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Tusk counters and build in Dota 2

Tusk in Dota 2: who counters it, who it beats, best allies and the build — start, boots and items through the game on the latest patch.

Tusk build

Start
  1. Tango
  2. Blood Grenade
  3. ×2Iron Branch
  4. Magic Stick
  5. Sentry Ward
  6. Faerie Fire
Boots
  1. 8 minTranquil Boots
  2. 12 minArcane Boots
  3. 13 minPhase Boots
Through the game
  1. 3 minMagic Wand
  2. 8 minRing of Basilius
  3. 18 minBlink Dagger
Talents
  1. Ice Shards slow by 50% and deal 110 DPS 0%12% Chance Walrus Punch 100%25
  2. -6s Snowball Cooldown 73%+75% Walrus Punch Crit 27%20
  3. +325 Health 37%+120 Snowball Damage 63%15
  4. +2s Tag Team Duration 18%+0.75s Walrus Punch Stun Duration 82%10
Skill build
  1. lvl 8Tag Team
  2. lvl 10Snowball
  3. lvl 14Ice Shards
All ranksHerald — GuardianCrusader — ArchonLegend — AncientDivine — Immortal
  • Position 4: Support42%
  • Position 5: Hard Support38%
  • Position 3: Off Lane12%

Strong against Tusk

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Elder Titan+5.3%59.4%488
Batrider+5.1%51.0%443
Winter Wyvern+3.1%54.7%3,750
Leshrac+3.0%57.8%1,266
Phoenix+2.9%56.4%3,061
Dark Seer+2.5%53.9%3,151
Io+2.4%54.4%2,237
Medusa+2.3%53.8%1,354
Troll Warlord+2.3%56.6%1,369
Underlord+2.0%51.7%3,738
Beastmaster+2.0%49.5%1,046
Terrorblade+1.9%51.1%2,899

Tusk is strong against

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Bounty Hunter+3.7%48.8%4,189
Brewmaster+2.9%49.8%1,363
Oracle+2.8%50.7%2,087
Legion Commander+2.6%47.9%7,520
Lone Druid+2.5%51.1%1,726
Omniknight+2.4%49.1%1,107
Phantom Assassin+2.0%48.8%6,220
Lifestealer+1.9%48.3%8,425
Arc Warden+1.8%46.3%2,438
Gyrocopter+1.7%52.8%1,988
Doom+1.7%51.8%3,199
Shadow Demon+1.7%54.2%1,090

Best allies for Tusk

HeroSynergyWin rateMatches
Dark Seer+3.6%51.1%3,027
Lycan+3.4%51.0%618
Underlord+3.2%49.0%2,971
Tinker+2.9%48.8%2,560
Nature's Prophet+2.9%44.3%4,392
Keeper of the Light+2.8%50.3%2,164
Muerta+2.8%48.7%1,362
Winter Wyvern+2.7%50.4%2,276
Leshrac+2.6%53.4%1,022
Luna+2.6%51.9%7,338
Monkey King+2.3%46.2%2,711
Lone Druid+1.8%49.3%2,458
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