Archive:Tango

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• Tango (Shared)

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[e][h]Tango

Forage to survive on the battlefield.

Ability

Use

3

Active

No Name

Ability
N/A

There is no description for this ability.

Recipe

Total Cost

90

Availability

Category

Consumables

Bought From

Home Shop

Notes

Shareable

No

Disassemble

No

General

Tango is a basic healing item purchasable from the Consumables section at the Home Shop. Each Tango comes in batches of 3 and stacks with itself in the inventory.

It starts with an initial stock of 6, their max stock is limited to 8 with a restock time of 120s.

Ability

Devour

Targeting
Unit Target

Affects
Trees

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

Health Regen	7

Duration (Regular Tree)	16

Duration (Planted Tree)	32

Shared Tango Duration	40

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Cast Range 165

[[File:|40px|link=hi res| ]]	Affected by cast range bonus.

Notes

• Heals 7.1875 hp per second.
• Can target trees.
• Iron Branch and Sprout trees provide double healing duration.

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. The ability to heal during combat early on is essential to surviving the laning phase.

Recent Changes

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Trivia

• In DotA, the name of this item is Ancient Tango of Essifation.