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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: Support41%
  • Position 5: Hard Support32%
  • Position 3: Off Lane18%

Strong against Tusk

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Batrider+6.3%66.7%27
Winter Wyvern+4.8%58.6%203
Undying+4.7%60.9%501
Elder Titan+4.6%54.1%37
Beastmaster+4.3%62.5%72
Terrorblade+3.9%59.9%142
Troll Warlord+3.3%62.9%143
Ember Spirit+3.2%58.9%151
Dark Seer+3.1%57.3%131
Phoenix+3.0%59.3%140
Leshrac+2.9%58.7%63
Templar Assassin+2.7%54.7%201

Tusk is strong against

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Oracle+4.0%55.5%110
Tidehunter+4.0%52.2%297
Brewmaster+3.4%51.8%56
Lifestealer+3.3%49.0%449
Dazzle+3.0%53.9%193
Lone Druid+2.9%49.6%123
Clinkz+2.7%51.9%239
Nyx Assassin+2.6%47.8%209
Void Spirit+2.4%54.4%136
Omniknight+2.3%48.2%83
Zeus+2.3%49.2%510
Bounty Hunter+2.2%46.2%292

Best allies for Tusk

HeroSynergyWin rateMatches
Magnus+4.3%57.3%178
Winter Wyvern+4.2%50.7%136
Dark Seer+4.1%50.0%128
Nature's Prophet+3.5%44.5%339
Lycan+3.4%47.4%38
Tinker+3.3%46.2%199
Morphling+3.3%53.1%162
Underlord+2.8%48.3%149
Luna+2.7%50.4%409
Dawnbreaker+2.4%51.3%224
Tiny+2.2%44.6%168
Puck+2.2%46.7%90
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