New Meta: DotA 2 Podcast

New Meta: DotA 2 Podcast


Latest Episodes

#62 - What's Going On With All These Position 1 Heroes?
November 15, 2019

Why is there PL in my games suddenly? How come Luna is suddenly good? How can you do a full episode on carry heroes without mentioning Lycan having a 60% win-rate? Is Jug still pickable? We take a look at the surprisingly versatile state of the carry...

#61 - Position 4 in the Mid-game: Spirit Breaker for President!
November 08, 2019

How to approach the mid-game in Dota, with a particular focus on the perspective of a position 4 hero. That's the topic of the day in episode 61, with Adam, Stan and Marco each weighing in to discuss how annoying Mirana arrows and whether you are...

#60 - On My Way to a One Bite Kill! Viperous Talk
November 01, 2019

Episode 60 flys in from the nether reaches on leathern wings with malicious intent. So prepare for poison as the pod stop trying to cram every Viper voice line into the description and actually talk about how to win some mmr one nobody's favorite...

#59 - Where to Play on the Map: Save the Rainforest Creeps!
October 25, 2019

Where should I be on the map? What areas should we be playing in? Where will the lane creeps meet? Is it called the jungle or the woods? All valid questions, and in this episode we have some answers. The topics all follow the theme of what are the key...

#58 - Mireska Sunbreeze and Battle Maiden
October 18, 2019

Finishing off what we started last week with the missing discussion on battle-maiden, AKA Crystal Maiden mid. The trio then discuss another mid hero that is perhaps even more of a gimmick than CM, the one and only Mireska Sunbreeze, known to the...

#57 - Crystal Maiden Deep Dive
October 11, 2019

Episode 57 sees the first of our New Meta hero deep dives, with Adam's favorite Crystal Maiden getting the attention and discussion. The crew talk laning, spells, builds, talents and more; as well as using some intro time to cover the continued...

#56 - Having Fun in Dota: The Hero Tier List!
October 03, 2019

Perhaps the ultimate Dota question... How to have fun? This is the reason we play right? Well, Marco plays for the last hit trainer but other than that. We run through some failsafe ways to have fun with the game, before going through Stan's tier list...

#55 - Playing Dota From Behind
September 27, 2019

The pod attempt to cover a difficult and nebulous topic in this week's episode, with a discussion on how to best play from a disadvantage. The crew start with some calibration and pro scene chat, before defining what it means to be 'behind' in a game...

#54 - New Season, New Matchmaking: Put Pubstomper On Your CV
September 20, 2019

The New Meta squad discuss their calibration woes and plans to avoid MMR disaster in the new season. Also discussed is the new matchmaking update, how to approach calibration, smurf threads, CVs etc. https://discord.gg/rgV6KwD

#53 - Veno and Tiny: Don't Let Marco Catch you in the Jungle
September 17, 2019

Episode 53 sees the trio discuss Adam's darling Venomancer that is creeping further into the meta as well as hero of TI9 Tiny that sits atop the Divine+ pick rates. Lanes, items, talents, counters etc etc we got it all covered. Also live testing...

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