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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: Support43%
  • Position 5: Hard Support35%
  • Position 3: Off Lane14%

Strong against Tusk

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Elder Titan+6.0%61.1%126
Batrider+5.9%54.3%116
Medusa+4.6%59.1%425
Death Prophet+3.3%54.7%556
Winter Wyvern+3.1%55.1%914
Phoenix+2.8%57.6%686
Terrorblade+2.6%51.5%651
Ember Spirit+2.3%54.2%825
Abaddon+2.1%57.7%414
Razor+1.9%55.8%912
Pugna+1.9%55.9%612
Leshrac+1.9%56.2%258

Tusk is strong against

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Oracle+5.1%54.1%503
Alchemist+3.3%54.2%465
Ancient Apparition+3.1%49.0%1,126
Tinker+3.1%54.1%772
Bounty Hunter+2.8%47.8%1,021
Omniknight+2.7%49.3%294
Lone Druid+2.5%50.3%493
Viper+2.5%52.0%1,143
Disruptor+2.5%50.0%1,233
Warlock+2.3%49.0%989
Brewmaster+2.1%47.8%295
Legion Commander+1.9%46.1%2,537

Best allies for Tusk

HeroSynergyWin rateMatches
Leshrac+5.5%58.1%270
Dark Seer+5.4%51.8%626
Underlord+4.7%50.5%827
Tinker+4.6%48.8%709
Nature's Prophet+4.0%43.7%1,210
Luna+3.9%52.5%1,852
Lycan+3.6%48.8%172
Dark Willow+3.2%49.8%635
Terrorblade+3.0%46.1%799
Winter Wyvern+2.9%48.9%560
Arc Warden+2.6%53.6%713
Viper+2.3%47.3%1,077
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