Appreciation for how talented of a TH-camr Pally is. Most people get very silent when they are focusing. Pally maintains commentary and explains everything that is happening.
Agreed like I love him playing Abby mainly because it's a fast past game of online chess but with only one person playing chess while they others play checkers
Hey Pally! Love the Abathur videos - here's some (hopefully) helpful locust build tips: With locust build you can use your mines to get a small amount if vision in a bush. You then tunnel to that position, pop the locust swarm, and then hearth out. Your positioning should be more like a shell-game, where the only time you're directly exposing yourself is when you plan on tunneling as soon as you're out of vision again.
@@niqhtt Kinda, but not really. He mentioned using mines, but not in the way described above - had he been aware of this, there were several situations he could have used it to great effect and did not. He also showed in lane a lot without repositioning to bait the shell-game.
@@niqhtt Oh yeah, Pally's been playing for ages for sure. That doesn't mean he knows everything about all the characters, though. If he does already know about this, then great - I just didn't get that impression from the video and therefore wanted to share. :) If he is aware, then hopefully he can showcase those strats in another game, cause they're incredibly effective and can produce hilarious results. EDIT: In fact, that's kinda what this series he's been doing is all about - learning to master all these characters in their current state, and getting that gold ring on everyone! :)
I love the locust build, one late game teamfight even when losing can be enough distraction for you to just sneak past by using a mine for vision and tunnelling to their nexus, spawn your nest and locust group and see nexus melt away
Also, putting your nest down in a bush could potentially trick them into thinking you're there and checking it. Wasting their time and being greeted by mines!
I didnt comment this on the previous video cause I assume you knew but, body soaking is definately not needed on Abathur, your top hat can soak exp just as well as your body and is only on a 3 second cooldown. The only reason I can see for a body soak would be to get exp just out of your towers as they dont soak the ranged minions exp.
@@DetrolNot just that, but he keeps soaking with the symbiote here too. There's no reason for him to be pushed up and just.. visible in the middle of the lane. I don't understand.
@@user-et3xn2jm1u maybe? I don't know about that, but the whole point of the character is to be able to soak exp and gain a lead with the global presence, would be weird if it had a penalty.
fun fact: i did not watched or played Hots from 3 years prob more nor i watched a video about it, and yt suggested this, the algorithm is chosing you once again Pally, glad to see you
Just because you still provide us with HoTS content, I am giving you my support and like. I learned about the maintenance mode from you and stopped right after. Good to see you are committed though. Personally I would follow you into other games too cause you re fun to hear and watch ! Best of luck my friend.
Love the Abby videos! Looks like you still have the old habits though. You don't need to put your body in lane nearly as much as you used to. You died to Tyrael because you walked into lane to soak instead of hatting. You died to Genji twice when you walked into lane for the locust even though they have long lifetime.
Locust build is my favorite Aba build! My I love when one member of the enemy team starts spending their entire time trying to find me, but I keep burrowing between lanes dropping locusts and getting out before they can get to me. Dropping locusts is like getting a free merc camp. If the enemy team ignores you, they will pay for it. If they respond to you, you can keep them chasing you all over the map while the rest of your team hopefully gets objectives or wins fights elsewhere.
I have a question, why did Pally never clone the healer? There were a couple times where they just dove on the whitemane and if pally cloned her he could heal her and keep her alive.
I prefer to take the upgrade that makes your shield spread to nearby targets. Applying it to the whole minion wave provides very good value for pushing, and it also helps your team more than the MULE on objectives. I find the MULE to be too easy to kill unless it is literally left alone, so it essentially never survives long enough to be effective.
I did, in fact, re-install. I've even dived into Quickmatch for the first time pretty much ever. And, gotta say, watching your Abathur vids made playing him a LOT more fun, and we even clawed a victory back from a nearly certain defeat on this very map! (71% core to enemy team wipe, you love to see it) The humble MULE certainly helped, too!
He was trying to hat to collect them, but there's not always a hat target well positioned, and it's also quite hectic in game. He can still body soak, yeah, and any time he kills a minion with a spell he gets the XP.
i dunno why i just assumed locusts picked up xp but i guess it makes sense they don't i love abathur my only problem with him was he was so reliant on a good team.
Does Pally know his Z isn't interrupted by damage? There were at least two times that if he'd immediately burrowed, he'd have survived. Genji can't stun him out of it.
The biggest mistake HOTS has on its different maps is some of them aren't 3 lanes. I feel like you just have to have 3 lanes to make a moba play correctly. That said, this game got a raw deal and I hope M$ makes a play in the moba genre.
