Tusk
Patch 7.41c06.05.2026-0.36 (0.36)
Abilities
Drinking Buddies
- DELNo longer castable while rooted
Patch 7.41b07.04.2026-1.42 (1.42)
Abilities
Bitter Chill
- NERFAttack Slow decreased from 17 + 3 per level to 12 + 3 per level-25%start-5%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 20 23 26 29 32 35 38 41 44 47 50 53 56 59 62 77 92 107 new 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 72 87 102 Δ% -25% -22% -19% -17% -16% -14% -13% -12% -11% -11% -10% -9% -9% -8% -8% -6% -5% -5%
Drinking Buddies
- NERFBonus Armor decreased from 10 to 7-30%
- DELNo longer has an alt-cast
Patch 7.4124.03.2026-0.20 (5.20)
Abilities
Bitter Chill
- REWORKNo longer levels with Walrus Punch!
- BUFFAttack Speed Slow rescaled from 20/40/60/80 to 17 + 3 per level0%start+34%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 20 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40 40 40 60 60 60 60 80 80 80 new 20 23 26 29 32 35 38 41 44 47 50 53 56 59 62 77 92 107 Δ% 0% +15% +30% +45% +60% -12% -5% +2% +10% +18% +25% -12% -7% -2% +3% -4% +15% +34% - NERFNow only affects enemy heroes
Passive – scales with Walrus Punch!
Passively slows the attack speed of all enemy heroes within 350 radius by 20/40/60/80.
Radius350
Attack speed slow
20/40/60/80
Passive – scales with level
Passively slows the attack speed of all enemy heroes within a 350 unit radius.
Radius350
Attack slow
17 + 3 per level
Tag Team
- REWORKNow always a basic ability for Tusk
Ice Shards
- DELRemoved Aghanim's Shard.
Drinking Buddies
- NEWAghanim's Shard: Tusk reaches out to tag an allied unit, pulling them closer. Once tagged, both Tusk and his tagged ally gain 25% bonus movement speed and 10 bonus armor for 6s. Can be put on alt-cast to only pull Tusk towards his ally with 50% reduced cast range. Cast Range: 1000. Mana Cost: 80. Cooldown: 14s
- DELNo longer provides 20/50/80/110 bonus attack damage
- NEWAdded Aghanim's Shard.
Ice Shards: Increases depth of Ice Shards, and enemies trapped within an ice shard are slowed and take damage per second. Move slow
50%
Damage per second
85
Depth (Shard)
300
Drinking Buddies: Grants this ability: Tusk reaches out to tag an allied unit, pulling them closer. Once tagged, both Tusk and his tagged ally gain movement speed and armor. Can be put on alt-cast to only pull Tusk towards his ally with 50% reduced cast range. Buff duration
6s
Bonus movespeed
25%
Bonus armor
10
Cast range reduction
50%
Talents
- SWAPLevel 20 Talent: -6s Ice Shards Cooldown replaced with -6s Snowball Cooldown?TalentLevelValueSnowball Cooldown25 → 20-8s → -6s −25%
- SWAPLevel 25 Talent: -8s Snowball Cooldown replaced with Ice Shards Slow by 50% and Deal 110 DPS (only affects enemies trapped inside) ?TalentLevelValueSnowball Cooldown25 → 20-8s → -6s −25%
Patch 7.4016.12.2025+0.82 (1.82)
Abilities
Snowball
- NERFGather Radius decreased from 350 to 325-7%
Walrus PUNCH!
- BUFFBonus Damage increased from 50/75/100 to 60/90/120+20%
Patch 7.39e02.10.2025+0.27 (0.27)
Abilities
Bitter Chill
- BUFFAttack Speed Slow increased from 15/35/55/75 to 20/40/60/80+33%+14%+9%+7%
Patch 7.39c24.06.2025-0.45 (0.45)
GENERAL
- NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.1 to 1.9-10%
Patch 7.38b06.03.2025+0.65 (0.65)
Facets
Drinking Buddies
- BUFFBonus damage increased from 20/45/70/95 to 20/50/80/1100%+11%+14%+16%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025+0.01 (7.79)
Facets
Drinking Buddies
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 24/21/18/15s to 23/20/17/14s-4%-5%-6%-7%
- NERFMovement Bonus rescaled from 10/15/20/25% to 11/14/17/20%+10%-7%-15%-20%
Abilities
Walrus Kick
- BUFFDamage increased from 350 to 550+57%
- NERFKick Push Distance decreased from 1400 to 1200-14%
- NERFSlow Duration decreased from 4s to 2s-50%
- DELCan no longer be cast while Snowballed (Similar to Walrus Punch!)
Talents
- SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +25 Tag Team/Drinking Buddies Damage replaced with +2s Tag Team/Drinking Buddies Buff Duration
Patch 7.37e20.11.2024-0.06 (2.41)
Abilities
Bitter Chill
- REWORKNow scales with Walrus Punch instead of Tag Team or Drinking Buddies
- BUFFAttack Speed Slow rescaled from 20/30/40/50/60 to 15/35/55/75-25%+17%+38%+50%
Patch 7.37d02.10.2024-1.05 (1.46)
Facets
Tag Team
- BUFFBonus Damage increased from 20/45/70/95 to 25/50/75/100+25%+11%+7%+5%
Drinking Buddies
- NERFMovement Bonus decreased from 25% to 10/15/20/25%-60%-40%-20%0%
- NERFAlt cast behavior now has 50% of base spell's cast range
Patch 7.37b14.08.2024+0.94 (0.94)
Abilities
Snowball
- NEWStun Duration now increases by 0.2s per ally in Snowball
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Walrus Punch Stun Duration increased from +0.5s to +0.75s+50%
Patch 7.3731.07.2024+0.32 (0.32)
Facets
Drinking Buddies
- NEWCan now be put on alt-cast to only pull Tusk towards his target ally
Patch 7.0801.02.2018-0.56 (0.56)
Abilities
Snowball
- DELCan no longer be cast while rooted