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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 1.3 Abilities Intro 2. Talent Breakdown 3. Game Progression 3.1 Early Game 3.2 Late Game 4. Match-Ups 5. Changelog - The End

Practically perfect in every way, Tychus Poppins is very versatile and has everything you could dream of. Kiting ability, beefiness, great Heroic, CC, tons of damage, self-peel, and a flippin Odin. Oh, he also has the talent selection viability to basically say "Screw you" to any Hero he darn well pleases, whether he takes First Aid + Stoneskin to deny burst, or Relentless + Bolt of the Storm to peel off even the most tumultuous teamfights. This makes Tychus the best scumbag ever, so Blizzard did an amazing job on keeping his kit in line with his Lore.

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(Q) Overkill Cooldown: 15 seconds "Deal 280 (+80 per level) damage to the target and 140 (+40 per level) damage to nearby targets over 5 seconds. Reactivate to select a new target. Can move and use Abilities while channeling." With Armor Piercing Rounds, a full channel is 336 damage at level 1. You'll probably only get a full channel off if you catch them in lane and use a Frag Grenade, so that'd be a total of 396 Damage, 50%-60% of an Assassin's HP. So that's a thing. REMEMBER: ALWAYS yell "DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU" when you channel this ability. It does more damage, trust me. Of course, it's unlikely that someone will walk in the middle of the lane at lv 1 and let them shoot you, but that's the potential of the ability. Worst case scenario it bullies opposing laners easily. Also, the CD seems super long but since it ticks down as you're channeling, it's only 10 seconds, which is a decent CD but not outrageous. The primary counter to this ability is instantly CCing Tychus, as his AAs are not very useful.

(W) Frag Grenade Cooldown: 10 seconds "Lob a grenade that deals 60 (+25 per level) damage, knocking enemies away." Bumps enemies back toward you so you can channel Overkill longer, bumps enemies away from you in conjunction with Run and Gun to create some distance, etc. Properly using your grenades to control the battlefield may seem like a small thing, but you'll realize when you goof a few grenades how important they are to land properly. Naturally, if you throw a grenade in front of someone, it will bump them backward, and throwing it behind them bumps them forward. Because physics. Thanks Newton. This ability also serves as a great wave-clear ability with your Q, allowing you to very quickly decimate a wave. Just be sure you don't need your abilities for 10s+ after doing so. The grenade starts out with mediocre damage, but scales to a powerful kill finisher on top of its utility in the late game (But...just in case they live through the nade damage, please bump them TOWARD you when you try to finish with it). Cause, ya know, couldn't have any of Tychus' abilities only do 1 job.

(E) Run and Gun Cooldown: 8 seconds "Charge forward and instantly wind up the Minigun." Interestingly enough, I seldom use this ability to charge up my minigun. Mostly I use this to kite with Q, to get in range for a good Nade, etc. It's amazing what a tiny dash and a tiny bump from a grenade will do to end a life or save one. Also, the small, quick dash is useful for dodging things like Stitches' Hook.

(Trait) Minigun "You attack much faster than other Heroes, but must windup your Minigun briefly before attacking." Makes Tychus heavily reliant on his Q. His AAs have a wind-up and also are quite short range. Whereas most ranged assassins have 5.5 Range, Tychus has 4.5. This is real close to your opponent to be standing still, and usually is only useful for killing creeps and mercs. It is actually a great merc killer for things like the Boss Golem, as its DPS is pretty high. NOTE: Don't use your Q on things like the Boss Golems. With Armor Piercing Rounds, the Q damage IS very slightly higher even single-target than AAs, but it's a waste of your CD. You don't need to kite mercs. If you get jumped while mercing with your Q on CD you'll be useless for a few seconds.

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(R1) Commandeer Odin

(R2) Drakken Laser Drill

As usual, these will be explained in the Talents section so as not to be redundant.

Here we go, BREAK IT DOWN! OW!

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Armor Piercing Rounds - "Overkill's damage to the primary target is increased by 20%."

More bang for your buck. Overkill has a long CD, make the most of it with this. Since so much of Tychus' damage is invested in his Q, it has SUPER high scaling. This makes a %-based talent really strong. At level 20, your Overkill damage without this is 1800, and with it 2160, a whopping 360 bonus damage.

