee 5 жыл бұрын

Well it kinda was, but just not in pro scene.

@ammarfadhil184 5 жыл бұрын

back when enchantress was a jungler pos4 role

@lunamoonfang2 5 жыл бұрын

still haunts my dreams

@notelsaga6779 5 жыл бұрын

singsing meepo FeelsGoodMan

@jordyrio9269 5 жыл бұрын

*"Anything can work" - BigDaddyN0tail*

@cloroxbleach5660 5 жыл бұрын

Everything not anything

@dasyad00 5 жыл бұрын

POWER OF FLOWERS AND FRIENDSHIP

@ayushkumar4414 5 жыл бұрын

@@dasyad00 prowess * not flowers meaning bravery or skills in battle

@sevenlikethenumber 4 жыл бұрын

Dendi said that

@zaxis1812 4 жыл бұрын

Even support hero to become carry hero

@incoherence 5 жыл бұрын

It'll never not be funny to me that EG got a draft advantage in the TI5 finals because Aui drew a first phase Techies ban in every game.

@kylecalvert4549 5 жыл бұрын

That and the fact they knew Maybe's Leshrac was not good back then since Lesh was the hero banned first phase every game! PPD's mind games were through the roof!

@jamilangon5798 5 жыл бұрын

Dendi is not the greatest player today but he carries the legacy of true dota players 😎

@arnnaul7495 2 жыл бұрын

Dendi is the ORIGINAL.

@schlockb9917 5 жыл бұрын

realy interesting to see how many of these picks became meta not too much later

@Tarmanydyn 5 жыл бұрын

Editor here, It was actually way harder than I thought it was going to be to find stuff like this. Like the transition from Offlane Bounty Hunter to a full Support BH. A lot of these are one-offs that I remember watching live.

@freepress3631 5 жыл бұрын

That enchantress offlane, is meta now

@jamesaditya5254 5 жыл бұрын

remember when razor aghs refresher was a meme? It destroys TI not too long after

@deathpyre42 5 жыл бұрын

Especially since dota's meta is a lot more freeform, so barring Meepo and Techies there aren't too many heroes that are truly off-meta.

@inestrix7377 5 жыл бұрын

Was that the first showcase of the Vacuum + (slardar) Crush combo? Or was it already used a lot before?

@yohanhusei14 5 жыл бұрын

I'll definitely get reported for trying these, even in unraked :) Good stuff Synd's laugh at 7:59 hahahaha

@hannijrch.5178 5 жыл бұрын

I watched this match live, and I actually bet for them and I just facepalmed but its actually great haha

@serajalhorani838 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that was funny

@akashindraji9747 4 жыл бұрын

Best for caster casts Ti20

@hansi639 5 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this since I saw the video you made about crazy LoL picks. Thanks for the great content!!

@Corrupted 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love how the gods of creative dota OG picked up sumail and midone, we can see a recruitment pattern here

@exalmer14 5 жыл бұрын

Singsing Meepo vs VG was the most entertaining match of TI4

@kaiogiovanni 5 жыл бұрын

The best thing is that he went against 5 counters and still won

@KurikuShoTto 5 жыл бұрын

Don't even play Dota but that was fun to watch, cheer dudes

@cloweystar 5 жыл бұрын

I member good old days Mastah Sing's glory FeelsBadMan

@justinvalbuena5933 5 жыл бұрын

Can still hear Loda... IS THAT BALANCED?

@user-ut5to8dp3i 5 жыл бұрын

dota 2 itself is unbalanced to begin with hahaha

@frking100 5 жыл бұрын

Loda was just a bs rager. He had try to use the pudge strategy before in another tournament and failed so he was salty at seeing someone be way better than him

@cataclisma3846 5 жыл бұрын

This channel produces great DotA2 videos!! Good work!

@jeanlucbertumen8687 5 жыл бұрын

No fng position 1 Treant, feelsbadman

@originalbillyspeed1 5 жыл бұрын

feelsbadman

@EpicFishStudio 5 жыл бұрын

when I told my friends that I had this in mind, they said it would suck just because. Then this guy comes along.

@greedisbad9890 5 жыл бұрын

12:10 "Do they have the damage" A Second later 3/4 hp is gone

@dragonazL 5 жыл бұрын

Greed is Bad *99%

@Nagnets 5 жыл бұрын

These videos are so great, very well produced and entertaining content.

@B20C0 4 жыл бұрын

The fun thing is that the Pudge mechanic that people get hooked to the position Pudge is in when the hook returns (and not from where it was thrown) was explicitly implemented into Dota 2. Also for all the people calling this a "bug": It never was. It's incredibly hard to time and doing so consistently like Navi did this game was pure insanity. Hitting hooks itself without setup is hard, but doing so vs pro players AND an exact timing is a whole other level. This is nowhere NEAR the Centaur+Manta abuse.

