-Cool looking horses -Lots of AOE -Fireball as auto attacks -Always have mana for your team -Best hero names (Conjurus Rex is lit) -Best beard of Lordaeron -Water type pokémon -Best looking ult -INFURY FROSTATIS SEDAA Do you need any other motive to pick him? I think not
@@philh2932 Oh no, my water elemental was dispelled! It's gonna take me a whole 4 seconds to recoup the mana cost of that, truly my stocks will never recover from this damage.
Grubby: *explaining the intricacies of high level, competitive Warcraft play* Me, whose idea of "competitive" is dueling my childhood friends 20 years ago, both agreeing on a 20 minute ceasefire at the start of every game so we can build our armies in peace: "mhm, very interesting indeed 🤔"
If every GameDev would connect their game and their audience as well as you, I would not need life anymore. Probably the highest quality of content I've ever witnessed: Stylistic, informative, mechanical, strategic, ... Keep it coming!
A (very expensive)trick with archmage (and other summoner heroes) is to retrain mid-combat. Archmage level 5 can cast 2 rank 3 water elementals, wait for the 20 second cooldown and then respec to rank 3 blizzard. You have a large power spike for the first 20 seconds where you have 2x rank 3 spells.
This is awesome, the WC 3 manuels are still wet from printing and we already get an indepth analysis of important units. Great Job! For real this brings WC 3 in best game ever territory, enabeling not only new players but a complete new generation of actual humans to play this game competently.
Another great one Grubby! Not sure if you’ve already done it, but it would be super interesting with one video per race, strengths, weaknesses, identity, common strategies, how to counter and so on.
I've been loving these so far, very very awesome videos! The quality is honestly incredible. I'd love to see Keeper of the Grove, he's almost always my starting hero lol but any hero would be cool tbh, I just hope we see all of them ;D as long as you're having fun making them of course. Also I saw some other comments asking for race spotlights, and I must say that would be pretty damn cool, especially for us new players. Cheers ❤
Dude!!! First of all let me say from your whole community, we absolutely adore you❤❤❤ Secondly, You're so smart and quick on your feet when you're talking about things like when you do the bronze league heroes videos and you come up with the funniest jokes on the spot about every single thing.I literally pee my pants every time. 😂 Lastly I think more of these videos where people can learn and apply real time strategies and maneuvers that they never thought about would be super useful and encourage them to play the game more. Basically keep wc3 alive. Well I think you've already been doing that anyways but i'm sure you get my point. Anyways, from one wc3 is my favorite game of all time to a fellow wc3 is my favorite game of all time person lol I just wanted to say thank you for all that you do. (Sorry for the long message) love.
13:25 The lower base attack time makes him better at using damage items too, not just attack speed items. It just means how fast you attack with +0 attack speed which scales with attack speed but it also scales with damage
This is your best content so far. I check for the next one daily. I like when I can listen without watching, so I can clean up or fall asleep. Sometimes you also comment bronze games like sports radio and that is great too. Tinker or panda would be nice, but I would listen to them all
Good shit! I'm torn -- I want to see Keeper of the Grove next, but I also wonder if it isn't better to save him for later, in case there are more suggestions to improve the series....
Great video! Would love to see some of the more niche heroes picked first. Pit Lord was cool, so continuing in that fashion with heroes like Crypt Fiend, Blood Mage, Shadow Hunter and T.C, maybe going over their potential as starting heroes, why and why not that might work.
Let's do Demon Hunter next Is he really just an Auto Attack Bot that shits out Mana Burn? Or is there a little more nuance to, "The" _Mister_ Night Elf
haha, i loved the lore part. just threw me back, when my dad bought me warcraft 2 and i basically lived in the lore parts of the manual book (remember when games came with a thick book with explanations of the mechanics, illustrations and lore?!). I always liked the wizard nation in warcraft
As a human player since War3 was released, my fav sneaky trick with the am is sneaking him into the enemy gold line to blizz, taking a staff of tele. Creep your mk while doing this. Get lvl 2 blizz 1st, also works with bloodmage - enjoy.
What I got from this vid: - Archmage is cool - In the icon of water elemental, there is a skull at the end of the wave.... I always thought that it just was a regular water wave... also cool
Grubby, you are amazing. The almost childish level of jokes and puns did not feel at all patronising. On the contrary, you match the most valuable level of theatrical talent akin to great masters of history. Your kids you'll be absolutely beguiled by your charm and character. Never change
I have several heroes I'd like to see next . . . but since we haven't yet done Night Elf or Undead (actual Undead -- Pit Lord doesn't count), let's do the staple heroes Demon Hunter and then Death Knight.
