Gentlemen, would it be possible to replace the in-game Phantom Lancer all pick selection noise to "Oi, ey you you faucking PL picking caaaunt!"? I would play him more frequently for those 2 seconds a game.
Aqua Lord Typhon No. He didnt. He mentioned a concept, he didn't learn anything about it. He only is aware of a concept now, he will have to choose if he wants to learn about it.
his late to mid game was just buffed dude. Just his damn early game is nerfed. so i have 20 damn minutes t shut down a pl and only about 10 minutes of that is the laning phase in 99.9% of my games since one fucker decideds to end it by going to other lanes and roaming/ganking. so 10 damn minutes to shut down a pl or i've already lost.
***** I really like the new ability, I think it has some parts in common with the ability you described. The small blink radius it gives you makes it actually fun to play pl.
Outworld devourer can be a good counter for Cancer lancer, his orb ability does double damage to illusions and if played properly, can one shot all of his illusions. He can also make any Warlock cry.
Just came out of stream where PL totally single handedly owned flax and his scrubs. Everyone else in his team was pretty much total garbage but they just left pl to farm and lost horribly in the end.
Well, Templar assassin's backstory is that she found a magical library revealing the secrets to everything , and every time she killes something more of it is revealed
PL is amazing, but I mean you still need to farm and learn how to farm, jungle, and kill to actually use him. I remember when I started dota all the PL I played with didn't do any of that. Now I realized you still need practice. Like good early items to help him stay lane/ farm and emergency mana ect. Dota is cool you can do anything
Maybe not a counter necessarily, but getting PL into a Wall is pretty hilarious as those illusions can make more illusions too. Especially great with Aghanim's Scepter because they deal so much more damage.
Did there not used to be a PL song at the end? It was a cover of George Washington by Brad Neely but changed to be about phantom lancer. Am I just going crazy?
You deserve so many more views/likes for mentioning the double slit experiment. You should do the next video with some reference to the Large Hadron Collider (or as it is sometimes misprinted in the media: Large Hardon Colluder).
There are counters for pl. for example a shadow demon. gyro. PL can get trounced if not played correctly and if the opposition knows what they're doing
you can oneshot any hero that has ilusions with templar assasin just position your self so you land psy blades on ilusions and spill dmg hits PL, so in theory you do 300%dmg to the ilusion and same to the targets behind them if that target is PL/Chaos knight or what not you will do masive dmg and posibly oneshot them and gues what psy blade spill dmg hits invisible units
What are the best counters to this guy? I hear Medusa and Earth Shaker are decent, but I haven't found one who when fed on part with PL is just as solid. Any suggestions?
that is indeed true, but that counts on him getting the farm to reach that point, a relativly good pugna can stop him from snowballing allowing the rest of the team to stand a reasonable chance of winning
and Items: Manta - even more phantoms Diffusial - phantoms hit u even harder and burn all ur mp uless u stay on tier 3 Radiance - same shit as diffusual, but burns ur hp instead mp
That being said, her ult only deals 1000 damage to illusions if I recall. So they gotta push quick and shut him down early along with the match or it wont make too much of a difference.
actually the electrons can behave as either waves or particles, depending on whether you are looking at them or not. if you looks at them they act as particles if you don't they act as waves. also it's not electrons it's photon (light).
Yeah, farming is a big part of beating PL (which is the same for other carries (although some have more counters)). Carrying is partially farm-wars with the enemy carry.
The following heroes either counter him alone or help to counter him: Meepo, Slark, Kunkka, Medusa, Tiny, Slark, Sven, Anti Mage, Faceless Void, Shadow Demon, Slark, Timbersaw. There's loads of others as well if you attempt to actually push hard and gank the enemy team.
He definitely needed a buff to be honest. His juxtapose just didn't proc very often and when it did his illusions were crap. I think the agi gain is a bit high though, perhaps something along the lines of 3.3 would be enough.
Earthshaker's ultimate doesn't send echo waves for every illusion just to let you know. So if Phantom lancer has hood of defiance and heart of tarrasque.. it won't really deal much damage.
pugna played correctly is quite adept at ensuring kills, relatively high damage nuke, long range ulti that has an incredible damage output and the ward to make both those skills hurt to use.... i won't claim that poor pugna play isn't common but someone who is compotent with pugna tends to be at an advantage
Not exactly, even though Legion Commander isn't in the game, he would be a perfect counter. A. LC's Q does AOE damage, gives LC attack speed AND movespeed for every hero INCLUDING illusions also doing bonus damage to illusions. B. LC ult is single target so after you demolish all his illusions, you can solo ult PL and wreck him.
if u have a gem then when u use ur ulti it will kill all illusions and if he does that move where he goes invisible u can still see him so if ur teammate has a stun then u can easily kill him
Gotta come back to these periodically.
Especially now that he’s broken again
@@progskep I think they never changed him enough. He was always bullshit especially if you really had no aoe.
