To be fair it's not hard to bring something broken to the battlefield. The chances of you having a balanced experience are slim with everything unlocked
I’ve been telling people forever that dianyun is one of the best heroes ever. He’s literally perfect for a kingdom rush game, he heals your barracks units, deals good damage, has crowd control, and his ability is essentially building a temporary tower to help deal damage. He’s so good.
Voduke: _uses both debuffs to_ _weaken blackthorn_ Blackthorn: _destroys those_ _towers that debuff him givin_ _him massive hp buff that_ _breaks the game_ Voduke: wait that's illegal Blackthorn: I'm a pirate I don't care about no rules laddie YAAAAAAAAARGH
Dianyun is definitely the op hero that is the most fun to watch aside from bonehart rarely destroying an entire wave with the plague. He synergises so well with so many towers because of his stunning and healing too, something I feel both Bonehart and Eiskalt lack.
@@Destorydan why not? A beta tester usually test the updates before official released. They definitely knew about Pirates DLC before it dropped, why not Jungle?
I still believe that this is one of the best dlcs in the series , but the tower system drags it down a bit. Having four towers meant that the enemies could be balanced around them (kinda like how Bloodsheels countered the Battle Mecha, but not the DWAARP). However now it is impossible to make a campaign that is challenging in a game where Blazing Gem, Swamp Thing, Shaolin Temple, Elite Harasses, Bone Flingers and Ignis Altar are Towers. This dlc would've been soo much better in Alliance, even though the tower system still sucks their towers are at least kinda balanced.
I'm constantly being underwhelmed by everything for the past 1.5 years or so. KRA was fun at first but now I can't bring myself to play it, even with the new update. Maybe just burnout? Maybe I only long for the original KR?
Idk why it takes ppl so long to realize the strength of dianyun. He's basically catha with more consistent stalling effects, much better damage, additional gold and only a bit weaker healing ability.
Btw, when playing Dianyun, it'd be much better to place him off-path (i.e on top of towers), and only move him closer to the path for the healing/AoE stun abilities. I thought that was intuitive (considering he has a donut-like attack range), but I haven't seen anyone does that
@@tranduy8219 It depends on how much you want to save the ability for later. In the runs here, I’d rather use the skills off cooldown to maximise the uptime of healing and stun
@@Voduke789 yeah I agree, there is no 1-size-fit-all solution. Another benefit of putting him off-path is to avoid him being unable to hit close enemies. Forgot to mention that 😉
only "bad" level i can say from the DLC is spectro's, skullwreck sends trickles of enemies and the fog gimmick isnt too impactful nor interesting but otherwise the DLC is almost peak KR especially with all the options of towers and heroes you have (IH removed the part where they sent 5 kings at once sad)
Hallo :) I consider it often, but copyright is a dangerous thing and free-use music feels a bit too "corporate" for the vibe that I want my videos to have. It's a goalpost of mine to make my words interesting enough on their own to the viewer.
@@Voduke789 I think that's a very fair worry, but I will say there is so much non-copyright music these days that it shouldn't take ages to find something that's actually non-copyright and which doesn't sound corporate :) About the making your words interesting enough by themselves, I certainly think they're very interesting as it is! I still just see a lot of commentary channels having the slightest, quietest bit of music in the background, which makes a huge difference. Anyways, just a piece of feedback I wanted you to have :D
About Blackthorne: I am pretty sure that is not exactly how it works, since I tried to reproduce this and could not. I speculated that would be how it works, but I could not reproduce it. Regardless, they _should_ stack multiplicatively, and they changed Ignis Altar's Single Extinction to really work multiplicatively. So if the scenario described in the video were to happen, it would now go to half damage rather than no damage. And then a quarter damage rather than negative damage.
@@Mmlh1 From my footage, it seems like SE works differently from SM when the tower is destroyed. It may have nothing to do with SM actually, but this is my closest guess.
@@Voduke789 i mean i hope this is the last one but I think its basically confirmed we’re getting at least one more. I would like a jungle DLC in the bottom right of the map. Could be pretty cool.
Hi, Voduke, as you know a lot of things in Kingdom Rush are based on rng. That makes me wonder how the game would work if you had the worst possible luck. Would it even be beatable? Could you try modding the game somehow and beating it with the worst posssible luck?
