i really love how the video doesn't end after the game c: the bits at the end with just grubby talking with chat is so nice

fun fact: almost every single one of Ember's voice lines (apart from some specific responses to other heroes) are exactly 4 words long, as a reference to a type of Chinese idiom; he even says himself, "Four Words Is Plenty" another thing that's really interesting is that the 4 Spirit Heroes (Earth, Ember, Storm, Void) all have a very similar basic premise/design philosophy: Super mobile, low cooldowns, medium-strong CC, and an immensely high skill ceiling

I would say you fall into a common trap I also fall into, which is the "I have to help my team!" mindset, where you treat yourself too disposably as a carry. That instinct of "my teammates are dying, I have to do something!" is what gets carry players killed in teamfights usually. You kind of have to be a psycho with carries. "Ahhh, excellent, my venomancer ate 3 enemy nukes and my venge has been pounced, now I can go in safely and murder everybody". Cold and calculated. You definitely adjusted towards the end though!

Fun fact: All of Embers voicelines are 4-worded. "Four words are plenty" (c) Ember

For every lore fun : Lost within the Wailing Mountains, the Fortress of Flares lay abandoned, its training halls empty, its courtyard covered in leaves and dust. Upon a dais in its sealed temple rests a topaz cauldron filled with ancient ash, remnants of a pyre for the warrior-poet Xin. For three generations, Xin taught his acolytes the Bonds of the Guardian Flame, a series of mantras to train the mind and body for the harsh realities beyond the fortress walls. However, in teaching a warrior's way he earned a warrior's rivals, and in his autumn Xin was bested and slain. His followers spread to the wind. Yet as years turned to centuries and followers to descendants, his teachings endured by subtle whisper and deed. Touched by the teacher's lasting legacy, the Burning Celestial, inquisitive aspect of fire, cast himself to the Fortress of Flares and reignited the pyre ash. From these glowing embers emerged an image of Xin, wreathed in flame, his thoughtful countenance prepared to train and to teach, and to spread the fires of knowledge to all who seek guidance.

I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the editing. The slow zoom-ins, the zooms to chat, the cuts... Good stuff

Grubby, you have got to get Siractionslacks to be your next coach. He's the main core of your training.

Euls would've been an amazing item this game and in general on ember. It gives mana, MS, an interrupt, a silence + pounce removal and a solid counter to axe call.

well if you new to dota, learning things with Grubby and grow together to understanding dota world is a fun experiences i wish i'am a new dota player right now

you are exactly what the community need!! hope to get your reaction of the coming truesight....

Soon Grubby will be the the next TI winner boy's, when the A-Z ends he will be ready!

for the amount of games you played, this is extremly good gameplay. Props! Love the series!

Mid embers usually rush boots of travel because it lets you react quickly and also lets you regen mana since it has a much lower cooldown for you to tp back to base than a scroll. Also on this game a casual ghost scepter would have been insane, its not expensive and it would force one of them to buy a 5k item since it would make you virtually unkillable.

Ember spirit is the definition of complicated yet satisfying.

My favorite hero

I wanna see grubby someday on the event talking about this game in front of thousands of people

not sure if you know, but you can spam the bottle in the fountain to restore hp+mp faster so you can get back to lane quicker, it's also a good idea to put an item in your backpack before a delivered item gets to you, that way you dont have to wait 6 seconds

Been binge watching your DotA 2 series Grubby! Please keep it up! ❤

(I got the idea for this comment from the drow game, just dropping it here for a larger chance for grubby to see it) I think you should take some time to talk to your viewers and stablish some grounds for the tips which they are giving. Maybe think it out with some experienced pro. For example, try to get your viewers to tip you more on mechanics, details that you might be missing or general item, or ability characteristics. Specially since you are trying a new hero for the first time. More focused on objective descriptions rather than specifics on what you should do next. Item builds/ general movement on when to farm, map awareness are things you are doing well and can and will only improve with game time. This is the way I see it but your feedback would be the best for what tips can help you out the most. This is a most interesting journey, keep it up Grubby :) >3

Wholesome content, as always. Love from the Philippines, Grubbyy💛

Bro we are happy to have you in Dota community! :)) I am watching your videos with high interest

I'm glad that you got matched with nice and well coordinated teammates despite them not knowing you playing your first Ember Spirit game. It makes the game much more enjoyable. Good luck with your challenge.

love from Chinese fan

And just like that, Gaben just captured another soul.

Grubby, i hope ure enjoying ur time playing this game cause I love watching you playing it. You are doing so well im so proud of you lolol wkew

I love playing Ember Spirit! It's one of my all time favorite heroes.

That axe is like a damn electric fan thats turned on the highest speed.

love the axe scream "TOO MEE" haha

love to see u here, practice well this exiting game

31:07 "I need to be faster" (Haste rune immediately appears)

love how every new hero he plays he has to do the grunts and strange noises they do as well lmao

Grubby is the only place I have to take rest from toxic dota community

My absolute fav hero.

Seems a great hero for you man ^^

This was a fun one to watch. I think I'm going to take the dive and pick this game up.

Grubby has a tendency to eat a cookie when he does something bad, I fear for his health while playing dota2.

Reminder : dont lose a momentum and watch your map oftenly

Grubby it’s insane how fast you’re adapting to the game. Just one thing though, it’s really important to play the heroes in certain ways as “power spikes” is one of the most important things in the game. Heroes like earthshaker, ember are snowball heroes so after a few levels and items try to go for kills. You can always ask chat if a hero is better played tank or ganker or just farm all the game. If you try to play the hero as it’s role is supposed to be, you’ll have more fun and have better impact in the game (specially in the learning basics phase). Can’t wait for the Invoker stream and Rubick stream.

