Tidehunter stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Durable hero who shrugs off enemy damage
Stalking ahead of his team, Tidehunter is always on the lookout for the right time to strike. When the moment comes, he unleashes his massive and devastating ultimate, paving the way for his allies to slay their stunned enemies.
Win Rate 54.3%
Pick Rate 12.9%
Attributes
692 +81.4/lvl
315 +20.4/lvl
26 +3.7/lvl
15 +1.5/lvl
20 +1.7/lvl
Stats
Damage:
51 - 57 + 3.7/level (172 - 178 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
2.5 + 0.3/level (12.1 at level 30)
Movement:
300
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.41
- Strength gain increased from 3.6 to 3.7
- Removed Blubber innate ability
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
Whenever an enemy hero is killed by Tidehunter or dies under his debuffs, a fish appears in their place for 30 seconds. Tidehunter can eat the fish to permanently gain 3 Health, 2 Attack Range, and 1 Bonus Damage Block. Tidehunter eats a fish every level up.
Enemies can destroy the fish.
Bonus Damage Block only applies if another source of Damage Block will be affecting the incoming physical attack.
Patch 7.41a
- Fish spawn launch distance decreased from 400 to 200
Patch 7.41
- New Innate Ability. Passive
- Whenever an enemy hero dies while affected by any Tidehunter's debuff or is killed by him, they drop a fish. Tidehunter can eat the fish to grow in size and permanently gain 3 Max Health, 2 Attack Range and 1 Bonus Damage Block. Tidehunter automatically eats a fish on every level up
- Bonus Damage Block is only applied if there is a source of damage block being applied to an incoming physical attack
- The fish flies 400 units towards Tidehunter upon spawning, stays in the world indefinitely and can be destroyed by an attack from Tidehunter's enemies
Gush
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Summons a gush of water to damage an enemy unit, reducing their movement speed and armor.
DAMAGE: 100 / 160 / 220 / 280
SLOW: 40% / 40% / 40% / 40%
ARMOR REDUCTION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
12
100
700
Aghanim's Scepter
Gush becomes a ground targeted wave ability that affects enemy units in a line. Decreases cooldown.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -4 Gush Armor
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +100 Gush Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +20% Gush Slow
During his championship of the Sunken Isles, Leviathan gained mastery over the open sea.
Kraken Shell
PASSIVE: No
Thickens Tidehunter's hide to passively block a portion of any incoming physical attack damage. Reduced block amount versus creeps. The hide also removes negative status effects if the damage taken crosses a threshold. Can be activated to double the block amount at the cost of 40% movement speed. Lasts 4s. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
DAMAGE BLOCK: 15 / 35 / 55 / 75
CREEP PENALTY: 50%
DAMAGE CLEANSE THRESHOLD: 600 / 550 / 500 / 450
DAMAGE RESET INTERVAL: 7
30
45
LEVEL 20 TALENT: Kraken Shell Cleanse triggers Anchor Smash
Patch 7.41
- Now applies a strong dispel to Tidehunter if he takes more than 600/550/500/450 damage within 7 seconds
Claddish navymen tell tales of a mighty sea-faring beast that suffered spear and sword but continued to lay waste to the fleet.
Anchor Smash
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Tidehunter swings his mighty anchor to attack and deal bonus damage to nearby enemies and reduce their attack damage. The radius of Anchor Smash is Tidehunter's attack range plus 225 units.
Anchor Smash works on all Ancient creeps except for Roshan.
Damage done by Anchor Smashes triggered by Kraken Shell Cleanse is considered reflected damage. Reflected damage does not provide any lifesteal and cannot be reflected.
ATTACK BONUS DAMAGE: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200
DAMAGE REDUCTION: 25% / 30% / 35% / 40%
DURATION: 6 / 6 / 6 / 6
7 / 6 / 5 / 4
40 / 45 / 50 / 55
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Anchor Smash affects buildings
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +10% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction
Patch 7.41
- Radius changed from 375 to 225 + Tidehunter's Attack Range
Stolen from one of Admiral Kunkka's flagships, Leviathan's heavy anchor proves useful as a melee weapon.
Ravage
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
Slams the ground, causing tentacles to erupt in all directions, damaging and stunning all nearby enemy units.
Ravage will hit invisible units.
Ravage waves move outwards at a speed of 725.
RADIUS: 1250
DURATION: 2 / 2.2 / 2.4
150 / 145 / 140
125 / 225 / 325
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +1s Ravage Stun Duration
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -15s Ravage Cooldown
Calling to the abyssal god Maelrawn has resulted in entire armadas being lost at sea.
Dead in the Water
Shard grants new ability
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DEBUFF: Yes
Tidehunter attaches a heavy anchor to an enemy hero. The hero is leashed while attached to the anchor. Attempting to move more than 350 units away from the anchor forces the hero to 100 move speed, dragging the anchor behind them. The anchor can be destroyed with 4 hero attacks.
ATTACKS TO DESTROY: 4
ANCHOR DRAG SPEED: 100
CHAIN LENGTH: 350
ANCHOR DURATION: 10
35
110
350
Anchors Aweigh!
Talents
Anchor Smash affects buildings
+ 9.6%
+1s Ravage Stun Duration
-4 Gush Armor
Kraken Shell Cleanse triggers Anchor Smash
+ 1.4%
-15s Ravage Cooldown
+100 Gush Damage
+ 3.5%
+20% Gush Slow
+ 3.4%
+10% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.41
- Level 20 Talent Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash replaced with Kraken Shell Cleanse triggers Anchor Smash
Strategy
Use Anchor Smash to secure last hits and damage the opponents at the same time.
The tougher the lane, the more points in Kraken Shell are needed.
Tidehunter is resilient against right clicks due to Kraken Shell. Typically you need a magic resistance item such as 
Mage Slayer, 
Pipe of Insight, or 
Black King Bar.
Once you have 
Blink Dagger, make use of it before opponents are able to see it in your inventory.
Before initiating, make sure that your follow-up damage dealers are close enough and in position.
Tidehunter can farm stacked camps with ease thanks to Anchor Smash and Kraken Shell, taking minimal damage in the process. If you're having a tough laning stage, ask your teammates to stack ancient camps for you — it's a great way to recover and accelerate your item progression.
Kraken Shell can be activated to increase its damage block at the cost of your movement speed. Use it when tanking damage when you cannot escape.
Pick up 
Aghanim's Shard after blink to instantly leash an opponent with Dead in the Water after Blinking close to them without relying on Ravage for all your lockdown.
If your team is struggling to breach highground and take buildings, consider buying a damage item like 
Daedalus with the level 25 Anchor Smash talent and use your survivability to hit buildings yourself.
Counter Strategy
Tidehunter uses Anchor Smash frequently. 
Magic Stick and 
Magic Wand will be charged up.
Avoid being hit by Anchor Smash as you'll have decreased damage for last hitting or to fight back.
Only use dispellable spells or items on Tidehunter at the start of a fight or after Blubber has triggered.
Tidehunter's Ravage has a long cooldown. Look to fight when it is down.
Be aware of Tidehunter's
Blink Dagger timing. Look to cancel it in the fights.
Black King Bar will make you immune to Tidehunter's Ravage.
Break effects are great at removing Blubber and Kraken Shell which makes Tidehunter much weaker.