2013-01-14, 08:33 AM
Tidehunter is an excellent ganker. Roaming Tide is my favorite playstyle, but it requires good map awareness and the ability to be able to tell when a gank is possible. Gush is a huge 40% slow + armor reduction for 4 seconds, which is an easy kill if followed up on with autoattacks from your team. Make sure you let your team know when you're going to gank so they can get in position, then pop out of the jungle with a Gush. Skill build for this playstyle is max Gush with 1 point in all other skills, then max Kraken Shell for ganking, or Anchor Smash if you need to push/farm.
Once you hit 6, you're ready for teamfights. Your ult is very scary early game, so your team wants to play aggressively and try to take towers while your ult is up. Try to wait until a fight is guaranteed to happen before you pop it, and catch as many people in it as you can. You're not going to be very tanky since you're not getting farm, so avoid getting focused and stay back once you pop the ult. That's about it for the basics, really.
Once you hit 6, you're ready for teamfights. Your ult is very scary early game, so your team wants to play aggressively and try to take towers while your ult is up. Try to wait until a fight is guaranteed to happen before you pop it, and catch as many people in it as you can. You're not going to be very tanky since you're not getting farm, so avoid getting focused and stay back once you pop the ult. That's about it for the basics, really.