Tiny/Counters

Bad against...

 * Tiny's nonexistent armor in the early game makes him very vulnerable to 's large amounts of physical damage.
 * decreases Tiny's high burst damage against Bristleback.
 * can slow Tiny to a crawl and allows Bristleback to easily kite him with his high movement speed and Quill Spray's long range, as Tiny has no ability to escape.


 * protects Juggernaut from all of Tiny's magic burst damage.


 * will deal a enormous amount of damage because of Tiny's huge health pool.
 * protects Lifestealer from Tiny's magical burst damage.


 * Lion can continuously Tiny in the early game, depleting his small mana pool for his abilities.


 * will turn Tiny's high health against him.
 * does substantial damage to Tiny as a result of his high max health.
 * protects Necrophos from Tiny's physical damage with Tree Grab and Tree Volley.


 * Tiny has low movement speed and attack speed, making him vulnerable to Viper's slows.
 * provides magic resistance to lower Tiny's magic burst damage.

Others

 * Heroes with Evasion or abilities that cause Tiny to miss like and  are very affective because of Tiny's low attack speed. Additionally,  is not a good item for Tiny because of its reliance on high attack speed to proc for magical damage.
 * Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (,, , etc).
 * Long ranged heroes like or  can kite Tiny effectively if he doesn't get the jump on them first.
 * Heroes that are able to slow Tiny's attack speed, like and, will greatly limit his Physical damage output.

Items

 * completely cancels Tiny's burst potential if the enemy is quick enough to activate it.
 * and reduce Tiny's already very low armor, making him very vulnerable to physical damage.
 * reduces Tiny's already low attack Speed and its active helps to kite him in a fight.

Good against...

 * Tiny can quickly clear Spiderlings with his active abilities and cleave.


 * Avalanche and Toss prevents Meepo's from using to escape.
 * Tiny doesn't need to target the weakest clone while he is affected by Tree Grab.


 * Avalanche and Toss combo makes short work of 's illusions.
 * Tiny's cleave with Tree Grab and area of effect damage with Tree Volley will easily wipe out illusions.

Others

 * Squishy heroes, usually supports, like, , etc can die quickly to Tiny's magic burst.
 * Tiny can deal with 's quickly, as Avalanche deals damage in enough instances to completely remove all 4 layers of the passive. With Visage's lower than average Armor, a well positioned stun can allow Tiny to kill Visage easily.

Works well with...

 * Toss makes enemies affected by take tons of damage.
 * gives Tiny some much needed attack speed.


 * Earthshaker is a great hero to Toss into fights, because he can use to follow-up.
 * Earthshaker's many stuns helps to keep enemies in place for Tiny to beat them down with Tree Grab and Tree Volley.


 * Tiny teams up particularly well with Io, due to and the attack speed boost from, which are both very useful for ganking.


 * makes Tiny's high base damage even greater.
 * puts enemies in one convenient spot for Tiny to burst them with his magic damage and cleave.


 * keeps enemies in an area for Tiny to burst them with his area of effect nukes, especially Tree Volley after building


 * Slardar is a great hero to Toss into fights, as he can stun the enemy he lands next to, slowing them.
 * will allow Tiny to kill enemies efficiently.


 * A Tidehunter without a is a great hero to Toss into fights, because he can use  almost as fast as having a Blink Dagger.


 * Tiny and Pudge can make quite a deadly duo, with Tiny being able to engage by tossing Pudge onto an enemy, or tossing an enemy onto Pudge so he can get a off.
 * If you really want to get tactical with Toss and, Tiny can Toss Pudge into a spot where he can get a good hook for a kill or a save.

Others

 * Attack speed buffs like 's, 's and 's  will benefit Tiny greatly.
 * In general, any hero with an area of effect initiation ability can be Tossed into a group of enemies.
 * A hero that can set up for an easy Avalanche-Toss combo, like or, will help Tiny with bursting down enemies.
 * In general, any hero with a ranged stun can set up early kills in lane for Tiny.

Items

 * 's attack speed and armor greatly benefits Tiny's lack of armor and agility.
 * Buying a can give tiny very valuable armor in the early game before he has leveled Grow.

List of heroes that counter Tiny, and list of heroes that work well with Tiny.

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