I thought it was. It's ganking time Cmon grab your friends We'll go to very distant camps With io the wisp and Nessaj the chaos knight The bloodbath will never end Its ganking time
For some reason I thought this was a parody of dora the explorers "c'mon vamonos" so I didnt understand the joke until i realized it was the adventure time theme
"He likes to keep his friends safe" more like he likes to destroy the micro-meta of TI9 and dominate late game with literally two items (aghanims and heart)
Dota fun fact. Io has been the most banned hero in pro games and tournaments and most overpower hero for the longest time. Not sure if he is also the most nerfed and reworked. Correct me in this.
Nope. Not the most nerfed and reworked. Several reworks did happen, but nothing major (unlike Clinkz 7.20 rework f.e.) Also, there were multiple nerfs, but take a look at 7.21, more buffs than nerfs and they even disabled the hero in -cm.
As someone who used to play the early iterations of Dota and a game of Dota 2 but I mainly play League of Legends. I appreciate all these videos! Especially because Dennis' has a huge knowledge base about a lot of things. I like how you compare ports between games for heroes
I love how lore-wise this "friendship powered ball of light" is 1 of the 5 most powerful beings in the dota 2 universe . . also "Santelmo" lol, Filipino's know what it is XD
Pre-rework Karma's tether was even more similar to Io's, you could tether to allies and enemies, it would increase the movespeed of allies that touched the tether while damaging and slowing enemies.
Hey Dennis. Discovered your page around a week ago and I've already watched all your videos. Hopefully you make a history of puck episode soon! More power!
Another amazing video! I've watched all of them and I love them! Keep up the good work! I'd love to see the history of my favorite hero - Phantom Assassin.
I LOVED playing Io, picked him almost every game (to surprise and often temporary dismay of my teammates). In dota 1 had couple of significant differences going on, much longer attack range and spirits lasted longer than cooldown so when you used the spell while still having active balls they exploded all at once which when well timed could nicely clear huge piles of creeps. This would allow to farm decent items, my favourite was mjolnirnil (in dota 1 it made extra balls when used on self which looked very cool), tether to strong ally and relocated onto one or two enemies and wipe them out. Most difficult was to find players in team who were not totally confused why they are suddenly fighting enemy hero when they thought they are farming/shopping in peace. My builds were focused on hp and attack speed. In dota2 Io had brief period when it was very fun, making build to rush helm of dominator then aghanim and make talent for extra dmg of balls then constantly bombarding enemies with balls was awesome, i think it was used to win some ti game and then nerfed :( after that it could be played only like a support which was not that much fun so thats why i stopped playing dota :/
I actually thought it was yuumi whose IO's LOL replicate, Yuumi has an ability to heal his allies and gives movement speed, just like IO, though IO can passively give both movement speed and health regeneration, and yummi can actually connect to their allies
@@Zhade99 Yuumi came around two months after this video, so yea. OP of the comment didn't check. Unfortunately now Yuumi is a lot less IO-like since she's more shield focused than heal. But she still has attack speed buffs and hit on attack buffs.
Your videos are popping up in my recommendeds and its giving me the itch of wanting to play this game... again. I played Lol for 4 years and somehow I have escaped that black hole for a year now. MOBA's, for me, are sinkholes with poisons, fire ants, and a little pinch of ice cream. Someone help me!
Hey Dennis , great video bro...just wanna say you forgot something...there were a dota maps with ( - fun tavern) and if i remember correctly IO was there...but it was completely different hero..he had 4 steal abilities (like rubick's ult) and it was a lot of fun ;) Carry on with the amazing videos !!!
