Dota 2/Leviathan the Tidehunter

Leviathan the Tidehunter
Base stats and attributes
Strength		22 + 3
Agility		15 + 1.5
Intelligence		16 + 1.7
Base damage		25-31
Move speed		310
Armor		3.1
Statistics
Level	1	16	25
Hit Points	568	1366	2316
Mana	208	517	998
Damage	47-53	89-95	139-145
Armor	3	6	11
Sight Range	1800/800
Attack Range	128
Missile Speed	N/A

Tidehunter is a melee strength hero known for being one of the best initiators in the game, as well as being a good support. His Gush will slow down enemies as well as knock their armor off. His Kraken Shell lets him survive and escape even when all enemies are focusing on him. His Anchor Smash will weaken foes and do area damage. Finally, his signature ability Ravage will quite literally ravage the enemy team, having a massive area.

Abilities

Gush

• Ability: Target Unit
• Affects: Enemy Heroes
• Damage Type: Magical
• Damage: 110 / 160 / 210 / 260
• Slow: 40%
• Armor Reduction: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
• Mana Cost: 120
• Cooldown: 12

Gush launches an orb of water at the target, damaging it, slowing and reducing its armor. It is a very decent slow, and the armor reduction synergises with your Anchor Smash since it does physical damage. It also helps your carries take down key targets faster.

Kraken Shell

• Abiltity: Passive
• Damage Reduction: 7 / 14 / 21 / 28
• Damage Threshold: 600

Kraken Shell will passively reduce the physical damage you take, but more importantly it will remove all status effects whether it'd be a stun or slow when you take more than 600 damage. This makes you very durable, since if the enemy team tries to focus on you with disables, they are only making it easier for you to escape. A side note, is that Kraken Shell will not stack with damage block items like the Stout Shield.

Anchor Smash

• Ability: No Target
• Damage Type: Physical
• Damage: 75 / 125 / 175 / 225
• Damage Reduction: 40%
• Duration: 6
• Radius: 400
• Mana Cost: 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
• Cooldown: 7 / 6 / 5 / 4

Anchor Smash makes you swing your anchor, damaging enemies in a deceivingly large radius around you as well as reducing their physical damage. It is decent for an area of effect ability, and the damage reduction is useful for harassment and weakening carries. Once you have a large enough mana pool, feel free to spam this, since with a cooldown of only 4 seconds at level 4, you can use it very often.

Ravage

• Ability: No Target
• Damage Type: Magical
• Damage: 200 / 325 / 450
• Radius: 1025
• Duration: 2.02 / 2.32 / 2.77
• Mana Cost: 150 / 225 / 325
• Cooldown: 150

Ravage causes tentacles to spring out in a massive area around you, stunning and dealing damage to all enemies caught by it. When you think of Tidehunter, you think of Ravage. There are really few initiation abilities that can rival this. Use it as a very effective way to start a teamfight, leaving your enemies at a health, and maybe even hero, disadvantage.