Nice to see you learning this game with its many details and aspects. gl hf

frothing at the mouth for the meepo game

I think if u look up finesse in the dictionary ull see a picture of ember spirit...one of the most fun heroes to play in the game

Great conent again. Playing all heroes once is a great idea - this is how I started. I wonder what approach you will use after you're done. Can't wait for your first ranked games!

Hi Grubby,i´ve small tip for you. If you are near tower and it´s hitting you, force attack on your creep (like you want to deny it) and the tower will attack someone else (the nearest unit), otherwise tower act like creeps (if you attac enemy hero it aggro you)

Oh i'm excited about this one. Ember is my most played hero, so this will be very fun to watch

Hi legend, i really want to see you collab with BSJ for a coaching session. He's not a two times ti winner, but hes very good at explaining things and assessing what is best to learn next. Thanks for enjoying my fav game ❤️ Upd: you mentioned once it would be good if there was evergreen dota guides and i think thats exactly what he does

This is like a daily dose now.

You are actually a good ember for a first timer playing it especially your laning stage... GJWP Grubby

i've been a casual dota player since dota 1 and i still don't dare to play ember because of the ulti :D btw, idk if you do the thumbnails yourself or have someone to do it for you, but pretty sick how you pump out those videos while also streaming so much.

You can change minimap Icon in options from colors to the Icon of the actual heros is Better for minimap awarness

FINALLY XIN, my most favorite, most played hero, glad u enjoy him

U can use W for I-frames to dodge attacks in critical moments Also practice W Q on single targets to get used to the split second combo, it can be very useful when chasing, thats hiis bread and butter With Daedalus and other pure dmg items in late game, your W can one shot squishy supports if you crit, and all that from a safe distance

When you use an invisibility rune, the fade out takes a second and you can spam bottle once to get some regen and it doesnt break the invis.

grubby learning when to use tip

You can hold Alt + hover cursor on skills or item to see additional description

I decided to play dota once more, after yt recommended one of your vids, got 3 hrs of low prio cuz of bad client but eh, love your vids btw

there's venge, and tide. wave of terror + gush. and then grubby grabbed a deso. not even axe can tank with that much armor reduction. oh yea.. that drow definitely had a really good time.

GG WP man!

"High level player, 2000mmr and above"

After A to Z grubby goes ti 😎

41:58 at this point Axe is literally an orc blademaster spinning wtf

Hello Mr. Champ, after A to Z challenge. Would you like to have a dragon's blood(dota anime) watchalong from time to time?

"ill be back" "with D"

Grubby will you be watching TI? I'm loving your Dota 2 journey so far

Ready to carry Heralds for sure

BSJ coaching Grubby will be interesting

Its so weird to See the pro Player you Most Respect since you was a itty bitty Boy strungle too Play your fav Game. I Play all the Spirits for tons of years and its all Just in my muscle memory. So much fun too See you experience that so pure

Did he just call me a high level player with my 2010 mmr @5:20? I am honored.

Its like a Karazim mixed with a Samuro lol. Nice hero.

SLACKS SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT COACH! WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM HIS HOTKEYS💅💅💅💅

Ember Spirit is really difficult and hard carry... really

I played ember spirit for the first time yesterday, it's so much fun!

My favorite hero

Good video

CUANTA INOCENCIA AJAJAJ

First game on ember and Grubby is already rejecting magic build, true sigma male.

there is a magic build for ember too, i like to start with travel independent which build

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you can Press item or Skill twice to TP back to base or cast skill and item to urself tp back so fast if you press double click to T

If you wanna guaranteed to hit ur q with ur w. You must hit enemy with your W with the farthest radius of the circle range

This is insanely fun hero but requires quite a bit of skill, since when are you playing DotA? I've been your fan for a long time, watching your Warcraft games. Cheers mate!

@Grubby the slark renamed his steam account during the game :D in the starting screen (at 9:30) you see his name was "Hic! Hic!"

Grubby road to ti series xdddddd

still have basic mistake. always bring tp. remember its is always no matter what style for magic damage and mobility. if you choice battle fury u can go crit 2 -> max physic damage -> use full to deal with line up 3 melee

Hi grubby... Dont forget to always see oponent inventory

I always think about poor African children watching Grubby waste all those bottle charges =)

I spammed this hero as a herald after watching ti8 and it did not go well lmao

Mason best dota player of all time and probably best coach too. He isn’t gonna take the initiative though. Grubby please drop him a DM lol

yeah!

I think the hero is currently pretty strong in lane, spam W and win lane ezpz

Hello Grubby 👋.

youre forgeting the aggro mechanic grubby you click the enemy so the creeps will go to you so you can last hit safely without getting harass from the enemy hero its so important dont forget that

Fun Fact = Ember spirit only speaks 4 words in one sentence

It’d be awesome if you are coached by EE(EternalEnvy). He’ll definitely give you some valuable lessons on awareness by yelling at you “GEBAK GEBAK GEBAK! GETDEFAKBAK!”

What level is grubby's battle pass ?

Grubby x Admiralbulldog soon?

Yep

Should've got 2 battle fury, 2 rapier, bkb and travel for the meta. Kek

Why no Dota1?

After 220 matches and 47 percent winrate at archon 3 i can say this maybe ember not so good as pos1, u can play aggresive at early to mid game, but kinda fall off at late game so dont pick ember if ur mid not play hard carry hero And u can absolutely farm aggresively just dont forget to put ur remnant in ur jungle camp and always bring tp

grubby as a warcraft fan i strongly suggest you to play world of warcraft: wrath of the lich king classic.