Alternative Talent Breakdown Scouting Drone - "Places a Scouting Drone at the target location, revealing a large area around it for 60 seconds. This drone can be seen and killed by enemies." I have no idea why Raynor and Tychus have this. I guess just for lore purposes? Might be interesting to substitute for a support's Tier 1 Talent if both Raynor and Tychus had garbage Tier 1 talents, but they don't. Shredder Grenade - "Increases the explosion radius of Frag Grenade by 25%." To be quite honest, I think this talent is really underrated and actually pretty good. However, despite how infrequently anyone even considers this talent, it is inferior to a straight-up damage boost on your primary teamfight ability. Dash - "Increases the range of Run and Gun by 25%." Like Shredder Grenade, not a bad talent, but really everything gets outshone by the damage boost. Regeneration Master - "Every 3 Regeneration Globes gathered grants an extra +4 Health per second, permanently." Interesting that Tychus gets this, along with many other Warrior talents. He used to get "Path of the Warrior", a straight-up HP boost, but it was replaced by this. Regen Master takes a while to scale; usually at 20 minutes you'll have 10 stacks or so, which is 40 regen per second, or just over 1% of your HP per second. That's kind of a long time. I haven't personally tested it since Armor Piercing Rounds is so strong, but it seems a bit lackluster. By the time it's useful, all your Moonwells will be gone unless you're winning hard, otherwise with a Moonwell I think it'd be pretty decent for getting in and out of fights over and over.

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Spray 'n' Pray - "Overkill's range increased by 15%."

The other viable talent on this tier, along with Melting Point. I've always been a fan of SnP, but Melting Point was just too good to pass up.

With the nerfs to Melting Point, this is a potential pickup? But I just don't see it being as useful still. It is awesome against Heroes and synergizes well with Lead Rain, but in most cases you will really want Melting Point.

If you do want to take this talent, ONLY TAKE IT ON THESE MAPS: Blackheart's Bay, Dragon Shire, Sky Temple and possibly Garden of Terror. Other maps either build up monster waves or have very important minions to kill (I.E. Golems on Haunted Mines) that will make Melting Point the obvious choice.

I think Melting Point is possibly still better even on the other maps, but you'll certainly get less value out of it, making SnP more appealing.

Alternative Talent Breakdown Focused Attack - "Every 10 seconds, your next Basic Attack deals 50% additional damage. Basic Attacks reduce this cooldown by 1 second." Meh. I guess you can kill mercs and creeps faster. Sure, you get the extra damage really fast, but 50% of Tychus' AA damage isn't amazing either. With 4 attacks per second, you get this every 2.5 seconds. At lv 20, this results in a 144 Damage AA over 96. So, DPS without over 5 secs = 96 * 20 = 1920, and with it you'd add 2 procs from the base CD, and then you'd get 20 seconds of CDR for AAing, which would be 2 extra procs. 1920 + 96 * 4 = 2304. It's an okay DPS boost, but not worth it as you won't be sitting still AAing for 5+ seconds in a teamfight very often. NOTE: With the new Focused Attack changes, you can't use this to kill mercs quickly, since Focused Attack will only proc on enemy Heroes. Vampiric Assault - "Basic Attacks heal for 15% of damage dealt." An 'okay' talent for soloing camps or killing creeps to heal. Again, not an amazing talent because you get little use out of it in teamfights. Again, requires a lot of standing still. While Tychus' AA range is buffed to normal carries, even Valla needs to orb walk to not get rekt. In short, doesn't beat out Spray 'n' Pray, let alone Melting Point. Melting Point - "Frag Grenade deals an additional 120 (+50 per level) damage over 10 seconds to Minions and Structures." Take for Haunted Mines, Tomb of the Spider Queen, and Battlefield Of Eternity 100% of the time. Take on Cursed Hollow/ Garden of Terror unless you're stomping. Take this or SnP for other maps, up to you.

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First Aid - "Activate to heal 35% of your max Health over 6 seconds."

Tychus has 3385 HP at lv 20, the highest HP of all Ranged Assassins other than Tyrande (Who is technically a support). Tychus' HP is the same as Zeratul's, who typically has higher HP than ranged Heroes due to being Melee. This makes First Aid relatively good on Tychus. First Aid is also great at eating spells such as Envenom, or against poison/DoT heroes in general ( Murky, Stitches).

PS: Can now be used in Odin!