Surely Demon Hunter is next. Illidan is such a hood classic WC character. Even in a late, balanced state, Mana Burn has always been a scary, game defining ability. Metamorphosis can turn a game instantly or often force GG. For meme NE choice, Warden is such a fun hero, and always felt like she needed a meta 2nd hero companion strat. I'm surprised there's not more tricky Warden strats in any level of play.
Please do Warden next! I never played competitively, but Night Elf is my favorite and she has been my all-time favorite for her ability to just remove enemy heroes from the fight ever since Frozen Throne came out.
Ok... that explains exactly why Blizzard's damage always felt somewhat weak to me - because I always tried to hit all the possible targets. Still, it is splash damage, which is always useful. Summon elemental - I find it to be incredibly strong - fantastic creeping tool, a solid additional AND free unit. The only problem is that it gives xp to the enemy. Brilliance aura - probably THE best ability in the game, IF you are using units and heroes that need a lot of mana. And with humans it is pretty much given. It allows you to pressure the enemy MUCH more consistently and cheaper than the enemy. Most have to spend money on mana pots. Not an army with an archmage. A lot of the abilities become spammable - Sorceress' slow, Priest's heal, Mountain King's various stuns - all this can be used far more frequently. This also helps with army's sustain - priests can top your army off with less of a time delay AND still have mana to cast other spells for example - meaning you can enter virtually any battle in top shape if you play it right.
@grubbytalks where does water elemental come from? Does the am summons water from somewhere? From a lake or a pond? In that case thats actually a pretty serious ecological catastrophy. Imagine all the dead fish, amphibians! And for what? Endless fighting? Who really profits from these wars? Many questions!
Pitlord with archmage support can howl forever, and have full mana by the time the cooldown for howl is done. if you have at least 310 mana on pit lord and at least level 2 mana aura on archmage, you can cast his whole spell list at max cooldown, and then be able to rain of fire.
while pretty cool, there is one caveat for the human player. If you also have paladin, he cannot heal pitlord because pitlord is undead. But that's probably for the better. Because pitlord with infinit howl, inner fire, priest healing, slow support, devotion aura AND holy light would be a bit too much....
Hi Grubby given that you haven't done an undead hero I would like to see you do Dreadlord next, I feel like he has always been an unorthodox first pick standing in the shadow of the Death knight, however when I started playing Reign of Chaos I always started with him because he was the cool vampire guy, and getting his rare ult off was always super satisfying (even if the games where you got it were probably always won).
i often hear you say that Archmage brilliance aura is the enabled of playing spellcasters as human. Meanwhile other races play their spellcasters without any mana regen amplification no problem. Does it mean that human spells are generally more powerfull than other races magic so they have to cost more mana on average(by on average I mean mana spent per minute or something like that, obviously healing ward costs way more than a single cast of slow or heal priest heal but priests and sorcerecess cast theit spells way more often) or are they of similar power but they just cost more on average because if they costed similar amounts they would be too strong with brilliance aura? Because if it's the second scenario it's kinda lame that humans have the same level of power in their magic but in order to use them they have to reduce their opening hero options to Archmage when other races can go spellcasters with any hero they choose.
Hoping to see Lich next, that Nova has been terrorizing games for decades. That being said, it's hard not to pick Archmage in any WC3 scenario as at some point, I run out of mana and start wishing I had Brilliance Aura.
That intro using a bunch of WC3 hero quotes was pure poetry LOL
As a big fan of arches and mages I've got a good feeling about this one.
Hello Abe :). Follow me
Am I the only one thinking of foot arches?
- Adûnâi
a feeling indeed
And as a fan of blades and masters I don’t know if this video is for me, but I’m keen to try it!
Love your pfp
-Cool looking horses
-Lots of AOE
-Fireball as auto attacks
-Always have mana for your team
-Best hero names (Conjurus Rex is lit)
-Best beard of Lordaeron
-Water type pokémon
-Best looking ult
-INFURY FROSTATIS SEDAA
Do you need any other motive to pick him? I think not
Worthless after your water elementals get dispelled
@@philh2932 yeah. Sure. That's his problem. Water Elementals. Not Mass TP, not being able to manafund Inner Fire Spam. Just Water Elementals. xdd
@@philh2932 Oh no, my water elemental was dispelled! It's gonna take me a whole 4 seconds to recoup the mana cost of that, truly my stocks will never recover from this damage.
