Snowballs into his enemies to stun
Tusk is always eager to start a fight. Able to instantly corner an enemy with a wall of ice shards, he gathers with his allies and rolls into enemies inside of a massive snowball, bringing him in range to land his signature knockout punch.
Win Rate 46.2%
Pick Rate 6.4%
Attributes
626 +85.8/lvl
291 +20.4/lvl
23 +3.9/lvl
23 +2.1/lvl
18 +1.7/lvl
Stats
Damage:
50 - 54 + 3.9/level (177.1 - 181.1 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
4.8 + 0.3/level (17.3 at level 30)
Movement:
310
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Tag Team
Win Rate: 47.0%
Pick Rate: 77.2%
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Tag Team
Drinking Buddies
Win Rate: 43.7%
Pick Rate: 22.8%
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Drinking Buddies
Abilities
LEVELS WITH: Walrus PUNCH!
Passively slows the attack speed of all enemies within 350 radius.
PATCH 7.37e
Now scales with Walrus Punch instead of Tag Team or Drinking Buddies
Attack Speed Slow rescaled from 20/30/40/50/60 to 15/35/55/75
Ice Shards
Tusk compresses shards of ice into a ball of frozen energy that damages all enemies it comes in contact with. When the ball reaches its target destination the shards are released, creating a barrier that lasts for 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 seconds.
RADIUS: 200
SHARD DAMAGE: 75 / 150 / 225 / 300
MOVE SLOW: 50%
DAMAGE PER SECOND: 85
SHARD DEPTH: 300
23 / 20 / 17 / 14
100
1400
Aghanim's Shard
Increases depth of Ice Shards, and enemies trapped within an ice shard are slowed and take damage per second.
Snowball
Tusk begins rolling into a snowball. Allies within a 350 radius can also be added to the snowball by right-clicking on them, even while the snowball is moving. Once launched, any enemies caught in the snowball's path will be stunned and take damage. Each allied Hero in the snowball will add to its damage and stun duration.
BASE DAMAGE: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260
STUN DURATION PER ALLY: 0.2
LAUNCH TIME: 3
GATHER RADIUS: 350
21 / 19 / 17 / 15
75
1150
- +120 Snowball Damage
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.
BONUS DAMAGE: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100
MOVEMENT SLOW: 75%
SLOW DURATION: 0.5
DEBUFF DURATION: 6
RADIUS: 350
24 / 21 / 18 / 15
70
- +25 Tag Team Damage
Drinking Buddies
Tusk reaches out to tag an allied unit, pulling them closer. Once tagged, both Tusk and his tagged ally gain movement speed and attack damage. Can be put on alt-cast to only pull Tusk towards his ally with 50% reduced cast range.
BUFF DURATION: 6
BONUS DAMAGE: 20 / 45 / 70 / 95
24 / 21 / 18 / 15
80
900
- +25 Tag Team Damage
Walrus PUNCH!
Tusk connects with his mighty Walrus Punch, a critical strike with bonus damage so powerful it launches its victim into the air.
CRITICAL DAMAGE: 200% / 250% / 300%
AIR TIME: 1
16 / 13 / 10
75
150
- +0.75s Walrus Punch Stun Duration
- +75% Walrus Punch Crit
Launch Snowball
Launch the snowball toward the target.
Walrus Kick
Kicks the closest enemy unit in the drawn direction, stunning, damaging, and slowing them. Also deals damage to all heroes within 250 radius of its landing area. Cooldown is reduced by 50% if kicking a creep.
KICK PUSH DISTANCE: 1400
MOVE SLOW: 40%
SLOW DURATION: 4
DAMAGE: 350
12
100
250
Talents
-8s Snowball Cooldown
+ 1.2 %
12% Chance Walrus Punch
+75% Walrus Punch Crit
-6s Ice Shards Cooldown
+ 2.3 %
+120 Snowball Damage
+325 Health
+ 0.9 %
+0.75s Walrus Punch Stun Duration
+ 0.9 %
+25 Tag Team Damage
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Most of your laning kills will come from well placed Ice Shards. Constantly look for opponents out of position.
When you or your allies are in trouble, you can do a Snowball save or Ice Shard the opponents away.
Ice Shards provide vision so you can use them to scout pillars for wards or Roshan pit.
If you have the Tag Team facet, pop Tag Team before using Walrus Punch to maximize on damage.
Once you get a Blink Dagger, you want to use Snowball primarily to save an ally.
If you have the Tag Team facet, Tusk enables the team to take an early Roshan due to the extra damage with your team.
Pick up Aghanims Scepter as it is an amazing repositioning, kiting, and waveclear tool.
If you have the Tag Team facet, you can use both Tag Team and Ice Shard while Snowballed. Particularly helps in stopping enemy heroes fleeing from Snowball.
Counter Strategy
Movement speed items are great against Tusk's spells.
Bring an Observer Ward to lane to keep an eye on Tusk's aggressive movements.
Keep distance from Tusk because Tag Team does extra damage on every hit.
Tusk roams a lot. Keep an eye on his movements and be ready to help.
Be aware of Tusk's Blink Dagger timing as he can easily save his allies with Snowball.
Force Staff and Hurricane Pike are great against Tusk.
Lore
It had been a brawl to remember. There stood Ymir, the Tusk, the Terror from the Barrier, the Snowball from Cobalt, the only fighter to have bested the Bristled Bruiser in a fair fight, and now the last man standing in Wolfsden Tavern. What started as a simple bar bet of supremacy ended with four regulars, a blacksmith, and six of the Frost Brigade's best soldiers writhing against the shards and splinters of almost every bottle, mug, and chair in the building. The Tusk boasted and toasted his victory as he emptied his brew.
No sooner had the defeated regained consciousness than the cries for double-or-nothing rang out. The Tusk was pleased at the prospect, but none could think of a bet bigger than the one he just conquered. Horrified at the damage to his tavern and desperate to avoid another brawl, the barkeep had an idea. As skilled as he was, Ymir had never taken part in a real battle, never tested himself against the indiscriminate death and chaos of war. He proposed a wager to the fighter: seek out the biggest battle he could find, survive, and win it for whichever side he chose. The stakes? The next round of drinks.