Tiny

Tiny is a melee strength Hero with powerful ganking potential. Using Avalanche in conjunction with Toss allows for massive amounts of damage as well as a long area of effect stun. Those foolish enough to attack him may be rewarded with a stun from his passive ability Craggy Exterior. Although at first he may live up to his name, he will gradually grow in size and power with his ultimate, Grow. While fragile early game, he will soon turn into a hulking behemoth with massive health and damage output.

Though Tiny may sound like an easy hero to use, his effectiveness is mainly based on timing and positioning making him an incompatible hero for new players to use. He is recommended for intermediate to advanced players.

Tips

 * By using Avalanche and then using Toss as soon as you can on an enemy hero it provides the maximum amount of damage that can be done to a single enemy using your spells; this is due to Avalanche damage affecting the enemy hero twice. This effect also occurs if you reverse the order by using Toss and then Avalanche. However, if using Toss first, it is harder to land all of the damage pulses of Avalanche while the target is in the air, often resulting in lower than the maximum possible damage.
 * The Blink Dagger is the perfect item to get on Tiny as it helps him gank consistently early game and pick up more kills and escape if needed.
 * When leveling your skills early game it is better to max your Avalanche and Toss to gain more kills early game, if you don't feel confident enough to hit a "Combo" than ask a team mate with a stun, such as Crystal Maiden or Vengeful Spirit, to use their stun first.
 * At close range, tossing a unit at itself will do extra damage, as the tossed unit will receive both tossed unit damage and the damage from being struck by toss. Use this extra burst to finish off heroes when avalanche is on cd.
 * Early game, tossing an allied initiator such as Slardar, Earthshaker or Tidehunter at foes can set their skills up perfectly.
 * Once you pick up a Blink Dagger, it can be a useful strategy to blink in and then toss an enemy back towards your waiting allies.
 * Waiting to skill level 4 Avalanche is a good strategy because of the measly 40 damage increase, compared to Toss's damage increase of 75.

Trivia

 * Tiny's quote "Tiny Smash!" is a reference to the comic book superhero The Incredible Hulk.
 * Tiny is the only hero in Dota 2 that is able to wield a weapon (in his case a Tree) when built with Aghanim's Scepter.