Alternative Talent Breakdown Quarterback - "Increases the range of Frag Grenade by 50%." Loses a lot of value since Frag Grenade no longer interrupts channeled abilities. I don't see any situation where this is very useful anymore. Rapid Fire - "After attacking for 3 seconds, gain 50% increased Attack Speed." Yea, cause just like all the other AA talents we're going to sit still and AA people in a teamfight for 10 seconds. NEXT! Does this work in Odin?: I don't think so, but I have not tested it. If it does, it could add huge value to this talent. Sizzlin' Attacks - "Activate to increase Basic Attack damage by 50% for 5 seconds. Each attack costs 15 Mana." Don't take this without Odin. Yes, Tychus can now attack at normal Ranged distances, but giving up the survivability of First Aid for some unreliable increase in damage? Not really worth. With Odin however, adds a good punch to your AAs. Still would be very cautious to take this over First Aid in any circumstance, but the option is there.

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Commandeer Odin - "Call down an Odin to pilot. The Odin deals increased Damage, has a 100% longer Basic Attack range, and uses different Abilities. Lasts 23 seconds."

Personally, I love the "new" Odin (I know calling it new 5 months after its changes is weird). It essentially makes you a self-buffed ranged Carry, like a Valla on steroids.

Even still, the Laser is the favored option by most players. Either way you won't get much burst out of Tychus, you get sustained damage and durability. Up to you which you prefer more - but the weaker your tank line is the more you will want to take the Laser.

NOTE: While the tooltip on the Odin still says 100% Longer Basic Attack range, the buff to Tychus' AA range did not effect Odin. I've not completely confirmed this as of yet, but I'm pretty sure Odin didn't get buffed here. I think the tooltip wasn't changed due to an oversight.

Alternative Talent Breakdown Drakken Laser Drill - "Call down a Laser Drill with 500 (+100 per level) Health to attack nearby enemies, dealing 15 (+7 per level) per second. Reactivate to assign a new target. Lasts 22 seconds." Strangely enough, lasts 1 less second than Odin. *shrug* Edit: I figured it out. Odin has a 3 second wind-up, Drill has a 2 second wind-up. They both last 20 seconds. Since the Odin change people have started to pick this up more - I personally still like Odin but I will say that the Laser is no slouch. The Odin is more difficult to use properly without getting out of position, while the Laser is very simple to use/micro and very effective when your opponents go full derp and don't kill it. The Laser is definitely meta at this point and is certainly very strong once you hit Level 20. With its slight buff on The Butcher Patch (Re-targeting after death), it maintains its position as the favorite Heroic.

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Lead Rain - "Overkill applies a stacking slow, up to 20%."

Basically if you don't need the CC reduction of Relentless, you take this. Lead Rain allows you to chase easily, catching people with just the edge of your Spray 'n' Pray's extra range will allow you to close in on them and land an easy Nade as they're slowed, or help your team follow up easier.

Butcher Patch Edit: Lead Rain is actually a very potent slow against The Butcher. Between your W, E, and Q with Lead Rain you'll be able to kite him literally forever, and unless his team has follow-up CC I recommend this against him. Be sure to NOT USE Q until the Butcher's E finishes or you'll get stunned out of it.

Alternative Talent Breakdown Relentless - "Reduces the duration of stuns, slows, and roots and polymorphs against your Hero by 50%." Pretty excellent talent for you to have as a Ranged Carry. If you didn't have enough kiting ability, now you do. An excellent pick against many Heroes who can stun-lock you to death, the most notable of which are probably Uther or Brightwing. NOTE: Odin lost its baseline 50% CC Reduction, so this talent is doubly useful now as it will grant you 50% Tenacity in normal form and Odin form. Problem Solver - "Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 0.5% of the Hero's max Health." If you didn't notice, Giant Killer/Problem Solver on Tychus works 3 times slower, from 1.5% to 0.5% of Max HP. Tychus however does attack about 3 1/4 times faster than most Ranged Assassins, but not Illidan/ Valla. Due to their attack speeds, Giant Killer is actually more efficient on them than Tychus by a small margin. The difference is that Valla can AA efficiently while orb-walking, and Tychus AAs inefficiently while orb-walking, leaving his Giant Killer very ineffective when not standing still. Also, this talent is useless with Odin as you slow your attack speed and still get only 0.5% Max HP per shot. Stim Pack - "After using Run and Gun, gain 20% Attack Speed and 20% Movement Speed for 3 seconds." Not worth picking up, BUT I have had some real fun with this talent. If an ally Abathur takes Adrenaline Boost at 16, a talent not often taken, you can take this for some hilarious results. Makes you a kiting monster since you can use it while channeling Overkill. Heck, you could kite Illidan with that combo. Obviously not a common occurrence, but it is pretty hilarious if it ever happens.

