Tinker

Boush, the Tinker, is a ranged intelligence hero who leverages great mobility and blistering nukes to push lanes and gank his enemies. Tinker's ultimate Rearm resets the cooldown on his items and abilities, allowing him to deal prodigious damage with his Laser, Heat-Seeking Missiles and with items such as Dagon. By refreshing Blink Dagger, Rearm also grants Tinker vast mobility, enabling him to pressure multiple lanes with his March of the Machines. Tinker's mana costs are very high, however, so to remain a global threat he must regularly regenerate at his fountain. His mana dependency and modest stat gain make quickly acquiring Boots of Travel a key to success. When played with the right items, good mana management and mechanical skill, there are few heroes Tinker will not evaporate.

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 * The Tinker's voice actor, Harry "Hal" Robins, also voiced Dr. Isaac Kleiner in Half-Life 2 and the scientists of Black Mesa in Half-Life. Many of Tinker's voice lines reference characters and events from the Half-Life universe. In addition, the name "Violet Plateau" is quite similar to "Black Mesa", and the events described in Tinker's backstory are remarkably similar to the events of Half-Life.
 * Tinker's responses upon killing 's Spiderlings vo_tinker_tink_rare_07.mp3 "Lamarr, is that you?" and vo_tinker_tink_rare_08.mp3 "Lamarr?!" are a reference to Dr. Kleiner's "debeaked" pet headcrab, Hedy Lamarr.
 * Many of Tinker's lines while using Rearm come directly from Half-Life 2 including vo_tinker_tink_ability_rearm 09.mp3 "The massless field flux should self-limit" and vo_tinker_tink_ability_rearm_10.mp3 "I've clamped the manifold parameters to… CY base and LG orbifold… Hilbert inclusive".
 * Tinker's death line vo_tinker_tink_death_04.mp3 "It's probably not a problem, probably" is also a reference to Dr. Kleiner, who says it in the beginning of Half Life's second chapter right before the equipment he and his team are working on suffers a catastrophical malfunction and causes the alien invasion of Black Mesa.
 * Tinker's selecting respones vo_tinker_tink_rare_02.mp3 "With my brains and your brawn, we'll make an excellent team" is also a quote from Dr. Kleiner.
 * The Tinker's alternate/fun name in DotA was "X!!", the name of a professional DotA player.
 * Tinker's line vo_tinker_tink_respawn_08.mp3 "I tink! Therefore I am!" is a reference to the philosophical statement "I think, therefore I am." proposed by René Descartes. Its original Latin words are "Cogito ergo sum."
 * Tinker's line vo_tinker_tink_death_10.mp3 "Tinker, failure…Soldier…Fie…" is a reference to the 1974 spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by British author John le Carré about George Smiley (who was played by Gary Oldman in the 2011 film adaptation).
 * Tinker's death line vo_tinker_tink_death_08.mp3 "The machine, stops." is a reference to the short story of the same name by E.M. Forster.
 * Tinker's line "Blinded you, with Science!" is a reference to the song She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby.