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Tidehunter changes

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Change record

35 patches with recorded changes · 118 of 118 listed patches readable.

Coverage: Feb 1, 2018 to Sep 15, 2026. This feed does not include every patch in Dota’s lifetime.

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Apr 7, 2026

Tidehunter in 7.41b

  • Base Strength decreased from 26 to 25
  • Damage at level 1 decreased from 51-57 to 50-56
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Gush Damage decreased from +100 to +90
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Anchor Smash affects buildings now deals 50% damage to buildings
  • Leviathan's CatchNow gains fish on every even level instead of every level

Mar 27, 2026

Tidehunter in 7.41a

  • Leviathan's CatchFish spawn launch distance decreased from 400 to 200

Mar 24, 2026

Tidehunter in 7.41

  • Strength gain increased from 3.6 to 3.7
  • Removed Blubber innate ability
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash replaced with Kraken Shell Cleanse triggers Anchor Smash
  • Leviathan's CatchNew Innate Ability. Passive
  • Leviathan's CatchWhenever an enemy hero dies while affected by any Tidehunter's debuff or is killed by him, they drop a fish. Tidehunter can eat the fish to grow in size and permanently gain 3 Max Health, 2 Attack Range and 1 Bonus Damage Block. Tidehunter automatically eats a fish on every level up
  • Leviathan's CatchBonus Damage Block is only applied if there is a source of damage block being applied to an incoming physical attack
  • Leviathan's CatchThe fish flies 400 units towards Tidehunter upon spawning, stays in the world indefinitely and can be destroyed by an attack from Tidehunter's enemies
  • Anchor SmashRadius changed from 375 to 225 + Tidehunter's Attack Range
  • Kraken ShellNow applies a strong dispel to Tidehunter if he takes more than 600/550/500/450 damage within 7 seconds

Jan 21, 2026

Tidehunter in 7.40c

  • Base Strength decreased from 27 to 26
  • Damage at level 1 decreased from 52–58 to 51–57

Dec 23, 2025

Tidehunter in 7.40b

  • Krill EaterStrength gain decreased from 4.1 to 3.9
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Anchor Smash Damage Reduction decreased from +20% to +10%
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash now deals 50% less damage on the triggered Anchor Smash and is now considered reflection damage
  • Dead in the WaterNo longer deals 100 damage

Dec 15, 2025

Tidehunter in 7.40

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Gush Slow increased from +15% to +20%
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +40 Anchor Smash Damage replaced with +20% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent +30% Anchor Smash Damage Reduction replaced with -15s Ravage Cooldown
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Anchor Smash affects buildings replaced with Blubber effect triggers Anchor Smash
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent 50% chance of Anchor Smash on attack replaced with Anchor Smash affects buildings
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Ravage Stun Duration increased from +0.8s to +1s
  • GushDamage rescaled from 110/160/210/260 to 100/160/220/280
  • Anchor SmashAttack Bonus Damage increased from 45/90/135/180 to 50/100/150/200

Mar 27, 2025

Tidehunter in 7.38c

  • Krill EaterStarting attack range and Anchor Smash penalties increased from 50 to 60
  • Dead in the WaterCooldown increased from 25s to 35s

Mar 4, 2025

Tidehunter in 7.38b

  • Anchor SmashDamage Reduction decreased from 30/40/50/60% to 25/30/35/40%
  • Dead in the WaterDamage decreased from 200 to 100
  • Dead in the WaterMana Cost increased from 80 to 110

Feb 18, 2025

Tidehunter in 7.38

  • Krill EaterNo longer reduces base Strength
  • Kraken ShellNow has 50% block value against creeps
  • Kraken ShellNow can be activated to double the block amount at the cost of 40% movement speed. Lasts 4 seconds. Mana Cost: 45. Cooldown: 30s

Oct 1, 2024

Tidehunter in 7.37d

  • Blubber: Damage threshold for dispel decreased from 500 to 450
  • RavageDamage increased from 250/350/450 to 275/375/475

Jul 31, 2024

Tidehunter in 7.37

  • Base Intelligence increased from 18 to 20
  • RavageCooldown decreased from 150s to 150/145/140s

Jun 24, 2024

Tidehunter in 7.36c

  • Krill EaterBase Strength increased from 22 to 24
  • Kraken ShellDamage Block rescaled from 16/32/54/70 to 15/35/55/75

Jun 6, 2024

Tidehunter in 7.36b

  • Krill EaterStrength gain increased from 4.0 to 4.1
  • Strength gain increased from 3.5 to 3.6
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Gush Slow increased from +10% to +15%

May 22, 2024

Tidehunter in 7.36

  • Innate AbilityNew Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
  • Innate AbilityTidehunter removes negative status effects if he takes more than 500 damage from player-controlled sources. Dispel type: Strong. Damage counter resets after 7s
  • Kraken SwellBase Strength is 27
  • Kraken SwellStrength Gain is 3.5
  • Kraken Swell · Kraken ShellDamage Block permanently increases by 1/2/3/4 each time an enemy hero dies under the effects of Anchor Smash. Tidehunter doesn't get stacks if he is dead
  • Krill EaterBase Strength is 22
  • Krill EaterStrength Gain is 4
  • Krill EaterBase Attack Range decreased by 50
  • Krill EaterAttack Range is increased by 5 every hero level
  • Krill Eater · Anchor SmashRadius decreased by 50
  • Krill Eater · Anchor SmashRadius is increased by 5 every hero level
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent Anchor Smash Damage decreased from +50 to +40
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +4 Kraken Shell Damage Block per Anchor Smash Kill replaced with +4 Gush Armor Reduction
  • Kraken ShellDispel on damage moved to Innate ability

