Alpha damage is really strong, but the buffs still didnt fix his flaws and only improved his damage but he keeps dying if he cant get close to the enemy main dmg dealer
Alpha Is One Of The Tankiest Fighter Bruh, He Can't Be Killed Easily If You Know To Use Warrior/ Tough Boots Bloodlust Axe War Axe Brest Plate Athena Antiquras
@@amruthsjayan8632 He gets killed by DPS and those that can quickly kill of his regeneration. He lacks the capability to do followup chases or escape aside from ult which is unfortunate because once you look at the other "meta" fighters they easily have the best tools to either escape or follow up, whether it be a dash, cc immunity or a speed-up.
@@amruthsjayan8632 Alpha isn't Tanky, your build doesn't even have enough defense items, it's his Regen that makes him harder to die, anti heal, Slow, CC and True damage heroes can easily take him out, also it depends on your team, if your team is garbage and feeds enemy, you can well expect to get one shotted
@@abinashdewraja2911 to think that Alucard may have an even better chance against Alpha purely because he actually attacks faster than Alpha and can rack up damage with constant lifesteal.
It definitely made him stronger but not op. It also makes him a little better than before. Maybe they should bring back his second skill's attack speed buff where he'd get attack speed according to how many targets he hit
In terms of how strong the new Alpha is, his power level is on par with peak Terizla (around the time of Vexana and Faramis' revamp), which means he's borderline OP. However, his strong point is only on the sheer power of his true dmg, which is different with Terizla with his dmg reduce + 2nd skill. Since Alpha lacks any "beefen up" abilities, he isn't as broken as peak Martis from several months ago, which for me is one of the time where a hero can be that OP
@@Silvi28754 Yep, like, what'd Moonton expect to happen when they give a lv 5 Martis FREE +50 phys atk, considering he ALSO HAS CC IMMUNITY + DMG REDUCTION IN ONE SPELL ?
Nah not as strong, as peak terizla. Alpha still dies to burst once in a while if you jump in stupidly, but terizla will always survive somehow even if you they try to burst you
terizla was a lot stronger then, literally brainless gameplay on laning phase , just spank with 2nd skill every time with high damage, low cool down and fast movement
@Golden44 sounds like skill issue. Natalia's damage is decent early game. S2 only gives Natalia immunity to physical damage. As a Natalia main. I don't have a problem.
6:29 that Alpha ult cast is definitely a bug, many times CC stop me from casting ult and so in that time the enemy has already moved and my ult still goes, then you know the rest with a missed Alpha ult haha. Moonton, pls fix
I think what most players don't know is that his damage is actually almost the same as the old one, the PROBLEM with Alpha is the DELAY of his skills, therefore it's also a delay in his damage, one adjustment i thought of is combining all of his passive damage into 1 strike. So this adjustment almost has the same damage as old, just with a bit more faster animation. In short, the faster animation(and therefore faster damage) is what made this guy better this update
The changes on Beta's follow-up on every Alpha's skills from phys dmg to true dmg are also nice since building PEN items especially Malefic always seems like a waste on Alpha due to his passive
i dont think so, because yes maybe the old one seems strong in early game but in late game all the damage will fall down especially when you're using CDR build and today meta is often to pick tankier heroes. but now there's almost no downside when using CDR build because the Beta true damage, my main item is War Axe + Bloodlust Axe for damage+CDR+spellvamp and then you can get more damage from Hunter Strike or you can go tankier with Brute Force Plate for going agresive or even Oracle for more heal. theres so many build you can adjust depand on the enemy with the new Alpha
Alpha's True Damage is crazy now....... you can literally two hit people because of how his passive goes. Partner it with endless, it's half hp taken away just from true damage
@@h.h4417 if you plan on adding some atk speed on him, I would recommend Corrosion Scythe for its slow effect to make him hard to escape. I normally build him with Bloodlust Axe, Hunter Strike, Malefic Roar, Oracle for additional heal and CD, Queen's Wings for survivability, extra CD and extra spell vamp when low HP and one item slot is either Immortality or Dominance Ice. If there's no enemy with anti heal build, you can replace Oracle with another defensive item or just buy the Corrosion Scythe. Same if the enemies don't have regen based or attack speed based heroes, don't build Dominance Ice and build some def that will counter the enemies. Just don't forget to build Bloodlust Axe + 1 or 2 damage items to abuse his spell vamp. Yes, I don't even build boots anymore but that still depends on you
@@h.h4417 I use him in jg role mainly....my build is Armor/Tough Boots, War Axe, Hunter Strike, Bloodlust, Halberd, and BoD, Endless can be in there......I just use him to poke enemies and set for my team. That's the full damage build I go with. I made a video about :3 Yeah, use corrosion if you're gonna put in atk spd for Alpha, even though it seems tempting to put atk spd on Alpha....don't. The enemy has to be stationary for you to use your attack speed so a burst build is better or just high physical damage since Beta's damage depends on your atk items........ For tanky builds, I'd say get the tank items that has cd red. This will let you spam your skills making it easier for you to mark the enemy and have your ultimate in
The only problem now is if your ult hits, and the enemy flickers away, Alpha cannot perform a basic attack (unless he use extra mov speed), and the enemy don't take the extra true damage from his new passive. So in my own opinion, Alpha + petrify is kinda good now with burst/semi-attack speed build.
