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Tinker (Rework)

intelligence Hero

by Augrunga Dec 07, 2025

Tinker (Rework)

Changelog from my fan-made 8.00 patch (updated from 7.36a): Agility increased from 17 + 1.4 to 18 + 2.2 Intelligence gain reduced from 3.3 to 2.4 Eureka! removed Keen Conveyance removed Rearm (New Innate): Rearm is now innate, and improves with every skill point put into Tinker’s spells. All other spells have 3 ability levels rather than 4 and have level lock changed from 1/3/5/7 to 1/5/8.... View more

intelligence HERO

ranged

unspecified

Preferred role

Position not specified.

COMPLEXITY

Laser
Laser

Laser

active ABILITY

Upgrades Laser

Fires an intense energy beam, damaging and blinding the target. Blinded targets miss all physical attacks.

spell manacost

100/120/140

spell cooldown

18

Heat-Seeking Missiles
Heat-Seeking Missiles

Heat-Seeking Missiles

active ABILITY

Launches rockets at the nearest visible heroes within a huge range around Tinker.

spell manacost

110/125/140

spell cooldown

18

Warp Flare
Warp Flare

Warp Flare

active ABILITY

Upgrades Warp Flare

Throws a flare towards an enemy, teleporting them away, leashing them and reducing their cast and attack range briefly.

spell manacost

80

spell cooldown

18

Rearm
Rearm

Rearm

ULTIMATE

active ABILITY

Innate. Levels with every skill point put into Tinker's regular abilities (15 total). After channeling, resets the cooldown on Tinker's abilities and sets the cooldown of all of Tinker's non-neutr...

spell manacost

225-5 per skill point

spell cooldown

6

Defense Matrix
Defense Matrix

Defense Matrix

active ABILITY

Targets an allied unit, applying an all damage barrier to them that also provides status resistance. Facet: Translocator Becomes a vector targeted ability. Can choose a direction before applying ...

spell manacost

90/95/100

spell cooldown

18

March of the Machines
March of the Machines

March of the Machines

active ABILITY

Enlists an army of robotic minions to destroy enemy units in an area around Tinker. Facet: Repair Bots Bots hitting allies will heal them.

spell manacost

100/140/180

spell cooldown

35

Traits unselected

HP

MP

LEVEL

1
6
12
18
25
30

BONUS STATS

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

STRENGTH

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

AGILITY

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

INTELLIGENCE

+PER LEVEL

+ TOTAL GAIN

DPS

+

DAMAGE

SPEED

RANGE

ARMOR

MAGIC RES.

SPEED

TURN RATE

VISION

ABILITIES

THIS IDEA CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 6 ABILITIES

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Laser

Laser

Heat-Seeking Missiles

Heat-Seeking Missiles

Warp Flare

Warp Flare

Rearm

Rearm

Defense Matrix

Defense Matrix

March of the Machines

March of the Machines

BASIC

Laser

Laser

active

pure

unit

Fires an intense energy beam, damaging and blinding the target. Blinded targets miss all physical attacks.

CAST RANGE 600/650/700

DAMAGE 95/180/295

DURATION 2.5/3.5/4.5

spell manacost 100/120/140
spell cooldown 18
Upgrades Laser

Turns into a Shrink Ray, lowering the size of the target's model and dealing extra damage based on 10% of the target's max health. Will also bounce to one other target within 600/650/700 range, dealing extra damage based on 6% of their max health.

ADVANCED

AVAILABLE FROM LEVEL

1

ABILITY MAX LEVEL

4

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SPELL RULES

castable when leashed
blocked by Linken's Sphere
can be disjointed
works on illusions
is breakable
goes on CD when cast interrupted
applies barrier
gives debuff immunity
is soft-dispellable
is strong-dispellable
applies soft dispel
applies strong dispel

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AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

Turns into a Shrink Ray, lowering the size of the target's model and dealing extra damage based on 10% of the target's max health. Will also bounce to one other target within 600/650/700 range, dealing extra damage based on 6% of their max health.

Upgrades Laser

AGHANIM'S SHARD

Now Roots rather than Leashes.

Upgrades Warp Flare

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+1/0.2 Heat-Seeking Missile Count/Stun

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25

Laser lowers 80% outgoing spell damage

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Warp Flare deals 220 magical damage

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20

+10% Defense Matrix status resistance

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Rearm grants 25% magic resistance for 4s

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15

+125 Defense Matrix barrier

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+12% Warp Flare attack/cast range reduction