You forgot to mention an important change; Relocate went from a simple delay before casting, to a channeled spell. It was 7.16 I believe. It's why it went from being the most popular first pick support in Divine V and above (what are now Immortal Ranks), to back to being unplayable in pubs. This got changed back to delay again in 7.21, so maybe that's why you missed it :)
Nice vid! One thing I would have mentioned, though, is the final cooldown nerf for his Spirits in 7.20, removing his ability to early-detonate all spirits at once in a single blast of ball-busting amazingness :/ No idea why they did this Edit: edits
Taric from LoL has a tether ability , his W Bastion, when cast on an ally it gives than %Max HP shield and it links them then all his abilities will be duplicated from his ally , meaning his Q which is a heal , his E a liner stun and his R which is invulnerability .
i don't play a lot of dota(cuz me trash) but io is always the one character that stood out to me in terms of design, like he's literally just thing weird light thing can see everything, like some omnipotent god, in a game that has gods.
Surprised you never mentioned how Io's just a troll character who teleports allies onto ward hills then runs the courier into enemy towers for the rest of the game.
Karmas old kit resembled IO a lot more.you could tether to allies to increase their movement speed, and yours. Also if an enemy crosses your line they would be slowed by a large amount. You could also tether to an enemy to slow them down. Also she used to be able to heal.
When you go through the talents, you should have an overlay of all the talents at the corner so we wont get confused the left and right one and then change the talents in the overlay as you go through the talent
I'd say Aphrodite from SMITE also has similarities to Io, mostly that she can link with an ally to give them buffs and her abilities are more utility based like giving the linked ally a damage buff (instead of attack speed), crowd controlling the enemy (instead of spirits slowing the enemy, aphro has other methods of CC like Stun and Knockback), or granting herself and her linked Ally CC Immunity for a few seconds using her ult (instead of teleporting an ally to safety, now you can just breeze through Hard CC abilities and ultis)
Even Doom love this hero. He wanna own Io as his pet on his lap on his throne. This is Dota 2 Disco ball :D Everyone loves Io! Io is important part in the Dota 2 world. Its old as anyone can be.
know this is late, but the closest to Io could be Yummi in league of legends now, consider she literally just hop on an ally. The "symbiotic relationship" theme also feature Abathur in HotS, he stays at base and infest his allies while cast spells on them
Io is somewhat replicated in wang zhe rong yao where the hero tethers to heroes and teleport entire teams around if she so chooses, only difference is that this one has a knockback for cc
My problem with IO is in low bracket no one really knows for sure how IO works, whenever I would tether to my carry, overcharge AND salve myself they tend to fall back instead of aggressively engage the enemy
Beep boo boo bop?
Io and Phoenix has the best and most motivational quote period. I dare you change my mind
best and most beautiful quote by IO
is it wrong to want an undying arcana that turns him into a headcrab zombie?
you forgot to add the patch where IO's relocate needed to be channeled which was a huge nerf T-T
Do history of Mars next.
“Io is a selfless support that only wants the best for his allies”
Laughs in ana
He protecc
He attacc
But most of all
He's cute as facc
(⚈▿⚈)
He is not!
Hecc*
lol ti9 final game 4
liquid: should we let ana play io, a character he dominated the tournament with...
yes
Is this the reference to the poem in dantdms video
Who knew Io can carry in TI9 and win.
Ganking time!
Cmon grab your friends
We'll go to very distant lands
With Io the wisp
And Tiny the giant
The fun will never end
It's ganking time!
THIS COMMENT SHOULD BE PINNED
I thought it was.
It's ganking time
Cmon grab your friends
We'll go to very distant camps
With io the wisp and
Nessaj the chaos knight
The bloodbath will never end
Its ganking time
For some reason I thought this was a parody of dora the explorers "c'mon vamonos" so I didnt understand the joke until i realized it was the adventure time theme
"He likes to keep his friends safe" more like he likes to destroy the micro-meta of TI9 and dominate late game with literally two items (aghanims and heart)
Nah io carry dominates early to mid game
2:23 That smile on the face when surrounded by enemies.....I almost cried 😭🙃
Dota fun fact.
Io has been the most banned hero in pro games and tournaments and most overpower hero for the longest time.
