The Terror of the Tides

you should get battlefury so that anchor smash will be very useful because battlefury gives a cleaving attack so tidehunter will do anchor smash in each attack

Yeah, I also prefer getting battle fury for anchor smashes...

I think you would be able to survive with getting battlefury and vanguard in any order then go for HoT. If the game really gets long, it would be best to get aegis. this would be the battlemode levi. but I have another build wherein you get euls as your first item and you spam gush on the enemy. If ever he decides not to go home, you might get lucky with an extra gush, use euls then go in for the kill during early game. First blood!

sometimes you might need euls on this hero because aside from ravage and given his slow movement speed, you have no disabling spells in the event that you have to run away.

what can i say!! reali nice strategy for tidehunter

what about Mana regen???? why not get battlefurry?? your strats is good... lacking Mana regen only... but still great keep it up dude!

This is a good guide. I like your item build, but not really your skill build. I guess it just depends on how we play, as I usually max out Anchor Smash then Gush then Shell. Anyway, I also get Battlefury for him. But Anchor Smash doesn't trigger all the time if you have Battlefury, it's just that his attack animation changes to that of Anchor Smash animation, but no bonus damage. With Battlefury, you never know when Anchor Smash triggers, hehe. I agree with Hyperstone late game. It's needed to deal damage faster.

Ever thought of Radiance? its a staple in the league i go to.

Oh... He's my most favorite character to use when we are playing 5v5. But i get battle fury asap so you can see him smashing effect same as anchor smash, and also 4 farming. But we almost had the same items ecxept 4 the battle fury.

Oh i forgot about the basher. I think you wont need it.

u need a dagger, i think basher's a waste since you can gush to slow. Get a mkb or burize instead and i think u can kill more effectively.

And uh, once u're getting hyperstone its better to go for BOT instead of treads

ei MONSTAKILL are you user each attack is an anchor smash!! the anchor msash lvl4 deals 200 damage try to swing 2 and the mage creep is still alive
but anchor smash get 1 maybe 1/2.

ahmmmm....
mana regen is kinda low.

I prefer that you max out kraken shell first with the Anchor smash. Killing people at early game than making them go home a long time is not very good. You can level gap them with kraken shell. It also helps remove negative buffs like purge or battle hunger.

Yah you would be a very good tanker with your items. only you completely rely on your anchor smash for damage.

Great guide, lots of content.Get battlefury.

u dont need hyperstone..,, change it to battle fury and buy Buriza

U shuold get battle fury then hyperstone so they cant get near u

does he nid a satanic?

Great tank guide. Get battlefury and Satanic if you want too.

What do you mean not the best hero? He rocks!!:D I get a flask as my first item and keeps on nuking and annoing till i can kill 1 using ulti and gush. I agree on getting a Vanguard fisrt but then i go Battlefury.

Garfield (8) IMO kraken shell is a must have early game espesially if you are fighting a ranged hero because later in the game it becomes pretty useless (except for buff removing)so you need to get the most out of it as possible. ty

A basher is a bit of an oddity if you have no Attack speed to back it up.Also has absolutely no mana.

i agree with dem get a battle fury, blade mail is pretty much useless once u have heart, stout shield/vanguard is only useful early game but once again useless after u get heart, cranium basher is also useless as increase in strength and damage is almost nothing for leviathan adn bash is only usefull if u can get permabash which is not a good way to play leviathan cause of his anchor smash. i find that if you get a battlefury, hyperstone, buriza and another high damage item like stygian this guy could own himself in like 6 seconds. Also u mentioned that if ur team mate is being chased to use ravage but u could probaly use gush instead to low down either the fastest enemy hero or one with a stunner/nuker then just follow them in the trees if they keep chasing as gush doesn't really take long to recharge. Late game with heart and high damage items rather than being an obvious tank wait until the enemy has all their heroes pushing one or two lanes and sneak down to their base and by the time they get back you could have destroyed a third of their buildings (including stacks) or even their main building and games over. With this item set u can own up to three non stunning heroes of any type BY URSELF and if u really want get the mask of madness for the lifesteal and increased movement speed/ attack rate as damage to you is negligible. Other than that ur guide has given me some good ideas about how i will play tidehunter next time and he is my fav hero so thanks.




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Me as tidehunter lvl 2 first bloods a lvl 6 twin headed dragon. BS watch out.

i never play this guy

@DOTA: and you comment, why?

following the updates in dota, vanguard to block creep attacks is not really necessary as kraken shell acts as one. it blocks 28 damage from every hit which is almost equal to taking about 1-2 damage from creeps.the ring of health is totally useful in regaining lost health due to the harrassment you would surely get from other heros. Another item that can help alot to push would be manta as tide hunter has massive life after a heart and it can usually act as a life-saver. this includes dogding viper strike, poison nova omnislash, and most important, might save him from being trapped in Prophets trees. Well, this is how i think. if you feel that its better to follow the authors way, its all up to you.

Okay, this is WAY better than the other guide. The only question i have is... do we need treads? or manybe we should get BoT.

u just need battle fury in your strategy

...SUKS LA

battlefury and refresher FTW!!!

Sweet your playing style is ALMOST the same as mine when playing Levy, what's different is only the item build
10/10

I think Leviathan needs battle fury for the anchor smash... nice guide though...

Battle fury is good but i would also get bloodstone cause of the mana/health boost

MoM is good for tide? i dunno...

i prefer to use a battle fury than the hyperstone so that it will be a non stop cleaving attacks.. its like a Divine Rapier 4 me.. but ive learned many things to ur strat. tnx

i prefer to use a battle fury than the hyperstone so that it will be a non stop cleaving attacks.. its like a Divine Rapier 4 me.. but ive learned many things to ur strat. tnx

may i suggest: ring of health, 2x tagoes, chicken... 2x bracer, boots, perseverance, mask, boots of travel, hyperstone, satanic, hyperstone. or consider swapping in radiance for satanic. his cleave is honestly good enough on its own without battle fury... especially with 2 hyperstones. good luck!