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Stoneskin - "Activate to gain 30% of your Max Health as Shields for 5 seconds."

Still a great talent, since you can use it during Odin now. Also, most the other talents in this tier aren't very good.

Alternative Talent Breakdown Concussion Grenade - "Increases the knockback of Frag Grenade by 100%." Situational...since Quarterback lost value with Frag no longer interrupting moving channels, this talent likewise lost value. If you want to give up all your survivability, you can still take this combo to do something like knock a sieged-up Sgt. Hammer out of position, otherwise it's very risky to take anymore. Can still be good for knocking anyone out of position, but you give up a whopping 65% Max HP in survivability talents to take the combo. Not worth IMO. Executioner - "Basic Attacks deal 40% more damage against slowed, rooted, or stunned targets." If you want to go completely #YOLO and you take Sizzlin' Attacks and this, you can get some insane AAs off with Odin, since Odin can slow with Ragnarok Missiles. Like I said this is completely yolo (As in not recommended) and results in -65% effective HP, but if you want some hilarious damage numbers per AA...why not? I'd never take this with Laser. Lock and Load - "While the minigun is wound up, gain 15% increased Movement Speed." Meh. A small movement boost that has to compete with a 30% Max HP Shield, I don't see the potential in this talent to even compare the two. Maybe Stim Pack + Adrenaline Rush + This talent? It'd be super troll, but I guess you get a massive MS steroid. Using Stim Pack would instantly wind up your minigun and pop this talent, so you'd easily get all at once while channeling Overkill. I'd only ever do that if I were super far ahead though...pretty funny to think about, but I don't honestly see why this talent would be useful at all in a serious game. I mean it's not like you walk on top of people AAing and need to keep in range...

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Bolt of the Storm - "Activate to teleport to a nearby location."

WHOA, you mean you can use Bolt of the Storm while in Odin now? SOLD!

The generic go-to pick for Tychus. If you don't have a wombo combo for the Nuke, and you don't have a lot of peel or heals, this is the way to go.

However, if you went with the Laser Build, you need the lv 20 talent. Don't pick anything else, please. I hate to see Tychus' pick the Level 10 Laser and not pick the 20. The 10 is so bad compared to the 20 it is literally not worth picking up without the upgrade.

Alternative Talent Breakdown Nexus Frenzy - "Increases both Attack Speed and Basic Attack range by 20% ." Solid talent while you're in Odin form, otherwise not incredibly useful ( Sizzlin' Attacks + Executioner + Nexus Frenzy! Kappa). Since most teamfights that occur in the lategame are super-important though, can be an essential talent for winning them with the DPS increase. It is, however, a "dangerous game" talent as you will not be able to escape from a Dive Composition with Bolt, so only take this when you have Peels/Heals to keep you up while you DPS, or the enemy team lacks dive potential. Big Red Button - "Odin lasts 50% longer and Ragnarok Missiles also launches a Nuclear Missile." With the new Odin, the nuke lost some power by being connected to your Rangarok Missiles. Since your Missiles shoot first and then the Nuke lands, you can't fire the Nuke ahead of your targets any longer. As such, I only take this talent anymore when I have a wombo combo to use it on. Void Prison + Divine Storm for instance will increase the value of this talent exponentially as you can actually land it on targets again. The duration increase is also nice, but most games I will prefer Bolt or Nexus Frenzy. Focusing Diodes - "Increases the range of the Drakken Laser Drill by 50% . Deals increased damage the longer it remains on a single target, up to 100% extra damage." This talent is actually really strong. If ignored, the laser's DPS is immense. Obviously that's less reliable than an Odin, but if you're saving your nades for Nazeebo anyway, you may as well blast him with a laser simultaneously. I'm not totally sure how it calculates it, but if I'm correct, this will do 281 Damage Per Second once it hits maximum ramp-up. It is undefined how long it takes to ramp-up, so I can't tell how much damage it would do for its duration. If I were to guesstimate, I'd assume if the Drill were to stay on 1 target for the full 20 seconds, it'd do around 4500-5000 damage at level 20. Pretty solid, considering you can DPS at the same time.

WHOOO! WE'RE AT THE HALFWAY POINT, DOIN' GREAT SO FAR!

