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Tusk

Popularity: #93

Leaderboard: #116

Ban Rank: #115

KDA Rank: #105

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Tag Team

Activate to temporarily apply a negative debuff aura around you, causing enemies that are attacked under it to take bonus physical damage and reduced movement speed. Lasts 6 seconds.

Affects attacks from allied heroes, Tusk or any of his units.

BONUS DAMAGE:

20/45/70/95

MOVEMENT SLOW:

75%

SLOW DURATION:

0.5

DEBUFF DURATION:

6

RADIUS:

350

Cool Down

24/21/18/15

Mana Cost

70

Ability Build

1
Bitter Chill
2
Ice Shards
3
Snowball
4
Bitter Chill
5
Bitter Chill
6
Walrus PUNCH!
7
Bitter Chill
8
Snowball
9
Snowball
10
Snowball
11
Ice Shards
12
Walrus PUNCH!
13
Ice Shards
14
Ice Shards
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15
+0.5s Walrus Punch Stun Duration
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
16
+120 Snowball Damage
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Walrus PUNCH!
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
-6s Ice Shards Cooldown
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
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25
-8s Snowball Cooldown

Item Build

Starting
Tango
10
Blood Grenade
Enchanted Mango
5
Faerie Fire
Wind Lace
1
Observer Ward
1
Sentry Ward
Early Game
13
Tranquil Boots
15
Magic Wand
Wind Lace
7
Infused Raindrops
Mid Game
15
Blink Dagger
Aghanim's Shard
23
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
19
Force Staff
Late Game
Aghanim's Scepter
30
Boots of Bearing
Octarine Core
16
Wind Waker
Situational
Orb of Venom
7
Spirit Vessel
Hand of Midas
40
Guardian Greaves
16
Pavise
16
Solar Crest
Aether Lens
14
Glimmer Cape
22
Ghost Scepter
Vladmir's Offering
15
Lotus Orb
95
Black King Bar
18
Heaven's Halberd
105
Aeon Disk
Assault Cuirass
15
Overwhelming Blink
Boots of Travel
Neutral
40
Trusty Shovel
60
Arcane Ring
11
Bullwhip
Philosopher's Stone
Ceremonial Robe
40
Ogre Seal Totem
25
Ascetic's Cap
25
Trickster Cloak
Giant's Ring
8
Force Boots

In Game Guides

Standard Position 4, Facet 1 |

7.36c | Off Lane | 3,796,649 subscribers

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Torte de Lini

STEAM GUIDE
1
Ice Shards
2
Bitter Chill
3
Snowball
4
Ice Shards
5
Ice Shards
6
Walrus PUNCH!
7
Ice Shards
8
Snowball
9
Snowball
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10
+0.5s Walrus Punch Stun Duration
11
Snowball
12
Walrus PUNCH!
13
Bitter Chill
14
Bitter Chill
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
+120 Snowball Damage
16
Bitter Chill
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Walrus PUNCH!
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
-6s Ice Shards Cooldown
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
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25
-8s Snowball Cooldown

starting items

Tango
Tango
Faerie Fire
Blood Grenade
Wind Lace
Sentry Ward

Early game

Boots of Speed

Core items

Phase Boots
Magic Wand
Blink Dagger
Eul's Scepter of Divinity

Situational items

Tranquil Boots
Solar Crest
Aeon Disk
Lotus Orb

Extension items

Aghanim's Shard
Force Staff
Aghanim's Scepter
Black King Bar
Overwhelming Blink

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Blacklist | Tusk Mid

7.36b | Core | 1,056,599 subscribers

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ImmortalFaith

STEAM GUIDE
1
Ice Shards
2
Snowball
3
Ice Shards
4
Snowball
5
Ice Shards
6
Walrus PUNCH!
7
Ice Shards
8
Snowball
9
Snowball
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
10
+0.5s Walrus Punch Stun Duration
11
Bitter Chill
12
Walrus PUNCH!
13
Bitter Chill
14
Bitter Chill
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
+120 Snowball Damage
16
Bitter Chill
17
Bitter Chill
18
Walrus PUNCH!
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
+75% Walrus Punch Crit
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
12% Chance Walrus Punch

