I remember an ancient dota video of a warlock guide saying to max out upheaval and put the rest into stats and make sure to rush refresher so you can cast upheaval twice. That video was really ahead of its time.
Slacks 6 Days Ago: "What is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort" Slacks Today: "I will teach you that Warlock is the most toxic hero in dota right now!" Great video though!
Another bonus of the latest version of warlock: if you 4x stack the ancient/neutral camps and your hc can't or won't farm them you can just link them and upheaval to clear them all with taking almost no damage. Farming neutral items for yourself (and the team too I guess) is always useful.
Veil doesn't just increase magic damage, it increases spell damage. So things like quill spray, anchor smash, etc that deal phys dmg. Does not work on passives like cleave, glaives, or damage return. I feel like a lot of people are sleeping on the early veil and/or don't consider it a support item.
One underrated thing is to get an early 2nd or 3rd point in upheaval and set it just behind the wave when they walk up to cs, kites lots of traditionally tank offlaners massively. Every Tide thinks they can just walk it off, but you cannot, in fact, escape the poop pit
Talking psychology is such a smart approach to hero mastery Im usually praised for my enigma in game, and its solely because of the psychological tricks i pull all game
Abaddon also is a very tough match up for warlock. Purging the carry of the bonds, getting in your face to silence you out of upheaval. And if you do set up your perfect combo his ags ult is basically turning into free heals for his team.
Tried this twice with an impressive winrate of 0. Its mostly because in my soloque bracket getting 3 people together for a team fight is already dreaming big. But im sure its real fun with a 5 stack.
@@johndeschlong591 Not the greatest tip in meta where characters like nyx, np or bara are common If i show on the wave theres a 50% chance im already dead. As much as i like playing support i had to start playing offlane only as it seems to be way easier to tell supports what you want to do than as support telling the carrys what to do.
Well, here is to Slacks returning to voice acting heroes just like ye days of old (Which is the reason why I subbed to his channel in the first place)!
I've modified Slacks' formula a little for some pub memery. Warlock mid is unironically very fun (albeit situational). Play as suggested prioritizing bonds and upheaval, as soon as you hit 6 you can almost guarantee a kill on the enemy mid if you get a good bonds off as long as they don't have a good escape ability. After that you become a rotater and pick up veil into shiva's, atos into zap rod (forgot the name lol) and if you're doing really well dagon is a pretty good meme pickup. Meteor hammer is also fun since the slow from upheaval lingers and it helps push towers, though that's more theory crafting than experience.
I was initially disappointed you werent talking about winning mid on warlock by abusing upheaval's massive duration and unexpected damage. Even more fun with early urn to kill squishier mids. Guess thats more of a troll build for pubs though. But this is pretty great as well. Reminds me of my attempts of playing sneaky back door skeleton build wraith king.
as always slacks make me laugh (as i remember the broodmother funny voices #neverforget) and actually for once made me play a warlock from his speech, kudos to u slacks.
I remember upheaval being called bad and people ignored it, then they had 10 movespeed and exploded, they called me insane. Anyways thanks slacks for the 36 minute poop guide.
I got like 12 streak wins playing warlock in turbo, before same players i've played with in matches remembered my profile and banned warlock. The amount of hate and grudge I received from those 6 players was surely personal and I still remember their names.
when muerta makes warlock ether form the real one is stunned, so you need someone like omni to dispell the stun before you can cast the ult with the real hero
Hit r on the ground and then immediately backpack the aghs, if you get the aghs in the backpack before the actual golems spawn but after the spell has begun to cast they should spawn with full health
This video convinced me to play Warlock 7 games in a row. Lost 2. Thankyou sir. Fantastic build. Difference is you're good at the game and I'm a warcraft 3 boomer casual. My build is typically Ring of Bas, Null talisman (maybe a second one if we are getting hard pressured), Ags Shard, Veil of Discord, Octarine Core, then build based on enemy heroes. ^ Is that alright?
I'd say Refresher is always better than Octarine, especially after they removed the cast range from it. Blink Dagger can be situationally good for even longer initiation range btw, if there's a Slark constantly killing you or smth
Damn didn't know veil did damage to barriers now. I wonder why this wasn't picked up to counter pipe more recently. half pipe barrier gone and amp magic damage seems like almost a 1:1 counter since itll be a support buying veil vs core on pipe
I didn't even realize Warlock had a third spell in Dota 2. I thought Upheaval was removed in DotA 2 Beta in favor of a dump skill that had no effect and could not be. used
Would you say ogre magi is a good combo? The ignite is a constant chains proc and there’s a stun that keeps them in upheavel long enough for you to body block with his massive model
@@SynergyFX. I’m also thinking venomancer to make an army of wards that get attack speed and more slow to keep them in there but it might be lacking damage overall
Pick sd+warlock Warlock link, sd disrup, upheaval till almost max debuff, sd press disseminate (even better if the target is a tanker, just add sd ult there for max slow n dispersion dmg)
my item build is this one: mana boots + midas + shard then refresher and aeon. refresher + aeon saves lives, also makes enemies waist time trying to kill me while i cast spells. (also midas gets refreshed so i am supper rich and can get scepter too.) i have most damage dealt every freaking game.
