Hero Discussion Week 2 - Tidehunter

Leviathan the Tidehunter (Meleee, Strength)

A powerful initiator typically played in the offlane, Tidehunter has the potential to completely turn around teamfights with a well placed Ravage. The combination of Kraken Shell and Anchor Smash makes him nautrally tanky, able to survive in the thick of a fight and even capable of jungling ancient creeps from a relatively low level.

Abilities

• Gush - Slows movement, reduces armour, and deals damage to a target enemy unit.

• Kraken Shell - Provides damage block, and removes debuffs (including breaking stuns) after Tidehunter takes a certain amount of damage.

• Anchor Smash - Deals physical damage and reduces the base attack damage of all enemies around Tidehunter.

• Ultimate: Ravage - Deals damage and stuns enemies in a huge area around Tidehunter.

Tidehunter on the Dota2 Wiki

[Tidehunter discussion on r/dota2](http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/14y3vl/hero_discussion_of_this_day_tidehunter_16/) (Dec 2012)

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