Beastmaster: Melee, position 3 (offlane), Initiator, Disabler, Durable, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 46.0% win rate in pubs and a 2.3% pick rate.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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21′Core items in order: Helm of the Overlord (around minute 15), Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 18), Blink Dagger (around minute 21).
Full build by minute →
Max Wild Axes, then Summon Razorback, then Summon Raptors.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Brewmaster, Dark Seer and Sven; easiest: Clockwerk, Monkey King and Bristleback.
All 108 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 562 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 800.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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10′68%15′79%18′26%
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29′51%19% of 98 pro matches
Beastmaster sends his axes flying and calls them home again, slicing through enemy units and trees along their path. Each axe can hit an enemy once, and amplifies subsequent damage from Beastmaster and his units.
Pros max it by level 7
Beastmaster calls forth a Boar to aid in the battlefield. The Boar has a passive poison attack that slows attack and movement speeds.
Pros max it by level 9
Beastmaster summons 2 hawks that circle around Beastmaster and dive-bombs at enemies with a base attack rate of every 4s, damaging and rooting them. Attack rate increases with the Hawk's attack speed. Prioritizes heroes.
Pros max it by level 15
Untaps the inner fury of Beastmaster and units he controls, passively increasing their attack speed.
Beastmaster lets loose a deafening roar that stuns, and shoves open a path to its target. All units in the path of the roar are damaged, while units shoved aside by the roar have their movement and attack speed slowed. Additionally, Beastmaster and his units gain 40% movement speed for 2 seconds.
Pros max it by level 17
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Beastmaster: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Divine (48.6% wins) and wins 42.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 89% of games. Pros usually build Helm of the Overlord, Aghanim's Scepter and Blink Dagger by minute 21. It struggles most against Brewmaster, Dark Seer and Sven and has the easiest time against Clockwerk, Monkey King and Bristleback.
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