You are WASTING the Kobold's potential

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  • čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
  • Prospector's Aura is WEAK. The Kobold can do far more valuable things rather than just follow you around. Try out some of these advanced tips and tricks in your next game and feel super cool and awesome and make the Kobold happy.
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Komentáře • 97

  • @ZQuixotix
    @ZQuixotix  Před 3 měsíci +3

    Just to clarify a common question, I know the Tier 1 Neutral Items only become available at 7 minutes, but didn't want to wait for that to start recording so I just cheated the item in lol. If you choose the Trusty Shovel, you'll have it until at least 17 minutes, so there will be the 14 minute Wisdom rune and ~5 Power runes. Many people keep the Shovel in the backpack to use beyond that as well. The concept is exactly the same for the later times as what I showed in the video! Apologies for the confusion!

  • @TheRealNacho87
    @TheRealNacho87 Před 3 měsíci +58

    As a support player, you are my go to for improving my game. Please keep this content coming!! Thank you!

  • @McBaconizer
    @McBaconizer Před 3 měsíci +114

    The kobold lasts for 60 MINUTES?! Jesus christ! 1:26

    • @ravensnflies8167
      @ravensnflies8167 Před 3 měsíci +1

      dota will make you think a second is a minute waiting for tenths of a second to count down before you either kill or die.

    • @ZQuixotix
      @ZQuixotix  Před 3 měsíci +46

      Absolutely broken. Sounds awesome though, maybe a 1/100 chance for infinite Kobold with 1 HP haha

    • @markr2609
      @markr2609 Před 3 měsíci

      Even 16 minutes is long :D

    • @ngochunglongnguyen4523
      @ngochunglongnguyen4523 Před 3 měsíci +1

      nice catch 😂 I didn't catch that

    • @cleanerwhite9470
      @cleanerwhite9470 Před 3 měsíci +5

      There should be a Super Shovel for Tier 5 items.
      And 1 of the possible dig would be the 60 minutes kobold lmao.

  • @monkeydog8681
    @monkeydog8681 Před 3 měsíci +46

    With my stupid MMR we bundle up like idiots so it's actually like 100-120 gold per minutes

    • @kaansininide8282
      @kaansininide8282 Před 3 měsíci

      someone else gets a shovel as well we turtling

    • @justiceoflight3157
      @justiceoflight3157 Před 3 měsíci

      Its buff does not stack

    • @guiguito5505
      @guiguito5505 Před 3 měsíci

      What mmr are you? imortal?
      Coz from my experience, teammates never group for nothing.

    • @Dreamingofyou317
      @Dreamingofyou317 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@justiceoflight3157he means multiple teammates benefit from the aura

  • @credmlai2867
    @credmlai2867 Před 3 měsíci +4

    ZQ: Kobold is OP!
    Upcoming patch :
    -Kobold rescale HP to 1.
    -Kobold 0 vision in Rosh Pit.
    -Kobold permnantly disarmed.
    -Kobold passive 20+/- ?

    • @suyunbek1399
      @suyunbek1399 Před 3 měsíci

      -60 hp/s debuff to the team, that dug up kobold
      chance of getting a trusty shovel is increased to 100%
      chance of digging up a kobold is increased to 50%

  • @deerjohn2461
    @deerjohn2461 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Trusty shovel is underutilized in dota. I always use it on my cores and keep it on my backpack even with t2-t4 neutral items. The tidious part is keeping the extra salve and mango.

  • @cleanerwhite9470
    @cleanerwhite9470 Před 3 měsíci +7

    OR
    Immediately group as 5 everytime you dig up a kobold.
    That way the prospecting aura is worth 5 times as much.
    Thats 20G per person FOR 5 PEOPLE instead of just 1.
    Look at that insane value.

    • @dragonarc_gaming
      @dragonarc_gaming Před 3 měsíci +1

      but wouldn't your cores get way more gold than just 20 gpm if they go farm? I mean if everyone is like sieging tower then maybe, but even then if you ended up on a siege situation then probably it would be way more useful to scout tree line right? (unless it's a hg tower)

    • @ironman1458
      @ironman1458 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@dragonarc_gaming (the comment you replied to was a joke)

    • @suyunbek1399
      @suyunbek1399 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@dragonarc_gamingactually scouting is not always useful, you come looking and nobody's anywhere, while 20 per minute gives you flask every 5 cobolds basically.
      (jk rn)

  • @brownie_h
    @brownie_h Před 3 měsíci +9

    as a main wisp player, i love this little fucker to block people and have a escape route with tether in ganks

    • @bayumahendra1797
      @bayumahendra1797 Před 3 měsíci

      Hi can i ask which hero perfectly suit with io 25 talent attack target?

