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Attack Type: Melee
Strength: 27 + 3.5 | Agility: 15 + 1.5 | Intelligence: 18 + 1.7
Tidehunter Items build
Meta build:
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- Solar Crest
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- Phase Boots
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- Echo Sabre
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- Sange and Yasha
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- Heart of Tarrasque
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- Satanic
Pro Build:
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- Echo Sabre
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- Phase Boots
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- Blink Dagger
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- Satanic
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- Desolator
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- Daedalus
Tidehunter’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Anchor Smash -> Gush -> Kraken Shell -> Ravage.
Combo Tidehunter
Heroes combo: Tidehunter + Underlord
How To Counter Tidehunter ?
Pros
- High survivability.
- Excellent initiator.
Cons
- Needs mana in the early game.
- Low damage.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Tidehunter ?
Best items for Tidehunter
Start items for Tidehunter in dota 2 are: Tango, Healing Salve, Enchanted Mango.
Meta items for Tidehunter in dota 2 are: Solar Crest, Phase Boots, Echo Sabre, Sange and Yasha, Heart of Tarrasque, Satanic.
Pro items for Tidehunter in dota 2 are: Echo Sabre, Phase Boots, Blink Dagger, Satanic, Desolator, Daedalus.
Tips and Tricks
Tidehunter can be used as a tank, initiator, or a combination of both.
Tidehunter will start fights by briefly stunning the entire team.
Tidehunter can deter foes from attacking by manning the front lines while weakening their fighting prowess.
Due to his versatility, Tidehunter can be utilized as a solo offlaner or a safe-lane support. Depending on the chosen path, his skill and equipment builds are very different.
Tidehunter’s Ability
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