Tiny · Carry (pos. 1)
Tiny Items: What to Buy and When
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Overview
This guide explains every item in Tiny's builds and when to buy it. Your spikes are your core items: Blink Dagger and then Echo Sabre.
Strengths
- Reliable stun: Avalanche sets up kills and interrupts enemy channels.
- Valve tags Tiny as Durable: it stays in fights longer than most heroes.
- Heavy magical burst: Valve lists it as a Nuker.
Weaknesses
- No escape in the kit: without good positioning and vision, Tiny is easy to catch.
- Low base armor (0): vulnerable to physical harass early on.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Most-played buildBalancedRecommendedThe items most bought with this hero, phase by phase. Pick it when you don't have a clear reason to deviate. Built from what Tiny players buy in the public matches we measured.
- Damage buildOffensiveAdvancedMoves the popular items that add damage — Echo Sabre and Shadow Blade — to the front. Choose it when your lane went well and you can afford to be greedy. Built from what Tiny players buy in the public matches we measured.
- Survival buildDefensiveSituationalPrioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Echo Sabre and Black King Bar. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Tiny players buy in the public matches we measured.
Builds
Most-played build
When to use it
The items most bought with this hero, phase by phase. Pick it when you don't have a clear reason to deviate. Built from what Tiny players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
320%226%155%- Safe laneMain55% of matchesSafe lane as the farming core (pos. 1).
- MidPriority 226% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).
- OfflanePriority 320% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
Starting items
Early game
Core items
- 1Blink DaggerActive: Blink.
- 2Echo Sabre+20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
- 3Shadow Blade+25 Damage, +35 Attack Speed. Active: Shadow Walk.
- 4Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
Boots
Late game
Skill order
Max order:Tree Grab›Tree Throw›Avalanche›Toss
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Talents by level
- -8s Avalanche Cooldown2 Toss Charges25
- +60 Tree Grab Base DamageToss Requires No Target20
- +90 Avalanche Damage+10 Strength15
- +8 Strength+2 Tree Grab Attacks10
Damage build
When to use it
Moves the popular items that add damage — Echo Sabre and Shadow Blade — to the front. Choose it when your lane went well and you can afford to be greedy. Built from what Tiny players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
320%226%155%- Safe laneMain55% of matchesSafe lane as the farming core (pos. 1).
- MidPriority 226% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).
- OfflanePriority 320% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
Starting items
Core items
- 1Echo Sabre+20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
- 2Shadow Blade+25 Damage, +35 Attack Speed. Active: Shadow Walk.
- 3Silver Edge+70 Damage, +35 Attack Speed. Active: Shadow Walk.
- 4Harpoon+25 Damage, +25 Strength, +10 Agility. Active: Draw Forth.
Boots
Late game
Skill order
Max order:Tree Grab›Tree Throw›Avalanche›Toss
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Talents by level
- -8s Avalanche Cooldown2 Toss Charges25
- +60 Tree Grab Base DamageToss Requires No Target20
- +90 Avalanche Damage+10 Strength15
- +8 Strength+2 Tree Grab Attacks10
Survival build
When to use it
Prioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Echo Sabre and Black King Bar. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Tiny players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
320%226%155%- Safe laneMain55% of matchesSafe lane as the farming core (pos. 1).
- MidPriority 226% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).
- OfflanePriority 320% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
Starting items
Core items
- 1Echo Sabre+20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
- 2Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
- 3Manta Style+10 Strength, +26 Agility, +10 Intelligence. Active: Mirror Image.
- 4Force Staff+10 Intelligence, +175 Health. Active: Force.
Boots
Late game
Skill order
Max order:Tree Grab›Tree Throw›Avalanche›Toss
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Talents by level
- -8s Avalanche Cooldown2 Toss Charges25
- +60 Tree Grab Base DamageToss Requires No Target20
- +90 Avalanche Damage+10 Strength15
- +8 Strength+2 Tree Grab Attacks10
Abilities
- Avalanche23 / 20 / 17 / 14s105 / 120 / 135 / 150 mpBombards an area with rocks, continously doing small intervals of damage and stun to enemy units.
