Tiny (Stone Giant)
Item Build:
Starting Items
– Most of the time you’ll be getting tangos and branches for early game survival.
Boots of Speed
and
2 Bracers/ Nulls
are no-brainers. You need them for better survival and better ganking/ chasing capabilities.
Empty Bottle
is the stationary item of all gankers, and bottle is your main source of regeneration. It helps you cast more Avalanches/Tosses. Runes are also stepping stones to victory, and using them at the right time is a must.
Blink Dagger
is a MUST for every tank/ initiator. Tiny has very strong but melee ranged AoE spells, and getting Blink Dagger makes it easier for you to get near them, without any problems at all. Dagger is also abusable in many ways. You can use it to chase, escape and almost every kind of abuse you can do.
Extension Items
Boots of Travel
Turning BoS into BoT is a no-brainer. There should be no conflict between Power Treads and BoT simply because BoT owns Treads for Tiny. Tiny doesn’t attack fast. He needs to move fast, and BoT is just what makes Tiny faster.
Shiva’s Guard
Shiva’s Guard gives you three benefits which you NEED. First, it gives you armor, which you don’t have that much. It also gives you more tanking capabilities. Second, it gives you a great amount of mana so you can spam your spells more. Third, it gives you a skill which lets you and your team chase enemies, and also another conjunction after Blink+Ava-toss.
Heart of Tarrasque
Every tank has HoT as an extension item. It gives you more hp and regeneration, plus a bit of damage. Both the hp and damage from HoT are welcome so generally you would also want to get Heart if you’re really farming good.
Further Item Discussion
Items in green are optional.
Items in red are bad.
Hood of Defiance
– It’s a great tanking item. Your armor is low, and the magic reduction serves as your deduction from a lot of spells. Get it if you want to, it’s worth getting in several games you may encounter.
Linken’s Sphere – With the large buff in the 6.50 versions, Linken’s Sphere is a possible item for Tiny. It can block some harmful spells and you can block two spells within less than 20 seconds. The stats it gives are also beneficial.
Sheepstick
– Of course this is welcome. It gives you mana and a disable, incase your team lacks or needs another disable. The reason why this didn’t enter my core or even extension is because Tiny isn’t pure support and he also has to focus on his initiating/ ganking power.
Cuirass
– Quite optional because other than the armor, you get attack speed which is not your primary source of damage because you use your spells more than you attack. Cuirass is still worth a try to those who want Tank-DPS hybrids.
IAS Items
– Also optional because we want to focus more on other aspects than Tiny’s DPS capabilities.
DPS Items
– No. Tiny has bad attack speed with Grow and getting DPS + IAS Items would make me feel like you’re focusing more on Tiny’s DPS capabilities, which is the focus of most guides here in DP. Sorry never my taste in my whole life.
Manta Style
– I have no idea why you would like to get this. Of course you get something to chase the enemy from Diffusal Blade’s Purge and additional hp but the real reason is you never get all the juice from this item, which is, your images can’t benefit from grow.
Skill Build:
Level 1
- Avalanche
Level 2
- Toss
Level 3
- Avalanche
Level 4
- Toss
Level 5
- Avalanche
Level 6
- Toss
Level 7
- Avalanche
Level 8
- Toss
Level 9
– Grow!
Level 10
– Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 11
– Grow!
Level 12
- Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 13
- Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 14
- Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 15
- Attribute Bonus
Level 16
– Grow!
Level 17
- Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 18
- Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 19
- Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 20
- Attribute Bonus/ Craggy Exterior
Level 21
- Attribute Bonus
Level 22
- Attribute Bonus
Level 23
- Attribute Bonus
Level 24
- Attribute Bonus
Level 25
- Attribute Bonus
Strategie:
