Undying never Tanky?

[Floppa Caracal]

As i play him i expect to be tanky:
Build full tank, steal Strength, Ult extra Strenght

Instead i die pretty quick.
What do i do wrong?

[Artek [General]]

It means that enemies simply have too much damage and your tankiness is just not enough.
Or maybe your items are not right?

As a local Sven fan - Undying is one of my most hated counter picks. He completely dominates the lane i'm on each time because there's no real counter to his strength-stealing spam. Even if i defiantly land a hit or two on him - he just regenerates anyway, that a-hole.
But if i'll somehow manage to survive early game, not feed and get some proper items...

Undying is an HP monster, but his armor is very low. Desolator turns him into a heap of raw meat that just gets cut in half. You should consider buying a combination of armor + HP regen items, as that increases your survivability drastically.

Pipe also might come in handy if enemies simply have too much magic damage.

[The 3 Whites]

Originally posted by No Vodka Language in All Chat TY:

As i play him i expect to be tanky:
Build full tank, steal Strength, Ult extra Strenght

Instead i die pretty quick.
What do i do wrong?

did you buy venguard, blademail and pipe ?

[ʍolɟ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ]

As a 3 or 4?

[Fyrnir]

I find blademail to be good for Undying, especially against high damage low hp heroes like drow or willow. It'll buy you a few seconds at least. Long time in DOTA.

[STGhost]

blade mail and crimson guard should buy you like 10 sec and you should be stealing str 3 times by then and then kite ?
tho it doesn't matter if you go in 1v5 and eat all their ults and then your braindamaged team mates come in late to clean things up and say you played bad cause you actually tanked while they watched
this game is for morons so next time just stay behind your team let them eat all the ults then you go in and and get mvp and feel better abt your ♥♥♥♥ life while shoving vodka up your ass and crying abt ukraine getting double penetrated

[Endoroshi Zahādo]

your gameplay mostly, undying is not an actual tank hero until he managed to steal some strength, your item build should contain armor. you dont initiate as undying, blinking in only works if the enemy is mainly magic and you have bkb. end game item build that are consistent are actually,(Core) Wand>Phase Boots(can opt for greaves if lane doing well)>Blademail>force staff/blink>scepter>bkb>shiva>octarine
(Support) Wand>Arcane Boots>Force Staff> Holy locket>greaves>lotus orb]

based on my 80% win rate undying