Dota 2 Tiny Guide: Items Build | Game Plan

Dota 2 Tiny is one of the best initiators in Dota and can be used in the position 2 and position 4 roles. He excels at both as long as you play him correctly. From time to time, people even play Tiny in the carry role, but that’s not his standard position in the current meta.

If you want to become a Tiny specialist, our Dota 2 Tiny guide will offer you a strong foundation.

Tiny’s Pros and Cons

These are the pros and cons of playing Tiny in Dota 2.

Pros:

He can initiate a fight with ease and guarantee a favorable trade
He can compromise the position of enemy heroes
He deals a lot of damage
He is tanky at level 1
He can farm very efficiently
He has excellent HP regen: 1.5

Cons:

He’s slow in every way: movement and attack speed
He starts with 0 agility and gains no skill throughout the game
He is weak against heroes that can easily maintain their distance or blink away
He needs a Blink Dagger or a Shadow Blade to be effective

Lore

Tiny is a Stone Giant who doesn’t know his origins. He travels the world seeking his parentage and his people, growing continuously. This is reflected in the game as well. You start as a tiny rock and become a gigantic one.

Attributes and Stats

These are Tiny’s general stats:

Win Rate	46.7%
Level	1 – 30
Health	875 (at level 1)
Health regeneration	1.5
Mana	279 (at level 1)
Mana regeneration	0
DMG	61 – 67
Armor	0
DMG Block	none
Magic Resistance	25%
Attack Rate	1.7
Status Resistance	0%
Movement Speed	285
Attack Speed	90
Attack Animation	0.4 + 0.7
Projectile Speed	Instant
Attack Range	150
Turn Rate	0.5
Collision Size	24
Vision Range	1800 / 800
Gib Type:	–

Ability Upgrades:

His 8 talents upgrade tiny’s abilities.

Level 10 talents: +10 strength / +20 movement speed
Level 15 talents: +80 Avalanche damage / +10% status resistance
Level 20 talents: Toss does not require a target / +40% Grow bonus damage with a tree
Level 25 talents: +2 Toss charges / -8s Avalanche cooldown

These talents make Tiny an excellent Support hero, but if you’re willing to wait until the later levels, you can think of him as a Mid too.

Roles Tiny Can Take On

Tiny is a natural Support hero. He will usually go in, Avalance a few targets, and Toss one of them toward his team. This will result in an instant kill and an easy fight. This is the basic plan for Tiny players, regardless of the situation.

Tiny Item Builds

These are the most critical items that you should consider purchasing when picking Tiny. The build changes based on the role you are playing. But it doesn’t change much based on the heroes you are playing against.

Early Game

For the early game, consider buying these items:

Magic Wand
Mangoes
Arcane Boots / Power Treads / Phase Boots
Wind Lace
Blink Dagger

Mid Game

During the mid-game, you will usually purchase several of these items:

Force Staff
Shadow Blade
Glimmer Cape
Aghanim’s Shard
Echo Sabre
Aghanim’s Scepter
Black King Bar

Late Game

In the late game, this hero thrives if you have one of these items:

Silver Edge
Daedalus
Moon Shard

Abilities

Tiny has 4 abilities and can gain a 5^th if you buy an Aghanim’s Scepter. These abilities are described below:

Avalanche

This is Tiny’s crowd-control ability, and it deals quite a bit of damage: 75 – 300. Enemies trapped by it receive bonus damage if they are also Tossed. The duration of the mini-stuns is 1.4s.

Mana cost: 120

Cooldown: 26s – 14s

Toss

This is Tiny’s most crucial skill, especially when you play him in the Support role. It deals 75 – 300 damage and throws the nearest unit in a radius around Tiny at a target location. The grab radius is 300, and the Toss range is 800 – 1100. The target stays in the air for 1.4s and takes 200% Avalanche damage.

Mana cost: 110 – 140

Cooldown: 17s – 11s

Tree Grab

This ability dramatically increases Tiny’s damage and causes him to deal bonus building damage: 40% – 85%. It also increases his attack range to 350. Once a tree is grabbed, you can hit it five times with it before it disappears. The tree can also be thrown at a target from afar. If you buy Aghanim’s Shard, you have infinite charges.

When you throw the tree, you’re using Tree Throw. This ability gives you 20% bonus damage and 40% – 100% splash damage and slows the target’s movement speed and attack speed by 20% for 2 seconds. The cast range is vast: 1200 units. This means you can help your team with a powerful nuke in any situation.

Mana cost: 40

Cooldown: 19s – 10s

Grow

This passive ability gives Tiny 50 – 150 bonus attack damage, 100 – 300 Toss bonus damage, 20% – 40% tree bonus damage, and 10 – 20 armor. But it also reduces your attack speed by 30%. This reduction is one of the main reasons why people stopped playing Tiny in a core position and prefer to play him as Support.

Tree Volley

You can gain This potent ability by purchasing an Aghanim’s Scepter. It will quickly throw multiple trees at an enemy and deal massive Dota 2 damage in a 400 radius area. The power can be channeled up to 2.5s and throws 1 tree per 0.5s.

Mana cost: 200

Cooldown: 17s.

Ability Build Guide

When you play Tiny in Dota 2, you should try to follow this ability build order:

Avalanche: levels 2, 3, 5, 7
Toss: levels 4, 8, 9, 10
Tree Grab: levels 1, 13, 14, 16
Grow: levels 6, 12, 18

This is a skill-build that you will rarely change. But you might make small modifications to it based on the matchup.

Combo

When playing Tiny, your basic combo is to blink in, Avalanche one or more targets, Toss one of them, and then use your basic attacks to get the job done. Sometimes you will Toss a mark into the Avalanche itself. Other times you will Toss it toward your team.