I suggest to use Battle Fury. And upgrade your hyperstone to Assault Cuirass. Hp/Mana regen is very important to a hero. And speed gives you several and continues attack.
And use only the Blade Mail if your enemy hero is a melee type.
Change you Cranium Basher into Battle Fury. Cranium Basher is only for an optional Item for levi. It depends on the situation of the game. But by the WAY your guide is nice.

Im just sharing my views here hehe.

I tried out your strategy and it works quite well. I also like your conclusion. It's true is so many ways. Thank you for posting.

Without b.f, Tide Hunter is not that good.

Hey guys lemme introduce myself first, I'm a new guy here n this is my first comment. Levi is my favourite STR hero. Since I'm a begginer plz correct me if I make a mistake OK? Well if u have the hyperstone why not make the assault cuirass. This item will extremely boost Levi's defense. Buy this item at the early period of late game coz at that time enemy's heroes will be very strong with devastating items. Everytime I use Levi, I always use this item and I find it nice!

GREAT GUIDE MAN, but i would probably get battle fury instead of basher. hyper stone is good with battle fury but i would switch blade mail for assault cirrus if u can farm that much.(i cant) GOOD JOB!

Good strat... Just disagree with the basher. I want to ask. Will deso work on this guy???

This guide fails. Tidehunter does not need a HoT. Kraken and Gush are his best abilities. Smash is a nowhere near as useful early game. And without a Battle Fury you will never achieve this Hero's full potential. Get one and take note of his new attack animation. Intimidating, no?

Tried him today. I max out kraken shell ASAP, get one level gush, then max anchor smash. Hide behind trees as an enemy hero approaches at the back of a wave, strşke them down with a gush, eat away their hp until the try to get away, ravage, and after breaking free of the stun, gush. Mana depleted but hero killed :D Pwned trax, zeus, lina and jahrak'al this wai.

great guide , very helpful !

is there any hero that can counter him easily???

Leviathan is a very strong hero, It'll take many disablers just to stop him. Although Ravage cool down take a bit long than the usual ultimates, but its worth it. I will definitely start with ks,gush,anchor,ks,gush,ravage until level 6, then boots of speed, RoR,RoB,Mithrill,Perseverance,combine to make a BFury,Hyperstone hahaha.

basher is useless, better buy satanic

i'll try to use ur strategy bec this is my first tym to use this hero...tnx for your guide....

kraken shell must be lvl up becuase it serves to reduct damage and removes most neg buffs

i think one of the best items for tidehunter is assault cuirass .it increases your attack speed which gives you more chance for anchor smash ; -5armor stacks prety nicesly with gush and gives a lot of armor and that in combination with kraken shell...power threads lifesteal and counters and you've got the most unbalanced str hero in dota in full potential

what about SnY. I'm new so say if it doesn't help

NEED BATTLEFURY BAD

battle fury

but u have nice strategy

not S & Y ? pwns with Tide to get max out of anchor smash, get heart later.
exept for that, wery nice strat ^^

Ive seen 100eds of ppl getting basher @ Tide. And its been 100eds of fails. U rly dont need a basher with your gush and ulti... Its a total waste!

Great Strategy, and well expressed. I agree with your sentiments at the end on what makes a good game s and DOTA ettiquet. I am now going to have a try with Tidehunter.

Not bad,but battlefury is great on this guy.Makes it look like you're anchor smashing every hit you do.

best hero

dude
if u want cranium u need 2!
vanguard correct
hot correct
hyperstone ?depends really
battle fury why not
pt correct

where the hell is your battlefury.

I get skadi. Its a heart, it slows, and it allowe you to spam all abilities.

Assualt Cuirass negetive armour with splash, and the slow stacks with skadi to chase.

battle fury is really useful and good for farming

Basher is bad, blademail is situational, vanguad doesnt stack with 3rd skill. Not very good overall.

NO BATTLEFURY?? ?

What kind of strat is this

what is that it is so funny

your a foolish guy so you think your a smart guy

i agree with your final comments. i just used this guy and pwned pretty hard. but my team did lose at the end

nice guide bout th and i also tik u should get a battlefury

i like your strategy better than the other guy's.. he focused more on mp regen... your really think your leviathan should be a hardcore strength monster....

ASUALT FTW!!!!

i love your conclusion

exactly how i use the tidehunter.

Levi's core item is bfury.

my build:

early game:
bracer
perseverence
threads

mid-game:
bfury
HOD
hyperstone

end game:
depends on the situation:
blademails vs lategamers melee
bkb vs heavy nukers disablers
addl mana pool then refresher for worst case.

take powertreads, 2 hearts, stygian desolator, hyperstone and radiance

I like this guide, but disagree with the skill build. Leviathan has a great way to survive in the arena. His ability to deny creeps damage is great. I usually max kraken shell and gush first, since kraken will make levi stay longer in a lane, level 4 kraken reduces damage by 28, damage which the creeps has, at level 7 you can concentrate killing heroes without being disrupted by enemies creeps, alone, of course 1v1. Pwning mode On..
Oh yeah, I suggest twin basher and SnY for the item. Nice guide

You should get, Battlefury,hot,vanguard,helmet of the dominator,power treads and maybe a hyperstone, THEN you got yourself a awsome tidehunter

i like sny on this guy beacuse it gives him unreal move speed with treads and youll be anchorsmashin like a mofo

very boring item build

Battle Fury???

youo need to build battlefury on your strategy dude..it really helps for the anchor smash plus euls for your scape...lol