I really like the Butcher and he's one of my top 2 heroes. The most important thing to remember when you play the butcher is no matter what happens on the map it's always the butchers fault.
@@Cavalier5 Butcher can reach 200 or more meats by his own. It is a walk in the park if the enemy has no heroes such as etc, Lili, bw etc... If they have those heroes then wait for their cc to go on cd before going in. Assuming that you are going for aa build, lamb ulti, dive for kills but not initiation and fram meat at lane when there is no fight. Butcher is my main.
6:53 after all the bait "attempts" from Reghar, I'm surprised that he would just walk up directly to you and not even hesitate to die. He might be a professional troll. 10:53 Confirmed troll.
I think the key is to bait out the enemy team abilities with the Jo initiating. Then butcher can go in with Jaina with cooldowns. Tough either way as they were grouped well in those fights. Thanks for the video!
My stupid ass watched 2019's A-Z Butcher video yesterday (because youtube recommended it!) and thought it was the new one... apparently 3 years are enough to completely forget how the match went >,< still scary that youtube recommended the exact right video
in my definition he is a perfect hero for mastering macro play as well bc decision making on him will be the difference between victory and defeat which is why i like him you can constanly work around his kit making enemies bee on their toes if you play your cards right
@@angussharington2374 Justing was a member of Team Wildheart for Heroes Hearth CCL (ESports) but then became their analytics guy for the last season, and Bahamut is one of the casters for CCL and prolific member of the Heroes Hearth team.
I used to play the butcher like a trade card, go in take someone down and die in the process, but you can hopefully survive if you save your brand for a second target. I always preferred the empowered attack on the lvl 13, because that forces me to pick my engagement and make then even more impactful
I'm 60-10-1 now following your builds. Just got completely outpushed by a team built for pushing hard. I prefer the Q build still but this was alright. Hope you got something good for the Vikings because I'm awful with them
Lol! Not sure you were aware but you had Justing and Bahamut from CCL in this match as Illidan and Abathur! So a former pro player ought count for competitive :p Pretty fun to see some of the community overlap there. I watched their Abuthur I'll game last week!
A good butcher with a good abathur is a very scary team fight combo. But as a commenter said below, escaping can be very hard if your team mates don't commit to helping you get out. It's definitely a good idea to pair him with someone that can get him out. Garrosh, Abathur speed carapace, anduin, zaraya, diva even. Anyone that can help him disengage in any way at all is desired. Another key to butcher is don't die. Obvious huh? It's actually worse to die late game than early game. Your mere existence somewhere on the map is a big deal. If you are gathering meat, you are a distraction. You are the kill target and you can use that to get your team kills to get you meat. After you are 200 meat you are the F'ing boogieman. Not showing as butcher can be really powerful. But being dead late game is a big relief to the enemy team especially if you have been scaling well. Your team is likely to throw by taking fights they have no business taking because they are used to your damage being there, and now it's not.
Hey Pally, I'm avoiding watching other youtubers playthrough of Elden Ring because I am holding out hopes you will release a playthrough - think you will?
Butcher Protip: Charge is not an engage (Unless you have Lamb to the Slaughter), it's a cleanse / finish wombo combo tool. Charge when they're trying to escape then W,Q for a quick finisher.
I love the butcher. But yes he can be tough to play depending on the team he’s up against. Though I always go for lamb and slaughterhouse. That aoe silence for 12 years is too strong to pass up.
One of the most braindead chars out there... Some "hard engagers" like Sonya or Kerrigan have interesting survival tools in their kits but Butcher is "nope, imma go die now". This said, a main Medivh like myself truly loves a fellow Butcher in the comp.
Completely wrong, yes there are a lot of bad Butcher players but he can also be played well. There's some skill to it. Team needs to play around him. If team doesn't assist butcher engage then he'll do badly, same as if people flame and play badly just because of Butcher pick.
this match is the perfect example of why the butcher wasnt picked in high level play, cleanses, ice blocks, displacements, blinds, etc. he is too much of a one trick pony, still the best hero to quickmatch stomp
Pally in 9:30 where u died wirh BW u should Attacked directly after u got 200 since u both or you for sure were already " dead" and u Should have dealt dmg Also Problem is pally you put your Brand wayy to early on wrong heroes in fight where u said now Pick kills when enemie Team did bot Camp at around lvl 23 or so you should have put Brand on rejgar
People in qm rarely cleanse...especially since you need to talent for it on some heroes. As a result my butcher winrate is actually disgusting. 68% over 300 matches.
