Tinker
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/6/2026
Deploy Turrets: Updated sound effects
4/7/2026
Deploy Turrets: Missile speed increased from 1200 to 1350
Deploy Turrets: Base activation time decreased from 0.3s to 0s
Deploy Turrets: Aghanim's Scepter no longer makes activation faster
3/27/2026
Deploy Turrets: Tinker Knockback increased from 350 to 400
3/24/2026
Base health regen increased from 0 to 0.5
Base Movement Speed decreased from 310 to 305
Removed Defense Matrix ability
Laser: Aghanim's Scepter no longer adds bounces
March of the Machines: Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
March of the Machines: Robots apply a non-stacking heal over time of 35 health per second to allies they come through. Heal duration: 4 seconds
Deploy Turrets: New ability that replaces Defense Matrix
Deploy Turrets: After a 0.5s delay, airdrops a group of three uncontrollable turrets at the target 250 radius area, dealing 40/80/120/160 magical damage, destroying trees and pushing away enemies by 100 units and Tinker by 350. Turrets seek enemy heroes within 650/700/750/800 range and shoot missiles in their direction every 1.5 seconds. The missile deals 20/40/60/80 magical damage to the enemy it hits and 50% of the damage to other enemies within 200 AoE. Each turret has 40/80/120/160 health and exists for 4.5 seconds
Deploy Turrets: Each of three turrets activates with a small delay after the previous one, activating 0.1s, 0.6s, and 1.1s after deployment
Deploy Turrets: The missile flies in a forward direction and can be dodged by moving out of its way
Deploy Turrets: Turrets target heroes only, but missiles can hit creeps on their way
Deploy Turrets: Turrets prioritize the same hero until they are out of reach
Deploy Turrets: Splash damage is not dealt to the hit unit itself
Deploy Turrets: Gold Bounty: 5/10/15/20. XP Bounty: 5/10/15/20. Turn Rate: 0.55. Missile Speed: 1200. Missile Flight Distance: 650/700/750/800
Deploy Turrets: Cast Range: 600. Mana Cost: 100/120/140/160. Cooldown: 24/22/20/18s. Cast Point: 0.1s
Deploy Turrets: Upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Deploy Turrets: Turrets activate 0.3s faster, and fire missiles 20% faster, which results in firing one additional volley of missiles
Rearm: Cooldown decreased from 7/6/5s to 5.5/5/4.5s
Warp Flare: Teleport distance now depends on Warp Flare cast range and scales with distance from Tinker, so that nearby enemies are teleported further than far enemies
Warp Flare: Max teleportation distance is 60% of Warp Flare's cast range which decreases down to 0 at the max cast range (700 by default)
Talents: Level 15 Talent +60 Defense Matrix Damage Barrier replaced with +100 Deploy Turrets Tinker Knockback
Talents: Level 20 Talent +10% Defense Matrix Status Resistance replaced with +60 Deploy Turrets Missile Damage
Talents: Level 25 Talent: +40 Intelligence replaced with -0.25s Time to Rearm
Talents: Level 25 Talent: Laser AoE increased from 200 to 250
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
Laser: Now shows the overhead "Blinded" text over affected units
12/16/2025
Talents: Level 10 Talent Manacost/Manaloss Reduction increased from +8% to +10%
Talents: Level 25 Talent +10s Defense Matrix Duration replaced with +40 Intelligence
10/2/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
Patch 7.39dNet Gain
6/12/2026Unknown Ability (4646): Cooldown decreased from 80s to 50s
6/24/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Base Armor decreased by 2
March of the Machines: Damage decreased from 17/26/35/44 to 13/22/31/40
3/27/2025
Defense Matrix: Mana Cost increased from 80/95/110/125 to 90/105/120/135
Laser: Aghanim's Scepter size and health reductions decreased from 15% to 13%
Talents: Level 15 Talent Defense Matrix Damage Barrier decreased from +75 to +60
3/4/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/19/2025
Laser: Aghanim's Scepter current/maximum health reduction increased from 10% to 15%
Talents: Level 15 Talent Laser Damage increased from +40 to +50
Talents: Level 25 Talent Rearm Grants 50% Bonus Magic Resistance replaced with +10s Defense Matrix Duration
Talents: Level 25 Talent Laser AoE decreased from 250 to 200
11/20/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/3/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/28/2024
Base Mana Regen decreased from 0.75 to 0.5
Defense Matrix: Status Resistance rescaled from 10/20/30/40% to 15/20/25/30%