Oh hey people actually play this game. Yeah I run full locust Abathur whenever I play him. When I don't play him, I'm the best ARAM you'll ever see; because I only play ARAM. I know every hero's strength and weakness on ARAM specifically. I just have an unusual advantage.
“You hate to see it!” Yeah, when you walk into something you could have just top hatted, I completely feel your pain :-) Seriously, you are sitting in the open when you don’t need to be. You can also use your mines to scout camouflage so that you can burrow into it. I really think you’re focusing a little too much on your team as opposed to your split push role with this build. You sat on unused Locusts and Nests for quite some time, in addition to getting revealed when you didn’t need to be. (Although your map awareness is so amazing compared to when you started! It’s really good!) Although yes, they were camping you hard! Amazing content, as always. Someone else said it, but your V/O quality has spoiled me, I find most YTers far, far too silent.
Pally I used to watch you all the time, these HOtS videoes are bad for me because I have become addicted to HoTS again. I love it it’s such a great, simple yet complex game. I just wish the player base was a little nicer. Love the content!!!!
Appreciation for how talented of a TH-camr Pally is. Most people get very silent when they are focusing. Pally maintains commentary and explains everything that is happening.
I’ve never understood how he live commentaries his own gameplay, I can’t even tell someone what I might want on a pizza in the middle of a team fight.
@@sealboy1211What’s even more impressive is that he does it without tripping over words. He doesn’t even say “uhh” or “ umm” very often.
@@papasmurf6423 we might not have the same hearing. I don't know if you or I need to see a doctor.
@@loup067 nazeebo or morales?
My favorite is when what he’s trying to say happens mid saying it. Like the Tyreal gank in this vid.
I love your Abathur videos because we get to hear your strategic thought process as well as info and gameplay of all of your teammates
Agreed like I love him playing Abby mainly because it's a fast past game of online chess but with only one person playing chess while they others play checkers
Nice to see you're still making HotS videos. Such an underrated game.
He's literally a game commentator who really roots for one team and has amazingly good camera movement
I appreciate you taking their attention because while they were chasing you, I was having one of the more fun games I'd had in a long time.
Hey Pally! Love the Abathur videos - here's some (hopefully) helpful locust build tips:
With locust build you can use your mines to get a small amount if vision in a bush. You then tunnel to that position, pop the locust swarm, and then hearth out.
Your positioning should be more like a shell-game, where the only time you're directly exposing yourself is when you plan on tunneling as soon as you're out of vision again.
Yeah I think Pally hasn't really embraced the usefulness of mines. He never seems to use them for scouting or wards
He said that in the video
@@niqhtt Kinda, but not really. He mentioned using mines, but not in the way described above - had he been aware of this, there were several situations he could have used it to great effect and did not.
He also showed in lane a lot without repositioning to bait the shell-game.
@@Markuswaters 23:30 ...? He said he has been playing since beta, how would he not know this.
@@niqhtt Oh yeah, Pally's been playing for ages for sure. That doesn't mean he knows everything about all the characters, though. If he does already know about this, then great - I just didn't get that impression from the video and therefore wanted to share. :) If he is aware, then hopefully he can showcase those strats in another game, cause they're incredibly effective and can produce hilarious results.
EDIT: In fact, that's kinda what this series he's been doing is all about - learning to master all these characters in their current state, and getting that gold ring on everyone! :)
I love the locust build, one late game teamfight even when losing can be enough distraction for you to just sneak past by using a mine for vision and tunnelling to their nexus, spawn your nest and locust group and see nexus melt away
I member the sneaky Abby strat to mine near a keep, burrow in, locust and nest and skiddadle. I loved it.
The quality of a game is often dictated by the quality of your opponents, making this one of the best games I've seen in a while.
Yeah I agree, this was a very challenging enemy team the match was really close until the last 4 mins or so
17:00 That was one of the most beautiful thing I've seen in this game.
Also, putting your nest down in a bush could potentially trick them into thinking you're there and checking it. Wasting their time and being greeted by mines!
I didnt comment this on the previous video cause I assume you knew but, body soaking is definately not needed on Abathur, your top hat can soak exp just as well as your body and is only on a 3 second cooldown. The only reason I can see for a body soak would be to get exp just out of your towers as they dont soak the ranged minions exp.
The funny thing is that i think he explained this himself in A-Z.
@@DetrolNot just that, but he keeps soaking with the symbiote here too. There's no reason for him to be pushed up and just.. visible in the middle of the lane. I don't understand.