I used Alpha 7 times during my first placement games this season, and he's pretty good for me. But I lost all placement games using Alpha because the matchmaking system just gave useless braindead teammates to me for no reason 💀
6:06 I'll just see it as him being short circuited for a moment and the command didn't disappear. So he just executes the command immediately after being jammed. Might as well do it on Saber
I also noticed that when we are being stunned while using our ultimate, the ultimate will activate after the stun and we ended up using our ultimate on the previous location of the enemy.
small tip playing alpha; when ambushing an enemy off guard, try to cast your 1st skill before dashing in with your ult to have beta locked on as soon as alpha comes up
He is definitely “balance” now, his early game is strong(he can still get destroyed by dyrroth, bandang) mid game is still good, but late game, he kinda becomes a kamikazi robot if the tank doesn’t go in first. This is only for solo Q exp alpha.
@@纪文龙-i7qyea alpha can kill mm that use won at low hp, but if they use it at higher hp his damage to the mm will be reduced (since only true dmg can hit)
@@g6a0912 Do you know after the recent update alpha can now deal true dmg with his basic attack, basically he can deal true dmg even after his combo. So your statement becomes invalid.
I love your editing. You put real game situation clips right after the explanation of every alpha's skill which is easier to understand. Some youtubers will compile all skills explanations in early video then just show real gameplay only
This is a great buff for alpha, and I dont think they overdid it, all it takes to kill alpha is to stun, burst, or gank him, balanced buff for me personally. Btw if anyone's gonna try to use the trinity build make sure to add 2 defence items on his build otherwise you're just removing Alpha's way of surviving in teamfights (bruteforce chestplate & Oracle or Antique Cuirass & Athenas Shield/Radiant Armor)
I was one of the players of alpha when he was still least picked in ranked. heres the thing, alpha is yet weak and cant go near to late game mm heroes if HE GOT CC'd hard. but alpha can already painful at level 2, as long the user's skill accuracy is good. at this point i have never seen where in SEA players, ban alpha. although i see them getting picked frequently now. and as an alpha main, im happy that he is getting some recognition in the mlbb once again, cheers alpha users!
Honestly the Alpha we have right now feels balanced since he is literally a glass cannon now. Aside from the mountain of true damage. I feel like some amount of his true damage on his passive should be reduced but bring back the movement speed buff when casting 1st skill to close the distance against the escaping enemies.
@@OrnylNormal fighters and pure assassins literally got their HP cut to 10% within 1.5 seconds by Alpha. It definetly is a problem for them. The only fighters that could stand up to Alpha now are Freya, Dyrroth and Bane. Other fighters would get clapped by him within 10 seconds. MM side Melissa would be the only one able to fully counter down Alpha. Mage side Valir, Yve, Bane. Assassin side probably only Ling imo but Gusion is debatable. Tank/Roam side would probably be only Chou, he would need to rely on turrets to kill Alpha but for a tank role, being able to stall, bait and make Alpha waste his mana is enough. Martis and Freya roam on the other hand would be debatable.
@@alphaisyeeting4880 bruh why fight head on?! By your logic thamuz and freya would had been beta heroes. Alpha has no chase skills..and his dmg falls of late game, he's prone to cc, he's same as always tbh just stronger in 1v1.
@@Ornyl You think fighting Dyrroth can't be head on? With that slow and dash no way you can actually avoid fighting him head on. Bane ofc you have to fight him head on unless you wanna die and Freya easily gets countered by War Axe and Hunter Strike so you don't risk losing to her in a head on 1v1 and can run till her ult ends and just murder her.
I don't think the trinity build would be as effective cz those true dmg from basic attacks scale with physical attack. The regular 30%-40% CDR hybrid build is better as it offers quick kills on squishies + spammable skills.
It's a bug and buff because if someone stuns you but you triggered ult they will get cc but it won't register but ult will still trigger after the stun.
My new build can erase enemies in 2 sec. I guess it's not Alpha who's OP in this patch. Beta is actually the most OP in damage because of his true damage.
My main is alpha what i can say about this revamped is he can counter enemy with wind nature with the new passive but i think if they didn't remove the stackable attack speed he is much better. If they can't bring back the attack speed they can just bring back the 3 beta attack every 2 stacks then add 3rd stack for alpha which activates the new passive every basic attack = beta attack or just make it every 2 basic attack = beta attack in 2 stacks...
Alpha lacks mobility, considering that his only dash skill is his ultimate (which is also his main CC skill) makes it difficult for Alpha to retreat from a losing team fight (especially when he already used his Ultimate) unless you're using flicker. Overall I'd say he's a balanced fighter.
long story short Alpha isn't borderline op like some heroes because he has some weak points like he cant get close to long range heroes in teamfights and he is really weak to cc
Another buff they can add: His 2nd skill gives him magic and physical defense stats every hero it will hit. A small update to balance this out is lower the damage or heal of the 2nd skill
Hey Elgin would it be cool if ml had a collab with dc? A hero collab I mean not a skin collab so it would last for not a certain amount of time, but a long one as the game progresses.
And also, at Lvl 1 as a jungler Alpha the 1st skill will help you proc his passive and increase your jungling speed by some time compared to using his 2nd skill at lvl 1.