Dec 14, 2023

Tidehunter in 7.35

  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Anchor Smash Damage Reduction increased from +25% to +30%
  • GushMana Cost decreased from 100/105/110/115 to 100
  • Dead in the WaterAttacks to Destroy decreased from 5 to 4

Aug 8, 2023

Tidehunter in 7.34

  • Tendrils of the Deep Ability removed
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Gush Damage decreased from +120 to +100
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent +40 Kraken Shell Damage Block replaced with +4 Kraken Shell Damage Block per Anchor Smash Kill
  • Talents · ContextCounts every hero that dies under the effect of Anchor Smash debuff. Effect is retroactive, counting kills before the talent is learned
  • Dead in the WaterNew ability granted by Aghanim's Shard
  • Dead in the WaterTidehunter throws a chain that leashes an enemy hero to a heavy anchor. Attempting to move more than 350 units away from the anchor reduces the hero's movement speed to 100, while dragging the anchor behind them. The anchor can be destroyed with 5 hero attacks. Initial chain deals 200 magical damage, has a 1000 travel speed and can be disjointed. Ability removes invisibility and provides fog of war vision on the target. Cast Range: 350; Duration: 10s; Mana Cost: 80; Cooldown: 25s

Apr 20, 2023

Tidehunter in 7.33

  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent Ravage Stun Duration decreased from +1s to +0.8s
  • Anchor SmashMana Cost rescaled from 40/50/60/70 to 45/50/55/60
  • Anchor SmashAttack Bonus Damage increased from 40/85/130/175 to 45/90/135/180
  • RavageDuration decreased from 2.4/2.6/2.8s to 2/2.2/2.4s
  • Ravage · ContextDuration decreased as a part of the comprehensive Disables Reduction
  • RavageMana Cost decreased from 150/225/325 to 125/225/325

Sep 27, 2022

Tidehunter in 7.32c

  • RavageDamage increased from 200/300/400 to 250/350/450
  • GushDebuff duration increased from 4s to 4.5s

Aug 23, 2022

Tidehunter in 7.32

  • Tendrils of the Deep Reworked Shard. Grants new ability: Tendrils of the Deep. Releases a wave of tentacles in the targeted direction. The tentacles deal 50% of Ravage damage and stun and travel 75% of Ravage radius. Cooldown: 20s. Mana Cost: 80
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent -100 Kraken Shell Threshold replaced with +50 Anchor Smash Damage
  • TalentsLevel 15 Talent Anchor Smash Reduction increased from +20% to +25%
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent Kraken Shell Damage Block increased from +30 to +40
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent -4 Gush Armor replaced with Anchor Smash affects buildings
  • Kraken ShellDamage Block increased from 15/30/45/60 to 16/34/52/70

Feb 23, 2022

Tidehunter in 7.31

  • Kraken ShellDamage block rescaled from 18/30/42/54 to 15/30/45/60
  • Anchor SmashShard Bonus damage reduced from 90 to 75

Aug 17, 2021

Tidehunter in 7.30

  • Base Mana Regen increased from 0 to 0.5
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +20 Movement Speed replaced with +10% Gush Slow
  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent +1.75 Mana Regen replaced with -100 damage Kraken Shell Threshold
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent +200 Damage replaced with 50% chance to proc Anchor Smash on attacks
  • TalentsLevel 25 Talent 20% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +1s Ravage Stun Duration
  • GushArmor reduction decreased from 4/5/6/7 to 3/4/5/6
  • Anchor SmashBonus Damage reduced from 45/90/135/180 to 40/85/130/175
  • Kraken ShellThreshold timer increased from 6 to 7

Apr 9, 2021

Tidehunter in 7.29

  • GushMana cost rescaled from 90/100/110/120 to 100/105/110/115

Jul 15, 2020

Tidehunter in 7.27b

  • Base strength increased by 2
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +24 Kraken Shell Damage Block to +30
  • Kraken ShellDamage block increased from 12/24/36/48 to 14/26/38/50

Dec 6, 2019

Tidehunter in 7.23c

  • Kraken ShellDamage block increased from 5/10/20/40 to 12/24/36/48 (as a result of the innate damage block changes)

May 24, 2019

Tidehunter in 7.22

  • GushScepter upgrade radius increased from 240 to 260
  • GushScepter upgrade distance increased from 1800 to 2200

Jan 29, 2019

Tidehunter in 7.21

  • Anchor SmashDamage reduction from -45/50/55/60 to -30/40/50/60%

Nov 19, 2018

Tidehunter in 7.20

  • TalentsLevel 10 Talent increased from +80 Gush Damage to +100
  • Anchor SmashNow attacks every unit in the area with a bonus 45/90/135/180 damage on top of your attack
  • RavageDamage increased from 200/290/380 to 200/300/400

Jun 25, 2018

Tidehunter in 7.18

  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from -4 Gush Armor to -5
  • TalentsLevel 20 Talent increased from +24 Kraken Shell Damage Block to +30
  • GushArmor reduction increased from 3/4/5/6 to 4/5/6/7
  • RavageDuration increased from 2/2.4/2.8 to 2.4/2.6/2.8

Source: Valve’s public Dota 2 data feeds. Notes belong to Valve. Dates use Bellevue time (Pacific).