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Tinker: Ranged, position 2 (mid), Nuker, Pusher. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.0% win rate in pubs and a 5.7% pick rate.

Tinker demolishes foes with swarms of machines and a host of deadly gadgets. If he can gather the resources he needs, the power that instantly refreshes his abilities enables him to lead his team from every front.

Rangedposition 2 (mid)NukerPusher
47.0%Win rate · all pubs
5.7%picked in 1 of 18 games
43.9%Turbo · 133,169 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Tinker

Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchTangoObserver WardFaerie Fire
Laning
Bottle2′Kaya8′Blink Dagger11′
Core
Aghanim's Scepter20′Kaya and Sange21′Aether Lens21′

Core items in order: Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 20), Kaya and Sange (around minute 21), Aether Lens (around minute 21).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4LaserMarch of the MachinesMarch of the MachinesDeploy Turrets
Maxed by level
March of the Machines
lv 7
Laser
lv 10
Deploy Turrets
lv 15
Rearm
lv 17
11+10% Manacost/Manaloss Reduction16+50 Laser Damage18+60 Deploy Turrets Missile Damage

Max March of the Machines, then Laser, then Deploy Turrets.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Visage, Bane and Enigma; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Alchemist and Gyrocopter.

All 124 opponents →

4How much to farm?

689814907

Half of the players on this hero farm under 689 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 907.

5Common mistakes by role

Enemy took the runesAegis without buildingsKey spell not used in the fight

Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.

AI coach

Compare your Tinker match with this cheat sheet

The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.

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Mistake guides for the mid and offlane role

Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.

AI coach

A review of your Tinker game

Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.

  • Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
  • Your pace against the Tinker benchmark: 689 GPM for an average player, 814 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Aghanim's Scepter by minute 20, and the coach shows where you lose time.
  • Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute

Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.

100 pro matches · 46.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′
Iron Branch · 98%Tango · 89%Observer Ward · 89%Faerie Fire · 78%
Starting
Bottle2′98%
Kaya8′71%
Blink Dagger11′96%
Aghanim's Scepter20′82%
Kaya and Sange21′66%
Aether Lens21′57%
Aghanim's Shard22′61%
Dagon27′22%
Black King Bar27′27%
Void Stone28′26%
Shiva's Guard30′26%

Skill build

19% of 97 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Laser
  2. 2March of the Machines
  3. 3March of the Machines
  4. 4Deploy Turrets
  5. 5March of the Machines
  6. 6Rearm
  7. 7March of the Machines
  8. 8Laser
  9. 9Laser
  10. 10Laser
  11. 11T
  12. 12Deploy Turrets
  13. 13Rearm
  14. 14Deploy Turrets
  15. 15Deploy Turrets
  16. 16T
  17. 17Rearm
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+10% Manacost/Manaloss Reduction
  • Lvl 16+50 Laser Damage
  • Lvl 18+60 Deploy Turrets Missile Damage
Laser

Laser

на цель

Fires an intense energy beam, damaging and blinding the target. Blinded targets miss all physical attacks.

Pros max it by level 10

March of the Machines

March of the Machines

по области, на точку

Enlists an army of robotic minions to destroy enemy units in an area around Tinker.

Pros max it by level 7

Deploy Turrets

Deploy Turrets

на точку, по области

Deploys 3 uncontrollable turrets at the target location. Enemies hit by the impact take damage and are pushed away from the landing point. If Tinker is hit, he also gets pushed by the impact. Once deployed, the turret fires missiles in the direction of the nearest enemy hero.

Pros max it by level 15

Rearm

Rearm

без цели, поддерживаемая

CHANNELED - Resets the cooldown on Tinker's abilities.

Pros max it by level 17

Eureka!

Eureka!

пассивная · innate

Tinker gains 1% item cooldown reduction per 3 Intelligence, up to a maximum of 60%.

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Deploy Turrets.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Warp Flare.
250 AoE Laser25-0.25s Time to Rearm
+60 Deploy Turrets Missile Damage20-?s Keen Conveyance Channel Time
+100 Deploy Turrets Tinker Knockback15+50 Laser Damage
+1s March of the Machines Duration10+10% Manacost/Manaloss Reduction

Matchups

Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games

All opponents · 124 →

Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.

Who to pick against Tinker: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.

Gold per minute
689814907
Experience per minute
9621,2131,372
Last hits per minute
9.511.213.2
Hero damage per minute
8481,0971,430

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
424446485043.6Heraldpick 5%45.1Guardianpick 6%45.4Crusaderpick 6%46.6Archonpick 6%47.6Legendpick 5%48.8Ancientpick 6%49.9Divinepick 6%43.9Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: medium

It does best in Divine (49.9% wins) and wins 43.9% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 96% of games. Pros usually build Aghanim's Scepter, Kaya and Sange and Aether Lens by minute 21. It struggles most against Visage, Bane and Enigma and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Alchemist and Gyrocopter.

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