your wrong about the shadow amulet, rest is good though. What are the chances if Slark jumps backlines to find the shadow amulet'd warlock that 1. he has dust and 2. he can close the gap with upheaval slow on him and being sat directly in the middle of the full enemy team. there's a few supports like Nyx that might be behind enemy lines to reveal but Nyx can also just walk into upheaval and cancel it that way so he's not really worth considering, in fact the only other backline jumping support that comes to mind is clock and if you amulet before they even get a chance to see where you started he wont know where to hook shot
FINALLY People called me crazy when I lastpicked warlock mid. They flamed me, raged on me, sometimes intentionally griefed. But know what? Nobody expects Warlock mid. People don't know how to deal with him. It's crazy fun. I'd like to say thanks for the validation Slacks, but then again, if I ever try to validate my pick by saying "Slacks made a guide on it", I probably get reported faster than a tilting SF can delete his Items.
@@SynergyFX. ironically it used to be my go to invoker counter. I have no idea why the lane worked so well, but it did. Also considering that my other go to midlaners are jakiro and witch doctor...
You missed the mention for Nyx assasin as a counter, he just enters the upheaval, or has chains on, then actives spiked carapace and you are stunned, loosing the upheaval. Also, if he catches you out of position, his burst combo means you are pretty much dead everytime. Really hate playing against him
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there are extremely forbidden poop-pits
this is what Sunsfan warned us about
I remember an ancient dota video of a warlock guide saying to max out upheaval and put the rest into stats and make sure to rush refresher so you can cast upheaval twice. That video was really ahead of its time.
Chi long qua dynasty lives on
@@444ranger444I miss him :(
The video is futas way: warlock by nigma, it's a parody of slashers way and is a classic
Tbf upheaval has always been a bonkers spell that got better after the buffs.
I loved that build an video so much. I miss the dota meme days
Slacks 6 Days Ago: "What is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort"
Slacks Today: "I will teach you that Warlock is the most toxic hero in dota right now!"
Great video though!
32:02 Mouse clicking Mana Boots
Never change Slacks
he has also refresher for P, how long are this guy's fingers?
insane
Another bonus of the latest version of warlock: if you 4x stack the ancient/neutral camps and your hc can't or won't farm them you can just link them and upheaval to clear them all with taking almost no damage. Farming neutral items for yourself (and the team too I guess) is always useful.
Veil doesn't just increase magic damage, it increases spell damage. So things like quill spray, anchor smash, etc that deal phys dmg. Does not work on passives like cleave, glaives, or damage return. I feel like a lot of people are sleeping on the early veil and/or don't consider it a support item.
Slacks: "here's a Warlock guide!"
Dota 2 community: "The compendium is trash."
One underrated thing is to get an early 2nd or 3rd point in upheaval and set it just behind the wave when they walk up to cs, kites lots of traditionally tank offlaners massively. Every Tide thinks they can just walk it off, but you cannot, in fact, escape the poop pit
Talking psychology is such a smart approach to hero mastery
Im usually praised for my enigma in game, and its solely because of the psychological tricks i pull all game
Abaddon also is a very tough match up for warlock. Purging the carry of the bonds, getting in your face to silence you out of upheaval. And if you do set up your perfect combo his ags ult is basically turning into free heals for his team.
Oracle for pretty much same reason
I KNEW Upheaval was always underrated, good to see you posting, slacks
Tried this twice with an impressive winrate of 0. Its mostly because in my soloque bracket getting 3 people together for a team fight is already dreaming big. But im sure its real fun with a 5 stack.
Warlock is really easy if you are always in good position (blind spot or glimmer). He is even better with aether lens for longer upheaval cast range.
if your team is not grouping just shove waves and get refresher and buy smokes as-well it helps a lot.
@@johndeschlong591 Not the greatest tip in meta where characters like nyx, np or bara are common If i show on the wave theres a 50% chance im already dead. As much as i like playing support i had to start playing offlane only as it seems to be way easier to tell supports what you want to do than as support telling the carrys what to do.
this is giving me nostalgia from watching ur techies and mmr guides
Well, here is to Slacks returning to voice acting heroes just like ye days of old (Which is the reason why I subbed to his channel in the first place)!
Wonderful video. The length was great btw, I remember the stream made fun of it.
Slacks I request you to request OG to sponsor more videos because this was just a nice little 35min silly break from hellworld and I needed that.