I’ve never played or seen a single game of this dota. These videos are genius! Pure gold
4+ years later and this is still quality content. came back for a laugh and wasn't disappointed
8 years still a fking gold
10 years i dont even play dota 2 anymore 😂
God damn it Pyrion, you are a comedy genius
Gentlemen, would it be possible to replace the in-game Phantom Lancer all pick selection noise to "Oi, ey you you faucking PL picking caaaunt!"? I would play him more frequently for those 2 seconds a game.
Did I just fucking learn science?
+Noobazzah yep, yep you did.
+Abhijay Rao History that is taught in A-level physics though...
+TheYacob26 No he didn't.
Anon Ops Yes, he did.
Aqua Lord Typhon No. He didnt. He mentioned a concept, he didn't learn anything about it. He only is aware of a concept now, he will have to choose if he wants to learn about it.
I love Phantom Lancer, i once won a game by destroying their ancient while they were attempting to destroy ours, by myself.
When I was noob I won a game standing in my well controlling my illusions, that was awfull 0_0
STOP PLAYING SOLITAIRE!
I often come back to these and love them every time
Came here to leran about Phantom lancer, ended up having an argument with my GF about quantun mechanics . 10 / 10 would watch again
This guide made me play PL and now im playing him all the time. He's so much fun!
I'm surprised you haven't done a video on Slark.
I wonder whar Pyrion say now after last patch?
his late to mid game was just buffed dude. Just his damn early game is nerfed. so i have 20 damn minutes t shut down a pl and only about 10 minutes of that is the laning phase in 99.9% of my games since one fucker decideds to end it by going to other lanes and roaming/ganking. so 10 damn minutes to shut down a pl or i've already lost.
Cancer. There is nothing more to say about pl. The patch made him even into a more aggresive cancer.
He got his nerf. Miss old PL :(
***** I really like the new ability, I think it has some parts in common with the ability you described. The small blink radius it gives you makes it actually fun to play pl.
No fucking chemio can help us now. The only way to defeat a Cancer Lancer is to become one and doing so, becoming the dark side.
Outworld devourer can be a good counter for Cancer lancer, his orb ability does double damage to illusions and if played properly, can one shot all of his illusions. He can also make any Warlock cry.
This is 2020 and PL is still broken
Yep just came out of a game where they had the last pick and it was pl and we had no AOE. Instantly reminded me of this video.
God your art for Sven is so cute and adorable!
You know I come back and watch this vid a few times a year and its still makes me laugh i love it lol
i wish we still had old pl
i really do like how engaged i was in that convoluted physics experiment only for it take a 90 degree turn and say PL is bullshit lol
Just came out of stream where PL totally single handedly owned flax and his scrubs. Everyone else in his team was pretty much total garbage but they just left pl to farm and lost horribly in the end.
Still a brilliant piece of comedy. And design, of course.
#cureforlancer
It's amazing how much MORE true this video is after the recent PL change.
Best court scene, ever ;)
I miss these
Ahh the old days when pl was fucking broken.
How is he not considered broken still? I'm not raging, I'm genuinely curious
I like when Pyrion rages. It feeds me
2:12 Because Morphling screwed up physics using his mass douchiness.
Is it bad that i learned more physics in this episode of pflaxs guide than i have in 9 years of schooling
yes...
I like how he relates science in the world of dota.
The rumpole and the bailey reference left me laughing so hard. Good work!
"Earthshaker"
PL: Oh shit
Ten years later, and holy shit, that court scene still makes me laugh till I choke.
I
BY FAR THE BEST GUIDE IVE SEEN!!!
What does this have to do with dota 2
Everything.
Thank you Pyrion for including some Physics and science in your video!
Best analogy ever
Pyrion, you explained the double slit experiment way better than my old high school teacher! Keep up the good work lol!
i miss this series..
And after nine years, this video is finally relevant again
Here is one counter to PL Tiny. Simple get him a Aghanim's scepter. Boom all those pesky Rat doto things gone.
Well, Templar assassin's backstory is that she found a magical library revealing the secrets to everything , and every time she killes something more of it is revealed
PL is amazing, but I mean you still need to farm and learn how to farm, jungle, and kill to actually use him. I remember when I started dota all the PL I played with didn't do any of that. Now I realized you still need practice. Like good early items to help him stay lane/ farm and emergency mana ect. Dota is cool you can do anything
Articulate, well reasoned and concise. I am well and truly persuaded by your logic.
Riki pickers are even worse...
"Anoint my phallus with the blood of the fallen " - PL player
lol do on RIKI PLS RIKI
RIKIRIKIRIKIRIKIRIKI
He's hard to draw.
There you go.
loooooooooool just draw a penis like void or something
I was referencing his Earthshaker video.
k cool
Congratz PFlax on getting an announcer pack. I look forward to your witty remarks in game as I lose.
lol i'm bullshit
pair, flush, 2 pair
*I HaVE fOuR StrAiGhT FlusHeS*
#cureforlancer
Now he can lag your game with his sheer prescence, due to all of those Valve Immortals.
I play Phantom Lancer all the time and I'm proud of it!