His playstyle is similar pre-nerf esme. You just need to poke enemies with 1st and 2nd skill until their hp becomes low enough to kill them then attack with his 3rd skill. He can easily kill tanky enemies like yu zhong, esme, dyrroth, edith, etc. Based on my experience, the only fighter that can easily dominate alpha is silvanna. Silvanna's damage is too much for alpha
If you're matching against Silvanna with Alpha, it would be better for you to wait on using ur ult. When silvanna ults u and use 2nd skill, that's the time to ult. Silvanna's main damage source will be cancelled, and you can retaliate.
I cant use alpha. He is locked in rank. Why moonton had to leave some hero with 0 matches can be played in rank while others needed to be played 2 match in classic.
I think thats not a bug when using Alpha's ulti and not getting cancelled, i've been using Alpha and even before still the same even after getting the most buff.
Alpha is very good inthe meta right now but he still retaining the same problems, lack of escape skills, fall off in the late game and can be easily deal with anti heal
If you are playing alpha jungler, don't think of him as a fighter, think of him as an assassin due to his crazy damage output. If you can dominate the early game with sheer damage, there won't be a late game if you are smart enough to end early. I rarely lost with alpha assassin jungler, and his build is: Jungle emblem (seasoned hunter) or Assassin emblem (killing spree) Tough Boots Hunter Strike Bloodlust axe Blade of Despair Brute Force Breastplate Immortality/Winter/Oracle Overall, there will be 40% (Max) CDR with buff, and you can pretty much one shot any squishies with ur ult. The combo goes like: 3-1-2-BA. Note: Alpha is crazy op when overleveled, so utilizing your macro as a jungler is more important than trying to gank everytime. Work on clearing your own creeps, stealing enemy creeps, taking turtle, and ganking gold lane when there's no jungle to clear. your goal should be dominating early game and end it fast, and it is very easy to do with how crazy fast his jungle clearing ability is.
Alpha did receive a huge buff and made him some what useful.But he still is weak against stun enemies which makes it difficult for him to deal his massive damage. -so in my opinion he's more powerful than before.but still has that big stun weakness that makes him not good against stun enemies.
He's definitely better, but his ult issue still persists... Sometimes, when I try to ult backwards to escape it jumps forwards towards the enemies chasing me... And yes, that delay in ult after enemy cc is also a problem just like Elgin had addressed...
The buff is so good that in the right hands, there are only about 7-8 heroes out of a 100+ of them being able to take down Alpha. Alpha is one of those heroes if you take advantage of your surroundings and master his capabilities, your winrate percentage will instantly be 60+ to 80+.
Alpha is a very powerful hero but if you miss even one of his skills you become a sitting duck I'm an alpha main and I realized that not many alpha players were aiming manually and become an easy target His biggest issue is retreating
sure he is buffed but his item build putting him in awkward position. can't decide between attack speed or damage. still need penetration items with 40% cdr build because only the drone doing true damage not the hero himself. you can either buy anti heal items like dominance ice, sea halberd, necklace of durance, or use mage with heavy cc who can stall and disable him from far away position. in 7:54 minute mark he even mention valir. i guess he is fighter version of karrie.
Imo, he’s definitely so much better now, he can actually deal proper dmg with his new passive, can literally melt anyone now, you only need 2 dmg items to deal enough dmg now (Blade of Despair cuz passive true dmg scales with EXTRA phy atk). But.. his flaws still exists as he’s still pretty easy to counter with how weak his teamfight capability is, one he goes in, it’s hard to get out. Unless you get to kill the enemies before they do to you. He’s now pretty much pretty viable in the jungle, beta dmg allows him to clear the jungle super fast now, but his flaws still remain when going into fights, you have to be very mindful when to go in or you may make your team have a hard time. I don’t think he’s far from being “ban-worthy” yet which is good cuz i still want to play him more xD
Alpha is pretty strong right now and a hot pick that can rival heroes like Yve, Chou and Joy in high ranking lobbies. But I think he can’t fare well against a lot of well-rounded heroes such as Yu Zhong, Esmeralda, Melissa, Beatrix, Moskov, Brody, Lunox, Lylia or Yve simply because they have the mobility, and the skill sets to deal with Alpha. For example, Lylia, and Yve move fast for a dashless mage so they can easily dodge his skills. Esmeralda and Yu Zhong has a lot of sustain and (with Yu Zhong) cc to interrupt his skills. And basically the mms I mentioned and Lunox can easily survive with their stuns and dashes
Definetly alpha jungle is good cause the ult so ganking is op but jungles not that fun and i find its hard to sustain as its spell vamp so bursting is the way to go but really only possible with execute vengence just feels useless
heck, if they never removed his 2nd skill attack speed bonus, he''ll probably be one of the strongest meta heroes right now because his current passive works well with it
I dont see most alpha players do this but, Alphas passive is still considered as a skill, So even if you build trinity build with bloodlust axe he still has high heal! Its quite insane if you ask me
Yes alpha is really strong rn, the only problem i have with him is that he lacks mobility, when you have an enemy who is more agile than you, the enemy can easily poke you( if it was a long range attack )
Ran him with Trinity, corresponding def item+ Rose gold, inspire and fighter emblem with full points in hp and def with festival of blood talent. The opposing dyroth wasn't too experienced and didnt have a good time 1v1 in the early till mid :3
As alpha main, I can say that the difference of damage is quite high. Back then, Alpha is so weak that I had to play safe when fighting any other fighters. He can't even kill MM or Mage with 1 combo and it always get me killed instead. Now I can play more aggresively, even steal buff before 5 minutes. Still using cdr tritinity build, haven't try BoD yet
We appreciate your work elgin but u missed the reason why he was unpopular in the first place he lack mobility and really easy to kill once he goes in with his ultimate also his skills animation is slow u might think he is great against squishy heroes but he is too slow to get to them if they have a dash I'm in mythical glory and i play usually beatrix or melissa they pick alpha alot they get like 5 or 6 kills but i shut down them and start creating the snowball and he rwally falls in late game
Ppl complaining about his chasing or escaping ability just build him hunter strike bruh, it really helps in his case... Plus his new passive makes him more dependent on his basic attacks as well so hunter strike is a really good combo to chase and melt down the enemy with true damage
what people don't remember was pre alpha used to increase his attack speed with every enemy hit by his skill 2 for every enemy it hit am I the only one who remembers?