Doesn't hat soak have an exp penalty?
@@user-et3xn2jm1u maybe? I don't know about that, but the whole point of the character is to be able to soak exp and gain a lead with the global presence, would be weird if it had a penalty.
fun fact: i did not watched or played Hots from 3 years prob more nor i watched a video about it, and yt suggested this, the algorithm is chosing you once again Pally, glad to see you
Remember, a greedy slug is a dead slug.
Just because you still provide us with HoTS content, I am giving you my support and like.
I learned about the maintenance mode from you and stopped right after.
Good to see you are committed though.
Personally I would follow you into other games too cause you re fun to hear and watch !
Best of luck my friend.
Put your nests in the vents/bushes lol
Love the Abby videos! Looks like you still have the old habits though. You don't need to put your body in lane nearly as much as you used to. You died to Tyrael because you walked into lane to soak instead of hatting. You died to Genji twice when you walked into lane for the locust even though they have long lifetime.
Pally is making me want to revisit hots just to play Abathur.
Same.
Such a fun hero
@@MW-lw4ek and unique too, it is what I loved about the Specialist class and Heroes in general.
I love playing Abathur! His play style is fun and interesting. HOTS has some pretty cool mechanics that no other MOBA had.
Locust build is my favorite Aba build! My I love when one member of the enemy team starts spending their entire time trying to find me, but I keep burrowing between lanes dropping locusts and getting out before they can get to me. Dropping locusts is like getting a free merc camp. If the enemy team ignores you, they will pay for it. If they respond to you, you can keep them chasing you all over the map while the rest of your team hopefully gets objectives or wins fights elsewhere.
Glad to know you're rediscovering abby :) i've loved him for as long as i've played the game
lol. "Yep, he's Chen, he should be able to do that" on the slug kill.
17:34 Even after all these years, the teeth chattering sound from the Junkrat trap still makes me smile. :)
Really enjoyed this video, your an amazing commentator ! discovered you just now, will keep watching your stuff ! :)
not sure but it seems like at least one of the enemies was stream sniping info to his team, they were just beelining to your location
definitely seemed like it it's sad to see
This is a video I like to come back to and rewatch. Such a high-energy slug match.
Love these Abathur vids!!! Also love any of your Hots videos! Thanks Pally!
I have a question, why did Pally never clone the healer? There were a couple times where they just dove on the whitemane and if pally cloned her he could heal her and keep her alive.
I haven't played for months, but every time that "choose a talent" notification popped up I reached for then N key on my keyboard.
Holy shit do people still play hots? Ive been wanting to play it again for so long but I always thought it was ended or something
I havent played HotS in years. I loved my boy Abie, redownloading now just to play him again.
Honestly, seeing this kind of makes me want to get back into the game. I miss my Auriel a LOT.
I had no idea you were still doing HOTS content, awesome!
I prefer to take the upgrade that makes your shield spread to nearby targets. Applying it to the whole minion wave provides very good value for pushing, and it also helps your team more than the MULE on objectives. I find the MULE to be too easy to kill unless it is literally left alone, so it essentially never survives long enough to be effective.
One extra feature here: I believe you can self cast locust strain, thus placing it without moving your screen. Useful in teamfights
12:29 - Сhen commits Sudoku
I'm surprised, but happy, to see HotS still going. You've even got me wanting to reinstall, watching all your backlog of videos!
I did, in fact, re-install. I've even dived into Quickmatch for the first time pretty much ever. And, gotta say, watching your Abathur vids made playing him a LOT more fun, and we even clawed a victory back from a nearly certain defeat on this very map! (71% core to enemy team wipe, you love to see it)
The humble MULE certainly helped, too!
what a hard fought and incredibly entertaining game
never watched gp of this game and this made me install it,looked fun and great commentary
Please don't forget to show the stats at the end Pally!
Enemy team be like "I've watched enough Pally Abathur videos to know what build he's going for, gotta get him, gotta get him hard"
Pally is on an Abathur streak awesome :D
cool to see a Hots video :D This is such a good game
Always great when they start with spin of friendship! Another awesome gameplay!
13:07, reminds me of my good times
Pally videos in my feed is like Christmas in July
Slug livin' on the edge of its shell :D GGWP
bro is casting the game while playing, truly abathur moment.
❤🎉🎉 missed you pally!
Love the content Pally! When are we gonna see the toxic mine Abby!?
Idk who you are or how I got here, but I now have an interest in trying HOTS...