  • @jessejamesb
    @jessejamesb Před 3 měsíci +2

    Ya, you forgot a good one. Say you're channelling something and there's a pudge or mirana in the game. You can micro it to take the bullet for you. Or you can use it to body block in fights - especially if you're already dead.

  • @micha1119
    @micha1119 Před 3 měsíci +15

    The amount and quality of content you’ve been delivering is insane! Thank you

  • @icata12345
    @icata12345 Před 3 měsíci +23

    buuut what if you die on stream because you were busy micro-ing your kobold uuuugh Zaccch?

    • @ZQuixotix
      @ZQuixotix  Před 3 měsíci +16

      Certainly that would never happen

    • @suyunbek1399
      @suyunbek1399 Před 3 měsíci +1

      they always forget that micromanagement comes at a price of concentration

  • @trippy1v349
    @trippy1v349 Před 2 měsíci

    Does simply clicking on the runes deny it or do you need to treat it the same way you deny creeps?

  • @DMacDaddy
    @DMacDaddy Před 3 měsíci

    I’ve started using the Kobi to body block escaping hero’s or pudge hook/sacred arrows.

  • @cblrtopas
    @cblrtopas Před 3 měsíci

    Cool video. I almost feel like the game is too fast for these cool little plays.

  • @JustAPositivoGuy
    @JustAPositivoGuy Před 2 měsíci

    Don’t tell the Kobold that if he dies is not a big deal. This guy have feelings

  • @AmirulAsyraf-mq7bx
    @AmirulAsyraf-mq7bx Před 3 měsíci

    I thought you are going to talk about having it follow the carry. I did use it to follow me but after some times I dont see me getting rich so instinctively I have it follow carry instead.

  • @foxsteve9937
    @foxsteve9937 Před 3 měsíci

    what about stacking kobolds as chen

  • @bayumahendra1797
    @bayumahendra1797 Před 3 měsíci

    I use that kobold mostly to scout enemy hg

  • @Sushichese
    @Sushichese Před 3 měsíci

    good job

  • @VeryBadPlayerTV
    @VeryBadPlayerTV Před 3 měsíci +3

    kobold might only be 20 gpm, but base value according to the wiki you start out at 90, scaling up to 150. which means in theory a kobold for the first 12 minutes of the game before the first scaling tick is literally a 22% increase in your gpm looking at you chen. which means philo stone 75 GPM at 17 minutes is 94 GPM is a WHOPPING 79.787% INCREASE TO YOUR GPM. if you combined a kobold creep with philo stone on a hero like chen for the entire game. you would have a 101% increase in GPM scaling down to a 63.33% at 175 minutes. Pretty much speaking
    TL:DR GPM boosts like kobold and philostone are actually kinda fucking busted ESPECIALLY on supports that do not farm. as you are literally doubling your gold value if combined, 20% for kobold and 79% on philo stone.

    • @ZQuixotix
      @ZQuixotix  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Great point! If Kobolds were long-term and consistent, I would definitely see more value in keeping it near you for the effective GPM increase. 20gpm over 10 minutes would be 200 which is nice. But since it's random when you get the Kobold AND it's slower than you so it doesn't even stay near you for the full minute if you are moving around, I feel like there's more value in these other options. Or another way to put it, assuming the max 30 gold, or even assuming max 150 gold of the Kobold sitting next to my entire team the full minute. I would literally pay more than 150 gold if I could guarantee deny the enemy wisdom rune or the power rune from the enemy while still getting to do other things. 150 gold feels a little expensive for vision, but at the same time finding a kill or avoiding a death will definitely be worth more than 150 gold. 150 for a stack is probably not worth it, but in reality it's more like 20-60 gold which would be less than an Ancient/Hard stack

    • @WhitePerson-
      @WhitePerson- Před 3 měsíci

      @@ZQuixotix his theory Sounds GOOD but its not a good option, as a Chen INSTEAD of having a kobald, u can have any strong neutral creep that will benefit ur game way more than a 13dmg 20gpm kobald. You can simply take a big creep and farm with it faster therefore more gpm+exp. Or you can use the big creeps to harass opponents therefore less gpm for your enemies is more gpm for you+the extra space for ur team. Because all that matters is the difference between your gpm and the enemies gpm, if you have 12gpm and the enemies have 7gpm, then you are still winning even tho the gpm is ridiculous.
      He is spitting numerical facts without context to the cause and objectives of the game.
      Just a normal low ranked intellectual POV.
      I have few electro engineer crusader friends, its the same convo…

  • @coreybrooks2105
    @coreybrooks2105 Před 3 měsíci +4

    You're the best teacher

  • @f1shze4lot
    @f1shze4lot Před 3 měsíci

    Yo Zach do you rate helm of dominatior on oracle?