Starting Items

Quelling Blade
Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Faerie Fire

Early Game

Bottle
Magic Stick
Boots of Speed
Magic Wand
Phase Boots

Core Items

Falcon Blade
Desolator
Black King Bar
Blink Dagger
Silver Edge
Aghanim's Scepter

Situational Items

Orb of Corrosion
Shadow Blade
Assault Cuirass
Aghanim's Shard
Monkey King Bar
Crimson Guard
Blade Mail
Vladmir's Offering
Solar Crest
Abyssal Blade
Linken's Sphere
Moon Shard
Overwhelming Blink

consumables

Tango
Healing Salve
Enchanted Mango
Clarity
Infused Raindrops
Dust of Appearance

Blacklist | Tuskar Roam

7.36b | Roamer | 759,033 subscribers

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1427

ImmortalFaith

STEAM GUIDE
1
Ice Shards
2
Snowball
3
Ice Shards
4
Snowball
5
Ice Shards
6
Walrus PUNCH!
7
Ice Shards
8
Snowball
9
Snowball
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
10
+0.5s Walrus Punch Stun Duration
11
Bitter Chill
12
Walrus PUNCH!
13
Bitter Chill
14
Bitter Chill
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
+120 Snowball Damage
16
Bitter Chill
17
Bitter Chill
18
Walrus PUNCH!
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
-6s Ice Shards Cooldown
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
-8s Snowball Cooldown

Starting Items

Tango
Tango
Enchanted Mango
Enchanted Mango
Sentry Ward
Observer Ward
Faerie Fire
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Blood Grenade

Early Game

Boots of Speed
Magic Wand
Smoke of Deceit
Tranquil Boots

Core Items

Blink Dagger
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Black King Bar
Aghanim's Scepter
Wind Waker
Octarine Core

Situational Items

Boots of Bearing
Drum of Endurance
Lotus Orb
Aghanim's Shard
Spirit Vessel
Glimmer Cape
Shadow Blade
Silver Edge

consumables

Tango
Healing Salve
Enchanted Mango
Clarity
Infused Raindrops
Observer Ward
Sentry Ward
Dust of Appearance
Smoke of Deceit

Pro Builds

3433

Matthew

14 hours ago

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KILLS

2

DEATHS

7

ASSISTS

21

KDA

3.3

TEAM KILL %

71.9%

GPM

330

XPM

568

LH/DN

56/3

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item observer-ward
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item blight-stone
Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll
Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:43

Dota 2 Item magic-stick

02:41

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

03:19

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

03:58

Dota 2 Item clarity

03:58

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

05:17

Dota 2 Item sages-mask

05:18

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

05:57

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

05:57

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

07:42

Dota 2 Item ring-of-basilius

08:24

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

08:25

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

08:37

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

08:37

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

09:55

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

09:55

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

09:55

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

09:56

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

10:39

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

11:28

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

11:28

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

14:09

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

15:19

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

15:20

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

15:20

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

15:20

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

15:21

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

16:42

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

16:42

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

16:42

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

18:20

Dota 2 Item blink-dagger

18:21

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

20:26

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

20:27

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

20:46

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

22:20

Dota 2 Item point-booster

22:21

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

22:21

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

22:21

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

22:22

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

24:42

Dota 2 Item staff-of-wizardry

24:42

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

24:43

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

24:43

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

24:43

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

24:43

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

25:41

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

25:41

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

25:41

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

25:44

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

26:42

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

26:42

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

26:42

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

27:46

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

27:47

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

28:11

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

28:36

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

30:02

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

30:05

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

30:26

Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter

30:33

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

30:33

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

30:51

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

32:17

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

32:17

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

32:17

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots
Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards
Dota 2 Item magic-wand
Dota 2 Item blink-dagger
Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter
Dota 2 Item blight-stone
Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