You lost as soon as you queued lost vikings into an abathur illidan. The entire game was a 4v5 because the TLV are one of those characters that may as well not exist in most match ups. They are good at exactly one thing - macro play, but ONLY if the enemy team has absolutely no macro play of their own. There was just no way for your team to answer that illidan, especially when he was backed by the two most busted supports in the game.
I tried. Was hard to stay in fights once the Illidan started zoning me. Johana was balls deep in every fight, so no peels for backline. Illidan with a hat runnin' wild.
I presume you'd watch because you like his content, and showing the losses with the victories is more authentic than padding one's channel with just the wins
If he only uploaded his wins, then why would anyone watch when they know the outcome? Also A-Z is about highlighting a hero, not just for showing victories. But if all you want is to watch wins, I could start a channel and only play against AI if you want. Make sure you like, comment, subscribe. And don't forget to hit the bell, my frand.
"Butcher has every tool to go in, but none to get out". As true in 20016 as it is now.
You're from very far in the future.
@@KumaNicol Damn this fucking keyboard!
"IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE THERE IS ONLY WAR"... and people playing the butcher apparently...
Proof Heroes of the Storm will never die, thank you future man.
@@SubzeroUA-cam It may never die, but it will forever be dying.
I really like the Butcher and he's one of my top 2 heroes. The most important thing to remember when you play the butcher is no matter what happens on the map it's always the butchers fault.
Most of the time, it is. Butcher needs to be a crafty bitch in the early part of the game. Or your team needs to carry you.
@@Cavalier5 Butcher can reach 200 or more meats by his own. It is a walk in the park if the enemy has no heroes such as etc, Lili, bw etc... If they have those heroes then wait for their cc to go on cd before going in.
Assuming that you are going for aa build, lamb ulti, dive for kills but not initiation and fram meat at lane when there is no fight. Butcher is my main.
Haha just started playing the butcher and I was getting so much slack! Now I know I am not the only one :P
I don't think I've ever seen the Fenix beam do so much work
Thanks. I was Fenix in this game. I love the global utility of PC. Sad I didn't get to kill slugbutt.
6:53 after all the bait "attempts" from Reghar, I'm surprised that he would just walk up directly to you and not even hesitate to die. He might be a professional troll.
10:53 Confirmed troll.
That Fenix hit some good beams during team fights
Anybody saw Baha and JustinG in team playing Aba + Illidan? So we know what Please try it at home will be next :D
Bahamut and Justing on abba illidan pretty rough
I think the key is to bait out the enemy team abilities with the Jo initiating. Then butcher can go in with Jaina with cooldowns. Tough either way as they were grouped well in those fights. Thanks for the video!
Chain should have been always for rehgar. Anyways they fought 4v5 in most cases
My stupid ass watched 2019's A-Z Butcher video yesterday (because youtube recommended it!) and thought it was the new one... apparently 3 years are enough to completely forget how the match went >,<
still scary that youtube recommended the exact right video
UA-cam recommended me the same video. Weird.
Hi Justing and Bahamut, thanks for the amazing CCL!
The Butcher was always a fun character to play in a non serious way, just because of how all in he was.
in my definition he is a perfect hero for mastering macro play as well bc decision making on him will be the difference between victory and defeat which is why i like him you can constanly work around his kit making enemies bee on their toes if you play your cards right
I noticed mid game it was Justing on Illidan, then Bahamut on Abathur at the end and I was like... Ahh, that's why the game ended that way.
Who that?
@@angussharington2374 Justing was a member of Team Wildheart for Heroes Hearth CCL (ESports) but then became their analytics guy for the last season, and Bahamut is one of the casters for CCL and prolific member of the Heroes Hearth team.
@@NahzretDormu thanks for the information :)
Reghar was cleasing the ult with his trait, thats why the lv20 didnt affect anyone on those last engages
I used to play the butcher like a trade card, go in take someone down and die in the process, but you can hopefully survive if you save your brand for a second target. I always preferred the empowered attack on the lvl 13, because that forces me to pick my engagement and make then even more impactful
Mr. Butcher, why are you so angry? Because my parents named me The...
Ah, finally we reach my main and favorite character. THEEEEEEEE Butcher.