Tried it, i still miss the old alpha, prior to revamp. This one has a buff if you use him as Tank Jungler. I rather get less damage and give us extra dash after using ultimate
As an alpha main and a nearly top 10 country Alpha main, the buff is so good and kind of op actually to certain kind of heroes (most exp heroes that got no blink skill are kind of weaks to beta slow and true damage, even terizla and thamuz also die at lvl2 compete lane ) but very weaks to hero that had crazy slow effect (heroes that are good pair with ice wand, for the example valir) and Franco (yes, for nearly 50 matches i had play with alpha after the buff, franco are the one that make me suffer most of the games).
Alpha is like Jawhead now. You camp in bush and pick off overextended enemies. You should stay unnoticed so u can flank the backline but for that u need a good tank who'll draw the attention to himself. Only way to win 1 vs many siruation is if u ult them all and hit them with petrify so u burst all the squishies and make a trade that way.
Alpha damage is really strong, but the buffs still didnt fix his flaws and only improved his damage but he keeps dying if he cant get close to the enemy main dmg dealer
Alpha Is One Of The Tankiest Fighter Bruh, He Can't Be Killed Easily If You Know To Use
Warrior/ Tough Boots
Bloodlust Axe
War Axe
Brest Plate
Athena
Antiquras
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He gets killed by DPS and those that can quickly kill of his regeneration.
He lacks the capability to do followup chases or escape aside from ult which is unfortunate because once you look at the other "meta" fighters they easily have the best tools to either escape or follow up, whether it be a dash, cc immunity or a speed-up.
@@amruthsjayan8632 Alpha isn't Tanky, your build doesn't even have enough defense items, it's his Regen that makes him harder to die, anti heal, Slow, CC and True damage heroes can easily take him out, also it depends on your team, if your team is garbage and feeds enemy, you can well expect to get one shotted
@@amruthsjayan8632 I've played him 3 games with tank build but he's still weak against Chou. Trust me he ain't tanky.
@@abinashdewraja2911
to think that Alucard may have an even better chance against Alpha purely because he actually attacks faster than Alpha and can rack up damage with constant lifesteal.
It definitely made him stronger but not op. It also makes him a little better than before. Maybe they should bring back his second skill's attack speed buff where he'd get attack speed according to how many targets he hit
Agreed
Agree
I think he is balanced enough, I just use second on every minion waves in a fight and then my hp is back
Use him with Floryn 😂😂😂😂 it's broken af
Ooh, I remember that. That would REALLY make him a force to be reckoned with...
In terms of how strong the new Alpha is, his power level is on par with peak Terizla (around the time of Vexana and Faramis' revamp), which means he's borderline OP.
However, his strong point is only on the sheer power of his true dmg, which is different with Terizla with his dmg reduce + 2nd skill. Since Alpha lacks any "beefen up" abilities, he isn't as broken as peak Martis from several months ago, which for me is one of the time where a hero can be that OP
don't remind me of that mart
@@Silvi28754 Yep, like, what'd Moonton expect to happen when they give a lv 5 Martis FREE +50 phys atk, considering he ALSO HAS CC IMMUNITY + DMG REDUCTION IN ONE SPELL ?
Nah not as strong, as peak terizla. Alpha still dies to burst once in a while if you jump in stupidly, but terizla will always survive somehow even if you they try to burst you
One nerf and his on the ground hahaha like terizla
terizla was a lot stronger then, literally brainless gameplay on laning phase , just spank with 2nd skill every time with high damage, low cool down and fast movement
I'm using Alpha since his 1st version, and I am really impressed with what they have done. Alpha really deserved this buff. It's his time to shine.
@@Goruden_4407 nobody cares
@@lye27 I care, I love to use Natalia too
@@Goruden_4407 lifeless comment
@Golden44 sounds like skill issue. Natalia's damage is decent early game. S2 only gives Natalia immunity to physical damage. As a Natalia main. I don't have a problem.