Grubby: *explaining the intricacies of high level, competitive Warcraft play*
Me, whose idea of "competitive" is dueling my childhood friends 20 years ago, both agreeing on a 20 minute ceasefire at the start of every game so we can build our armies in peace:
"mhm, very interesting indeed 🤔"
Man we used to this on C&C Kanes Wrath back in the day. Good times.
If every GameDev would connect their game and their audience as well as you, I would not need life anymore.
Probably the highest quality of content I've ever witnessed: Stylistic, informative, mechanical, strategic, ...
Keep it coming!
Grubby is the Happy of the streaming world.
- Adûnâi
OMG what a legendary intro
A (very expensive)trick with archmage (and other summoner heroes) is to retrain mid-combat. Archmage level 5 can cast 2 rank 3 water elementals, wait for the 20 second cooldown and then respec to rank 3 blizzard. You have a large power spike for the first 20 seconds where you have 2x rank 3 spells.
This is awesome, the WC 3 manuels are still wet from printing and we already get an indepth analysis of important units. Great Job! For real this brings WC 3 in best game ever territory, enabeling not only new players but a complete new generation of actual humans to play this game competently.
Archimonde. Can`t wait to hear about the most powerful hero who was defeated by puny wisps
Wisps lives matter
Or goblin land mines.
Its because Archimonde was a summon, and wisps do damage to summoned units, obviously
@@Hombay17imagine being supreme commander of demon legion but get kill by glowing spirit lmao.
Every summoned being dies to wisps. Archimonde was summoned by Kel'Thuzad
Thanks @Grubby, that was a fun spotlight; I learn a few new things
Love the spotlight series. Hope you cover every hero!
Love the humor + all the animation and demonstrated examples in the vid
glad you put in the blizzard creeping trick, i remember doing it 17 years ago and i think i commented it under one of your videos too haha.
I really like these Hero spotlight but can you do a race spotlight? Like what are the strengths and weaknesses of each race, timings, etc.
21:19 unexpected boondock saints
Another great one Grubby!
Not sure if you’ve already done it, but it would be super interesting with one video per race, strengths, weaknesses, identity, common strategies, how to counter and so on.
Really need warcraft 4
Also i had no idea there was a damage cap holy crap
all they can do is dance on wc corpse
The best ways I could see it work is either using parts of WoW, or going back in time and living historical moments of Azeroth :)
I've been loving these so far, very very awesome videos! The quality is honestly incredible.
I'd love to see Keeper of the Grove, he's almost always my starting hero lol but any hero would be cool tbh, I just hope we see all of them ;D as long as you're having fun making them of course.
Also I saw some other comments asking for race spotlights, and I must say that would be pretty damn cool, especially for us new players.
Cheers ❤
The last time I played Warcraft 3 was years ago, but I love your hero spotlights regardless.
I love this series. Even if i watch them late i will watch them all! Keep em coming Grubby and thank you for all the content!
Love this series! Hoping for a NE hero like Panda or Naga or Warden next!
bronze heroes and hero spotlights are both awesome new content, thank you!
I love how Grubby compares everything to orc race
I am a big fan of this series!!! Loving this! Thank you for such deep dive comprehensive videos!!!
I think the Archmage is the most elegant hero of all
You'd best stay clear of me, or I'll turn you into a mindless sheep!
What about POTM? She rides a tiger that is trained for war and it's grrrrrrrreeat
Dude!!! First of all let me say from your whole community, we absolutely adore you❤❤❤
Secondly, You're so smart and quick on your feet when you're talking about things like when you do the bronze league heroes videos and you come up with the funniest jokes on the spot about every single thing.I literally pee my pants every time. 😂
Lastly I think more of these videos where people can learn and apply real time strategies and maneuvers that they never thought about would be super useful and encourage them to play the game more. Basically keep wc3 alive. Well I think you've already been doing that anyways but i'm sure you get my point. Anyways, from one wc3 is my favorite game of all time to a fellow wc3 is my favorite game of all time person lol I just wanted to say thank you for all that you do. (Sorry for the long message) love.
All I got is that "brilliance aura is an eggsalad".
Glad you have fun doing these Grubby they're fun to watch.
I just see that the icon of the water elemental is not just a wave but a skull shaped wave !!! How did I miss that for so long !
Because... you've had optic problems?
@@Ronin3453Nah I played this game since I was 3, and I used to think the Blade master crit icon was a lobster claw
@@Thisisnotajokewerealldoomed that one at least makes sense.
@@Ronin3453
Nah, many icons look weird when they're small like ingame, it took me a while to realise what some of them actually represent too
Wasn't expecting another Hero Spotlight a week after the Pitlord, not complaining tho 😄.
