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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 5: Hard Support45%
  • Position 4: Support41%

Strong against Tusk

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Batrider+4.7%50.4%131
Elder Titan+4.5%56.6%113
Marci+4.2%57.9%572
Phoenix+4.1%57.1%840
Underlord+3.7%50.7%746
Undying+3.7%53.2%1,318
Dark Seer+3.4%54.9%1,077
Leshrac+3.1%58.1%384
Io+3.1%55.4%605
Ember Spirit+3.0%54.2%1,475
Earth Spirit+3.0%55.6%886
Morphling+3.0%53.5%647

Tusk is strong against

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Bounty Hunter+6.2%50.9%1,189
Legion Commander+3.7%51.2%965
Phantom Assassin+3.5%53.4%684
Oracle+3.3%51.6%570
Chaos Knight+3.2%55.3%284
Brewmaster+3.1%50.3%445
Skywrath Mage+3.1%53.7%1,077
Clockwerk+2.6%53.9%492
Viper+2.6%52.9%497
Shadow Demon+2.4%56.6%286
Lone Druid+2.3%51.6%368
Outworld Destroyer+2.3%48.1%1,630

Best allies for Tusk

HeroSynergyWin rateMatches
Muerta+4.2%52.4%311
Keeper of the Light+4.1%56.3%520
Monkey King+3.5%50.4%546
Clockwerk+3.3%54.8%186
Viper+2.7%52.7%564
Phantom Assassin+2.7%53.5%669
Tinker+2.6%51.9%561
Underlord+2.6%47.5%566
Lycan+2.6%53.8%169
Earthshaker+2.5%53.4%1,348
Visage+2.5%58.8%272
Nature's Prophet+2.3%46.9%1,002
Find a counter to the whole enemy draft

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