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Tiny: Melee, position 1 (carry), Nuker, Pusher, Initiator, Durable, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 45.0% win rate in pubs and a 4.6% pick rate.

Growing to tremendous size and strength as the battle progresses, Tiny's power can quickly become terrifying. He tosses heroes and creeps at his enemies, or stuns them beneath an avalanche. Should he gather his full strength, he can demolish the enemy's base with ease.

Meleeposition 1 (carry)NukerPusherInitiatorDurableDisabler
45.0%Win rate · all pubs
4.6%picked in 1 of 22 games
44.9%Turbo · 114,317 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Tiny

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

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchMagic StickTangoGauntlets of StrengthQuelling BladeCirclet
Laning
Magic Wand5′Power Treads6′Wind Lace10′Echo Sabre12′
Core
Blink Dagger15′Aghanim's Shard21′Shadow Blade21′

Core items in order: Blink Dagger (around minute 15), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 21), Shadow Blade (around minute 21).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Tree GrabAvalancheTree GrabAvalanche
Maxed by level
Tree Grab
lv 7
Avalanche
lv 9
Toss
lv 15
Grow
lv 17
11+2 Tree Grab Attacks16+10 Strength18+60 Tree Grab Base Damage

Max Tree Grab, then Avalanche, then Toss.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Lycan, Leshrac and Medusa; easiest: Batrider, Shadow Fiend and Storm Spirit.

All 124 opponents →

4How much to farm?

534663780

Half of the players on this hero farm under 534 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 780.

5Common mistakes by role

Wasted buybackHolding goldSlow farm

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

AI coach

Compare your Tiny 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 carry 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 Tiny 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 Tiny benchmark: 534 GPM for an average player, 663 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Blink Dagger by minute 15, 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 · 43.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′
Iron Branch · 96%Magic Stick · 61%Tango · 56%Gauntlets of Strength · 45%Quelling Blade · 35%Circlet · 33%
Starting
Magic Wand5′59%
Power Treads6′92%
Wind Lace10′28%
Echo Sabre12′77%
Blink Dagger15′97%
Aghanim's Shard21′24%
Shadow Blade21′32%
Black King Bar26′83%
Harpoon28′71%
Silver Edge29′43%
Daedalus36′36%
Swift Blink43′27%

Skill build

7% of 99 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Tree Grab
  2. 2Avalanche
  3. 3Tree Grab
  4. 4Avalanche
  5. 5Tree Grab
  6. 6Grow
  7. 7Tree Grab
  8. 8Avalanche
  9. 9Avalanche
  10. 10Toss
  11. 11T
  12. 12Toss
  13. 13Grow
  14. 14Toss
  15. 15Toss
  16. 16T
  17. 17Grow
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+2 Tree Grab Attacks
  • Lvl 16+10 Strength
  • Lvl 18+60 Tree Grab Base Damage
Avalanche

Avalanche

по области, на точку

Bombards an area with rocks, continously doing small intervals of damage and stun to enemy units.

Pros max it by level 9

Toss

Toss

на цель, по области

Grabs the nearest unit in a 300 radius around Tiny, ally or enemy, and launches it at the target unit or rune to deal damage where they land.

Pros max it by level 15

Tree Grab

Tree Grab

на цель

Grabs a tree and causes Tiny to have bonus range, damage, and a splashing attack for a limited number of attacks. The tree can be thrown, to deal your attack to a unit at a distance.

Pros max it by level 7

Insurmountable

Insurmountable

пассивная · innate

Tiny gains Status and Slow Resistance from Strength. Slow Resistance also reduces the impact of Attack Speed slows.

Grow

Grow

пассивная

Tiny gains craggy mass, increasing his attack damage, movement speed and armor, and toss power while slowing his attack speed.

Pros max it by level 17

Tree Throw

Tree Throw

на цель, на точку

Throws the tree at the target unit, proccing your attack on it and splashing damage around the target.

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterGrants a new ability, Tree Volley.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Grow.
-8s Avalanche Cooldown252 Toss Charges
+60 Tree Grab Base Damage20Toss Requires No Target
+2 Tree Grab Attacks15+10 Strength
+150 Avalanche Cast Range10—

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 Tiny: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
534663780
Experience per minute
7359851,166
Last hits per minute
6.88.510.8
Hero damage per minute
5858451,144

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
434445464748495045.9Heraldpick 6%46.0Guardianpick 5%44.7Crusaderpick 4%44.2Archonpick 4%44.0Legendpick 4%44.9Ancientpick 5%45.3Divinepick 6%44.9Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: medium

It does best in Guardian (46.0% wins) and wins 44.9% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 85% of games. Pros usually build Blink Dagger, Aghanim's Shard and Shadow Blade by minute 21. It struggles most against Lycan, Leshrac and Medusa and has the easiest time against Batrider, Shadow Fiend and Storm Spirit.

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