We? What's all this "we" stuff, I'm doin' all the hard work.

BREAK TIME'S OVER! HERE WE GO!

Aight, EZPZ, Tychus' early game is literally the easiest time of your life. Half of the Heroes in this time need to scale up, and Tychus has a high, very steady power curve. In fact his "power curve" would look more like a drooping ceiling if you drew it on a graph. Here's a short video example of how to play Tychus in the early game: http://www.twitch.tv/lolseverage/c/5721611

WOW SO EASY! WITH MY GUIDE, YOU CAN HIT Q AND RIGHT-CLICK IN YOUR OPPONENT'S GENERAL DIRECTION TOO!

You are basically exclusively a Hero Killer in the early game however, you can lane really well and slaughter opponents in teamfights, but mercing is one thing you don't do as Tychus - at least, not alone. Your DPS is nice if someone else is able to tank a camp, but otherwise don't do it in the early game. Later you can do Easy camps but it will take over half your HP so, preferably get someone else to do them, or tank them for you.

Lucky for you, the early game usually consists of 1 or 2 half-baked teamfights and a lot of laning, so you fit perfectly in the meta! But of course, Tychus Poppins fits perfectly in every situation, so I don't know why I mentioned that. Onto the late game.

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Essentially, you are a cooldown reliant Ranged DPS in human form. This weakness is easily shored up with the new & improved Commandeer Odin!

REMEMBER! - Odin is NOT an extra health bar anymore. Don't use it to try and save your life, you will waste the CD and die.

Odin Tips When using Odin, remember a couple things: You can now use ACTIVES while in Odin. This includes Sizzlin' Attacks, First Aid, Stoneskin, Bolt of the Storm...and I think that's it. This means you can pop Odin before the fight and still be perfectly fine, so don't wait till a fight is half over before you pop it. Your Odin is much more mobile, don't be afraid to pop it a decent distance away from a fight. It shouldn't take too long to get a feel for when you should optimally use it so as not to waste time but simultaneously not take free damage. Pop First Aid as soon as focus turns to you. Any competent group of individuals will focus-fire you, so you will want to get First Aid ticking its HP regen ASAP. Pretty much as soon as you start taking damage. Stoneskin lasts for 5 seconds, it's not like Barrier from League of Legends, so don't be afraid to use it even when you can't see a Heroic coming. Great to use when you can't avoid incoming damage or when 2+ people are attacking you. Can be used in 1v1s, but will often just make your opponent run away. Just to re-emphasize...use this before fights. Whatever you do, do NOT start getting smacked by someone and just press R out of panic.

Laser Tips You want to place it anywhere difficult to access for the enemy team, but within range to hit targets effectively. If you're in a good position already, this can be right on top of you. It is best used when the enemy team is initiating on you, not the other way around. That'd be like using March of the Murlocs when the enemy team is already running away. Like MotM, it can be used for zoning an area - for instance to grab a Tribute on Cursed Hollow. You want to use it primarily in skirmishes and teamfights. It's only useful in 1v1s if your opponent has no escape tools, or as a last-ditch effort to scare your opponent off before they kill you...but yea, pretty much don't want to use it except for teamfights, where in the chaos people will stand in it for a lot longer than they would otherwise. Remember, you can re-assign your Drill's target by pressing R on a target again, just like your Q. This works after death. After 20, it has like 25 Range and deals crazy damage over time with its own damage AMP! Putting your Laser behind a wall/in the back of a fight is a great idea (Read: After 20) - you don't need to worry about it being out of range, just worry about it being destroyed. As long as it's alive, it will zone your opponents 1-by-1 or even kill the backline by itself. Combo with a Zeratul for silly assassination power.

WHOA! CATCH YOUR BREATH MAN! CHECK OUT THOSE LIPS! IT'S DOWNHILL FROM HERE! NOW IT GETS TRICKY, SO LISTEN REAL GOOD!

