Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANI work from a distance, protect allies, and refresh my available actions with Rearm.
Tinker demolishes foes with swarms of machines and a host of deadly gadgets. If he can gather the resources he needs, the power that instantly refreshes his abilities enables him to lead his team from every front.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
Levels, lane control and joining the team at the right moment matter.
My resource is the team's space: I hold the lane and build for initiation or team protection.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
Provide mana for laning and regular ability use.
Changes the entry angle and lets me reach a target quickly. Damage taken can prevent its use.
Improves magical damage and mana efficiency without committing to an expensive item straight away.
Lets you use targeted abilities and items from a safer distance.
Adds armor and pressure in an area, helping limit the enemy’s health restoration.
Guardian Greaves ↗Combine mana and health sustain for the team; useful in prolonged fights together.
Scythe of Vyse ↗Provides a strong targeted disable for an important target when a normal slow or silence is not enough.
Black King Bar ↗Provides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Fires an intense energy beam, damaging and blinding the target. Blinded targets miss all physical attacks.
Fires an intense energy beam, damaging and blinding the target. Blinded targets miss all physical attacks.
Upgrades the laser to a shrink ray that reduces the primary target’s size and lowers its current and maximum health by 13%. Effects from multiple casts stack.
Enlists an army of robotic minions to destroy enemy units in an area around Tinker.
Enlists an army of robotic minions to destroy enemy units in an area around Tinker.
March of the Machines applies a non-stacking heal over time when passing through allied heroes.
Deploys 3 uncontrollable turrets at the target location. Enemies hit by the impact take damage and are pushed away from the landing point. If Tinker is hit, he also gets pushed by the impact. Once deployed, the turret fires missiles in the direction of the nearest enemy hero.
Deploys 3 uncontrollable turrets at the target location. Enemies hit by the impact take damage and are pushed away from the landing point. If Tinker is hit, he also gets pushed by the impact. Once deployed, the turret fires missiles in the direction of the nearest enemy hero.
Turrets fire missiles 20% faster.
CHANNELED - Resets the cooldown on Tinker's abilities.
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
The hero fires a flare at an enemy, damaging it, moving it away from the caster, rooting it, and reducing its attack and cast range for 2 sec.
Throws a flare towards an enemy, dealing damage, teleporting them away, rooting them and reducing their Cast and Attack Range for 2 seconds. The target is teleported further the closer they are to Tinker.
Tinker gains 1% item cooldown reduction per 3 Intelligence, up to a maximum of 60%.
Tinker gains 1% item cooldown reduction per 3 Intelligence, up to a maximum of 60%.
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
Items, slang and real episodes help connect abilities with what happens in a match.