6:29 that Alpha ult cast is definitely a bug, many times CC stop me from casting ult and so in that time the enemy has already moved and my ult still goes, then you know the rest with a missed Alpha ult haha. Moonton, pls fix
alpha is like argus now...by1 they won, enemy run they die
I think what most players don't know is that his damage is actually almost the same as the old one, the PROBLEM with Alpha is the DELAY of his skills, therefore it's also a delay in his damage, one adjustment i thought of is combining all of his passive damage into 1 strike. So this adjustment almost has the same damage as old, just with a bit more faster animation. In short, the faster animation(and therefore faster damage) is what made this guy better this update
The changes on Beta's follow-up on every Alpha's skills from phys dmg to true dmg are also nice since building PEN items especially Malefic always seems like a waste on Alpha due to his passive
i dont think so, because yes maybe the old one seems strong in early game but in late game all the damage will fall down especially when you're using CDR build and today meta is often to pick tankier heroes. but now there's almost no downside when using CDR build because the Beta true damage, my main item is War Axe + Bloodlust Axe for damage+CDR+spellvamp and then you can get more damage from Hunter Strike or you can go tankier with Brute Force Plate for going agresive or even Oracle for more heal. theres so many build you can adjust depand on the enemy with the new Alpha
The damage isn't the same as old one
If u think the old one had this much damage u are snorting cocaine
@@Goruden_4407 skill issue she's ez to play early game your just bad
Alpha's True Damage is crazy now....... you can literally two hit people because of how his passive goes. Partner it with endless, it's half hp taken away just from true damage
and Marksmen with Wind of Nature can't even survive. I played him earlier this day and he's crazy RN 😂
can you guys recommend some build? should he use att speed items to abuse his true damage more? im confused rn😅
@@h.h4417 if you plan on adding some atk speed on him, I would recommend Corrosion Scythe for its slow effect to make him hard to escape. I normally build him with Bloodlust Axe, Hunter Strike, Malefic Roar, Oracle for additional heal and CD, Queen's Wings for survivability, extra CD and extra spell vamp when low HP and one item slot is either Immortality or Dominance Ice.
If there's no enemy with anti heal build, you can replace Oracle with another defensive item or just buy the Corrosion Scythe. Same if the enemies don't have regen based or attack speed based heroes, don't build Dominance Ice and build some def that will counter the enemies.
Just don't forget to build Bloodlust Axe + 1 or 2 damage items to abuse his spell vamp.
Yes, I don't even build boots anymore but that still depends on you
@@h.h4417 I use him in jg role mainly....my build is Armor/Tough Boots, War Axe, Hunter Strike, Bloodlust, Halberd, and BoD, Endless can be in there......I just use him to poke enemies and set for my team. That's the full damage build I go with. I made a video about :3
Yeah, use corrosion if you're gonna put in atk spd for Alpha, even though it seems tempting to put atk spd on Alpha....don't. The enemy has to be stationary for you to use your attack speed so a burst build is better or just high physical damage since Beta's damage depends on your atk items........
For tanky builds, I'd say get the tank items that has cd red. This will let you spam your skills making it easier for you to mark the enemy and have your ultimate in
I remember that one harley get deleted from alpha not even 2 seconds of fighting-
The only problem now is if your ult hits, and the enemy flickers away, Alpha cannot perform a basic attack (unless he use extra mov speed), and the enemy don't take the extra true damage from his new passive. So in my own opinion, Alpha + petrify is kinda good now with burst/semi-attack speed build.
He also slow and dont have Any long range CC
@@kaekkokirrin6140 the only long range cc is his ult
Moonton's favourite child Alpha is finally op after so many revamps
When alpha says “I am the true model number one.” he really Became TRUE on that
True damage counts as skill damage. Building Bloodlust Axe now helps to heal even if we run out of skills, although the heal is very less.
He’s a snowball type hero you must perform good early or else it becomes a waste pick.
I used Alpha 7 times during my first placement games this season, and he's pretty good for me. But I lost all placement games using Alpha because the matchmaking system just gave useless braindead teammates to me for no reason 💀
LOL Been there bro.
Same my god dam mms (Hanabi) literally used retribution while farming in gold lane and also stealing our core buff
6:06 I'll just see it as him being short circuited for a moment and the command didn't disappear. So he just executes the command immediately after being jammed. Might as well do it on Saber
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I also noticed that when we are being stunned while using our ultimate, the ultimate will activate after the stun and we ended up using our ultimate on the previous location of the enemy.
Alpha now can back to EXP lane with Petrify, recently just bullied a Arlott with Alpha.
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small tip playing alpha; when ambushing an enemy off guard, try to cast your 1st skill before dashing in with your ult to have beta locked on as soon as alpha comes up
He is definitely “balance” now, his early game is strong(he can still get destroyed by dyrroth, bandang) mid game is still good, but late game, he kinda becomes a kamikazi robot if the tank doesn’t go in first. This is only for solo Q exp alpha.
without proper followup a mm with WON melts him.. Also thamuz
@@Silvi28754WON doesn't negate true damage if that's what you're trying to say. Alpha, IF up close can melt a lot of mm no problem.
@@Silvi28754 WON can't counter beta true damage and slow effect
@@纪文龙-i7qyea alpha can kill mm that use won at low hp, but if they use it at higher hp his damage to the mm will be reduced (since only true dmg can hit)
@@g6a0912 Do you know after the recent update alpha can now deal true dmg with his basic attack, basically he can deal true dmg even after his combo. So your statement becomes invalid.