Not sure if he is also the most nerfed and reworked. Correct me in this.
Nope. Not the most nerfed and reworked. Several reworks did happen, but nothing major (unlike Clinkz 7.20 rework f.e.)
Also, there were multiple nerfs, but take a look at 7.21, more buffs than nerfs and they even disabled the hero in -cm.
I nominate Dark Seer as the most nerfed hero.
I nominate earth spirit
lmao, i nominate terrorblade
Most nerfed hero is batrider. From dota 1.
After seeing the notification...
Relocate... to youtube!
Its ma boi io. Clicked so fast i accidentally closed my porn. Worth.
io mains unite
Hats down to every io main
Beeep bloop dingg
Liked the video before even watching. Just for the effort alone. Keep it up man. I adore these types of content.
And Io won TI9 and Io's name is carved on the Aegis of Champions as a Carry Hero.
Dat IO drawing and animations 100/10 i live for this kinda shit
Phoenix and IO probably the only ones understood each other while the others are not.... 🤔😅
Along with spectre without the voice
I wasn't prepared when this came out.
Immediately stopped doing my work and took a break.
As someone who used to play the early iterations of Dota and a game of Dota 2 but I mainly play League of Legends. I appreciate all these videos! Especially because Dennis' has a huge knowledge base about a lot of things. I like how you compare ports between games for heroes
OG turn innocent looking ball into devil
You deserve more than a thousand hundred subs.I've been watching your channel for a long time.
I used to call IO in dota 1 as LO
same haha
I thought I was the only one hahaha
since they released it i always refer as Yo :D
SAAMMEE HAHAHAHA! I only stopped when I came across the name in the movie Clash of Titans. It turns out it's a Greek Mythology thing.
I ised to call him iyo
"Is about the power of friendship and giving you teammate good vibe" Now I know why nobody picked him in my pup matches.
You are only channel I immediately click to watch when have a upload, no matter what I'm doing.
I love how lore-wise this "friendship powered ball of light" is 1 of the 5 most powerful beings in the dota 2 universe . .
also "Santelmo" lol, Filipino's know what it is XD
Bolang apoy
1 out of 9 or 10, dota has broken heroes lore wise
remember that Allaince game where IO saved his teammate and Alliance would then save IO leaving no man behind... good stuff
Year pls? TI or Majors?
IO is a friendly hero u say? Tell that to Ana's IO Carry.
Videos are becoming more frequent! Good job dennis!
Teleport back to base?
*Sure , I'll teleport my Pudge to fountain hook*
Woke up in at 4am just so i could watch this. Totally worth it
this was what Yuumi hoped she would be, but isn’t.
Thank you. I've enjoyed all these videos about Dota you make
The series is starting to grow enough to be binge worthy.
Pre-rework Karma's tether was even more similar to Io's, you could tether to allies and enemies, it would increase the movespeed of allies that touched the tether while damaging and slowing enemies.
Hey Dennis. Discovered your page around a week ago and I've already watched all your videos. Hopefully you make a history of puck episode soon! More power!
All the glory to you. That Evil Morty bit literally had me rolling on the floor.
Santelmo is a filipino mythical creature that looks like a living fire ball much like io
Santelmo is from saint elmos fire, glows of lightning ( weather phenomena ) which usually appears on ships.
Edi wow
@@neville2752 No u
Holy shit, you did a video on my favourite mid hero. Thank you so much!
Another amazing video! I've watched all of them and I love them! Keep up the good work! I'd love to see the history of my favorite hero - Phantom Assassin.
I LOVED playing Io, picked him almost every game (to surprise and often temporary dismay of my teammates).
