Tango

[e][h]Tango

 

90

Forage to survive on the battlefield.

Ability

Active

 Devour

Availability

Category

Consumables

Bought From

Home Shop

Recipe

General

Tango is a basic healing item purchasable from the Consumables section at the Home Shop. Each tango comes in batches of multiple and stacks with itself in the inventory.

Ability

Devour

Targeting
Unit Target

Affects
Trees
Observer and Sentry Wards

Use a charge to consume a tree or ward. Restores the user's HP slowly over time.

Tree HP Restored	115

Ward HP Restored	230

Tree Cast Range	165

Ward Cast Range	450

Tree Duration	16

Ward Duration	32

Charges	3

Notes

• Heals 7.1875 hp per second.
• Can target trees, enemy observer wards, and enemy sentry wards.
• Iron Branch and Sprout trees provide double healing duration.

Share Tango

Targeting
Unit Target

Affects
Allied Heroes

Shares a tango for allies to use, transferring a tango charge to them. The given tango has 1 charge, does not stack in the inventory, and has a long cooldown. If the ally's inventory is full, the tango is put in their backpack. Heals the same amount as a normal tango charge. This tango is fully shareable.

Cast Range	165

Notes

• Creates the Tango (Shared) item.

Strategy

Tangoes are mostly seen during the early game laning phases as on-the-fly regeneration items. They are similar to the Healing Salve in that they regenerate health, but do so at a slower rate. A major benefit over salves is that a Tango comes with multiple charges, and can therefore be used before the user drops to dangerously low levels of health. Another advantage is that the Tango's effect does not stop if damage is taken. This can allow heroes to continue farming against enemy harassment while regenerating health. This also means that a Tango can be consumed when being attacked during ganks and skirmishes to stay alive. Tangos can also be used to remove trees to facilitate escape or chase.

Tangoes may be used during the act of "juking" enemy heroes while running away. Many forest areas on the map have pathways that you can 'eat' your way out of or in to avoid or confuse an enemy chasing you.

The Tango has an additional use in games involving a Nature's Prophet on the opposing side. The item can be used to mitigate Nature's Prophet's Sprout spell, which creates a ring of trees around a target. By eating one or more of the trees with a Tango the target can easily escape the ring. Quelling Blade, an item which also destroys a tree, can be used in a similar fashion.

This item is recommended for nearly all heroes during the early game. The ability to heal during combat early on is essential to surviving the laning phase.

Recommended Heroes

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.21
	Using tango on a sprout tree will 2x regen
7.09
	Tangoes now come with 3 charges and cost 90 gold
7.07
	Tango cost rescaled from 125 for 4 uses to 150 for 5 uses
6.86
	Boosted Tangoes now last for double the duration Instead of providing double the healing rate Using Tango on Iron Branch trees provides double healing duration
6.84
	Can now be used on to eat Wards (Eating a ward heals for double the amount, 230 HP over 16 seconds) Has a 450 cast range when targeting Wards
6.79
	Charges increased from 3 to 4 Gold cost increased from 90 to 125 Is no longer shareable Tango can be targeted on an allied hero Creates a 1 charge non-stacking tango item in their inventory
6.55
	Rebalanced tangos to come in batches of 3 (Same overall regen per pack)

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