ME WANT 6'7'' COOKIE [if= Matchup Information Stitches is basically a high threat to anyone except a Warrior with his Hook + Gorge combo. Even you will almost certainly die without Bolt of the Storm if you get caught by it. So...try not to. Stand behind your warrior(s), and if you have none, rip. EDIT: With the Stitches nerfs he's fallen out of the meta. While he remains a solid pick against Tychus, both he and Tychus are no longer super-viable picks, so don't expect to encounter too many of them. ] Matchup Information Stitches is basically a high threat to anyone except a Warrior with his Hook + Gorge combo. Even you will almost certainly die without Bolt of the Storm if you get caught by it. So...try not to. Stand behind your warrior(s), and if you have none, rip. EDIT: With the Stitches nerfs he's fallen out of the meta. While he remains a solid pick against Tychus, both he and Tychus are no longer super-viable picks, so don't expect to encounter too many of them. [/if]

Such Blades, Wow. [if= Matchup Information So, you're Tychus Poppins, remember. You're practically perfect in every way. Your only weakness? Being insta-CC'd when you use Q. Kerrigan does this and more with her combo, easily putting you in a terrible position on top of interrupting your Q and making it hard for you to really do anything but run for your life. You will need superior positioning to outplay a Kerrigan, AND REMEMBER: SIDESTEP HER COMBO. This is especially easy to do on Tychus with Run and Gun, but still requires presence of mind and good reaction speed. EDIT: With the Vikings Patch, Kerrigan has lost Rewind, and is seldom picked. EDIT#2: With The Butcher patch, she's pretty useless. She's about to get buffed though, so stay tuned to get countered! ] Matchup Information So, you're Tychus Poppins, remember. You're practically perfect in every way. Your only weakness? Being insta-CC'd when you use Q. Kerrigan does this and more with her combo, easily putting you in a terrible position on top of interrupting your Q and making it hard for you to really do anything but run for your life. You will need superior positioning to outplay a Kerrigan, AND REMEMBER: SIDESTEP HER COMBO. This is especially easy to do on Tychus with Run and Gun, but still requires presence of mind and good reaction speed. EDIT: With the Vikings Patch, Kerrigan has lost Rewind, and is seldom picked. EDIT#2: With The Butcher patch, she's pretty useless. She's about to get buffed though, so stay tuned to get countered! [/if]

Why is this guy a threat to everyone? [if= Matchup Information Pretty sure this guy shows up on every match-up section I write for most threatening Heroes...must be that pesky Trinity Force. Anyway, Zeratul can very easily harass you where you have 0 chance to fight back. With a quick WWQ combo, then Wormhole out, he can just get free damage off. EDIT: With the Vikings patch, Zeratul got Rewind at 20, so...beware. Stoneskin should prevent him from straight-up one-shotting you with a Rewind combo unless he has Gathering Power stacks. It helps to try and juke his Singularity Spikes also with your E. Most Zeratuls will press W as fast as possible to get the combo off, which means sudden movements will make him many players miss. As far as killing him, good luck. Most will blink/wormhole back over a wall so that you cannot chase after their CDs are down, so you will only kill a Zeratul who messes up. It should be pretty obvious when they do though, so take the opportunity when you see it. EDIT: So...they gave him Rewind, and then nerfed his Double Bombs...ok. He's not really a huge threat till 20 now. He'll be even stronger than before after 20 if he lands all 4 bombs, but by the time he ramps up you'll have all your defensive CDs. ] Matchup Information Pretty sure this guy shows up on every match-up section I write for most threatening Heroes...must be that pesky Trinity Force. Anyway, Zeratul can very easily harass you where you have 0 chance to fight back. With a quick WWQ combo, then Wormhole out, he can just get free damage off. EDIT: With the Vikings patch, Zeratul got Rewind at 20, so...beware. Stoneskin should prevent him from straight-up one-shotting you with a Rewind combo unless he has Gathering Power stacks. It helps to try and juke his Singularity Spikes also with your E. Most Zeratuls will press W as fast as possible to get the combo off, which means sudden movements will make him many players miss. As far as killing him, good luck. Most will blink/wormhole back over a wall so that you cannot chase after their CDs are down, so you will only kill a Zeratul who messes up. It should be pretty obvious when they do though, so take the opportunity when you see it. EDIT: So...they gave him Rewind, and then nerfed his Double Bombs...ok. He's not really a huge threat till 20 now. He'll be even stronger than before after 20 if he lands all 4 bombs, but by the time he ramps up you'll have all your defensive CDs. [/if]