The dlc is good, unfortunately kr vengeance is mediocre and broken. I didn't even knew about cheesy strats you can use on this level and invincible Blackthorne, I just got screwed up by the game and got to play last level again because of some bug(like srsly, game did not register a win and I wasted my 20 minutes).
interrupting a debuff to become invincible sounds like something you'd see in a speedrun. Blackthorn is speedrunning you.
One of the reasons I got bored a bit while playing the Hammerhold DLC was because Dianyun is broken and at the time I assumed he was "balanced"
To be fair it's not hard to bring something broken to the battlefield. The chances of you having a balanced experience are slim with everything unlocked
@@Shyguymask he’s always been the best hero in the series
@@Shyguymask the fact that almost no enemies have magic resistance makes Dianyun about as powerful as murglin and eiskalt on some levels
voduke: why won't you die ?
Blackthorn: nanomachines, son.
Dianyun supremacy!!
There are no gods except Dianyun.
@@B0JIWE6CTB0Wait until he meets Saitam
@@Voduke789oh yeah, that monkey @$$
@@Voduke789I am
Saitam, the WEAK AF monkey!
@@Voduke789 tenshi:
I’ve been telling people forever that dianyun is one of the best heroes ever. He’s literally perfect for a kingdom rush game, he heals your barracks units, deals good damage, has crowd control, and his ability is essentially building a temporary tower to help deal damage. He’s so good.
also his basic attack has a super strong stun. He can interrupt casters with long animations or stunlock lone enemies. Dianyun best hero
Same here
Voduke: _uses both debuffs to_ _weaken blackthorn_
Blackthorn: _destroys those_ _towers that debuff him givin_ _him massive hp buff that_ _breaks the game_
Voduke: wait that's illegal
Blackthorn: I'm a pirate I don't care about no rules laddie
YAAAAAAAAARGH
That is true, he IS a pirate, laddie! Pirates do be doing those kinds of shenanigans...
“Illegal!? We are pirates, we don’t even know what that means. Now, open fire!”
i always knew Dianyun was a great hero.The entire discord made fun of my opinions on him. I STAND UNCORRECTED
Dianyun is definitely the op hero that is the most fun to watch aside from bonehart rarely destroying an entire wave with the plague. He synergises so well with so many towers because of his stunning and healing too, something I feel both Bonehart and Eiskalt lack.
Bonehart and Eiskalt synergise with other towers by dealing so much area true damage that you really only need Barracks and instakill towers
I love this DLC tbh, I would love to get more of KRV DLC 😈
i know you are a beta tester, yet you wont tell me if a Jungle DLC is coming right...
@@iamnobodyhowaboutyouhow could prahant know that jungle dlc is coming? All beta testers including him doesn’t know about that
@@Destorydan why not? A beta tester usually test the updates before official released. They definitely knew about Pirates DLC before it dropped, why not Jungle?
Nah we need a Frontiers DLC the most
@@iamnobodyhowaboutyou I would hope there is one coming in 2025 👀
Funny how you stopped holding back as soon as the deep king level, coincindence?
Stream highlits sounds like a great idea
wake up new vodussy dropped
Not a video, just a new vodussy
New enemies very dangerous for baracks
I come back from the toilet and see a new voduke video. A blessing from the lord!
Black thorn really pulled a “And this is to go even further beyond”
That’s why he’s the goat
As a Beresad enjoyer, I hope his share of glory still makes him a worthy pick of a dragon here for the game
The only weakness when mastering the game mechanic is when theres game bug happen.
Hey i was in the stream Blackthorn is the strongest
I still believe that this is one of the best dlcs in the series , but the tower system drags it down a bit.
Having four towers meant that the enemies could be balanced around them (kinda like how Bloodsheels countered the Battle Mecha, but not the DWAARP). However now it is impossible to make a campaign that is challenging in a game where Blazing Gem, Swamp Thing, Shaolin Temple, Elite Harasses, Bone Flingers and Ignis Altar are Towers.
This dlc would've been soo much better in Alliance, even though the tower system still sucks their towers are at least kinda balanced.
"One of the best dlcs in the series"
Then hammerhold is worst dlc in the series, cause there is no other dlc in the series
It was the most I’ve had to think in a kingdom rush game since pandemonium.
I'm constantly being underwhelmed by everything for the past 1.5 years or so. KRA was fun at first but now I can't bring myself to play it, even with the new update. Maybe just burnout? Maybe I only long for the original KR?
