Tusk

Snowballs into his enemies to stun

Melee

Initiate aggressive ganks with Tusk, utilizing Ice Shards to trap enemies inside a wall of ice shards. He saves allies by pulling them into a massive snowball, crashing into the trapped foe, and securing the kill with a devastating knockout punch.

Tusk abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

1/3

Complexity

2/3

Disabler

2/3

Initiator

1/3

Nuker

Tusk Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Tusk holds a 47.51% win rate across 198,347 ranked games. That average hides a 5.2-point swing between skill brackets — 49.16% in Divine against 43.99% in Herald — so Tusk rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests. In professional play Tusk has been picked 26 times for a 46.15% win rate.

Base Stats

Health626+1 / s

Mana291+0.5 / s

AttributeBase / Growth per lvl

Strength

23+3.9 per lvl

Agility

23+1.9 per lvl

Intelligence

18+1.7 per lvl

StatValue

Damage

50 – 54

Armor

4.8

Movement Speed

310

Attack Range

150

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e

Public Win Rate48%198.3K matches

Pro Win Rate46%12W / 14L

Pro Bans1841% of contests

RankPicksWin Rate

Herald

5.6K

44%

Guardian

17.6K

45%

Crusader

28.8K

46%

Archon

39K

48%

Legend

41.2K

48%

Ancient

32.2K

49%

Divine

33.9K

49%

Faces of Tusk

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Bitter Chill

Hidden, Passive

Passively slows the attack speed of all enemy heroes within a 350 unit radius.

Radius350

Attack Slow12

Talent Tree

12% Chance Walrus Punch

Ice Shards slow by 50% and deal 110 DPS

+75% Walrus Punch Crit

-6s Snowball Cooldown

+120 Snowball Damage

+325 Health

+0.75s Walrus Punch Stun Duration

+2s Tag Team Duration

Abilities

Ice Shards

Magical

Point Target

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 seconds.

Radius200

Shard Damage75 / 150 / 225 / 300

Shard Count7

Shard Speed1200

Shard Duration4 / 5 / 6 / 7s

Shard Angle Step40

Shard Distance200

Cast Range1400

Cast Time0.1s

100

23 / 20 / 17 / 14s

Snowball

Magical

Unit Target

Tusk begins rolling into a snowball. Allies within a 325 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 Damage80 / 140 / 200 / 260

Snowball Speed575 / 600 / 625 / 650

Bonus Damage Per Ally40 / 65 / 90 / 115

Stun Duration0.6 / 0.8 / 1 / 1.2s

Stun Duration Per Ally0.2s

Snowball Windup Radius100

Snowball Duration3s

Snowball Radius200

Snowball Grow Rate40

Launch Time3s

Gather Radius325

Snowball Speed Bonus50

Cast Range1150

Cast Time0.1s

21 / 19 / 17 / 15s

Tag Team

Physical

No Target, Instant Cast

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 Damage25 / 50 / 75 / 100

Movement Slow75%

Slow Duration0.5s

Debuff Duration6s

Radius350

24 / 21 / 18 / 15s

Walrus PUNCH!

Pierces BKBDispellable

Unit Target, Autocast, Attack Modifier

Tusk connects with his mighty Walrus Punch, a critical strike with bonus damage so powerful it launches its victim into the air.

Bonus Damage60 / 90 / 120

Critical Damage200% / 250% / 300%

Air Time1s

Push Length1000

Cast Range150

16 / 13 / 10s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades 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.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades 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 armor.