0:02 😆
And it was worth it, every second.
Nice Spotlight, cant wait for the others, keep the good work up!
13:25 The lower base attack time makes him better at using damage items too, not just attack speed items. It just means how fast you attack with +0 attack speed which scales with attack speed but it also scales with damage
Arch age is such a pinnacle of the very concept of what a “wizard” is. I love that they put him on a horse as well. Cool unique little twist for him
Killer intro with all the arch mags quotes!
This is your best content so far. I check for the next one daily. I like when I can listen without watching, so I can clean up or fall asleep. Sometimes you also comment bronze games like sports radio and that is great too. Tinker or panda would be nice, but I would listen to them all
Grubby, i am a Big Fan of you and your Content. You are very calming, explain in detail but still understanding. You are a one of a kind gem. ❤️
The shooting sound effect caught me off guard and made me spit my drink lmao
Also please add more bloopers lol
21:28 Damn you scared the hell outta me Grub!
Lets go!!! Another awesome grubby spotlight, and for my main race!!!
Good shit!
I'm torn -- I want to see Keeper of the Grove next, but I also wonder if it isn't better to save him for later, in case there are more suggestions to improve the series....
Great video! Would love to see some of the more niche heroes picked first. Pit Lord was cool, so continuing in that fashion with heroes like Crypt Fiend, Blood Mage, Shadow Hunter and T.C, maybe going over their potential as starting heroes, why and why not that might work.
let's go we finally got it
Let's do Demon Hunter next
Is he really just an Auto Attack Bot that shits out Mana Burn?
Or is there a little more nuance to, "The" _Mister_ Night Elf
That used to be true until Immolation was buffed in a recent patch so that it is now actually usable.
I’d love a spotlight on The Warden. She’s my favorite hero, but her play style is so unique I’m having trouble.
haha, i loved the lore part. just threw me back, when my dad bought me warcraft 2 and i basically lived in the lore parts of the manual book (remember when games came with a thick book with explanations of the mechanics, illustrations and lore?!). I always liked the wizard nation in warcraft
As a human player since War3 was released, my fav sneaky trick with the am is sneaking him into the enemy gold line to blizz, taking a staff of tele. Creep your mk while doing this. Get lvl 2 blizz 1st, also works with bloodmage - enjoy.
Hands down best intro
I'd love to see a spotlight on the Dreadlord, it's always been by far my favorite hero and I feel like it gets often overlooked.
Best intro ever!
I love Warcraft and you at the same time. Thanks for the great contents, Grubby.
What I got from this vid:
- Archmage is cool
- In the icon of water elemental, there is a skull at the end of the wave.... I always thought that it just was a regular water wave... also cool
Moooooore. Please. This is such a pleasure to watch this talks
Grubby, you are amazing. The almost childish level of jokes and puns did not feel at all patronising. On the contrary, you match the most valuable level of theatrical talent akin to great masters of history. Your kids you'll be absolutely beguiled by your charm and character. Never change
You are the Metzen of WC3 videos ... Shear brilliance.
Thanks for doing these videos, love it!
really well made Grubby !
I have several heroes I'd like to see next . . . but since we haven't yet done Night Elf or Undead (actual Undead -- Pit Lord doesn't count), let's do the staple heroes Demon Hunter and then Death Knight.
Surely Demon Hunter is next. Illidan is such a hood classic WC character. Even in a late, balanced state, Mana Burn has always been a scary, game defining ability. Metamorphosis can turn a game instantly or often force GG.
For meme NE choice, Warden is such a fun hero, and always felt like she needed a meta 2nd hero companion strat. I'm surprised there's not more tricky Warden strats in any level of play.
Thank you Grubby!
Are buildings included in the unit count for blizzard damage?
Please do Warden next! I never played competitively, but Night Elf is my favorite and she has been my all-time favorite for her ability to just remove enemy heroes from the fight ever since Frozen Throne came out.
I bought this game and went straight to ranked because of you.
I love the pause before summon … water elemental
5:54 So OP…Happy straggling with one, but three…No doubt, the best summon spell in the game.
6:08 So OP…
I haven't played this game since it first released but your videos are fun.
Although you did mention magic immune units don't count towards 5 unit cap for preserving max damage, but does that count towards buildings?
Imagine if Blizzard slowed. Holy moly this guy is too good.
And make Rain Of Fire ignites too
Not sure if it was corrected later but mass teleport cant be used on flying units. I heard "any allied units or buildings"
Firelord, the big bad daddy of the Tavern. He gives warm hugs
Bloopers are the best
Would love to see Tinker or some of the more situational heroes up next please :)
Ok... that explains exactly why Blizzard's damage always felt somewhat weak to me - because I always tried to hit all the possible targets.
