Fourth Spirit - A Dota 2 Podcast

A DotA 2 Podcast for new and experienced player's alike. The hosts crack wise and talk the pains and triumphs of learning the ins and outs of the game as well as the meta behind it. New shows Tuesday and Thursday

Dota is Arc Warden Right Now (We Don't Talk About AW) 04/25/2024

Dota is Arc Warden Right Now (We Don't Talk About AW) On this week's podcast Ursi, Proud, and guest AHW discuss the current unpatched iteration of the game and offer some theories. Topics include: Bloodseeker, the new battlepass activity, balance patch cadence, Lotuses, pull dynamics, experience, differentiating good & bad players, objective balancing, Monkey King, Broodmother, a couple listener questions, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/30985693

Sam forgot to give me a title lol 04/08/2024

Sam forgot to give me a title lol And a description /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/30719878

Ursi Needs Therapy 03/27/2024

Ursi Needs Therapy On this week's podcast Ursi, Zac, and Proud get into the new patch, 7.35d, and talk about Ursi's adventures in ranked. Topics include: matchmaking changes, BKB, Manta Style, Maelstrom family changes, Dragon Knight, Drow, Lifestealer, Magnus, Pangolier, Disruptor, ranked play, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/30561718

Fixing Heroes 03/19/2024

Fixing Heroes On this week's podcast Ursi, Bee, and Proud gather around the podcast-fire and get into a whole lot of hero-specific topics. Topics include: Vengeful Spirit, Venomancer, Phantom Lancer, Dragon's Dogma, next TI, the Birmingham Major, changes to MMR, Troll Warlord, Tinker, spell amplification, Sange & Yasha, Lifestealer, tormentor strategy, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/30435563

Alive in a Gutter; Dead in a Ditch 03/01/2024

Alive in a Gutter; Dead in a Ditch what in blazes! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/30190528

7.35c pootch 02/23/2024

7.35c pootch la gooch /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/30077723

Have Fun In Dota, Too 02/19/2024

Have Fun In Dota, Too mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm yeah mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm right mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm mhm ok /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/30008503

Can't Go Wrong with Spiky 01/29/2024

Can't Go Wrong with Spiky On this week's episode of the podcast Ursi, Zac, and Proud live inside of their own personal safety bubbles. Topics include: Lion, Khanda, vague vs. concrete pressure, 5 Storm Spirit, really greedy supports, first item choice risks, neutral item acquisition, when to leave mid, tiny starting item, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/29687793

Warlock Extravaganza 12/29/2023

Warlock Extravaganza On this week's episode Proud, Zac, and Ursi discuss Warlock in-depth. Topics include: Khanda, Arc Warden, simplicity in hero design, complexity in execution, Clinkz, Faceless Void, Sniper, Zeus, OD, bugs, Dragon Knight, Tiny, underrated/undervalued neutral items, and much! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/29268488

Dota 7.35 Patch Review 12/19/2023

Dota 7.35 Patch Review EVERYTHING EXPLODED I'll try to get the items part with Zac up if I can get it listenable /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/29151408

Butch Drow 12/05/2023

Butch Drow On this week's podcast Zac, Ursi, and Proud end competition. Topics include: Eternal shroud, Slardar, butch Drow Ranger, cosmetic metagames, creep cutting/skips, Lycan, the nature of competition, inhouses, WLDL, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/28931643

Dota 7.34e Patch Review :) 11/21/2023

Dota 7.34e Patch Review :) Offlane LD might be busted also but if the mids and carries move away from tanks with stuns LD will probably be a worse offlaner. /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/28735313

A Certain Satisfaction 11/14/2023

A Certain Satisfaction On this week's podcast Ursi and Proud craft together. Topics include: Queen of Pain, Spectre, Warlock, widdling & woodcrafts, Lone Druid w/ double diffusal, Slark, tall Iranian men, Monster Hunter Rise, WoW's new Season of Discovery, goals for next week, and more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/28631988

Movers & Sleepers 11/03/2023

Movers & Sleepers Blew my ears out at a show like an hour ago so if the sound is bad it's because I can't hear so you're not allowed to get mad at me, actually. On this week's post-TI podcast Ursi, Bee, and Proud decide how to market the game. Conversations include: Muerta, the TI experience, Ursi's LAN experience, Grimstroke, Weaver, Shadow Shaman, the most marketable composition, the debut of a new segmne,t the Onceler, and so much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/28504922

Seattle Reporters Report 10/27/2023

Seattle Reporters Report sound wasn't great but what can you do? probably a lot honestly if we do another it should be better /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/28440107

