thanks. i wish you’d spell out all that testing you’ve done to prove the ed/min-max bug was fixed.

After watching 1 of this videos, I caught myself thinking... what is so unlikable about this guy. Then it wasn't too long before I put my finger on it.
Yes he does do research and understand the numbers behind the game. At the same time, he is a content creator first and an educator second. He says and does things in his videos purely to get more views rather than truly try to educate his audience. Yet he tries VERY HARD to come off as differentiating himself from other content creators by being "scientific."
Also, his ego isn't gaining him any friends either... a statement he made on a recent video, "who knows, maybe they know something I don't know... me doing this professionally for 10 years"

Some examples are this:
He created a video showing why the Nova Sorc is still the best farmer in the game, and makes the statement that it can clear all enemies in the game no problem. Of course, everyone's mind will go to, what about T5 Heralds (since they are one of the toughest encounters in the game right now). So he COULD mention it, but instead he purposefully doesn't so that he can wait for people to come spam his comments about it. Then in the next video, he acts all surprised like, oh man, you all attacked me and said this build can't do T5 heralds! I get that's what content creators need to do... generate engagement... but it comes off so disingenuous.

He created one of the original videos saying Eth Ariocs is the best ES Warlock weapon. And he didn't mince words... "there is a best, and that is Arioc's needle". How can you claim to be "scientific" and make some kind of statement like that? It's very obvious, again, he says/does things like that for rage/engagement. Either that or he truly is clueless or doesn't understand what "best" means. Spoiler alert, Eth Ariocs is not the best in any category other than maybe highest damage in a specific setup. But there are so many better options if you look at the overall build/gear.

He created a Blood Boil guide on Maxroll full of bad advice and also calls it a B tier build (when in reality it is right up there with ES). Fair enough, guide was made early so he may have been working on pre-optimized information. But nope, guide is still up with all the bad information. Also in his latest video, he said he "just found out" that blood boil doesn't deal damage for each demon you have out. Why on earth did you make a Blood Boil build guide if you don't know one of the most basic concepts of the build?? Christ man...

I think he has a good understanding of the mechanics and numbers of the game, and can play it... but his content creation persona is just too hard to ignore. That and the fact that he's fine with mis-educating his audience purely for more engagement are why I can't stand the guy.

Nerf Tainted please it is the new Echonic Build

This post was edited by WhenLadderReset on Apr 17 2026 02:24pm

He also gives off poor ppl vibes. Tests builds with mods instead of slapping together real in game items. If youre making money making videos about this game the least you could do is show realistic builds, not perfect roll theoretical maxima.

I mean we already figured out the tainted vs blood boil comparison in the first few days of RotW testing on the hypothetical they'd make it actually deal the listed damage in a future patch, at which point it would still be worse than blood boil. The huge aoe of boil and casting at 9 fpa is just better than higher potential dps of tainted when they are in a small aoe, and while sunder works with summons, your -% fire resist doesnt so being a single elemental is actually a huge drawback vs immunes. Blood boil tends to deal 25k vs nonimmunes, 15k vs immunes. And at 9 fpa in a huge aoe.. Tainted would be 3x 72k vs non immunes, but 3x 8k vs immunes. At 23ish fpa, tiny aoe. Big oof with all the fire immunes

The biggest application is in PvP, because now you're basically a TS sorc who deals 100k+ damage. They will miss alot if you dont stomp but a single volley should kill anyone and can be put at distance with deathmark

Macro the same guy who puts bugged talents in his build guides on maxroll that don't even work. That guy? I swear they should have booted his ass off maxroll with how inaccurate the guides have been. To this day he still has bad recommendations in builds that everyone know the talent calculation is wrong on. Sure tainted might be a good build if they leave the fix in the ptr going into live, but...he's had tainted in the build prior to the fix wasting respecs of thousands of players probably. Basically he's posted builds on maxroll without actually testing them on live servers to see if the talent calculation made sense. And this was all prior to the latest PTR.

This post was edited by BlakeXeal on Apr 17 2026 04:09pm

Hydra duration is kind of a joke considering they're immobile. One of the reasons I've never wasted seasons on farming with hydras. You would think with all the drawbacks on hydra they wouldn't make the duration so pathetic. Reminds me of that quote in blade "all of our strengths none of our weaknesses" except in hydras case it's the reverse. No duration, no splash damage, not enough range if you factor in it's like artillery and stuck, etc.

This post was edited by BlakeXeal on Apr 17 2026 04:06pm

this is the dude who doesn’t even recommend blood oath on his builds. that’s enough for me to disregard his opinion on everything.

Thats not a reason. Why is that a reason?

a surfeit of streamer prevarication hath delivered rot and disuse upon thine noggin. I beseech thee, seeketh a meadow and permit ye earthbound stalks of verdant foliage to grace thine soles