Still, it is splash damage, which is always useful.
Summon elemental - I find it to be incredibly strong - fantastic creeping tool, a solid additional AND free unit. The only problem is that it gives xp to the enemy.
Brilliance aura - probably THE best ability in the game, IF you are using units and heroes that need a lot of mana. And with humans it is pretty much given. It allows you to pressure the enemy MUCH more consistently and cheaper than the enemy. Most have to spend money on mana pots. Not an army with an archmage. A lot of the abilities become spammable - Sorceress' slow, Priest's heal, Mountain King's various stuns - all this can be used far more frequently.
This also helps with army's sustain - priests can top your army off with less of a time delay AND still have mana to cast other spells for example - meaning you can enter virtually any battle in top shape if you play it right.
It doesn't really matter what hero is going to be next, since i will watch every hero spotlight anyway, but i would like to see Huntress.
Lol, the outro bloopers make you sound like Skwisgaar. "Not everyone has the advantage of superior Scandsinavians ecucation."
Hey, Grubby. Off topic. Any particular reason why you stopped playing Shadow of the Erdtree?
DEMON HUNTERRRR 🤩🤩🤩
@grubbytalks where does water elemental come from? Does the am summons water from somewhere? From a lake or a pond? In that case thats actually a pretty serious ecological catastrophy. Imagine all the dead fish, amphibians! And for what? Endless fighting? Who really profits from these wars? Many questions!
Pitlord with archmage support can howl forever, and have full mana by the time the cooldown for howl is done. if you have at least 310 mana on pit lord and at least level 2 mana aura on archmage, you can cast his whole spell list at max cooldown, and then be able to rain of fire.
while pretty cool, there is one caveat for the human player. If you also have paladin, he cannot heal pitlord because pitlord is undead. But that's probably for the better. Because pitlord with infinit howl, inner fire, priest healing, slow support, devotion aura AND holy light would be a bit too much....
@@IschmarVI then use scrolls of regeneration
This video purports to be a hero spotlight, but we know what it really is. Grubby Warcraft ASMR, steeped in simpler times.
Warden would be nice to learn how to properly use her since she requires a good early game
respect i love this type of vids
Hi Grubby given that you haven't done an undead hero I would like to see you do Dreadlord next, I feel like he has always been an unorthodox first pick standing in the shadow of the Death knight, however when I started playing Reign of Chaos I always started with him because he was the cool vampire guy, and getting his rare ult off was always super satisfying (even if the games where you got it were probably always won).
I cant wait to learn Pristess of the moon from a rank 1 night elf player almighty Grubby
i often hear you say that Archmage brilliance aura is the enabled of playing spellcasters as human. Meanwhile other races play their spellcasters without any mana regen amplification no problem. Does it mean that human spells are generally more powerfull than other races magic so they have to cost more mana on average(by on average I mean mana spent per minute or something like that, obviously healing ward costs way more than a single cast of slow or heal priest heal but priests and sorcerecess cast theit spells way more often) or are they of similar power but they just cost more on average because if they costed similar amounts they would be too strong with brilliance aura? Because if it's the second scenario it's kinda lame that humans have the same level of power in their magic but in order to use them they have to reduce their opening hero options to Archmage when other races can go spellcasters with any hero they choose.
What AI did you use to generate your flavor text in this script?
Dreadlord!
Hoping to see Lich next, that Nova has been terrorizing games for decades.
That being said, it's hard not to pick Archmage in any WC3 scenario as at some point, I run out of mana and start wishing I had Brilliance Aura.
14:50 Lich is actually beyond Archmage on base level one mana at 300 :D
Go lich !
I don t play warcraft 3, but damn i like your content how you think, and how you discuss these kinds of things. Pls do more videos like this
Love this dude!
You are so good at this
We making it out of dalaran with this one
Its a strong starting hero for every race!
Masterful series
Do you think removing damage caps would make the affected spells OP?
I'm personally not a fan of these hidden limits.
listened to the first 10 seconds like 5 times
"Brilliance aura is an acc- Brilliance aura is ext- Brilliance aura-"
I lost it.
Maybe someone in UD or NE, since neutral, human and orc had theirs.
Personally I’d love to see some lich or DK
Maybe in counter section also add heroes that counter the spotlight hero and vice versa I guess.
Shadow hunter next !
Storm Bolt gang waiting on Mountain King spotlight!!