In dota 1 had couple of significant differences going on, much longer attack range and spirits lasted longer than cooldown so when you used the spell while still having active balls they exploded all at once which when well timed could nicely clear huge piles of creeps. This would allow to farm decent items, my favourite was mjolnirnil (in dota 1 it made extra balls when used on self which looked very cool), tether to strong ally and relocated onto one or two enemies and wipe them out. Most difficult was to find players in team who were not totally confused why they are suddenly fighting enemy hero when they thought they are farming/shopping in peace. My builds were focused on hp and attack speed.
In dota2 Io had brief period when it was very fun, making build to rush helm of dominator then aghanim and make talent for extra dmg of balls then constantly bombarding enemies with balls was awesome, i think it was used to win some ti game and then nerfed :( after that it could be played only like a support which was not that much fun so thats why i stopped playing dota :/
When Io started to sing still alive i was about to fucking cry
You forgot that his ultimate has been changed alot of times too ! :3
But, great video again
04:58 Ahh the good'ol Viper skin from DotA. Did everyone miss him? Because I do.
I always wondered when riki hit IO, where does he have to hit so his passive can active
In the back.
Youre welcome. :)
IO has a weird protrusion on his front for "where he is facing"
I actually thought it was yuumi whose IO's LOL replicate, Yuumi has an ability to heal his allies and gives movement speed, just like IO, though IO can passively give both movement speed and health regeneration, and yummi can actually connect to their allies
I think the vídeo was released before Yummi, si she didn't make the cut.
But yeah, You make a fair point.
@@Zhade99 Yuumi came around two months after this video, so yea. OP of the comment didn't check. Unfortunately now Yuumi is a lot less IO-like since she's more shield focused than heal. But she still has attack speed buffs and hit on attack buffs.
After countless episoded of seeing murderous folk, it's nice to see an episode dedicated to this cuddly puffball of light
Your videos are popping up in my recommendeds and its giving me the itch of wanting to play this game... again. I played Lol for 4 years and somehow I have escaped that black hole for a year now. MOBA's, for me, are sinkholes with poisons, fire ants, and a little pinch of ice cream. Someone help me!
Hey Dennis , great video bro...just wanna say you forgot something...there were a dota maps with ( - fun tavern) and if i remember correctly IO was there...but it was completely different hero..he had 4 steal abilities (like rubick's ult) and it was a lot of fun ;)
Carry on with the amazing videos !!!
Very cool stuff. Also another possible mention from LoL is Tahm Kench whose ult is basically a one-way relocate
But it is not globally range
@@josephlouisg.bondoc3612 Ah true
Your video makes me want to learn how to play his hero. Thanks for uploading!
Damn.
My favourite finally!
I like the touch that you put a pokecenter bgm
finally its here!!!
the most determined support of all time
Im curious about Io and Mars relationship, as ally mars reaction is so deep and as enemy his reaction is only deep regret knowing they become enemy.
OMG YES! Been Waiting For another vid!!
You forgot to mention an important change; Relocate went from a simple delay before casting, to a channeled spell. It was 7.16 I believe. It's why it went from being the most popular first pick support in Divine V and above (what are now Immortal Ranks), to back to being unplayable in pubs. This got changed back to delay again in 7.21, so maybe that's why you missed it :)
I stopped playing dota, but still love to watch your videos
Woop woop so happy when you upload
Turns out Io was broken this entire time, Ana was just using the ultimate pocket strat.
its been broken for a long time dude
@@asmerX100 yes because carry Io was so prevalent in the pro scene before Ana, thanks man I didn't realize that the hero existed before TI9
K.K. Soul at the end of each video really makes puts them together for me.
Good video, I like your minimalistic Io very much! So made it my profile pic :D
I am a IO player, good to see that IO didn't change too much through out the year.
Keep up the good work denni boy we love you ❤️
probably no one's going to notice how he used the pokemart theme on his skill description. very refreshing.
Ana was possesed by that scary face of Dota all star version of Io when he decided to play Io carry
Love your video, keep up the great work
Nice vid!