    • @ZQuixotix
      @ZQuixotix  Před 3 měsíci

      I would rate it very poorly haha. Unless there's some interesting interaction I've never heard of, always open to new stuff, but from what I know it doesn't really make sense for Oracle outside of low rank chaos

    • @f1shze4lot
      @f1shze4lot Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@ZQuixotix for epic heals. You get hill troll priest +15 heal amp aura, holy locket +30 and troll auto heals if you tell him. There is also few other cool auras to play with. IDK kinda wanna try it because he's not depending on items that strong like mirana or other sups

  • @jemengullo
    @jemengullo Před 3 měsíci

    Tier 1 tokens show up starting 7min. Carries mostly farm jungle at around 10min. Having the cobolds do something significant after laning stage is just near impossible. And really, the 7min rune?

  • @danielhamiaz1302
    @danielhamiaz1302 Před 3 měsíci +7

    2:36 I'm sure you cannot get trusty shovel before min 7/wisdom rune. Maybe what you meant is to deny the wisdom at min 14? Or am i missing something here?

    • @nfergie19
      @nfergie19 Před 3 měsíci

      yeah I think he missed that. you absolutely can deny the 14 mins wisdom rune, but I not convinced that is what he meant.

    • @ZQuixotix
      @ZQuixotix  Před 3 měsíci +9

      Yeah I was just using the 7 minute rune as an example so I didn't have to wait for the 14 minute one. 14 minutes you're likely to still have the shovel if you've picked it, any of the later runes you might have a chance if you keep the shovel in the backpack. It's random when you get the Kobold so it's not something you can always do but just a neat trick to keep in mind when things do line up

  • @snhn_20
    @snhn_20 Před 3 měsíci

    I just let my kobold follow my carry most of the time since im busy soing something for the team.

  • @vincewchan
    @vincewchan Před 3 měsíci

    Hey, my Kobold doesn't last for 60 minutes... is mine broken?

  • @ChristhoperJoel1907
    @ChristhoperJoel1907 Před 3 měsíci

    is the passive can be used by doom devour or no ?

    • @WhitePerson-
      @WhitePerson- Před 3 měsíci +1

      Its useless . Would rather take 12% movespeed kobald and dominate lane, rotate faster, get in position faster than having that 20gpm

  • @rlobbest
    @rlobbest Před 3 měsíci

    1:29 "the kobold lasts for 60 minutes" xD

  • @flashnimi
    @flashnimi Před 3 měsíci

    But can we give the kobold headpats?

  • @xtianebernal
    @xtianebernal Před 3 měsíci +1

    If neutral items spawn at 7 minutes and XP runes spawn at 7 minutes as well why did my father leave us?

  • @ekhiw
    @ekhiw Před 3 měsíci

    dont forget clear techis mine

  • @teeborg1519
    @teeborg1519 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love the kobold. They should totally have names. PleasewValve!

  • @reiokimura6519
    @reiokimura6519 Před 3 měsíci

    1:30 kobold last for 60 mins?! Kobold lasting longer than me.

  • @dnddmdb642
    @dnddmdb642 Před 3 měsíci

    Now THIS is a thumbnail. 😂

  • @justinjames2436
    @justinjames2436 Před 3 měsíci

    we need kobold buff, he can now buy items and gains stats

  • @quikbrush
    @quikbrush Před 3 měsíci

    You will get to farm your first tier 1 neutral items at seven minute mark and the first wisdom rune spawns at the same time. It's unlikely possible to camp the enemy's seven minute mark wisdom rune with a Kobold.

    • @Mediocresinger
      @Mediocresinger Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're right, but I think it was just poor wording on his part - every 7 minutes beyond that, more runes spawn. As such, the multiples-of-seven minute marks beyond the first the advice CAN apply to.