Defense Matrix: Cast Range decreased from 700/750/800/850 to 700
Talents: Level 15 Talent Defense Matrix Damage Barrier decreased from +125 to +75
8/14/2024
Defense Matrix: Mana Cost increased from 70/80/90/100 to 80/95/110/125
March of the Machines: Mana Cost increased from 90/110/130/150 to 100/120/140/160
7/31/2024
Defense Matrix: Damage Barrier decreased from 100/180/240/320 to 80/160/240/320
Warp Flare: Now always teleports the target enemy to the ability's current cast range + 100 from Tinker's position when he threw the flare. Will not teleport units that are over 2000 range from the desired position
6/25/2024
Talents: Level 15 Talent 250 AoE Laser replaced with +40 Laser Damage
Talents: Level 25 Talent +80 Laser Damage replaced with 250 AoE Laser
Patch 7.36bNet Gain
6/6/2024Laser: Cooldown decreased from 22/20/18/16s to 19/18/17/16s
March of the Machines: Cooldown decreased from 35s to 35/33/31/29s
Rearm: Cooldown decreased from 8/7/6s to 7/6/5s
5/27/2024
Eureka!: Intelligence per 1% item cooldown reduction decreased from 4 to 3
March of the Machines: Mana Cost decreased from 110/130/150/170 to 90/110/130/150
March of the Machines: Damage increased 16/24/32/40 to 17/26/35/44
Unknown Ability (4646): Channel time decreased from 4.0/3.5/3.0s to 3s
Warp Flare: Mana Cost decreased from 100 to 80
Rearm: Mana Cost decreased from 125/175/225 to 100/150/200
Patch 7.36Recovery
5/23/2024Base Movement Speed increased from 290 to 310
Heat-Seeking Missile ability replaced by March of the Machines
Defense Matrix: Cooldown increased from 12s to 20s
Laser: Cast range increased from 450 to 600
Laser: No longer has an AoE by default
Laser: Blind now affects all enemies in the radius when the AoE talent is picked
Laser: Creep Blind duration is now the same as Hero Blind duration
Laser: Mana Cost decreased from 95/110/125/140 to 95/105/115/125
Laser: Aghanim's Scepter no longer provides bonus cast range
Laser: Aghanim's Scepter now can shrink creeps
March of the Machines: Returning ability
March of the Machines: Calls for an army of robotic minions to damage enemy units in an area around Tinker. Damage: 16/24/32/40, Duration: 6s, Radius: 900, Cast Range: 300, Mana Cost: 110/130/150/170, Cooldown: 35s
Rearm: No longer resets cooldowns of items
Rearm: No longer grants Magic Resistance on its own
Rearm: Channel Time decreased from 3.25/2.25/1.25s to 2.75/2/1.25s
Rearm: Mana Cost decreased from 140/195/250 to 125/175/225
Unknown Ability (4646): Channel time decreased from 4.5/4/3.5s to 4/3.5/3s
Unknown Ability (4646): Outpost channel time now matches those from Town Portal Scroll
Warp Flare: Damage increased from 50 to 150
Warp Flare: Duration decreased from 3s to 2s
Talents: Level 10 Talent +50 Laser AoE replaced with +1s March of the Machines Duration
Talents: Level 15 Talent +1 Heat-Seeking Missile Count replaced with 250 AoE Laser
Talents: Level 20 Talent Defense Matrix Grants 25% Cooldown Reduction replaced with +10% Defense Matrix Status Resistance
Talents: Level 25 Talent +0.2s Heat-Seeking Missile Ministun replaced with Rearm Grants 50% Magic Resistance for 4s
3/21/2024
Base Armor increased by 2
Defense Matrix Cast Range increased from 650 to 700/750/800/850
2/22/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Heat-Seeking Missile Range decreased from 2000 to 1500
Laser: Cast Range decreased from 600 to 450
Rearm: Now grants +15/20/25% Magic Resistance for 4s
Warp Flare: Now also applies a root
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/5/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
9/9/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/8/2023
Strength gain decreased from 2.5 to 2.3
Heat-Seeking Missile Mana Cost increased from 95/105/115/125 to 105/115/125/135
Rearm: Mana Cost increased from 130/185/240 to 140/195/250
Talents: Level 10 Talent +2s Laser Blind Duration replaced with +50 Laser Radius
Talents: Level 25 Talent Heat-Seeking Missile Ministun decreased from +0.25s to +0.2s
7/13/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/14/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
4/26/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/13/2026
Base Agility increased by 4
Agility gain increased from 1.2 to 1.4
Heat-Seeking Missile Cast Range decreased from 2500 to 2000
Heat-Seeking Missile Damage increased from 115/190/265/340 to 120/200/280/360
Laser: Cooldown increased from 20/18/16/14s to 22/20/18/16s