@WarChiefyt 4 жыл бұрын

and you could just press tp while hooking to enemy fountain

@B20C0 4 жыл бұрын

@@WarChiefyt Nah, you were disabled. I doubt Tongfu would have just "forgotten" that.

@VietVuHunzter 4 жыл бұрын

Dendi's Pudge SingSing's Meepo were my favorite.

@NelDota 5 жыл бұрын

Legend has it that Loda is still salty on that puj chen combo.

@tehpanasmanis5662 5 жыл бұрын

McNeilColin - Calls Dota 2 Heroes 'Champions' OMEGALUL HYPERCLAP

@aitan6593 4 жыл бұрын

Little late but I want to add Sing’s meepo pick was a bit before that really even became a good niche pick. Back then, nobody practiced as, with, or against meepo for any competitive reason. It’s what makes the pick work despite Sing’s (in comparison to what we expect today) inefficient performance. Still very impressive in context though.

@kyeicyreiz7442 5 жыл бұрын

The Iconic Fountain Hook still overwhelms me

@nurettinakyol6166 5 жыл бұрын

How can you forget the Team Secret vs. Fnatic game on ESL Frankfurt 2015. Kuroky played Techies that game and they actually won thanks to him. Especially last fight was amazing. "It's a trap!!!!"

@justinewendellmaramba5655 5 жыл бұрын

"HOW IS THAT BALANCE" -loda

@dotaessence7106 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work man!

@josegabrielsuarezortega3420 5 жыл бұрын

Dendi pudge was the best game ever in my 12 years of dota 1 and 2

@Leemo521 5 жыл бұрын

i love this meepo rap in the end xD

@raystinger6261 3 жыл бұрын

They missed pieliedie's support Bounty Hunter. Nowadays the hero is commonly associated with the support role, but that's because pieliedie reinvented the hero for that role, back in the day Bh was only seen as an offlane hero. Also an honorable mention to Bzz's carry Jakiro back when he played for VP - he made the hero look super OP.

@AndiekaAlmas 5 жыл бұрын

Now i know where these toxic player i encounter in Crusader got inspiration

@jadetaylor6093 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the eg playlist did you know there were other teams how is this video not just wings gaming and mvp phoenix highlights

@Dragon4eva 4 жыл бұрын

2019 Update: Ana IO

@alexanderhult2728 5 жыл бұрын

sick video dude xdDDd 10/10 1 min after release

@skatatzisskatenios3767 5 жыл бұрын

Nice videos dudes! Nice dota old times

@grob1an118 5 жыл бұрын

missing kurokys techies at ESL One Frankfurt, but still a great video

@SoulTouchMusic93 5 жыл бұрын

8:05 that laughter damn!

@mohammed64911 4 жыл бұрын

there are some crazy picks in dota turnoments we need more like this pls

@doemecom 5 жыл бұрын

where the heck is the techies/tusk combo from ESL ONE Frankfurt from Team Secret? that was by far the smartest pick and synergy

@tomekstec981 4 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest, that chen pudge combo is off the charts.

@bleach0959 5 жыл бұрын

When i think about it the fountain hook is really like the fnatic boost on overpass

@calebmusicofficial 5 жыл бұрын

Where's kuroky's techies at ESL One Frakfurt? Great vid though!

@russhiki5032 5 жыл бұрын

Wheres kuroky techies at esl frankfurt 2015 vs fnatic

@jamesaditya5254 5 жыл бұрын

What's amazing is Synderen literally had just said that Miracle can get literally anything to play in that particular game, and Riki is exactly the least expected hero to get that shrekt VGJT

@jamesryanceballos6288 5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you guys forgot Dendi's mid wisp in TI3 finals. He won mid against lone druid

@draconidmike 5 жыл бұрын

the tusk techies combo is so crazy in TI 5

@trenchtierstudios554 2 жыл бұрын

Miss old school EG; before they just became a super team. They had some amazing off meta picks that won them a lot of games.

@dZheymsK 5 жыл бұрын

How bout TNC.Tims’ Chaos Knight Support? He did that once and it worked like a charm.

@albertogonzalez5774 5 жыл бұрын

Lovin your content so far.

@yamato3618 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best tumbnails ive seen in a while idk

@lawrencedalangin4684 5 жыл бұрын

singsing meeps vs 5aoe skilled hero :O legendary !

@Qu1ntus_ 5 жыл бұрын

Ask and you shall receive. This vid is out finally! Thanks for this content!