Peas, Whys and TIs 10/06/2023

Peas, Whys and TIs Everyone died shortly after this recording please send all of your wreaths to Ursi /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/28242065

Please Sign My Petition 09/20/2023

Please Sign My Petition Vanguard is ruining my marriage. And much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/28090820

The Valve Minds 09/06/2023

The Valve Minds On this week's episode Zac, Proud, and Ursi mess around with a libertarian geiger counter and get astounding results. Topics include: the smurf update, the behavior score update, Dazzle, battle reports, Venomancer, Phantom Assassin, Lone Druid with a blink dagger, Gyrocopter, Necrophos, and mucho more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27954513

Natures Prophet - Why? 08/30/2023

Natures Prophet - Why? On this week's podcast Zac, Proud, and Ursi get analytical. Topics include: Natures Prophet, Warlock, Void Spirit, Orb of Corrosion, Pangolier, attack speed acquisition & math, class identity, role capability, the 10th Anniversary event, Naga Siren, Lion, Spectre, Armored Core 6, Earth Spirit, and much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27890193

TI's Been Happening, Guys 08/22/2023

TI's Been Happening, Guys On this week's podcast Ursi, Bee, and Proud move around the map. Topics include: further 7.34b testing & reactions, Lone Druid theorycrafting, Azure Ray, Bee's LAN, warding vs. dewarding, Invoker, Pangolier, Void Spirit, itemization & AC, the future of TI, modesty, arrogance, themed games, TI qualifiers, and nothing more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27817443

2 Goo 1 Submarine 08/17/2023

2 Goo 1 Submarine /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27778833

Gamer Lessons 08/04/2023

Gamer Lessons On this week's podcast Bee, Ursi, and Proud gather around the gamer campfire to tell stories of progress and growth. Topics include: which dota characters would wear the most cologne, the ESI For All Podcast, Bee's trip to Germany, hero difficulty relative to game balance, Sniper, Lycan, Grimstroke, lessons we've learned from gaming, communication, soft vs. hard skills, LAN parties, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27657054

Puddles & Rivers Give Me The Shivers 07/24/2023

Puddles & Rivers Give Me The Shivers On this week's podcast Ursi, Zac, and Proud develop the game. Topics include: Volleyball, harpoon, Kunkka, Necrophos, Slardar, Disperser, Invoker, Omniknight, video essayists, Economics, Arc Warden, how the game has developed, and much less! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27546810

[Reupload] Friends of Infinite Possibility 07/24/2023

[Reupload] Friends of Infinite Possibility idk something happened sorry Hope you lyke Lican /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27546744

[Reupload] The Universal Hero Conundrum 07/24/2023

[Reupload] The Universal Hero Conundrum Something happened idk sorry On this week's return to the proper show Proud and Ursi cover a whole lot of Dota topics, including the new update, Lycan builds, and more! Then we get off topic and discuss game design, vocabulary, summer break, spanish, WoW, and so much more! Forgot, you normally upgrade the echo also but I had to go a weird build cause of omni. /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27546747

Cruising Though Hobbies 07/13/2023

Cruising Though Hobbies On this week's show Bee, Ursi, and Proud move along through a whole bunch of different topics including Dota (duh), Omniknight carry builds, hermit gaming, Clinkz, megalophobia, role functionality & flexibility in the current game, Pokemon Infinite Fusion (GOTY), merged heroes, cruises, Muerta, social jobs, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27453105

The Universal Hero Conundrum 06/26/2023

The Universal Hero Conundrum On this week's return to the proper show Proud and Ursi cover a whole lot of Dota topics, including the new update, Lycan builds, and more! Then we get off topic and discuss game design, vocabulary, summer break, spanish, WoW, and so much more! Forgot, you normally upgrade the echo also but I had to go a weird build cause of omni. /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/27265422

Friends of Infinite Possibility 05/17/2023

Friends of Infinite Possibility Hope you lyke Lican /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/26863362

Universally Scorned :( 05/04/2023

Universally Scorned :( 👺 /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/26742111

I Want to Diadem - Dota 7.33b Patch Review 04/27/2023

I Want to Diadem - Dota 7.33b Patch Review On this week's podcast Ursi, Proud, and Zac discuss the new mini-patch 7.33b and some observations after their experiences playing this long-awaited update! Topics include: Medusa, neutral camp routes & farming pattern changes, the changing nature of gold balance on teams, twin gates strategies, ranking of the new map elements, Phantom Lancer, hero trends overall, blood grenade, the Universal Role adjustments, diadem, waveclearing supports, harpoon, things to look out for, and much more! /episode/index/show/defenseofthepatience/id/26669754

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