Tychus Build Guide “So, you gonna bark all day?” (2024)

Last updated on Sep 27, 2021 at 20:00by Derenash22 comments

General Information

Welcome to our guide for Tychus, a Ranged Assassin inHeroes of the Storm. Within these pages, you will find everything required tounderstand how best to play this hero, in both different map styles and teamcompositions.

Tychus's Overview

Tychus is a sustained damage Assassin who excels atdamaging Heroes with large Health pools. Much of his damage from Overkill and Minigun can beinterrupted by crowd control, requiring Tychus torely on careful positioning. Although his Heroic Abilities require someplanning, they can be devastating game changers when used correctly.

Tychus's Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Extremely high sustain damage, especially against Tanks
Can kite very effectively during Overkill
Commandeer Odin is a great tool for controlling Objectives, pushing, or defending Structures from the enemy team
Fairly good waveclear with Overkill and Frag Grenade

Weaknesses

Overkill and Minigun (Tychus' main sources of damage) can be interrupted
Vulnerable to crowd control
Relatively low range for a Ranged Assassin
Dealing meaningful damage with Minigun can be unsafe, as using Basic Attacks means being somewhat immobile.

Tychus's Talent Build Cheatsheet

Standard Build

Recommended

Tychus's Synergies and Counters

Tychus synergizes with

Tychus can deal an incredible amount of damage to a stationary target, andbenefits greatly from having strong crowd-control on his team. Heroes who canchain crowd-control or displace enemies on their own do very well withTychus, because they can lock down an enemy while Minigun does its work.Tychus thrives when his frontline is made up of disruptive Heroes that prevent the enemy team fromfocusing him safely.

Tychus is countered by

Tychus does exceptionally high sustain damage with high-Cooldown Abilities.This can be countered by Heroes who can move themselves and their allies out ofrange of Tychus until his Abilities are on cooldown. Interrupting or Blinding Tychusis also a great way to control his damage output. Tychus is verysusceptible to crowd-controls; they can interrupt Overkill and eat up Minigun'sactive duration.

Tychus's Maps

Tychus's stronger maps

Tychus's average maps

Tychus's weaker maps

Tychus's usefulness is more decided by team compositions than the map heis playing. This is because many of his Ability and Talent mechanics aredesigned to interact with enemy Heroes, rather than with the environment.However, there are some mechanics worth looking at when deciding to play him oncertain maps or not. Tychus has fairly good waveclear, which makes him passableon most maps. If you need to play a Hero for your composition who can soloMercenary Camps, his lack of self-sustain will make him a bad choice. For thisreason, he is also a weak choice if you are playing a map that requiresprolonged solo PvE encounters. Commandeer Odingreatly increases Tychus's effectiveness for a limited amount of time. This turns himinto an excellent pick in Infernal Shrines and Volskaya Foundry,since it can be used during objective and enemies will have to choose betweenfighting with a disadvantage or giving up the objective.

Tychus's Tips and Tricks

Tychus cannot stutter-step, so use Overkill when you want to deal sustain area of effect damage while moving.
Use Frag Grenade to knockback enemies that you are fleeing from or chasing, or to interrupt stationary-channeled Abilities. Can be used during Overkill.
Use Run and Gun to escape death, dodge harmful Abilities, or secure kills.
Activate Minigun when attacking a Hero with a large Health pool, or who has been Stunned or Rooted.
Start casting Overkill if you are blinded during Minigun, since its damage is not affected by blinds.
Place the Drakken Laser Drill off to the side of a fight so that it will not be destroyed immediately.
Use Commandeer Odin just as a fight begins, when the enemy team cannot just run away from it.
Commandeer Odin gives you Unstoppable on cast for some seconds, while also giving 25 extra Armor for the entire duration. Use it if you think you will be controlled for a long duration, or while Cocoon is going towards you.

See our Abilities page for further information »

Tychus is one of the best anti-Tank in the game, because Minigun dealsdamage to Heroes based on their maximum Health. He is an especially good pickagainst team compositions featuring multiple Heros with high maximum Health,where there are more high Health targets (such as Azmodan) forhim to punish. Tychus can hold his own against other types of Heroes, but hisrelatively low range can make trading with other Ranged Assassins dangerous.Together with his high percent-based damage,this helps to define his niche as an anti-Tank Hero.

When using either Commandeer Odin or Drakken Laser Drill, Tychus is able to further increasehis damage, and play from a longer range. This makes him a difficulttarget for enemy Heroes to dive.Blinds and some other crowd control effectscan prevent Minigun from dealing damage duringits 3 second duration. Tychus is best played as a mid range brawler in teamfights; he should stay in close proximity with his team.

Changelog

27 Sep. 2021 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated after meta development.
27 Sep. 2021 (this page): Guide updated after meta development.
26 Mar. 2021 (talents page): Updated Builds and Talents to reflect current meta.
26 Mar. 2021 (this page): Builds updated to reflect current meta.
17 Feb. 2021 (this page): Updated Minigun Build.
20 Jan. 2021 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated to reflect meta and balance changes.
20 Jan. 2021 (this page): Guide updated to reflect meta and balance changes.
25 Nov. 2020 (this page): Updated Overkill Build.
20 Nov. 2020 (this page): Builds updated to reflect current meta.
05 Nov. 2020 (this page): Guide reviewed after recent balance patch and no changes are necessary.
12 Oct. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated after recent balance patch.
12 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated Builds after recent balance patch.
24 Aug. 2020 (talents page): Builds and Talents updated to reflect recent meta changes.
24 Aug. 2020 (this page): Updated Builds to refect current meta.
16 Jul. 2020 (talents page): Guide updated to reflect recent balance patch changes.
16 Jul. 2020 (this page): Updated guide to reflect recent balance patch.
21 Apr. 2020 (this page): Updated many topics through the guide.
14 Apr. 2020 (this page): Updated Build and Talents to reflect current meta.
15 Dec. 2019 (this page): Updated Role in the Current Meta to include information on current Nexus Anomaly.
30 Aug. 2019 (talents page): Guide updated to reflect balance patch changes; Talent recommendations updated to reflect current meta.
30 Aug. 2019 (abilities page): Guide updated to reflect balance patch changes; Talent recommendations updated to reflect current meta.
30 Aug. 2019 (this page): Guide updated to reflect balance patch changes; Talent recommendations updated to reflect current meta.
10 May 2018 (talents page): Talent discussion updated to reflect balance patch.
06 Mar. 2017 (this page): Guide updated for the most recent balance patch and moved to the new guide format.

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