@Mashironii 3 жыл бұрын

8:00 that laugh always gets me everytime 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@angelaly6470 5 жыл бұрын

Y’all realize liquid Matu mid dazzle was something that happened a lot more than secret doing it

@galileohansenVT 5 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for Kuku's Huskar pick at TI6

@khanali-vl5fp 5 жыл бұрын

Love dendi'combo with puppy

@kennivanchavez4478 5 жыл бұрын

Loda or Akke or Admiralbulldog story please (Dota 2)

@apektaiga3242 5 жыл бұрын

First meepo pick in TI and facing full aoe hero tide, dp, jakiro, es and luna. LoL

@jacobinfante2553 5 жыл бұрын

Happy to see this but you forgot techies secret vs fnatic when they got champion at ESL picking blood storm techies tuskar

@iplaytan 3 жыл бұрын

All those matches share something identical to each other, that is after the game all the weird picking become the thing in SEA server and to spike thing up it did not work out very well.

@neon10knights 5 жыл бұрын

fountain hook is just classic!!

@baligh2325 5 жыл бұрын

I hear loda screaming from miles away

@DonleyDemeterio-hk2qq 4 жыл бұрын

no io ana? hehe that was hell of unexpected picks too

@abeinla 4 жыл бұрын

Why is Hedo Turkoglu hosting a DOTA 2 video?

@doubting.youtubecommentor931 4 жыл бұрын

Aui's part always carcks me up

@vergel3603 9 ай бұрын

you can head Loda screaming DISQUALIFICATION! in the last clip

@yuinoji3353 5 жыл бұрын

I play supp with many core heroes for fun TB with urn, weaver agh scepter, sniper rod of atos E-blade, magina orb venom, jugger agh scepter, sven agh scepter, WK agh scepter, void, bs, arc warden, PA etc the idea is i pick those on 1st pick, and bait evemy to counterpick, but im actually a support lmao xD well its not high ranked mmr match so its still fun imo "Anything can work" n0tail

@yosiaaditya6415 5 жыл бұрын

Master Songsong!!

@midgetsow 5 жыл бұрын

Back when I played DotA 1, Pudge was first pick/ban. Slardar was highest win%, and VS was a standard pick. What happened?

@KiLeTheKiLLa 5 жыл бұрын

Where is the Kuroky Techies at a grand final? with those epic explosions?

@VaclavDusek36 5 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the Pre-wings time where you could still get shocked in Dota by weird picks

@Dyleniz 5 жыл бұрын

If they make an updated list damn support Luna, they forgot the time we saw support PA, Support Invoker

@torrevillaskimharold160 4 жыл бұрын

damn the nostalgia... last played 3 years ago 1387 hrs

@m.narcissus1209 4 жыл бұрын

Alternative video title: SEA Server's Guide to Drafting

@bigwig8657 5 жыл бұрын

3 morph was iceiceice with vg paired with super alch and old aghs.

@lokanantazain 4 жыл бұрын

Ah Yapzor and his weird support heroes. Luna, Terrorblade, Invoker and now Sniper

@cihanakn3693 5 жыл бұрын

nice video but didn't secret pick techies for kuroky before eg did for aui

@JCDenton46 5 жыл бұрын

So funny to hear them freak out about offlane Enchantress.

@alexandrenogueira236 4 жыл бұрын

you guys missed to mention yapzor's Luna and sven for team secret

@ShubhamChavan 5 жыл бұрын

I see Dendi I click...!!

@MrFidoxVodka 5 жыл бұрын

N0tail meepo vs Baguette was the perfect example. And its missing here

@TheXalkos 5 жыл бұрын

you missed the techies pick of kuroky in liquid vs fnatic game

@juliansalem9726 4 жыл бұрын

No s4 pools? Offline Puck, Mid NS, Mid Clock, ect and i 'member certain pros that went for PA Mid, PL Mid, PA Sup, Invo Sup, Skywrath Mid?

@AdityaSahu95 5 жыл бұрын

SingSing meepo. Good Days.

@greedisbad9890 5 жыл бұрын

Most of these actually the draft that change the meta

@heros7498 5 жыл бұрын

Casually picking meepo into es tide Luna and dp np guys

@royaleblizzard2460 5 жыл бұрын

7:38 LOL that's my HERO XD

@zer0legend109 4 жыл бұрын

Add io carry by Ana in TI9 to the list

@zem0ku605 5 жыл бұрын

We all know the Pudge + Chen combo is the BEST! That's why theScore esports saved the BEST for the last

@agustinusagungpradiptawibo2754 4 жыл бұрын

Next 1. Ana with Io 2. Disruptor mid can destroy Nigma

@tingispingis 4 жыл бұрын

There was a time when offlane Enchantress was a crazy pick

@er1Nemity 5 жыл бұрын

Dazzle was first used on mid by TongFu's uu9 so its not really new

@RamzaBeoulves 5 жыл бұрын

I have not played Dota since the WC3 days. Meepo was a high skill low reward champion but what happened to Pudge? Wasn't he one of DotA's most loved and used champion back then?

@asmerX100 5 жыл бұрын

pudge is still popular in pubs...but in competitive games he is not really much viable , thus the odd/unusual picks