5 years later, this is still relevant... #cureforlancer
I like your style Pflax
That courtroom part was really cool, Pflaxinator!
4:42 Best animation I've ever seen.
Achieved 5.1K MMR with PL thanks to this guide. Thank you pflax.
Maybe not a counter necessarily, but getting PL into a Wall is pretty hilarious as those illusions can make more illusions too. Especially great with Aghanim's Scepter because they deal so much more damage.
Did there not used to be a PL song at the end? It was a cover of George Washington by Brad Neely but changed to be about phantom lancer. Am I just going crazy?
HAHAHAHA. Double-slit analogy...best video you have done yet.
I've finally understood quantum physics, THANKS PYRION.
You deserve so many more views/likes for mentioning the double slit experiment. You should do the next video with some reference to the Large Hadron Collider (or as it is sometimes misprinted in the media: Large Hardon Colluder).
There are counters for pl. for example a shadow demon. gyro. PL can get trounced if not played correctly and if the opposition knows what they're doing
this was the most scientific and informative video ever by pflax lol
Good, nay, best explanation of double slit experiment ever.
you can oneshot any hero that has ilusions with templar assasin just position your self so you land psy blades on ilusions and spill dmg hits PL, so in theory you do 300%dmg to the ilusion and same to the targets behind them if that target is PL/Chaos knight or what not you will do masive dmg and posibly oneshot them and gues what psy blade spill dmg hits invisible units
Guide to Bloodseeker please. I can't wait for your take on that ult.
+Pyrion flax Bristle backs is he had to pay someone else's tab so he went to the gym so he could beat him up, that doesn't fit in to the mold
Ive been waiting for this for a long tiiime
I enjoy how that was actual science at the beginning
What are the best counters to this guy? I hear Medusa and Earth Shaker are decent, but I haven't found one who when fed on part with PL is just as solid. Any suggestions?
that is indeed true, but that counts on him getting the farm to reach that point, a relativly good pugna can stop him from snowballing allowing the rest of the team to stand a reasonable chance of winning
i rly want pflax to be the voice actor in some animated movie or smth
and
Items: Manta - even more phantoms
Diffusial - phantoms hit u even harder and burn all ur mp uless u stay on tier 3
Radiance - same shit as diffusual, but burns ur hp instead mp
That being said, her ult only deals 1000 damage to illusions if I recall. So they gotta push quick and shut him down early along with the match or it wont make too much of a difference.
Broodmother is fighting for her spiderlings and nest.
actually the electrons can behave as either waves or particles, depending on whether you are looking at them or not. if you looks at them they act as particles if you don't they act as waves. also it's not electrons it's photon (light).
What about if you random him?
Yeah, farming is a big part of beating PL (which is the same for other carries (although some have more counters)). Carrying is partially farm-wars with the enemy carry.
Loved the quantum physics :D
This still stands
The following heroes either counter him alone or help to counter him: Meepo, Slark, Kunkka, Medusa, Tiny, Slark, Sven, Anti Mage, Faceless Void, Shadow Demon, Slark, Timbersaw. There's loads of others as well if you attempt to actually push hard and gank the enemy team.
He definitely needed a buff to be honest. His juxtapose just didn't proc very often and when it did his illusions were crap. I think the agi gain is a bit high though, perhaps something along the lines of 3.3 would be enough.
Yesterday I had a Medusa game against PL, Enigma AND Siren. You could almost hear the tears constantly dropping on 3 keyboards. So good!
i found this channel and as a dota player i love it. i laugh with this
+1 one for explaining the measurement problem in quantum mechanics.
Earthshaker's ultimate doesn't send echo waves for every illusion just to let you know. So if Phantom lancer has hood of defiance and heart of tarrasque.. it won't really deal much damage.
Could you please do a guide to Dazzle? I think you'd enjoy him.
OMG still golden
Anyone know which video is the one where P-Flax talks about how dota is like a knife fight in prison I want to show my friend the video but forgot :(
And this is why I love ember spirit with battlefury
i must admit, nice explanation of the double slit experiment :)
Issue with this is a lancer will almost always get diffusal which counters medusa survivablity hard. So they kind of counter eachother.
You should do one on weaver..
The only reason i pick pl is when the opponent goes full tryhard with weaver.
Is howling fantods a David Foster Wallace reference?
Now i think the way to counter Phantom Basterd is using Dark seers Wall.
pugna played correctly is quite adept at ensuring kills, relatively high damage nuke, long range ulti that has an incredible damage output and the ward to make both those skills hurt to use....
i won't claim that poor pugna play isn't common but someone who is compotent with pugna tends to be at an advantage
Not exactly, even though Legion Commander isn't in the game, he would be a perfect counter.
A. LC's Q does AOE damage, gives LC attack speed AND movespeed for every hero INCLUDING illusions also doing bonus damage to illusions.
B. LC ult is single target so after you demolish all his illusions, you can solo ult PL and wreck him.
if u have a gem then when u use ur ulti it will kill all illusions and if he does that move where he goes invisible u can still see him so if ur teammate has a stun then u can easily kill him