Tusk: Melee, position 5 (hard support), position 4 (soft support), Initiator, Disabler, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.7% win rate in pubs and a 4.6% pick rate.
Tusk is always eager to start a fight. Able to instantly corner an enemy with a wall of ice shards, he gathers with his allies and rolls into enemies inside of a massive snowball, bringing him in range to land his signature knockout punch.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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30′Core items in order: Phase Boots (around minute 18), Blink Dagger (around minute 20), Eul's Scepter of Divinity (around minute 30).
Full build by minute →
Max Tag Team, then Snowball, then Ice Shards.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Phoenix, Elder Titan and Leshrac; easiest: Treant Protector, Naga Siren and Shadow Fiend.
All 125 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 334 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 473.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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5′43%
7′36%
10′65%
10′43%
11′42%18′22%20′88%30′29%
32′24%
39′23%10% of 93 pro matches
Tusk compresses shards of ice into a ball of frozen energy that damages all enemies it comes in contact with. When the ball reaches its target destination the shards are released, creating a barrier that lasts for 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 seconds.
Pros max it by level 15
Tusk begins rolling into a snowball. Allies within a 325 radius can also be added to the snowball by right-clicking on them, even while the snowball is moving. Once launched, any enemies caught in the snowball's path will be stunned and take damage. Each allied Hero in the snowball will add to its damage and stun duration.
Pros max it by level 10
Activate to temporarily apply a negative debuff aura around you, causing enemies that are attacked under it to take bonus physical damage and reduced movement speed. Lasts 6 seconds.
Pros max it by level 7
Tusk connects with his mighty Walrus Punch, a critical strike with bonus damage so powerful it launches its victim into the air.
Pros max it by level 17
Passively slows the attack speed of all enemy heroes within a 350 unit radius.
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Tusk: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Ancient (48.9% wins) and wins 46.1% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 52% of games and position 4 (soft support) in 46% of games. Pros usually build Phase Boots, Blink Dagger and Eul's Scepter of Divinity by minute 30. It struggles most against Phoenix, Elder Titan and Leshrac and has the easiest time against Treant Protector, Naga Siren and Shadow Fiend.
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