I've modified Slacks' formula a little for some pub memery. Warlock mid is unironically very fun (albeit situational). Play as suggested prioritizing bonds and upheaval, as soon as you hit 6 you can almost guarantee a kill on the enemy mid if you get a good bonds off as long as they don't have a good escape ability. After that you become a rotater and pick up veil into shiva's, atos into zap rod (forgot the name lol) and if you're doing really well dagon is a pretty good meme pickup. Meteor hammer is also fun since the slow from upheaval lingers and it helps push towers, though that's more theory crafting than experience.
i’m watching the ebay ad before the video but i already know this is a banger vid. thanks slacks
just wait for the NordVPN sponsorship in the middle and the Raid: Shadow Legends closing ad
26:50
My man really clicked those arcane boots. Flashbacks to hotkey tutorial with purge
do you simulate a mass wind ranger extinction in demo mode often?
when I recorded that it hurt cause I'm a Grandmaster windranger LOL
I was initially disappointed you werent talking about winning mid on warlock by abusing upheaval's massive duration and unexpected damage. Even more fun with early urn to kill squishier mids. Guess thats more of a troll build for pubs though.
But this is pretty great as well.
Reminds me of my attempts of playing sneaky back door skeleton build wraith king.
Upheaval's duration got nerfed a couple patches back, it's no longer good just for the damage now.
as always slacks make me laugh (as i remember the broodmother funny voices #neverforget) and actually for once made me play a warlock from his speech, kudos to u slacks.
damn great guide thanks
I remember upheaval being called bad and people ignored it, then they had 10 movespeed and exploded, they called me insane.
Anyways thanks slacks for the 36 minute poop guide.
if old upheaval was an ult on some other hero people would think its god tier, but its on warlock who always needs to be in position to drop the rock
I got like 12 streak wins playing warlock in turbo, before same players i've played with in matches remembered my profile and banned warlock. The amount of hate and grudge I received from those 6 players was surely personal and I still remember their names.
God I love you slacks, great video. I am typing this ankle deep in the mud
Shadow ward + fatal bonds damage is very nice, if you can hit that 3-4 hero chain.
You carried that game, got MVP and helped us come back for the W, Slacks! I was the Lycan :)
I haven't played dota 2 in about 7 years but i'll happy watch a man fall into the poop pits for 35 minutes
I would sometimes take upheveal level 1 for FB fight since the slow is pretty hardcore.
dropped after L streak on warlock while recal. Lol much love!
Had a really fun several games after watching this guide
He's come so far since Purge tamed the wild stallion.
The shade at 19:03 lmao
Shoutout to the new warlock for teaching me to deny 10x better than before. Mudj appreciated.
WELCOME BACK GAGO
23:57 I need that on a t-shirt
It's 2 am here and i have work in 4 hours. Damn it slacks. 🤣
Slacks makes the best content on RUclips hands down
Now do a position 4 Chaos knight with an aether lens and redefine positioning, become, "pudge at home".
I chuckled.. This is how you do guide
29:18 what's the name of the music?
what happens with muerta and a fully kitted warlock? can his ether form use his ult too? lol that would be insane!
any interaction with that aghs is just guess work
when muerta makes warlock ether form the real one is stunned, so you need someone like omni to dispell the stun before you can cast the ult with the real hero
i learned a lot from this video
Idk if I'm just bad but I can't make the 2 golems with full health glitch work
Hit r on the ground and then immediately backpack the aghs, if you get the aghs in the backpack before the actual golems spawn but after the spell has begun to cast they should spawn with full health
I can see it now , an enigma jumping with ult , warlock upheavel and an offlane shaker jumps in with ult to smooth things up 😺
Dammit slacks why are you spreading the forbidden mud wizard tactics to the commoners!!!
You are a freaking genius man. nohomo love for ya brother
I love how many windrunners you killed in this video
Good video
high quality content :)
mud lad
loregasm
What do you think of the new Compendium?
This video convinced me to play Warlock 7 games in a row. Lost 2.
Thankyou sir. Fantastic build.
Difference is you're good at the game and I'm a warcraft 3 boomer casual.
My build is typically Ring of Bas, Null talisman (maybe a second one if we are getting hard pressured), Ags Shard, Veil of Discord, Octarine Core, then build based on enemy heroes.
^ Is that alright?
I think you're the first person ever to call Slacks good at this game
I'd say Refresher is always better than Octarine, especially after they removed the cast range from it.