While playing alpha just finish as quick as possible. He has high damage, can easily damage multiple enemy and low cd. Late game he became squicy
I love your editing. You put real game situation clips right after the explanation of every alpha's skill which is easier to understand. Some youtubers will compile all skills explanations in early video then just show real gameplay only
This is a great buff for alpha, and I dont think they overdid it, all it takes to kill alpha is to stun, burst, or gank him, balanced buff for me personally.
Btw if anyone's gonna try to use the trinity build make sure to add 2 defence items on his build otherwise you're just removing Alpha's way of surviving in teamfights (bruteforce chestplate & Oracle or Antique Cuirass & Athenas Shield/Radiant Armor)
But with this update he can easily beat martis from early to late
I was one of the players of alpha when he was still least picked in ranked.
heres the thing, alpha is yet weak and cant go near to late game mm heroes if HE GOT CC'd hard.
but alpha can already painful at level 2, as long the user's skill accuracy is good.
at this point i have never seen where in SEA players, ban alpha. although i see them getting picked frequently now. and as an alpha main, im happy that he is getting some recognition in the mlbb once again, cheers alpha users!
Honestly the Alpha we have right now feels balanced since he is literally a glass cannon now.
Aside from the mountain of true damage. I feel like some amount of his true damage on his passive should be reduced but bring back the movement speed buff when casting 1st skill to close the distance against the escaping enemies.
Hi true dmg isn't a problem to many heroes but to tanky one's.
@@OrnylNormal fighters and pure assassins literally got their HP cut to 10% within 1.5 seconds by Alpha. It definetly is a problem for them. The only fighters that could stand up to Alpha now are Freya, Dyrroth and Bane. Other fighters would get clapped by him within 10 seconds. MM side Melissa would be the only one able to fully counter down Alpha. Mage side Valir, Yve, Bane. Assassin side probably only Ling imo but Gusion is debatable. Tank/Roam side would probably be only Chou, he would need to rely on turrets to kill Alpha but for a tank role, being able to stall, bait and make Alpha waste his mana is enough. Martis and Freya roam on the other hand would be debatable.
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@@alphaisyeeting4880 bruh why fight head on?!
By your logic thamuz and freya would had been beta heroes.
Alpha has no chase skills..and his dmg falls of late game, he's prone to cc, he's same as always tbh just stronger in 1v1.
@@Ornyl You think fighting Dyrroth can't be head on? With that slow and dash no way you can actually avoid fighting him head on. Bane ofc you have to fight him head on unless you wanna die and Freya easily gets countered by War Axe and Hunter Strike so you don't risk losing to her in a head on 1v1 and can run till her ult ends and just murder her.
not sure what exactly happened, but i remember alpha being meta jungle during the launch of war axe. and iirc, he already deals true damage back then.
Beatrix being so toxic with Silver Medal. That's one heck of a face
I don't think the trinity build would be as effective cz those true dmg from basic attacks scale with physical attack.
The regular 30%-40% CDR hybrid build is better as it offers quick kills on squishies + spammable skills.
Yea its a bug for almost most hero where when stunned it casted sometimes in random location instead, get frustrated a lot of times
It's a bug and buff because if someone stuns you but you triggered ult they will get cc but it won't register but ult will still trigger after the stun.
@02:41 Overdo not overdid.
i've been playing alpha for a while and i can definitely say that he's extremely op if used properly
Everyone's op if used properly
@@giantcookie5925 agreed
as an alpha main, yes
Hes also ass if enemies know how too handle him
My new build can erase enemies in 2 sec. I guess it's not Alpha who's OP in this patch. Beta is actually the most OP in damage because of his true damage.
My main is alpha what i can say about this revamped is he can counter enemy with wind nature with the new passive but i think if they didn't remove the stackable attack speed he is much better.
If they can't bring back the attack speed they can just bring back the 3 beta attack every 2 stacks then add 3rd stack for alpha which activates the new passive every basic attack = beta attack or just make it every 2 basic attack = beta attack in 2 stacks...
6:17 that bug hasnt been fixed for 2 yrs already since he was revamped and its so annoying
Elgin when do you make this vid because i use the new emblem and i use alpha a lot do you cannot use the new emblem ?
Alpha lacks mobility, considering that his only dash skill is his ultimate (which is also his main CC skill) makes it difficult for Alpha to retreat from a losing team fight (especially when he already used his Ultimate) unless you're using flicker.
Overall I'd say he's a balanced fighter.
I wonder if alpha can be used full tank build?
Endless battle and Thunder belt☠️
long story short Alpha isn't borderline op like some heroes because he has some weak points like he cant get close to long range heroes in teamfights and he is really weak to cc
Now we can say it , ‘ Alpha is online ‘
Another buff they can add:
His 2nd skill gives him magic and physical defense stats every hero it will hit. A small update to balance this out is lower the damage or heal of the 2nd skill
or they can give him back his old 2nd effect which increases his atk speed with every hero hit
IMO alpha is good in offense but hard on chasing
Hey Elgin would it be cool if ml had a collab with dc? A hero collab I mean not a skin collab so it would last for not a certain amount of time, but a long one as the game progresses.
alpha before feels like getting hit by a mosquito but now i think he's pretty balanced
And also, at Lvl 1 as a jungler Alpha the 1st skill will help you proc his passive and increase your jungling speed by some time compared to using his 2nd skill at lvl 1.
