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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 Support38%
  • Position 3: Off Lane11%

Strong against Tusk

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Elder Titan+5.6%60.8%212
Winter Wyvern+4.7%56.5%1,465
Leshrac+3.9%58.3%561
Batrider+3.8%46.7%169
Troll Warlord+2.6%56.3%579
Beastmaster+2.6%50.1%431
Muerta+2.6%52.8%595
Io+2.6%53.9%919
Dark Seer+2.3%53.4%1,316
Phoenix+2.3%55.0%1,395
Underlord+2.3%51.3%1,773
Terrorblade+2.3%51.6%1,223

Tusk is strong against

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Arc Warden+4.1%49.5%1,048
Legion Commander+3.6%49.2%3,410
Bounty Hunter+3.6%48.5%1,687
Brewmaster+3.0%50.3%567
Tinker+2.9%53.3%1,288
Omniknight+2.9%49.8%492
Phantom Assassin+2.9%50.5%2,585
Huskar+2.7%55.5%831
Gyrocopter+2.6%54.5%932
Lone Druid+2.5%51.6%742
Lifestealer+2.1%48.7%3,903
Doom+2.0%52.6%1,408

Best allies for Tusk

HeroSynergyWin rateMatches
Winter Wyvern+3.6%52.2%912
Keeper of the Light+3.3%52.0%870
Muerta+3.3%49.7%585
Lycan+3.3%51.0%239
Monkey King+3.2%47.7%1,198
Underlord+3.1%48.8%1,429
Troll Warlord+2.9%54.4%493
Dark Seer+2.7%50.4%1,268
Bloodseeker+2.7%54.7%563
Lone Druid+2.5%50.4%1,043
Dawnbreaker+2.4%53.5%2,539
Shadow Fiend+2.4%42.7%2,934
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