One thing I would have mentioned, though, is the final cooldown nerf for his Spirits in 7.20, removing his ability to early-detonate all spirits at once in a single blast of ball-busting amazingness :/
No idea why they did this
Edit: edits
God, I always loved playing this little speedy spirit ball.
IO's presence just make me warm
I entered this video thinking. What can this dude say about a shiny ball for 16 minutes...
Looks like, a lot. Nice video, now I want an IO plushy
I'm not crying, you are.
that pokemon center background music gets you another sub from mee hahahaha
Idk how you do it, but you just make me fall in love with io
Before TI9: Exists to keep his tea, safe
TI9 happens: Ultimate killing machine
Io would look cute if he have a cosmetic called "OwO, what's this??"
Makes him look like this: OwO
When he is theadered: ÒwÓ
When he die: UwU
if that happens, i'll have to murder my wallet
Io is the Kirby of the DOTA 2 universe due to being round, cute and friendly
Nice been waiting fot this series again..
Taric from LoL has a tether ability , his W Bastion, when cast on an ally it gives than %Max HP shield and it links them then all his abilities will be duplicated from his ally , meaning his Q which is a heal , his E a liner stun and his R which is invulnerability .
remember when relocate was nerfed that it required you to stand still while channeling?
LOL has Yumi whos a cat who attatches to a champion
one of the most wholesome hero in DOTA
i don't play a lot of dota(cuz me trash) but io is always the one character that stood out to me in terms of design, like he's literally just thing weird light thing can see everything, like some omnipotent god, in a game that has gods.
2:22 i've never felt so sad for a ball of light
Surprised you never mentioned how Io's just a troll character who teleports allies onto ward hills then runs the courier into enemy towers for the rest of the game.
Karmas old kit resembled IO a lot more.you could tether to allies to increase their movement speed, and yours. Also if an enemy crosses your line they would be slowed by a large amount. You could also tether to an enemy to slow them down. Also she used to be able to heal.
When you go through the talents, you should have an overlay of all the talents at the corner so we wont get confused the left and right one and then change the talents in the overlay as you go through the talent
Great content as always
Dentist the Tall, you are very talented.
how come this guy only got 42k subs? much love baby!
You got my like when the rick and morty music came up.
I'd say Aphrodite from SMITE also has similarities to Io, mostly that she can link with an ally to give them buffs and her abilities are more utility based like giving the linked ally a damage buff (instead of attack speed), crowd controlling the enemy (instead of spirits slowing the enemy, aphro has other methods of CC like Stun and Knockback), or granting herself and her linked Ally CC Immunity for a few seconds using her ult (instead of teleporting an ally to safety, now you can just breeze through Hard CC abilities and ultis)
Love your Vids Guys I think I've watched all your Vids maybe. Big Faaaaaaan of Dennis the Tall here!!!!
I really wanted Io’s Arcana to be something like Disney’s Brave will-o-wisp. Like a spirit with a whispering voice ❤️
Even Doom love this hero. He wanna own Io as his pet on his lap on his throne. This is Dota 2 Disco ball :D
Everyone loves Io! Io is important part in the Dota 2 world. Its old as anyone can be.
I can hear Super Mario 64 background music. So nostalgia
Sees History of Io video
Me: *happiness beep*
know this is late, but the closest to Io could be Yummi in league of legends now, consider she literally just hop on an ally. The "symbiotic relationship" theme also feature Abathur in HotS, he stays at base and infest his allies while cast spells on them
not really a moba game but IO really is like the medic from tf2
Io is somewhat replicated in wang zhe rong yao where the hero tethers to heroes and teleport entire teams around if she so chooses, only difference is that this one has a knockback for cc
My problem with IO is in low bracket no one really knows for sure how IO works, whenever I would tether to my carry, overcharge AND salve myself they tend to fall back instead of aggressively engage the enemy
Alright i found the equivalent to shen from leagu wich is one of my favourite character
I can't wait to try Io out thanks
"..and red heads".
I see you are a man of taste as well.
Great video, more power!