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 54.1%
Pick Rate 9.2%
Attributes
714 +79.2/lvl
315 +20.4/lvl
27 +3.6/lvl
15 +1.5/lvl
20 +1.7/lvl
Stats
Damage:
52 - 58 + 3.6/level (170.4 - 176.4 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
Facets
Kraken Swell
Win Rate: 53.7%
Pick Rate: 64.6%
Kraken Shell gains permanent Damage Block when an enemy hero dies under the effects of Anchor Smash.
Kraken Shell
Kraken Shell gains permanent Damage Block when an enemy hero dies under the effects of Anchor Smash.
DAMAGE BLOCK PER KILL: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Krill Eater
Win Rate: 54.7%
Pick Rate: 35.4%
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Krill Eater
Abilities
BREAKABLE: Yes
Tidehunter's hide removes negative status effects if he takes more than 450 damage. Removes most debuffs, even if they are generally not purgable. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
Only damage from player owned sources is counted towards debuff removal.
The counter will reset if no player owned damage is taken for 7 seconds.
Gush
Summons a gush of water to damage an enemy unit, reducing their movement speed and armor.
DAMAGE: 110 / 160 / 210 / 260
SLOW: -40% / -40% / -40% / -40%
ARMOR REDUCTION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
RADIUS: 260
COOLDOWN: 7
RANGE: 2200
12
100
700
Aghanim's Scepter
Gush becomes a ground targeted wave ability that affects enemy units in a line. Decreases cooldown.
- +15% Gush Slow
- +100 Gush Damage
- -4 Gush Armor
Kraken Shell
Thickens Tidehunter's hide to passively block a portion of any incoming physical attack damage. Reduced block amount versus creeps. Can be activated to double the block amount at the cost of 40% movement speed. Lasts 4s.
DAMAGE BLOCK: 15 / 35 / 55 / 75
CREEP PENALTY: 50%
30
45
Anchor Smash
Tidehunter swings his mighty anchor to attack and deal bonus damage to nearby enemies and reduce their attack damage.
ATTACK BONUS DAMAGE: 45 / 90 / 135 / 180
DAMAGE REDUCTION: -30% / -40% / -50% / -60%
RADIUS: 375
7 / 6 / 5 / 4
40 / 45 / 50 / 55
- +40 Anchor Smash Damage
- +30% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction
- Anchor Smash affects buildings
Ravage
Slams the ground, causing tentacles to erupt in all directions, damaging and stunning all nearby enemy units.
RADIUS: 1250
DURATION: 2 / 2.2 / 2.4
150 / 145 / 140
125 / 225 / 325
- +0.8s Ravage Stun Duration
Dead in the Water
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
25
80
350
Talents
50% chance of Anchor Smash on attack
+ 4.5 %
+0.8s Ravage Stun Duration
-4 Gush Armor
Anchor Smash affects buildings
+ 8.7 %
+30% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction
+100 Gush Damage
+ 1.0 %
+15% Gush Slow
+40 Anchor Smash Damage
+ 2.6 %
Win Rate
Pick Rate
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, or BKB.
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.
Counter Strategy
Tidehunter uses Anchor Smash frequently. Magic Stick and 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 Kraken Shell has procced.
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 Kraken Shell which makes Tidehunter much weaker.
Lore
The Tidehunter known as Leviathan was once the champion of the Sunken Isles, but his motives are as mysterious as those of his people. We all know the importance of the Drylanders' shipping lanes, how empires may rise and fall according to who controls the open water. Far less is known of the submarine lanes, and how the warring tribes of the Meranthic Diaspora have carved out habitations through endless undersea skirmishes. In the fragile treaties between the Mer and Men, we can glimpse the extent of the drowned empires, but their politics appear complex and opaque. It would seem that Leviathan tired of such petty strife, and set off on his own, loyal only to his abyssal god, Maelrawn the Tentacular. He stalks the shallows now in search of men or meranths who stray into his path, and with a particular loathing for Admiral Kunkka, who has long been his nemesis for reasons lost in the deepest trenches of the sea.