His playstyle is similar pre-nerf esme. You just need to poke enemies with 1st and 2nd skill until their hp becomes low enough to kill them then attack with his 3rd skill. He can easily kill tanky enemies like yu zhong, esme, dyrroth, edith, etc. Based on my experience, the only fighter that can easily dominate alpha is silvanna. Silvanna's damage is too much for alpha
If you're matching against Silvanna with Alpha, it would be better for you to wait on using ur ult. When silvanna ults u and use 2nd skill, that's the time to ult. Silvanna's main damage source will be cancelled, and you can retaliate.
not really, with attack speed alpha stunning silvana in her ult, silvanna's ult will be useless as his true damage melts .
@@dg2375 did you forgot about the cc immunity on silvanna ult while being inside?
@@kaekkokirrin6140 for me, the purpose of using your third when Silvanna hit 2nd is to go straight opposite to her hitbox
@@kaekkokirrin6140 🗿it got canceled, that buff never saw the original server
I cant use alpha.
He is locked in rank.
Why moonton had to leave some hero with 0 matches can be played in rank while others needed to be played 2 match in classic.
Alpha is The king of true damage
Already using him as a Sidelaner and Exp Laner
Most of the enemies on exp lane I fought couldn't deal with me...
Execpt Freya I hate her
use minsi for freya her full counter
I think thats not a bug when using Alpha's ulti and not getting cancelled, i've been using Alpha and even before still the same even after getting the most buff.
Alpha is very good inthe meta right now but he still retaining the same problems, lack of escape skills, fall off in the late game and can be easily deal with anti heal
If you are playing alpha jungler, don't think of him as a fighter, think of him as an assassin due to his crazy damage output. If you can dominate the early game with sheer damage, there won't be a late game if you are smart enough to end early. I rarely lost with alpha assassin jungler, and his build is:
Jungle emblem (seasoned hunter) or Assassin emblem (killing spree)
Tough Boots
Hunter Strike
Bloodlust axe
Blade of Despair
Brute Force Breastplate
Immortality/Winter/Oracle
Overall, there will be 40% (Max) CDR with buff, and you can pretty much one shot any squishies with ur ult. The combo goes like: 3-1-2-BA.
Note: Alpha is crazy op when overleveled, so utilizing your macro as a jungler is more important than trying to gank everytime. Work on clearing your own creeps, stealing enemy creeps, taking turtle, and ganking gold lane when there's no jungle to clear. your goal should be dominating early game and end it fast, and it is very easy to do with how crazy fast his jungle clearing ability is.
Alpha did receive a huge buff and made him some what useful.But he still is weak against stun enemies which makes it difficult for him to deal his massive damage.
-so in my opinion he's more powerful than before.but still has that big stun weakness that makes him not good against stun enemies.
idk bout u but the only hero with stun that i consider a weakness is selena....
Even if i was stunned i still have amazing Heal with 2nd skill even if The enemy has dominance ice ...
so full hp again
He's definitely better, but his ult issue still persists... Sometimes, when I try to ult backwards to escape it jumps forwards towards the enemies chasing me... And yes, that delay in ult after enemy cc is also a problem just like Elgin had addressed...
Alpha's good when matched against a tanky lineup but kinda lacks when matched against dash heroes who can bait out his ult
Alpha with Thamuz usual trinity build is a menace as a Jungler Core xD
*killed someone
elgin: moving on
damnnnn!
The buff is so good that in the right hands, there are only about 7-8 heroes out of a 100+ of them being able to take down Alpha. Alpha is one of those heroes if you take advantage of your surroundings and master his capabilities, your winrate percentage will instantly be 60+ to 80+.
those 7-8 heroes that can take him down aren't even that effective, Argus and Alucard to name a few.
@@cyphusonyt Yea. So his just anti meta at this point.
ok but the problem is how do you counter aggresive players playing jungle alpha like damn bro i cant even escape
Alpha is a very powerful hero but if you miss even one of his skills you become a sitting duck I'm an alpha main and I realized that not many alpha players were aiming manually and become an easy target
His biggest issue is retreating
I might say the buff on alpha is just balance, alpha can turn the table once he get a chance to build his core items, might be fighter or tank build
sure he is buffed but his item build putting him in awkward position. can't decide between attack speed or damage. still need penetration items with 40% cdr build because only the drone doing true damage not the hero himself. you can either buy anti heal items like dominance ice, sea halberd, necklace of durance, or use mage with heavy cc who can stall and disable him from far away position. in 7:54 minute mark he even mention valir. i guess he is fighter version of karrie.
Alpha is strong on this patch. Already using him and easily dominates most of his counterparts though he's still susceptible to cc heroes 😁
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Alfas damage is now insane. He's melting heroes
Me who played alpha immediately after update and see elgin exposing how op Alpha is now:
Actually I have an idea not sure if it would work but hear me out.
Alpha gets heals when beta does damage.
I'm really surprised on how fast his ultimate's swing is now. It looks clean!
Alpha is also good with thunder belt since you will need the mana if you're not playing jungle role with the blue buff and the slow effect is useful.
Imo, he’s definitely so much better now, he can actually deal proper dmg with his new passive, can literally melt anyone now, you only need 2 dmg items to deal enough dmg now (Blade of Despair cuz passive true dmg scales with EXTRA phy atk).