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10

+1 March of the Machines duration

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ITEM & SKILL BUILDS

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IDEA DESCRIPTION

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Changelog from my fan-made 8.00 patch (updated from 7.36a): Agility increased from 17 + 1.4 to 18 + 2.2 Intelligence gain reduced from 3.3 to 2.4 Eureka! removed Keen Conveyance removed Rearm (New Innate): Rearm is now innate, and improves with every skill point put into Tinker’s spells. All other spells have 3 ability levels rather than 4 and have level lock changed from 1/3/5/7 to 1/5/8. (This means all of Tinker’s regular spells can only be upgraded to their 2nd level by hero level 5 rather than 3, and their 3rd level by hero level 8 rather than 5) Tinker using Town Portal Scroll no longer expends charges Will now set all non-neutral item cooldowns that were on cooldown on Rearm’s completion to 6.75 seconds. This set cooldown will be lowered by 0.4 per skill point placed in Tinker’s spells to a minimum of 0.75 seconds (skill points in talents and attribute bonus do not count) Will not affect items that were already below the set cooldown on completion. Mana cost rescaled from 100/150/200 to 175 Channel time changed from 3.25/2.25/1.25 to 4.75 - 0.25 per skill point in placed in Tinker’s spells, to a minimum of 1 Items that cannot have cooldown affected by Rearm: All neutral items Any items belonging to allied heroes or picked up from enemy heroes Aeon Disk Arcane Boots Black King Bar Boots of Bearing Hand of Midas Helm of the Dominator Helm of the Overlord Linken’s Sphere Meteor Hammer Pipe of Insight Refresher Orb Refresher Shard Laser: Now has 3 ability levels instead of 4 Cast range increased from 600 to 600/650/700 Cooldown rescaled from 22/20/18/16 to 18 Mana cost changed from 95/105/115/125 to 100/120/140 Damage changed from 75/150/225/300 to 65/180/295 Duration changed from 3/3.5/4/4.5 to 2.5/3.5/4.5 Scepter bounce radius now matches cast range Scepter bounce now also reduces max health of target by 6% Heat Seeking Missiles (Returning Spell): Launches a guided missile at the 2 nearest visible enemy heroes within 1000/1400/1800 range, dealing 90/210/330 magical damage. Mana cost: 110/125/140. Cooldown: 18. Warp Flare: Now a basic ability without requiring Aghanim’s Shard Moved to the third ability slot No longer deals damage Now applies leash instead of root Cast range changed from 700 to 700/750/800 Cooldown increased from 15 to 18 Cast backswing reduced from 0.5 to 0 Teleport distance changed from 600 to 300/375/450 Duration changed from 2 to 1.75/2/2.25 Cast range reduction changed from 40% to 20%/35%/50% Attack range reduction changed from 40% to 20%/30%/40% Defense Matrix: Moved to fourth ability slot Now has 3 ability levels instead of 4 Status resistance changed from 10%/20%/30%/40% to 12%/24%/36% Barrier changed from 100/180/260/320 to 140/210/280 Cast range changed from 700/750/800/850 to 500/700/900 Mana cost changed from 70/80/90/100 to 90/95/100 Cooldown reduced from 20 to 18 March of the Machines: Moved to fifth ability slot Now has 3 ability levels instead of 4 Duration changed from 6 to 6/6.5/7 Damage changed from 17/25/35/44 to 14/29/44 Mana cost changed from 90/110/130/150 to 100/140/180 Keen Conveyance: Removed Facets: Translocator (Reworked): Makes Defense Matrix vector targeted. When cast on an ally, can choose a direction that will be notified by a constant visual arrow so long as the buff remains on them. Arrow visuals are not seen by enemies. When the barrier is broken, the ally will be pushed 300 units in the set direction. New Matrix buffs will overwrite the original direction. Aghanim’s Shard reworked: Now makes Warp Flare root instead of leash Talents: Level 10: Changed from +8% mana cost/mana loss reduction to +12% Warp Flare attack/cast range reduction Level 15: Changed from 250 AoE Laser to Rearm grants 25% magic resistance for 4s Level 20: Changed from -0.5s Keen Conveyance teleport time to Warp Flare deals 220 magical damage Level 25: Changed from Rearm grants 50% magic resistance for 4s to +1 Heat Seeking Missile count and 0.2s stun Level 25: Changed from +80 Laser damage to Laser now also lowers outgoing spell damage by 80%

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While I usually give patches time to simmer down before going back to my crazy ideas for my big 8.00 patch, I feel like Tinker needs a reimagining faster than others. And even though I know they will make him viable eventually, similar to Dazzle, him refreshing items just made the game better from a design space perspective. The real issue was how to get to that point without it being super broken. I think I found a good solution. Now Rearm will create a set cooldown for all items, and only items, rather than a full refresh. This means there is a bigger window to counteract Tinker's item spam, and makes it more manageable, while emphasizing his spells being spammed instead, which are easier to balance around being refreshed. Speaking of, he now has 5 normal abilities to start with, which is a first for the game. Rearm is changed to an innate ultimate, similar to Invoke. Hopefully this higher amount of spells to refresh by default makes his gameplan more centered on spell spam, while still allowing for more freedom with item interactions on his ultimate. It also doesn't remove his global presence, since Rearm passively causes TP scroll charges to not be used, but does make the ability to stop his teleporting more generous for lower level players.

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