Blink Dagger can be situationally good for even longer initiation range btw, if there's a Slark constantly killing you or smth
Daddy Warlock
Best warlock tutorials online.😅😅😅
5:52 "Doom also can eat sh*t for no benefit" 😂
Best video
Just by hearing poop bois makes me happiiii
You are my favorite Dota God
Slacks is national treasure
watching this while on the sh*tter is a very immersive experience
Damn didn't know veil did damage to barriers now. I wonder why this wasn't picked up to counter pipe more recently. half pipe barrier gone and amp magic damage seems like almost a 1:1 counter since itll be a support buying veil vs core on pipe
good shit
Spider dance goes crazy, anyways nice guide.
Played my best ever game of dota after watching this. Got MVP!!! Unbelievably good warlock
You just made Jenkins,BSJ and Speed look like Crusader coaches
"Melee off-laner *shows Anti-Mage*"
I like you.
A rare SirActionSlacks upload appears
throw a master ball!
I didn't even realize Warlock had a third spell in Dota 2. I thought Upheaval was removed in DotA 2 Beta in favor of a dump skill that had no effect and could not be. used
Slacks I just went through a breakup recently and your videos have made me smile the hardest I have since so thank you!
warlock is new gf
Would you say ogre magi is a good combo? The ignite is a constant chains proc and there’s a stun that keeps them in upheavel long enough for you to body block with his massive model
stun and more slow, very good support duo
@@SynergyFX. I’m also thinking venomancer to make an army of wards that get attack speed and more slow to keep them in there but it might be lacking damage overall
@@shnorkeythefourth4572 you're thinking like a mud wizard and that's what counts
It wouldn't be a Slacks guide without rushing mana boot
Pick sd+warlock
Warlock link, sd disrup, upheaval till almost max debuff, sd press disseminate (even better if the target is a tanker, just add sd ult there for max slow n dispersion dmg)
my item build is this one: mana boots + midas + shard then refresher and aeon. refresher + aeon saves lives, also makes enemies waist time trying to kill me while i cast spells. (also midas gets refreshed so i am supper rich and can get scepter too.)
i have most damage dealt every freaking game.
your wrong about the shadow amulet, rest is good though. What are the chances if Slark jumps backlines to find the shadow amulet'd warlock that 1. he has dust and 2. he can close the gap with upheaval slow on him and being sat directly in the middle of the full enemy team. there's a few supports like Nyx that might be behind enemy lines to reveal but Nyx can also just walk into upheaval and cancel it that way so he's not really worth considering, in fact the only other backline jumping support that comes to mind is clock and if you amulet before they even get a chance to see where you started he wont know where to hook shot
I've been playing a lot of warlock lately. I found going arcanes>midas>shard> whatever your team needs is winning most of my games.
midas vry good too but im not gonna make a video tellin people to buy midas
I miss Slacks when he had hair
I knew this was coming. I can't be the only one who's figured this braindead hero. Damn. It feels good to be validated.😂
guoah wait, why is it 40 min long?
Slacks you are such a fucking menace to society please never stop.
FINALLY
People called me crazy when I lastpicked warlock mid. They flamed me, raged on me, sometimes intentionally griefed. But know what? Nobody expects Warlock mid. People don't know how to deal with him. It's crazy fun.
I'd like to say thanks for the validation Slacks, but then again, if I ever try to validate my pick by saying "Slacks made a guide on it", I probably get reported faster than a tilting SF can delete his Items.
take a shot everytime he says poop
Love your work Sr Slacks, HOWEVER... Glimmer, optional?
Na dude, that's core. Glimmer > Veil
Finally, a guide for the shitty wizard
Oh man this makes me want to play warlock (or dota for that matter), but I know better than to risk the hellish depths of solo queue
Nice video whats ur fav kk banger?
Thank you sir faction smacks. I am become poop, defecator of lanes
I wonder if i can go back to playing warlock mid with this... rip aggro shadow word mid, gone but not forgotten.
feel like you would destroy some melee mids
@@SynergyFX. ironically it used to be my go to invoker counter. I have no idea why the lane worked so well, but it did.
Also considering that my other go to midlaners are jakiro and witch doctor...
I use it mid when invoker gets banned and I have like a 75% success rate though I haven't done it much. It's a very relaxing/safe playstyle.
Haven't watched the video yet but I have been maxing upheaval since 2015
You missed the mention for Nyx assasin as a counter, he just enters the upheaval, or has chains on, then actives spiked carapace and you are stunned, loosing the upheaval. Also, if he catches you out of position, his burst combo means you are pretty much dead everytime.
Really hate playing against him
I mean just about any support with a stun can cancel it. Especially Lion stun that doesn’t require a target.
never face papa popo
The real Herald question tho - how do I name my poop boys
I love Kinder Surprise talent at 20 lvl
Warlock (Pos5) midas built is the best!
I just listened to slacks say poopoo for 36mins
i approve this message. Slacks helped me get immortal as pos5
26:04 🤣
the compendium is a disappointment but at least we can count on slacks to give us a new way to ruin pubs
how to rename them