    • @davidemelia6296
      @davidemelia6296 Před 3 měsíci

      That would be a classic 'um ackshully' if only one rune spawned 🤣

  • @katakgemok
    @katakgemok Před 3 měsíci

    chen potential to do this maniac plan is bigger.but for me is still hard.😂😂😂

  • @hmttza8534
    @hmttza8534 Před 3 měsíci

    How do you deny all these early runes and wisdom ruin when shovel is only available after 7 mins?

    • @suyunbek1399
      @suyunbek1399 Před 3 měsíci

      easy just make your own lobby and forget what dota is and make the schizo lobby guide

  • @zhenhuitai1223
    @zhenhuitai1223 Před 3 měsíci +3

  • @mickytananu5908
    @mickytananu5908 Před 3 měsíci

    You just basically made a micro guide.

  • @TankorSmash
    @TankorSmash Před 3 měsíci

    1:30 surely it only lasts for a single minute right? No way it lasts for an hour

  • @supratikpal4533
    @supratikpal4533 Před 3 měsíci

    How you deny wisdom 7 mins when neutrals start dropping from min 7? Am I missing out on something? The entire shenanigans this guy explains is early game stuff

  • @Macck0
    @Macck0 Před 3 měsíci

    ah yes, the calssic Kobold 7min wisdom rune deny, you need to be ranked in top 10 to do it.

  • @pcxxy
    @pcxxy Před 3 měsíci

    Here's why the kobold is OP:
    1) it lasts for 60 minutes
    2) you can summon it pre-7 minutes to play around the wisdom rune
    😂😂
    Jokes Aside I'm one of those who only keeps it around be like a pet cuz I'm lazy. This video gives me motivation to run it around the map to do something more productive than earning passive gold.
    The only exception is when your team clumps up and do nothing, it'll give the team 100 gpm 😂😂

  • @clvnclmnt
    @clvnclmnt Před 3 měsíci

    can’t use kobolds to deny 7 minute wisdom runes

    • @credmlai2867
      @credmlai2867 Před 3 měsíci

      you can keep trust shovel in your backpack till game end. 14 21 28 35 maybe?

  • @jamesduehring2770
    @jamesduehring2770 Před 3 měsíci +1

    If the kobold gives the aura to multiple heros its better

    • @BreadAccountant
      @BreadAccountant Před 3 měsíci +4

      its still only 100 gold if you group up under its aura as 5 for a whole minute

    • @Taziod
      @Taziod Před 3 měsíci

      lol what no

    • @EbolaBearr
      @EbolaBearr Před 3 měsíci +1

      Bro its only 20 gold a minute and it only lasts for a minute, thats 100 if you had it on all 5 heroes which you wont. denying a wsidom, a bounty or scouting a gank is worth like 3x-5x more than the theoretical 100 and like 15-25x more than just the regular 20.

  • @JewTube001
    @JewTube001 Před 3 měsíci

    Usually I set it to follow my carry, and I keep clicking on the aura. But these ideas are much better!

  • @150Neron
    @150Neron Před 3 měsíci +2

    I wish I could replace some of my teammates with this Kobold

  • @nissankandel4252
    @nissankandel4252 Před 3 měsíci

    dude what u meana 7 min wisdom deny how bro neutrals are only find in 7 minute

  • @ShakerGER
    @ShakerGER Před 3 měsíci

    0:48 I agree with evrything said in all situations

  • @lm-rh3qo
    @lm-rh3qo Před 3 měsíci

    You could say, your eyes are priceless. But really the prospector aura is an aura for a reason, its meant to be used by as many people as possible. Right?

  • @Calorite
    @Calorite Před 3 měsíci

    Idk this guide is for >1000 mmr players

  • @HalIOfFamer
    @HalIOfFamer Před 3 měsíci

    Honestly this is such nieche advice I'll just not follow it until I hit at least 5k. Deal?

    • @norbs9858
      @norbs9858 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Next patch: kobold removed

    • @davidemelia6296
      @davidemelia6296 Před 3 měsíci

      Are you ever gonna hit 5k?

    • @HalIOfFamer
      @HalIOfFamer Před 3 měsíci

      @@davidemelia6296 I've been improving steady. Maybe after the summer when I have more time to play.

  • @mdnuhalmunawar1592
    @mdnuhalmunawar1592 Před 3 měsíci

    Zquixotix be like: HELP THE KOBOLD by sending him to die!

  • @raymond12399
    @raymond12399 Před 3 měsíci

    60 minutes😂

  • @yozmesergiu
    @yozmesergiu Před 3 měsíci

    the most useless video out there, if you play real dota with real players, how much valuable time you use the things in this video? this guy proves not all asians are smart