I'm 60-10-1 now following your builds. Just got completely outpushed by a team built for pushing hard. I prefer the Q build still but this was alright. Hope you got something good for the Vikings because I'm awful with them
That Illidan's name was Justing, wasn't that an HGC player?
Swear, I had a Tassadar post. Can't find it.
2021 A-Z Stats - SPOILERS BELOW
W & L Record
Overall - 54 - 18
Ranged Assassins - 17 - 8
Melee Assassins - 6 - 2
Tank - 11 - 1
Bruiser - 10 - 2
Healer - 8 - 5
Support - 2 - 0
MVPs - 13 (honorable mention - Trik as Gall)
Abathur, Alarak, Anduin, Falstad (in defeat), Fenix, Greymane, Johanna, Junkrat, Kerrigan, Lili, Mephisto (in defeat), Orphea, Probius, Ragnaros
Wins - Abathur, Alarak, Alexstrasza, Anduin, Anub'arak, Arthas, Azmodan, Blaze, Cassia, Cho, Deathwing, Deckard Cain, Dehaka, Diablo, D.va, E.T.C., Fenix, Garrosh, Gazlowe, Genji, Greymane, Hogger, Illidan, Imperius, Johanna, Junkrat, Kael'Thas, Kel'Thuzad, Kerrigan, Kharazim, Leoric, Lili, Lt. Morales, Lucio, Lunara, Maiev, Malthael, Medivh, Mei, Muradin, Murky, Nazeebo, Nova, Orphea, Probius, Ragnaros, Raynor, Samuro, Sgt. Hammer, Sonya, Stitches, Stukov, Sylvanas
Losses - Ana, Artanis, Auriel, Brightwing, Chen, Chromie, Falstad, Hanzo, Jaina, Li-Ming, Mal'ganis, Malfurion, Mephisto, Qhira, Rehgar, Rexxar, Tassadar, The Butcher
Maps W - L (audit required)
Cursed Hollow - 2 - 0
Braxxis Holdout - 6 - 1
Blackheart's Bay - 4 - 0
Infernal Shines - 7 - 2
Dragon Shire - 5 - 3
Garden Terror - 4 - 2
Hanamura Temple - 3 - 1
Sky Temple - 3 - 1
Battlefield of Eternity - 6 - 1
Volskya Foundry - 1 - 2
Towers of Doom - 4 - 1
Tomb of the Spider Queen - 4 - 2
Warhead Junction - 2 - 1
Alterac Pass - 3 - 0
Lol! Not sure you were aware but you had Justing and Bahamut from CCL in this match as Illidan and Abathur! So a former pro player ought count for competitive :p
Pretty fun to see some of the community overlap there. I watched their Abuthur I'll game last week!
Every time the butcher uses his charge, i always scream *"BEEP BEEP BlTCH!!!"*
I think pally was ulting way too early. But the outcome looks more like a team comp issue than anything else
Yeah... imagine if they had any bruiser in place of those vikings
@@rodolfofernandez4872 yeah who picks vikings with a comp like that.. i feel like the vikings guy was trying to show off or was throwing
@@bigbananananana1581 I think his intention was to allow pally to roam with a gank squad while he soaked.
@@Phataku You can do that with all most literally any hero in hots though
@@bigbananananana1581 Not a 4 man gank squad, not without missing soak.
A good butcher with a good abathur is a very scary team fight combo. But as a commenter said below, escaping can be very hard if your team mates don't commit to helping you get out. It's definitely a good idea to pair him with someone that can get him out. Garrosh, Abathur speed carapace, anduin, zaraya, diva even. Anyone that can help him disengage in any way at all is desired. Another key to butcher is don't die. Obvious huh? It's actually worse to die late game than early game. Your mere existence somewhere on the map is a big deal. If you are gathering meat, you are a distraction. You are the kill target and you can use that to get your team kills to get you meat. After you are 200 meat you are the F'ing boogieman. Not showing as butcher can be really powerful. But being dead late game is a big relief to the enemy team especially if you have been scaling well. Your team is likely to throw by taking fights they have no business taking because they are used to your damage being there, and now it's not.
Hey Pally, I'm avoiding watching other youtubers playthrough of Elden Ring because I am holding out hopes you will release a playthrough - think you will?
Lel, random QM encounter with CCL announcers? So much famous players in a single match.
Butcher Protip: Charge is not an engage (Unless you have Lamb to the Slaughter), it's a cleanse / finish wombo combo tool. Charge when they're trying to escape then W,Q for a quick finisher.