- Radius
- 325·340·355·370
- Avalanche duration
- 1.5
- Avalanche damage
- 90·180·270·360
- Toss20 / 17 / 14 / 11s125 mpGrabs the nearest unit in a 300 radius around Tiny, ally or enemy, and launches it at the target unit or rune to deal damage where they land.
- Radius
- 275
- Damage
- 90·180·270·360
- Bonus landing damage
- 0%
- Tree Grab16 / 13 / 10 / 7s40 / 35 / 30 / 25 mpGrabs a tree and causes Tiny to have bonus range, damage, and a splashing attack for a limited number of attacks. The tree can be thrown, to deal your attack to a unit at a distance.
- Number of attacks
- 5·6·7·8
- Bonus base damage
- 10·20·30·40
- Bonus building damage
- 30%·40%·50%·60%
- Attack range
- 300
- Splash damage
- 70%·80%·90%·100%
Tree Volley17s150 mpCHANNELED - Tiny channels to throw random trees within range towards the targeted area. Deals Tiny's attack with Tree Throw bonuses.- Target radius
- 400
- Tree grab radius
- 700
- Throw interval
- 0.5
- Max channel time
- 2.5
InsurmountablePassiveTiny gains Status and Slow Resistance from Strength. Slow Resistance also reduces the impact of Attack Speed slows.- Strength to slow resist
- 15%
- Strength to status resist
- 10%
- GrowPassiveTiny gains craggy mass, increasing his attack damage, movement speed and armor, and toss power while slowing his attack speed.
- Bonus armor
- 5·10·15
- Bonus damage
- 60·120·180
- Attack speed reduction
- -35%
- Toss bonus damage
- 50·200·350
- Movement speed bonus
- 10·20·30
- Tree ThrowThrows the tree at the target unit, proccing your attack on it and splashing damage around the target.
- Cast range
- 1000
- Bonus damage
- 10·20·30·40
- Splash radius
- 275
- Movement slow
- 0%
- Slow duration
- 0
Most played skill order
The most played order in the last 100 professional matches with this hero. Highlighted levels are the points spent on talents.
Max order:Tree Grab›Tree Throw›Avalanche›Toss
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Strategy
1Starting items
What to buy before leaving the base, and what each item gives:
- Iron Branch — +1 All Attributes.
- Gauntlets of Strength — +3 Strength.
- Tango
- Magic Stick — Active: Energy Charge.
- Quelling Blade — Active: Chop Tree.
- Faerie Fire — +2 Damage.
2Core items
Your spikes are your core items: Blink Dagger and then Echo Sabre. Buy them in this order; each one is a power spike:
- Power Treads — +45 Move Speed, +10 Selected Attribute, +25 Attack Speed. Active: Switch Attribute.
- Blink Dagger — Active: Blink.
- Echo Sabre — +20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
- Shadow Blade — +25 Damage, +35 Attack Speed. Active: Shadow Walk.
- Black King Bar — +10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
3Late-game items
What players finish with once the core is done:
- Harpoon — +25 Damage, +25 Strength, +10 Agility. Active: Draw Forth.
- Crystalys — +32 Damage.
- Silver Edge — +70 Damage, +35 Attack Speed. Active: Shadow Walk.
- Swift Blink — +25 Agility. Active: Swift Blink.
4Adapting to the game
The damage build moves the offensive items forward when you're ahead; the defensive one adds survival when the enemy focuses you. The situational builds in the matchups guide answer specific threats.
Tips
- Buy Blink Dagger as early as you can: it's your first real spike.
- Complete one item before starting the next: half-built items give less than one finished one.
- Look at the enemy team at every back and adjust the situational items.
- Don't sit on gold: spend it when you go back.
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 7.41.
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