But.. his flaws still exists as he’s still pretty easy to counter with how weak his teamfight capability is, one he goes in, it’s hard to get out. Unless you get to kill the enemies before they do to you.
He’s now pretty much pretty viable in the jungle, beta dmg allows him to clear the jungle super fast now, but his flaws still remain when going into fights, you have to be very mindful when to go in or you may make your team have a hard time. I don’t think he’s far from being “ban-worthy” yet which is good cuz i still want to play him more xD
kamikaze robot, but not ban worthy tbh
Did anyone realize why elgin voice is different?
Not bug. Alpha just so determined to cast his ultimate
Can you make a content about new buff guin that can use tanky build
Alpha is pretty strong right now and a hot pick that can rival heroes like Yve, Chou and Joy in high ranking lobbies. But I think he can’t fare well against a lot of well-rounded heroes such as Yu Zhong, Esmeralda, Melissa, Beatrix, Moskov, Brody, Lunox, Lylia or Yve simply because they have the mobility, and the skill sets to deal with Alpha. For example, Lylia, and Yve move fast for a dashless mage so they can easily dodge his skills. Esmeralda and Yu Zhong has a lot of sustain and (with Yu Zhong) cc to interrupt his skills. And basically the mms I mentioned and Lunox can easily survive with their stuns and dashes
true! at 6:00 I also get annoyed when I get cc'd while casting ult, it should just be canceled :/
but I'm glad alpha is getting more recognition! 😊😊
he now has a insane burst damage potential that pretty much makes him an assasin. But he can easily be bursted down and cc which is his weakness
For me sometimes alpha ult is really fast I just clicked and it automatically hit others
Alpha's "pet" is actually his brother who got injured badly💀💀
I think movement speed buff is the missing link for alpha. Meta exp laners can cut lanes without the fear of being kited.
badang also cast his ult after he gets stunned like alpha
For this new patch, I'm using him as the jungler. But I go with the tank build instead of damage build. Very hard to be killed. 😬😬
6:25 Definitely Alpha can toe to toe with tanky Hero like Fred Lance.
Definetly alpha jungle is good cause the ult so ganking is op but jungles not that fun and i find its hard to sustain as its spell vamp so bursting is the way to go but really only possible with execute vengence just feels useless
heck, if they never removed his 2nd skill attack speed bonus, he''ll probably be one of the strongest meta heroes right now because his current passive works well with it
I dont see most alpha players do this but, Alphas passive is still considered as a skill, So even if you build trinity build with bloodlust axe he still has high heal! Its quite insane if you ask me
1:47 what's carmilla doin'?
Yes alpha is really strong rn, the only problem i have with him is that he lacks mobility, when you have an enemy who is more agile than you, the enemy can easily poke you( if it was a long range attack )
If you have the right teammates that's easy to deal with
Ran him with Trinity, corresponding def item+ Rose gold, inspire and fighter emblem with full points in hp and def with festival of blood talent. The opposing dyroth wasn't too experienced and didnt have a good time 1v1 in the early till mid :3
As alpha main, I can say that the difference of damage is quite high. Back then, Alpha is so weak that I had to play safe when fighting any other fighters. He can't even kill MM or Mage with 1 combo and it always get me killed instead. Now I can play more aggresively, even steal buff before 5 minutes. Still using cdr tritinity build, haven't try BoD yet
We appreciate your work elgin but u missed the reason why he was unpopular in the first place he lack mobility and really easy to kill once he goes in with his ultimate also his skills animation is slow u might think he is great against squishy heroes but he is too slow to get to them if they have a dash I'm in mythical glory and i play usually beatrix or melissa they pick alpha alot they get like 5 or 6 kills but i shut down them and start creating the snowball and he rwally falls in late game
Ppl complaining about his chasing or escaping ability just build him hunter strike bruh, it really helps in his case... Plus his new passive makes him more dependent on his basic attacks as well so hunter strike is a really good combo to chase and melt down the enemy with true damage
what people don't remember was pre alpha used to increase his attack speed with every enemy hit by his skill 2 for every enemy it hit am I the only one who remembers?
Tried it, i still miss the old alpha, prior to revamp.
This one has a buff if you use him as Tank Jungler.
I rather get less damage and give us extra dash after using ultimate
Beta after being called Alpha's pet: 👁️👄👁️
He now actually can become 1 shot heroes
As an alpha main and a nearly top 10 country Alpha main, the buff is so good and kind of op actually to certain kind of heroes (most exp heroes that got no blink skill are kind of weaks to beta slow and true damage, even terizla and thamuz also die at lvl2 compete lane ) but very weaks to hero that had crazy slow effect (heroes that are good pair with ice wand, for the example valir) and Franco (yes, for nearly 50 matches i had play with alpha after the buff, franco are the one that make me suffer most of the games).
For current Alpha, start 1st skill instead of 2nd skill if you are jungling
Alpha is like Jawhead now. You camp in bush and pick off overextended enemies. You should stay unnoticed so u can flank the backline but for that u need a good tank who'll draw the attention to himself. Only way to win 1 vs many siruation is if u ult them all and hit them with petrify so u burst all the squishies and make a trade that way.
Please play Guinevere as a Tank Exp Laner since her has damage is buffed enough that she can be built as a regular Fighter