Thanks ❤
as someone who has never seen hots before this was very cool
I forgot how enjoyable hero's of the storm is! Thanks for the awesome gameplay.
Locust Abathur was always my favorite build.
great match. lots of escapes. they paid a lot of attention to you.
What a tough comp to play Abathur into, geez louise
Are hat xp balls reduced? Or why dont you just always hat to collect them? and do you still get are xp when minions die nearby?
He was trying to hat to collect them, but there's not always a hat target well positioned, and it's also quite hectic in game. He can still body soak, yeah, and any time he kills a minion with a spell he gets the XP.
my man is casting the game while playing hahaha i love it
The disrespect of Abathur's spindly hands slapping your core 😂
Maximum disrespect is when someone dives you under a tower and you stand there to fight it and win.
I thought if you symbiosis on a minion. You get all the exp, aka was it necessary to run out for it?
Great! Time to find out
I suspect the beginning of another A through Z
How do you find a game in hots every time I install i sit for an hour in que before I uninstall again
Mal Ganis is now officially know among my friend circle as Cosby. Feel free to use it sir!
That’s basically what you have to do to counter a good abathur. Otherwise they just destroy everything and then you have nothing protecting your core.
that chen dive lmao
This game is still alive?
i dunno why i just assumed locusts picked up xp but i guess it makes sense they don't
i love abathur my only problem with him was he was so reliant on a good team.
Pally hots videos are the best time of day sometimes. Sometimes was today
Love this game, sad to see that Blizz has put it in matinence mode. Would have loved to see all the new stuff the HotS team could of come out with.
Does Pally know his Z isn't interrupted by damage? There were at least two times that if he'd immediately burrowed, he'd have survived. Genji can't stun him out of it.
Love you Pally
Love you hots
To the community:
Love you lots
Abathur in that skin looks more like pyjamathur
I used my slug body to bait many lvl 1-4s into towers
im aba main and i consider locust build as menace or "i dont give f" buld, usualy plaing it when im drunk or just wana f around in lobby
The biggest mistake HOTS has on its different maps is some of them aren't 3 lanes. I feel like you just have to have 3 lanes to make a moba play correctly. That said, this game got a raw deal and I hope M$ makes a play in the moba genre.
Videos like this remind me of the cheesecake factory, one of my favorite's ever from this channel. Great job with the locusts!
Bro said let me get some slaps in
The servers of this game are still up!
You know, Pally, the nicest thing about HOTS being a "dead game" is no more patches! Your content after 3 months is still relevant, rejoice!
Now that you have your HOTS feet back under you, will we get to see the Fenix arc recommence?
7:00 Who's that guy?
nice see some abathur game play
this game's servers are still up? i should get my friends to all install it for a weekend.
Oh hey people actually play this game.
Yeah I run full locust Abathur whenever I play him.
When I don't play him, I'm the best ARAM you'll ever see; because I only play ARAM. I know every hero's strength and weakness on ARAM specifically. I just have an unusual advantage.
Need to use mines a LOT more for vision...
this was a realy fun game
Pallyyyy!!! I missed you!
Waahhbathur waaahhbathur woop woop yehhh
“You hate to see it!”
Yeah, when you walk into something you could have just top hatted, I completely feel your pain :-)
Seriously, you are sitting in the open when you don’t need to be. You can also use your mines to scout camouflage so that you can burrow into it. I really think you’re focusing a little too much on your team as opposed to your split push role with this build. You sat on unused Locusts and Nests for quite some time, in addition to getting revealed when you didn’t need to be.
(Although your map awareness is so amazing compared to when you started! It’s really good!)
Although yes, they were camping you hard!
Amazing content, as always. Someone else said it, but your V/O quality has spoiled me, I find most YTers far, far too silent.
Pally I used to watch you all the time, these HOtS videoes are bad for me because I have become addicted to HoTS again. I love it it’s such a great, simple yet complex game. I just wish the player base was a little nicer. Love the content!!!!
yessss more abathur!
I love Abathur
17:00 WTF?!?!?!? HOW!!!!! I NEED ANSWERS!!!! THAT HEALING SHOULD BE *FKING ILLEGAL!!!*
Do a game with Pureshield and Hengest.
The slug slaps!!!!!!!!
with that build i could even destroy 2 of 3 keeps at least backdooring with mines and backing...
Wait, this game stilll exists? nice.
Nice Energy :)
HoTS still has a playerbase? Good to know. It's a moba I love, but I heard it's dead.