AHMIGASH LET ME MOVE PLS [if= Matchup Information This guy has CC for dayyys. Whether he takes that talent nobody takes, Skullcracker, or he takes Avatar and sits on you, or he just takes Rewind (Like who doesn't?) and has stuns for days, this guy is a huge nuisance to Tychus. Since your #1 counter is CC, this guy can CC you whenever he wants. A Muradin who is paying attention and knows what he's doing will stop your Overkills whenever possible, and make DPSing really hard. You may want to start fights with Odin versus Muradin, rather than waiting. This typically results in Muradin using his Q (Or more importantly Rewind) on your team since he doesn't need to CC you, so when your Odin expires/dies you can Q more freely. ] Matchup Information This guy has CC for dayyys. Whether he takes that talent nobody takes, Skullcracker, or he takes Avatar and sits on you, or he just takes Rewind (Like who doesn't?) and has stuns for days, this guy is a huge nuisance to Tychus. Since your #1 counter is CC, this guy can CC you whenever he wants. A Muradin who is paying attention and knows what he's doing will stop your Overkills whenever possible, and make DPSing really hard. You may want to start fights with Odin versus Muradin, rather than waiting. This typically results in Muradin using his Q (Or more importantly Rewind) on your team since he doesn't need to CC you, so when your Odin expires/dies you can Q more freely. [/if]

Not a problem...unless of course you aren't prepared. [if= Matchup Information In a strictly 1v1 situation, you will completely destroy Illidan till lategame, and if you took Drakken Laser Drill even lategame you will. In teamfights you should be able to hold your ground or even bait him into committing too hard for you with Stoneskin + First Aid. Your Q does tons of damage to him, and your AAs even do respectable damage as long as his Evasion isn't up. Sometimes though, you'll get caught in the jungle and want to disengage from his infinite chase potential. This is MUCH easier since the nerfs to Illidan's Q. If you're running away, Illidan has to W and Q interchangeably to keep up. This makes his timing predictable. Using your Frag Grenade to stop one of his dashes in their tracks + a Run and Gun will break his chase. ] Matchup Information In a strictly 1v1 situation, you will completely destroy Illidan till lategame, and if you took Drakken Laser Drill even lategame you will. In teamfights you should be able to hold your ground or even bait him into committing too hard for you with Stoneskin + First Aid. Your Q does tons of damage to him, and your AAs even do respectable damage as long as his Evasion isn't up. Sometimes though, you'll get caught in the jungle and want to disengage from his infinite chase potential. This is MUCH easier since the nerfs to Illidan's Q. If you're running away, Illidan has to W and Q interchangeably to keep up. This makes his timing predictable. Using your Frag Grenade to stop one of his dashes in their tracks + a Run and Gun will break his chase. [/if]

Gather my friends, and give our opponents 0 counterplay. [if= Matchup Information Twilight Dream, 'nuff said. ] Matchup Information Twilight Dream, 'nuff said. [/if]

In general, when playing Tychus, you must have these things:

• You must have good positioning vs any Heroes with CC.
  
• You must have good positioning anyway.
  
• Know when to Odin/How to control the new Odin.
  
• Kill stuff while yelling "DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU".
  
• You must have good positioning.

Sound good? Great! You now have no counters! EZPZ!

HEY MAN WE'RE ALMOST HOME!

For every single map:

• You must have good positioning vs any Heroes with CC.
  
• You must have good positioning anyway.
  
• Know when to Odin/How to control the new Odin.
  
• Kill stuff while yelling "DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU".
  
• You must have good positioning.

Wow. Great job, you just won on whatever map you were playing on.

Seriously though, the only difference maps will make is if you REALLY have to take Melting Point or you SHOULD take Melting Point. Tychus is very straightforward. He is much like a much cooler, better, and more BA version of Nova - he is a Hero Killer, which makes the map nearly irrelevant.

As mentioned bunches of times, you must have good positioning with Tychus. You don't want to fall flat on your face when you go up to someone and DUDUDUDUDUDU-D'OH when you die. Cause then you're just a buster.

While positioning, how far you can chase, when you need to stay back, etc., is difficult to explain because the game changes based on team composition, circumstances, cooldowns, and so on, I'll do my best to help out here.

Note that this will be normal Tychus form - I think I pretty much covered all I wanted to during Odin, and positioning with Odin is rather obvious (Or at least a more common form of positioning) since you are basically Valla on steroids.

While you need to position well on any Hero, it becomes especially important on Tychus, because of how CD-reliant you are. And, because you're a nearly 7 foot man who doesn't like to be put in his place. A mistake, if it doesn't kill you, forces you to back off early and waste your CD(s), which basically makes you useless...not to mention the unforgettable damage to your pride.

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