01:17

2

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

02:49

3

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

05:10

4

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

06:53

5

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

08:09

6

Dota 2 Ability tusk walrus punch

09:45

7

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

12:58

8

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

15:24

9

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

18:06

10

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

20:52

11

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

21:06

12

Dota 2 Ability tusk walrus punch

22:18

13

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

24:17

14

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

24:22

15

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25:06

16

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

29:20

18

Dota 2 Ability tusk walrus punch

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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1084

Stleip

16 hours ago

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KILLS

4

DEATHS

10

ASSISTS

38

KDA

4.2

TEAM KILL %

85.7%

GPM

373

XPM

490

LH/DN

17/1

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item observer-ward
Dota 2 Item observer-ward
Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item gauntlets-of-strength
Dota 2 Item gauntlets-of-strength
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll
Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:08

Dota 2 Item circlet

00:29

Dota 2 Item clarity

00:58

Dota 2 Item bracer

01:27

Dota 2 Item healing-salve

03:06

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

05:43

Dota 2 Item sages-mask

05:45

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

05:45

Dota 2 Item clarity

05:45

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

07:41

Dota 2 Item ring-of-basilius

08:20

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

08:21

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

08:52

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

09:09

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

09:09

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

15:37

Dota 2 Item blink-dagger

15:39

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

16:55

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

16:55

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

20:11

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

20:11

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

20:11

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

20:12

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

22:31

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

22:35

Dota 2 Item clarity

23:14

Dota 2 Item point-booster

25:27

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

25:27

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

25:29

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

25:32

Dota 2 Item smoke-of-deceit

25:33

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

25:34

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

25:35

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

29:38

Dota 2 Item staff-of-wizardry

29:38

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

30:03

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

30:03

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

30:05

Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots
Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter
Dota 2 Item blink-dagger
Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance
Dota 2 Item bracer

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

01:29

2

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

02:39

3

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

05:37

4

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

07:14

5

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

09:57

6

Dota 2 Ability tusk walrus punch

12:42

7

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

15:05

8

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

17:08

9

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

19:43

10

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

22:01

11

Dota 2 Ability tusk walrus punch

22:19

12

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

25:07

13

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

26:50

14

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

28:49

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

29:36

16

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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3072

Laimbls

22 hours ago

view match

KILLS

3

DEATHS

8

ASSISTS

10

KDA

1.6

TEAM KILL %

65%

GPM

276

XPM

313

LH/DN

26/3

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item magic-stick
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item observer-ward
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll
Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:29

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

01:01

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

01:33

Dota 2 Item tango

02:20

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

02:21

Dota 2 Item clarity

04:57

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

05:16

Dota 2 Item wind-lace

05:16

Dota 2 Item ring-of-regen

05:16

Dota 2 Item tranquil-boots

05:20

Dota 2 Item wind-lace

05:23

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

05:23

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

05:23

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

06:56

Dota 2 Item clarity

10:35

Dota 2 Item infused-raindrops

17:41

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

17:42

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

17:42

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

17:42

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

17:42

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

21:33

Dota 2 Item blink-dagger

22:59

Dota 2 Item belt-of-strength

22:59

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

24:29

Dota 2 Item drum-of-endurance

28:39

Dota 2 Item boots-of-bearing

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item boots-of-bearing
Dota 2 Item blink-dagger
Dota 2 Item healing-lotus
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item magic-wand

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

01:22

2

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

02:56

3

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

05:42

4

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

07:03

5

Dota 2 Ability tusk tag team

10:14

6

Dota 2 Ability tusk walrus punch

13:01

7

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

15:25

8

Dota 2 Ability tusk snowball

22:12

9

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

28:05

10

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

28:13

11

Dota 2 Ability tusk walrus punch

28:19

12

Dota 2 Ability tusk ice shards

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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Counter Items

Core Players

Laning Phase
Wind Lace
Boots of Speed
Armor items
Mid Game
16
Solar Crest
15
Blink Dagger
19
Hurricane Pike
Late Game
Assault Cuirass

Support Players

Laning Phase
Wind Lace
Boots of Speed
Armor items
1
Observer Ward
Mid Game
16
Solar Crest
19
Force Staff
14
Glimmer Cape
22
Ghost Scepter
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