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Tiny Has A 22% Pick Rate In Dota 2 Patch 7.36c

fragster Radu M. 23. July 2024

At the recent Riyadh Masters 2024, a Dota 2 event that offered $5 million in prize money, Tiny was the 7th most picked hero with 57 picks and the 3rd most banned, with 119 bans.

Clearly, this hero is currently a crucial part of the meta, regardless of the role in which he’s being used. Some players prefer to go mid with him. Others like the offlane role or even the position 4 one.

At the community level, Tiny gets picked in 22.4% of all matches. That means that if you’re playing five consecutive matches, you’re almost guaranteed to encounter one Tiny player. In particular, if you compete in the Divine bracket, the pick rate is even higher: 27%.

But why is this rock so strong and why do players spam such a strange hero?

The Strengths Of Tiny

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Tiny has a massive strength gain per level: 4 points. This means that he is becoming a lot more durable after the first several levels. His HP regen is also phenomenal: 5 at level 1, which you can further improve with items. Buy a bit of armor on top of that and you will have a hero that’s very hard to kill in the laning phase.

Players love that kind of early game advantage because it allows them to win lanes with ease. When the Insurmountable facet is picked, Tiny gains status resistance and slow resistance from his strength, which further increases his advantage.

To compensate for these great gifts, IceFrog had to remove Tiny’s agility increase per level and give him no armor. But because the hero is often used as a support, these nerfs aren’t sufficient to deter players from picking him.

When it comes to Tiny’s skills, he is one of the best initiators in Dota 2. All he needs is a Blink Dagger and he’ll compromise the position of an enemy hero at the start of each fight, essentially giving his team a huge advantage.

Between the 10 and 20 minute marks, Tiny’s abilities deal a lot of damage relative to the HP of his opponents, so he can kill supports with ease. Avalance, Toss, Tree Grab, and Grow are all designed to make him a heavy hitter.

As the game progresses, Tiny’s damage becomes less important. What truly matters is the fact that he is hard to kill and a perfect initiator. As long as he does his job, his impact will be huge.

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