Brutal Strikes is what you wanted at 13, next 3 autos are empowered after using Hamstring, even if it misses
The reghar cleanse at around the 17.30 mark was the game ender
I love the butcher. But yes he can be tough to play depending on the team he’s up against. Though I always go for lamb and slaughterhouse. That aoe silence for 12 years is too strong to pass up.
Mind clarifying what was said at 5:53? 😂😂
That was painful man. Rough match.
A-Z is almost done? D: say it ain't so! Love this series to death
"read it boy" [T4221311,Zarya] use it to save your team butts dude shield every 7 sec
I’ve been waiting for this…. I mean FRESH MEAT!
Top hat illidan is just so irritating
Good try against an ex pro player!
Having fun as The I see? Really fun character.
4:47 no you NEVER can.
One of the most braindead chars out there... Some "hard engagers" like Sonya or Kerrigan have interesting survival tools in their kits but Butcher is "nope, imma go die now". This said, a main Medivh like myself truly loves a fellow Butcher in the comp.
Completely wrong, yes there are a lot of bad Butcher players but he can also be played well. There's some skill to it. Team needs to play around him. If team doesn't assist butcher engage then he'll do badly, same as if people flame and play badly just because of Butcher pick.
It's super annoying to play against mule. you had justing ex pro player on the enemy team. tough luck
D2 Duriel is Butcher's Butcher? Or the result of Anub'arak mating with Zagara?
I'm gonna miss all the little nicknames for the heroes
this match is the perfect example of why the butcher wasnt picked in high level play, cleanses, ice blocks, displacements, blinds, etc. he is too much of a one trick pony, still the best hero to quickmatch stomp
A bit of a tough map+match up, but it's always fun to see you ahowcasing these heroes.
Butcher used to be very good until they added alot of hard counters for him lol.
that high a ban rate, you're not taking into consideration that maybe team mates during draft ban butcher cuz a team mate hovers him xD
If your Fenix had stopped ulting whenever he felt like it, you guys would've won a lot more fights, but he was just using it on CD, lol
other ulti + blink on 20 in my book is way better
“The Butcher”
A - Z part 72 the butcher he loves meat
MMMMMEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!
Is that an axe in the hand of this hero?!
Its a big cleaver
Pally in 9:30 where u died wirh BW u should Attacked directly after u got 200 since u both or you for sure were already " dead" and u Should have dealt dmg
Also Problem is pally you put your Brand wayy to early on wrong heroes in fight where u said now Pick kills when enemie Team did bot Camp at around lvl 23 or so you should have put Brand on rejgar
People in qm rarely cleanse...especially since you need to talent for it on some heroes. As a result my butcher winrate is actually disgusting. 68% over 300 matches.
MULE, gross, it took five whole minutes to get their tower back to full...
99.99999999% of the time when they dont pick a talent for 10 levels, they are a bot
Dat skin, tho! 🔥
NOICE!
really great game
Ahh pallyy at 15 min u really shouldve left earlier bro xD was kinda useless since mule
Bruh butcher starts with a b?
Meatball man :)
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“The” doesn’t count when alphabetizing?! Literally just google it. Why did I have to wait so long for a butcher video?
You lost as soon as you queued lost vikings into an abathur illidan. The entire game was a 4v5 because the TLV are one of those characters that may as well not exist in most match ups. They are good at exactly one thing - macro play, but ONLY if the enemy team has absolutely no macro play of their own. There was just no way for your team to answer that illidan, especially when he was backed by the two most busted supports in the game.
The fenix was a weak point in this game. He did no teamfight damage
I tried. Was hard to stay in fights once the Illidan started zoning me. Johana was balls deep in every fight, so no peels for backline. Illidan with a hat runnin' wild.
"Were they big important E sports guys?" No, you just had no burst damage and played scared.
So sad that he uploads the defeats, why the fuck would i want to see him loose.
I presume you'd watch because you like his content, and showing the losses with the victories is more authentic than padding one's channel with just the wins
Technically we all loose about 50% of our matches. Besides why would you want to know how this ends before it starts?
If he only uploaded his wins, then why would anyone watch when they know the outcome? Also A-Z is about highlighting a hero, not just for showing victories. But if all you want is to watch wins, I could start a channel and only play against AI if you want. Make sure you like, comment, subscribe. And don't forget to hit the bell, my frand.