I mean they did add vengeance towers to the first game
dude that was just a mod
I'm surprised you returned to it after Blackthorn incident
Stream highlights are nice 👍
“Shiver me timbers!”
Im dying waiting for Jungle DLC...
vodong
No. YOU'RE the ultimate DLC of all time. ^w^
Idk why it takes ppl so long to realize the strength of dianyun. He's basically catha with more consistent stalling effects, much better damage, additional gold and only a bit weaker healing ability.
@@tranduy8219 Because they have to play Vengeance to find out
i think jun'pai have better healing but who cares about him lol
Btw, when playing Dianyun, it'd be much better to place him off-path (i.e on top of towers), and only move him closer to the path for the healing/AoE stun abilities.
I thought that was intuitive (considering he has a donut-like attack range), but I haven't seen anyone does that
@@tranduy8219 It depends on how much you want to save the ability for later. In the runs here, I’d rather use the skills off cooldown to maximise the uptime of healing and stun
@@Voduke789 yeah I agree, there is no 1-size-fit-all solution.
Another benefit of putting him off-path is to avoid him being unable to hit close enemies. Forgot to mention that 😉
The DLC gave you meaningless pain.
Fun fact: for some reason, the black corsair cant damage swamp things, maybe its because of hitbox?
Can i just say that i called dian-yun being broken at the start
This is bang video
Very happy to hear that!
So in other words captain blackthorne can be the strongest boss of all time?
Mr. Voduke, where circa would you rank Lucerna on the hero tierlist?
You'll see!
only "bad" level i can say from the DLC is spectro's, skullwreck sends trickles of enemies and the fog gimmick isnt too impactful nor interesting but otherwise the DLC is almost peak KR especially with all the options of towers and heroes you have (IH removed the part where they sent 5 kings at once sad)
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Hi Voduke, love the content as always. Have you considered adding background music into your videos?
Hallo :) I consider it often, but copyright is a dangerous thing and free-use music feels a bit too "corporate" for the vibe that I want my videos to have. It's a goalpost of mine to make my words interesting enough on their own to the viewer.
@@Voduke789 I think that's a very fair worry, but I will say there is so much non-copyright music these days that it shouldn't take ages to find something that's actually non-copyright and which doesn't sound corporate :)
About the making your words interesting enough by themselves, I certainly think they're very interesting as it is!
I still just see a lot of commentary channels having the slightest, quietest bit of music in the background, which makes a huge difference.
Anyways, just a piece of feedback I wanted you to have :D
About Blackthorne: I am pretty sure that is not exactly how it works, since I tried to reproduce this and could not. I speculated that would be how it works, but I could not reproduce it. Regardless, they _should_ stack multiplicatively, and they changed Ignis Altar's Single Extinction to really work multiplicatively. So if the scenario described in the video were to happen, it would now go to half damage rather than no damage. And then a quarter damage rather than negative damage.
@@Mmlh1 From my footage, it seems like SE works differently from SM when the tower is destroyed. It may have nothing to do with SM actually, but this is my closest guess.
voduke upload ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Hopefully the second to last vengeance dlc
What are you hoping for the last DLC to be?
@@Voduke789 i mean i hope this is the last one but I think its basically confirmed we’re getting at least one more. I would like a jungle DLC in the bottom right of the map. Could be pretty cool.
can you released the updated heroes tier list?
I just finished typing it. So, I will make a video about it when I have the time.
Do you have the updated hero list somewhere? I really want to see 😊
he said he has finished writing the video and will make it soon
@@lukeabermann4491 ooh!! Thanks for the info 👊💪
Hi, Voduke, as you know a lot of things in Kingdom Rush are based on rng. That makes me wonder how the game would work if you had the worst possible luck. Would it even be beatable? Could you try modding the game somehow and beating it with the worst posssible luck?
i think someone have to mod that to krf.
The dlc is good, unfortunately kr vengeance is mediocre and broken. I didn't even knew about cheesy strats you can use on this level and invincible Blackthorne, I just got screwed up by the game and got to play last level again because of some bug(like srsly, game did not register a win and I wasted my 20 minutes).
pirate kings is strange because its actually rather not that difficult but has tons of annoying mechanics that make it just more unpleasant in general
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